Soulbound Gem Item to Wrong Character

#1 - Nov. 6, 2013, 9:40 a.m.
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I purchased the Jack in the box scythe from the BLTC and soulbound it to the wrong character. I immediately realized my error and created a support ticket to try and get it moved. I would like to transfer it to my other character (on the same account), so I can have both the pick and scythe on the same character. The support ticket id is 41940, but I was told that this will not be done.

Is there anything I can do about this?

#4 - Nov. 6, 2013, 12:36 p.m.
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I believe this item is account bound and not soulbound. Can you please check?

#7 - Nov. 6, 2013, 2:26 p.m.
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I was told this is the only Infinite Harvesting Tool that is account bound and not soul bound. You certain that it is indeed Soulbound?

Don’t worry — one of my team is checking this now. I’m sorry for any confusion about this; we really expected this one to be account bound!

#8 - Nov. 6, 2013, 2:39 p.m.
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Ok, we checked and the item is indeed Soulbound. Again, I apologize for our misunderstanding of the bound-ed-ness of the item — our team was a little confused about some discussions about these particular items.

The items were account bound and then soulbound on equipping them on a character. Before the item becomes soulbound, a player is given a clear warning that the decision is permanent. Give those circumstances, the agent responded properly in telling you that he or she could not move the item to another character.

#9 - Nov. 7, 2013, 12:14 p.m.
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Updating, because this is something we’re keenly sensitive about: I’d like to know the ticket number so we can review this. I believe there may well be something we can do about this to help you. I’m not sure yet, but I can’t help but think we definitely want to give this a look.

So may I have your ticket number?

Thanks.

#11 - Nov. 11, 2013, 6:03 p.m.
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Sorry for the delay. Darn weekend!

I feel sure we can take care of this. Let me get an agent to take a peek now. Thanks for your patience.

In the future, this issue will not be a factor for our players because the devs are going to make some changes to these particular items that will make them account bound instead of soulbound. We don’t have a timeframe for this change, but we’re really happy that it’s coming and I think it’ll be soon.