wow Select Legendaries Crafted in Patch 9.1 Will Always Have a Socket

[Staff 1,488]

Newly created Legendary armor pieces will always come with a socket in Chains of Domination.

Blizzard revealed in the official Chains of Domination patch notes that Legendaries created in Patch 9.1 will have a socket, but only certain slots. These include Helm, Neck, Bracer, Belt, and Ring Legendaries.

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• Newly created Helm, Neck, Bracer, Belt and Ring Runecarving armor pieces will now always be created with a socket.

[Migol 433]

...so why not retroactively put sockets in already crafted gear?    

[Ain 20]

Time to reroll all those legends for a 0.1% increase! Not mention all crafters might as well delete your stock and make them new no one will buy the old ones at all.

[Langoroth 3]

2 hours ago, Ain said:

Time to reroll all those legends for a 0.1% increase! Not mention all crafters might as well delete your stock and make them new no one will buy the old ones at all.

It states legendary items, the base is common. So does the socket apply at runecarver or when drafted by profession. We won't know 100% until the patch drops. So the crafted pieces may still hold value and may spike in sales due to this change.

[ResoWho 68]

7 hours ago, Migol said:

...so why not retroactively put sockets in already crafted gear?    

probably cause you should invest more time and do torghast. but cant you just add a socket with stygia? i did that on my helmet month ago.

Edited June 25, 2021 by ResoWho

[Lunestro 23]

1 hour ago, ResoWho said:

probably cause you should invest more time and do torghast. but cant you just add a socket with stygia? i did that on my helmet month ago.

It's my understanding they are getting rid of that particular ability with the release of the patch.  I don't recall exactly where I saw that stated so I may be wrong.,   I believe that is partially the reason why they are making the socket baseline for all newly crafted legendaries.  That's just speculation on my part though.

 

[Ain 20]

3 hours ago, Lunestro said:

It's my understanding they are getting rid of that particular ability with the release of the patch.  I don't recall exactly where I saw that stated so I may be wrong.,   I believe that is partially the reason why they are making the socket baseline for all newly crafted legendaries.  That's just speculation on my part though.

 

They are removing it from the current vendor and adding it to a new vendor the ability itself does not go away just the currency used will change.

[Bobbis 208]

It's worth pointing out that you'll get enough soul ash via farming Torg for Cinders to make a R5/6 leggo from scratch. It gives people a chance to change stats as they'll need new missives this way.

Annoying for those aiming to send ash to alts but not end of world stuff.

More annoying for crafters if R1-4 base items will have a socket in 9.1, but not now, it'll kill the current market for them. Though, most of the people this'll hurt have the gold banked already I'd wager.

[Mournrethar 15]

Hey.. hey Blizzard..
Do you want to know something cool? And do not spend time creating *filtered* people do not want to?
HOW ABOUT, and listen now, YOU CREATE A BLOODY ITEM THAT WILL DO A BLOODY SOCKET HOLE TO THE BLOODY LEGENDARIES.