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[kirblar]

Makes sense that Blizzard has an auction house thus killing the external million dollar gold farming business that exists in WoW.

Huh? The goal isn't to kill the business anymore. They've figured out that they just can't do it.

 

[AEREC]

Damn, that is a goodlike interface and character showing.



What? Read further, it is transaction between player. Something that is ALREADY HAPPENING in every single MMO out there. People are trading chars even when it is bannable. Now it will be sanctioned and if you have a problem, you can turn to Blizzard, not just wave goodbye to your money because someone scammed you on ebay.

Still doesnt make it a good idea...the thought of people being able to purchase whatever they want sounds terrible.

The day I bought a helm for my paladin in Diablo 2 was also the last day I played it, for me that took all the fun out of the game.

 

[Ikuu]

As long as Blizzard doesn't start selling items for real money then I'm not too bothered, people are going to do it anyway so why not take a cut.

 

[Chesskid1]

whoa it started? no email for me

never got into the sc2 beta either. blizzard hates me.

 

[cybercircuit1]

This is a few pages in too:

More Infos about the Demon Hunter:
Demon Hunter has two resources: Hate and Discipline
He uses Hate for Attackspells. Hate regenerates very fast.
Discipline is for defensive abilities and regenerates slowly.

No changes on the resources-system for the other classes.

Thanks, updated OP.

 

[strafer]

"Real Money" Auction House. You can sell and buy Items for Real Money. You have to pay fee to Blizzard for it. You can also use an Ingame-Gold Acution House.

 

[Valhalla]

Screens look great, everything sounds awesome, and holy shit real money trading between players sounds like a fucking brilliant idea. HOLY. SHIT. So awesome.

 

[strem]

Awesome now I can make Diablo 3 my new JOB!!!!!

 

[Corky]

I will buy game.

But.

Real money AH is ridiculous, blizzard acting casino house and taking their share of the pot, a pot that shouldn't exist imo.

 

[Hakkuei]

It's Blizzard's version of Hamsterdam!

Haha shit, it's exactly that.

 

[Hasemo]

whoa it started? no email for me

never got into the sc2 beta either. blizzard hates me.

This is a supposed leak of the info that's going to get posted in a few hours and has nothing to do with the start of the beta...

 

[FieryBalrog]

Wow, Real Money AH. I understand why they did it and I'm not sure if I like it, although item selling happened all the time in D2, just through shady 3rd party websites.

I expect a lot of bitter tears over this.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

People do, but not everyone. I'm hoping everyone doesn't expect to only receive cash for their items. That's what I'm afraid of, I suppose, with the ease of use.

I think they have you covered brah:

"Real Money" Auction House. You can sell and buy Items for Real Money. You have to pay fee to Blizzard for it. You can also use an Ingame-Gold Acution House.

There will still be heaps of people using that AH, the real-money one is just to stop item-farmers from getting out of control.

 

[Unconditional]

and it begins!

 

[-Mikey-]

I'm not sober atm so sorry if I'm not understanding this correctly but it's saying you use real money to buy items from blizz then the next line says blizz isn't selling gold or items. I'm confused.

 

[Won]

Still doesnt make it a good idea...the thought of people being able to purchase whatever they want sounds terrible.

The day I bought a helm for my paladin in Diablo 2 was also the last day I played it, for me that took all the fun out of the game.

Well, you don't need to buy stuff.

 

[Freki]

I'm not sober atm so sorry if I'm not understanding this correctly but it's saying you use real money to buy items from blizz then the next line says blizz isn't selling gold or items. I'm confused.

blizz is taxing rmt between players

 

[jim-jam bongs]

I'm not sober atm so sorry if I'm not understanding this correctly but it's saying you use real money to buy items from blizz then the next line says blizz isn't selling gold or items. I'm confused.

Real-money Auction House is players only, so Blizzard will not be selling items.

 

[chris-013]

So, it seems diablo 3 will be released near december !

 

[FieryBalrog]

I'm not sober atm so sorry if I'm not understanding this correctly but it's saying you use real money to buy items from blizz then the next line says blizz isn't selling gold or items. I'm confused.

You buy from other players.

It's basically exactly what happens in D2 already. There are dozens of sites out there that sell D2 items for cash. There are people who've become millionaires botting and selling items for D2. This will just be officially sanctioned.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Huh? The goal isn't to kill the business anymore. They've figured out that they just can't do it.

Yeah, killing was the correct word. "Taking a share of the market" is. Blizzard is trying to squeeze as much as they can from gold farming, and having a standard system built-in gives them a slight advantage for being an "Official" system without the threat (if any) of getting banned for gold farming.

 

[Stitch]

Can I use bitcoins?

 

[Gravijah]

There will still be heaps of people using that AH, the real-money one is just to stop item-farmers from getting out of control.

Yeah, I hope so.

 

[Kalnos]

I'm not sober atm so sorry if I'm not understanding this correctly but it's saying you use real money to buy items from blizz then the next line says blizz isn't selling gold or items. I'm confused.

You pay Blizzard a premium for access to an Auction House in which players can buy or sell items for real life money.

 

[clip]

Those are fake.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

You pay Blizzard a premium for access to an Auction House in which players can buy or sell items for real life money.

Aka like eBay.

 

[Bren McGuire]

So how exactly is this not illegal gambling?

 

[Dreamwriter]

Does that box say "Includes bonus online code for a RMT in World of Warcraft"?

 

[Saige]

So people buying items with real money has always been a problem in these games so their solution is to make it official and take a cut? Wouldn’t this just increase the number of people doing it and possibly ruin the in-game economy?

 

[Freki]

Those are fake.

well, then the rest is probably fake too as it comes from the same source

 

[V_Arnold]

So how exactly is this not illegal gambling?

What is the gamble part here? You have items, you buy items. It is not random.

 

[The Technomancer]

What? Read further, it is transaction between player. Something that is ALREADY HAPPENING in every single MMO out there. People are trading chars even when it is bannable. Now it will be sanctioned and if you have a problem, you can turn to Blizzard, not just wave goodbye to your money because someone scammed you on ebay.

Yup. Same reason TF2 introduced the store at the same time as trading.
Also I like those screens.

 

[Valhalla]

So how exactly is this not illegal gambling?

Wheres the gamble?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

So how exactly is this not illegal gambling?

Gambling? It's Auction house. Auctions are legal unless the copyright product denies Auctioning the product in the Terms of Service. With Diablo 3, Blizzard is cutting the middleman and having an in-game Auction House.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Beta rollout is getting me pumped for this. Kind of goes without saying, but...

 

[SuperAwesome]

well, then the rest is probably fake too as it comes from the same source

no it doesn't.

 

[perfectnight]

 

[chris-013]

I hope the money will be limited like 100$ max for the rarest items...

 

[Buzzati]

So wait I can earn real life money from Diablo III?

You can earn real life money in Diablo II. The only difference is that they're installing a streamlined system for it.

 

[Freki]

no it doesn't.

ara posted all the info over at diablo.incgamers - including these boxarts

 

[Valnen]

*spots chat lobby*

They learned!

If you're referring to SC2, they've had chat for a long time now. They even said it was coming before that game was even released.

 

[soldat7]

:0

Spoiler

please be real, please be real...

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Yeah, I hope so.

I promise to trade with you :3

Seriously though, I'm not going to use a real-money Auction House just because of how much money Spiral Knights sucked out of me in a really short time. It made me realise that I lack the impulse control necessary to control my spending in a microtransaction environment.

 

[SuperAwesome]

ara posted all the info over at diablo.incgamers - including these boxarts

it was posted by someone else (and edited in by ara) and it's weeks, if not months, old. (and proven fake)

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Those are fake.

Yep. "System Requirement: Windows XP, Vista". lol

:0

Spoiler

please be real, please be real...

Not real.

 

[cooltobeyou]

ara posted all the info over at diablo.incgamers - including these boxarts

He made a point to say that the box art is from a different source

 

[_woLf]

Not sure if want?

I'll withhold judgement until we know more. Leave it to Blizzard to do something like that after the whole name fiasco, though.

 

[Kintaro]

I'm okay with this. This is Blizzard just trying to profit from what is already happening. Plus, they look around all of the f2p mmos and see how much of a killing they are doing and its really just a matter of time.

If you don't like it, don't use it and only play with friends who don't use it. If some person wants to pay for uber shit, nothing will stop them. Not you, not Blizzard. So, profit from it.

 

[Freki]

He made a point to say that the box art is from a different source

ahhhh - thank you - i overlooked that part

 

[metareferential]

A real money auction house isn't a bad idea; besides, I'm sure the money you'll "earn" will be permanentely tied to diablo 3, so that you can only use it to buy in-game items (unless you sell the account altogether), which in the end turns real money into game-currency anyway.