Diablo III

[Illidan]

However, the biggest announcement had to be the inclusion of two auction houses for in-game items, one using gold and the other using cold, hard cash.

That's right, in addition to the standard gold-based auction house, Diablo III will have a separate auction house that uses actual money. Weapons, items, crafting components, and (in the case of the real-money auction house) gold can all be auctioned away. Selling entire characters is something Blizzard is considering, but it wasn't ready to confirm that feature just yet. There will be a single, regional real-money auction house for each type of supported currency. Auto-bidding and instant buyout options will also be available, and you can set your items to be buyout only.

When you're listing an item in the real-money auction house there will be a small upfront fee. Pardo explained that this was so players wouldn't put every single item in the game up on the auction house and flood the marketplace with unwanted items. So what happens when you actually sell one of these items? In the case of the real-money auction house, either the money you earn can go into your Battle.net account, and you can then spend it on future listings or on Blizzard products (like your WOW subscription), or you can cash that money out through a third-party payment provider. Cashing out will incur another small fee, and you will not be able to cash out your Battle.net account.

Items you buy in either auction house will be sent to your private stash in the game, and players will be anonymous during transactions. Pardo also made sure to stress that this isn't a Blizzard store. The auction houses will be stocked by players with the items and equipment they find in the game. He also added that players, just like in previous Diablo games, will want to trade with each other regardless. Now, instead of having to go through a "shady" third-party service without the guarantee that you won't get ripped off, you can rest easy knowing you're guaranteed to get what you paid for.

2 page long article (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/diablo3/news/6326112/diablo-iii-hands-on-preview-real-money-in-a-virtual-world?sid=6326112&mode=previews)

[Tonus]

Oh, this is going to be interesting. I'm guessing that it's a preview of something that will be added to WOW with the next expansion, or maybe even before. By announcing it now as part of Diablo III, they get a chance to see what the reaction from the player base will be before they ever implement it.

I'd love to see the research behind the decision. It's the part of the player base that the rest of us don't get to see.

[S Carver Orne]

The research is probably social media. Try playing anything on Facebook or MySpace and at every turn they want to sell you something in-game.

[CyberKing]

I don't think it would have as much of an adverse affect on a dungeon-crawler as it would on an MMO.

[Purity]

Hm.. looks like Blizzard is adding some pretty stupid features. It's pretty cool that someone can make a semi-living off of a game though. Hopefully it doesn't completely ruin the game, I predict this game will just be flooded with people who bought all their gear and just clear the game instantly instead of enjoying it.

I'm not sure if I'm more excited for this, or Torchlight 2 anymore.

[Tonus]

Keep in mind that people would still be buying items and gold. I think Blizzard sees this as a way to hurt gold sellers without having as much of an impact on the game as people think it will.

[Purity]

Keep in mind that people would still be buying items and gold. I think Blizzard sees this as a way to hurt gold sellers without having as much of an impact on the game as people think it will.

That's true. I'm happy about always requiring an internet connection to play, cause eliminating hacking and cheating is essential in my opinion. I guess we'll see how the real money store thing works.

[Illidan]

nlhWqmVeDno#!

[Tonus]

PS- got my beta invite this morning.

[Illidan]

Y9mUe5vHYzs

[Tonus]

May 15th, motherfuckers. (http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4612389/Diablo_III_Launching_May_15_%E2%80%93_Digital_Pre-Sales_NOW_OPEN-3_15_2012#blog)

[Illidan]

Since I signed for the WOW annual pass I should be able to download Diablo 3 on May 15

:happy:

[Tonus]

You can download it now, you have to wait until 5/15 to play it. At least, that is what the account page is telling me.

[CyberKing]

I have the annual pass as well, downloading now.

[Nyarlathotep]

Blizzard is allowing anyone with a Battle.NET account to try out/stress test Diablo III this weekend up to level 13.

Understanding the servers are capped out just now. Might get lucky to give it whirl —

http://us.battle.net/d3/en

[Srsly Niipah]

who are you anyway

[Illidan]

Downloading the game.

So far 1% installed.....for the last 25 minutes >_<

I knew this was going to happen on launch day, back to WoW for the rest of today. I'll try tomorrow in the morning or afternoon.

[CyberKing]

I am barbarian, i smash

[Illidan]

LB0XHZ7Ee1o

[Srsly Niipah]

i'm never getting this game to be a non-conformist.

[S Carver Orne]

i'm never getting this game because I hate fun.

Fixed that for you. :cookieomnomnom:

[ABC]

For some reason I'm kind of "meh" about getting this now, though I do want to play it at some point. I don't really know anyone that is playing it currently or planning to though, so getting it before it starts to die down isn't really an issue - I've got time. Waiting in Torchlight II though... Pre-ordered that.