D3 RMAH was 1000% better

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ebrl#7983 wrote:

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Giantbomb#0840 wrote:

The Trade site is controlled by the RMT sites.

And there you have the root of everything wrong with PoE, and frankly, with the entire genre, with very few exceptions. PoE is a trade-first game - playing the economy is far more powerful than actually playing the game - which means the entire structure of game balance, player expectations, build viability, etc, eventually ends up at the mercy of RMT actors. Most builds feel weak because you're also supposed to play the economy to get them to a desirable level, but the economy is a rigged game by default. For most people the only reasonable options are to either become the equivalent of a low tier office drone and scramble for scraps while knowing you're just a little cog in a big machine that makes some unsavory characters at the top even richer, or go live in abject poverty in SSF just to spite GGG.

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Elitista#7887 wrote:

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ebrl#7983 wrote:

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Giantbomb#0840 wrote:

The Trade site is controlled by the RMT sites.

And there you have the root of everything wrong with PoE, and frankly, with the entire genre, with very few exceptions. PoE is a trade-first game - playing the economy is far more powerful than actually playing the game - which means the entire structure of game balance, player expectations, build viability, etc, eventually ends up at the mercy of RMT actors. Most builds feel weak because you're also supposed to play the economy to get them to a desirable level, but the economy is a rigged game by default. For most people the only reasonable options are to either become the equivalent of a low tier office drone and scramble for scraps while knowing you're just a little cog in a big machine that makes some unsavory characters at the top even richer, or go live in abject poverty in SSF just to spite GGG.

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+1. Couldn't have said it better myself.