item soulbound to a class that can't use it..?

[forsaken.5026]

what are the ways for an item to become soulbound to particular character?

as far as I know, an item is soulbound the moment it is equipped by particular character the 1st time. there's, however, probably another way, b/c I have a heavy helmet from a WvW reward box opened by a thief soulbound to this character (which can not use it - thief wears medium armor).

does anyone know how is this possible? i'm not complaining about a bug or anything, just would like to know what might I have possible done, so I don't repeat the same mistake again.

thanks in advance for any helpful posts, and since this is my 1st one here, i'd like to appologize upfront for incorrect categorization. if that's the case, please move to the appropriate forum corner.

[pninak.1069]

yea there is a thing called "soulbound on acquire". had this happen to me once or twice. that's why I always check below before deciding to choose a perticular item. I mean the boxes are account bound so you can correct it if need be.

[forsaken.5026]

@"pninak.1069" what do you mean by "correct"?also, i think I opened more boxes, but this was the only item that became soulbound to the "wrong" character. I'm not sure, since I don't wanna risk losing another item :/

[pninak.1069]

if it smth like a weapon box or such. when you search through the weapons with their stat. in the bottom there is sometimes the line that reads "soulbound on acquire". so when you select this item and open the box the item will be immediatly soulbound even if it makes no sense. but the box itself is account bound.

[pninak.1069]

I'd prefer if anet made it more obvious

[Khisanth.2948]

What is the item? Most items are not soulbound on acquire. Some of the PoF elite spec accessories are but those are from open world stuff.

However if you make any sort of change to an item it will become soulbound.

[Linken.6345]

if you right click and unlock the skin it will become soulbound aswell.

[Khisanth.2948]

@Linken.6345 said:if you right click and unlock the skin it will become soulbound aswell.

That only makes it account bound.

[Jelle.7856]

Just FYI, arenanet support has the power to change soulbounds to different characters, if the request is within reason. I've don't it before once when there was a soulbounds item in my bank from a deleted character