Breakfast Topic: What item slot would you create?
by Marc Hobbs 
Aug 11th 2011 at 8:00AM
We're all intimately familiar with the 19 equipment slots on our character screens. There's nothing quite like the feeling of finally putting an item in an empty space on a low-level alt, and many players absolutely live for new gear at max level. Love it or hate it, care or don't, there's no denying the truth: Loot is a major part of the WoW experience. And the 19 slots we have -- head, neck, shoulder, back, chest, shirt, tabard, wrist, hands, waist, legs, feet, two rings, two trinkets, main-hand, off-hand, and wand/ranged/relic -- are filled and then updated almost constantly.
What if we made it an even 20? There are still some parts of the body left ungeared, so to speak, and other slots that could be broken down further. What if legs were two slots -- maybe kneepads and leggings? Or perhaps a vest/harness slot, worn under robes and armor but over shirts?
I'd add a slot for earrings. They could range from simple gold and silver studs for characters in their 20s all the way up to elaborate magical hoops and bars for 85s. Can you imagine sporting flashy gemstone earrings you ripped from the lobes of various bosses? My blood elf would enjoy rocking some seashell spirals stolen from Lady Naz'jar.
If you could add one more item slot to the character screen, what would you add and why? What kinds of items would that slot accept? Where we would we obtain them?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 8)
lgnorman420 Aug 11th 2011 8:07AM
Codpiece!
styopa Aug 11th 2011 10:06AM
So much this.
Plus, you could encrust it with gems.
And maybe armor or enchant it.
Namy Aug 11th 2011 10:16AM
An enchanted codpiece? :D What kind of enchants would one put on such an item?
bastetswarrior Aug 11th 2011 10:37AM
Expertise enchantable =)
Boosh Aug 11th 2011 11:06AM
That was my first thought. I'd like a cod piece with a laser please.
Narlic Aug 11th 2011 11:12AM
I Cannot Believe that, upon seeing this come up in Google reader and jumping over just to post this, that it is the first suggestion already. God bless you.
devilsei Aug 11th 2011 12:01PM
You ninja'd me! But that's alright, because if that wasn't the first suggestion on here, I'd be disappointed in you all.
Honestly, if they added a codpiece slot, there is only one item I'd ever let grace it. And that would be Deathwing's Cataclysmic Cod. I'd then grab a major impact or mastery enchantment (an armor pierce rating enchant would be nice too, but that isn't an option).
Grovinofdarkhour Aug 11th 2011 12:23PM
Using the word "encrust" in reference to that area of the body makes me uncomfortable.
PodPeople Aug 11th 2011 12:24PM
Namy, you'd enchant it with +stamina of course.
RetPallyJil Aug 11th 2011 1:03PM
They'd have to bring back armor penetration.
BB Crisp Aug 12th 2011 6:33PM
Don't forget to reforge your haste to mastery.
Swifteye Aug 11th 2011 8:07AM
Earrings were also my first thought, though that's only because they exist as a stat boost in MapleStory (the MMO I came from many moons ago).
Really, there's nothing I would add... though given the option (particualrly considering some of the lovely low-cut robes in the game), I would love it if the gear in our neck slot actually showed on our toons. A lot of the newer necks have beautiful icons, and it would be awesome to see how they were interpreted as a model!
ZeeHunter Aug 14th 2011 11:09AM
Trinkets are earrings, look at your character tab the graphic is an ear
Stella Aug 11th 2011 8:07AM
Googles. They would do nothing.
Noyou Aug 11th 2011 10:02AM
On that same note I would say goggles/glasses. Right now we can only wear either goggles or a helm. I would vote for both. The goggles/glasses slot would not be a gear thing it would be like a tabbard- unless you had goggles then that would be your helm- but then you could wear a vanity hat/helm. I know it's kind of confusing but this is what you get without caffeine :p
Chetti Aug 11th 2011 10:39AM
I getcha.. Either a helm with stats and a vanity pair of goggles.. OR goggles with stats and a vanity helm. Or something like, if you have both equipped and both have stats have some kind of prompt asking if you'd like to 'activate' the slot item for stat purposes. Choosing no would make it appear as vanity.
Castianna Aug 11th 2011 11:38AM
Wasn't there a plan for JCs to be able to make a pair of crafted fancy glasses? What happened to that?
vocenoctum Aug 11th 2011 12:21PM
I know it'll never happen and too much work, blah blah blah.
But yeah, a facemask/eyeware slot.
And a Hat/Helmet slot.
Helms would no longer cover the face at all, so you could have an open faced helm and see your character, or throw on some glasses/goggles/costume mask or maybe they'd do stuff, who knows..
Either way, Monocle and TopHat would be two items instead of 1.
kylemyers Aug 11th 2011 8:08AM
I think the problem with item slots is that there's little point in adding more than aren't visible. We have necklaces, rings and trinkets already that serve no visual purpose.
Runescape recently added an "aura" slot I see which gives your character an aura around it (Shadowform type thing) which would be an interesting addition.
MattKrotzer Aug 11th 2011 10:09AM
I'd like for them to incorporate an improved cloak feature. Cloaks like Arthas & Maiev, that look cloak-like, rather than beach towels tied around our necks.