Why soul-binding items when equppied is a good thing for trade and fun.

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Imaginaerum wrote:

man this thread makes me so unbelievably happy Chris is in charge of Path of Exile and not any of the people posting here

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KZA wrote:

Now if GGG wanted have it retain the current value and similar usage, they could have it drop 30x more often.

This effectively adds an itemsink to the game, and itemsinks enable more good items to drop while retaining their value, and more valuable items dropping is fun. :)

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arknath wrote:

Stop trying to make PoE into D3. Soulbound item is an abomination. If you want item restrictions like that play ssf... or D3

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FriendlyPikachu wrote:

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KZA wrote:

Now if GGG wanted have it retain the current value and similar usage, they could have it drop 30x more often.

This effectively adds an itemsink to the game, and itemsinks enable more good items to drop while retaining their value, and more valuable items dropping is fun. :)

I dont want 30x more garbage drop on my screen and I have no idea what the fun about getting 30 tabulas is.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

They could accomplish much the same thing by simply charging a "tax" on trading. They wont be doing that either.

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KZA wrote:

Imagine this: Person A buys a Tabula Rasa for 15c, uses it for a few hours, then retires it by selling it for 15c. Person B then buys it, uses it for a few hours, then sells it for 15c as well. This process repeats on and on.

Currently a single Tabula drop can easily be "rented" by a few dozen players before ultimately getting vendered for a divine, with no real cost incurred by those who used it since they just resell for about the same price. To balance this, GGG has had to make the Tabula relatively rare.

Now, imagine this: Equipping an item makes it bound to a single character. A tabula drops, and you have to choose between using it, or trading it. There is no reselling after using, so there's no way to buy one and then recoup the cost once you're done using it. With the current drop rate, this would make the item go up 30x in price. Now if GGG wanted have it retain the current value and similar usage, they could have it drop 30x more often.

This effectively adds an itemsink to the game, and itemsinks enable more good items to drop while retaining their value, and more valuable items dropping is fun. :)

On another note, because of this massive item sink, GGG could make trade more convenient (i.e. an AH or something like it) without most of the downsides they list in their manifesto.

TLDR: without soulbinding, drop rates are WAY lower than they otherwise would be... and finding loot = more fun than trading for loot, therefore soulbound items is a good thing.