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    Jan 30, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on Blizzard Support is a joke.
    Hmmm. But who actually gives a shit about the philosophical debate in your mind about buying or not buying more Blizzard products? And why bring this up on a discussion forum instead, say, a personal blog that I will never have to see in my life?
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    Jan 23, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on So, the drop-rate are fine apparently...

    One legendary per two hours sounds like too much to me.

    Sounds like too little to most other people. Everyone also seems to ignore the announcement of the hidden "safety net" that grants you a legendary drop in less than 8 hours of play of you were unlucky. If you are asking for this rule to apply equally for all legendaries including the most powerful ones, then you are just asking for things to be handed to you on a platter.

    Oh well. it's never going to be a game for everyone.

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    Jan 22, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on BOA...Won't somebody please think of the children??!!
    Well, that might actually be a legitimate concern. Still, it comes down to the fact that trading (including RMT, gifting, charity) was an ultra-effective way to get items, especially when the economy becomes inflated and items lose on value. Whenever you limit or take away something that is ultra-effective, hordes of people will complain and everyone will have their biggest reason why it's obviously killing the game. If you read through the lines, you will come to realize that it all stems from the fear that certain types of players won't be able to instantly gratify themselves as soon as they get bored, or god forbid - frustrated that they are not getting anywhere in the game.

    The standards in gaming are shifting towards this trend of instant gratification - just look at the current complaints regarding the drop rates and remember the time a bunch of whiny idiots made Blizzard break their promise about keeping Inferno a near-impossible difficulty. People who have positive experiences with trading in D2 (and the annoying AH supporters who pretend to like trading because it nurtures the sacred ARPG tradition) just give themselves too much credit, not being willing to see the big picture.
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    Jan 22, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on How I lost $17,400 in a day on diablo3

    I stopped watching after:

    "...and my second account, which I use for auction house purposes"

    There is almost nothing you can do with a second account (especially for AH purposes) that is allowed by the EULA you agreed on.

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    Jan 21, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on BOA's purpose is bullshit

    Very much agreed. What if there was a system where: For up to two hours after a legendary drops, you could select up to 1-5 friends to "reserve" it for. Allowing you to trade it with those selected FEW friend players indefinitely.

    Wouldn't that deal with 3rd party trading while also completely allowing trading with a several friends to still exist?

    That's a great idea.

    Also, OP, just because you can't grasp something doesn't make it bullshit.

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    Jan 5, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on The trading issue for ROS
    Quote from SniggleJake »

    Third party sites always find ways to make money off of a game.

    Only not off of legendary items or gold.

    Quote from SniggleJake »

    They will just sell accounts instead of single items now.

    I explained why that won't work in a previous post in this thread.

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    Or have people pay to be put into a 'farming party', 2-3 super geared players that sell the items to the person just chilling in town.

    Selling random items which may or may not drop while the customer sits in town for hours? That's some wild imagination.

    Quote from SniggleJake »

    There will always be ways around what Blizzard implements.

    Nope. Any other ideas?

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    Jan 5, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on The trading issue for ROS
    Quote from TheRabidDeer


    This is what it is going to be like without trading.

    Awesome. If what you say is true, the game might actually have a longer life span than a week.

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    Jan 5, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on The trading issue for ROS
    Quote from shaggy


    If RMT and 3rd party sites ruin games the way the "no trading ever" crowd would like us to believe then D2 would have fallen flat on its face within a few months. People are still playing D2 to this day, despite the fact that people can still trade in D2 and you can still buy D2 items on D2JSP. D2 is 10+ years of proof that RMT, 3rd party sites, and trading don't ruin anything.

    If they didn't do anything about RMT, you would use the same argument ten years from now and say how it never ruined D3 for those who still enjoy it. Just because there will always be people who have no problem with it doesn't change my opinion.

    Quote from papas88063 »

    anyone who thinks BOA will keep RMT off the market is dumber than i thought. Black Market now will sell whole accounts full of good items, they will always find a way to make cash. If those that choose to pay real money are willing to pay those black markets will not close down shop.

    Oh? So people are just going to throw away their Paragon progress and restart their characters to play under the name PowerLewtDotCom198 because there's some items on that account? You can't even store 1/4 of the entire Legendary item pool in your stash and the seller can't mix and match the items you might need since they cannot be moved cross-account so yeah, you're wrong.

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    Jan 5, 2014
    Dimebog posted a message on The trading issue for ROS
    Quote from SniggleJake


    If Blizzard actually banned people who used third party sites, this issue would not exist.
    Except nobody can prove that someone used a third party site.

    RMAH/AH was the best and quickest way to acquire items. Blizzard knows full well that by removing those, 3rd party sites will become the best thing which would be idiotic even if you restrict yourself from doing it because you realize it is idiotic. I don't care if people like to do it - too bad for them. No sympathy.

    If you think getting items will be too hard - well too bad again - no sympathy for those who complain that something that should be hard in the game actually turns out to be hard.
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    Dec 4, 2013
    Dimebog posted a message on What can I do if the D3 Support group won't be reasonable
    You can't take legal action because you agreed that they can perform (limited) scans of your system. It's right there in the ToS and has been since before D3. I remember when they updated the ToS during WoW days.
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    Nov 30, 2013
    Dimebog posted a message on ROS Longevity: Small Changes=Big Difference
    Quote from maka
    Yet you keep quoting and responding.
    There's a name for that, but I don't wanna get two infractions in one day.
    Someone just had to point out the irony in your statement. On one hand, purposefully almost quoting Blizzard about the item-hunt being the most fun way to play the game as if it were somehow working in favour of your argument (which it isn't - hence the changes Blizzard is making), and on the other - propagating that item hunt itself remains the most inefficient way to acquire items (RMT trumps all, end of story).

    Carry on.
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    Nov 30, 2013
    Dimebog posted a message on ROS Longevity: Small Changes=Big Difference
    Shaggy, I never specifically argued in this thread that trading kills longevity so that you would have to counter-argue. I just wanted to hear a good argument that it boosts longevity which I still haven't and, of course, will not. The thread title irritates me to no end.

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    To me... that sounds precisely like a game I'd really like to play. One where I'm not told if I'm allowed to trade, but one where trading ceases to be the focus of the game because the game is THAT FUN... and because finding your own items actually feels productive. A game like that, in and of itself, would probably have a very small trading/3rd party seller community because everyone would be engrossed in self-improvement.... without the nanny state approach.
    Let's just agree on what you said in that paragraph and call it a day.
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    Nov 30, 2013
    Dimebog posted a message on ROS Longevity: Small Changes=Big Difference
    Quote from Efrye
    When you need that one specific item for PvP, then you don't farm for YEARS to get this single piece.
    Requiring one specific item also applies to making a build in D3, has nothing to do with PvP per se. If your sole concern is the speed of item acquisition, I guess RMT websites are actually a god given gift to the playerbase.
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    Nov 30, 2013
    Dimebog posted a message on ROS Longevity: Small Changes=Big Difference
    Quote from maka

    If some people can't realise that the fun in this game is the hunt for items, and not necessarily having the items in your possession, then that's their loss.
    With this statement you are just putting a foot in your mouth in so many ways. What is the goal of hunting for items if not to possess them? What is the goal of trading if not to posses even more items faster? Durr. If all the fun is supposedly in the item hunt then why do you want to trade instead of hunting for items? Durr again.
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    Nov 30, 2013
    Dimebog posted a message on ROS Longevity: Small Changes=Big Difference
    Quote from Efrye
    A lot of long-term players stayed for PvP. For PvP you need equip sets for many situations. How do you get so much different and very specific gear? Trading. Without trading, those players might have lost motivation a lot earlier.
    So it boosts longevity because its a means to get gear faster? So when you can buy your stuff instantly it motivates you to play more and otherwise there is a risk that you lose interest?

    I gues I'd be willing to live with that risk.
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