[Official] Diablo III Information and Discussion Thread - Page 804

Originally Posted by Crazy9000 

I took a look at the RMAH, and even if you want to use it, it seems a better idea to go with the gold AH and buy gold from a farmer lol. Probably save quite a bit of $ that way, given how terrible most things on the RMAH were priced.

Originally Posted by Nethermir 

Screenshot (Click to show) your wiz looks awesome! what shield is that? i have a level 55 wiz and i am only equipping swords just because it looks good on a wiz.

Now, that does not mean they are upgrades for you, but they may be for someone else. Example: Yesterday I hit 60 on my barb and was looking for a decent shield to get me by. I first looked at legendary shields and realized they were way out of my price range. I only wanted to spend around 1m gold. So, I popped in 1m gold as max buyout, put in all resist >60 and Block % (the two things that matter most), and took a look. After sorting by lowest buyout first I found a shield with 26% block, 76 all resist, blocking 3700-4700 dmg FOR 4000g!!!

Originally Posted by Masked 

I disagree with practically this entire post.
You really don't understand the Diablo 3 economy, nor does 90% of it's playerbase and that's actually the issue.
When the game first was released...Prices were cheap...In fact, up until the release of the RMAH, prices were actually, reasonable on the AH...Then when the RMAH released, everyone tried to match the price of gold on the AH as well as the RMAH, this is/was the downfall of the system...Nothing else.
This is very very simple, Keynesian economics. (Oh look, someone in this thread actually took economics) ~ We originally relied on the AH for progression because it was a viable source for upgrades...However, with the release of the RMAH (Which, you could argue is "our GD") the prices have skyrocketed while income has stayed on the same level platform.
The problem is actually a very simple one and they're addressing it full throttle. ~ Again, Keynesian.
Right now there's a bottleneck on the AH because 80% of those currently in Inferno cannot actually bypass act 2...So, you're left with a limited market on items with an ilevel above 61...In fact, in checking the market from the back-end this morning, the AH is now FLOODED with level 60/61 ilevel items and the vast majority are selling at 20-100k. The 62/63 ilevel items are found at a PREMIUM of 1m+.
Now, if you do some more investigating into the people that claim that this patch is "ruining the game" it's because Blizzard is directly hitting their profit margins...They're the 20% that are currently in Act 3 and Act 4 and they don't want you to pass act 2...Think of them like an Oil Company and Blizzard is the Toyota Prius ~ This is BAD NEWS for them.
So what are they actually doing? Increasing the drop rates SUBSTANTIALLY...Yes, ladies and gentleman, over a 1000% increase from what it currently is. ~ That's going to crush your AH pricing scheme alone because now, those that are stuck in act 1, can/could accomplish the same goals as someone in act 3...So, there's the first direct impact.
The 2nd thing they're doing is nerfing act 2...Particularly, the ranged mobs...This means that now, that 80% that was stuck, will no longer be stuck.
Both of those changes will severely flood the market and will lower prices dramatically...Not only that but, the announcements that legendaries will change similarly to D2, is decreasing the market on those unique items right now which, is helping your lowest consumers.
So, quite frankly, I feel that your entire post is absolutely misguided and that you, should take an economics class, yourself, to learn how the market is actually effected.

Originally Posted by ntherblast 

To list an item on the RMAH I noticed my cc was charged $1. If my item doesn't sell do they refund me the $1?

Originally Posted by rctrucker 


One last thing, items that are level 33-50 sell REALLY well if they are decent, people making the jump from normal to nightmare or nightmare to hell, always look to the AH for a boost.

Originally Posted by ntherblast 

To list an item on the RMAH I noticed my cc was charged $1. If my item doesn't sell do they refund me the $1?

Originally Posted by ntherblast 

To list an item on the RMAH I noticed my cc was charged $1. If my item doesn't sell do they refund me the $1?

Originally Posted by Masked 


I was actually reading the OF (Official Forums) this morning and couldn't stop laughing because of how many farmers that are just complaining thread after thread after thread...LOL...Greedy, much?