Like others pointed out, there's a special vault for crafting materials so they don't take up your normal inventory space. Only if you hoard other items like crafted components, weapons, armour and whatnot you'll run into storage space issues in my experience. The max size of crafted bags is 20 so you can have a lot of bagspace across the 5 characters should you run out of shared bank space.

Worth considering in the long run is to buy a second copy of the game instead of aditional character slots or storage space from the gemstore (if you're the hoarder / collector type of person), that will give you a lot more storage for less money especially when the boxprice of the game starts to drop after some time or there's a promotional offer for it; and arguably has other benefits as well (use 2nd account to craft while you play on main account etc.).

One of my only purchases was full bank slots in GW2 and honestly, there's so many, I just... Wow.

I'm glad others have helped you sort the issues.  I think that is one downside to gW2 is that... Even when they did stuff right (like sent components to the bank from anywhere or bank access at crafting stations) they didn't do a great job teaching folks about the nifty utilities.

Originally posted by AzurePrower

Being a diligent crafter. I'm having bag space issues. Managed to craft myself 8 slot bags.

How ever. The biggest issue I'm having is with the bank. It is shared between multiple characters (great!), but the size of it is a joke! Running out of space. What exactly are we suppose to do about it?

Now you understand where Arena Net hopes to earn money

Originally posted by AzurePrower

Being a diligent crafter. I'm having bag space issues. Managed to craft myself 8 slot bags.

How ever. The biggest issue I'm having is with the bank. It is shared between multiple characters (great!), but the size of it is a joke! Running out of space. What exactly are we suppose to do about it?

I can definitely relate (especially if you chose cooking). There are some crafting professions that have ingredients that won't go into the collections tab.

Even still, the bank storage IS a bit absurd. It's less than half of what was given in GW1. As a temporary solution you can make your own mule guild, for the guild storage. It definitely helps, but I do hope they add at least 1 extra bank tab to the game before you need to start paying to increase it.

With the limited storage, crafting matts that aren't part of collections, and the trading post still being down, storage is most definitely an issue atm.

Originally posted by Calerxes

Originally posted by ulula
30 slot for 600 gems

 

Bingo. 

I wonder, is that 600 gems for 30 slots PER character or game-wide?

PACK MULE!

Seriously, make a guy, name him some funny name, and craft him a bunch of 8 slot bags, now keep him next to a crafting station and use him as a secondary vault.

I'm going to be using my guild vault, we're researching it either today or tomorrow, so i'll start stock-piling things.

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by Calerxes

Originally posted by ulula
30 slot for 600 gems

 

Bingo. 

I wonder, is that 600 gems for 30 slots PER character or game-wide?

The bank itself is shared between all characters...what do you think the answer to that is?  

Hint, there is only ONE possible answer.

To the original poster.   Making alts for storage space is actually more cost-efficient than expanding the bank if all that you need is more space.  Of course, it is also less convenient.  But, if you just need "more space" that's a cheaper alternative.

Originally posted by Jagarid

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by Calerxes

Originally posted by ulula
30 slot for 600 gems

 

Bingo. 

I wonder, is that 600 gems for 30 slots PER character or game-wide?

The bank itself is shared between all characters...what do you think the answer to that is?  

Hint, there is only ONE possible answer.

 

To the original poster.   Making alts for storage space is actually more cost-efficient than expanding the bank if all that you need is more space.  Of course, it is also less convenient.  But, if you just need "more space" that's a cheaper alternative.

Actually I was asking for more BAG space not more BANK space.

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by Calerxes

Originally posted by ulula
30 slot for 600 gems

 

Bingo. 

I wonder, is that 600 gems for 30 slots PER character or game-wide?

Game wide