Out of interest, how do you get that Bind-to-Account item to another of your characters?
At the moment I'm unaware of a means in this game to do so.
As far as I'm aware the only BtA items are distributed through the reward vendor, basically each character on the account can carry one each of these items. This wouldn't really work for what I'm suggesting on a whole, because of the source of the various items. But, as it's been suggested a few times perhaps another storage or npc vendor would suit this.
Thanks for all the feedback, lots of good ideas here and debate. Just to reiterate a few things as alot of ideas are expanding from the initial one (nothing wrong with that). The basis is a change from BtC (Bind-to-character) to BtA (Bind-to-Account), this isn't/doesn't have to be applied to every single item, it's merely a starting point to work with.
Just to clarify, my fault on this, I did edit this in after it was suggested.
BoP - Bind-On-Pick up: This applies to any item, be a drop, event, chest that as soon as it's in your inventory it can not be used by any other character, account or sold on AH, traded.
BtC - This applies to any item, as it's equipped it can not be used by any other character, account or sold on AH, traded.
BtA - (Currently) Only applies to items that can be re-issued through reward vendor for any character on a single account. Only includes certain zen purchased items such as packs.
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ausdoerrtMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 0Arc User
edited October 2013
Bound to account all the way, no doubt about it.
BTW, been away for a while, do we now have a shared storage?
I have 50 health stones that say 'Account Bound' but can't be sent to any of my characters. Odd.
You cant send it, because there is no means to. Mail will not work, simply because an item attached to the mail can be sent anywhere. There is no mechanism in place to allow an item to only be mailed within an account.
The way it works in other cryptic games, is it can only be traded via a shared bank. Until we get one, the account tag is useless.
I'd like to think we could look at that in a positive manner, e.g. it'll be coming in at some point , but, we thught that with unbinding companions.
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psyb3rtr011Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 340Arc User
edited November 2013
I would love to see a mechanic created, that would allow you to transfer a Bind on Pickup (BoP) item to another character on your account (BoA).
This could be accomplished with several existing sources. You could buy a BOP-BOA Transfer Token with any of the various Seals, Tarmulane Bars, AD, Gold, Zen or even a combination of several of these like the Sharandar campaign has for Boons.
The token, would convert a BoP to BoA, and you could mail it to another character in your account.
Heck, you could do the same for Guilds, and create a BoP to BoG mechanic, using the Guild bank system to transfer.
If designed properly, it would not be cost prohibitive (Like the Transmute mechanic currently is), but would be a good "Gold Drain" for the economy.
Psyb3rTr011
AKA Cyber Troll and Euben Hadd
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krisst0fMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild UsersPosts: 0Arc User
I would love to see a mechanic created, that would allow you to transfer a Bind on Pickup (BoP) item to another character on your account (BoA).
This could be accomplished with several existing sources. You could buy a BOP-BOA Transfer Token with any of the various Seals, Tarmulane Bars, AD, Gold, Zen or even a combination of several of these like the Sharandar campaign has for Boons.
The token, would convert a BoP to BoA, and you could mail it to another character in your account.
Heck, you could do the same for Guilds, and create a BoP to BoG mechanic, using the Guild bank system to transfer.
If designed properly, it would not be cost prohibitive (Like the Transmute mechanic currently is), but would be a good "Gold Drain" for the economy.
You can't transfer BoP items... BtA would be great... past that... it is hopeless...
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As far as I'm aware the only BtA items are distributed through the reward vendor, basically each character on the account can carry one each of these items. This wouldn't really work for what I'm suggesting on a whole, because of the source of the various items. But, as it's been suggested a few times perhaps another storage or npc vendor would suit this.
Thanks for all the feedback, lots of good ideas here and debate. Just to reiterate a few things as alot of ideas are expanding from the initial one (nothing wrong with that). The basis is a change from BtC (Bind-to-character) to BtA (Bind-to-Account), this isn't/doesn't have to be applied to every single item, it's merely a starting point to work with.
Just to clarify, my fault on this, I did edit this in after it was suggested.
BoP - Bind-On-Pick up: This applies to any item, be a drop, event, chest that as soon as it's in your inventory it can not be used by any other character, account or sold on AH, traded.
BtC - This applies to any item, as it's equipped it can not be used by any other character, account or sold on AH, traded.
BtA - (Currently) Only applies to items that can be re-issued through reward vendor for any character on a single account. Only includes certain zen purchased items such as packs.
BTW, been away for a while, do we now have a shared storage?
Sadly not, unless you make a guild and stick all your characters in it.
You cant send it, because there is no means to. Mail will not work, simply because an item attached to the mail can be sent anywhere. There is no mechanism in place to allow an item to only be mailed within an account.
The way it works in other cryptic games, is it can only be traded via a shared bank. Until we get one, the account tag is useless.
This could be accomplished with several existing sources. You could buy a BOP-BOA Transfer Token with any of the various Seals, Tarmulane Bars, AD, Gold, Zen or even a combination of several of these like the Sharandar campaign has for Boons.
The token, would convert a BoP to BoA, and you could mail it to another character in your account.
Heck, you could do the same for Guilds, and create a BoP to BoG mechanic, using the Guild bank system to transfer.
If designed properly, it would not be cost prohibitive (Like the Transmute mechanic currently is), but would be a good "Gold Drain" for the economy.
AKA Cyber Troll and Euben Hadd
You can't transfer BoP items... BtA would be great... past that... it is hopeless...