Diablo 3 : real money auction house - confirmed

Blizzard will not be selling items

only players will sell to players

but you have to pay real money to use the AH and blizzard will take a cut

http://img5.178.com/d3/201107/106112700658/106113168572.jpg

Its a scam. Don't believe it lol

Blizzard held a press event on friday

all attendees were under NDA until August 1st 12:01 am pacific time

a chinese fan site has broken the NDA early

so yes, confirmed


fom a chinese site
http://d3.178.com/201108/106129901656.html

google translate
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fd3.178.com%2F201108%2F106129901656.html&act=url


http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://d3.178.com/201107/106105930252.html&usg=ALkJrhingghYwtsfbchuGs0MFtJQnmX9Og

I never complained about the real money, so don't get your panties in a wad. I'm just passing on news

This would be cool, but I'd end up spending a few gs that I need for... rent.

If you buy digital in game items... aren't you EXACTLY the players you HATE? Those **cks that don't work for what they get... the type of people that deserve to be physically harmed for being weak. (This IS just an OPINION, but I would enact it to law if given the chance, why should blizzard get crap for making money off of bullsh!t?)

This is officially confirmed. Also now it is impossible to hold points for the skill tree. You now don't get given skill points and you will be given a selection of skills to choose to add at certain levels.

This is coming from Sixen, the main mod for diablofans.com

"Here comes the bombshell: he also introduced to us the auction house. The real money auction house. Yes, an auction house that you pay/sell items for real cash and vice versa. As soon as this dropped, it was silent, though I couldn't stop myself from spitting out "Bwhat?!" to break the silence permeating throughout the room. He went on to tell us that it would be a regional AH, based completely on money. On the AH, there will also be an autobidding system, with a smart search, and secure item transfers. It seemed to me like he waited a few slides before he actually let us know that there would also be a gold-based auction house, as well as in-game trading... Maybe just to see our reactions or something, but do not fret! You will not be forced to use real money. In addition, we'll be able to pull items from our shared stash to place into the AH. Their reasoning behind doing this is simply because the players want it. If the players didn't want it, they would not have been using shady third party sites, like d2jsp in the D2 era of the series. Essentially, all Blizzard did was make something that was previously unofficial and sketchy, official and supported. Though, I should also mention that they are planning on selling/buying characters at some point in time as well, not at launch. For more information, read the AH overview and FAQ in the sections below.
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My only concern is for the PvP aspect, since it will matter most when some fully godly-geared toon will 2 shot your normal *work for your gear* toon. Gay.

Edit: Late, I know, apologies.
Double Edit: On the bright side, I could always farm loot and quit my day job ;P jk! But my WoW account did sell for $2400, but it took years to build it.

Yeah but guess what? There will still be external sites. Because of that usage fee that Blizzard is taking.

http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/2011-diablo-iii-press-event-diablo-iii-auction-house-faq

What’s the difference between the gold-based auction house and the currency-based auction house?

The gold-based auction house uses in-game gold for purchases and sales. With the currency-based auction house, players will be able to conduct these transactions using actual currency from an authorized payment method or from funds that have been added to their Battle.net account. Players can choose to participate in whichever version of the auction house they prefer, on a per-transaction basis.


How is the transaction fee determined?

A nominal fixed transaction fee will be deducted from the seller for each item listed in the auction house. This fee consists of a fixed charge to list the item, which is assessed whether or not the item is successfully sold, and an additional fixed charge that is assessed only if the item is sold. Because the listing portion of the fee is charged even if the item doesn’t sell, it will be in the seller’s interest to list items he or she believes other players will be interested in, and to do so at a competitive price. Specific details related to the transaction fee for the currency-based auction house will vary by region and will be announced at a later date.


link below covers bulleted items

http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/blizzplanet-2011-diablo-iii-press-event-coverage
* Diablo III FAQ
* Diablo III Beta Overview
* Diablo III Beta FAQ
* Diablo III Auction House Overview
* Diablo III Auction House FAQ
* Auction House Screenshots
* Diablo III Beta B-roll video
* Diablo III Gameplay Screenshots
* Diablo III New Tristram Concept Art
* Battle.net Interface and Friend Lists
* Diablo III Class Crests Artwork

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SpudOfDoom wrote:

Yeah but guess what? There will still be external sites. Because of that usage fee that Blizzard is taking.

True, but I'm betting the Blizzard legal team is putting fine print in against external sales of ingame content.

And WOW, I didn't see this coming, even though it sorta makes sense... but I'm not a fan of this at all. Unless I get rich! haha