Guild Wars 2

so a couple months ago I made this thread
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/500-244-issue-with-collections/first#post4024442

basically the issue is that if you have purchased an upgrade for collection slots so they hold 500 instead of 250 and you have over 500 and you link the stack the amount number is wrong.
This isn’t a huge issue but recently it lead to some confusion while attempting to sell a large amount of mats to a guildie.

(also I envision a certain amount of fun when linking a 500 stack of Ectos.)

Since they have again restated the rules about necroing posts I am starting a whole new topic to ask if there is in word on this getting fixed.

It appears that they have some sort of base-256 issue in the chat codes, e.g 256 units are reported in chat as 1 unit. To fix it, they’d have to change the chat code formula, which currently allows only one byte (counting from 0 to 255) to describe the number of units of an item.

source

Chat Code for Items

I speculate that it’s almost trivial to create a new formula (the old one “assumed” that the game would never “stack” more than 250 units), but that replacing the old formula is a nightmare and it’s even worse when they attempt to put together a comprehensive script that covers every conceivable use of the code.

Since this bug is “just annoying” and can be worked around, I further speculate that it isn’t a top priority to resolve.