Transairion Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) So really I'm not all that sure what the purpose of Legacy Storage is really meant to be anymore... Can I place BoP items in my Legacy storage? As of Game Update 2.9, you cannot place or “transfer” BoP items through your Legacy storage. I will say that this issue is something that we will continue to discuss internally and could potentially change in the future. So the only thing that can go into Legacy storage is.... stuff you could trade with yourself or other players already? I've got like half a cargo bay of old Dread Gaurd/high end lvl 50 gear boxes that are all Bound, but ideally I'd want to send them to fresh 50 alts so getting to 55 is mildly easier. I can't do this. They'll still just be junk on my most geared character that I have to buy, strip of mods, put into Legacy gear and send to someone else. As well as all the other items that have little or no use, but I want to hold onto... I can't throw them into the Legacy Bank either. Essentially the "Legacy" bank seems to be, at this time, just something to throw all my crafting materials into for convenience. And maybe the spoils from Hypercrates (well, once they unbind!). That's kind of it, no game changing convenience one stop shop for all my characters to pool into it... Really turned a "YES I NEED THIS SO BAD!" feature into a very "meh" feature =[ Edited July 17, 2014 by Transairion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Man this no BoP thing really has people in a riot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirazy Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Man this no BoP thing really has people in a riot. It might have something to do with "Legacy" being associated with "server wide". Because that is what has been the case thus far, since Legacy was introduced. Instead we've got a feature that instead of living up to what has been the norm for "Legacy" when related to items, we've got a slightly more convenient method to share items that we could already share between characters. Yeah, a lot of us are nonplussed. It doesn't even pool credits! :C Edited July 17, 2014 by Kirazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uruare Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Pull mods, stick them in legacy bound items, yoink them on a newer char? Is s close as we're lowly to get to being able to trade bop stuff between our own characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transairion Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Man this no BoP thing really has people in a riot. For me personally it just seems to demean the purpose of having a Legacy Storage. It's just kind of regular Storage... but it's upside is very specific to crafters. If you don't particularly craft then... it doesn't really have a lot of benefit. Edited July 17, 2014 by Transairion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (...) It doesn't even pool credits! :C You don't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc_n_lol Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Pooling credits would possibly conflict with credit escrows / credit sending restrictions for unsubbed players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Pooling credits would possibly conflict with credit escrows / credit sending restrictions for unsubbed players. Allow subscribers ONLY to make use of such feature then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshnproud Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Yes legacy means global, and that is what this storage is. Its a global storage accessable on all characters. Personally I think if something b is bound to one character, (not legacy bound) then it shouldnt be able to go in legacy storage.egacy is just more convenient than mailing things around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane_Ren Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Crafting legacy storage had better be the easiest thing ever to make. I have 85 bays across my legacy, about 50 are full and I need to grind to get another 5? More than that, if we can have multiple legacy storage? Useless feature unless I can transfer the BoP stuff.The only thing that would interest me is a noticeboard/notepad where I can keep track of storage and crafting info.Not interested in playing the sims, RL house redecoration is tedious as it is, no doing it in my leisure time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halinalle Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Man this no BoP thing really has people in a riot. Sadly we don't get to see anything close to . I don't get it... It would only increase "I Need it because I can give it my alt". Edited July 17, 2014 by Halinalle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 So how many other games have account-wide banks that lets you send bound items between characters? I'm just wondering... Because from the reaction of some people it would seem like that's the norm in other MMO's... if it's not, then they really have no cause to react with this kind of outrage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotharofxev Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 How about adding more "Bound to Legacy" instead of "Bind on Pickup" to existing gear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
znihilist Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 It might have something to do with "Legacy" being associated with "server wide". Because that is what has been the case thus far, since Legacy was introduced. Instead we've got a feature that instead of living up to what has been the norm for "Legacy" when related to items, we've got a slightly more convenient method to share items that we could already share between characters. Yeah, a lot of us are nonplussed. It doesn't even pool credits! :C Quite the contrary, there is nothing in "Legacy" that would lead you to think you could circumvent the BoP restriction. Legacy Storage means a storage place accessible to your legacy, ie it holds items that can be exchanged among your legacy. It is not BW's fault that people built upon a none-existing promise. And quite honestly I am disappointed with the community over this. Yes we all would very much like to send BoP items through the mail (or via the Legacy Storage), we all would like to circumvent the various credit sinks, but progression and in-game economics will be ruined if we get what we want. Sometimes it is really a good idea to admit that we shouldn't get what we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthTHC Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 So really I'm not all that sure what the purpose of Legacy Storage is really meant to be anymore... So the only thing that can go into Legacy storage is.... stuff you could trade with yourself or other players already? I've got like half a cargo bay of old Dread Gaurd/high end lvl 50 gear boxes that are all Bound, but ideally I'd want to send them to fresh 50 alts so getting to 55 is mildly easier. I can't do this. They'll still just be junk on my most geared character that I have to buy, strip of mods, put into Legacy gear and send to someone else. As well as all the other items that have little or no use, but I want to hold onto... I can't throw them into the Legacy Bank either. Essentially the "Legacy" bank seems to be, at this time, just something to throw all my crafting materials into for convenience. And maybe the spoils from Hypercrates (well, once they unbind!). That's kind of it, no game changing convenience one stop shop for all my characters to pool into it... Really turned a "YES I NEED THIS SO BAD!" feature into a very "meh" feature =[ You might as well complain that you can't mail character bound items to other characters in your legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNahash Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) You might as well complain that you can't mail character bound items to other characters in your legacy. Isn't that what he's already doing? A rose by any other name is still a rose and the OP obviously doesn't want to go through the trouble of removing mods and sending them over with Legacy gear. He can call it whatever he wants, the truth is he just wants the BoP restriction to be removed so he will have to spend as little credits as possible. And then we wonder why Bioware doesn't want to do that Edited July 17, 2014 by TheNahash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinak Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Why go through all the effort to create a legacy storage system if it doesn't do the one thing people want it to do? Why is a bind on pick up system in a game that tries to utilize a "legacy" system and actively encourages players to make multiple alts? Making everything Bind to legacy makes much more sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaesha Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 You all are putting words in Eric's mouth!! He said as of 2.9 they weren't allowing it But he also said that the option wasn't off the table and could be changed at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docmal Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Don't you think that allowing trading of bound items through legacy storage completely removes the need and significance of legacy gear? Doing so would ultimately make most of the event rewards pointless since they are legacy items. You are asking to functionally replace legacy gear with legacy storage. This may have the side effect of all the current events and rep grinds to be much less desireable. So much so that Bioware would most likely meed to introduce new rewards that people will want for all existing event and rep content. Not that i wouldnt support such a move, but I would MUCH rather see them work on an appearance tab so my gear's appearance doesnt matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daewan Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Why go through all the effort to create a legacy storage system if it doesn't do the one thing people want it to do? Why is a bind on pick up system in a game that tries to utilize a "legacy" system and actively encourages players to make multiple alts? Making everything Bind to legacy makes much more sense to me. Actually the people who are crafters and people who needed more storage space in generally begged for something exactly like the system we are getting for years. Some other people wanted other things, but there was no ONE THING that EVERYONE wanted. To be realistic, there are very few people who will completely reject an option for additional storage space. They might make ridiculous posturing on the forums about it, but at the core: We get more storage space. If you're really angry about that, you have deeper issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjonxb Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Just because it doesn't allow you to (arguably game breaking) put BoP items in legacy storage doesn't lessen the useful ness of it. On my characters I have a lot of items that are not bound but I don't want to vendor or get rid of yet. Especially companion gifts. This is mostly a really nice QoL feature that makes it easier to share things between your alts, not actually changing how Binding works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demotivator Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Don't you think that allowing trading of bound items through legacy storage completely removes the need and significance of legacy gear? Doing so would ultimately make most of the event rewards pointless since they are legacy items. You are asking to functionally replace legacy gear with legacy storage. This may have the side effect of all the current events and rep grinds to be much less desireable. So much so that Bioware would most likely meed to introduce new rewards that people will want for all existing event and rep content. The need for new Legacy gear has already been lessened, way before the idea of Legacy storage. The only times I get a new set or a new weapon is when it looks cool (like the one from the Tython/Korriban flashpoints) but I didn't get any of the Legacy stuffs from the rakghoul resurgence, I didn't get the new armor from the casino event, for one single reason: I already have a few sets and I don't need more to transfer mods (by the way the fact that I don't want to spend any token for them doesn't mean I don't participate in these events — achievements, pets and vehicles/mounts are way more interested to me than Legacy gear). In other words a Legacy Storage allowing to move in bound items wouldn't change my interest for new Legacy gear, I would still get the ones that look cool and ignore the ones that I don't like. Edited July 17, 2014 by demotivator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhedgehog Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Sadly we don't get to see anything close to . I don't get it... It would only increase "I Need it because I can give it my alt". you already have that...so what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhedgehog Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Why go through all the effort to create a legacy storage system if it doesn't do the one thing people want it to do? Why is a bind on pick up system in a game that tries to utilize a "legacy" system and actively encourages players to make multiple alts? Making everything Bind to legacy makes much more sense to me. because making a crippled legacy vault was easier than making playable content. just wait 6 more months and they will give you a combined goldspammer ignore/report button!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docmal Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 The need for new Legacy gear has already been lessened, way before the idea of Legacy storage. The only times I get a new set or a new weapon is when it looks cool (like the one from the Tython/Korriban flashpoints) but I didn't get any of the Legacy stuffs from the rakghoul resurgence, I didn't get the new armor from the casino event, for one single reason: I already have a few sets and I don't need more to transfer mods. In other words a Legacy Storage allowing to move in bound items wouldn't change my interest for new Legacy gear, I would still get the ones that look cool and ignore the ones that I don't like. I understand your point of view, and honestly I share it. However, many people have mirror alts that share gear. So new legacy sets that have cool looks and are somewhat exclusive are much more valuable than non legacy sets to those people. However, I do agree that the legacy gear system is a pain point in customizing the appearance of characters. My concern is that I don't want legacy storage to replace legacy gear to solve the issue of character appearance customization. I want an appearance tab to solve this problem. Besides, a legacy storage system that allows BoP trading will not only devalue legacy rewards, it will devalue the real money we have spent on collection unlocks for gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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