Account Compensation for Twink Enchants

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Will this be implemented? I can understand if it was an exploitation of the game, but this has been going on for years and years. To suddenly chance your stance on something so drastically you must be planning some compensation surely? At the very least, returning the 10,000 honor for the BoA shoulder enchant.

Unlike when a few rings and necks of honor gear become free of charge after a buggy patch, there was nothing WRONG about what anyone was doing. It had never been reported as a glitch and thus was against no rule. To penalize players for this is just bad customer relations.

What say you, Blizzard.

May I ask what change you're referring to specifically?

While we are not able to offer compensation of any kind for changing content, I'd like to have a clearer perspective on what the concern that you're expressing here is exactly.

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In my opinion, if the patch is all of a sudden going to change low-level game mechanics that have been in place for a period of time, and have been accepted by the majority of the wow community as a normal game mechanic, then people that are going to be negatively affected by the changes should be reimbursed.

eg. for the 10000 honor enchants: receive a boa 10000 honor token to return to the character that paid for it, even if the token has a level requirement
Option to buyback the BOA shoulders because, for most classes, without the enchant these aren't the best in slot for most twink classes
Refund of any spellthreads currently attached to low-level pants
Refund of any enchanting mats, instead of a level requirement being placed on the enchant.

First, I'd like to point out that Public Test Realm changes won't necessarily make it live. Since none of these potential changes have made it into a 'live' environment, and as we're not in a position to discuss upcoming content, I'm also not in a position to make any concrete statements about what is likely to occur in the wake of these changes.

I can, however, provide some food for thought.

Occasionally, for the overall good of the game, it is necessary to make alterations-sometimes sweeping alterations-to the nature of the items or mechanics that compose the World of Warcraft experience. A good example of this was 'ghetto hearthing', a relatively common practice. It was finally determined that the related mechanics should change, and change they did.

The modifications to the items or enchantments in question, should they occur, would be performed for the same reason - to improve the World of Warcraft experience as a whole. Unfortunately, as with any other case where a change is made to gameplay or mechanics, it is extremely doubtful that any kind of compensation would be offered. Ultimately, 'twinking' isn't a supported play-style, and those enchantments were never intended for low level use.

In light of what you've seen on the PTR, it would probably be best for those who have an interest in this situation to express their concerns and proposed solutions on our Suggestions forum. While, as I said earlier, compensation for gameplay changes isn't available, it is potentially valuable to make your perspectives known where our Development staff can view them and take them into consideration.

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How exactly is it the same thing? Enchants have level requirements to start with. Enchants can be gotten by anyone who meets the requirements. Anything that is met by the person that has the enchant on will (most likely) be left. The only thing that is being looked at are the shoulder, leg, and head enchants.

Not to mention that some often questionable circumlocutions were often necessary to put these enchantments in the hands of low level characters to begin with.

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no. the +150 health to chest has now been given a character level requirement as well.

Have you read my response, Tegraine? All the information you require to properly address your concerns is contained within.