do you honestly thing that idea haven't been suggested before ? Its still not in the game. So obviously it aint that easy
How does this solve the OPs issue of sending them to a different server? I mean this request gets floated about a lot and tons of people have the same old solutions (which could work for all that I know about WoW code) and they all come down to to some sort of account wide, one time purchase, unlockable which Blizzard have flat out said they were not going to do. I'm not sure what problem your solution actually solves other than it costing gold rather honor/JP.
Account wide pets/mounts/achievements don't benefit players who reroll due to dying realms? What? Also let's not pretend Blizzard hasn't been discussing cross realm auction houses for those realms and possibly other cross realm features. To claim Blizzard isn't doing anything is a flat out lie easily proven simply by checking out the blue tracker and posts on this very site. Also could we seriously stop making EVERY issue in game about low pop realms? People wanting cross realm heirlooms is an issue for ALL players not just those on low pop realms. Hijacking threads to push your pet issue isn't accomplishing anything and only takes away from your complaint.
or blizz could just put in a very small (8-10 items) stash-box that can be seen across all realms, this stash box can only contain BOA items, and have it attached to your Battlenet ID. Bit like the stash box in D3.
You are aware the people responsible for developing the technology to mail heirlooms cross realm have been a little busy revamping and rebuilding battle.net from the ground up right? Also Blizzard has stated on more than one occasion (as recently as around 3 months ago) that they are considering alternate methods of handling the heirloom issue. They aren't dead set on doing it through mail and in fact don't even consider that the best option themselves which is a significant departure from their original stance.
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Blizzard doesn't consider spawning endless copies of heirlooms to be a good solution. Stop asking them to do it. They are far more receptive to other solutions though so how about instead of beating this dead horse you actually continue suggesting the things they haven't flat out said no to?
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The challenge in making this happen goes far beyond making a UI for it. This is about as silly as when players suggest changing the text on heirlooms as if that will magically make it hop over to another realm.
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That is all well and good but when heirlooms were originally implemented they weren't cross faction. It was later patched in a few months after that and around 1-2 years ago they made it possible for players to mail heirlooms between accounts on their battle.net account. If this were a money grab Blizzard is doing it very wrong.
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Or maybe just maybe it is a matter of Blizzard not giving a fuck about heirlooms simply because they consider other issues more pressing. Again the team responsible for cross realm heirlooms has been busy with the battle.net revamp and the various cross realm tech they have been developing (much of which is going to lead to cross realm guilds and auction houses which solves some of the issues with low pop realms). Look I'm sorry you aren't getting your server mergers so you can dance on Blizzard's grave but stop pretending like Blizzard doesn't address these issues on a daily basis. If money were a factor we wouldn't have gotten cross faction heirlooms (at player request) and cross account heirlooms (also at player request). Last time I checked Blizzard profits from faction changes and moving characters between accounts as well. In short, you are an ignorant blowhard and you have no fucking clue what you are talking about.
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There is a significant difference between copying data off one realm and copying it to another. Nothing is actually moved. In fact the characters people transfer get deleted from the source realm and not actually moved at all. Those of you spamming this moronic bullshit just so you can slam Blizzard really should get your facts straight. The issue lies with the fact Blizzard wants heirlooms to be a point dump and aren't all that interested in a solution that invalidates part of why heirlooms were implemented in the first place. Instead of this passive aggressive bullshit why not come up with solutions that take what Blizzard wants into consideration? Oh right because that would be constructive and might lead to getting this resolved. Silly me.
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Last edited by Rivellana; 2013-03-29 at 02:22 PM.
Tbh, I'd just remove Heirlooms altogether. As some pointed out above, they take away most of the gearing experience, which even for an alt, is part of the game... and in the end, the thing that matters the most is the xp gain.
So why not just reward a permanent account-level % experience boost with achievements such as Level 90, Dynamic Duo, Terrific Trio and Quintesential Quintet? 20% exp boost for each, so that the first alt gets a 20% exp boost, the second a 40%, and so on...
"Come, Stormrage, and I will show you what happens to those that betray the lord of the Legion!" — Mannoroth.
This is exactly what I had in mind, especially considering I remember a blue post asking if you really should be entitled an heirloom for every character for free just because you bought it once. It was in response to someone suggesting that every heirloom you unlock should be mailed to all characters you create in the future, much like some mounts and pets are. But with a void storage kind of system but only for account wide items, you still only have that same heirloom that you pass around your characters, so it shouldn't be an issue.
How is making account wide items actually account wide dumbing down the game? How is it in any way even remotely interesting to have to re-farm justice points and/or honor points to get new heirlooms you already have, but on another server?
I agree that leveling is ridiculously easy of that's what you're getting at, and the heirlooms makes it even more so, but people primarily get the heirlooms for the XP bonus, and the heirlooms are supposed to be account wide. So how is it so wrong for us to ask them to actually make it possible to somehow pass it on from one character to the other, no matter the server?
Allowing people to use heirlooms they have spent time gaining on other servers is dumbing down the game?
Part of the beauty of heirlooms is not needing to worry about replacing major parts of your gear every few levels and the problem with needing to use drops from dungeons is that they become outdated so quickly, especially early on in the game.
I bet a fair proportion of realm transfers are people transferring their heirlooms. Blizz won't implement something that earns them less money.
I would maybe start playing wow again on a limited basis if they did make them battlenet/cross server.