Yea, yea. Well some of us actually have real jobs and don't dedicate our lives to video games... So when I do play, I don't wanna waste time on the respawn screen. And I understand I didn't pay Blizzard for the item and they only got a % cut from it. The fact is items that are bought with real currency need to retain stat value. And to Mr. HoobaGoblin and Slayerviper - I did read forums bud. Never did I see a 50% nerf announced. I was expecting more of a cap/deminishing returns on % attack speed. Regardless if it was a $250 item or a 10$ item, item changes should have been performed WAY before any real money auctions were implimented.
and a cap / diminishing returns would have equated out to the same loss. gg
So you're saying I get just as much life on hit when I attack slower...k next
Why judge people and calling them retarded just based on the fact that they spend real money on their hobby? I'm pretty sure nobody told you shit when you went to Mickey D's last week and ordered 30 hamburgers for your fat ass.
Now that's not nice, isn't it? So how about you shut the fuck up since w/e amount of money someone pays for something THEY enjoy isn't your damn business.
Aww muffin, did I hit a nerve? It’s been a few years since I’ve been to McDicks, but thanks for stating nothing and IF I wanted to grossly overpay for a crappy product your McDonalds comparison is spot on.
Yea, yea. Well some of us actually have real jobs and don't dedicate our lives to video games... So when I do play, I don't wanna waste time on the respawn screen. And I understand I didn't pay Blizzard for the item and they only got a % cut from it. The fact is items that are bought with real currency need to retain stat value. And to Mr. HoobaGoblin and Slayerviper - I did read forums bud. Never did I see a 50% nerf announced. I was expecting more of a cap/deminishing returns on % attack speed. Regardless if it was a $250 item or a 10$ item, item changes should have been performed WAY before any real money auctions were implimented.
They stated they were thinking of using diminishing returns or reducing items flat out, obviously they went with the second choice. If a car salesman tells you to spend 25,000 on a vehicle that in two weeks won’t go over 60 MPH would you still buy it? Diminishing returns or not it will be a reduced product period. BTW I’m planning a wedding, have a full time job, part time school, and play hockey 3 times a week but can still play the game without resulting in needing to buy items. Don’t give me your lazy crap attitude; you just have no idea how to handle money. Here is some free advice, don’t ever invest in anything on YOUR own.
Show some respect to people posting. I am glad you feel you have conquered the world and investing. If you first learned to read throughout the thread, you would realize a larger scope of this discussion. I appreciate your view, but my investing in the real world has clearly allowed me to splurge on whatever the hell I want. To attack someone about investing and try to make yourself look hot on a forum is childish. If I was interested in your personal life I would have asked. Thank you. You have really contributed.
I can't believe you guys are taking the troll serious. Are you kids high or something today and not paying attention to the obvious? Holy shit.
qft, just look at the name he picked. The guy has to be laughing his ass off at the number of replies he's getting.
If he's a troll, it's quite an interesting point he's raised, intentionally or unintentionally.
A $250 item always has the potential to become heavily devalued by nerfs. Due dilligence is king I guess.
Unfortunately, no I am not trolling like all these children are quick to claim. But thank you for being apart of the bigger picture of my post. It's obvious I am not going to be refunded. It's a tough lesson learned, but well worth addressing when it provokes constructive thinking.
I would not spend a whole lot on RMAH right now for a lot of reasons. You said its a set item. In 1.1, they are patching all legendaries including sets, and teh changes do not effect existing items, so any legendary purchased now will be one of the weakest of its kind in a few weeks.
Plus, the economy is new, and the number of people sucessfully farming act 2-4 areas are low. As they get time to farm more items, and more people become able to farm, items will become more readily available and prices will drop.
Also, after this patch, high ilvl items can fall in act 1 and even late hell locations. That's going to open high level item farming to more people too.
This game is early in its lifecycle, and the economy is new. Buying high priced items is a very bad idea right now, and buyers excepting those prices make it possible for sellers to continue charging those prices. Wish people would realize that the game's longevity is limited, that games systems are new, and changes will probably effect gearing decisions for several months, that the available item pool is growing, and stop accepting these prices.
I viable high end item should be 10$ or so, and a near perfect one should be worth something like 30$. Stop saying yes to overpriced sellers.
Your right. And I agree with people saying yea it probably was not a good choice. It was a poor impulsive buy. For those who do not understand (and it is clear that there are many) the reasoning behind buying an item at such a high price, it is to be able to make that money back in the future. Being able to farm act 3-4 puts you at a great advantage. More chance to get better gear means sooner or later those % should show. The purchase was an investment in the game with high hopes that I could make it back.
Putting that aside, as you actually seem to have a lot higher income than 99,999% of the playerbase, you are now saying that after the RMAH is live, Blizzard can never ever tune the game anymore? If your item would have become more powerful, would you be willing to give the buyer more money as your item would be better? And if Blizzard would have nerfed those stats let's say after a year when you bought it, would it be satisfactory to you?
My point is that no one can say the exact good time for those tunings that Blizzard has to do to this game. There is allways someone that loses and someone who wins, this time it was you.
Blizzard can tune the game in many other ways than changing stats on current items. How about changing the effectiveness? or capping quantity? And you said what if the item became more powerful. When has Blizzard ever (so far) buffed anything that has significantly helped us out? Second of all, $250 is capped....
Yea, yea. Well some of us actually have real jobs and don't dedicate our lives to video games... So when I do play, I don't wanna waste time on the respawn screen. And I understand I didn't pay Blizzard for the item and they only got a % cut from it. The fact is items that are bought with real currency need to retain stat value. And to Mr. HoobaGoblin and Slayerviper - I did read forums bud. Never did I see a 50% nerf announced. I was expecting more of a cap/deminishing returns on % attack speed. Regardless if it was a $250 item or a 10$ item, item changes should have been performed WAY before any real money auctions were implimented.
I am going to have to say that I am pretty pissed at this point. I bought an item off the auction house for $250. It was an amulet that has 15% Attack speed increased and is a set item. (blackthorne medal). One of the main reasons this was worth so much was due to the attack speed benefit from the item. Now that the attack speed on the item that i just bought decresed from 15% to 7% (what blizzard says is a 50% reduction) I want 50% of my money back! This is a scam and a great way for blizzard to make money. Lets buff items (which makes them expensive) so people buy them (Blizzard make some money), and then next patch we'll just nerf them -- repeat. Blizzard, if you are going to come up with genious idea of real money auction house, those items need to keep their worth. I purchased an item that was worth $250, and just because of a patch, I get screwed. This is not right and something needs to be done. Maybe I didn't follow the patch preview closely enough, but the last time I saw an update it was still up for debate for how the attack speed increase bonus would be handled. If items are going to go to crap, just say so Blizzard!
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So you're saying I get just as much life on hit when I attack slower...k next
Show some respect to people posting. I am glad you feel you have conquered the world and investing. If you first learned to read throughout the thread, you would realize a larger scope of this discussion. I appreciate your view, but my investing in the real world has clearly allowed me to splurge on whatever the hell I want. To attack someone about investing and try to make yourself look hot on a forum is childish. If I was interested in your personal life I would have asked. Thank you. You have really contributed.
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Unfortunately, no I am not trolling like all these children are quick to claim. But thank you for being apart of the bigger picture of my post. It's obvious I am not going to be refunded. It's a tough lesson learned, but well worth addressing when it provokes constructive thinking.
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Your right. And I agree with people saying yea it probably was not a good choice. It was a poor impulsive buy. For those who do not understand (and it is clear that there are many) the reasoning behind buying an item at such a high price, it is to be able to make that money back in the future. Being able to farm act 3-4 puts you at a great advantage. More chance to get better gear means sooner or later those % should show. The purchase was an investment in the game with high hopes that I could make it back.
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A very vague announcement. As I stated before, it could have been nerfed multiple ways. They chose the drastic one.
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Blizzard can tune the game in many other ways than changing stats on current items. How about changing the effectiveness? or capping quantity? And you said what if the item became more powerful. When has Blizzard ever (so far) buffed anything that has significantly helped us out? Second of all, $250 is capped....
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