PVP in diablo 2 was a joke …. everybody full of runewords that can take a lifetime to farm pissing people off … just try to build a enigma in single player … i will see you in a few years

There will always be hackers, gold farmers … at least don’t take away the offline single player wich for me is the only logical way to play the game if you really want to know how good you can become by yourself

Another funny thing to consider is that all players who are trying to make money through the game on their own are now essentially farmers as well. Also, this nominal fee keeps people from trying to sell everything for RM. Only items that are worth over a certain amount will be worth selling for RM (need to sell for over nominal fee to make any profit). There will still be a gold AH (just that certain items will be more common on one AH rather than the other).

Another positive point for the RMAH is that it further ties the player’s interest with the interest of the developer. Player interest will be directly tied into how many different, worthwhile items are in the game (and just how generally fun the game is) and Blizzard will make more money from the AH given a higher level of player interest.

I’m not saying there’s nothing negative about all these changes, but I feel like these changes will improve the game in the long-run, and hopefully Blizzard will look at implementing changes and tweaks for the benefit of their customers instead of just focusing on the short-term cash flow opportunities. At least Blizzard and Activision try to come off as the company that is aware that customer loyalty is what determines long-term growth. Let’s just hope that’s not just a front.

(No wifi connection)

Oh well, guess I can’t play a game I paid for.

other then that i think its a great idea and i dont think it will ruine the game at all. and who know maybe well be able to make a living out of it.

Isn’t this what many of us dreamed about as kids?

I’ve seen similar complaints on other sites and it seems ridiculous to me. So, based on Total Biscuit’s arguments against RMAH:

1. It wasn’t really difficult to sell stuff on the AH in WoW. Even if you were undercut, as long as you understood the basics of supply and demand you could easily turn drops and grinded items into profit. He makes it sound like you couldn’t sell anything, which is totally stupid. When I quit the game I had over 50k and I only sold stuff that I just didn’t want lying around in my bags.

2. “Blizzard feels the need to charge players for everything it possibly can.”

Blizzard does get a cut of your RM transactions…which are totally optional. Nobody is forcing you to pay an extra cent to Blizzard once the game is purchased.

3. He complains that it takes many, many hours to grind for gear.
He complains that people can pay for gear to bypass the grinding. I’m not sure how he thinks people should get items.

4. He basically says better gear always equals winning (in pvp). That’s not really been proven since nobody has played the pvp. In other games it’s proven to be false…that skill > gear.

5. nobody makes you “buy power.” And if you do, who cares? Isn’t this primarily a single player or Co-op game anyway?

6. He says the game is going to be super easy and will require no skill…there’s no way he can know that or prove it based on personal experience.

7. IF the market is flooded by Chinese farmers then good gear will be plentiful and cheap removing large discrepancies that he says will absolutely ruin pvp.

8. It doesn’t make more sense to do RMAH in WoW than in Diablo. In WoW there are acheivements and real competition between guilds and players for world firsts and pvp rankings. Buying power makes those competitions void. Also, in WoW items are not randomly generated like they are in Diablo. Bosses have loot tables and can be systematically farmed for guild and player progression. If you could simply sell the items from bosses that are guaranteed to drop powerful items, then it breaks the game. Diablo’s items are completely random off any enemy. So farming, selling, and buying is not related to content and progression. Aside from that, Blizzard has explained why they think this works in Diablo and not WoW, the battlenet site is down but you can find it in the Diablo forums.

9. No playing on a plane? Give me a break. People will create the dumbest scenarios to complain about the little things. How often are these people flying? Every day? I saw one person on IGN complain how if they went camping, they wouldn’t be able to play Diablo 3…..yeah, when I go golfing I guess I’ll have to golf instead of play Diablo…derp.

10. And finally thinking that people will just sit at home and play Diablo to make money rather than getting a job is speculative at best and idiotic at worst.

The biggest problem is that some people view this kind of stuff as all-or-nothing. They make arguments using terms like “everyone” as if the little loud-mouthed nerds raging on the internet accurately represent the whole of the gaming community.

I see it this way. Blizzard is implementing a system where when I play a game that will be fun and awesome, I have some options when it comes to progression. If I don’t have the time or desire to spend the time grinding out items, I have the option to purchase some. If I DO have the time to play and some items come into my possession I can turn a quick buck. The only one making those decisions is me. Blizzard isn’t forcing me to have fun, spend time, or spend money on their game, but I’ve got plenty of ways to do those things now.

No mod support doesnt bother me either, as I never really cared about any of that stuff.

As for the real cash auction house, its not a deal breaker for me, and it really doesnt grind my gears that much. I keep thinking in the back of my mind that this will sully the experience, but then I remembered I’m married and have a full time job, and I’m not 17 anymore. And also how much fun I didn’t have running through Baal and the cow level over and over again ad nauseum trying for some rune that was a 1/100000 drop chance. That and the pains it took to find someone who was reliable to trade or buy from. Screw it, this is a fantastic idea.