15 replies to this topic

[Crofil]

i know you have your reasons for not allowing this but i was wonder if MAYBE there could be an option to pay GOLD or EP to be able to transfer bound items between alts.

 

sorry if this has already been suggested (i remember during beta we were spoilt being able to transfer between alts)

[HuMoR]

Although I would like this idea..it would kind of kill certain aspects in play. Being able to pay EP or Gold to transfer bound items would then defeat the purpose of growing through your own characters,you would be able to just farm all your gear on one character and transfer them to your alts that need them(like in beta).  Also this would almost take a step forward towards a pay gold or EP option to unbind a item.  Would be fun with the option though but would kill the grinds required by classes.

Edited by HuMoR, 02 April 2014 - 01:19.

[Crofil]

i only put it out there as my alt is slowly reaching lvl 40 and by the time i get there noone is going to want to run TR the 50+ times to help me get my set i would pay in EP or Gold to be able to transfer the items between accounts.. not everyone is goin to be able to afford to do this.. 

[Grimwald]

Well respec your alt to tank and you have PLENTY of people willing to help him getting the needed sets   Just joking ofcourse, but this was the exact reasoning I have seen from at least one other player who already got the set.

 

I think we should keep the bound items bound and not change it, because we are going to need all the players we can find to populate the dungeons.

 

Do we really want to have an small group of ''elite" players  farming dungeon gear and selling it?

Edited by Grimwald, 02 April 2014 - 08:17.

[awollsd]

with crofs sugestion players couldn't farm gear and sell it he never said make them unbound but instead allow bound items to be put in vault to give to your alts.

[ernzor]

There a pros and cons to either side of this. I don't overly mind either way. Am on phone right now, so not saying more than that...

[Oops]

I would love to see that I have a few small backpacks that I would send to alt if I could

[WowRefugee]

I would love to see that I have a few small backpacks that I would send to alt if I could

This. It would encourage purchase of lesser backpacks as needed, if you were allowed to later hand them down to a lower-level alt and purchase a larger one to replace it.  As it is, because backpacks are character-bound,  it's a disincentive to purchase any but the largest - and wait until you can afford/justify the higher price.

[EJK]

If it would be 500EP/item how may of you would unbind an item?

[Praetor]

I think bound items should be free to be transferred to alts. For one thing, that would encourage players to pay for extra character slots, thus this would be a net money maker for Cow. So binding should be per account, not character.

[Ant]

I know i'd use this because alt's are nothing more than cheap storage space for quite a few people. It could make plenty of people run dungeons because they will need SV,GC,To3 and TR for any alts.

 

I am working on a alt very slowly, I think it's annoying I got a lvl 40 I worked for sitting there yet I gotta stand outside boondocks either for hours or beg someone to take me. This is pretty frustrating at times plus people got their own stuff to do so you can't pester them 9 times out of 10 or may just feel like you're annoying them.

 

I can only talk for myself but sometimes I just cbb with how alts work in general.

[EJK]

 I worked for sitting there yet I gotta stand outside boondocks either for hours or beg someone to take me. 

You should have asked in GC, I usually go with people who wanna go boondocks or vault

[Ant]

You should have asked in GC, I usually go with people who wanna go boondocks or vault

 

I'm aware of using globalchat, I am lvl 40.. Global chat works sometimes not always, mainly after a few hours when people feel sorry on you. 

 

Why should I have to harass globalchat till someone takes me.

 

There's alot of nice people ingame that will help, I'm usually one of them. When it comes to me leveling my alt I might aswel be pissing against the wind.

[TakeTwo]

TLDR version: Have Patience

 

It sounds like the posts in favour of the idea are because of dungeons not readily playable. This has a lot to do with the relatively small community. Once the population picks up enough to sustain all levels of dungeons, you wont need to transfer those bound items to your alts, right?

 

Also, if you were allowed to transfer the item, then there would be 1 less person needing to do the dungeon. This would further compound the problem many of you are describing. 

[EJK]

Have Patience

if you were allowed to ..., then there would be 1 less person needing to do the dungeon. This would further compound the problem many of you are describing. 

These times people on forums tries to create a solution to the problem (It's hard to find groups for the group dungeons), but usually results in even less people would do the group dungeons. So what I've quoted the answer to the most of the threads.

Edited by EJK, 15 April 2014 - 12:23.

[Praetor]

I dunno -- most people make alternate characters different from their mains, so they wouldn't "pass down" gear. And the only bound items they could pass to an alt would be gloves and boots...so the alt would still have to run the dungeons for the relics and remnants needed for chest, pants, and hood, plus for crafted weapons.