Sure it does, anyone in Inferno finds 500-1000+ gold drops quite regularly. Even in hell finding piles of a few hundred gold is not uncommon; and prior to Hell repair rates have increased by exactly zero gold.
They need a cap on the amount that someone can ask for even in the Gold AH to control the economy a little... just saying.
I wouldn't cap it. Instead, I would design a mechanism that makes the auction length increase with the asking price. Want to list an item for $50m? Go right ahead! But if it doesn't sell, it's hogging up one of your auction slots for two full weeks!
Players of higher level who found it and are selling it to lower level characters because the lower level characters can't find it at their level.
And the level 60 stuff from people who farm for dozens (and perhaps more) hours going over the same ground over and over and over AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER the same ground until they find that one single item to sell or use.
found some really nice loot right off the bat. None of it is good for my WD though. I feel it is a waste to just vendor it, which led to me thinking that I should auction it, which led me to think that I need to re-learn the market prices, which led me to consider setting up a paypal for the RMAH, which led me to think how that would be a pain in the ass, which led me to think about the reasons I'm even playing this game, which led me to the menu and straight on to the 'exit game' button.
I launched the game back up for the first time in like 2 weeks. Playing with my WD in a2 inferno.
I found some really nice loot right off the bat. None of it is good for my WD though. I feel it is a waste to just vendor it, which led to me thinking that I should auction it, which led me to think that I need to re-learn the market prices, which led me to consider setting up a paypal for the RMAH, which led me to think how that would be a pain in the ass, which led me to think about the reasons I'm even playing this game, which led me to the menu and straight on to the 'exit game' button.
meh
Bottom line of Diablo 3...
When the most effective way of progressing through the game is by flipping low valued items in the auction house for higher profits...
Sounds a lot like work to me. I play games for fun.
Item drops are designed to be rare and sparse so Activision can make a rake off RMAH ( I believe 15% of each item sold) The game itself is impossible to proceed past about mid Hell without using the auction house even if you farm hundreds of hours looking for passable gear. Inferno is where you must spend big money to proceed. Blacksmithing is utterly worthless to get you through dispite spending 2 milion in gold to be able to craft lvl 60 items. I believe this is all by design to encourage micro transactions. Unfortunatly for Activision, as a visitor to bnet forums, I've noticed there seems to be a lot of dissatisfaction with this idea with about half the threads panning this game and most wrt AH/RMAH.
aRPGs can barley stand on their own simplistic gameplay which is why not many are made however one thing that made them interesting was the feedback loop and sense of accomplishment of grinding to find uber items and/or uber stat builds. D3 takes this all away with simply getting rich or being rich in the case of RMAH for success and I don't see it as a viable turn of events judging by responses.
Anyone else getting severe lag tonight? Trying to figure out if it is my ISP or D3.
I spent over 100k last night doing one quest in Act2. I am now finally on the black soul stone quest. If I can finish Act2 and do even remotely ok in Act3 then I will be set. For some reason knowing the best drop rates for the best items cap in Act3 makes farming in the lower level seem like a waste of time. If Act3 destroys me then I will probably hang up the barb and roll a ranged class
No. I treat the AH like the device that they engineered the game towards use. Having it is fine. Making it Almost mandatory to use, is just wrong on so many levels.
And it isn't a play style so much as you are heavily incented to use it in order to compete. Every word you type reinforces that.
I don't know what game you are playing, but I routinely sell wands in diablo 2 for 10k. Armor and weapons as well. Not sure what Charsi's prices are, but most of the vendors buy for a LOT more than 3261. Not to mention the fact that 3261 vs 10. Hmm, which is more?
My definition of borked is that they are random and specifically skewed to be lower power than you can buy in the auction house and use at your level. In other words, if you don't use the auction house, you can't compete with those who do. And once you get to 60 and Inferno, all I have read suggests that if you don't have AH level equipment, you ain't gonna survive. That's Borked to me.
\Gold in D3 is exclusively tied to AH. Without it, gold is no where near as valuable as in D2 precisely because you will never get enough gold in D3 to buy anything of significance without the AH.
And again the focus is to "Entice" you to go AH (and by extension RMAH). It's a racket.
My point was, Diablo 2 is still being played 12 years later. Diablo 3 won't be.
It isn't a waste though. Add in AH selling, most people can make close to 150k/hr on butcher runs easy.
Make enough gold and buy a few items on the AH.
What gold seems like to me in this game is similar to Badges of justice/valor "points" from WoW. You have a chance of an item dropping for you, but overtime with enough work you can just buy an item instead.
How did you spend 100k though? Are you just repeatadly dying trying to push through the act? If so you may need to get a little more gear behind you first.
Don't know anyone who does Pony runs but I want in! Hell or Inferno. I got a buttload of magic find, so let me know.
I started actually progressing through Act 2 finally after 2-3 weeks of being stuck. Progressing very slowly though and Act 2 is long as shit. Getting some horrible drops like rare 2 handed weapons that do 178 dmg and stuff like that, so I can see where people complaining about the lame drops comes from. It could be better but I'm not bothered by it.
The only issue I have with the AH is having both the RMAH and Gold auction house exist.
I say this because, most of the items I would love to obtain gold and buy with are on the RMAH. More and More better items are appearing on the RMAH over the GAH
One outlier does not prove a point.
Don't know anyone who does Pony runs but I want in! Hell or Inferno. I got a buttload of magic find, so let me know.
I started actually progressing through Act 2 finally after 2-3 weeks of being stuck. Progressing very slowly though and Act 2 is long as shit. Getting some horrible drops like rare 2 handed weapons that do 178 dmg and stuff like that, so I can see where people complaining about the lame drops comes from. It could be better but I'm not bothered by it.
I found that Same Amulet last night with +LOH 360, 140ish str, 150ish armor, and some other stats. I put it up for 35. Probably won't sell but I'll keep posting it until my Barb hits 60 and then just use it. (He won't be 60 for a long while)
To me, that is the beauty of the RMAH, find a great piece of gear, you can use it or sell it. Both are positive, and I'm no worse off.
same~ I don't usually find good gear, so I always end up either buying it at GAH or in forums and reselling it
For example. I purchased a 76x sword with 48x LOH + 293 str + 18x vita open socket for 100k gold ( amazing deal ). Resold that on RMAH for $75 reserve BIN $100.
Ended up selling for reserve price.
I also picked up a 129 intellect Andy's helm for 1 mil. I can flip it for double if not triple that.
It's all a matter of either finding 1 great item or finding deals to resell for profit.