Spiritbinding = Ex?

[Reika]

Lol, I dont even.

[Zezlar]

and this is why people consider these forums to be nothing but useless.

[Mishaela]

Or, I can simply craft a new, unspiritbonded version of the item I wish to give away, and proceed to give that away.

BRILLIANT!

Well, yeah this works great for non-melded gear. Quesse was referring to melded stuff, I think, which probably won't be quite as easy to just put together at a moment's notice.

[HiirNoivl]

You made me drool.

[ispano]

You made me drool.

Not this kind of Drool, I hope :x

[FonzworthBentley]

Ok chill out Fusional. We don't need a negative energy in the forums, that's for http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/. I never mentioned anything about who invented what item system or bashing wow because they use BoP/BoE. That system works for WoW and you obviously know why. I'm old school FFXI. Where you wait 24 hours just to have a chance to claim a Notorious Monster, and an even smaller chance to get a drop. I was in love with WoW for about 6 years but once I played FFXIV I remembered what it was like to play a game that actually required skill to obtain end game items. WoW was wonderful but Blizzard starting giving equipment away, then asking you to grind reputation to buy equipment, then not allowing you to join random dungeons if your equipment score wasn't high enough. All to make sure you paid them your monthly subscription for a longer period of time. I started playing FFXIV in late 2012 and because of my play style I was able to catch up to quite a few people that had been playing for about 2 years at that time. This is why I say WoW is terrible. I should have said WoW has lost my interest and these are the reasons why, but I didn't. Now I have some guy bashing me and a Tarutaru that decided to stand up for me. You took my post personally. I thank you for that, and the laugh I had on my way to work this morning.

[HiirNoivl]

Eww! You made me nauseous! D=

[FonzworthBentley]

I have Beta Fever and I'm just trying to spice things up a bit. I really miss FFXIV.

Hiir, I just realized who you are! Your stories are great!

[HiirNoivl]

I was wondering when you'd recognize me. XD My post was directed to the drool picture... why is she drooling out of her finger!

[Fifty]

I am so against this idea for so many reasons. It is blatantly wrong.
Whatever the big picture is this is blatantly wrong.
Who actually wants this to the point they would fight for it?
I know that it either doesnt matter and people will adjust, or its such a bad idea it can only fail.
It's not a must to keep players from hating the game, it does the opposite, it is a punishment.
If Se insists on this change they may as well rename it "An Auschwitz Reborn" and give up now before they spend another penny. It won't be fun. It won't attract new players, it will be a roadblock thats all.
If the goal is to sabotage FFXIV this will work.
Forget about doing a media tour, talking about ingame economy, crafting, melds, crafter signatures, forget about everything, it wont matter when there is not enough people willing to pay to play for this game that it becomes SE's greatest emberassment of a financial liability and they sink it to the ground on purpose. Maybe its a conspiracy. To deny your own company of vital revenue and potential growth to dominate the market and become the next greatest MMORPG makes no sense. I have waited and waited for this game forever. Limiting player interaction in a MMORPG is wrong.
Unless i'm mistaken and this was not intended to be a MMORPG. There is in fact a rediculously large amount of intelligent consumers patiently waiting for a new MMORPG that is worth playing with there friends.
I hope someone who deals with the dev team reads these forums and can help express how important it is to seriously considers the gravity of launching this game again with equipment binding as its fatal flaws. Not to say this damage isn't irreversal (at this point it could be) but it's not a necessary risk. Prior to the shut down for "A Realm Reborn" the game was actually very playable and fun. It has come so far so please don't ruin my favourate game. I already talked endlessly with people about why they quit and what they are waiting for before they will come back.
Equipment binding is wrong on so many levels and serves no purpose that couldn't be settled through a more interactive and exciting option of play that makes everybody happy.
I would be happy to see a forum of a legitimate reason (From SE) explaining why equipment binding is even considered and if they are open to suggestions.