Guild Wars 2

I find it very frustrating to have to get the same dye for every character. Is there any way to have them account bound and available to any character after it’s been unlocked?

Nope.

They would have to add a feature that opened all discovered dye to all characters. They probably never will so dye prices are kept high. I am in favor of account wide dye unlock.

It should be known that this is how it worked in the beta. Kristen Perry even said at one point that she was fighting to make sure it stayed that way. At some point after BWE2 and before launch, they said “no make it character bound” and thus we have the current crappy system.

I will support every thread that ever says it wants account bound dyes though.

So during beat the dyes were account unlock? I did not know that. If that’s the case they have the codes to make it account wide and had to rework it to make it soul bound.

I kind of consider all my characters as part of a family that should be able to share what they find with each other, like dyes, recipes, trinkets, and weapons since those things are easily shared between family members. I leave out armor, crafting, and waypoints (as some have suggested) because of a realistic effect. Armor is created to fit the person and not everyone in a family wears the same size. Crafting is like education. I might have when to school for business but that doesn’t mean my brother knows anything about business. And, way point for the same reason. Just because my brother has been to New York doesn’t mean I have.

agreed. and yes during beta the dyes where acc wide. you also had a system where you could get a dye from a tree/plant thing after placing a seed the previous day.

people wanted more dyes, so they made them more commonly available with the dropped unidentified dyes, BUT the consequence was that the dyes now would be character locked.

man must those people feel stupid now.

Im in favor of dyes become account wide also. With all the recent changes we’ve seen lately – namely infinite gathering tools becoming account wide – why cant we have the same change with dyes.

I guess it would be convenient. But then again, I like the status my Celestial and Abyss give me because of the high price.

+1 on this. After buying (or FINALLY getting as a drop) Abyss, White, Celestial (etc.) on one of my characters it is absurd to consider having to buy them again!

I like it the way it is because it makes dye drops more special (and lucrative!). If folks only ever needed one Abyss for all their characters, there would be a lot less demand.

I think having the dye unlock for the character so you can use it as often as you like balances out that it only unlocks for one character. I’ve taken a break to play some other games where dyes are consumables attached to a particular piece of gear and not unlocks. Now that’s expensive and annoying.