Seeing as how Blizzard finally announced Paypal as the third party payment provider for the Auction House, we're curious to see what everyone thinks about that... At first, during the press event, Blizzard was hesitant to name any names because things weren't finalized just yet.
- It was expected.
- Psyched!
- I hate Paypal.
- Doesn't bother me any.
- Who cares?
In our previous poll, we wanted to know what type of content you guys wanted us to pump out throughout the course of the Beta. Seems like most of you want to see commentaries and play experiences... Duly noted, :).
The AH was recently added to the Beta and we're starting to get into the Beta state of mind here, with patches and cool new features, :). If you missed the twenty-fifth episode, you can check it out here. Otherwise, the twenty-sixth episode covered the following topics:
- Official Diablo III Site Gets Updated
- New Class Pages
- Skills and Guns
- F&F Beta Patch 3
- Gold Auction House in Beta
- New Pals: Blizzard and PayPal
- Demon Hunter to see further revision
- DiabloFans Tools: Diablo 3 Skill Calculator!
- DiabloFans: 3D Viewer & Streams!
If you've missed any previous episodes, check the archive!
Just change the first option to another emotion option. Of course this was expected...Paypal was the only realisitic option. Everyone and their toilet paper knew it was PayPal. They just couldn't officially say anything until every i was dotted and t was crossed.
Just change the first option to another emotion option. Of course this was expected...Paypal was the only realisitic option. Everyone and their toilet paper knew it was PayPal. They just couldn't officially say anything until every i was dotted and t was crossed.
They are going to give all the beta accounts the "blizzard bucks" to buy and sell on the RMAH, and wipe it after.
A smaller note, and one that deals with more shady topics, is that Paypal worked with Blizzard in dealing with many of the RMT organizations (gold-sellers in general terms). That said, it comes to no surprise that these two have been working alongside each other for the good part of the year, and Paypal looks to be the most reliable outlet as far as a safety net away from these RMT businesses when it comes to Diablo 3. Obviously, RMT is going to be an issue with Diablo 3, but, hopefully, this partnership will help diminish, if not destroy, the effect that the business will have on the game.
Here's hoping.
Beyond all that, I'm anxious to see the Demon Hunter revisions. I kind of liked the dual-resource system, and hope it remains to some effect.
I saw a stream where someone was fiddling with the stash "view as" option and it changed the armor to appear as it would for the class displayed and I believe the gender of the current class. Although he was male so it may just be the male version shown.
Although PayPal is certainly one of the most popular online payment method, it is also one of the most hacked. Something that garners large attention also brings negative attention. Already tons of people who play Blizzard games get their game accounts hacked...imagine what people will do when gamers have invested serious amounts of money into their D3 stuff only to have that account stolen, then their PayPal information is right there.
I believe there are more secure options to choose, although less well-known. Because of the sheer volume of people that play Blizzard games, I'm sure it's not an easy choice for them either. Becoming a partner of Blizzard is a big thing for any company I think. Choosing a lesser-known company could have been a really smart move to get them off the ground and really become popular.
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Sorry for the doublepost.
While I agree that such a situation could garner the unwanted attention of hackers, the security of one's own account generally rests on the shoulder of the consumer, not the business. It's rare that the lack security of companies becomes the reason for account information being compromised (though Sony's foulout is a glaring reminder that it happens). Plus, if people get a hold of one's Paypal information, Diablo 3 is the last thing one has to worry about.
I merely mention the thought that PayPal accounts are notorious for being "easy" to hack into. Through various online vendors, eBay, phishing, etc, account login information can be stolen. I agree with you in that if you were to hack someone's paypal, you wouldn't give 2 cents about their D3 information. I am just dissapointed that Blizzard chose to go with PayPal for this RMAH having to know about the possible issues in security potential.
If the decision were mine, I would use a different company like Dwolla, who although smaller, is more intense in their security, options and customer service to be able to compete with online payment/banking systems like PayPal
I myself have never had a problem while I personaly know people who have lost thousands of dollors to the company.
I've been listening to your show since Ep1.
Because D3's release seems closer than ever i wanted to thank you guys for all the work you've done.
Diablocast was,for me,truly a pleasure Throughout the semester (oh and also now of course)
Keep up the good work-Force,Sixen,and C.Dragon
You guys are great.