Guild Wars 2

Why are some weapons soul bound & other weapons account bound? What determines if its soul or account?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bound

Ascended gears are account bound when made but not Legendaries (only account bound when equiped), still a mystery till this day…..

Flash.6912:

Ascended gears are account bound when made but not Legendaries (only account bound when equiped), still a mystery till this day…..

not a mystery, just a screw up which cannot be fixed anymore. Making legendaries account-bound on create now would create a lot of complaints right now.

Legendary gear is unbound when created and becomes accountbound once you equip it.
Ascended gear is account-bound.
Exotic gear is usually unbound at first, and becomes soulbound once you equip it.

I hate how when you unlock a skin from an exotic it binds it. I only wanted the skin…not the item

Evalia.7103:

not a mystery, just a screw up which cannot be fixed anymore. Making legendaries account-bound on create now would create a lot of complaints right now.

Ascended is the exception here, crafted equipment is usually unbound. No reason to make crafted exotics unbound and crafted legendaries account bound.

MrPersons.1560:

I hate how when you unlock a skin from an exotic it binds it. I only wanted the skin…not the item

Sell it then and buy back a green or blue version from the TP

MrPersons.1560:

I hate how when you unlock a skin from an exotic it binds it. I only wanted the skin…not the item

I would say that this was a means to allow the wardrobe system to work well without affecting the economy.

MrPersons.1560:

I hate how when you unlock a skin from an exotic it binds it. I only wanted the skin…not the item

What would stop someone from just buying all of the skins they wanted on TP, then turning around and selling them back?

MrPersons.1560:

I hate how when you unlock a skin from an exotic it binds it. I only wanted the skin…not the item

With the old transmutation system you had to destroy the item, now you can at least salvage them and get maybe some ectos and dark matters.

Flash.6912:

Ascended gears are account bound when made but not Legendaries (only account bound when equiped), still a mystery till this day…..

• Ascended WAS Soulbound on Use (and Account bound on create) from the start….a recent patch changed it. They do NOT want Ascended items to be sold on the TP (pretty simple), but they do want you to be able to share equipment among your characters.
• Legendary Weapons (and Precursors) were set up to be sold on the TP if not equipped and I think the Devs often wish this was NOT the case (it would solve a lot of “TP manipulation is rampant!!!” claims if they were not sellable). Personally, the concept of Buying Excalibur at an auction is in no way Legendary…but that’s just me. Obviously, if Precursors were not sellable, there would be FAR less Legendary weapons running about and far more Exotics tossed in the Mystic Flusher, but that Horse ran out of the barn nearly 2 years ago and they simply can’t change it at this point (possibly a kittenumption).
• Any item Masterwork, Rare or Exotic (Green or above) is Soulbound on use if crafted or dropped.
• Vendored items (Green and up) are Account Bound on obtain (sometimes they are Soulbound) to prevent them from being sold on TP (to prevent direct currency to gold conversion). They are also not salvagable in most cases (but CAN be tossed in the Mystic Toilet).
• Reward items are usually ALWAYS Soulbound (so they can’t be use to help lower levels nor be sold on TP).

I’m sure there are specific exceptions to the above, but those are the general rules of thumb.

Flash.6912:

Ascended gears are account bound when made but not Legendaries (only account bound when equiped), still a mystery till this day…..

• Ascended WAS Soulbound on Use (and Account bound on create) from the start….a recent patch changed it. They do NOT want Ascended items to be sold on the TP (pretty simple).
• Legendary Weapons (and Precursors) were set up to be sold on the TP if not equipped and I think the Devs often wish this was NOT the case (it would solve a lot of “TP manipulation is rampant!!!” claims if they were not sellable). Personally, the concept of Buying Excalibur at an auction is in no way Legendary…but that’s just me. Obviously, if Precursors were not sellable, there would be FAR less Legendary weapons running about and far more Exotics tossed in the Mystic Flusher, but that Horse ran out of the barn nearly 2 years ago and they simply can’t change it at this point (possibly a kittenumption).
• Any item Masterwork, Rare or Exotic (Green or above) is Soulbound on use if crafted or dropped.
• Vendored items are Account Bound on obtain (sometimes they are Soulbound) to prevent them from being sold on TP (to prevent easy currency to gold conversion).
• Reward items are usually ALWAYS Soulbound (so they can’t be use to help lower levels nor be sold on TP).

I’m sure there are specific exceptions to the above, but those are the general rules of thumb.

MrPersons.1560:

MrPersons.1560:

I hate how when you unlock a skin from an exotic it binds it. I only wanted the skin…not the item

With the old transmutation system you had to destroy the item, now you can at least salvage them and get maybe some ectos and dark matters.

ONLY if the item can actually be salvaged to begin with. NPC purchased items are the issue right now…..what to do with them when unwanted (you CAN toss them in the Mystic Flusher) and how to get upgrades OFF them (currently only possible with a 250 gem item).

Flash.6912:

Ascended gears are account bound when made but not Legendaries (only account bound when equiped), still a mystery till this day…..

• Ascended WAS Soulbound on Use (and Account bound on create) from the start….a recent patch changed it. They do NOT want Ascended items to be sold on the TP (pretty simple).
• Legendary Weapons (and Precursors) were set up to be sold on the TP if not equipped and I think the Devs often wish this was NOT the case (it would solve a lot of “TP manipulation is rampant!!!” claims if they were not sellable). Personally, the concept of Buying Excalibur at an auction is in no way Legendary…but that’s just me. Obviously, if Precursors were not sellable, there would be FAR less Legendary weapons running about and far more Exotics tossed in the Mystic Flusher, but that Horse ran out of the barn nearly 2 years ago and they simply can’t change it at this point (possibly a kittenumption).
• Any item Masterwork, Rare or Exotic (Green or above) is Soulbound on use if crafted or dropped.
• Vendored items are Account Bound on obtain (sometimes they are Soulbound) to prevent them from being sold on TP (to prevent easy currency to gold conversion).
• Reward items are usually ALWAYS Soulbound (so they can’t be use to help lower levels nor be sold on TP).

I’m sure there are specific exceptions to the above, but those are the general rules of thumb.

MrPersons.1560:

MrPersons.1560:

I hate how when you unlock a skin from an exotic it binds it. I only wanted the skin…not the item

With the old transmutation system you had to destroy the item, now you can at least salvage them and get maybe some ectos and dark matters.

ONLY if the item can actually be salvaged to begin with. NPC purchased items are the issue right now…..what to do with them when unwanted (you CAN toss them in the Mystic Flusher) and how to get upgrades OFF them (currently only possible with a 250gem ($3.00 USD) item).

MrPersons.1560:

MrPersons.1560:

I hate how when you unlock a skin from an exotic it binds it. I only wanted the skin…not the item

Sell it then and buy back a green or blue version from the TP

There are MANY Exotic Skins that do not exist as other items. Your best bet is (per previous suggestion) salvage….at least you might get something useful out of it (and the skin unlock).

I’ve wondered about this too. But in my case I’ve recieved an exotic drop that was soulbound, or account bound on aquire while doing fractals. Sometimes it was from loot chests, and other times just random drops. It’s irritating, but if I can’t use it, or want it, I salvage it or save it for the MF. Is there a paticular reason for that? Or is it considered a “reward item”?

Fractals is another quirk, exotics from there are bound on acquire.