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Quote from SePetus

Dont see no problem with people rushing to lvl 60 it wouldnt affect my game at all, and either would it affect anyone elses game i think.

Not entirely true because of the effect this has on the economy. Blizzard has explicitly restricted certain items to level 60 finds, so the fewer people that are level 60, the rarer and more expensive these items will be. I could see how having massive numbers of max-level characters will limit the ability for a hardcore gamer to really set himself apart. It might run the risk of allowing gamers to max out their play experience quicker if the best items are as easy to get and as cheap to obtain as they seem to be in D2. I like how D2 was in the beginning where a level 99 character was a far-fetched dream that only a single person obtained in a year.

Quote from hawkeyenick

Skip the beta, get into the real deal (and possibly Titan)

https://blizzard.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=19680&src=JB-202

Too bad it's a temp position without relocation assistance. They're probably looking for a local.

I think the main difference between RMAH and gold AH will be the Paypal integration. I doubt any Paypal activity will make it into beta.

Not using multi-threading would be a waste of resources yes...but are they resources needed by the game rendering itself? I don't see D3 as being a graphics or physics intensive game. They could definitely split off threads to interact with the server and client in different ways though. You could, say, run your battle.net social interactions (chat, maybe even ventrillo-like interaction) through a separate thread, and Blizzard could run separate validation processes to help protect against botting/cheating without contaminating the main game processes. Also, I could see using a separate process to help with garbage collection and help keep the load down on your CPU. There are many ways to use multi-threading without having to necessarily split a single task among multiple processes through forking.

OP,

What's likely to happen is that yes, there will be tremendous inflation in the relationship of gold to RM (gold becoming cheaper and cheaper w.r.t. to your wallet). However, I believe that this inflation will occur across all or most items in Diablo 3 as a whole. I posit the following: gold will become cheaper because more will be input more quickly into the economy relative to the amount of RM than is being inputted (just as you say). Likewise, ALL other items in Diablo 3 will find their way into the economy at a rate completely proportional to the rate of Gold, such that your gold to item ratios will remain more or less constant (or less inflation prone). The only thing that can throw this off is gold farming (which will, of course, exist). So, actually, a huge devaluation of gold with respect to RM is a good thing, removing the incentives to partake in this economy ruining tactic.

Example:
Day A: 1000 gold is worth $1.00 AND Certain Axe is worth 1000 Gold, thus Certain Axe is worth around $1.00.
Day B: 100000 gold is worth $1.00 now (due to the market conditions you suggest), and 1000 gold is worth $0.01, but supply of this Certain Axe has increased (for the most part) proportionally to the increase of gold, so Certain Axe is worth around 1000 gold still (even if that's now only $0.01).

Thus, regardless of it being Day A or Day B, you can put in 1000 gold for that type of axe (which you can always grind yourself legitimately), and your axe will be trade-able for 1000 gold.

From this example, I say you have nothing to worry about if you refrain from partaking of the RMAH and simply use gold. Then, your items will retain the gold value you expect and vice versa, even if that value is worth less and less real money.

Wonder if you agree.