Guild Wars 2

This is one of the main complaints atm and its a stupid mechanic.

You should be able to store them in bank, and distribute between players.

They cannot be unbound as you suggest. If they were you would have this:

Personal shopper sits in base. Field group A sends 40 silver by mail, shopper sends back 4 balista blueprints by mail…. BAD IDEA

That having been said, there is no reason, they should not be ACCOUNT BOUND. I have having the blueprints but not being able to use them cause they were bought on another character.

How is that a bad idea? Thats how proper organization is supposed to work. We have guild tax, we buy a lot of siege weapons – we distribute it when needed.

you can throw the plan on the ground and someone else can pick them up. it is possible to pass to someone else, although its not very efficient.