Patch 4.3 PTR: Chaos orbs no longer soulbound
by Mathew McCurley 
Oct 3rd 2011 at 6:30PM
Back in Wrath of the Lich King, Frozen Orbs were not initially soulbound but lost their restrictions and need-roll exclusivity over the course of the expansion. It was assumed that the same thing would happen to Chaos Orbs as time went on, and lo and behold, it has. Crafters will have to adjust prices accordingly now that a rare component will become less rare.
Patch 4.3 PTR: Chaos Orbs no longer soulbound
We have just made the following change in the PTR:
In 4.3, Chaos Orbs are no longer soulbound! Everyone will be able to roll on new orbs that drop, and any existing chaos orbs will become tradeable.
In 4.3, Chaos Orbs are no longer soulbound! Everyone will be able to roll on new orbs that drop, and any existing chaos orbs will become tradeable.
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Review the official patch notes, and then dig into what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Anthology Oct 3rd 2011 6:33PM
About damn time.
vocenoctum Oct 3rd 2011 6:42PM
I was going to go with "a little late, but okay" myself.
Sharlatan Oct 3rd 2011 6:53PM
No its not, its far to late.
I resent helping others get crafting materials iin instances, not being able to roll on them myself, then being charged through the fucking nose to get something crafed which needs them.
Bliz really screwed up on chaos orbs. Should have been Bop all the way through, rollable on by anyone, regardless of professions.
Kuro Oct 3rd 2011 6:58PM
Not soon enough.
They need to hot fix it in. :P
This crafted gear will be outdated by next patch anyway.
Kylenne Oct 3rd 2011 7:43PM
I don't get all this "too little too late" stuff. People aren't going to be able to jump straight into Hour of Twilight heroics when they ding 85, there's going to be ilvl restrictions, and they're still going to need gear to fill gaps without cheesing the system with crafted PvP gear. Crafted 359s are still going to serve a purpose. This is great news for people trying to get alts up to speed.
Noyou Oct 3rd 2011 7:46PM
It's a fine line between "it's about damn time" and not soon enough. I am totally happy about this. I haven't done any heroics yet but am planning on gearing up my pally to tank for my guild and check out the new 5-mans. Looking forward to be able to get some orbs to craft goggles and a shield. Hopefully there will be a glut of them released on patch day :)
Amaxe Oct 3rd 2011 8:23PM
I'm with the ones who say they've been too damn late, and should hotfix the damn thing.
Better than never, but really it's a /golfclap at this point.
Luis Alluren Oct 4th 2011 1:47AM
the only people happy about this are the ones who have use o orbs in their main and get them on a regular basis-- everybody else, like said above, just sees them get it "for free" and charged ridiculous prices for crafted-- they should have never been soulbound in the first place
Silversol Oct 4th 2011 5:09AM
Too soon?
...wait that's not right.
Ice Oct 4th 2011 8:19AM
"I don't get all this "too little too late" stuff. People aren't going to be able to jump straight into Hour of Twilight heroics when they ding 85"
I wouldnt base my craftings on the idea that people WANT to craft firelands craftables (living embers still rare?) just to get into 5mans and most likely replacing if better itemized over there. People rather to easy way out by abusing the system by something like pvp gear in bags rather than actually making effort to get gear to get into "trolls" currently. Why would this change anyway? Its easier and cheaper this way. Its just the way it is and has always been since they found out pvp gear and IN BAGS epics count.
Not to mention justice points get you pretty fast to T12(!) which can get you into 5mans easy.
Then comes LFRaid where the true dedication to your char counts. Since you get gear from 5mans you can jump into LFR..unless 5mans misses boots totally firelands crafted items are going to be useless sellers most of the time?
Thankfully it seems that 4.3 craftables will require chaos orbs still so this wont make chaos orbs appear on AH for 20g due lots of supply but zero demand, tho!
Darkseid Oct 4th 2011 10:21AM
I totally agree with the idea that this is way WAY too late. What difference does it make now? The rich have already gotten richer off of this crap. And now anything that would go down in price as a result of this change, is far FAR outdated. Ridiculous.
Just add the management of Chaos orbs to the long list of "wtf" things Blizz had going on in Cata. Like the unchecked inflation of gold, 1 hour long Troll instances, and a profession (archaeology) based solely on RNG.
So many "wtf", for such a short expansion...
Bigred_ore Oct 3rd 2011 6:34PM
YES!
Docseuzz Oct 3rd 2011 7:59PM
Now just remove the cooldowns from transmitting truegold, and we're solid!
Lockefeller Oct 3rd 2011 6:34PM
Finally, maybe now my tailor can use it's Dream of Destruction CD once a week instead of once a month.
Necromann Oct 3rd 2011 6:54PM
Dream of Destruction has no cd, so you could do it 5 times a day if you want to.
Puntable Oct 3rd 2011 7:27PM
I'm pretty sure that 5 orbs will still be a worth a lot more than 1 dreamcloth, but go ahead and keep destroying them if you want to.
LynMars Oct 3rd 2011 7:33PM
Not if the tailor can't get the orbs because they've got to roll against others for them.
Bellajtok Oct 3rd 2011 7:37PM
Puntable has raised a point that no one else has yet- these things will be worth their highest price, but currently there are several.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/08/01/gold-capped-how-the-heck-do-you-price-a-chaos-orb/
As the illustrious Fox Van Allen pointed out, Chaos Orbs have different prices for different professions. Tailors will probably never use their Chaos Orbs again, because the price won't be worth it. Engineers.... HAH. Same thing for Engineers, without a doubt. All the Orbs will be going to blacksmiths, who need them the most.
Or maybe not. I'm hardly the best person to ask. Just be sure that this change isn't equally good for everyone.
Puntable Oct 3rd 2011 7:38PM
What about rolling on them right now?
Jawn Oct 3rd 2011 6:35PM
I'm tempted to complain how it should have happened before, but i'll try to focus on the positive, instead. Happy thought...
Better late than never! Might actually be able to afford some new stuff, now, by being able to shop around for orbs :)