Bind on Equip - Revision history

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‎BoE in Diablo III

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-'''Bind on Equip''' [[item]]s are designed so that they can only be used by the character that first equips them. They can not be traded once they have been equipped, often called "[[soulbound]]", or "bound" to that player. The item can normally be sold to a [[vendor]], however. This is a common method used by game developers (particularly for persistent-world [[MMO]]s) to control the economy within the game.
+'''Bind on Equip''' [[item]]s are designed so that they can only be used by the character that first equips them. They can be traded freely when found, but once any character equips them, that's it. They item can never again be traded, or passed between characters even on the same account. BoE is commonly-used in RPGs, especially in MMORPGs, to prevent item inflation over time, by removing items from the economy.
-* See also [[Bind on Pick-up]] and [[Bind on Account]].
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 We're not promising anything on patch content, but we also feel that keeping up on introducing new items consistently will keep it from being possible for a glut of the best items from building as 'the best' can be a constantly moving target.</blue>
-Some very high level (above level 85) Diablo 3 [[item]]s were going to be designated as BoE to keep the [[end game]] economy from stagnating.
+Some very high level (above level 85) Diablo 3 [[item]]s were going to be designated as BoE to keep the [[end game]] economy from stagnating, but this concept was abandoned during development.
-The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] has said that BoE could have applied to ''accounts'' ([[BoA]]), rather than to [[character]]s, thus allowing players to exchange such items between their own characters on the same account.
+The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] also considered [[BoA]], which would have limited items to the account that found them. This would have allowed a player to [[twink]] the item between his characters, but not to trade it into the open economy.
 ==Blizzard Comments==
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 ::Anyway, we’re not really seriously considering BoA items at this point in time.

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 ==BoE in Diablo III==
-As of April, 2011, Bind on Equip items will no longer be in the game. [[Bashiok]] gave the reasoning for this in a [[battle.net]] forum post:
+As of April, 2011, Bind on Equip items will no longer be in the game. [[Bashiok]] gave the reasoning for this in a [[battle.net]] forum post [http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27807930581&sid=3000&pageNo=2]:
 <blue>Yeah, we realized that binding is kind of a crappy way to pull items out of the economy. If you say that the average player produces 100 items an hour and maybe gets 1 upgrade in that time, then binding at best can account for removing 1% of items from the economy. And that's being very generous at high levels.
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 We expect salvaging to be compelling enough to remove a good percentage of the most valuable items from the economy. High end components obtained from salvaging high end items are needed for high end crafting and enhancement.
-We're not promising anything on patch content, but we also feel that keeping up on introducing new items consistently will keep it from being possible for a glut of the best items from building as 'the best' can be a constantly moving target.</blue> [http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27807930581&sid=3000&pageNo=2]
+We're not promising anything on patch content, but we also feel that keeping up on introducing new items consistently will keep it from being possible for a glut of the best items from building as 'the best' can be a constantly moving target.</blue>
 Some very high level (above level 85) Diablo 3 [[item]]s were going to be designated as BoE to keep the [[end game]] economy from stagnating.

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-'''Bind on Equip''' [[item]]s are designed so that they can only be used by the character that first equips them. They can not be traded once they have been equipped, often called "[[soulbound]]", or "bound" to that player. The item can normally be sold to a [[vendor]], however.
+'''Bind on Equip''' [[item]]s are designed so that they can only be used by the character that first equips them. They can not be traded once they have been equipped, often called "[[soulbound]]", or "bound" to that player. The item can normally be sold to a [[vendor]], however. This is a common method used by game developers (particularly for persistent-world [[MMO]]s) to control the economy within the game.
 * See also [[Bind on Pick-up]] and [[Bind on Account]].
 ==BoE in Diablo III==
-The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] has said that BoE might apply to ''accounts'' ([[BoA]]), rather than to [[character]]s, thus allowing players to exchange such items between their own characters on the same account.
+As of April, 2011, Bind on Equip items will no longer be in the game. [[Bashiok]] gave the reasoning for this in a [[battle.net]] forum post:
 There will not be any BoP ([[Bind on Pick-up]]) items in ''Diablo 3'', other than [[quest item]]s that are only carried for the duration of various quests, and can not be equipped or used in any way.

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 The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] has said that BoE might apply to ''accounts'' ([[BoA]]), rather than to [[character]]s, thus allowing players to exchange such items between their own characters on the same account.
-There will not be any BoP ([[Bind on Pick-up]]) items in ''Diablo 3'', other than [[quest item]]s that are only carried in the quest tab of the [[inventory]], not actually equipped.
+There will not be any BoP ([[Bind on Pick-up]]) items in ''Diablo 3'', other than [[quest item]]s that are only carried for the duration of various quests, and can not be equipped or used in any way.
 ==Blizzard Comments==

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 * August 2009: [http://g4tv.com/games/pc/28197/diablo-iii/articles/68225/BlizzCon-2009-Diablo-III-Game-Director-Interview Game Director Interview by G4TV.com].
 * February 2010: [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzcast-13-is-live/ Bashiok on Blizzcast #13].
-* February 2010: [[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-from-blizzard-on-boe-boa/ Bashiok forum post].
+* February 2010: [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-from-blizzard-on-boe-boa/ Bashiok forum post].

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 ==References==
-* August 2009: [http://g4tv.com/games/pc/28197/diablo-iii/articles/68225/BlizzCon-2009-Diablo-III-Game-Director-Interview/ Game
+* August 2009: [http://g4tv.com/games/pc/28197/diablo-iii/articles/68225/BlizzCon-2009-Diablo-III-Game-Director-Interview Game Director Interview by G4TV.com].
 * February 2010: [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzcast-13-is-live/ Bashiok on Blizzcast #13].
-* February 2010: [[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-from-blizzard-on-boe-boa/] Bashiok forum post].
+* February 2010: [[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-from-blizzard-on-boe-boa/ Bashiok forum post].

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 '''Bind on Equip''' [[item]]s are designed so that they can only be used by the character that first equips them. They can not be traded once they have been equipped, often called "[[soulbound]]", or "bound" to that player. The item can normally be sold to a [[vendor]], however.
 ==BoE in Diablo III==
-Some very high level ''[[Diablo 3]]'' [[item]]s will likely be designated as BoE to keep the [[end game]] economy from stagnating, and at that only items above level 85.
+Some very high level (above level 85) Diablo 3 [[item]]s will likely be designated as BoE to keep the [[end game]] economy from stagnating.
-The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] has said that BoE might apply to ''accounts'', rather than to [[character]]s, thus allowing players to exchange such items between their own characters on the same account.
+The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] has said that BoE might apply to ''accounts'' ([[BoA]]), rather than to [[character]]s, thus allowing players to exchange such items between their own characters on the same account.
-There will not be any [[Bind on Pick-up]] items in ''Diablo 3'', other than [[quest item]]s that are only carried in the [[inventory]], not actually equipped.
+There will not be any BoP ([[Bind on Pick-up]]) items in ''Diablo 3'', other than [[quest item]]s that are only carried in the quest tab of the [[inventory]], not actually equipped.
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 Jay Wilson addressed this issue in an interview from [[BlizzCon 2009]]. [http://g4tv.com/games/pc/28197/diablo-iii/articles/68225/BlizzCon-2009-Diablo-III-Game-Director-Interview/]
-::'''[[Jay Wilson]]: '''We have no “[[Soulbound]]” or [[Bind on Pick-up|bind-on-pickup]], except for [[quest item]]s. We do have bind-on-equip for the [[high end|highest end]] items in the game. We targeted, roughly, any item above level 85. These we will do as bind-on-equip. The reason for this is that we want people to be able to trade them, but we also want to remove the high-end items from the economy. One of the greatest ways that you can do that is with bind-on-equip. What we don't want is to have a situation where you find something on the ground like, “Oh, man. This would be a perfect weapon for my [[Monk]]. Oh, but I just picked it up and now it's on the wrong character.” We don't want that at all.
+::'''[[Jay Wilson]]: '''We have no “[[Soulbound]]” or [[Bind on Pick-up|bind-on-pickup]], except for [[quest item]]s. We do have bind-on-equip for the [[end game|highest end]] items in the game. We targeted, roughly, any item above level 85. These we will do as bind-on-equip. The reason for this is that we want people to be able to trade them, but we also want to remove the high-end items from the economy. One of the greatest ways that you can do that is with bind-on-equip. What we don't want is to have a situation where you find something on the ground like, “Oh, man. This would be a perfect weapon for my [[Monk]]. Oh, but I just picked it up and now it's on the wrong character.” We don't want that at all.
 ::Most of our focus on ''[[Diablo 3]]'' is as a [[trade|trading]] game. So, if you take trading out of the item space, you ruin the core of the game. Finding a really great item that is not for you is still a great event because it means you have a bartering tool to get the item that you do want. We definitely want to make sure that that still exists.