"A Word of Caution Regarding Changes to Equipment Binding"

[Mordermi]

From the Lodestone post here: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...edac3a1c7d46bb

"The current game design prevents high level equipment from gaining spiritbond and becoming bound even if they are equipped to defeat low level monsters or perform crafting or gathering.

This design is scheduled to be changed during an upcoming maintenance so that equipment will become bound if they are used in battle, crafting, or gathering at least once.

Please be very careful as used items cannot be restored after the change is implemented with the maintenance."

I just thought I'd post this here in General Discussion since a lot of people may not look at the Lodestone. I know in the hotfix details they said "Changes will be made to the way equipment is bound.", but it didn't say what those changes were. Apparently this is it.

[Johnist]

Exactly the changes I expected since it was a bug that Item Level 70+ wouldn't bind until the Coil.

Now we can make Rank IV Materia.

[Manila]

Based of the wording it sounds like it will just become bound. I'm curious if it will continue to gain spiritbonding% from too low level stuff or if the change is simply to prevent you from wearing vanya in AK until you can resell it after replacing it with AF2.

[Mordermi]

Based of the wording it sounds like it will just become bound. I'm curious if it will continue to gain spiritbonding% from too low level stuff or if the change is simply to prevent you from wearing vanya in AK until you can resell it after replacing it with AF2.

That is what I was thinking. I think it will just bind at 1%, and then stay there unless you level with appropriate level content.

[Bufkus]

Exactly the changes I expected since it was a bug that Item Level 70+ wouldn't bind until the Coil.

Now we can make Rank IV Materia.

Not really. What they're saying is that the equipment will become bound once you use them once. They didn't specify that the items will actually be able to be spiritbonded.

[Johnist]

Not really. What they're saying is that the equipment will become bound once you use them once. They didn't specify that the items will actually be able to be spiritbonded.

Items begin gaining Spiritbond as soon as they Bind, so I don't see why you would assume it wouldn't gain binding.

[Laryndra]

Items begin gaining Spiritbond as soon as they Bind, so I don't see why you would assume it wouldn't gain binding.

i believe you are looking at this backwards. Items become bound because they gain a spirit bond. think of it this way..
0/100 item is unused/unbound. You kill 1 monster and it yeilds 1 spiritbinding point = 1/100, item is now bound. Still requires the monster to be the appropriate ilevel.

The way i read this change is irrespective of your gears item level it will still gain that first point and bind, but likely not gain experience unless you are within the appropriate content. (This is also going off of SE's unforgiving track record for things of this nature.