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Yep, mob mentality is, as you put it, appalling.

Whoa, who gave them guns??

Take them away! It's for the children!

Bare fists would be interesting but I voted dual fists instead since I imagine that will be more visually appealing. But at some point I will be sure to try a staff!

I like the post!

However, if they let us spectate PvP games.... I hope it is better than the head turn, head turn, head turn, head turn of tennis. Sure, it may be fun for you to analyze the serve, etc. but what about those of us who can only keep track of one or two classes' abilities?

Not to hijack but I noticed that my profile shows the used/free space of my storage drive and not my C: drive. And I guess I need to double check my region!

Get both!^tm

I love 'playing' the AH in WoW and look forward to (what I hope will be) trying an improved version for Diablo. I am genuinely excited to see how this aspect plays out.

I think I would 'enjoy' this new style. It really does sound more in line with the Diablo franchise. And the way my friend and I play tends to be to run one main character through the game and then work on several more based on what gear drops.

Maybe that means he runs a wizard with my barbarian the first time through - then I inherit his unwanted runes for my wizard...

I can see this working.

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No it WON'T. You're assuming everyone behaves rationally, like counting machines. You're assuming everyone will exchange currencies immediately like some HFT software. Human beings are not pure theory executors, and the system in practice will be many orders of magnitude more complex than you and Phrozen are making it out to be.

Hopefully this isn't too much of a tangent. What if instead of two AH markets the exchange rate is "fixed"? What if the exchange rate is constantly up-to-date? I have no idea if it is practical but if the AH allows bids in gold and cash interchangeably, would that solve your frustration?

Obviously, that is a rather large hypothetical.

Am I right in assuming the D3 market will be similar in size (number of users) to a high population WoW server?

Size does matter. And how large the market is will have an impact on how hard it will be to manipulate.

@santaclaws

Much like an earlier poster who talked about WoW's "auction-pvp", there are some of us who will use the AH in D3 for the fun of it. I will play the game to kill mobs, hell yeah! but I will also get a TON of mileage out of that evil "Market Manipulation".

I 'know a guy' who bought a truck and two jetskiis by selling WoW gold. There it was illicit and against the EULA but.... Here in D3 it will be sanctioned and will support Blizzard.

ETA: You just posted again so this is in reply to your page 5 post.

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....I am still stoked for Diablo 3 and I am hoping the beta release date is said on the 3rd and I get a key!

Here here!

I'm okay with the status of things pre-beta not being EXACTLY how I see they should be - that is what beta is for!

Pay to play would kill it for me. I would pay once and not re-sub just to see the game but I have no monthly gaming budget.

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Quote from Umpa

I'm simply being selfish and using my time to suite me instead of the better of the nation because I don't believe my personal impact's worth outweighs anything substantial enough to care about it more than focusing on my own agenda in life.

One person rarely ever changes anything. But when there are hundreds of thousands of "one person"s then things can change very fast.

Things must change if this nation is to exist much longer. People are loosing their rights left and right. If someone doesn't stand up now, then something will give, and the bloodshed will be worse then even the Civil War.

This was the thought I was driving at, that little ol' me may not be important on a cosmic scale but when I light a fire under one other person my importance has increased by proxy. I know that is the case! Even where I live, in a 'purple' state, I helped several apolitical people get involved in civics. I consider every critical thought I provoke as a smashing success. @Umpa, if your philosophy stems from critical evaluation and not just jaded rebellion, then I can only support your decision.

@Umpa

Are you staying that inaction is the only action until violent action is the only action?

I am confused by your post. Yes, banging the gong of the police state isn't very useful but being concerned and involved is an important activity.

Your last paragraph rings very true to me. People can be very predictable on a large scale. But doing nothing and letting the people around you continue to stare at the floor is, in my opinion, irresponsible. I firmly believe that personal action, be it voting anti-incumbent or just challenging your friends to stop referring to the Colbert Report as a news source, can have an impact on the country as a whole.

But, but, the government works for me!


I'll see if I can use your post as an excuse to build that lightweight upper for my AR-10 and stockpile another 5k rds of ammo...
(Personally I am more concerned with the daylight shining on confiscatory taxation and so few people invested in changing the tax code, but that is me.)