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Poll is stupid. "It was expected." can also be followed by any other the options. The last 4 are your pos/neg attitude to the merger, and the first was if it was what you expected.

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.

Poll is stupid. "It was expected." can also be followed by any of the other options. The last 4 are your pos/neg attitude to the company, and the first was if it was what you expected.

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.

I like the who cares option cause guess what... who cares. Does it affect you? only if you cash out and either way if it wasn't pay pal someone else who have performed the same function for you.

Are runes inserted into socketable items? How do those work? I'm just a little confused on how they work.

As far as third-party payment organizations, Paypal is certainly the most expected. The biggest draw is the fact that they are immense as far as their influence in the online world. Paypal is, effectively, the way to go for online payment of anything. It's fast, easy, and just about anyone who does anything online does so with Paypal, as mentioned.

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.

Stash viewing feature:
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.

As far as third-party payment organizations, Paypal is certainly the most expected. The biggest draw is the fact that they are immense as far as their influence in the online world. Paypal is, effectively, the way to go for online payment of anything. It's fast, easy, and just about anyone who does anything online does so with Paypal, as mentioned.

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.

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.

After clicking the chat gem while listening to this for 37 minutes I finally got a build that has all the same colour rune:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#QkgVPh!VZW!aaaaaa

There's a reason the d3ffbeta stream is the best one - he talks during it. People like to know what the person is thinking and what they're experiencing during it, and it's even better if it's live and you can interact with the person.


Sorry for the doublepost.

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.

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.

cant wait to listen to this one! t-minus 1 hour...

*shrug*

What about coutries where paypal is not supported? What about countries that can only send money and cant receive money using paypal?

one day, i dreamed, that playing diablo would become a viable career option. the day is here....

Was expected and gotta hate paypal to some degree. Will have to see how much trouble paypal gives the players that use the real money AH a lot.

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 find it intresting how PayPal has such a varible view.

I myself have never had a problem while I personaly know people who have lost thousands of dollors to the company.

Hey guys,
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.

You guys need ScyberDragon, he's the funny one