Orb of Deception
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- Orb of Deception
- Binds when equipped
- Trinket
- Requires Level 54
- Use: Transforms caster to look like a member of the opposing faction.
- Cooldown: 30 min.
Orb of Deception is a rare trinket used to change your avatar's skin into the skin of an opposing race.
Source
This item is a world drop.
Notes
The effect lasts for 5min, and it has a 30 min cooldown. The effect time was reduced in a previous patch from 60min to 5min. Unequipping the trinket will cancel the effect.
Whilst looking like a member of the opposite race the player will always have the armor graphics of a pre-set character of around level 40. Although these graphics cannot be altered, directly switching helm and/or shoulder slot equipment will remove the respective item graphics from your opposite faction avatar. Your animations and emotes will all conform to your temporary race, including jokes. The weapon/shield graphics are shown as your character has them equipped.
The "opposite" races are as follows:
While the Orb of Deception might seem like a promising one for PvP combat, it mostly only for fun as its abilities do not really support the disguise concept in practice. Guards from the other faction are not fooled at all, and enemy players can see your name in red when flagged, as well as quickly tell in other ways that the player in question is not truly of their faction (just by clicking on the player, for instance). Just about the only way to use the trinket for PvP is on PvE servers where you can be in contested areas unflagged, potentially fooling flagged enemies long enough to get close and attack them.
