Shared Bank Tab

[Solmage]

I'm REALLY excited by the prospect of loot that's bound to the ACCOUNT instead of a single character, if I interpret this correctly. Which of course I may not be

[Ollathir]

Awsome! It'd would be nice to be able to transfer funds as well.

[QuantumFX]

Tolero,
Any chance we could see some screenshots of the tab and how it works?

[Lorien_the_First_One]

Account-bound items, Whats them?

PS. I assume the letter is incorrect to imply that non-bound items can't be placed in this bank.

That was my question as well. I have a fear this is a new "ritual" of some kind you will have to grind for each item that you want to put in that tab

[vainangel]

I could be wrong but I think the idea is:

Items your character on KHYBER gets that are not bound to her, can be placed in the shared Account Bank.
This would include all of those neat items for your lowbie you pull, will be transferable to the shared tab.

I would also be able to drop collectibles and gems and even mana pots.

"Account Bound" to me = Your account on a server. Not additional binding mechanics.

I could be wrong but it seems simple to me.

[Lorichie]

Tolero,
Any chance we could see some screenshots of the tab and how it works?

Agree, along with some of the other yummies posted today (combat, chat tab etc.) just random pics of those would be ok, we can discern from there.

Also mebbe a quick blurb or two about "account" and "bound" and "only" and how those terms all fit together in this bank tab program. I have a hunch it doesnt mean what we think it means, and if it does i guess i'd just like a little more clarification.

Thats me tho, i'm quite happy with what i have thus far, ]

Ty again,

R

[Hendrik]

Agree, along with some of the other yummies posted today (combat, chat tab etc.) just random pics of those would be ok, we can discern from there.

Also mebbe a quick blurb or two about "account" and "bound" and "only" and how those terms all fit together in this bank tab program. I have a hunch it doesnt mean what we think it means, and if it does i guess i'd just like a little more clarification.

Thats me tho, i'm quite happy with what i have thus far, ]

Ty again,

R

To use the same example I did earlier;

Lorricch could put non-bound item 'A' in the shared account and Lorrich could log on and take it.

That is how I have read the information.

[Big-Dex]

Not sure if this has been asked or not, or if it is even a feature being considered....

It would sure be nice to be able to place ... err... dare I say ... money in the bank. Now that we are getting an account wide bank, it would sure be nice to be able to put the PP in there to share between our toons so we don't have to constantly make the PP transfers via mail and otherwise.

How about it?? Thoughts on this...

Dex was here.

[Lorichie]

Not sure if this has been asked or not, or if it is even a feature being considered....

It would sure be nice to be able to place ... err... dare I say ... money in the bank. Now that we are getting an account wide bank, it would sure be nice to be able to put the PP in there to share between our toons so we don't have to constantly make the PP transfers via mail and otherwise.

How about it?? Thoughts on this...

Dex was here.

agree, even if it was just the 4 million plat limit, it'd be an option anyway.

R

[ahpook]

(I posted this in Mod 9 post from Neried but this seems like a better place)

I assume that they are adding a new type of binding - Bound to Account. This is in addition to bound to character.

So "CharX" would take a non-bound item to the stone of change, do a ritual to make it account bound (similar to the character binding routine), then put it in the account/shard bank. "CharY" can take the item out and use it but cannot pass it on to another player or put it on the AH. Some future items might come as "account-bound" (on equip or acquire) as well.

So if you want to share things using this format, you lose the ability to pass it on to another player. If you don't want that penalty, you will need to mail it.

UPDATE: So this was wrong as Phax explains below. Unbound items can go into the shared bank.

[yk49]

okay, now i have a question, kinda shameless one...
im one of those who abused the server merge and i have 18 characters in one account, will this work properly under such a circumstance?
i know my signature thing on the forums don't display all of my characters (way too many) so im kinda worried.
i know a lot of ppl will laugh at me, but im a absolute pack rat, needed 8 mules for 10 actual playable characters... thank you!

[Lorichie]

(I posted this in Mod 9 post from Neried but this seems like a better place)

I assume that they are adding a new type of binding - Bound to Account. This is in addition to bound to character.

So "CharX" would take a non-bound item to the stone of change, do a ritual to make it account bound (similar to the character binding routine), then put it in the account/shard bank. "CharY" can take the item out and use it but cannot pass it on to another player or put it on the AH. Some future items might come as "account-bound" (on equip or acquire) as well.

So if you want to share things using this format, you lose the ability to pass it on to another player. If you don't want that penalty, you will need to mail it.

If "bound to account" means something like above, where i lose the ablility to trade or sell the item other than to general brokers, just to gain the ability to have every character access items that i have to bind, then i'm suddenly not very excited abut this for some reason. I'm hoping that i'm just really dense and just not getting it for some reason, or that what was said at beginning of op, was a bit misleading.

R

[Aranticus]

what about plat?

[ahpook]

what about plat?

As long as its bound to account. j/k

[Phax]

Hey guys,

Some items in M9 will be Bound to Account. No existing items will become bound to account. More information regarding bound to account items will be forthcoming in future announcements. These items will only be transferable to your other characters through the shared bank. You can also put any non-bound items in the shared bank.

You cannot place plat in the shared bank, sorry .

The shared bank shows up as an additional tab when you access your normal bank. The UI will look more like the Buy Back tab that shop keepers have than the existing bank, and will have twenty item slots available.

I think that answers most of your questions!

[Borror0]

Thank you for the post, Phax.

The UI will look more like the Buy Back tab that shop keepers have than the existing bank, and will have twenty item slots available.

Can we know the design reasons for this? I am curious.

[Phax]

Thank you for the post, Phax.

Can we know the design reasons for this? I am curious.

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[Borror0]

/bow to Phax, our new UI artist

Well, if design had their way the two would look exactly the same. Unfortunately on the technical side it doesn't work out that way.

That is what I thought but I wanted confirmation. I thought it may have been you guys thought it would be better to view the items' name directly other having to hover our mouse over it and if that was the case I would have pointed out that scrolling down would be a greater inconvenient.

Thank you for the reply and lol at the ACII comment. XD

[Aranticus]

20 slots? kinda convenient if you are just transferring 1 or 2 items but many vets in here have tons of stuff to move around. how about 40

oh can we get another currency? i find it a hassle to move millions of plat around, especially when i need to start an event

[VonBek]

I think that answers most of your questions!

Somewhere, a Mad Bombadier is smiling. --> This is good. Thanks!