Quote Originally Posted by Vargouille View Post
There's active discussion here at Turbine about the binding status of Commendations of Valor.

This is what we are tentatively moving to for the next Lamannia preview (which is decided days ahead of time, so the conversation is likely to keep moving and Lamannia will be out of date by then):

Heroic True Heart of Wood: Costs 250 Commendations of Valor
Binds to Character on Acquire

This is not what we intend to ship with. However, we need to decide on whether to lower the cost should or change the Commendations to be Bind to Account instead of Character. (Or potentially both, as the exact cost is still under discussion, but for simplicity I'm pretending it's one or the other right now.)

If the Commendations are BtA, we expect that most Commendations will be farmed by level-cap characters and passed to other characters, and that they will be earned much faster than if the Commendations are BtC and earned by lower level characters. We also believe there are legitimate reasons for both choices and why one or the other is better for gameplay or fun, many of which have been expressed by various players recently.

We're of course happy to hear feedback on all aspects of Reincarnation or other upcoming changes, but if you have specific thoughts on whether you'd prefer BtA Commendations or a cheaper price for Heroic True Hearts of Wood, please let us know here in this thread!
It really depends on how hard it is to obtain comms. For instance right now I can get 2000 fragments, combine them into tokens and turn them in for a TR heart in just a few days if I want to play certain quests exclusively. I do it with my high level toons and past the hearts to the toon that I want to TR. There's zero reason to change that right now. If comms are replacing tokens then then replace them but don't change anything else. BtA for tokens, BtA for comms. The only real change is that every quest should drop comms just like the older quests drop fragments or full tokens. I would be perfectly happy with it still taking 2000 comms for a TR heart if every quest dropped between 40 and 60 comms from the end chest. Or make it even easier, make it 40 comms for a TR heart and make it so that each quest drops 1 comm (maybe 2 on EE) in the end chest.

Also as a few people have mentioned, how much are you talking with your marketing team? Any good marketing manager would be screaming at you guys for possibly causing a drop in spending. Some people are going to be able to TR in a day and some are going to take a year and it's not beneficial to you or us for you to figure out to level that out. It doesn't hurt anyone if someone is able to TR in a day or a year. Once again it seems as if you're trying to solve a problem that's not there.