Real money auctions house = pvp not worth it (Yeah, i know, it would have been imbalanced anyway, but not THAT imbalanced). No pvp = I don't buy it.
See ya blizzard.
Yeah, PvP was pretty balanced in D2, it's not like people bought perfect items or anything.....o wait
Now getting rid of skill points... could or could not work. The idea of having items and level effect it mostly is interesting, but I don't think I'll have an opinion on it until I play.
I also don't have much of an opinion other than I think that deciding on a skill should have more weight to it than "Oh well, I can just switch it out if it sucks". I guess in d2 though i found one build I liked and never messed with it after that, so I doubt I will even notice all that much once I find the right build.
I kind of liked having to level up a new char though just to test a new build. Even after all the years D2 has been out.
As things look right now, I'm afraid I'll have to agree with you - though I have faith in that Blizzard will not screw this up. Hopefully they will listen to the majority of the community, and change it soon, or they will most likely later from complaints.
Listening to the majority is exactly why the system got implimented, legitimate players who farm their own gear are the minority, unfortunatly.
The system Blizzard is putting in is to benefit the legitimate players because at least they get to make a profit off the majority who are willing to pay real money. Otherwise, all the profit would go to 3rd party websites.
Think of it like a lose-lose situation Becuase if they didn't put the RMAH in, there would be 3rd party websites which would do the exact same thing as the RMAH. If they do put it in, there is an official version of those websites, essentially but at least it is safe and will result in a hell of a lot less spam bots (I'm predicting).
My biggest problem with RMAH is I spent 5 straight years on D2 without touching these sites once. I actually found it ridiculous people would buy it and would ask myself, what's the use of farming then now? Didn't play multiplayer for a long time after learning that.
I'm hoping it becomes frowned upon and not too common for d3 online with this RMAH, or I'll be pissed if everyone starts doing it.
Well, I also think buying items this way is stupid but it would happen either way. Lazy people will always do thigs the lazy way whether it is through an in game AH or 3rd party site. So, if it's going to happen, at least Blizzard is making it safe and doing it in a way that even the players who actually play the game have a way to make some real money out of it and maybe be lazy every now and then and buy an item or two with the money they earned selling their items.
Blizzard- catering to the lazy and inept since 2011
Congratz blizzard, you made real money an integral part to a video game. I liked it better when games were meant to be fun and away from the real world. Now the video game industry just keeps finding new ways to make things more "casual" and easier for people.
I do mostly agree with you, but I think you should look at it as a positive. I wish that 3rd party sites weren't an issure and people getting scammed didn't happen, but they are and people do and Blizzard is making an attempt to get rid of the shadey part. Less accounts getting hacked, less spam bots, less griefing.
It's not the games that are becoming more casual, but people are. It's just a side effect of the ever expanding technology of the internet, phones, computers, social networking. People like everything to be easy and everything is becoming apart of everything, therefore everything is easier. If Blizzard could make the game THEY wanted without having any concerns about 3rd party companies/websites or consumers, I am 100% sure the game would be way different. However, they don't get to decide what people want, and the majority want easy. Back when Diablo I and Diablo II came out video games were not as popular as they are now and they had a more "hard core" fan base, but that isn't the case nowadays.
I mean honestly, it's not Blizzards fault, it is the consumers fault. If they said screw it to the majority, they would not be where they are at today (Sucessful and Rich).
I have more to say on this but I don't really want to make it too long.
My biggest problem with RMAH is I spent 5 straight years on D2 without touching these sites once. I actually found it ridiculous people would buy it and would ask myself, what's the use of farming then now? Didn't play multiplayer for a long time after learning that.
I'm hoping it becomes frowned upon and not too common for d3 online with this RMAH, or I'll be pissed if everyone starts doing it.
Well, I also think buying items this way is stupid but it would happen either way. Lazy people will always do thigs the lazy way whether it is through an in game AH or 3rd party site. So, if it's going to happen, at least Blizzard is making it safe and doing it in a way that even the players who actually play the game have a way to make some real money out of it and maybe be lazy every now and then and buy an item or two with the money they earned selling their items.
I haven't been on here in forever, but I am getting on just so I can help everyone not worry about the AH situation so much.
The number one reason not to worry about it is that you can sell your gold for real money. How does this fix the problem? Well, if people are only selling the best items of the RMAH but all you have is gold, just sell that gold for real money, then buy the item. The item being sold on the RMAH will sell for an equal amount of real money that it would cost in gold, SO if you don't have enough gold to covert to money to buy the item, you wouldn't have been able to afford it anyways. (Example: lets say the conversion rate of real money/gold is 100g = $1. I am selling the Wand of Death for $5, that would be 500g on the IGG AH. So if you have 500g, sell it for $5 and but my wand or if you have $5 and not 500g, then buy 500g for $5 and buy my wand for IGG, it works either way.) This, to me, ends all reasons to dislike the RMAH system. Farming sites would have existed and the same thing would have been happening, this just makes it safer and better.
The things I am least excited about are the no skill points. Sure, I like that I can switch my build around but I think the respec system would have been better if they could just figure out a way for the lower level skills to scale at higher levels so they are useful. That way everyone wasn't respeccing as soona s they got a new skill.
Also, I am strongly against the selling of characters on the AH, people should at least have to play the game. Maybe you can only buy a character off the AH if you have already leveled one of your own to level 60? Even then it just sound stupid.
Oh, also I liked the sound of the arena style PvP more than the death match PvP, but I haven't played it and they have and if they think it is more fun, it probably is. As for being more casual, I don't mind that, although i would like to see some sort of PvP ladder or at least see everyones wins/loses but it's not game breaking and I'm sure forums will hold tournaments...DF PvP Tourny? Sign me up. I'll put some gold into the pot!
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Yeah, PvP was pretty balanced in D2, it's not like people bought perfect items or anything.....o wait
How does being free make it good? I would rather pay for a good game than play a bad one for free. I guess it has competition after all...
I also don't have much of an opinion other than I think that deciding on a skill should have more weight to it than "Oh well, I can just switch it out if it sucks". I guess in d2 though i found one build I liked and never messed with it after that, so I doubt I will even notice all that much once I find the right build.
I kind of liked having to level up a new char though just to test a new build. Even after all the years D2 has been out.
Listening to the majority is exactly why the system got implimented, legitimate players who farm their own gear are the minority, unfortunatly.
The system Blizzard is putting in is to benefit the legitimate players because at least they get to make a profit off the majority who are willing to pay real money. Otherwise, all the profit would go to 3rd party websites.
Think of it like a lose-lose situation Becuase if they didn't put the RMAH in, there would be 3rd party websites which would do the exact same thing as the RMAH. If they do put it in, there is an official version of those websites, essentially but at least it is safe and will result in a hell of a lot less spam bots (I'm predicting).
I do mostly agree with you, but I think you should look at it as a positive. I wish that 3rd party sites weren't an issure and people getting scammed didn't happen, but they are and people do and Blizzard is making an attempt to get rid of the shadey part. Less accounts getting hacked, less spam bots, less griefing.
It's not the games that are becoming more casual, but people are. It's just a side effect of the ever expanding technology of the internet, phones, computers, social networking. People like everything to be easy and everything is becoming apart of everything, therefore everything is easier. If Blizzard could make the game THEY wanted without having any concerns about 3rd party companies/websites or consumers, I am 100% sure the game would be way different. However, they don't get to decide what people want, and the majority want easy. Back when Diablo I and Diablo II came out video games were not as popular as they are now and they had a more "hard core" fan base, but that isn't the case nowadays.
I mean honestly, it's not Blizzards fault, it is the consumers fault. If they said screw it to the majority, they would not be where they are at today (Sucessful and Rich).
I have more to say on this but I don't really want to make it too long.
Well, I also think buying items this way is stupid but it would happen either way. Lazy people will always do thigs the lazy way whether it is through an in game AH or 3rd party site. So, if it's going to happen, at least Blizzard is making it safe and doing it in a way that even the players who actually play the game have a way to make some real money out of it and maybe be lazy every now and then and buy an item or two with the money they earned selling their items.
The number one reason not to worry about it is that you can sell your gold for real money. How does this fix the problem? Well, if people are only selling the best items of the RMAH but all you have is gold, just sell that gold for real money, then buy the item. The item being sold on the RMAH will sell for an equal amount of real money that it would cost in gold, SO if you don't have enough gold to covert to money to buy the item, you wouldn't have been able to afford it anyways. (Example: lets say the conversion rate of real money/gold is 100g = $1. I am selling the Wand of Death for $5, that would be 500g on the IGG AH. So if you have 500g, sell it for $5 and but my wand or if you have $5 and not 500g, then buy 500g for $5 and buy my wand for IGG, it works either way.) This, to me, ends all reasons to dislike the RMAH system. Farming sites would have existed and the same thing would have been happening, this just makes it safer and better.
The things I am least excited about are the no skill points. Sure, I like that I can switch my build around but I think the respec system would have been better if they could just figure out a way for the lower level skills to scale at higher levels so they are useful. That way everyone wasn't respeccing as soona s they got a new skill.
Also, I am strongly against the selling of characters on the AH, people should at least have to play the game. Maybe you can only buy a character off the AH if you have already leveled one of your own to level 60? Even then it just sound stupid.
Oh, also I liked the sound of the arena style PvP more than the death match PvP, but I haven't played it and they have and if they think it is more fun, it probably is. As for being more casual, I don't mind that, although i would like to see some sort of PvP ladder or at least see everyones wins/loses but it's not game breaking and I'm sure forums will hold tournaments...DF PvP Tourny? Sign me up. I'll put some gold into the pot!