Shard Bags-Worth using?Follow

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Personal preference really. I use one. I like to have Ebon Shadowbag full up so I don't have to worry about using Drain Soul when I don't need to. It's especially useful when you're PvPing, and doing instances when you don't want to have to worry about running out of Soul Shards and remembering to Drain Soul before you run out. I guess it also depends on what spec you are, and/or if you use a lot of Soul Shards.

I also carry a full Ebon Shadowbag regardless of circumstance - It is just another thing that you don't have to worry about when you get into a raid, instance, BG, etc. However, I do strongly feel that having a shard bag depends on your current bag capacity, personal farming habits, vendor access, raid make-up, etc.

For your specific situation (all 18-slot bags and another warlock in the raid), I think you would get a very minute benefit if you obtain a dedicated shard bag - As you probably know, progression nights/5-man PUG's can be tough on healthstones but having another lock in your raid to share that burden with definitely lessens the need to carry an excessive amount of shards. In the end, if you are comfortable with your system and it is not causing a negative impact on the raid - should it really matter?

WoW is a game. Use a shard bag if you want to. Everyone plays differently and you may not need a full shard bag for what you do.

Personally, I find having a shard bag is helpful on keeping track of shards, so I use one.

I find it funny that he said you failed at life, just for playing how you want to play.

How many empty or "anything" bag slots do you need? Running instances/raids/solo do you really fill up all those slots, that using a shard bag would slow you down? I don't often fill all my bag slots, when doing runs. I tend to travel to cities, between major things I'll be doing, so I can sell things or put stuff into my bank.

If you use a lot of shards when playing, use a shard bag.

If you don't use many shards, then I see no reason to have the shard bag on you. I'd keep one in the bank anyway though, for long instances/raids, so you're able to stock up on them, before the run.

I;ve been lazy, and havn't gotten the 28 slot shard bag, so I still have the 24, but I try to keep it topped of at all times. I can easily go though 24 shard in one night of raiding, and prefer to not gimp my DPS by getting shards mid raid. Just me though.

Unless you're a pack-rat, you wouldn't need a shard bag. I'm a pack rat so I have my ebon bag (on my lock) and another one in the bank in case I'm low and need a refill before BG/raid. Other than that, it's nothing more than organizer - which someone already stated, you can get an add-on for with your normal bags. My comments also include the other types of "organizing" bags.

The Ebon bag to me just seems like a waste of good Shadowcloth (admittedly I'm just starting to get the mats for the Frozen Shadoweave set so the stuff is like golddust to me right now) but I keep the 20-slotter.

Reason being is, I accumulate crap at an alarming rate and forget to vendor it often. I've lost count of the times I've been unable to create a Soulstone or Healthstone due to having an inventory full of crap. Having dedicated shard space stops me from filling up.

So for me personally, a shard bag is worth using, but it's really a personal call. It certainly doesnt make anyone who doesnt use one a noob.

In theory sure. In practice? My bags fill up far too fast. It forces you to use soul shards, otherwise why replace the bag?

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Haven't used shard bags since they were implemented. I prefer the extra space for phat lewt. Maybe if they add some kind of bonus to them, like the Hunters' quivers/pouches.

Maybe then.

I love them, you may not. I've always used one (right now I am using the Ebon), although there were MANY times I would regret it. Id be grinding, I hate to throw out trinkets (they just seem so fun), picking up everything that drops off of mobs, and holding seperate sets of gear, all of this would fill up my 3 20 slot bags extremely fast. My bank was extremely hectic as well. All this crap that I should be selling. My mats that I DE'd would be overflowing cause I was too lazy to sell them.

But in the past few weeks, ive organzed my bank well. Sent a lot to a bank alt, sold stuff on AH, and donated stuff to the GB. Now with the extra room in my bank and not holding all of this excess crap, it is pretty hard for me to fill up my bag space even with a shard bag, and if I decide to farm, the bag is easily dropped off at the bank to replace with another bag. With the new dailies in place, you really should'nt be having crazy money problems where you can not afford one (I respec at least 5 times a week and still have more than enough gold).

You will find the shard bag usefull especially now that you can summon inside of instances (heavy toll on 25 man's for repairs or horde at summoning stone). If you spec destro as well, the constant summoning of a new pet to sac can diminish your shards quickly.

How often do you shadowburn a mob more than once? Shadowburn should essentially be coming up as free every time. If it's not, you're doing it wrong. Also, how hard is it to drop rank 1 drain soul on a mob as it dies (recovering a shard from a missed Shadowburn)?

Maybe it's because I don't raid. In 5-mans and Battlegrounds, shards are always nearby. All you need to do is slap Drain Soul (Rank 1) on a dying enemy. Voilà, one shard to spend on whatever. I usually only have enough spare shards for a pet/player summoning and the two stones.

I'm guessing they're not as easy to come by in raids, though.

Other than the 1 time I did 4 hours of Archimonde attempts, I've never been in a raid where shards weren't plentiful enough. More than 20 is just clutter, imo. Then again, less than 10 is just being unprepared in a raid. Happy medium ftw.

Edited, May 8th 2008 5:21am by Loki