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rubyskylarkrubyskylark Member Posts: 25 Arc User
edited March 2014 in The Academy
What happens to bound items if I want to delete my character and start fresh?

I created her two years ago on a much older version of the game so she's a totally different play from my new character and I'm having a hard time adjusting between the two gameplays?

Unfortunately, she has both my free Bird-of-Prey and the free Arc gifts attached to her account...

...what would happen to those items if I were to delete her and start again? Would they be part of the overall account and attach to a new character, or would they be deleted with the old character?

I have just a basic account so I don't have access to the account bank. Or do I have to uninstall and start again with a whole new Arc download to get them again?
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  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Only account unlocked/bound items can be transferred or reclaimable, fleet ships and single character unlocks would disappear when you delete the character.

    Have you thought of respeccing your skills etc?
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  • rubyskylarkrubyskylark Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Would respeccing reset all the tutorials and completely reset my character back to it's creation day basically? Because that's what I need :confused:
    sunfrancks wrote: »
    Only account unlocked/bound items can be transferred or reclaimable, fleet ships and single character unlocks would disappear when you delete the character.

    Have you thought of respeccing your skills etc?
  • fmgtorres1979fmgtorres1979 Member Posts: 1,327 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Someone may provide certainty about what I'm going to say, but as far as I know it's like this:

    -Bound to character are deleted

    -Bound to account but on the character's inventory/roster are deleted

    -Bound to account from the store, remain - meaning that unlocked ships and items you see as "available" on the store menu when in game are still there. Example, the free Nebula they gave away a few months ago: if you claimed it, it became bound to your account and so even if you delete the toon, when you create a new one, the ship will be available. Obviously that some are faction specific, but that's another thing entirely.
  • fmgtorres1979fmgtorres1979 Member Posts: 1,327 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Would respeccing reset all the tutorials and completely reset my character back to it's creation day basically? Because that's what I need :confused:

    You can replay the tutorial.
    And yes, you can go back to zero points in the skill tree and traits.
    The only thing you can not change is the toon's race and gender, if i am not mistaken.


    EDIT:

    P.S. You maintain your level/rank, doffs, items, etc...
  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Would respeccing reset all the tutorials and completely reset my character back to it's creation day basically? Because that's what I need :confused:

    Nope, sadly that would never happen, though people have asked for a similar thing in a re-species token.
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  • rubyskylarkrubyskylark Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    So, the free Bird-of-Prey from last December, would that be bound to my account or my character?

    And the Box for installing Arc, is that account bound or character bound?
    Someone may provide certainty about what I'm going to say, but as far as I know it's like this:

    -Bound to character are deleted

    -Bound to account but on the character's inventory/roster are deleted

    -Bound to account from the store, remain - meaning that unlocked ships and items you see as "available" on the store menu when in game are still there. Example, the free Nebula they gave away a few months ago: if you claimed it, it became bound to your account and so even if you delete the toon, when you create a new one, the ship will be available. Obviously that some are faction specific, but that's another thing entirely.
  • rubyskylarkrubyskylark Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    So apart from race/gender, you can completely start again, run the tutorials, and start from nothing at cadet level while still keeping my character items like the free ship and Arc box?

    Is respeccing the same as resetting the character to start again?
    You can replay the tutorial.
    And yes, you can go back to zero points in the skill tree and traits.
    The only thing you can not change is the toon's race and gender, if i am not mistaken.


    EDIT:

    P.S. You maintain your level/rank, doffs, items, etc...
  • fmgtorres1979fmgtorres1979 Member Posts: 1,327 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    So, the free Bird-of-Prey from last December, would that be bound to my account or my character?

    And the Box for installing Arc, is that account bound or character bound?

    As I said, it's best if someone confirmes what I said, but as far as I can tell your BOP will be there. If you have a character slot it's easy to be sure. Make the new character before deleting the old one. Go to the store menu in game and see if the ship is available. It should not allow you to get it because of level restrictions but it should be listed as "purchased" or similar. To be completely on the safe side you could keep your old toon until you have the new one as you like.
    But I suppose you may not have a free slot, hence your questions.

    As for the Arc question, that I have absolutely no idea, sorry :(
  • fmgtorres1979fmgtorres1979 Member Posts: 1,327 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    So apart from race/gender, you can completely start again, run the tutorials, and start from nothing at cadet level while still keeping my character items like the free ship and Arc box?

    Is respeccing the same as resetting the character to start again?


    No. Almost, but not that much reset.
    Your character remains at level 50 (or whatever level it was), and keeps the rank. It's only the points and traits you choose and distribute that are reset.
    Also, the tutorial can be replayed, but you need to manually replay each mission. It does not jump from one mission to the other as you finish the previous one.
  • wilbor2wilbor2 Member Posts: 1,691 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    My advice is spend 900 zen on all the 3 respec tokens and re-run the mission u night get some good drops to bang on the exchange. All so u could change the mission settings to elite to test ur new build before joining the pve/pvp end game missions it all so gives a small improvement to get better drops.
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