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A lot of my characters in the Beta share the same name. I wish they would have exclusive names. I think it kinda takes away from the whole naming process because you tend to care less since someone could just copy you.

I know, I know, we haven't played the game (after release) and some of us still haven't gotten into the beta yet, but based of what we already know...


Do you guys think we'll be seeing a ton of one class being played? Or will it be evenly distributed?
Which of these classes will be used the least?

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EArly Mid Late

Early easily can be first 4 months

Nah - only in the mind of a sophist.

They know there is a slight delay as well and hence all the wrapping around the Q2 release window 'we made changes based on community feed-back so that Diablo 3 can live up to our high standards - etc'.

I have stopped caring really (I will play the game for sure) - but the game has clearly been delayed twice. First the late 2011 releae became early 2012 and then early 2012 became Q2 2012.

we are arguing semantics here. Early is as whoever said it perceives it to be, and to me, logically to the end of April I would call early. It's not divided into quarters if you actually want to divide it. If anything it would be thirds, early, middle, late. Early = jan until mid of may, middle is mid of may till mid september, and late is sept - end of december.

The problem with semantics is that they're semantics. I'd say with the passing of every week and for sure every month we pass an exponential number of peoples' definitions of "early". According to you, if April passes with no release, then even you'd have to say they lied or misconstrued or were less than honest about the actual release. Even now they're using the words "targeting Quarter 2" instead of "will release in Q2". Which worries me despite the fact that I'm not a conspiracy theorist at heart.

I'd venture that most people on Earth who use "early" in reference to year, as in "I'll get to that early next yearly" mostly likely (95%) mean January-February. With the real point being that while everyone's definition of "early" can theoretically be a reasonably wide array of dates, no one would really say "early" and mean anything after April-May. Anyone in their right mind would simply say "mid-next year", whereas Blizzard seems to be perfectly fine with anything before July, and perhaps after if it suits their needs.

In summation, a more forthcoming and exact style of communication would have been better from the start. I think fans would overwhelmingly like to know more and have a better idea of an actual release date, rather than a fictitious release "window (Which has already been delayed twice), than be given tantalizing promises that aren't lived up to in the end.

Overview
I have not seen any threads cataloging all the minute quarks and mechanics of the D3 auction house. So along those lines, I propose we start pooling all information we might have to allow an easy resource for those interested. Feel free to have me add things or point me to useful sites for information.

General information
Many official channels have produced a lot of information for those casually interested in the AH. They can be found at:

http://us.blizzard.c...ion:auction-faq



http://www.diablowik...t/Auction_House


Information Not Easily Found Elsewhere
Although these 'official' sources have a lot of information, there are things they don't tell you that are quite relevant.

• No cancelling auctions after a grace period. What this means, is that after a 5 minute timer, your posted item is stuck till it's sold or expires. Can't cancel early to give your buddy that item that he just now told you he wanted. Can't cancel because you noticed too late that you posted it a few digits too cheap. Can't cancel because you have been undercut.
• No reselling won items during a cool down period. If you win an item of the AH, you can't trade or repost it for 24 hours. This minimizes the amount of market manipulation AH junkies would love to do. It also means that if you are a re-seller of large amounts of items, that you take additional risk losing sales during that time. Some items are exempted from this rule, primarily anything that stacks, including gold.
• No names shown on the AH, for buyers or sellers. You can no longer directly track what you competitors are doing and adjust around them. You can not blacklist people you don't like or people you suspect of hacking. It also means you won't get 9001 whispers from people asking you to sell your Sword of Godliness for cheaper then $350. It is anonymous for all users.
• Only one duration to choose for posting items. And its 48 hours. Short bid auctions for quick sales? NOPE
• Buying stacks automatically buys the cheapest items first. But it quotes you as though they were all at the most expensive price. This means that you might actually pay less then it says it will cost.
• Armor and DPS are the default sorting metrics. What this means is that even if your Cod-piece of Manliness has similar or better stats then all the others, if it has lower armor, then it gets less advertising. The same goes for weapons: if there are stats that are valuable that don't directly get rolled into DPS, then they are at a disadvantage. The best advertising will exist on the first page results, and so higher armor or DPS rolled pieces will sell better.
• DPS metrics on weapons are not accurate. The DPS contribution of any stat cannot be taken in a vacuum and applied generically to all users. The values and contributions of the various stats have various worth to differerent classes and gear setups. What this means is that even though an item is listed as a higher DPS weapon does not mean it will give YOU higher DPS. It also means there may be 'diamond in the rough' type weapons that get overlooked due to low shown DPS, when they are actually quite valuable.
• Max bid amounts are reserved from your funds. It makes sense to make sure people don't promise their money to multiple people if they can't afford to do so. It also means that those who participate in mass bidding (trying to get cheap prices) will have to have SIGNIFICANT funds to do so, even though only a fraction of your bids may win.

TL;DR
Summery of GAH/RMAH rules and mechanics. Please add/correct more information.