Heirloom System Changes
by Its_Immanis - 9 years ago show comments
In Patch 6.1, Blizzard is introducing a long-anticipated change to the Heirloom system. Along with a new pane in the User Interface which provides access to your Heirloom items we’ll also see the addition of a new mount, the Chauffeured Chopper.
The Chauffeured Chopper is earned once you have collected 35 Heirloom items and is available to characters of any level on your Battle.net account. Since characters can’t learn to ride until level 20 this mount comes with a chauffeur to do the driving, allowing your new character to sit back and ride in style.
For more information on the upcoming changes see the blog post below, or you can see the original post from Kaivax here.
With World of Warcraft patch 6.1, we’re implementing a new system for managing and using your heirloom items.
When we implement patch 6.1, all heirloom items will be automatically added into the new system and you’ll be credited for them across your account. At the time, heirlooms will be modified to obtain maximum levels that fall into one of three groups: 1-60, 61-90, and 91-100. Your heirloom items will all be grandfathered into whichever group is appropriate, with previous maximum levels being upgraded. This means that if you have an heirloom item that previously maxed out at level 85, it will now max out at 90.
Heirlooms with a View
You’ll use this new system much as you use other collections in WoW. After patch 6.1, you’ll log into a character, open your collections screen (default hotkey shift-P) and all of the heirloom items that you’ve previously obtained on any character in your account will appear there. (Please note that you’ll need to log in to every character that currently has heirloom items in their bags or bank or void storage in order to add their heirlooms to the collection. Heirloom items that are currently in the mail will need to be retrieved before they get credited to your master list.)
You can generate a new copy of any of your heirloom item for any of your characters by right-clicking on it, and the newly-generated item will appear in your bags.
A common question we’ve received about this new heirloom system is, “What’s going to happen with heirloom items that I’ve previously enchanted?” Nothing will change with those items. If you have a piece of enchanted heirloom gear on a character today, it will still be there exactly as before. You can still use it and send it to other characters on your account as always. With this new system, you’ll be able to generate additional, unenchanted copies of that item for your characters.
Mounting up at Level 1
We’re also introducing a new achievement and mount reward with Patch 6.1. The Heirloom Hoarder achievement requires 35 different heirloom items obtained on your account, and rewards the new Chauffeured Chopper mount. It’s a mount that can be used by all characters, even brand new level 1 characters. Of course, your new level 1 mage doesn’t know how to operate a mount yet, so he’ll ride passenger while driver Koak Hoburn mans the chopper.
Why drive yourself around when you can hire someone to do it for you?
do we buy them with Gold or justice points like MoP?
Some of the items will be purchased with gold, some with Darkmoon Faire tickets, and some with Argent Tournament Champion’s Seals.
The Heirloom tab of the collection panel works like the other panels, and provides the location and name of the vender the item can be purchased from.
Justice Points were removed as a currency at the end of Mists of Pandaria and converted to gold. Most of the items which were previously purchased with Justice were converted to be purchasable with gold or another currency.