I don't like any of these fixes. I don't see that it's actually that broken right now. It is possible to play without buying other people's items, in fact every patch has made it easier by either decreasing mobs hp, damage, or increasing drop rates. If people want to take shortcuts why stop them? I don't think they'll change that. I think more of what he was hinting at, at least what I got from it on first read, was being able to opt out of it or maybe some sort of new game mode where you can't use it at all.
A game mode for people who don't want to use the AH, but can't help themselves? Can't see it happening... the first thing people would want after that is a way to switch back
The only thing that bugs me about the AH is that it's so effective, gear has become fungible, you never really have time to become attached to it. It's not my crossbow, it's just a crossbow. That's why I'd like to see a gold-to-power path that skips the AH... so the first decent weapon you found when you hit level 60 can be the only one you'll ever need, if that's the path you want to take. The main problem with that idea being, D3 isn't open source and I'm not on the dev team
Obviously, when Blizzard talks about solving the problem with the AH, we need to find out which problem that is, exactly.
Enchanting is a better solution. You pay money/mats/gems for a chance to improve an item by a small amount (up to the 'natural cap', or maybe even beyond), but those improvements vanish if the item is put on the AH. AH-averse players can turn gold into power without using anyone else's items, and players get a much stronger sense of ownership over their items if they want.
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A game mode for people who don't want to use the AH, but can't help themselves? Can't see it happening... the first thing people would want after that is a way to switch back
The only thing that bugs me about the AH is that it's so effective, gear has become fungible, you never really have time to become attached to it. It's not my crossbow, it's just a crossbow. That's why I'd like to see a gold-to-power path that skips the AH... so the first decent weapon you found when you hit level 60 can be the only one you'll ever need, if that's the path you want to take. The main problem with that idea being, D3 isn't open source and I'm not on the dev team
Obviously, when Blizzard talks about solving the problem with the AH, we need to find out which problem that is, exactly.