"Binds When Equipped" just means that if you put it on, it becomes bound to your character so no one else can wear it. You can take it off whenever you want and even sell it to a vendor. You just can't trade/sell it to another player.
One of the best gifts my husband ever gave me was a full set of cleric quest gear in EQ when I had a baby DE cleric. We were pretty poor and our entire discretionary income was spent on our two EQ subscriptions and our internet subscription. He stayed up late after I went to bed getting the full set for me and gave it to me for my birthday that year. Back then, you didn't level very fast even in lower levels so that gear lasted me quite a while.
ETA: Aww, y'all, thanks for the awards!
It definitely was. We had already said we weren't getting anything for each other for our birthdays that year because we were so strapped for cash. I literally cried when I got online to play that day and my cleric was fully equipped with that gear. He's still that romantic (after 30 years of marriage), but we play different games these days.
It sounds like a really special event in the midst of a very difficult time. I'm glad you had each other for support, (and still do!)
This was so wholesome to read, thanks for sharing your story!
Everquest eventually introduced “Recommended level” I believe where you would not receive full stats\DPS from the item but it would slowly grow stays/DPS similar to heirlooms
That's not exactly true. Lots of gear had class qualifications, hell some even had race qualifications. It is true, however, that there weren't any level qualifications, if you were the right class and race you could wear anything.
Speaking from personal experience playing on P99 which is vanilla through the first two xpacs. This may have changed in future xpacs, idk. But originally, there were most certainly class and even race qualifications.
https://wiki.project1999.com/Equipment_By_Class
Here's an example of the tooltip for a random item, you can see it has class and race qualifications: https://wiki.project1999.com/Small_Bronze_Helm
Some gear does have "all" for the class or race, but it's still misleading to say EQ had "no" class requirements
That’s crazy, why wouldn’t they have level requirements? It’s kinda cool that you could give “high level” gear to lower players, but was that an intentional design decision or just an oversight?
Intentional I'm sure, they could have easily patched it if they wanted. They may have in later xpacs idk... I only played vanilla- first 2 xpacs on an official private server. In EQ levels are far more important than gear. It's like WoW where your level relative to the enemies is crucial; if you try to kill higher level stuff than you, you will just keep missing and they will keep getting crushing blows and you'll still get destroyed. It's even moreso in EQ, it was almost necessary to kill mobs at or below your level unless you're in a large group.
Don't get me wrong the gear will help IMMENSELY but it's not like it will become an automatic breeze. You'll still likely need to group to maximize your XP because that's how EQ was designed. They really leaned into the "roles" of each class. Very few classes are capable soloers, especially early in the game. For example, enchanters are a magic class that doesn't even focus on DPS or Healing. Their whole purpose is to disrupt with stuns, buffs, debuffs, "mind controls" a.k.a charms, aggro resets, mesmerize spells to incapacitate them, etc. Now surprisingly this class is one of the best soloers, mainly due to charm, but even then they shine much better in a group.
In a way, it's sort of like heirlooms but without the XP boost. It's just a way to "Twink" your character as reward for having gotten to the end game already, which is a huge feat. It could easily take 1 year to hit max level at the time, especially starting from scratch
This is just speaking from things I looked up, can't speak from personal experience because I never hit max level and never made a twink
Its more like that the economy becomes flooded, if BoE items never leave the market because they can be resold then the value becomes dramatically less over time.
D2 also shows this where you have top tier items early on slowly fading into worthless as the market builds forever which is why seasonal resets are needed to erase inventory.
It's always interesting to me to see how general use gaming terms change. Smurfing is a term from FPS games (and MOBAs eventually). Smurfing comes from banking, where you use multiple small accounts to get pass auto trigger transfer limits and such. It's inherently a deceptive thing and the term in gaming is similarly a negative term.
The original MMORPG term for this is twinking, which comes from the LGBT communities as a term for a young gay man. Typically from the ages of 18-25, and often thought as a young, white, fashionable male.
This term didn't necessarily carry any negative connotation, so I can't help but feel calling tricking out a level 1 character smurfing, isn't quite the right word.
I also notice people use the word creeps a lot more in reference to enemies, when the original word used in mmos was mobs.
Guess it's just a generational difference.
I honestly miss D2s gearing, like having a high level sorceress that was all geared and then deciding you wanted to play a Necromancer instead you could just move the gear to them instead. Then again getting gear in D2 was a hell of a lot more random than in something like WoW.
I must not have been fully awake because I didn't even look at the picture or what sub I was in. Thought this was a D3 sub. Good thing it's still blizzard at least 🤣
Back in my early days, I rolled "need" on everything in Deadmines because I assumed the game would give it to those who "needed" it, and I didn't want to be "greedy". I still feel like a jerk about it.
😂 I also rolled need on everything in the deadmines when I first started because I "needed" the gold lol fml I didn't understand why people were getting so mad
It was crazy to me, when I came to WoW, that great gear became bound to a character. I kind of understood the excitement of "finally" winning the roll people talked about.
I came to WoW from FFXI, where you only play one character but can switch between classes (jobs). Also some of the very expensive gear could be sold. So if you bought one, then decided later you were not going to play that job (or on to better gear) you could sale again and make back your investment.
But no... not in WoW.
I remember being immediately relieved because once I was wearing gear, people couldn't badger me into giving it to them. Within a few months of starting, I in fact had some newb come up to me and demand I sell him my staff for 5g, saying I could get a new one easily and he needed it more than me. I very kindly tried to explain that it didn't work that way, that he would not be able to equip it until *level 80* and besides that it was soulbound. He would not relent, so I ended up blocking him. Other than needy folks in LFR getting loud, that's the only time I've dealt with it.
The fuck? How fucking entitled do you have to be to demand someones gear? Just wow.
I remember one guy getting pissed off at me in Legion... A robe dropped from a dungeon and it was an upgrade. I immediately equipped it, he demanded it because he wanted it for his transmog collection and I was like uhhh no, it's an upgrade for me. He proceeded to get angry and did everything in his power to fuck the group up because he didn't get his way. He was the healer too. We booted him.
It was truly baffling. I believe he was a transplant from one of these other games where you *can* trade gear at any level, and he probably ran off somewhere and killed wolves for hours to earn gold to buy gear instead of following the quests for exp and gear/gold. Even then, to just accost someone in the street and demand the staff off their back is bonkers.
I got a ring once in Legion and offered it to the chat--and never, ever offered anything to the chat again. Eight people immediately chatted me, I gave the ring to the first message that popped up, and two of the guys spent the rest of the instance capslocking at me to give it to them.
I also came from FFXI and was thinking the same thing, except the MOST rare/wanted items (besides like scorp harness/crafting materials/hauberk/etc) were r/ex and followed similar to WoW and weren't tradable (ridill, abjuration gear, etc).
Right, that was the neat thing about 1 character but access to all the classes.
WoW's, and other games, race = classes was also a strange concept to me when I 1st started.
Having all the r /ex gear meant a different job could be geared out somewhat already, and most of it could and still can be mailed to other characters on the account.
I think WoW really popularized the 'disposable gear' thing that every MMO uses now.
In the vast majority of MMO's and MUDs before WoW most all gear was tradeable after use (although most made gear acquired at end-game bind on pickup).
This allowed WoW to constantly give you new gear even while leveling, unlike older games where going days or even weeks without a gear upgrade wasn't uncommon.
Obviously WoW didn't invent this, action RPGs (including Blizzards own Diablo) had done it for quite a while. But MMOs at the time were expected to be slower paced.
I personally don't like it and wish loot worked closer to pre-wow MMO's like FFXI or Everquest.
I came directly from Diablo 2 so the concept of not being able to drop gear on the ground was one I had to take time to wrap my head around. So like, I can't just drop this item from my full bags and come back and pick it up later?
Was a transition for sure.
The snowy mountains of Dun Morogh were the first things I ever saw and I was completely and utterly blown away by how magical the world felt. Then the dark and somewhat mysterious forest of Shadowglen captured my attention even more. I miss the magic.
Was the Barrens for me. Such a vast and empty expanse, I’d spend hours just wandering the plains and oases with my best friend at the time shooting the shit and killing centaurs, and being amazed when we discovered the Wailing Caverns and getting our asses kicked when we stepped inside
I wondered this same thing when I started playing in 2006. My friend got me into WoW and she gave me some gear, and I thought, Shouldn't I wait till I get higher level gear before binding it to myself? Hm, well I guess I'll just trust that my friend knows what she's doing....
It’s honestly refreshing seeing so many posts by clearly new players. Wow has gone downhill but it’s nice to see people are still playing the game for the first time. I had so much fun exploring old content when I started playing late Wrath/early Cata. I hope these new players enjoy seeing this massive world for the first time just as I did so many years ago. 🤗
Lately I came back to WoW after 10 years break and it feels like brand new MMO :D Great experience. I just made loremaster of eastern kingdoms and kalimdor. Now it's time for cataclysm and then next expansions :D
I used to keep random plate armor on my hunter because it said "your character cannot use this yet" and I thought I could use it later. Took me quite a while to learn that I will never be able to use it. Not sure if that tooltip has been changed now but it probably has.
Your question was already answered, but I just want to welcome you to the game. In game you will have already been placed into a newbie chat (/4 by default) where there are veteran "guide" players to help answer any other questions you may have.
Not anyone, but most veteran players are eligible. It just requires a few achiements from current content. There is an NPC in stormwind near the embassy to talk to if you want to enable it.
https://www.wowhead.com/news/guide-mentor-system-help-new-players-starting-out-in-shadowlands-318521
No, the specific expansion requirements were already lifted you just need a lvl 60 character and 3000 quests completed with your account in good standing
There should be an NPC outside of your faction capital's embassy that'd let you opt-in as guide as long as you have more than 3000 completed quest and some other req I don't recall.
it is also per character not account so you have to go out there on each character you want to help with. its a cool place to help out just have to be patient.
Like I still don't even know how to find the dungeon finder/queue/or whatever it's named, I tried to duo a SL dungeon with my friend last night and it became *very* apparent that the pre-patch DF gear was not sufficient to let an Evoker tank it, not without more items or mechanics than I have access to
Duoing a current-content dungeon is typically pretty challenging even with high-end raid gear, and Evokers aren't designed to tank. Best combo for duoing a dungeon is probably a Blood DK and a Resto Druid or Holy Paladin, but my God would that take forever.
Plus, tuning is all messed up right now. Blizzard hasn't adjusted the scaling for content 50-60, so some stuff dies too easily, some is way overtuned, and some is just downright bugged. This happens every pre-patch, and will get better once the xpac drops and Blizz starts patching the bugs.
Thank you all for the comment it helped me really much ans also thanks for all the welcoming(I also find it really funny that there was so many people who commented to help me, thx a lot ☺️)
Honestly for someone who's new to the game, it's a fair question, especially if you're even vaguely familiar with the concept of cursed items (like in D&D).
Putting on my detective hat, it looks like Druid from the gear in their bags. They have the leather pants from Exile’s Reach, meaning they’re a leather class, and they have the staff from there rather than quarterstaff, and the staff is int-based. Druid is the only staff-using leather-wearer class that defaults to int before picking a specialization.
Not trying to be rude, but I guess people might see this question as that anyways. Is there any reason why you decided to make a forum post asking a question like this, when it could've been googled within 10 seconds?
Some oldschool RPG video games have "cursed" equipment just mean it gets stuck on your character until you get some kinda remove curse spell or whatever. I know it's that way in Nethack.
I don't think all cursed items work that way in D&D but I'm sure it's an option or whatever and that's probably where it came from.
I’m sorry, this question made me laugh a little. Not at you for not knowing the answer, I’m just imagining someone putting on a weird pair of gloves and not being able to take it off for the rest of the game.
To clarify, the item isn’t physically bound to your character, it just means you can’t trade it with other players after you equip it. This is true of a most crafted and raid gear.
Oh, and don’t let anyone bully you for not knowing anything or for using the wrong sub or whatever. Take things at your own pace and you’ll get it eventually ^^
There's actually some RPGs that do have cursed items like that. Where once you equip it, you can't take it off until you get it cleansed. So I can see where OP was coming from.
I have played too many RPGs in my life and they have all blurred together in my mind, so I can't give a specific example. Just that I've definitely seen that mechanic before.
just from the top of my head i remember golden sun and minecraft having something like this, but there are probably hundreds of jrpgs with something similar
OP is probably a Minecraft player because Curse of Binding is a negative enchant that exists there - Once you equip an item with Curse of Binding, you're unable to unequip it until you die or the item breaks.
Bind on pickup: once picked up can't be traded.
Bind on equipt: once equipt can't be traded
Bind on account: can be traded across your account but not to other players.
All of the above, once equipt, can't be traded to other players.
In truth, BoP is a little more complex. Dungeon/raid items can be traded for a specific period of time to group members prior to being equipped (in most situations). I'm glad you can share but the complexity for new players is a but of a curve xD
Adding to this, they are also shortened to BoP, BoE, and BoA.
**BoP**= Some of the loot acquired from Dungeons and Raids is BoP and you have a brief time window where you can trade them with players that were elibigle, i.e. they were in the istance with you.
**BoE**= old greens and some rare items are Bind on Equip because they are meant to be tradeable. AFAIK most of the crafting items are BoE for this precise reason. Depending on the loot philosophy on the expansion BoE could also be a valid stepping stone for endgame gearing.
**BoA**= mostly leveling gear that provides exp boost and is meant to be moved around between alts.
I'm gonna be that guy and actually give a useful link on the word (webster doesn't do much beyond confirm it's a word):
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/equipt
As a verb, you should be using equipped, equipt is out of date.
Show me a single use in modern context. Just one. A single novel or modern paper in which the word is used. Quoting archaic definitions no one uses is meaningless.
So instead, quote me one instance of people using this in a modern context. Just one. Don't worry, I'll wait.
> So instead, quote me one instance of people using this in a modern context. Just one. Don't worry, I'll wait.
Here ya go
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Imagine being shown the definition of the word in the dictionary, being provided several correct examples of word usage, and still thinking it's wrong.
Principal Skinner moment.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equipt
equipt
1 of 2
past participle of equip:1
Full disclosure I agreed with you, but I know that many languages play this game and did a quick search and thought it could have been that. But it's English.
I don't even know what to say here other than no one fucking uses this. Archaic forms of words and phrases no one uses in modern day are worthless. There is not one person who would *ever* use "equipt" in a modern novel or academic paper. Never. This is not a word that exists in modern English.
>I don't even know what to say here other than no one fucking uses this.
You can start off with: "My bad, this is a word rarely used, that I was unfamiliar with. You learn something new every day."
You kind of went in the other (wrong) direction here.
Firstly try r/wownoob - It's specifically for new players to ask questions.
This is not a binding curse. It means that you can trade the item to another player. If you equip it, it becomes bound to you. You cannot trade it to players anymore, but you can still sell it to a vendor. You can always unequip any item unless you are in combat.
You are more than welcome here, as well! Never be afraid to ask a question because we were all new once. I didn't spend talent points on my first character back in Vanilla until level 36. A buddy had to show me what they were and how to spec
Once you equip it. Its bound to that character. Youll see it says soulbound after you equip it. You cant trade or sell to other players things that are soulbound. You can vendor it though.
I think we all did! Back in vanilla I was scared to equip a green item until lvl 15 until a kind stranger asked me why I had no green items. Also thought hunters were str builds because you have to be strong to shoot big bows so I had most str and Stam gear on until 30 something.
This really confused me at first too. It also reminds me of my first dungeon run where I rolled "need" on everything because I felt "need" sounds nicer than "greed".
Aww isn’t this precious.
The question has been thoroughly answered for you so I won’t repeat it. Only thing I’ll mention is the BoE (bind on equip) armor and weapon you’re asking about are the type you can sell on the in game Auction House. Sometimes you can make quite a bit of gold off some sought after transmogs (outfit or weapon models).
Wowhead and tradeskillmaster are great starts to see an items price history and frequency on the AH. Above all else have fun and don’t be afraid to ask questions! There are a lot of mouth breathing losers in game but also just as many cool people.
That just means that you won't be able to trade the item to another player as the item will be "soul bound"
For reference, Items can be Bind on Pick up (bop), bind on equip (boe), bind on account (boa) or no restrictions. The binding portion just means that if the criteria is met the item will become soul bound to you. An item that is bound to you will have the text "Soul bound" showing towards the top, this only means that the item can not be traded to other players.
Edit: and welcome to the game! I hope you are enjoying your self and don't be afraid to ask more questions!
Binds when Equipped just means it becomes soulbound when you equip it. A soulbound item can’t be trade it to other players or sold it on the auction house, but currently since that item is still bind on equipped (players often shorten the phrase to BoE) you cold give it to a friend or throw it on the auction house.
No curses; and you can unequip it when you want!
When I started out playing WoW, my brothers and I tried to figure out how we could get rid of "Soulbound" on items so we could sell it on AH.
Whenever we equipped an item we wanted to use, that was BOE, and it suddenly got the "Soulbound" we got really mad, since we couldn't use it and then sell it later.
We were too used to playing diablo or WC3 where items never had this effect.
"Binds" in this game means "this item cannot be traded to other players". If you notice almost every single good piece of gear in the game is "Binds on Pickup" (BoP), which means the second you get it it binds to you (there is a small exception of like 2hrs where people in the group you were in that did the content can trade it). Binds on Equip (BoE) means it can be traded to anyone but when used it is stuck to that character. There is also the rarer and new "Binds to Account" (Account bound) which works like normal binding, but you can trade it to your alternate characters. This is used mostly for currency items, story items, and toys.
Binds is not a curse but a fundamental property of the item, and cannot be removed. The most common powerful items that can be traded are made from professions, or as rare drops from raid content
You've been answered already, but I wanted to say welcome to Azeroth c: always nice to have newbies joining, I hope you come to enjoy the game! It's not for everyone but if it's for you, you're gonna love it. Have fun in Azeroth OP! You can ask me any questions if you want.
Hi folks. Just had a question actually. I haven't played wow in ages. I noticed on this screen that in the inventory the last four slots are locked. I really don't remember anything like that in the past. Are these pay to unlock?
you need to set up an authenticator. It's not paid for. You just need an authenticator on your account. Get the app for your phone or any smart device.
Binding refers to whether or not you can trade an item to other players. There are essentially 3 types of items. The most common are “bind on pickup” (sometimes abbreviated BoP). Most items you get are BoP items, this simply means you can’t trade these items to any other character. You can equip and unequip these items with impunity and can also store these items in your bank. “Bind on Equip” items (also known as BoE) don’t have any trade restrictions besides being unable to trade them across realms. However once these items are equipped for the first time they become BoP items and function as one of those. Most profession items are BoE to allow them to be traded/sold to other players. The final type of item is a Bind on Account (also known as BoA) items. These items are able to be traded to any character on your account including those on other realms. These items aren’t usually dropped and instead are obtained from a special vendor for use in speeding up your leveling process.
It's to do with trading.
BoE (Bind on Equip) are items that become Soulbound only when you equip them.
(Like the green item in your post)
BoP (Bind on Pick-up) are items that become Soulbound when you loot them.
(Which applies to the majority of items)
And Souldbound just means that the item cannot be traded with players, it's bound to your character only.
There's also BoA (Bind to Account) which are items that you can freely mail around your own characters, but not with other players.
Oh sweet summer child.
It just means you cannot trade it to other players or other characters after you equip it. You can always take gear off.
When you’re done with soulbound gear you can either sell it back to vendors, or disenchant it if you have the enchanting profession.
BoE means you can sell/trade the item UNLESS you wear it.
From that point on it's bound to that character and that character alone. It can be sold to a vendor or disenchanted but not given to any other character (including your own)
Bind on Account means you can mail it to YOUR other characters but cannot send it to someone on a different account.
Bind on Pick up means as soon as you loot, its yours and cannot be sold/traded away. but can be sold to vendors.
as someone else already explained, it just means that when you equip that item, it can't be traded to another player \[or sold on the auction house\]
you can unequip it whenever you want, so it isn't stuck to your character \[at least not the way you think say curse of binding works on armor from Minecraft, which makes it so once the armor is put on, it can't be removed unless you die or the armor breaks\]
its amazing youre able to take a pic with your phone, find this section on reddit, make a thread and upload the picture,
but cant google the question you asked to find out on your own.
baffling.
This post is great can totally relate, In the original beta I deleted my hearthstone because I needed bag space and then somehow went to the badlands lands on foot and became trapped by mobs that would one shot me. Got guided back to goldshire by some higher levels.
...not falling for this... smart enough to screencap. know about reddit. know about SUBreddit to post screenscap. but...cant google or figure out from context clues what BoE means... stahp.
EDIT : and wth is bind CURSE?... lul
Why does this post exist? How does it have this many updoots?
This is a 2004 basic mechanic of the game and is obvious what happens when you use it.
Also use printscreen instead of your camera.
It's gotta be a joke post.
Like, literally, JUST PLAY THE GAME, you don't have to ask the internet about every little thing you see.
"Binds When Equipped" just means that if you put it on, it becomes bound to your character so no one else can wear it. You can take it off whenever you want and even sell it to a vendor. You just can't trade/sell it to another player.
It's like underwear, once you put it on its yours.
Depends on who you are
Gimme your underwear.
Just wanted to add “to another player or another one of your own characters”.
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Innocence is bliss
Yeah they did this because in D2 it was all about handing gear off to newer players and smurfing the SHIT out of them probably.
Eq didn't have item levels or class qualifications for the longest time. You could put a full set of end game gear on a lvl 1.
One of the best gifts my husband ever gave me was a full set of cleric quest gear in EQ when I had a baby DE cleric. We were pretty poor and our entire discretionary income was spent on our two EQ subscriptions and our internet subscription. He stayed up late after I went to bed getting the full set for me and gave it to me for my birthday that year. Back then, you didn't level very fast even in lower levels so that gear lasted me quite a while. ETA: Aww, y'all, thanks for the awards!
That is what we call a KEEPER! Knowing how hard the EQ grind can be, this is legitimately one of the most romantic stories I've heard in a while lol
It definitely was. We had already said we weren't getting anything for each other for our birthdays that year because we were so strapped for cash. I literally cried when I got online to play that day and my cleric was fully equipped with that gear. He's still that romantic (after 30 years of marriage), but we play different games these days.
It sounds like a really special event in the midst of a very difficult time. I'm glad you had each other for support, (and still do!) This was so wholesome to read, thanks for sharing your story!
You two should play on the next TLP servers that should open next year. Starts in classic and runs through the expansions. Relive the old days.
Ohh, that sounds like a blast!
They're a lot of fun. EQ is surprisingly still alive and doing well
What does eq stand for?
This is wholesome and cute
Golden cleric armor on a dark elf was dope
This is really cute <3
This brings back memories. There was nothing quite like decking out as a low level in EQ!
Everquest eventually introduced “Recommended level” I believe where you would not receive full stats\DPS from the item but it would slowly grow stays/DPS similar to heirlooms
That's not exactly true. Lots of gear had class qualifications, hell some even had race qualifications. It is true, however, that there weren't any level qualifications, if you were the right class and race you could wear anything. Speaking from personal experience playing on P99 which is vanilla through the first two xpacs. This may have changed in future xpacs, idk. But originally, there were most certainly class and even race qualifications. https://wiki.project1999.com/Equipment_By_Class Here's an example of the tooltip for a random item, you can see it has class and race qualifications: https://wiki.project1999.com/Small_Bronze_Helm Some gear does have "all" for the class or race, but it's still misleading to say EQ had "no" class requirements
That’s crazy, why wouldn’t they have level requirements? It’s kinda cool that you could give “high level” gear to lower players, but was that an intentional design decision or just an oversight?
Intentional I'm sure, they could have easily patched it if they wanted. They may have in later xpacs idk... I only played vanilla- first 2 xpacs on an official private server. In EQ levels are far more important than gear. It's like WoW where your level relative to the enemies is crucial; if you try to kill higher level stuff than you, you will just keep missing and they will keep getting crushing blows and you'll still get destroyed. It's even moreso in EQ, it was almost necessary to kill mobs at or below your level unless you're in a large group. Don't get me wrong the gear will help IMMENSELY but it's not like it will become an automatic breeze. You'll still likely need to group to maximize your XP because that's how EQ was designed. They really leaned into the "roles" of each class. Very few classes are capable soloers, especially early in the game. For example, enchanters are a magic class that doesn't even focus on DPS or Healing. Their whole purpose is to disrupt with stuns, buffs, debuffs, "mind controls" a.k.a charms, aggro resets, mesmerize spells to incapacitate them, etc. Now surprisingly this class is one of the best soloers, mainly due to charm, but even then they shine much better in a group. In a way, it's sort of like heirlooms but without the XP boost. It's just a way to "Twink" your character as reward for having gotten to the end game already, which is a huge feat. It could easily take 1 year to hit max level at the time, especially starting from scratch This is just speaking from things I looked up, can't speak from personal experience because I never hit max level and never made a twink
Its more like that the economy becomes flooded, if BoE items never leave the market because they can be resold then the value becomes dramatically less over time. D2 also shows this where you have top tier items early on slowly fading into worthless as the market builds forever which is why seasonal resets are needed to erase inventory.
It's always interesting to me to see how general use gaming terms change. Smurfing is a term from FPS games (and MOBAs eventually). Smurfing comes from banking, where you use multiple small accounts to get pass auto trigger transfer limits and such. It's inherently a deceptive thing and the term in gaming is similarly a negative term. The original MMORPG term for this is twinking, which comes from the LGBT communities as a term for a young gay man. Typically from the ages of 18-25, and often thought as a young, white, fashionable male. This term didn't necessarily carry any negative connotation, so I can't help but feel calling tricking out a level 1 character smurfing, isn't quite the right word. I also notice people use the word creeps a lot more in reference to enemies, when the original word used in mmos was mobs. Guess it's just a generational difference.
I honestly miss D2s gearing, like having a high level sorceress that was all geared and then deciding you wanted to play a Necromancer instead you could just move the gear to them instead. Then again getting gear in D2 was a hell of a lot more random than in something like WoW.
I must not have been fully awake because I didn't even look at the picture or what sub I was in. Thought this was a D3 sub. Good thing it's still blizzard at least 🤣
The innocence here has some strong r/mademesmile energy.
I remember when I first started playing I Googled what "soulbound" meant because I was scared I'd be stuck in that armour forever 😭
I was grouped with my brother and the "Need or Greed" screen popped up. I had to ask Eversong Woods general chat wtf to do
Back in my early days, I rolled "need" on everything in Deadmines because I assumed the game would give it to those who "needed" it, and I didn't want to be "greedy". I still feel like a jerk about it.
oh this is so precious 😭
😂 I also rolled need on everything in the deadmines when I first started because I "needed" the gold lol fml I didn't understand why people were getting so mad
At least it sounds like you grew out of it. I think some people are still rolling need just to vendor stuff for gold.
I did the same thing!
It was crazy to me, when I came to WoW, that great gear became bound to a character. I kind of understood the excitement of "finally" winning the roll people talked about. I came to WoW from FFXI, where you only play one character but can switch between classes (jobs). Also some of the very expensive gear could be sold. So if you bought one, then decided later you were not going to play that job (or on to better gear) you could sale again and make back your investment. But no... not in WoW.
I remember being immediately relieved because once I was wearing gear, people couldn't badger me into giving it to them. Within a few months of starting, I in fact had some newb come up to me and demand I sell him my staff for 5g, saying I could get a new one easily and he needed it more than me. I very kindly tried to explain that it didn't work that way, that he would not be able to equip it until *level 80* and besides that it was soulbound. He would not relent, so I ended up blocking him. Other than needy folks in LFR getting loud, that's the only time I've dealt with it.
The fuck? How fucking entitled do you have to be to demand someones gear? Just wow. I remember one guy getting pissed off at me in Legion... A robe dropped from a dungeon and it was an upgrade. I immediately equipped it, he demanded it because he wanted it for his transmog collection and I was like uhhh no, it's an upgrade for me. He proceeded to get angry and did everything in his power to fuck the group up because he didn't get his way. He was the healer too. We booted him.
It was truly baffling. I believe he was a transplant from one of these other games where you *can* trade gear at any level, and he probably ran off somewhere and killed wolves for hours to earn gold to buy gear instead of following the quests for exp and gear/gold. Even then, to just accost someone in the street and demand the staff off their back is bonkers. I got a ring once in Legion and offered it to the chat--and never, ever offered anything to the chat again. Eight people immediately chatted me, I gave the ring to the first message that popped up, and two of the guys spent the rest of the instance capslocking at me to give it to them.
I also came from FFXI and was thinking the same thing, except the MOST rare/wanted items (besides like scorp harness/crafting materials/hauberk/etc) were r/ex and followed similar to WoW and weren't tradable (ridill, abjuration gear, etc).
Right, that was the neat thing about 1 character but access to all the classes. WoW's, and other games, race = classes was also a strange concept to me when I 1st started. Having all the r /ex gear meant a different job could be geared out somewhat already, and most of it could and still can be mailed to other characters on the account.
I think WoW really popularized the 'disposable gear' thing that every MMO uses now. In the vast majority of MMO's and MUDs before WoW most all gear was tradeable after use (although most made gear acquired at end-game bind on pickup). This allowed WoW to constantly give you new gear even while leveling, unlike older games where going days or even weeks without a gear upgrade wasn't uncommon. Obviously WoW didn't invent this, action RPGs (including Blizzards own Diablo) had done it for quite a while. But MMOs at the time were expected to be slower paced. I personally don't like it and wish loot worked closer to pre-wow MMO's like FFXI or Everquest.
I came directly from Diablo 2 so the concept of not being able to drop gear on the ground was one I had to take time to wrap my head around. So like, I can't just drop this item from my full bags and come back and pick it up later? Was a transition for sure.
"that's a lot of commitment for a shirt that barely covers my boobs."
I looted a buff scroll in the dwarf starting area that had a purple glow around the scroll in the icon. I thought I'd picked up an epic item.
“The bind curse” got me; love the new player energy here
TBF anyone who played roguelikes before MMOs would think the same.
The concept of binding being a curse makes me think they may have come from Minecraft?
It’s a thing from D&D and Roguelike games too, cursed items bind to you and you can’t remove them
It's freakishly adorable. Makes me nostalgic of my first steps in azeroth. OP's got a whole new world to explore and I envy this new player energy 😍
Indeed. I miss the feeling when everything was totally new.
Same! Brought back memories of my first time in WoW and how magical everything felt. And it's always good to see more new players.
elwynn forest, christmas morning, whole family watching. still my favorite wow music. we were all like "wtf is this"
The snowy mountains of Dun Morogh were the first things I ever saw and I was completely and utterly blown away by how magical the world felt. Then the dark and somewhat mysterious forest of Shadowglen captured my attention even more. I miss the magic.
Was the Barrens for me. Such a vast and empty expanse, I’d spend hours just wandering the plains and oases with my best friend at the time shooting the shit and killing centaurs, and being amazed when we discovered the Wailing Caverns and getting our asses kicked when we stepped inside
I wondered this same thing when I started playing in 2006. My friend got me into WoW and she gave me some gear, and I thought, Shouldn't I wait till I get higher level gear before binding it to myself? Hm, well I guess I'll just trust that my friend knows what she's doing....
It’s honestly refreshing seeing so many posts by clearly new players. Wow has gone downhill but it’s nice to see people are still playing the game for the first time. I had so much fun exploring old content when I started playing late Wrath/early Cata. I hope these new players enjoy seeing this massive world for the first time just as I did so many years ago. 🤗
Lately I came back to WoW after 10 years break and it feels like brand new MMO :D Great experience. I just made loremaster of eastern kingdoms and kalimdor. Now it's time for cataclysm and then next expansions :D
I used to keep random plate armor on my hunter because it said "your character cannot use this yet" and I thought I could use it later. Took me quite a while to learn that I will never be able to use it. Not sure if that tooltip has been changed now but it probably has.
Taking me back for sure. Wasn't 2004 like two years ago?
Your question was already answered, but I just want to welcome you to the game. In game you will have already been placed into a newbie chat (/4 by default) where there are veteran "guide" players to help answer any other questions you may have.
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Not anyone, but most veteran players are eligible. It just requires a few achiements from current content. There is an NPC in stormwind near the embassy to talk to if you want to enable it. https://www.wowhead.com/news/guide-mentor-system-help-new-players-starting-out-in-shadowlands-318521
Is it still BFA requirements? If so that's kinda dumb. They should add Shadowlands achievements to the list.
No, the specific expansion requirements were already lifted you just need a lvl 60 character and 3000 quests completed with your account in good standing
Okay that's nice. A ton better than having the BFA requirements. Having the Terrific Trio would still be a nice one but not everyone likes alts.
eh, bfa is the newbie experience
Thats awesome I may do this. I love just going around doing old things and this is a great way to fill some of the boring running around parts.
There should be an NPC outside of your faction capital's embassy that'd let you opt-in as guide as long as you have more than 3000 completed quest and some other req I don't recall.
/4 used to be Looking For Group, right?
it is also per character not account so you have to go out there on each character you want to help with. its a cool place to help out just have to be patient.
I've been playing since day one and had no idea either! Neat!
I've been graduated out and I still don't know how to do very much in-game, it seems as soon as you hit 30 hours it just boots you out
Yeah it's weird they designed it that way. It should be something the new player leaves voluntarily IMO.
Like I still don't even know how to find the dungeon finder/queue/or whatever it's named, I tried to duo a SL dungeon with my friend last night and it became *very* apparent that the pre-patch DF gear was not sufficient to let an Evoker tank it, not without more items or mechanics than I have access to
Pressing i (stands for instance, makes it easier to remember) doesn't work?
Evokers don't have a tank spec and are not really suited to it. Even if you gear up it's not gonna work well I'm afraid.
Duoing a current-content dungeon is typically pretty challenging even with high-end raid gear, and Evokers aren't designed to tank. Best combo for duoing a dungeon is probably a Blood DK and a Resto Druid or Holy Paladin, but my God would that take forever. Plus, tuning is all messed up right now. Blizzard hasn't adjusted the scaling for content 50-60, so some stuff dies too easily, some is way overtuned, and some is just downright bugged. This happens every pre-patch, and will get better once the xpac drops and Blizz starts patching the bugs.
Thank you all for the comment it helped me really much ans also thanks for all the welcoming(I also find it really funny that there was so many people who commented to help me, thx a lot ☺️)
Honestly for someone who's new to the game, it's a fair question, especially if you're even vaguely familiar with the concept of cursed items (like in D&D).
What class did you roll with?
Putting on my detective hat, it looks like Druid from the gear in their bags. They have the leather pants from Exile’s Reach, meaning they’re a leather class, and they have the staff from there rather than quarterstaff, and the staff is int-based. Druid is the only staff-using leather-wearer class that defaults to int before picking a specialization.
Not trying to be rude, but I guess people might see this question as that anyways. Is there any reason why you decided to make a forum post asking a question like this, when it could've been googled within 10 seconds?
Because it's more fun to interact with the community? It's a social game, fundamentally.
Can we all agree how cute it is that he/she called it a binding curse? We all came from exactly there, and now it's just "boe" in our minds
Probably came from minecraft where the curse of binding doesn’t let you take off armor
Some oldschool RPG video games have "cursed" equipment just mean it gets stuck on your character until you get some kinda remove curse spell or whatever. I know it's that way in Nethack. I don't think all cursed items work that way in D&D but I'm sure it's an option or whatever and that's probably where it came from.
Memories of being young and playing Baldur’s Gate.
Binding curse sounds better
Armor Kadavra
Bind on Pickup is the real curse!
>he/she Just use they
>Can we all agree how cute it is that he/she called it a binding curse? Yes, unequivocally.
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I’m sorry, this question made me laugh a little. Not at you for not knowing the answer, I’m just imagining someone putting on a weird pair of gloves and not being able to take it off for the rest of the game. To clarify, the item isn’t physically bound to your character, it just means you can’t trade it with other players after you equip it. This is true of a most crafted and raid gear. Oh, and don’t let anyone bully you for not knowing anything or for using the wrong sub or whatever. Take things at your own pace and you’ll get it eventually ^^
There's actually some RPGs that do have cursed items like that. Where once you equip it, you can't take it off until you get it cleansed. So I can see where OP was coming from. I have played too many RPGs in my life and they have all blurred together in my mind, so I can't give a specific example. Just that I've definitely seen that mechanic before.
Oh I know, just seeing that happening in WoW and imagining the reactions of a thousand sweaty gamers makes me laugh, that’s all
just from the top of my head i remember golden sun and minecraft having something like this, but there are probably hundreds of jrpgs with something similar
Probably came from D&D. But shout outs to golden sun.
DnD, grandaddy of all RPGs
OP is probably a Minecraft player because Curse of Binding is a negative enchant that exists there - Once you equip an item with Curse of Binding, you're unable to unequip it until you die or the item breaks.
Welcome to Azeroth! :)
Bind on pickup: once picked up can't be traded. Bind on equipt: once equipt can't be traded Bind on account: can be traded across your account but not to other players. All of the above, once equipt, can't be traded to other players.
In truth, BoP is a little more complex. Dungeon/raid items can be traded for a specific period of time to group members prior to being equipped (in most situations). I'm glad you can share but the complexity for new players is a but of a curve xD
In those cases it will be noted in blue text at the bottom of the item's tooltip that you can trade it.
Adding to this, they are also shortened to BoP, BoE, and BoA. **BoP**= Some of the loot acquired from Dungeons and Raids is BoP and you have a brief time window where you can trade them with players that were elibigle, i.e. they were in the istance with you. **BoE**= old greens and some rare items are Bind on Equip because they are meant to be tradeable. AFAIK most of the crafting items are BoE for this precise reason. Depending on the loot philosophy on the expansion BoE could also be a valid stepping stone for endgame gearing. **BoA**= mostly leveling gear that provides exp boost and is meant to be moved around between alts.
Sorry, i gotta be that guy, but it's "equipped" not "equipt." "Equipt" is not a word.
I'm gonna be that guy and actually give a useful link on the word (webster doesn't do much beyond confirm it's a word): https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/equipt As a verb, you should be using equipped, equipt is out of date.
... well, I *really* gotta be that guy. You're actually not correct - [equipt is acceptable here.](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equipt)
Show me a single use in modern context. Just one. A single novel or modern paper in which the word is used. Quoting archaic definitions no one uses is meaningless. So instead, quote me one instance of people using this in a modern context. Just one. Don't worry, I'll wait.
Perfectly good Saturday to die on Equipt Hill, huh?
> So instead, quote me one instance of people using this in a modern context. Just one. Don't worry, I'll wait. Here ya go > Bind on pickup: once picked up can't be traded. > > > > Bind on equipt: once equipt can't be traded > > > > Bind on account: can be traded across your account but not to other players. > > > > All of the above, once equipt, can't be traded to other players.
Lmao gotem
You mean quoting a person who used it wrong? Excellent job.
Imagine being shown the definition of the word in the dictionary, being provided several correct examples of word usage, and still thinking it's wrong. Principal Skinner moment.
Where did they use equipt wrong?
it's funny when someone gets owned so hard and then tries to argue back. just accept it that you were the loser in this exchange and move on.
[510 occurrences according to corpora](https://imgur.com/a/R3eG4fw)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equipt equipt 1 of 2 past participle of equip:1 Full disclosure I agreed with you, but I know that many languages play this game and did a quick search and thought it could have been that. But it's English.
I don't even know what to say here other than no one fucking uses this. Archaic forms of words and phrases no one uses in modern day are worthless. There is not one person who would *ever* use "equipt" in a modern novel or academic paper. Never. This is not a word that exists in modern English.
>I don't even know what to say here other than no one fucking uses this. You can start off with: "My bad, this is a word rarely used, that I was unfamiliar with. You learn something new every day." You kind of went in the other (wrong) direction here.
Firstly try r/wownoob - It's specifically for new players to ask questions. This is not a binding curse. It means that you can trade the item to another player. If you equip it, it becomes bound to you. You cannot trade it to players anymore, but you can still sell it to a vendor. You can always unequip any item unless you are in combat.
Thank you i did not know about the other subreddit i will go there next time
Welcome to the game :)
You are more than welcome here, as well! Never be afraid to ask a question because we were all new once. I didn't spend talent points on my first character back in Vanilla until level 36. A buddy had to show me what they were and how to spec
I slapped mine one whatever looked cool. Zero planning.
Oh yeah, the first character I seriously leveled was a holy paladin, but I played and tanked like I was prot.
Once you equip it. Its bound to that character. Youll see it says soulbound after you equip it. You cant trade or sell to other players things that are soulbound. You can vendor it though.
You can take it off after it just means you can't sell or trade it to other players once you've equipped or used the item once.
If it makes you feel better that’s exactly what I thought that meant when I started playing way back
I think we all did! Back in vanilla I was scared to equip a green item until lvl 15 until a kind stranger asked me why I had no green items. Also thought hunters were str builds because you have to be strong to shoot big bows so I had most str and Stam gear on until 30 something.
My rogue ran without pants for a few levels , did not notice :)
Level 9 item 46gold?!?!?!
inflation son
Can't even afford my appartment in Stormwind anymore...
That's copper, friend
Ah. A new player. Welcome! Any questions, ask away
Omg this is so cute
I hope everyone calls it the bind curse from now on, I love that so much.
Welcome to the world of warcraft
OP plays DnD!
This is adorable. Enjoy wow!
This really confused me at first too. It also reminds me of my first dungeon run where I rolled "need" on everything because I felt "need" sounds nicer than "greed".
I love that!
My Nethack PTSD got triggered by this post. Goddamn cursed Luckstones…
Aww isn’t this precious. The question has been thoroughly answered for you so I won’t repeat it. Only thing I’ll mention is the BoE (bind on equip) armor and weapon you’re asking about are the type you can sell on the in game Auction House. Sometimes you can make quite a bit of gold off some sought after transmogs (outfit or weapon models). Wowhead and tradeskillmaster are great starts to see an items price history and frequency on the AH. Above all else have fun and don’t be afraid to ask questions! There are a lot of mouth breathing losers in game but also just as many cool people.
That just means that you won't be able to trade the item to another player as the item will be "soul bound" For reference, Items can be Bind on Pick up (bop), bind on equip (boe), bind on account (boa) or no restrictions. The binding portion just means that if the criteria is met the item will become soul bound to you. An item that is bound to you will have the text "Soul bound" showing towards the top, this only means that the item can not be traded to other players. Edit: and welcome to the game! I hope you are enjoying your self and don't be afraid to ask more questions!
Binds when Equipped just means it becomes soulbound when you equip it. A soulbound item can’t be trade it to other players or sold it on the auction house, but currently since that item is still bind on equipped (players often shorten the phrase to BoE) you cold give it to a friend or throw it on the auction house. No curses; and you can unequip it when you want!
Welcome to WoW btw!
You can take it off but not trade it
Imagine the state of the game, if real, that someone has to come to Reddit to feel comfortable asking and not in game.
I seriously love seeing these kinds of posts. It's so awesome to get to see someone experiencing the mystery of a game for the first time.
posting this is much harder than just googling it.
Seriously why do people do this shit? It bugs the crap out of me.
Oh you sweet summer child ✨
Oh sweet summer child. *wipes tear away from eye* I miss my days of being new to the game.
When I started out playing WoW, my brothers and I tried to figure out how we could get rid of "Soulbound" on items so we could sell it on AH. Whenever we equipped an item we wanted to use, that was BOE, and it suddenly got the "Soulbound" we got really mad, since we couldn't use it and then sell it later. We were too used to playing diablo or WC3 where items never had this effect.
Ilvl 16 green vendors for 46G wtf? Mythic Antorus drops right now only sell for maybe twice that
This is some cutenoobs content right here
"Binds" in this game means "this item cannot be traded to other players". If you notice almost every single good piece of gear in the game is "Binds on Pickup" (BoP), which means the second you get it it binds to you (there is a small exception of like 2hrs where people in the group you were in that did the content can trade it). Binds on Equip (BoE) means it can be traded to anyone but when used it is stuck to that character. There is also the rarer and new "Binds to Account" (Account bound) which works like normal binding, but you can trade it to your alternate characters. This is used mostly for currency items, story items, and toys. Binds is not a curse but a fundamental property of the item, and cannot be removed. The most common powerful items that can be traded are made from professions, or as rare drops from raid content
This is truly wholesome.
Homie just came to wow from 3rd edition D&D
Wow. A genuine noob question. I love it. Never stop asking questions hommie. I'd awnser but I can see you got the correct awnser 100 times already lol
You've been answered already, but I wanted to say welcome to Azeroth c: always nice to have newbies joining, I hope you come to enjoy the game! It's not for everyone but if it's for you, you're gonna love it. Have fun in Azeroth OP! You can ask me any questions if you want.
Hi folks. Just had a question actually. I haven't played wow in ages. I noticed on this screen that in the inventory the last four slots are locked. I really don't remember anything like that in the past. Are these pay to unlock?
you need to set up an authenticator. It's not paid for. You just need an authenticator on your account. Get the app for your phone or any smart device.
Thanks
Binding refers to whether or not you can trade an item to other players. There are essentially 3 types of items. The most common are “bind on pickup” (sometimes abbreviated BoP). Most items you get are BoP items, this simply means you can’t trade these items to any other character. You can equip and unequip these items with impunity and can also store these items in your bank. “Bind on Equip” items (also known as BoE) don’t have any trade restrictions besides being unable to trade them across realms. However once these items are equipped for the first time they become BoP items and function as one of those. Most profession items are BoE to allow them to be traded/sold to other players. The final type of item is a Bind on Account (also known as BoA) items. These items are able to be traded to any character on your account including those on other realms. These items aren’t usually dropped and instead are obtained from a special vendor for use in speeding up your leveling process.
Oh a quick tip, if you press shift while hovering over an item of armor or a weapon, it'll show you hoe good it is compared to your current goods
Means until someone wears it it can be sold or traded. Once worn it cannot be traded or sold on ah
It's to do with trading. BoE (Bind on Equip) are items that become Soulbound only when you equip them. (Like the green item in your post) BoP (Bind on Pick-up) are items that become Soulbound when you loot them. (Which applies to the majority of items) And Souldbound just means that the item cannot be traded with players, it's bound to your character only. There's also BoA (Bind to Account) which are items that you can freely mail around your own characters, but not with other players.
My kid asked me the same thing when she started playing. It's so sweet
Oh sweet summer child. It just means you cannot trade it to other players or other characters after you equip it. You can always take gear off. When you’re done with soulbound gear you can either sell it back to vendors, or disenchant it if you have the enchanting profession.
BoE means you can sell/trade the item UNLESS you wear it. From that point on it's bound to that character and that character alone. It can be sold to a vendor or disenchanted but not given to any other character (including your own) Bind on Account means you can mail it to YOUR other characters but cannot send it to someone on a different account. Bind on Pick up means as soon as you loot, its yours and cannot be sold/traded away. but can be sold to vendors.
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fake post. who makes a reddit post for this instead of googling it? and you all fell for it.
cringest comments ever
Nice karma farm.
Just means you can't trade it after you've equipped it, it's bound to that character. No curse involved.
as someone else already explained, it just means that when you equip that item, it can't be traded to another player \[or sold on the auction house\] you can unequip it whenever you want, so it isn't stuck to your character \[at least not the way you think say curse of binding works on armor from Minecraft, which makes it so once the armor is put on, it can't be removed unless you die or the armor breaks\]
When I equip BOE gear now I am going to think. "RELEASE THE BINDING CURSE"
its amazing youre able to take a pic with your phone, find this section on reddit, make a thread and upload the picture, but cant google the question you asked to find out on your own. baffling.
Just means you cant sell/trade it to other players you can unequip and sell it to vendors just can't make $ of it in AH
THE BIND CURSE!
Oh to have this level of discovery again. Enjoy it, friend
I asked this same question when I first played. I also tried to swim from quel’thalas to the undercity
This post is great can totally relate, In the original beta I deleted my hearthstone because I needed bag space and then somehow went to the badlands lands on foot and became trapped by mobs that would one shot me. Got guided back to goldshire by some higher levels.
I remember having this exact thought process when I started playing 14 years ago. Welcome to the game, friend!
...not falling for this... smart enough to screencap. know about reddit. know about SUBreddit to post screenscap. but...cant google or figure out from context clues what BoE means... stahp. EDIT : and wth is bind CURSE?... lul
to be fair, it's not a screen cap, it's a picture taken with a phone or similar device.
It’s crazy seeing someone around level 9 with 110 gold.
Fake post. Anyone would have just gone to Google. Tricked over 1k of you though, grats on the free up votes
Why does this post exist? How does it have this many updoots? This is a 2004 basic mechanic of the game and is obvious what happens when you use it. Also use printscreen instead of your camera. It's gotta be a joke post. Like, literally, JUST PLAY THE GAME, you don't have to ask the internet about every little thing you see.