Players Restricted to Only 3 “Warlords Crafted Gear” Equipped

by JR Cook - 10 years ago     show comments

When hitting the first tier of progression raiding for top end raiding guilds – the plan of attack is usually to get as many crafted epics on your raid as possible, usually paying exorbitant amounts doing so.  And when you get around to leveling up alts, crafted gear is a quick way to bump up your ilevel to meet LFR (or what will be known as Flex in Warlords).

But Blizzard has definitely thrown a wrench into the plan by making crafted epics unique equipped to only 3 “Warlords crafted” items.  Many of the items are also currently listed as “Bind on Pickup”, which means only those toons with the appropriate profession will be able to craft and wear them.

https://twitter.com/Elvinelol/status/505602105004924930

Of course, it is still in beta, and things could change.  The staff Elvine linked is actually an epic Inscription staff.  And in Mists of Pandaria, the inscription epic staff was a Bind on Account staff, so it could possibly change.

Elvine also mentioned that some crafted items will be able to be upgraded in ilevel using special items.

https://twitter.com/Elvinelol/status/505609566512746497

If you use a lot of crafted gear at the start of a raid tier, it will definitely be worth keeping an eye on, especially if it might mean raiders will want to swap professions to get the highest benefit in early Draenor.  The Inscription staff, while it is currently bind on pickup, does not have a “Requires Inscription” restriction on it.  So it would be a smart time to stock up on profession leveling kits if you might end up doing it.

Added: It was pointed out that currently, crafted cloaks are not included in this unique equipped restriction.

.@healercds @BlizzPro @AlternativeChat It seems cloaks are exempted from that limit – compare cloak and chest below: pic.twitter.com/rTof7tcvHx

— Yoco (@yoco68) August 30, 2014