Spiritbinding = Ex?

Official translation is up now:

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

We wanted to give you more information about the item binding that was mentioned in the Letter from the Producer Live IV.

For items that bind to characters, it will not be possible to transfer them to characters under the same account.

Also, since we are planning to make it so once you accumulate more than 1 point of spirit bond the item will be bound to you, as long as you do not fulfill this criteria it will be possible to transfer it to other characters.

Finally, regardless of whether they are bound to you or not, EX items and such that could not be transferred previously will still not be able to be transferred.

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post956725

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Originally Posted by Xatsh

This new systems is real bad move on SE's part. This is an element from mainstream that should of stayed there, one of the best things of XI was being able to work towards an investment and not lose 100% of that work when the time came to sell.

This is one of the many failed mainstream mechanics that SE should of never even considered putting in this game.

Two thumbs down from me on this SE. I hope people actually stand up against these bad decisions in beta.

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Why is this a failed mainstream mechanic, when something binds on equip it gets taken out of the economy allowing crafters to make more money and sell stuff easier instead of the market getting flooded with items that are never removed and lose a ton of value over time.

People only buy expensive gear at level cap, nobody is going to spend a fortune on leveling gear, which is often made of cheap materials that are not hard to come by.

I read the official response and was like ...."WTF??? since when is this guild wars 2??? >.>"

If they plan on doing this tho, if they implement an npc you can pay to deplete the spiritbond back to 0, I'd support it. The system they propose could and would encourage crafting, and then also those who want to share or trade, or even sell multi melded gear can. We all win.

No more high prices on gear since there won’t be any one selling multi meld equipment. Also with the other information about materia being easier to meld onto equipment, which turns out who will really need to buy materia when you have a high chance to attach materia onto equipment and at the same time farming for materia was never really a hard thing to do.


Only people loosing on out this is the ones who were selling multi-meld equipment at a ridiculous amount of gill lol.

^ beta hasn't even started yet. I wouldn't plan on antyhing we know about the game being 100% or solid. Besides, there still will be multi melded gear for sale on the market wards/auction house....as longas theres no spiritbond, it can be sold.

I'm a crafter, but I don't want soulbound gear. Bad idea SE. One of the features I don't like about WoW. I like to use the gear I craft, but I also like to sell it once I'm done with it. Are you telling me I either have to discard it or keep it in my inventory occupying space? No... I can't accept this... bad idea, really bad idea!!

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Originally Posted by VoltaAsura

^ beta hasn't even started yet. I wouldn't plan on antyhing we know about the game being 100% or solid. Besides, there still will be multi melded gear for sale on the market wards/auction house....as longas theres no spiritbond, it can be sold.

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Ahh thanks for the correction. ^^b

This is going to suck when you can't sell a triple melded piece of gear you've been using after you get something better or equivalent.

Vendor or materia :\

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Originally Posted by Paix

No more high prices on gear since there won’t be any one selling multi meld equipment. Also with the other information about materia being easier to meld onto equipment, which turns out who will really need to buy materia when you have a high chance to attach materia onto equipment and at the same time farming for materia was never really a hard thing to do.


Only people loosing on out this is the ones who were selling multi-meld equipment at a ridiculous amount of gill lol.

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People will still sell multi melded gear its just when someone equips it, its theirs for life and can't be sold. You just can't resell your old gear after you have used it.

bound armor FTL. now whatever you spend is worth nothing once you equip it. thats the shitty move SE.
looks like there really going in the WoW standard. we'll be grinding gear to no end level cap goes up then your equipment useless.