Economic solution: BoE items (Bind On Equip)

[Derezzzed]

Let's face it right now, unless you're able to run the new tombs there's nothing worth running for right now because the CS is overcrowded with items

My suggestion/idea is to implement a bind on equip to ALL gear (yes mythic and arcane too) (Would not apply to vanitys)

First off: what is bind on equip? Bind on equip means that if you are to get a drop or loot something from a chest that item is tradeable UNTIL a character equips it making it bound and hence not tradeable.

Why implement this you ask? As I stated earlier, the market is without a doubt filled up with items (especially Legendaries) that just keep circulating and circulating and more items just keep getting added onto the pile each day - adding BoE would make less items appear in circulation

Second off: if this were to be implemented The design team would have to substantially higher the liquidation value of items - also, to prevent anyone buying cheap items before this would be implemented and then selling for a high liquidation value the CS would have to be wiped or all items taken off the CS and auction fees returned to the sellers

That is my idea - yes? No? Anything to add/subtract? Feel free to comment

[Zeus]

I completely agree! They should've done this a long time ago. Look how stable arcane pet prices are even during double chance weekends! By this I mean, even when flooded they still hold value and eventually recover.

[Visiting]

Would you still be able to gem an item and sell it? Because, gems have a large influence on prices, and it'd be bad if you had to gem your gear yourself anytime you wanted gemmed gear.

[Derezzzed]

Would you still be able to gem an item and sell it? Because, gems have a large influence on prices, and it'd be bad if you had to gem your gear yourself anytime you wanted gemmed gear.

Yes ofc, the bind only applies to once a character has equipped the item, you could loot/buy of CS, gem it and sell it

[CAK Vader]

Brilliant, however it would result in a terrifyingly high increase in forerunner type items...

[epicrrr]

Big NO, im sure im not the only one to regard all my items as ASSETS! These are investments not a buy-now liquidate for 5 gold later.

A bind-equip scenario could have been good if implemented at the start of the game but were already what 2-3 years so too late for this now.

[Visiting]

Big NO, im sure im not the only one to regard all my items as ASSETS! These are investments not a buy-now liquidate for 5 gold later.

Notice how he stated "Liquadation prices have to be raised big time"

[Appeltjes]

Lol this would mean twinking items would just dissapear in no time...

[obee]

Amazing idea!

[Derezzzed]

Brilliant, however it would result in a terrifyingly high increase in forerunner type items...

I thought about that too - I don't have the exact quote but I remember a dev stating they may be turned into vanitys someday (the orginal forerunner stuff)

As for items being rare IMO if they're discontinued they should be rare and high priced

[Derezzzed]

Lol this would mean twinking items would just dissapear in no time...

Not nessecarily - discontinued items are spose to be discontinued - not kept circulating - opening crates on low lvl's still will provide the gear for it

[obee]

Look at all the mythics circulating in the game right now lol. More items are circulating then actual gold is.

[KKIDIRA]

I like the idea, all the legendary and epic items items coming from chests are just garbage and there are so many in cs that you cant even recoup the cost of the chests nvm plat, I mean really all the gear coming from locks of any kinda that isn't myth or arcane is so badly out dated and just trash, same with loot drops off bosses and mobs. Honestly didn't you all want a tree branch? How about selling all that pink garbage in cs for 150g? How many times would you need to put it in cs till it sold? What is the commission price on that x the number of times you would need to relist? Liquidating pinks...zzzz And what is with the cost of selling items in cs? Is there a break down reason of why that price? It's hard enough to make a profit in this game at this time without having your gold sucked up by the system market. Where does that go anyway? Do you use it for anything worthwhile? Sry.. rant over..

[Appeltjes]

Not nessecarily - discontinued items are spose to be discontinued - not kept circulating - opening crates on low lvl's still will provide the gear for it

Discontinued is not lootable anymore, it doesn't mean that the items stop existing, I don't know what crates you open but storm swords and such are impossible to be gotten for as far as I know.

[Visiting]

Lol this would mean twinking items would just dissapear in no time...

Twinks these days usually use newest event gear seeing as they usually get better with each event, it will have an effect on items that are already rare without this system (DWS/Depraved/Etc).

[Appeltjes]

Twinks these days usually use newest event gear seeing as they usually get better with each event, it will have an effect on items that are already rare without this system (DWS/Depraved/Etc).

Yeah but twinking weapons all are old and not to be gotten anymore without gold.

[Derezzzed]

Discontinued is not lootable anymore, it doesn't mean that the items stop existing, I don't know what crates you open but storm swords and such are impossible to be gotten for as far as I know.

Locks/event locks/event chest

Yes certain old twink weapons are better but that's because there's no new weapons that've came out, most twinks are using event gear rn because it's currently the best there is, wait until there's a event weapon - and I have a good feeling will see the ice weapons return at the winter event

[Visiting]

Yeah but twinking weapons all are old and not to be gotten anymore without gold.

You DONT have to have the "BEST" weapon, besides, new weapons that get the job done just fine will come and people will be fine with them.

[Appeltjes]

You DONT have to have the "BEST" weapon, besides, new weapons that get the job done just fine will come and people will be fine with them.

For as far as I remember those ice weapons weren't even that good

[Anarchist]

+1.