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Fedup23  Posts: 358
Registered: 2006-7-14 06:15:32
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1/1/00 12:02am
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Malachi256 posted:
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."
I doubt it'll be on the same scale..but I know a few people that made a pretty penny in daoc by selling selling selling. Def on the level that a part time job would have paid over those couple of golden years.
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Demorak Posts: 300
Registered: 2009-1-16 11:20:55
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1/1/00 12:02am
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Jyiiga posted:
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-
Arena is being put in for fun nonsensical PvP and that's it. There is no ranking or any true competitive nature to it. Blizzard has stated that they have zero intention of making D3's Arena an E-Sport.
You mention playing with friends, even footing and trading items. If this is what you plan to do, then how does the AH affect you in the least? You can still trade items over the normal AH and never touch the Cash AH, if you even want to do so.
Outside of the mindless Arena, how exactly are you at a disadvantage against someone when it comes to PvEing monsters to death? The guy who bought an item or two with cash can now kill stuff quicker, is this a bad thing for you? Wouldn't it just making farming certain things faster?
Don't get me wrong, I think the the Cash AH is an extremely stupid idea and I'd rather see it not implemented. Blizzard is just trying to get their slice of the pie, for all that potential money they missed out on with their other games and cash trading. I can't fault them for that, even if I disagree with the method.
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Arcilite_I  Title: VN's Most Wanted
Posts: 1,260
Registered: 2002-1-27 08:46:24
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Date Posted:
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Making a living off of a video game is as flaky as any other get rich quick scheme really. Using it as supplementary income, however, is nothing short of awesome.
That said, during '04-'05 I made a breezy $20k or so selling WoW accts. '06-'08 I pulled in about $15k selling currency in diff games. I've been absent from that market over the last few years, but this has me interested again.
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The_Korrigan  Title: Scrub Buster
Posts: 955
Registered: 2001-7-17 03:51:32
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:02am
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Always amusing to see when you are right, and when those who are trolls on this forum are also cheaters and exploiters who break the rules and contribute ruining the associated online games.
Or they are just bragging, which is the most realistic option.
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Thericia  Posts: 115
Registered: 2002-1-8 10:43:06
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Date Posted:
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Do you need a ladder to get off of that horse Korrigan?
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The_Korrigan Title: Scrub Buster
Posts: 955
Registered: 2001-7-17 03:51:32
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Date Posted:
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Thericia posted:
Do you need a ladder to get off of that horse Korrigan?
I guess your culture encourages you to praise people who cheat and abuse, even in games. Mine doesn't. Who needs a ladder... I'm on the right side of the law. I don't need a ladder.
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Tai-Daishar_MT Title: Moderator
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Posts: 469
Registered: 2000-3-9 15:14:13
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:02am
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Could care less, I play Diablo for pure, single-player, hack-n-slash mayhem. The existence of an AH will go completely unused by me. I certainly would never play an MMO with a similar system (the real money part being the obvious point of contention) but if people are so damn lazy as to need to boost themselves in a single-player game, who am I to stand in their way. I see this appealing to the same folks that use gear hacks to enhance their characters in Dragon Age.
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Quazimortal Title: The One and Only
Posts: 1,557
Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
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Date Posted:
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Am I the only one who reads Korrigan's posts like he has a whiny, nasally voice? Posts like his last two in this thread reinforce that imagined voice so much. 
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Quazimortal Title: The One and Only
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Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
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Date Posted:
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Demorak posted:
Outside of the mindless Arena, how exactly are you at a disadvantage against someone when it comes to PvEing monsters to death? The guy who bought an item or two with cash can now kill stuff quicker, is this a bad thing for you? Wouldn't it just making farming certain things faster?
It will affect those situations as well if you are playing with someone who will be using the cash AH. An item may drop that you could use but instead of letting you have it they might pick it up to sell. Now you've got the cash AH affecting your PvE game.
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