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D3 fansites visited Blizzard on July 27th and got to see some Diablo 3 things first hand.

You can see everything here: http://www.diablofans.com/topic/26249-diab...ss-event-visit/

Some notable things:

-Diablo 3 Auction House which allows you to buy and sell items with game currency or real money

-Looking to support character sales in a future update

-Autostating & Autoskilling

-6 Skills allowed on the skill bar

-Account wide stash, additional pages can be bought for ingame gold.

From the FAQ:

I was reading their FAQ and stumbled across this:

Can players choose to get cash from currency-based auction house sales, instead of having the proceeds deposited into their Battle.net account?

Yes, as an advanced feature, players will have the option of attaching an account with an approved third-party payment service to their Battle.net account. Once this has been completed, proceeds from the sale of items in the currency-based auction house can be deposited into their third-party payment service account. “Cashing out” would then be handled through the third-party payment service. Note that this process will be subject to applicable fees charged by Blizzard and the third-party payment service. Also, any proceeds from the sale of items in the currency-based auction house that have been deposited into the Battle.net account will not be transferrable to the third-party payment service account. Not all regions will support this advanced feature at launch. Region-specific details, as well as details regarding which third-party payment services will be supported and the fee that Blizzard will charge for the cash-out process, will all be provided at a later date.

What I interpret it as is immediately after the auction you can choose to have the cash deposited into a 3rd party account, but you will be charged an additional fee for that transfer. The next option is to have it deposited into your Battle.net account. In this case, you cannot wait for the cash to accumulate and then deposit into your third party account. Money tied to your battle.net account can only be used on blizzard products. Basically what I see is, they either want you to only spend their money on blizzard products or make you pay a fee as many times as possible to get the actual cash out.

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not excited for auction house or auto statting or skilling. i would have been much happier with another expansion to d2, with enhanced graphics...i didn't need a whole new game...

It will be uncomfortable for you if you expect it to mimic D2. I believe once you've played it and acclimate to the fact that it is a whole new game, you will probably love it, as I know I will.

The issue with the AH, sadly, is the only aspect that is bothering me. This would have been received by me as fuckin awesome were it not for the option to buy items with cash. After giving it much thought, I began to realize that this is Blizzards answer to continuous income for them to "pay the bills" so to speak. FTP MMO's often run into problems allotting funds for staff and upkeep, bug fixes server costs etc.

Guild Wars, for example, funds their servers and staff by selling amenities or "fluff" items, such as fancy costumes that characters could wear in town. As well as upgrades such as extra storage space. They supplemented their income to pay for the ongoing costs associated with maintaining the game, the servers and all the shit associated with running an MMORPG. All these ancillary aspects were purchasable though their online store and the beauty of it was that none of these things provided a player with any advantage over other players, be it in PvE or PvP.

This is where I'm drawing a frown on the 'real cash' auction houses. This DOES provide players with a distinct advantage over other players that cannot, or will not, engage in the transfer of real money for in-game items.

The argument for the AH is:

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People are doing this anyway via 3rd party sites.

Dupes cannot be made available through the AH.

The existence of the AH will kill 3rd party sites.

________________________________________

One reason why, as you claimed RKD, that Njag seemed to be happy is as follows;

A practical manner of attracting people to 3rd party sites would be by underselling the AH's going rates. i.e. If Armor piece X sells for an average quote of $20 in the AH, then a 3rd party site could offer Armor Piece X for $12.95.

Through manipulation of going rates at the AH, a 3rd party site could engage in competitive pricing.

I see a constant flux of confusion being brought on by these competing entities that will cause the AH system to become dysfunctional. Exploitation cannot be wiped out any more effectively than the war on drugs wiped out drugs. The method of operation for both sides will have to be constantly evolving, but the 3rd parties will prevail. Which leads me to wonder what the end-game of the AH's functionality will be.

All this is enough to make my head hurt. Though it will be interesting to witness how this all plays out, I will do what I do, enjoy the game and play for myself, by my own rules. What people do down at the auction house is their own business and it shouldn't affect me anymore than it affected me in D2 when I would duel folks that are geared exclusively with equipment that they bought with a credit card.

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I've come to terms with the auction house selling items for money. I think they should draw the line there though. Characters should not be sold.

My biggest concern is with people sharing accounts or having accounts hacked. Someone is bound to lose their money this way. Things are more serious when actual money is involved. I'm sure there will be an easily traceable money trail through the AH, but still the real money transactions are going to require heavy policing.

OT, Ruksak - Do you play GW? I'm trying to fill my HoM right now in preparation for gw2. I'm always looking for others to play with because even after 4 years I'm a mega noob.

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I was reading their FAQ and stumbled across this:

Can players choose to get cash from currency-based auction house sales, instead of having the proceeds deposited into their Battle.net account?

Yes, as an advanced feature, players will have the option of attaching an account with an approved third-party payment service to their Battle.net account. Once this has been completed, proceeds from the sale of items in the currency-based auction house can be deposited into their third-party payment service account.

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not excited for auction house or auto statting or skilling. i would have been much happier with another expansion to d2, with enhanced graphics...i didn't need a whole new game...

It will be uncomfortable for you if you expect it to mimic D2. I believe once you've played it and acclimate to the fact that it is a whole new game, you will probably love it, as I know I will.

The issue with the AH, sadly, is the only aspect that is bothering me. This would have been received by me as fuckin awesome were it not for the option to buy items with cash. After giving it much thought, I began to realize that this is Blizzards answer to continuous income for them to "pay the bills" so to speak. FTP MMO's often run into problems allotting funds for staff and upkeep, bug fixes server costs etc.

Guild Wars, for example, funds their servers and staff by selling amenities or "fluff" items, such as fancy costumes that characters could wear in town. As well as upgrades such as extra storage space. They supplemented their income to pay for the ongoing costs associated with maintaining the game, the servers and all the shit associated with running an MMORPG. All these ancillary aspects were purchasable though their online store and the beauty of it was that none of these things provided a player with any advantage over other players, be it in PvE or PvP.

This is where I'm drawing a frown on the 'real cash' auction houses. This DOES provide players with a distinct advantage over other players that cannot, or will not, engage in the transfer of real money for in-game items.

The argument for the AH is:

________________________________________

People are doing this anyway via 3rd party sites.

Dupes cannot be made available through the AH.

The existence of the AH will kill 3rd party sites.

________________________________________

One reason why, as you claimed RKD, that Njag seemed to be happy is as follows;

A practical manner of attracting people to 3rd party sites would be by underselling the AH's going rates. i.e. If Armor piece X sells for an average quote of $20 in the AH, then a 3rd party site could offer Armor Piece X for $12.95.

Through manipulation of going rates at the AH, a 3rd party site could engage in competitive pricing.

I see a constant flux of confusion being brought on by these competing entities that will cause the AH system to become dysfunctional. Exploitation cannot be wiped out any more effectively than the war on drugs wiped out drugs. The method of operation for both sides will have to be constantly evolving, but the 3rd parties will prevail. Which leads me to wonder what the end-game of the AH's functionality will be.

All this is enough to make my head hurt. Though it will be interesting to witness how this all plays out, I will do what I do, enjoy the game and play for myself, by my own rules. What people do down at the auction house is their own business and it shouldn't affect me anymore than it affected me in D2 when I would duel folks that are geared exclusively with equipment that they bought with a credit card.

I don't expect it to mimic d2 at all, i just wish it would. :crazy: i don't play video games very often, just d2 and the occasional halo. but i'll give d3 a shot.

Also, i didn't understand why everyone was screaming fg will die with the auction house, i thought the same thing, people will just sell for cheaper...

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