I agree the game is a lot better than at release. I played at release but only got to maybe level 30. I started playing again right after xmas holidays and I play daily now. Love killing me some demons~ I feel the game can only get better as well so excited for the future patches coming down the pipe.
I think the AH is fine, I think game changes need to be made. I actually think the RMAH is a great feature for a company and could see more companies use it going forward. If you could launch a game for less or nothing and utilize the player economy and/or offsetting with additional (cosmetic) micro transactions to bring in revenue I see nothing wrong with that. It's an optional part of the game for the players and a revenue for the company. Win Win.
That said, I have only pretty recently started playing with both GAH and RMAH and think there are game changes that could be made to improve both.
To curb the 3rd party sites. (I'd never risk useing them but with the amount of spam I see I am sure people do) why not change the way people purchase gold on the RMAH. Have a set price, say a $5.00 block of gold. People could put as much or as little gold as they wanted up for that $5.00 block. People buying gold would always get whatever the best ratio of $ to gold is. I can understand Blizzard not wanting to work in tons of super small transactions so this would kill 2 birds with 1 stone, no matter what the inflation is on gold.
More top teir gear that is bind to account but found from killing not crafting. Get people killing the beasts! 1 way that could be fun is if when you started up a game, randomly in one of the zones of that act there would be a boss mob that would have a high chance of dropping one of these top teir items. With the RNG you would always want to look for the mob because you could get lucky and getting an item better than you are wearing.
More gold sinks. HIGH priced dyes, or particle effects. High priced repair kits. Cheaper to repair in town but nice to have if you don't want to hit town but need repair. Add in those non combat pets and make them EXPENSIVE. Other consumables MF potions, Armor potions, Thorns etc.
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That said, I have only pretty recently started playing with both GAH and RMAH and think there are game changes that could be made to improve both.
To curb the 3rd party sites. (I'd never risk useing them but with the amount of spam I see I am sure people do) why not change the way people purchase gold on the RMAH. Have a set price, say a $5.00 block of gold. People could put as much or as little gold as they wanted up for that $5.00 block. People buying gold would always get whatever the best ratio of $ to gold is. I can understand Blizzard not wanting to work in tons of super small transactions so this would kill 2 birds with 1 stone, no matter what the inflation is on gold.
More top teir gear that is bind to account but found from killing not crafting. Get people killing the beasts! 1 way that could be fun is if when you started up a game, randomly in one of the zones of that act there would be a boss mob that would have a high chance of dropping one of these top teir items. With the RNG you would always want to look for the mob because you could get lucky and getting an item better than you are wearing.
More gold sinks. HIGH priced dyes, or particle effects. High priced repair kits. Cheaper to repair in town but nice to have if you don't want to hit town but need repair. Add in those non combat pets and make them EXPENSIVE. Other consumables MF potions, Armor potions, Thorns etc.