Why can't I use a transmog on another toon?

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I went out to the Slave Pens in the Burning Crusade to finally get the Spell Fire Longsword from way back in 2006. I went out with 4 accounts with characters on follow to get the drop. I went with 2 warriors, a paladin and a death knight.

The appearance seems to have only attached to one character rather than account wide (these are all on the same license). I read something about transmogs being class specific. Okay so I check my other warriors – and they don’t have the transmog on any account.

Okay, so I traded the transmog to my Death Knight on Account #2. It said “Warning this appearance will be removed from your collection” I confirmed, now my DK on Account 2 can use the transmog. I then went to a DK on Account #1 AND another level 35 DK on Account 2 – and they don’t have it either.

The Spellfire Longsword seems to only be available to one character on one account?

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4 battlenet accounts? Transmog will only be applied to the account you looted it on.

Maybe I am confused here?

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Hi, it’s four licenses, 1 account.

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I’m pretty certain, whatever you loot will only apply to whichever License you looted it on.

Edit:

I could very well be wrong on this, I’m searching …

It appears that, yeah, it is truly Bnet account bound, like I said “I’m pretty certain”, not 100% sure.

A bug perhaps? Have you tried logging into ALL eligible (toons that would be able to equip it) characters?

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Hi this isn’t the case with at least many transmogs. I play with 2 monitors and often when I loot a transmog, a notification will come up on my other monitor that the appearance has been added to my collection.

However, I can’t even use the transmog on the same class on the same license, both over level 35.

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There’s a bug forum for this.

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I guess this part is throwing me off.

Isnt the item bind on pickup?

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Hi the item is bind on pickup, but can be traded to any player in the instance for up to 4 hours. All four players are me on 4 licenses same Battle.Net Account.

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Got it, didn’t realize the item was that new.

Could possibly be that until the item is “locked in” its not available to others? I havent specifically looked at that aspect of mogging.

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Hmm, that could be possible … I wouldn’t know for another 3 hours.

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If you equip the item, doesnt it kill the trade wait time

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Nope, it’s Bnet account wide, not WoW license.

Transmog into the sword and it will be in your collections for everyone.

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I can’t tell if you’re using “account” wrong or if you’re actually meaning separate game accounts…

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Hello, thank you this worked. When I equipped the sword on the DK. It killed the trade time and added it to all 4 accounts all classes.

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If no one has said it yet, there’s often an internal timer on stuff like this. As long as it remains tradeable it isn’t really bound yet. This might be it? I dunno. Not exactly sure how to end this cooldown early. I think sticking it in void storage is one way? I just stick stuff I get from raids in the bank and then sell it a few days later when I think about it again.

Oh, never mind. Scrolled up one after posting and it seems you got it fixed already.