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It removed the incentive to play the game (getting loot from monsters), because you could just buy it from someone. It was great for buying gems though.
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Diablo III Auction House Update - Removed! (March 18, 2014)
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It removed the incentive to play the game (getting loot from monsters), because you could just buy it from someone. It was great for buying gems though.
The console version gameplay-wise is far superior to the PC version and I've put about 80 hours into the PC vs. about 30 hours into the PS3 version.
Its hard for me to explain, its more along the lines of an opinionated 'feeling', but the game just feels better without all the AH bullshit, even though I know people are going to argue from the standpoint that both AH's on the PC version are optional.
The feeling of getting loot you earn through random drops and building your character around that, is a far superior experience than buying your way to victory with either real money or virtual money.
NullPointer
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DUFFMCWALIN
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And thank god for that. Blizzard needed some sort of slap to wake them up.
maybe they'll add controller support to the PC version too?
is there anything else from the console version worth porting over?
The auction house seemed to drive a game design philosophy for Blizzard where it was all but impossible to get the drops you needed to actually progress in the game. When it launched, Inferno was basically impossible to run solely off of the drops you found on your own. Basically, the game seemed to be forcing people to go to the auction house to supplement their gear.
The hope is that with the removal of it, people will start really seeing decent drops again.
Awful idea. If the AH was the only thing that kept you from playing D3 then your an.....anyway taking options away from a game does not make the game any better. Now if you want to buy or sell you have to use a 3rd party site or hang out in a chat room all day. What a AMAZING change. Give me a break. The ability to have a better loot != inability to have a AH.
To me the ideal auction house would involve only trading items for items.
That way you can exchange cool loot you get for other cool loot instead of focusing on farming gold.
They are doing currently 180 like MS did with their console.
Errasing AH is definitely good thing.
Don't bother. Just play Diablo II or Torchlight 2 or Titan Quest or any number of games that are better than Diablo III.
The sales numbers put them right back to sleep.
What is their incentive to change if people continue to unquestionably purchase a title?
StickSoldier
Member
Awful idea? The reason the game had terrible legendary drop %s in the first game was because they wanted people to use the AH. Now that they have Loot 2.0 coming out and the removal of the AH, we can finally start heading in the right direction for D3.
Plus, they need to remove that stigma that the AH had associated with it. This is a wonderful idea actually.
Yep.
Ricerocket
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Go check out the console D3 loot drops. It's painfully obvious AH affected drop rate on good loot.
NullPointer
Member
Or Battlenet integration for next gen console(s) versions with always online but no auction houses.
Offline modes would be best though. Loving the hell out of this game on the PS3 right now.
But regardless, this is amazing good news.
Or you could you know, play the game to get the loot.
Fragamemnon
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Something like a sharable backpack where you can put up items for trade (and in return, request specific other items or approve / reject trades) seems reasonable, but some kind of item exchange/trading design is needed. I don't want to do my business through d2jsp and img.ur screenshots, that shit sucks.
Shouta
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Doesn't take the sting of losing the ability to gear up for a different build more easily. I also hate dealing with people directly when it comes to this kind of stuff so the AH and RMAH was kind of a boon.
Yeah, more or less the same for me. I'm not a loot fiend like other people. I like it enough that I can try different things but not enough that I'd want to lose the convenience of being able to get the gear I want to try something without spending X hours looking for it.
Seriously, i cant believe that, especially because i think there is nothing wrong with having AH. The problem is having RMAH and hard lack of gold and item sinks and lack of items that makes different, very unique builds possible. I actually would love to have AH in Path of Exile, at least bid based, because going through boards and then pm'ing to meet in-game is awful.
I got time to wait, FF XIV is my saving grace.
The problem is that the game's entire loot system was designed around the AH, and effectively forced players to use it to beat the hardest difficulty mode.
I think the only people complaining about this are people who want to make money in the RMAH. To those people, I say 'boo hoo'. People who want to play the game for the sake of playing (and without being forced to open their wallets to experience the game in a way similar to Diablo II) are going to be overjoyed.
You trade in a window in the game already so just use that method.
jediyoshi
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Referring to monetized purchases as 'options', somewhere, some executives had a very arousing heatspell.
Sales ? No. That was Diablo 2 crowd that waited years for 3rd.
Loosing fanbase ? Yes. Ton of people written off Diablo and its sequels after III flop and there was no chance that 4 will sell same as 3.
terrisus
Member
Bingo. Item selling happened all the time in Diablo 2, it was just really annoying. The AH made something that will happen regardless easier and better. Now it will just be back to the old way.
Sanctuary
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Loot 2.0 should fix the woes people think that they'll face without an AH. They aren't going to remove the AH and keep the droprate as shitty as it is. If the droprate ends up being even half as good as the console, trading won't be a problem. You won't have to sit in a room or forum all day long just to get something, because you shouldn't need all that much gear wise.
This, mostly. Although I don't agree that the only people who don't want the AH removed are only those wanting to make money. Some just don't want to be social at all, or feel like it's a waste of time trying to trade in channels or forums. I must have put over 2000 hours into Diablo 2, and I think I only ever traded with anyone but friends twice. So it's not like you can't live without your perfect Tal's, or your duped Enigma/Windforces.
This, mostly. Although I don't agree that the only people who don't want the AH removed are only those wanting to make money. Some just don't want to be social at all, or feel like it's a waste of time trying to trade in channels or forums. I must have put over 2000 hours into Diablo 2, and I think I only ever traded with anyone but friends twice. So it's not like you can't live without your perfect Tal's, or your duped Enigma/Windforces.
Herbspiceguy
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And suddenly I'm interested in the expansion. (which is probably exactly what they planned)
EmCeeGramr
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someone out there, gies still insists that diablo iii was perfect upon release
NullPointer
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PandaPandaPanda
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it's a nice start but there's still a lot more that needs to be done. I'll be taking the wait and see approach and not blind buying the expansions like I did with D3/HOTS.
Both were games that needed to be in the cooker a bit more
Both were games that needed to be in the cooker a bit more