Bind on Account items - why so expensive?

#0 - July 9, 2009, 5:36 p.m.
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I enjoy leveling alts but even with the increased XP gain, going through the lvl 1-58 content can mean spending a lot of time grinding without quests. Having BOA items helps deal with this by not only providing additional XP but making my characters more powerful which makes the experience more fun. The thing is, the BOA items are insanely expensive! I just was wondering why they are so expensive. I believe BOA items should be cheap to encourage alt leveling and I look forward to more BOA items as I would love to have a BOA item for every slot(but at a cheaper price!).

Love your game Blizzard.
#2 - July 9, 2009, 5:40 p.m.
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I enjoy leveling alts but even with the increased XP gain, going through the lvl 1-58 content can mean spending a lot of time grinding without quests. Having BOA items helps deal with this by not only providing additional XP but making my characters more powerful which makes the experience more fun. The thing is, the BOA items are insanely expensive! I just was wondering why they are so expensive. I believe BOA items should be cheap to encourage alt leveling and I look forward to more BOA items as I would love to have a BOA item for every slot(but at a cheaper price!).

Love your game Blizzard.


The cost is setup in a way that we feel it shows you have a character that is at the highest level and has taken on a fair amount of the content at that level. We generally wanted players to experience the leveling as it was originally intended first, then once you have taken on those challenges, you can earn some of the items to make the process quicker for other characters.
#15 - July 9, 2009, 6:19 p.m.
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Way to sidestep answering the question. Here let me reiterate it for you.

WHY ARE THE BOA ITEMS SO EXPENSIVE?


We don't feel they are expensive. They are just setup so that you have to have experienced and completed a lot of the content first before getting an easier time leveling another character.