@Nubcrawler said in Implementing Heirloom Gear:
Be unable to place REs on Heirloom gear.
This is the only thing I'd disagree with and replace with a different "consequence" of using heirlooms. One of the reasons I like doing Prestige is being able to level from 1 to level cap using a set of three specific RE's to create a unique build and gameplay style. Combining a legendary enchant with two epics is enough to make multiple characters play drastically different.
Currently, I place the legendary and two epics on a level 15 cape and the PvP trinkets, even though I never PvP just so I can have the enchants. The tradeoff is never being able to easily equip a new, higher-level item in those slots with the enchants as I level.
I would suggest that having an heirloom item equipped means you cannot roll need on an item for that slot, since the idea is you are supposed to keep it equipped as you level.