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Binding refers to items that are locked to a character or account once they are found, picked up, or equipped (depending on the particular rules for that item in a particular game). Binding is most often incorporated into a game to limit trading, either by removing items from the economy (once they are equipped they can not be traded) or to force players to find their own gear (bind on pick-up or account items can't be traded at all).
==Item Binding Basics==
The basic types of binding. Diablo 3 has thus far only used BoA. * [[Bind on Account]] "BoA" -- Items can be shifted between characters on the same account, but not anyone else.** All Hellfire Ring materials, the crafted bracers, gloves, chests, shoulders, and amulets added in [[Patch 1.07]].* [[Bind on Equip]] "BoE" -- Item can be traded freely, but once equipped can only be used by that character.** No BoE items exist in Diablo 3 as of September 2013 in Patch 1.08.* [[Bind on Pick-Up]] "BoP" -- Items that are locked to whichever character first picks them up. ** During early development most quest items were BoP and stored in a special inventory tab so players couldn't lose or drop them and prevent quest completion. By launch all such items had been removed or made virtual, mostly by tweaks to the structure of the quests. ==More Binding Coming in Reaper of Souls== After various high quality BoA items were added in crafting recipes in Patch v1.07, the developers liked how they worked in the game economy and there are plans for many more binding items in the [[Reaper of Souls]] expansion.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-developer-interview-podcast-part-2] <blue>Wyatt Cheng: On the topic of the Mystic, we are looking at methods for a Mystic to modify an item. Whether that be adding a property, or allowing you to reroll the stats on a property, or allowing you to roll another property, or you like an item except one of the stats rolled low and you want a shot at getting it higher. We are looking at that, and I lean towards the idea that you’d want that item to be Soul bound.</blue> ==Item Binding in During Diablo III3's Development==
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/]
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