The Real Money Auction House (RMAH) was introduced into the beta during beta patch 7, it allows people to sell and buy items in Diablo III for real money.
In order to buy items on the RMAH, real currency will be turned into Blizzard e-balance and for beta testing purposes, everyone in the beta was given 50 free beta bucks, a currency that is only being used to test the system. Players are currently able to both sell and buy items from each other with these beta bucks, player can also sell gold that other players can buy with beta bucks.
Players are able to buy and sell items through both bidding and buyout options, once an item is purchased, the money will automatically added to your beta bucks/cash balance of your account.
Blue Posts
Official Blizzard Quote:
Currency-Based AH now live
The currency-based auction house is now available with the release of Beta 7! This new auction house has replaced the gold one for now.
For more info and how to use the auction house, please visit: http://us.battle.net...opic/3196339628
For information on the currency-based auction house, please visit: http://us.battle.net...-12_1_2011#blog
To help us keep everything together we'd appreciate you post any and all auction house bug reports in this thread. If you have any feedback on the currency-based auction house, please visit the Beta Feedback forums.
Thank you, and happy testing! (Source - Blue Tracker)
Multiple dyes on one item
Unfortunately, placing say, red with black and gold on a single item is not possible. You will only be able to use one single dye on an item at a time. (Source - Blue Tracker)
CE item questions
- The skull is used as something for housing your USB key. It's not necessarily practical, but I happen to think it looks wicked
- The dyes that you receive as a part of the Collectors Edition have unlimited usage, so feel free to use them as much as you want.
- The wings are actually just an item that sits in your inventory which you can enable or disable at will. They have no timer and do not need to be equipped (Source - Blue Tracker)
If you release your body during a boss fight and it is still in-progress when you return, you cannot enter until after the fight.
What you can do next time is wait for your partner to resurrect you by clicking on your cross without you releasing your body, or stay dead until the fight is over (Source - Blue Tracker)
A Day in the Life of CM Micah Whipple (Bashiok)
Micah has offered a view into his daily life working for Blizzard as one of their community managers. Here is just a piece of what that day looks like.
Official Blizzard Quote:
1:45 PM
We also begin collecting questions for the Diablo III design meeting tomorrow. While we're constantly emailing and chatting with the developers, we also have dedicated weekly meeting time set aside to go through community-submitted questions and to get a sense of how the players are feeling. Answers are great, but getting the devs’ candid take on design and the game allows us to actually converse with the community, and not just copy and paste answers.
Blizzard's Holiday Dessert Contest
Official Blizzard Quote:
Most people enjoy the holiday tradition of sharing a meal with family and friends -- and delicious desserts are a big part of the reason why. This year, we're hungry to see you spread holiday joy from your kitchen by cooking up sweet culinary creations -- and finishing them off with a Blizzard touch.
Simply prepare and decorate a Warcraft, StarCraft, or Diablo-themed dessert. Take a picture of your creative confection and submit it, and you might just find something special under your tree from Greatfather Winter!
SERIOUSLY!?
Bashiok is a funny man!
I get that he's trying to be funny, but why has Blizzard allowed him to carry on with his unprofessional and childish behavior for so long is beyond me.
That being said, this blue post has given me yet another reason to be jelly of everyone fortunate enough to get beta access.
I have HIGH hopes for the RMAH and hope it turns out to be everything it has potential for.
I'm looking forward to reading end user reviews on the RMAH in the coming days.
Not to be an ass but damn. A guy makes a poke at how often players complain and you get mad? That's seems a bit ironic to me.
wrong. read my post again.
Regardless if he's a door greater or a community manager, name another company that allows an employee to act as if he's dealing with children, all the time. I understand that he's dealing with a gaming community, but a little professional curtsy goes a long way in keeping your customers happy. Sometimes he just needs to keep his comments to him self.
And when did I say I was mad? I simply stated that he comes off as a dick sometimes and that I disliked his comment.
That is all.
Oh but he is, whether by age or attitude.
grammatically correct sentences lol.
Also to get mad at Bashiok is just ridiculous..
A community manager for such a big game with a huge crowd has to be a bit cynnical, sarcastic and takes things lightly.
Otherwise he just doesn't survive or waste his time caring for haters and trolls.
Much love to Bashiok
Sorry for the wall of images:
sign of beta
Sometimes I read his posts and I just have no idea why he's posting at all.