Now that we can bank AP, we should be able to bank our Sigils of Imperial Retreat [poll]

NightbladeMechanics

I can't think of harmful side effects of making them bankable now.

Should they be unbound too -- i.e. traded on the open market, guild traders, etc?

Vote and discuss!

Vaoh

Make them unbound and bankable so that we can trade them.

I never understood why they were bound in the first place. Not only that, but these things are bound to your specific character which is a much harsher restriction than we find on any other item I can think of.

They seem like a perfectly normal item to trade imo.

NightbladeMechanics

Vaoh wrote: »

I never understood why they were bound in the first place. Not only that, but these things are bound to your specific character which is a much harsher restriction than we find on any other item I can think of.

They seem like a perfectly normal item to trade imo.

I compiled a list of character-bound items. Can you think of any others?

Sigils

Containers

Rare fish

Quest items

These trophy things

Undaunted keys

Fish, quest items, and trophies are related to achievements. Banking them = spreading the achievement to all of your characters after doing it once. I understand binding these items to the character.

Undaunted keys aren't related to achievements, but I think Mercenary motifs drop with frequency related to your crafting level? I'm not certain and don't feel like looking it up. That could be reason for binding them to the character.

Containers are earned from repeatables like trials and some quests. I think they also drop from one-time quests, but I'm not sure. Not sure what justification these have.

Sigils, though. Hmmmm.

idk

NightbladeMechanics wrote: »

Vaoh wrote: »

I never understood why they were bound in the first place. Not only that, but these things are bound to your specific character which is a much harsher restriction than we find on any other item I can think of.

They seem like a perfectly normal item to trade imo.

Containers are earned from repeatables like trials and some quests. I think they also drop from one-time quests, but I'm not sure. Not sure what justification these have.

Quest reward containers have gear set to a level. Probably the level of the one who opens it. That would be the easiest way to code I vs having to code bags for all 50 levels and all the applicable CP gear levels.

Shadzilla

Make them unbound and bankable so that we can trade them.

Undaunted keys are bound so one cannot go do a bunch of lvl 45 pledges, then transfer keys to a cp 160 toon for shoulders. Which is completely understandable. As far as sigils go, they should have always been unbound and bankable/tradeable. The more ways for TV to be sold the betterr, IC is usually pretty dead except these 2 weeks of the year.

NightbladeMechanics

Shadzilla wrote: »

Undaunted keys are bound so one cannot go do a bunch of lvl 45 pledges, then transfer keys to a cp 160 toon for shoulders. Which is completely understandable. As far as sigils go, they should have always been unbound and bankable/tradeable. The more ways for TV to be sold the betterr, IC is usually pretty dead except these 2 weeks of the year.

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

NightbladeMechanics wrote: »

Vaoh wrote: »

I never understood why they were bound in the first place. Not only that, but these things are bound to your specific character which is a much harsher restriction than we find on any other item I can think of.

They seem like a perfectly normal item to trade imo.

Containers are earned from repeatables like trials and some quests. I think they also drop from one-time quests, but I'm not sure. Not sure what justification these have.

Quest reward containers have gear set to a level. Probably the level of the one who opens it. That would be the easiest way to code I vs having to code bags for all 50 levels and all the applicable CP gear levels.

AH these are good points. Thanks.

starkerealm

Keep them bound, but make them bankable.

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

NightbladeMechanics wrote: »

Vaoh wrote: »

I never understood why they were bound in the first place. Not only that, but these things are bound to your specific character which is a much harsher restriction than we find on any other item I can think of.

They seem like a perfectly normal item to trade imo.

Containers are earned from repeatables like trials and some quests. I think they also drop from one-time quests, but I'm not sure. Not sure what justification these have.

Quest reward containers have gear set to a level. Probably the level of the one who opens it. That would be the easiest way to code I vs having to code bags for all 50 levels and all the applicable CP gear levels.

They do. You can test this when you hold containers on a character until they hit 50, and then crack them open.