The only issue here is this Korrigan:
Gold inflation.

 

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As someone who still plays D2 on battle.net, i have yet, to this day, after 11? years, ever, traded any gear to anyone for any gear or anything of the like.

I've cleaned off mules and given a lot of stuff away, but never traded for it, it isn't in the spirit of the game which is "mass slaughter -> collect loots"

that is all there is to do, kill bazillions of creatures, then pick up the shinies at the end.

The AH, is a laughable attempt to make more money, when a 'bulk' of the 'long term D3 players' are going to be more like me, where we want to find all our stuff ourself.

 

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This is the same mindset of people who vote with their wallets due to the 'cartoony' graphics of wow being subpar?

There are things to vote with your wallet over, this, however, is not one, because there is zero competition in this game, you don't have to keep up with anyone, you don't have to get world firsts, you don't have to do squat but kill monsters and pick up loot.

You are potentially missing out on a great game, due to an option that has 0 impact on game play.

 

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I now understand why I don't like football.

 

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Is this the first time a game has ever made it possible for the standard player to make money from playing said game?

Are we gonna be seeing threads like, "Put myself through college with D3" or more likely, "I just flunked out of high school but hey, at least I made $1.36 / hour playing D3 all day."

 

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I think this impacts gameplay for a lot more people than you think. I might be alone in saying this, but every single one of my friends went straight to online play with D2. We were all on evening foot, we traded game items for game items, we ran Pindleskin runs and Meph runs. We "played" the game.

If this is successful you think they will just stop there? No they will add other things to the game to nudge people in the direction of buying game items. For example doesn't the game have arena matches? So someone with deep pockets can waltz in gear up and immediately ruin that fun? Unless there is something built into the game to limit such a thing?

There are countless other reasons this can make a game less fun... Sure I do not have to spend money, but I do not really care to be at a disadvantage (potentially an extreme one) when I partake in certain parts of the game.

I do no see fun here, I just see a system that I can personal exploit to make money off people. -shrug-

 

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Yeah they are going to have an arena, but i figured it was going to suck like WoW arenas.
At least in the video it looked like a bunch of dancing around pillars LoSing people ect.
So i just assumed i wouldn't be doing that.

Still for the MAJORITY of D3 players, this AH is a non-issue.

 

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You have no way to back up that claim. Until we see what happens or we have real polls about the matter. I can say it will matter for the MAJORITY.

This might work for them or it might blow up in their face.

Edit - Now there is a poll. Lets see what this board things.

http://vnboards.ign.com/world_of_warcraft_general_board/b19789/115309783/p1/?1

 

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The AH may not affect many in-game, but that always-online side effect will sure affect a ton of people, including me.

 

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Meh i'd still get it and I bet all of you will too.