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I thought that Blizz said they were doing away with MF, and that drops would be such that you wouldn't just go boss hunting and skipping the rest of the content. I'm in the F&F Beta, and there's MF all over the place sadly, so once again I'm trading off (the admittedly unnecessary) good stats for MF. Also, bosses still seem to drop a lot more and a lot better loot than even yellow "mini-boss" creatures, so I'm not sure how that will push people not to just run the last bit of each section. The only reason I can find to run other sections is for crafting papers, and even then, at least in this first part, they are far more common at the end near the boss.
So... when did they change their mind on the direction or am I missing something?
You're missing something. This isn't inferno. In Inferno difficulty all mobs will be balanced out for drops, prior to that it's going to slowly ramp up with later mobs giving you better loot. So for the Beta, absolutely, once you've got yourself up to max level, there's no reason to farm the early parts. Just like when you're level 60, but not quite geared for Inferno you'll go to Act IV Hell to get more items, not Act I Normal.
No I think your missing something, what hes trying to say is that the bosses drop better gear. Unless you can confirm that bosses in inferno drop no more gear than regular inferno mobs, than there is no reason why people won't stack mf and rush to inferno bosses.
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...or maybe just play on one character and buy ourself a bunch of pizza and sodapop and have some actual fun!
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It will definitely be possible to make good money play Diablo 3, but not by grinding or farming. You have to know what your comparative advantage is, which will be playing the markets and arbitrage.
Really? Arbitrage? In a video game?
Part of me is disgusted with this idea, but part of me really hopes that perhaps we'll teach a bunch of 15 year old boys how the world economy works and about supply and demand and market research, arbitrage, risk/reward, etc. without even having to try. The best lessons are those we learn when we don't know someone's trying to teach us something.
I also just noticed that the link to the Wiki shows screenshots of the various AH interfaces. It appears you can sell gold on the RMAH, but it also appears you can sell gold on the GAH, which makes no sense at all. Anyone have any thoughts on that from the screenshots?
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Uhm, actually by default the cash goes to your bnet account e-balance, and if you choose to set it up, a third party provides the transfer between Blizzard and your bank account or whatever. Whether that's PayPal or someone else hasn't been announced yet. But you're 100% wrong, your e-balance CAN be cashed out. It can also be used to buy blizzard games online.
I figure that the $40 I paid for D3 preorder will more than likely be covered whenever I decide to sell my characters, gold and items. I mean, it feels weird talking about this since it's legal. In WoW, I sold my accounts after I was done with each of them, mostly just to cover the cost of playing the game. Feels a lot better quitting when you're up like $30-$40 net after a year or two of playing.
My understanding was that you had to choose between e-balance or cash-out and that any account that opted for cash-out never maintained a balance after that opting.
The e-balance could be used on blizzard products and AH items, but could not be turned into cash as far as I am aware.
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Time is money my friend. Spending 200 hours to make back the $60 you paid isn't exactly "efficient". Is the game free at this point? Sort of.. you earn the money back but spend your time. I feel like only the tip top tier of players will really make the game profitable (earning a livable wage from D3). This requires great knowledge of mfing/farming AND trading/D3 markets.. Not realistic for the vast majority of players. In any event, the rmah is one of the most exciting features for diablo 3 and I can't freaking wait!!! Words can't express my excitement for this game.
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I've always been the kind of guy who picks up every grey item, which I know is actually less profitable then charging headfast towards the next boss for a much more rare item, but... I just have a hard time leaving even a little coin on the floor :-)
Knowing myself, my goal is to try and sell in-game gold on the RMAH, and use that as my main way to earn back my $60 :-) Even if its a silly goal, I think making the game pay for itself/getting to play for free is what a lot of people will be aiming to do.
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This game, internally at Blizzard, is nothing like SC:Ghost, or, for that matter, Lord of the Clans. They will be releasing it and it's almost certainly going to be in the first half of 2012. I'm expecting it by May at the latest, but anytime around there would be reasonable I think at this point.
I do agree though, the AH needs some work, but that's relatively simple to fix compared to all the other work that's gone into the game.
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Early is January to September, Middle is October and November, Late is December.
Haven't we played this game with Blizzard before?
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If someone makes money on the RMAH it will be because they spent a huge amount of time learning exactly how the system works and focusing a huge amount of effort on doing that. There will be people who do this, but, that person is probably not any of us and thinking otherwise could lead to significant financial loses. The rake, from what Blizzard has been saying, could be almost a dollar a transaction. If the average RMAH sale is $10, that's a 10% rake, there's almost no way, given the volume of sales that will take place, that the average person will be able to be competitive in that environment.
Try to make money, OK, but make sure you put a set limit on how much, if any, of your own money you'll put in, or you could wind up gambling away a huge amount of money chasing the D3 Market, and that would be very sad.
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God I'm old...
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Think about it like a Presidential election in the U.S. Most people don't pay much attention during the first 12 months of what is basically a 24 month campaign. When it's close to November and ads are everywhere, etc., people will pay attention, but until then it's out of sight out of mind for most people, so why worry?
My $.02.
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I fail to see why being rescued from the clutches of Megan Fox by killbots is a fail.
Anyways, that's still more Beta than most of us have played, but I feel your pain, sometimes a taste makes it worse to have to wait for more.
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You will see the same think from the Hardcore people who will say that anyone who doesn't play hardcore is some kind of carebear or something. It's because they have an inferiority complex and try to build themselves up by putting other people down. There's no right or wrong way to play one of these games, if you like PvP, play that, if you like Softcore, play that. Heck, if what you enjoy is playing each class through normal difficulty and then quitting, that's fine too. It's a game people!
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If they delay the game to redo the moon graphics on their loading screen because of "complaints on fan sites" I'm blaming all of you guys in this thread!
Just saying...
I think part of the issue also is that the moon that's "our moon" looks like a moon to us, if you fiddle with it, it looks less moon like. Besides, copying a picture is easy and lets them work on art we'll actually care about. Like loot!