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• Wow, crazy. : royalally
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  That sucks. : Witch_Doctor
  • There is nothing wrong. There is already a market of people making money doing this unofficially. If you ... : hyperwired
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  EXCEPT IN HARDCORE MODE which might actually drive me to play HC for once. : DrFlammable
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    well since it's all online only, what happens that one inevitable time you lag out w/ blizzards servers? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • i won't, too good. : DrFlammable
  • It certainly would make HC even more of an obvious choice. : Marrbe
  • What happens in HC stays in HC : DewFuel
  • Source? : Zek
  • I'm actually hoping they won't leave it out of Hardcore mode. I'd love to make a few extra bucks while pl... : angry jellyfish
• Well that sucks. : icon_of_syn
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  Yet another thing that gamers will bitch about, along with the online DRM, yet will buy the game anyway. ... : Darkstarblade
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    If they bitch then they must have missed the part where they said they're still including an in-game curr... : Zips
    • Having it in-game obviously gives more people the incentive to use it. Not everyone used D2 forum gold et... : StealthHawk
    • Yea this is just another over reaction by the internet hordes that cry foul anytime something is changed.... : Gyruss
  • Your complaints about the game looking like crap I don't agree with. I've played it twice. It play's like... : Total Exodus
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  Of course, it's completely 100% optional to use this, as there are gold-only auction houses. NO OMG WORL... : Darkstarblade
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    It is just going to lead to 2 different Auction Houses. The real auction house where all the good items ... : Crimsonbeak
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      But it looks like you can play on the real money AH without ever spending anything yourself. Sell a few ... : SqueegyTBS
      • He said there would "probably" be a certain amount of free listings, but that means it's not set in stone... : StealthHawk
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      There's no way to buy in-game gold with real money though, so when you sell an item that way you're only ... : Zek
      • Some of the RPS comments indicated this was not the case, that nearly anything can be sold (including gol... : MercFox1
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        http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/08/01/diablo-3-will-let-players-buy-and-sell-items-for-real-money/ o-one h : razlebol
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          wow, legitimized gold farming! : aethyr
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            shit yeah. time to quit my job. get a couple diablo 3 copies and start farming!!!! :D lol : Downforce
            • I can't wait to see the 8- and 16-box solutions people come up with. It's going to be nuts. : MercFox1
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    It's the fracture between the two that I think is kind of strange. We'll have to wait and see how the two... : XAVdeMATOS
    • I think the two auction houses is the best way for Blizzard to stay out of the economy and just let the m... : holinka
• I really didn't expect this. I sure as hell won't be spending real money on in game AH stuff, but I can ... : MacemanInTW
• time to buy cataclysm and WoW time by farming in diablo 3 here we go : DrFlammable
• I think it's cool so long as Blizzard isn't the one selling the items. : Magitek
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  I actually don't mind the idea, if you're serious, play hardcore mode. All gear has a level restriction ... : clickles
  • Well how does it work in Diablo 2? : briktal
• I'm interested in how much money I could make from it. : sneakyalmond
• I stand corrected. This a ballsy move for sure. But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.... : SqueegyTBS
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  I do not like this. : Mr. Goodwrench
  • Neither do I. Plus the apparently always on internet connection that they should probably have with this ... : p34nk
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  I'm much more distressed by the fact that it will require a persistent internet connection to play, and t : MBlueD
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    Why does that bother you? : Lucy Labia
    • I can't play it on my laptop during work breaks or while traveling. : batkiwi
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      The internet service available to me is not very reliable, and prone to disconnect every now and then. In... : MBlueD
      • you're old fashioned. : disembodied potato
      • yep, def old fashioned :) get with the times kiddo! : mystikal
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    So did Diablo 2, unless you played single player or on open b.net (or, in other words, with characters ha... : bipolar
    • lol, what? Playing Diablo 1 and 2 single player was absolutely fine. The game is no different in co-op, e... : Mr. Goodwrench
    • Single player and LAN diablo 2 was the best thing ever! : MBlueD
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      I have never played diablo 2 online. And I loved diablo 2. : master_disaster_17
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        I didn't realize people actually played Diablo 2 offline for any significant amount of time. : briktal
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          Pretty sure those offline people are in the vast minority, they are vocal about it too. : Patch-e
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            Nope, most of the people I know played D2 single player. MP was hard to do due to everyone having odd sch... : Mr. Goodwrench
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              also pirates : umegastar
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                Are you accusing me of pirating Diablo 2? : Mr. Goodwrench
                • The wicked flee when no man pursueth : radio_babylon
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            You have a very, very warped impression of the majority of game players if you think that's correct. Thin... : OverloadUT
            • yep. Didn't even get reliable 5kb/s through our phone line and it'd shut off whenever a call came in or w... : Zolneirz
          • people playing offline are pretty much never a vast minority, including the biggest MP shooters : derelict515
          • Most people I know that played D2 played offline or would just lan. I played a little bit online but I wa... : Total Exodus
          • Swing and a miss! : jtthe2nd
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          Almost all my time spent playing D2 was offline. : mobab
          • Yep, never touched online and I played the shit out of that game. : devi| dog
      • Me neither, played at LANs or with friends. : ghost in my shell
      • You missed out. Online was a completely different ballgame. Once I went online I never went back to singl... : the_burd
    • No : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Why don't you just go all the way and say that Torchlight should never have existed? : the archvile
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        Everyone bitched about Torchlight being SP only! : etherboy
        • EveryonePeople that wanted it to be multiplayer bitched about Torchlight being SP only! : Danny5225
        • I would have liked a MP component to Torchlight and still would have played it primarily in SP. I don't ... : Herman Toothrot
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      I played D2 and LoD in single player mode exclusively. I enjoyed playing at my own pace and taking time ... : metldude
      • I did too, but online. : briktal
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    welcome to typical gaming trends of 2011 gaming? : action figure
    • Thanks. Where can I find the mens room? : MBlueD
  • I don't understand what all the fuss is about that. WoW requires the same thing. I highly doubt this will... : mystikal
• blizzard is turning into another Zynga : hanged_man
• They knew ebayers would do it anyways, so they figured they would get a cut on all of the sales : Patch-e
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  Nearly everything that drops on the ground, including gold, can be traded with other players directly or : action figure
  • Yeah, I think it's kind of cool. : Durajim
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  And millions of Chinese gold farmers scream out in agony at the loss of their livelihood. This is actu... : Saldrin
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    The farmers are not losing anything at all... In fact, they are only making it easier for the farmer and ... : razlebol
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      Prices will be way lower through the legit auction house than what you could get in the black market one,... : Zek
      • It will be worth what people are willing to pay for it. There will still be plenty of gold farmer, I am s... : razlebol
• And this too will be exploited and used by foreign armies to amass large amounts of cash. "Mom, I have... : nientiendo
• At this point I'm more pumped for T2 : MercFox1
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  Danger, danger Will Robinson! Red flag, cross the line, turning point... Whatever happened to Blizz... : Bensam123
  • What happened to Blizzard? They read too many articles about legalizing weed. : briktal
  • blizzard made an announcement within the past few weeks that the SC2 market is coming soon. : maulla
  • You can thank Activision for shitting up Blizzard. : Confrustrating
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    Yea, I'm worried now the game will never be able to be balanced in the proper sense. Once someone drops ... : aethyr
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      This already happens in tf2. Items are changed all the time and there isn't a huge outcry. : D45hiz
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        TF2 is not a RPG. Items in TF2 are easily acquirable by people outside of spending money and their most p... : Bensam123
        • There's nothing in the game that's going to limit you and force you to buy items from the RMT AH. Your d... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Didn't they say they weren't looking to balance the game in a PvP sense, so it doesn't matter all that mu... : fractured_sanity
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  I'm sure activision had some part in this : wurt
  • some part every part. : aethyr
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    Again, what does Activision have to do with Blizzard? Aside from being owned by Vivendi, they're two, co... : Anastomosis
    • Not anymore. IIRC, Mike Morhaime reports to Bobby Kotick. They've been making organizational changes in... : the archvile
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  Who is Garnett Lee? : abrasion
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    Some writer from NeoGaf. For some reason Shacknews reprints his articles. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Is he that guy from the 1up podcast? Never used the 1up boards just spoke about Neogaf all the time? Th... : abrasion
      • Yeah, he is from the 1up podcast and talks about Neogaf all the time. : OmegaRed59
    • Abrasion does not approve. : wurt
  • Like, who are you, man? : HockeyJohnston
• Good move. Create an economy. Provide a legitimate way of selling your items for real (and in game) mon... : mobab
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  ... so will there be people who quit their jobs just to make money farming items? What kind of world do I... : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • It would actually make me laugh if this became the case...hell, I was a fiend at playing the auction hous... : VictoriouSecret
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  I'm not sure why anyone would be against this. Blizzard is taking ebay out of the picture and giving play... : maulla
  • Nerds are against everything : walker270
• I'll be interested to see Chris Remo's reaction to this. I'll be playing Idle Thumbs 23 (At The Mountain... : the archvile
• I seriously wonder if this is going to make the game fall under gambling rules and restrictions, given th... : Masem
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  Ugh.. I hope they restrict the sale of items to people that are 18 and older.. Real money with only e... : razlebol
  • Also, I will be playing exclusively Hardcore. Thank god they didn't add a store for that. : razlebol
  • Is it really surprising coming from blizzard? : PigDick
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    Do you just pretend that ebay doesnt exist and isnt used to sell wow and diablo items right now? : maulla
    • Or a bunch of shady websites, for that matter. : walker270
    • Ebay isn't used anymore. Yes I know that there is a few website that still does it. It doesn't change the... : razlebol
  • Diablo is not and likely will not be something to be competitive about. When playing with people that op... : alias
• And who said ya can't get rich playing games!? : Ziz
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  I don't think anyone will get rich off this. Now that it's legit there will be far more people participat... : Zek
  • yep. blizzard is wisely planning this. in the "skip as much as possible" era, they are going to allow it ... : Downforce
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    The rich could always have done this. It would have just cost them more. : Chod
    • Yes but there's no denying that they're now much more likely to do it. It will be much more obvious to ca... : Zek
  • It's always the rich. Why do they have to make so much money? Why can't every one be poor? : mobab
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  So pretty much its going to be about who has the biggest BANK ROLL IRL to compete in PVP. : Iwannaacura
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    PvP is going to be bullshit no matter what if they let people use whatever gear they want. If it's not ri... : Zek
    • That would be so much better this way but they already said it won't be like this sadly. : razlebol
    • Well i know they said PVP will not be balanced and it will be second to the PVE, but still, this is going... : Iwannaacura
    • I think Blizzard was supposed to do this with battlegrounds in WoW. I don't know if they ever got around... : the-deviant
    • well this should help a bit, if they leverage wow's client/server technology to verify items and such. ... : Downforce
  • Or plays the most. Of course, PvP isn't balanced at all anyways. : LoioshDwaggie
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    Unlike Diablo 2 where everyone duels honourably with their completely legitimately acquired perfect stat ... : briktal
    • haha. No shit :) : Rag and Bone Man
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      If anything, it keeps the cost of entry low for people who take a decade off. Trying to get into Diabl... : walker270
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        Gettting in Diablo now is just as easy as it was before.. You don't have to play with these people. : razlebol
        • ... then what's the point of this entire thread? : walker270
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  I'm really conflicted about this. On one hand people were already paying real money to buy items from 3r... : aethyr
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    Also, I'm wondering if this might screw up the economy in the long run. There can't be any ladder resets... : aethyr
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      well since it will be tied to REAL money, there will be an upgrade to buyer's remorse. I'm sure there wi... : Downforce
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        Yea, but now in effect Blizzard is selling it (since it's _their_ action house, run by their servers, wit... : aethyr
        • It's not Blizzard selling it. Blizzard just has an in-game ebay. : walker270
        • Blizzard isn't taking the money, just a cut from the AH. : TheNiXXeD
      • So? : maulla
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      It's an in-game ebay. You're not buying items directly from Blizzard. I doubt it'll prevent Blizzard ... : walker270
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        Ebay still assumes some responsibility for what is sold through them. Ebay also doesn't have the ability... : aethyr
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          There will definitely be a "use at your own risk" clause. I don't know. I don't see this as being the... : walker270
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            Also, just reading more about it, apparently you can put money in through Battle.net, but you can't take ... : aethyr
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              Probably paypal. The Battle.net store has a mechanism to charge your cc directly, but doesn't have one... : walker270
              • Plus it puts them at future risk in case congress moves on online transactions. : LoioshDwaggie
    • Blizzard can make ladders that exclude RMT purchases if they want, and Blizzard can happily rebalance any... : yAak
    • Who says they cant rebalance stuff? Everyone playing these types of games should be well aware of potenti... : maulla
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    as long as *someone* still has to spend 4 hours MF'ing loot, it doesn't seem so bad imo. It'd be differe... : shogberg
    • One of the things that they've stressed is that item manufacturing will never happen. Everything will be... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  I'm shocked. Blizzard ham-fistedly monetizing? It's not like they've already done an MMO for that same re... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • I was under the impression that they still frowned on gold farming? : aethyr
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  Diablo 3 everyone has their own loot now right? So you can't get ninja'd or ninja someone elses loot? W... : Crimsonbeak
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    Correct, the loot you see drop is yours. You have to drop an item manually from your bags for another pl... : yAak
    • Instanced loot is the best thing ever. : walker270
    • That's really cool. : Mr. Goodwrench
    • That's kind of awesome. Still curious if you can kill someone in pvp and steal their loot though. : c0ucheh
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  One of the best franchises of all time is now ruined. Sure, we can look at it as though there doing somet... : sonicbrewz
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    THE SKY IS FALLING : walker270
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      You really should stop replaying like that to everything you don't agree to. It doesn't help at anything. : razlebol
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        I only reply like that to stuff that's ridiculously overblown. Diablo is completely ruined. Completel... : walker270
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          It only feed the trolls. Just ignore them. : razlebol
          • This site is nothing but trolls. That's part of its charm. : walker270
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    I wish hyperbole would make a comeback on the internet. I don't think people are overblown and crazy soun... : Rauol Duke
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      I'M TAKING MY COMPUTER TO BLIZZARD'S OFFICE AND WILL PERSONALLY DROP MY PANTS, PLACE MY COMPUTER AT THEIR... : Phil
      • I find that hard to believe. : walker270
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        I want to play the class that gets big awesome armor and weapons. What are you going to play? : Rauol Duke
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          Fkn witch doctor dude. Looks saweeeeeeeet. : Phil
          • OO EEEEE OO AH AH WALLA WALLA BING BANG : Rauol Duke
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        you don't even know what blizzard is at this point, scrub! lrn2game n00b you are probably still on s... : Downforce
        • Tazemebro > Your fahort mage! : Phil
  • Are you saying you can't somehow play offline, and/or not use the RMT features? Oh the tragedy! : TheNiXXeD
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    you heard it here first folks!!! diablo is dead!!! : maulla
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      This does solidify the "Diablo died when Blizzard North closed down" attitude. Over two years ago, that ... : the archvile
      • Diablo 2 wasn't the same type of game as Diablo 1 either. : slax0r
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        You are defining the game based on irrelevant features. It looks like diablo, and presumably plays like d... : maulla
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          It's more like a revolution in Diablo than an evolution of Diablo. Some core things are changing with thi... : MercFox1
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            That said, I don't want a WoW-like Action RPG. I would highly suggest that people more interested in t... : MercFox1
            • The game is wow-like because they are adding an auction house that will probably be no more then another ... : maulla
            • How is Diablo 3 "Wow-like" ? : walker270
          • also lol: AH house department of redundancy department : MercFox1
          • 2. Always online makes sense if they want Diablo 3's economy and loot to more closely resemble WoW than D... : derelict515
  • Face it people : My Documents
  • I'm just going to play the game till I make all my money back. : one random winner
  • God damn, let's try and overreact more next time. I think you have at least another ounce of it left to ... : Zips
• Just an expected, natural step in the "games as service" evolution. : sammyl
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  kgargs - at least now you don't have to understand the appeal of loot in games like this since you can ju... : DrFlammable
  • And so it was told that the legendary warrior kgargs then became the strongest warrior in all of the Bliz... : Psigun
• The young highschool version of me would say this is a shitty and unfair. But the grown-up version of me ... : DooBall
• Diablo 3 the new unofficially disclosed MMO by Blizz. : sonicbrewz
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  Well I guess that's reason enough for me not to get Diablo 3. Blizzards greed just went over the top. I W... : saturn96
  • lol : Patch-e
  • It really makes you think. :/ : Rauol Duke
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    Hahahahaha. What do you suggest they do? People have proven to be VERY willing to spend money for gold/it... : TheNiXXeD
    • Exactly. The market is asking them to do this legitimately. And to label a for-profit business as "gree... : handofthrawn
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    PRE-AUCTION CANCELLED : grandmasterlee
    • ahahahahahaha : Ajax
  • Gonna tag this post to come back to it on December 27th. "hay guys what's your name need someone to run ... : Iwannaacura
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    I'm not one of those lets boycott this game type. Its just me not buying this game. They just made it so ... : saturn96
    • as opposed to the farmers doing it illegally, and overrunning your game still. how dumb of blizzard to do... : Xanthos
    • One less person to undercut my auctions. Thanks! : TheNiXXeD
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      But now you can sell your items too. Take the money from those sales and buy new ones. : Porkasaurus
      • There are still in-game auctions and trading you can do. : c0ucheh
  • Not soon enough imo : SkipperMcG
• This thread is everything I hoped it would be. : Ajax
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  Well Blizz can always give a double standard of their commitment to quality games: From Blizzard in ... : sonicbrewz
  • I can't say for sure, but it might have something to do with WoW being subscription-based? : Ajax
• I wonder if anyone will actually be able to make a "living" in the USA selling items in Diablo 3? Foll... : digital_d
• You would think that the Government or Security issues would arise. Sums of money being sent to North Ko... : vladimyre
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  The more I think about it, the more I think the problem is with the psychology of Diablo's gameplay. It'... : aethyr
  • I agree with this unfortunately, but I will wait to see how it works out to place judgement. : mwasher
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  Awful. Next thing you know they'll be announcing that it won't be on Steam. : Haxim
  • Of course it won't be on steam. Not sure if you're being serious or not. : Psigun
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  Next stop. WoW goes free to play (except you'll have to buy everything with real money) : Zen_Shot
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    You have to pay to level up? : patters666
    • I'd be more than willing to pay $25 for a blank lvl 85 toon. Not talents, No armor or weapons, no gold or... : g0nk
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  I MUST ALERT THE INTERNET AS TO WHETHER I WILL BUY THE GAME OR NOT BASED ON A RECENT DEVELOPMENT! : stelth
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    They'll all still buy it, don't worry. : Psigun
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      I know they will. I'm not worried. They just have to express their outrage before they fall into line the... : stelth
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        Speak for yourself only. I been gaming far too many years and I am pretty much done with it anyhow. The i... : sonicbrewz
        • lol wow : derelict515
        • "SHEEPIL" : walker270
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          lol, sheepil. i hope you are a troll and not an idiot for your sake : handofthrawn
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            Here's your sign too! : sonicbrewz
            • is this some sort of redneck comedy reference? are you wearing jorts right now? : handofthrawn
        • Blizzard did 9-11. : atom519
        • Yeah Idiocracy was a documentary amirite? : peanut-
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          Is that the official spelling of SHEEPIL, with the caps and all? : slax0r
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            Hrmm, good question. We could make it official for dramatization effect. I doubt it works anyhow. It's li... : sonicbrewz
            • but if the cashier rings the 15 people through, it's all good : sneakyalmond
        • fuck you BLI$$ARD : Patch-e
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      I guarantee I will buy this. However, I am concerned it will affect my long-term enjoyment. D2 was fun ... : aethyr
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        Also, they had ladder resets before to refresh the economy, now stuff could just pile up for years. I kn... : aethyr
        • er, I should say "break down some uber-equipment for crafting". : aethyr
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        just because the system is there doesnt mean you have to use it. I have a feeling that blizz will test... : maulla
        • Soulbinding doesn't belong in a Diablo game :( : razlebol
      • The counter balances they had back then will be counter balanced by other things that are NOT the same as... : stelth
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        D2 was an ebay searching game too, you just didn't participate. Do some google searches. It still exists ... : TheNiXXeD
        • I did participate, but not that much. : aethyr
      • The whole draw of diablo is the completely random loot situation. Imagine getting an awesome item that c... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • It's certainly their prerogative to do so. *Shrug.* Who cares? I'm still going to buy it, but they're ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  time to rent out a small office, furnish it with a bunch of barebones systems and pay highschoolers and c... : Psigun
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    http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=26411901 Huge item foundries for D3, hahahaha. I'm fully expecting som... : MercFox1
    • holy shit that would rule. if there's an R&D element to diablo 3... wow. : Downforce
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  No thanks. From that one feature I now have zero interest in this game. What a CF. D3 will be nothing ... : Inarion
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    how's this different from the first two Diablos? : burningpantsman
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      I remember battle.net in Diablo 1 being a wretched hive of scum and villainy back in the mid-90s. What's ... : Psigun
      • exactly : burningpantsman
  • Erm..not really. Being as it's mostly single-player and you can get all the drops BY YOURSELF if you had ... : rottdcorpse
  • You won't notice it if you don't visit the AH page. I don't see what the problem is here. : sneakyalmond
  • oh hell yeah man utter fail great call : Downforce
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  Unlike an MMO, I find that I just don't care whether this exists in Diablo 3. Diablo 2's "Closed" e... : yAak
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    To clarify: as a gamer, I don't care. The rest of my post is "As someone interested in the gaming indus... : yAak
    • Yeah I pretty much feel like you. Also I am not some huge Diablo fan so if this all blows up and explode... : Lucy Labia
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  The first few weeks of release will be interesting, as players won't have an accurate gauge as to how rar... : shyguy74
  • I'll LOL when I sell it : c0ucheh
  • Like any economy, everything's going to be outrageously over priced. : mobab
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  Wow wtf is Blizzard doing? They take this shit way too seriously; They've taken games from leisure activi... : Modulus
  • Why should they let people break their product and then have to support it? : pun][sher
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    Um, what? In D2, you could play offline and cheat as much as you want, but online still needed to be poli... : shyguy74
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      But these things only have value because Blizzard polices the game. They create an artificial value for t... : Modulus
      • I don't think I can agree with that, if I get an item drop that is the best in slot for my character, but... : c0ucheh
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        Have you ever played a game where cheating was rampant? Speedhacks, aimbots, * of the zodiac dupes, etc?... : DianeOfTheMoon
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          I don't agree with speed hacking or aimbots, things that break the game for other users. I'm just trie... : Modulus
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            Why not just take it further then. Instead of cheating, why doesn't Blizzard just give the option of havi... : shyguy74
            • "I bought the game, I deserve all the items therein!!!" : HockeyJohnston
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              I'd actually like if they did that. I would play the game normally as well, but sometime it's fun to san... : Modulus
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                The item's rarity makes it valuable which makes it exciting when it drops. If everything were to be had a... : sneakyalmond
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                  Right, and I advocate that both options be available to the user. : Modulus
                  • Perhaps it's a bit selfish of me, but I strongly disagree simply because it wouldn't be as fun for me (an... : sneakyalmond
            • Dear slippery slope, how are you today? : the_burd
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            Everything that takes time will have value. Period. You can never escape it. For games like Diablo,... : walker270
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              But the loot is only one aspect of the game. I've always advocated the concept of allowing the user t... : Modulus
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                Loot and builds are what give the game longevity. After the third or fourth play through, the content jus... : walker270
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                  I'm just not interested in being tied for three of four playthroughs just to see all the loot. I've go... : Modulus
                  • You will never, ever see all of the loot. Not in three, four, or a dozen playthroughs. Equating "seei... : walker270
• What's everyone complaining about... big deal. I think its a great idea. Keeps the game alive at least. S... : scernos
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  Is this just a lot of poor people complaining? : pancake humper
  • I think this is great for poor people. Play game, sell loot, get beer money. : Geoffrois
• can't wait to change my career.. professional D3 item seller i will be a millionaire!! : virtualsinner
• Real money trading is a reality, it's here to stay. Blizzard are offering a safe way for players to do t... : mnok
• /ooc WTS Superior Lick King Sword of Money Making x 1. PST : mobab
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  Sounds like a bad move. Although I've never been excited about D3 anyway (LOL SHACKPILE). All this does ... : Techy007
  • As opposed to making gamers with more free time more powerful, which is A-OK. : bipolar
• I can't wait to get 50,000 in Diablo 3. : Dschinghis Khan
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  I wonder how long it will take for the dupes to show up, especially if you can sell things for real cash. : alias
  • Given that it's always-online, I'm sure it will be no more easily dupeable than WoW. : Zek
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    It'll get handled quickly. As I posted in the other Diablo 3 thread, this is tied into the content tracki... : LoioshDwaggie
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      This is real money now. The incentive to dupe has just been increased a hundred fold. It isn't a huge... : alias
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        Just imagine the account hacking. Now I'm going to get scam emails from wow and d3. =\ : mobab
        • How do you not have a secondary email for such things, setup with filters so trusted ~game company~ email... : TwitchCannon
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        Does desire to dupe somehow magically facilitate its feasibility? I'm not saying it isn't possible, but ... : R@zzle
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          The rewards (cash payments) are now very easy to get once completed. Real money provides the incentive t... : alias
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            A dupe exploit is found, and the second an item is found twice by people willing to dupe it is the very s... : walker270
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              The ability to dupe is not going to be publicized for exactly the reason you mention. Unless someone mak... : alias
              • I've got some bad news for you. While not all dupe exploits get publicized, most do. If you find a dupe, ... : Talonus.
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        There's a real money economy for WoW, it is significant enough that there are large companies whose only : LoioshDwaggie
        • This, BTW, is how the account specialists recover items for accounts that are hacked. They can pull up th... : LoioshDwaggie
        • I know Blizzard has tracked items for a long time, but I thought they couldn't move money over to that sy... : Talonus.
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          But you can only realistically make money off gold selling via whatever method you do to generate that go... : alias
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            WoW already does this. On drop every item has a unique identifier and is created server-side only. The da... : LoioshDwaggie
            • In addition (a change from D2) WoW's item list (an oracle database) is kept separate from the server (cha... : LoioshDwaggie
          • They can and do do this. In dupe bug cases in the past, they tracked back the item ID information to the ... : Talonus.
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            In Diablo1, when the original dupe bug was found, they didn't have dupe detection in place, and duping wa... : TheNiXXeD
            • The real dupe killer is the soulbound stuff. : alias
      • not really duping, that's a dead end. bots and scripts though... now THAT is really going to see some ha... : Downforce
    • Yeah, thanks to the "only online" thing with characters, they can create a unique ID for every single ite... : DinK
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  I wonder why they're not doing this in WoW already? : Geoffrois
  • It's explained in one of the interviews. Basically because WoW is all about the end-game raids for many p... : sneakyalmond
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  So, basically the farmers will take over both AH's. They'll buy the uber items off of the gold AH and re... : lefthighkick
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    The same thing already exists in Diablo 2. The only way to be competitive in pvp is to spend $$$ on high... : bipolar
    • I think that was a primary motivator for it, to be able to make all the crazy runewords you had to trade ... : ant321
  • This would also allow Blizzard to recognize and limit (if they so desired) purchased items in PVP. You c... : Cruciform
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  Actrually, this might be nice. I can pay for my EVE subscription by selling rare items on Diablo 3. Happy... : rottdcorpse
  • Also, I hope they use Paypal as the transaction agent. Would be aces! : rottdcorpse