wow Fifth Bag Slot Coming in Dragonflight?

[Stan 5,239]

It appears we're getting an additional fifth bag slot in Dragonflight.

Today, we saw multiple "leaked" screenshots that are supposedly from Alpha. The first one was showing off the Evoker class in Valdrakken. The second screenshot appeared on MMO-C and depicts a Hunter with the "Dragon Isles Await" quest. While we do not know if those shots are legit, both have one thing in common -- a fifth bag slot! Currently on live servers, players only have access to 4 bag slots in addition to the backpack.

If the screenshots prove to be true, we will get a fifth bag slot in Dragonflight!

[darkgreenwax 412]

I'm surprised it's been backpack + 4 for as long as it has.

[pandamoria 0]

Are we sure this is an extra bag slot? Notice there are 5 slots then an yellow arrow then the backpack symbol. What if we still just have 5 slots but you can expand and collapse them. I mean maybe we are able to replace our backpack now with another bag but that is still just 5 slots. 

[maddershunt 0]

if they made it so you could also upgrade thbasic 1 bag slot aswell would make life bearable just means there be more useless crap to store in out bags like sandworn relics that useless after week 2

[zigrifid 133]

blizzard "we have heard our customers and we realised how good the game used to be .....so we bring back the keyring! good luck with all the key farming people" 😄

[Meurik 33]

1 hour ago, pandamoria said:

Are we sure this is an extra bag slot? Notice there are 5 slots then an yellow arrow then the backpack symbol. What if we still just have 5 slots but you can expand and collapse them. I mean maybe we are able to replace our backpack now with another bag but that is still just 5 slots. 

Until now (on Retail), it's been the Backpack "slot" + 4 extra bagslots.

This screenshot appears to be Backpack + 5 bagslots. Personally, I'd much rather they finally let us replace the backpack entirely with any crafted bag. If you accidentally delete the bag, the # of slots reverts to default (16 without Authenticator, 20 with)

[pandamoria 0]

3 minutes ago, Meurik said:

Until now (on Retail), it's been the Backpack "slot" + 4 extra bagslots.

This screenshot appears to be Backpack + 5 bagslots. Personally, I'd much rather they finally let us replace the backpack entirely with any crafted bag. If you accidentally delete the bag, the # of slots reverts to default (16 without Authenticator, 20 with)

With that little yellow arrow between the backpack and the bagslots it looks looks to me like you can click on the backpack icon to expand/collapse showing the bags. I hope I am wrong and we actually get another slot, but what is that yellow arrow for then? Maybe you can just collapse the 5 bag slots? 

Edited July 12, 2022 by pandamoria

[Arcling 898]

Just let us replace the default bag as well!

[Meurik 33]

1 hour ago, pandamoria said:

With that little yellow arrow between the backpack and the bagslots it looks looks to me like you can click on the backpack icon to expand/collapse showing the bags. I hope I am wrong and we actually get another slot, but what is that yellow arrow for then? Maybe you can just collapse the 5 bag slots? 

This is what it looks like on Retail, right now. The yellow arrow is simply to collapse the bag-bar so it only shows the backpack icon. The theme of the new UI is obviously "less clutter", and the yellow arrow does just that. And the bag bar on the Dragonflight image clearly shows... Backpack + FIVE bag slots.

Edited July 13, 2022 by Meurik

[darkgreenwax 412]

I think I remember reading something about how they never let you replace the backpack slot because of how that bag was specifically coded, and it would mess up a bunch of crap. Maybe that was just some propaganda to explain the laziness though!

[persephonae 1]

3 hours ago, pandamoria said:

With that little yellow arrow between the backpack and the bagslots it looks looks to me like you can click on the backpack icon to expand/collapse showing the bags. I hope I am wrong and we actually get another slot, but what is that yellow arrow for then? Maybe you can just collapse the 5 bag slots? 

wouldnt one of the icons be the backpack in that case and not of crafted bags? seeing as how there is an open slot and 4 crafted bag icons

[Borgoff33 101]

unless you are a mega gray item hoarder i see no point what so ever to a new bag slot. i mean most people have 130+ inventory why do we need more

[Liquidsoul7 9]

8 hours ago, Borgoff33 said:

unless you are a mega gray item hoarder i see no point what so ever to a new bag slot. i mean most people have 130+ inventory why do we need more

I would generally agree, but have you farmed an old dungeon 2 or 3 times in a row for rep or items? Even with all 30-slot bags, that space fills up really fast (looking at you Botanica/Mechanar). It would be nice for these out-of-the-ordinary situations. I notice my Auction House character's bags fill up to the brim too when I've got a lot of cancelled auctions.

[SidonisAntares 290]

16 hours ago, TyZone said:

I'm surprised it's been backpack + 4 for as long as it has.

 

[Deesix 2]

I’m hoping for a dedicated profession bag, since the crafting revamp is a focus of Dragonflight

[Arcling 898]

42 minutes ago, Deesix said:

I’m hoping for a dedicated profession bag, since the crafting revamp is a focus of Dragonflight

It's hardly some groundbreaking change, just some extra functionality to professions (and looks like alchemy and enchanting will still be the king). Profession bags already exist, but there is no point in using them, since you can sort your bags anyway.

Edited July 13, 2022 by Arcling

[SpilledStars 71]

On 7/12/2022 at 4:15 PM, zigrifid said:

 .....so we bring back the keyring! good luck with all the key farming people" 😄

I would not object to them stuffing our "anima collectivitis" and any other "borrowed power"or quest specific items into a special space that was like currency except that they get to keep their flavor text.   Quest specific, eh, I dunno, maybe they're better just in the regular bag.  To be considered though.  At the very least If I did some crazy long quest line around Scholomance that happens to unlock talking to ghosts I really don't want to run back to my bank to find where I stashed the Trinket Slot Item that's supposed to do that, do I?  No, I do not. /harumph

I would definitely not object to getting back all the bag space that would represent.

I would not object to everything that is some sort of "keep this forever, it unlocks access to a thing, opens a chest maybe?" item (hey, for chests, they are even often called keys) going in a special space that was just like currency except they get to keep their flavor text.

Man, o WTF'dorei would i love to get the bag space back from these things.

I mean, maybe they could put them as another tab under Collections, it'd just need to be able to code fully hiding ones you don't have and using up things that are expendable.   I know the hiding code exists, there are secret things that don't show til you really get them;  but the "usable" aspect might take some QA.