Mysteries of the Mighty Barbarians.

[Kwijiboe]

Where has Blizzard announced this? Or is this just beta speculation?

[Gokulo]

Go to any major Diablo site or a couple of pages back to find links with info.

[Arkanna]

it also completely fucks websites like D2JSP but those guys are assshooolles

^ This

Also, the obvious solution is to play HC like real bois.

[vrumpt]

That interview mentioned free weekly transactions, which is probably how most of the items will make their way to the RMT AH. If it gets flooded with not enough buyers to clear it out then all of it will get really cheap, and suddenly for a few bucks you can get top equipment without even playing the game. I can't say it will stabilize the same way the WoW AH stabilizes, because WoW gold is worthless so theres no good reason to keep amassing gold and making/farming stuff to sell.

This whole thing is just a nightmare, and considering its pretty much the whole reason D3 isn't out by now coupled with the fact that they said they've been working on it for the past 18-24 months doesn't mean its getting cut. What a way to kill a franchise.

[Arkanna]

That interview mentioned free weekly transactions, which is probably how most of the items will make their way to the RMT AH. If it gets flooded with not enough buyers to clear it out then all of it will get really cheap, and suddenly for a few bucks you can get top equipment without even playing the game. I can't say it will stabilize the same way the WoW AH stabilizes, because WoW gold is worthless so theres no good reason to keep amassing gold and making/farming stuff to sell.

This whole thing is just a nightmare, and considering its pretty much the whole reason D3 isn't out by now coupled with the fact that they said they've been working on it for the past 18-24 months doesn't mean its getting cut. What a way to kill a franchise.

lol

[Budonez]

Undercuts on the Real Money AH is going to be insane. Can't wait.

[Kaylia]

You find an item that sells for $100. Are you going to put it up on the gold AH? There's the problem with the real money AH, no one is going to put anything that is a best in slot up on the gold AH.

My day would be much better if I found a 100$ bills on the ground than any pieces of gears, but I don't think it will ever go that high to be honest. There will be more people trying to make money than people buying the gears, and with all the undercutting and everything, it should stay pretty low.

However, I do wish they would add something like "Bind on pickup" when you loot something for your class. This way, you could always equip your gears, and sell the rest.

What the fuck are you talking about? The argument is "I want to trade for an item, but nobody trades/sells for gold because it's possible to sell things for real money right from the games interface!" The problem is that they clearly WONT both be viable options. The RMT market will be flooded, and the gold market will be a ghost town.

With a limit of 1 item, and gold to cash/cash to gold option, I doubt the gold AH will be empty. Gold is going to be worth something, and people will want it just as much (unless there is a constant inflation. However, such inflation is preventable with proper money sink

[Tajin]

Blue post about "What happens when someone hacks my bnet account?"

We're not ready to discuss specific account support policies, but in short no small part of the auction house fees goes directly toward supporting the sales that happen. That means guaranteeing that items get from sellers to buyers, the funds transfer, but ultimately helping support and correct any issues that can crop up around it, including account compromise.

But to be clear there's no direct credit card purchases happening. You charge up your Battle.net balance to buy items from other players in the auction house (or build it up from selling items), but someone wouldn't be able to spend beyond what balance you have, and again we're fully supporting such situations.

We do hope people will take the appropriate precautions to protect their accounts, of course.

[Gokulo]

So it's just like I thought. You charge your bnet account with money, but your cc info or anything else is not held there so there no reason to worry. Plus, just don't get hacked lol.

[avelle]

Blue post about "What happens when someone hacks my bnet account?"

Not calling you a liar, but I don't see anything by Bashiok on the official forums with that. Sauce please?

[Tajin]

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/1...s-hacked-in-d3

[avelle]

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/1...s-hacked-in-d3

Oh, it was because it was posted in the WoW forums of all places. Thanks Tajin.

[Insanecyclone]

[GRT]

You guys should realize that saying "you can simply ignore the RMT AH and not use it" doesn't make sense, because you can trade gold for real money, that makes the two AHs equivalent in all practical purposes. And since there will be a large player base, that makes the exchange market extremely liquid, and prices in gold-based AH will depend largely on gold's exchange rate with real money.

So essentially you are spending real money to buy in both AHs, just as you are making real money to sell in both. It will also be costing you real money to buy potions, repair your items, and gamble. Yeah...

[Gokulo]

Just play on hardcore then
Also how will it cost you real money to repair stuff? NPC does that for you for gold you shouldn't have problems getting from mobs.

[GRT]

Like I said, with a highly liquid exchange market, you are pretty much making real money just buy killing monsters that drop gold. You will have more gold to spend on the AH if you kill more monsters just as if you make more real money with your day job, and you will have less to spend if you repair stuff.

The only way you are not subject to the exchange market is if you never use either AH, which is rather impractical.

[vrumpt]

Like I said, with a highly liquid exchange market, you are pretty much making real money just buy killing monsters that drop gold. You will have more gold to spend on the AH if you kill more monsters just as if you make more real money with your day job, and you will have less to spend if you repair stuff.

The only way you are not subject to the exchange market is if you never use either AH, which is rather impractical.

farm gold, buy items on that AH, sell items on RMT AH.

How blizzard hasn't seen this or the potential for small businesses to crop up here is beyond me.

[Correction]

How blizzard hasn't seen this or the potential for small businesses to crop up here is beyond me.

That they're taking a slice of every RMT sale tells me they have seen such potential just fine.

[Gokulo]

farm gold, buy items on that AH, sell items on RMT AH.

How blizzard hasn't seen this or the potential for small businesses to crop up here is beyond me.

The thing is, it will probably work better the other way around for most people

[Lucavi]

Maybe they have and that's why they're pursuing this route? You know Blizzard knows how to make money and Activision always wants money, so yeah.