"Binds to Account" Items

[Aradar]

I already knew about these but this quote was posted as a reason why multiboxing is allowed:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9679633896&sid=2000&pageNo=4#78

For those that can't read it:

"Originally we wanted these to be transferable to any character on any account you own. Unfortunately we were unable to make this happen for Lich King. Ideally I would like to see these transferable to any same server same faction character on any account a player owns. If this becomes possible in the future it is certainly something we will look into. I own five accounts myself so I'm right there with you all."

The person referrencing this was stating one of the devs is a multiboxer which certainly appears possible since he owns 5 accounts and wanted Bind to Account Items to be sharable across same owner acounts. By the way, this feature is awesome on its own but across accounts would be sick. Only drawback is enchanting will be limited to enchants applicable to level 1 items.

[Fluffy]

...WTB scaling enchants...

if they can do it with items... they can do it with enchants.

[Zzc2]

Looks like the bind on account gear is just lvling up twink gear

[mmcookies]

the word is they scale to about blue quality dungeon drop items of the same level

not omg epixx 1337, but pretty darn useful

[Aradar]

the word is they scale to about blue quality dungeon drop items of the same level

not omg epixx 1337, but pretty darn useful

From the same thread:

"It's great to see such a positive reaction to the Heirloom items. Let me elaborate on how these work for everyone.

1) Heirloom items Bind to Account. This means you can mail them between other characters on your account of the same faction.

2) Heirloom items' stats scale to the level of the person wearing them.

3) Heirlooms' power is equivalent to a blue item of the characters level.

4) Heirloom armor pieces will transform based on the type of the gear the character is capable of wearing. That is to say Heirlooms that are Plate on a level 80 character will be mail when equipped by a level 1-39 character who can wear plate. Items that are Mail on a level 80 character, such as Herod's Shoulders, will be equippable by people who can wear Mail armor at level 40.

We wanted to add something to the game for people interested in trying new classes or who just generally love playing alts, and what's more fun than using an Arcanite Reaper on your level 1 Warrior ;)

We are intending to expand where we use the "Account Bound" flag over time but for now Heirlooms are the only items that work this way. We also intend to expand the types of ways that Heirlooms can be attained but for now they are only purchasable via Emblems of Heroism (the new BoJ) and Stone Keeper's Shards, which are attained by killing any dungeon boss in Northrend while your faction controls Wintergrasp.

As for enchanting these items, they can only be the recipient of anything that you could put on a level one item."