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I am interested to see how the real-money auction house works out. Somebody's going to be making some money off that.
by zmj 15y ago
I am interested to see how the real-money auction house works out. Somebody's going to be making some money off that.
- mihaifm 15y agoJust hope it's not overrun by bots, as D2 is right now.
- Fargren 15y agoWhat's the problem with bots? Don't they make the market more liquid?
- politician 15y agoSpoiler: That somebody is Blizzard.
- watty 15y agoThat's a given, will be more interesting to see how individuals make large amounts of cash.
- politician 15y agoDo you really think that individuals will be able to make any money with this system? Farming versus INSERT INTO Loot (...) doesn't seem like a fair fight. I suspect that you'll have Blizzard not only taxing transactions, but being the counter-party in many of them anyway. If they can control the drop rate for farmers (and hence the perceived value), yet can materialize items at will what's to stop them from turning it into an infinite money machine?
- agoder 15y agoAs with any currency, if we expect blizzard to create tons of items (inflation) then their price will be devalued appropriately. Unexpected inflation could benefit them initially, but it would also turn people away from the game.
- justncase80 15y agoYou'll be able to make some money but the number of hours it will take you to find the loot will make it a dismal waste of your time, financially speaking.
- anonymoushn 15y agoIt will probably work a lot like RMT does in every MMO, except that blizzard will tax it.