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Originally Posted by Blaster86
You're asking for enduring value in a game that is always about getting that next carrot on a stick.
It was never intended to have enduring value. If you thought it was then you're delusional. It's not how games like Diablo, WoW or Skyrim work. This isn't a game with items that have set finality like Zelda, Metroid or Final Fantasy. There is always going to be a new expansion or new patch that dropped new loot that made your old loot absolutely 100% useless going forward. It's why you were never supposed to drop the 15000 gold in the WoW AH on the BoE BIS Epic. Because next patch the first boss in the new raid was going to drop something better.
If you dumped money into the AH without realizing that then you only have yourself to blame.
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**sigh**
To my knowledge there is no other game that operated with a real money auction house. It was / is a realistic expectation that this feature would be a permanent fixture of the game for those that chose to use it. It's no sweat off your ass if you choose not to use it. Blizzard gladly took a piece of every real money auction and have at least some obligation on that basis alone. The idea that the AH was nixed to enhance the game play for those that mostly did not use it is actually pretty amazing and something they should have considered at the time they built the game. I understand that expansions change the dynamics and that game play, toon strength, gear attributes, etc. will be adjusted with patches and so on. That said, removal of the AH and the ability to trade loot is not nibbling around the edges. It's a fundamental change in the structure of the game that is to the detriment of anyone who spent real money or wanted to play at advanced levels quickly instead of putzing around forever trying to find very good / great gear.