Why RMAH will kill Diablo 3 (and how to save it)

[Raesene]

What does stash size have to do with designing around the RMAH?

It's just another part of the RMAH conspiracy. Where every game design decision is based on maximizing profit off the RMAH.

[skien]

It's just another part of the RMAH conspiracy. Where every game design decision is based on maximizing profit off the RMAH.

The RMAH code, someone get tom hanks!

[nailertn]

It's just another part of the RMAH conspiracy. Where every game design decision is based on maximizing profit off the RMAH.

I wonder how much more transparent they have to get. Or maybe it takes working at a multi to realise that it's not "just in the movies".

Edit: Their actions and their weak PR bull**** should make it plain as day, but let's say you are right and this is all paranoia. Fact is, these kind of things wouldn't have occured to any of us ten years ago. Don't you think there is a reason people started seeing these motives behind Blizzard's moves?

[Buu]

It just further proves his point....this is all more supply. The value of items will be very, very low. Will it be fun grinding 10 hours for an item when it is worth $1.50 right in your face? I don't know...

It really depends on the gameplay. If that 10 hours of gameplay is fun, I think it's worth much more than the $1.50 you would spend if you just wanted the item.

[cozmiccc]

i was one of the louder voices against respec when it was announced and even though i have come to accept it i still rather they did not allow them. really getting to 60 will be easy anyway, i am sure of it so the respecs really just kill off more than it adds, imo

A bit offtopic, but I don't think getting to 60 will be as easy as most people thought, especially with the way experience sharing divided now, there will be no more char getting rushed to inferno, at least not feasible if the level difference is more than 10....

What are you talking about farmer...company...etc etc...these things should not be allowed and hopefully blizzrd will not allow it.

Lol of course Blizzard like most players won't like it. But how do you propose they do that? You certainly don't want to be banned for legit personal farming right? how can Blizzard possibly differentiate that? and proving commercial farmer? Blizzard certainly can take some action if that player was botting or exploiting, but not farming not even if the player get paid for it....

What does stash size have to do with designing around the RMAH?

The conspiracy is with reduced stash size, players are encouraged not to hoard gears that still got some uses, but instead trade it in the auction house.

In all honesty though, I think the actual reason is due to the removal of skillrune as actual item and its rank 1-7, now there's less need for that massive storage to store all your runes.

[Valamyr]

What are you talking about farmer...company...etc etc...these things should not be allowed and hopefully blizzrd will not allow it.

Of course theyll allow it, theyll be making a cut off it, plus a ban is inherently unenforceable. They wont even be violating the TOS. As long as they sell their produce through the official RMAH then theyll be fine and itll be legal.

And from the buyers POV its not even this bad, but sellers should be prepared... theyll be undercutted by SE Asian sweatshops daily.

[Lacks]

How will they handle continental servers? Will azns play on an azn server (like starcraft), while US plays on it's own server?

[Dahmer]

The value of good items will be very very low regardless, the value of great items will still be very very high. You and the OP both vastly underestimate how frequently perfectly rolled gear with the right mods drop. You do realize even legendary items have some random mods right? Do you have any idea how many Windforces' you're going to have to find to get an ideal one with perfect stats? Do you then realize how incredibly rare it will be and how valuable it will be?

You're absolutely right that the market will be flooded with items, the market will NEVER be flooded with near perfect items though, those will ALWAYS retain their value and will always be worth trying to attain.

Add to that getting perfect items in D2 was quite hard, the only thing that made them common was duping. If they can prevent/stop duping in D3 I'm sure that whoever gets their hands on an item dropped in the last act on inferno will be able to sell it for a nice amount

I really can't see anything wrong with the RMAH, I'm just hoping that Blizzard will only use those profits on Diablo stuff

[skien]

I really can't see anything wrong with the RMAH, I'm just hoping that Blizzard will only use those profits on Diablo stuff

No chance, they're a business, they will buy sports cars.

[Apocalypse]

They will for sure use the profits on diablo, if the profits are high enough that is. If they make enough money they will make more xpacs and eventually a diablo 4, if not get ready to play nothing but mmo from bliz in the future