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FanIn80 · 05-09-2011, 09:31 PM

"Opt in" is the same as saying "purchase a lottery ticket" when it comes to Blizzard betas.

NuclearFart · 05-09-2011, 09:47 PM

nvm figured it out. Not the most user friendly GUI

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OutOfTheCube · 05-10-2011, 12:17 AM

I have a hunch it'll be on consoles too by the time we see it.

Hemi-Cuda · 08-01-2011, 12:17 PM

so the Diablo III auction house will be able to use real money

http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1185020p1.html

the chinese virtual farmers must be overjoyed

SebC · 08-01-2011, 01:29 PM

Dunno how I feel about that. If I can make a profit and it's fun... awesome. If everyone else is overpowered because they bought their stuff, not so fun.

Mazrim · 08-01-2011, 02:21 PM

As much as Blizzard always touts being their own entity, I really wonder how much Activision had to say in putting in real-money stuff into their games.

The gradual transition to everyone doing free-to-play microtransaction MMOs is moving forward another notch.

Not a fan of this at all.

flambers · 08-01-2011, 06:13 PM

Not a fan, pretty brutual there is still no announcement of the release date...

Yasa · 08-01-2011, 06:47 PM

Doesn't bother me any, but that's mostly because I played Diablo either offline or with friends.

Hemi-Cuda · 08-01-2011, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yasa

Doesn't bother me any, but that's mostly because I played Diablo either offline or with friends.

yeah, that won't be happening either

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/08/01/di...layed-offline/

Yasa · 08-01-2011, 07:55 PM

Whaaaat! Now I'm outraged.

Daradon · 08-02-2011, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SebC

Dunno how I feel about that. If I can make a profit and it's fun... awesome. If everyone else is overpowered because they bought their stuff, not so fun.

Well, for one person to buy it, one person has to sell it, so there shouldn't be additional items out there. At least if they keep it to player by player auctions, and the cheats are kept under control. Course, if the cheat aren't under control it would ruin the prices at the auction house anyway.

So really, it shouldn't add to additional people having more powerful items. One person has to sell for the other person to buy.

QuadCityImages · 08-02-2011, 06:20 AM

I guess the issue would be that rather than the nerdiest people having all the best stuff, it will now be the richest people. Although only the nerdiest rich people would spend a lot of their money on Diablo items.

Esoteric · 08-02-2011, 01:03 PM

Blizzard is making a ton of bad decisions on the release of D3. I'm not impressed with their lack of offline play, and the paid purchase of items.

I have no doubt that the game is going to be great, but I'm displeased with the choices they are making. You can definitely feel the Activision influence in Blizzard now.

Rathji · 08-02-2011, 01:54 PM

Just to clarify, because I haven't been avidly following the game pre-release fervor, even though it is required you don't need to pay to play online, correct?

Esoteric · 08-02-2011, 02:02 PM

That's correct, there is no fee for playing online.

.....yet.

Meelapo · 08-02-2011, 03:01 PM

Not really about D3 specifically but the team behind Titan Quest is making their new game which may come out before or around when D3 is released:

http://www.grimdawn.com

I even think they've gone as far as to say that this is, as well as Titan Quest, is a Diablo clone.

Raekwon · 08-02-2011, 03:13 PM

WOW, I only briefly read into the new auction system but after looking into it further.

Real Money Auctions
Buy/Sell Characters on the AH
Buy/Sell Gold at whatever the current player set market value is.
Virtually no Bind on Use items so use an item and then sell it

Blizzard takes a fee for listing the auction and another fee if it sells all fixed amounts.

Then don't need monthly fee's they are taking peoples money anyway.

Edit: This will put the gold farmers out of business as everyone in game is really a farmer now, this system is fine IMO as long as they do everything in their power to stop botting. If botting gets into D3 then this system will fail.

3 Justin 3 · 08-02-2011, 03:17 PM

For those pissed at the "selling items" market, I don't blame them. I remember when I was playing D2 as my life and there were tons of sites on the net where people would put items up for sale and others would buy.

This way at least Blizzard is controlling it so people don't get scammed, even though they are making a profit. And really, this isn't primarily a PVP game, it's a game where you go out with 7 other guys and beat the campaign over and over, so if you get someone who is completely jacked then he can just take down the heavy enemies.

I'd still rather like it if they didn't have the marketplace, but it can't hurt the game too badly.

Also, you can still play offline, you just need to be connected to the internet. I understand why they are doing this, so you can't glitch like crazy like with D2. In D2 there were a ton of people glitching in Single Player that would duplicate items, change their stats, etc. I'm not sure why anyone would play offline though. This game should be played online only.

octothorp · 08-02-2011, 03:19 PM

Yeah, the lack of offline play really deflates this for me. So no playing it on an airplane? Wherever I go when I'm on the road I need to find a Wifi connection before I can play? That's going to be a massive inconvenience.

Esoteric · 08-02-2011, 03:25 PM

It sucks that you have to store characters online for a few reasons;

-Blizzards servers go down; you can't play
-LAN play becomes more difficult, as you'll need to establish an internet connection
-You don't have access to internet? You can't play the game.

Would it be that hard for Blizzard to split characters between Online, and those that wish to play Offline Single Play/LAN? I don't think it would be.