Bind on equip items ?

[Tigel]

If you look at the gameplay video when Barbarian if equipping magical axes (02:13) they seem not to be bind on equip, with WoW terms. Which is nice IMO.

Also it seems that Blizzard will be implementing WoW style inventory bags as the Barbarian seems to have four empty bag slots in his inventory and there is small bag dropping later in video (08:49).

[moranor]

the less wow stuff the better
they had a cooldown effect on the ground stomp attack = no thanks and they also had a "block" text that popped up everytime someone blocked = even more no thanks

[Furyan]

I hate the idea of having soulbound item in D2. This would discourage trading, which is imo one of the main things the popularity of D2 is based upon. So I really hope they don't make bind on pickup items, those things should stay WoW-only.

[konfeta]

they had a cooldown effect on the ground stomp attack = no thanks

WoW-Phobia for the sake of hating on WoW is, quite frankly, stupid. It's an AoE stun move. Unless you give it a sensical limitation such as diminishing returns for every use on monster x over time y or a cooldown, it will either be stupidly overpowered or nerfed into gimmicky uselessness.

That said, soulbound items in D2 are a no-no, I agree. Not the game for it.

[Omikron8]

for those hesitant about skill cooldowns apparently they have never played a caster class in D2

hello casting delay timers

[Arioch]

Given how much Blizzard hates people trading items for real money, and assuming that drops are now player-specific, I'm betting that most good items are going to be bind on equip, if not bind on pickup.

[stillman]

I agree with moranor: the text showing up telling us something was blocked was really distracting. The animation alone should tell the story. I don't even like the little red life bar showing up over each enemy. And, basically any Ryu-Ken Street Fighter 2 colored puffs and splashes with each hit that cover up some of the action is bad imo. Hopefully there will be an options setting to take that wacky stuff off. This is kind of a minor complaint for me though; I'm pretty happy with what I saw.

As for the bind idea, I don't think it would be used in such an item-dominated game like Diablo. Or, it would at least be mentioned in Q&A.

[worlann]

I agree, soulbound items do not fit in the Diablo franchise.

[TheSakari]

Trading was core to diabloii for me. It made the game. Soulbound items simply don't fit in diablo... its all about the loot.

[mitchflow]

The key point here that everyone's missing is that items become worthless over time if they don't have a soulbind mechanic. Consider how many Occys drop any given day on Bnet. Multiply that by six months and they're really not so hard to comeby any more. When you factor in soulbinding, it makes the items disappear from the economy everytime someone uses one so it keeps the price and quantity stable.

I'm personally a big fan of bind on equip. It just makes for a healthier economy.