As my inventory filled up with 16dps flamberge's that no one in their right mind would buy, my last thought was how attached I was to what was being createdFlamberge's only cost 1700 gold to create (700 to make, 1000 for the 9 subtle essences), so I can't imagine what I'll be feeling when the item I'm creating is tens or hundreds of thousands of gold per go and I get duds.
Selling anything (other than Gold) in the auction house is going to be a crap shoot. For some reason the business/economics/finance/etc major (need to make that decision quick unless I want a standard BBA) in me wants to at least pay for the game while playing it, now that it's a possibility.
Edit: As a little experiment, I bought like 200 subtle essence and decided to make nothing but Flamberge's. Out of the 25 or so I made, I got roughly 80% 16dps junk (the lowest they can be is 16), maybe 15% stuff in the 18-18.9 range, and 5% in the 19-19.8 range. I didn't get a single one that topped 20 DPS. It seems like no one buys the ones that go below 19, so I essentially got 95% junk for my efforts. The 5% that wasn't junk may pay for the material costs or it may not. In any case, if you don't get really lucky and land on one with good stats, you may not pay back the material costs.
Buyer beware when the retail version hits and you'll be able to buy crafting supplies with real money. I advise thinking long and hard about the math before doing it. (This PSA isn't for anyone in particular).
I hope Blizzard keeps extensive data on auctions that have taken place and is willing to put that data out. It would be fascinating to see the price of gold (for instance) over time, and whether it fluctuated depending on the day of the week, hour, etc. It would also make it a lot easier for people to figure out how much their items are worth, compared to the system as it existed when I left Diablo II "Well, that's worth one...maybe one and a half Stones of Jordan"
If you go to skills than you will see where you can assign them to the mouse buttons or to the number keys after you've turned on Elective mode.
Yes you can and it will upgrade normally but not sure if it will give you two copies of the game in your lists. It might though.
They've got somewhat annoying checks and balances to keep that from happening. From what I've read (if this has changed, someone let me know) there is a fee for putting an item in the RMAH whether it sells or not. There's also a time delay between buying an item in the RMAH and selling it (24 hours I think, in the beta). They've completely kneecapped anyone that may have day traded gold for instance
I've read forum posts by people planning to sink a grand or two into the game in order to get up and running with high level crafting/gemming/etc, and so that they can buy low and sell high. I think these people are crazy. Blizzard and paypal are going to tag team the life out of anyone that tries to cash out in the RMAH. Blizzard charges a fee for you to put the item up, then a fee when it sells, and potentially a third fee (I need to check on this) when you try to cash your money out. I don't know how you'd make consistent money doing that.
Theoretically, but we're talking about human beings here. If they're taking the step of paying for an item (because they can't get it otherwise) are they going to settle for the next to top of the line item, or spend the (realistically) buck fifty more for top of the line kit. Again, this could be naivete over how much people are actually going to be willing to spend on this game. If the difference between a 300dmg maul and a 280dmg maul is $100, then yeah, people are likely going to settle for the 280dmg maul
Maybe the beta is skewing my perception on this. There isn't a whole lot to look for in the beta beyond DPS, +attack %, Dex/STR/INT/etc. Throw in sockets, and a larger pool of items (spread across a wider spectrum of player levels) and it may not be the case that a level 45 barb goes to the marketplace and finds twenty identical +10 str whatevers (theoretical top of the line kit for the level/his build style) and doesn't even consider the +9's.
Then again...there will be millions of people playing, so who knows.
I hope you're right. I honestly think it will be more like $20 for the top kit, and then $5 for a second tier, maybe $2 for a third tier, and everything else will be unwanted junk though. I have just as much data to back up my theory as you, of course
The rarest of the rare items will probably fetch outrageous prices. I could see people getting into a bidding war over some bauble and giving some lucky bastard a pretty good payday.
Not to give away my master plan, but if gold and crafting items are at all reasonably priced, I'll probably just cash them out and think of it as the game getting closer to free while I play it.
I'm not fussed about a physical copy, just thought I remembered something about a digital CE (or maybe I just assumed it existed).
I'm not fussed about a physical copy, just thought I remembered something about a digital CE (or maybe I just assumed it existed).
Never mind, I can forget about it now.
I was under the impression that a digital CE was available for some reason, and that I can upgrade my digital licence (obtained via the annual pass) to it? Is that the case? Had a quick look on my account earlier and didn't see anywhere that I could upgrade.
Is it a legitimate CE, even though it's digital?
