5,000,000 for the initial upgrade? I played D3 when it came out, and a little bit more recently, In all that time probably 4-5 months. I only ever had about 750,000 in the bank. With lvling gems and crafting gear I never broke 1 mil. I think 5 mil is a bit high for a solo player that doesn't use the AH.
Gold should not be the deciding factor in whether or no someone can get the best gear. That just encourages botting and lets be real, gold is boring. No one wants to grind so they can pick up 4 million gold. People will grind to find enchantment drops though or ingredients to use on enchantments. And most importantly drops are just as viable for solo as they are for MP, where as gold gain varies drastically for solo to MP/AH, non AH. This would be a great time to add items to the game that you can't AH... jeez broke this game so hard.
Also, "Earn Nephalem valor at 2x the rate" would re-break the game, forcing you to only use that character that had that rare.
This game still has the best combat of all the dungeon crawlers, PoE just knocks the socks of D3 in terms of itemization and build diversity (and frankly economy).
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Gold should not be the deciding factor in whether or no someone can get the best gear. That just encourages botting and lets be real, gold is boring. No one wants to grind so they can pick up 4 million gold. People will grind to find enchantment drops though or ingredients to use on enchantments. And most importantly drops are just as viable for solo as they are for MP, where as gold gain varies drastically for solo to MP/AH, non AH. This would be a great time to add items to the game that you can't AH... jeez broke this game so hard.
Also, "Earn Nephalem valor at 2x the rate" would re-break the game, forcing you to only use that character that had that rare.
This game still has the best combat of all the dungeon crawlers, PoE just knocks the socks of D3 in terms of itemization and build diversity (and frankly economy).