Blizzard didn't just announce that because after 1,5 years they remembered the fans and they loved us.
no. there is always numbers and statistics behind this decision!
here are the true reasons why Blizzard decided to shut down the AH.
after 1,5 years well actually its 2 years when the AH will be closed, Blizzard had made a HUGE amount of cash! BUT not lately! you see the past few months, i see in the AH that people if they are going to spend Real Money they will do it just to buy ingame GOLD. Not items. with this Gold, then they are buying items from the Gold AH. So Blizzard loses a lot of the commissions since not many Real Money transactions are taking place anymore! So is costing more to them now to have it.
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You have no idea what the 15% is used for. You have no idea what is a HUGE profit because you are not an accountant for Blzzard.
Nice guess nonetheless. :Thumbs Up:
They said they were going to bring out more information regarding this entire thing @Blizzcon. If you actually watched the interview with them reasoning about the change.
I watched the interview, and this does not change the fact that they just released a nuclear bomb without building shelters first.
Not only the idea itself is stupid, but it was not timed well in addition to that
Holly Shit. I never thought I would see this being removed from the game. I am tempted to start playing the game once the AH is removed.
Only thing holding me back is the Offline Mode or if by some miracle they fix the rubber banding/lag issues that are plagued with this disaster of a game.
They probably saw the success and good press over the console releases and realized how much better the game was on consoles with the year of needed polish, minus the AH. Whoops!
If Jay Wilson was less of a yes man and less of an inferior designer then maybe this nonsense would have never happened. Forget the whole not having a proper beta test. Just the whole fact that they thought they could have an AH system WITHOUT bind on equip items just blows my mind. It was a major failure on several fronts. Unfortunately, it was obviously going to be such a massive failure and yet Blizzard still went forward with it.
Now you are going to have the gold AH get taken down with a completely dumbed down version battle.net supporting the trade community. Trading might become even worse than it was in D2. Trading in D2 was perfectly fine, but your comparing a system created in 2012 thats inferior to one thats older by over a decade.
It's hard to believe that some of you thought trading in D2 was bad. It wasn't. Hell, even if you wanted to buy an item from a 3rd party site it was quick, easy and secure. Plus trading with other players or banks was a fun and interesting experience. If you couldn't find what you needed after hours of looking, you were either completely incompetant or there just wasnt any stock availible.
An entire player driven economy was created on its own with D2 and the game lasted for a decade, and here some of you are upset that they aborted this disaster they call an AH. Some of you are not true Diablo fans. For shame.
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Some people tell me I'm going to hell. I just let them know that I've already packed my bags!
If Jay Wilson was less of a yes man and less of an inferior designer then maybe this nonsense would have never happened. Forget the whole not having a proper beta test.
Because if there was a full beta test, everyone would QQ about the whole game being spoiled before release.
It was a very tough choice, but frankly, totally understandable. What they messed up is rebalancing inferno on a much shorter notice.
Just the whole fact that they thought they could have an AH system WITHOUT bind on equip items just blows my mind.
What blows my mind is how those two parts of the sentence have absolutely no relationship with each other.
Having an AH is fine, as long as there is a way to take items out of the economy, which can be accomplished by many other way (and yes, BoE is one of them, but only one).
It's hard to believe that some of you thought trading in D2 was bad. It wasn't. Hell, even if you wanted to buy an item from a 3rd party site it was quick, easy and secure.
And completely illegal, unlike D3. And no, it wasn't secure, there were scams all over the place, with or without third party sites. AH is miles better in comparison, since it is a double-blind system.
Plus trading with other players or banks was a fun and interesting experience.
Yes, but it took time during which you actually didn't play the game. AH is more straightforward, unless you play the AH just to play AH, which is another question entirely.
An entire player driven economy was created on its own with D2 and the game lasted for a decade, and here some of you are upset that they aborted this disaster they call an AH. Some of you are not true Diablo fans. For shame.
Aaannd here comes the true Scotsman fallacy. Congratulations.
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They're BOA once they're changed by the mystic (at least that's the current plan).
Yeah, so that you're done with the game in ~100 hours and then can shelf it? Great plan.
BOA is needed to get items out of the economy. Either that, or ladder (which has other problems).
Since friend lists are fairly limited in number, you cannot make a huge community out of them, by definition.
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You have no idea what the 15% is used for. You have no idea what is a HUGE profit because you are not an accountant for Blzzard.
Nice guess nonetheless. :Thumbs Up:
Cheers!
Not only the idea itself is stupid, but it was not timed well in addition to that
Only thing holding me back is the Offline Mode or if by some miracle they fix the rubber banding/lag issues that are plagued with this disaster of a game.
I'm literally stunned...
In all honesty I never ever thought they would do something like that. I think its about damn time!
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They probably saw the success and good press over the console releases and realized how much better the game was on consoles with the year of needed polish, minus the AH. Whoops!
If Jay Wilson was less of a yes man and less of an inferior designer then maybe this nonsense would have never happened. Forget the whole not having a proper beta test. Just the whole fact that they thought they could have an AH system WITHOUT bind on equip items just blows my mind. It was a major failure on several fronts. Unfortunately, it was obviously going to be such a massive failure and yet Blizzard still went forward with it.
Now you are going to have the gold AH get taken down with a completely dumbed down version battle.net supporting the trade community. Trading might become even worse than it was in D2. Trading in D2 was perfectly fine, but your comparing a system created in 2012 thats inferior to one thats older by over a decade.
It's hard to believe that some of you thought trading in D2 was bad. It wasn't. Hell, even if you wanted to buy an item from a 3rd party site it was quick, easy and secure. Plus trading with other players or banks was a fun and interesting experience. If you couldn't find what you needed after hours of looking, you were either completely incompetant or there just wasnt any stock availible.
An entire player driven economy was created on its own with D2 and the game lasted for a decade, and here some of you are upset that they aborted this disaster they call an AH. Some of you are not true Diablo fans. For shame.
It was a very tough choice, but frankly, totally understandable. What they messed up is rebalancing inferno on a much shorter notice.
What blows my mind is how those two parts of the sentence have absolutely no relationship with each other.
Having an AH is fine, as long as there is a way to take items out of the economy, which can be accomplished by many other way (and yes, BoE is one of them, but only one).
And completely illegal, unlike D3. And no, it wasn't secure, there were scams all over the place, with or without third party sites. AH is miles better in comparison, since it is a double-blind system.
Yes, but it took time during which you actually didn't play the game. AH is more straightforward, unless you play the AH just to play AH, which is another question entirely.
Aaannd here comes the true Scotsman fallacy. Congratulations.