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My sentiments about Diablo 3 exactly. Was quite excited about the game up until I heard about the real money auction house feature.

Will not play the beta if I get invited, will not give the game a second glance.

C'mon buddy, you're going a bit far here. Personally I don't really mind it, people were selling Diablo items like crazy on ebay anyway. Sure they could have somehow stopped that by making stuff soulbound, but I can understand why they would do it - money. Diablo 3 could turn into a golden cow for blizzard, they can do tons of money without subspriction just by taking a fee to sell the items.

Don't know, seems as if some of you are a bit overreacting sometimes, not everything that is new and unsual will automatically destroy the whole gaming world. If you don't like it that's fine, but don't assume everyone has the same opinion as yours.

I know many of you think Bioware giving in to respeccing your AC is killing your immersion, as a matter of fact I think the Bioware way on this isn't going far enough. I want to change my AC anytime I feel the need to, not just the first 10 lvl after choosing my AC. I think it's still ridiculous and I earnestly hope they'll change it to a WoW style respec. No, I don't stand alone with that opinion, tbh you guys are the only ones of the people I know of who actually dislike this idea. Everyone of my friends and guildmates think it's ridiculous. Sure that's our opinion, but please understand that you're not the only ones with an opinion.

Anyway... as I said before, I don't really mind it and I'll still play it, I won't buy items for money though.

I am actually quite excited about the idea of a real money auction house in D3. If I pick up a super rare item for a class I don't play, this gives me a way to get something in return for it. Plus I've always spent an inordinate amount of time on WoW playing the AH (day trading, which mind you is quite lucrative), and the thought of doing something similar and getting something out of it sounds fun to me. It's almost like a mini game attached to D3.
Who knows, I could possibly fund my future video game purchases with this.

Will it harm my experience in the game? Simply put, no. I don't intend to doing PvP in D3 and I don't plan on spending real money on items or gold.

Yeah I just heard about this, absolutely stupid. I'll play the game of course, but i will NOT pay real money in the AH. Incredibly nice try though Blizzard, I'll give you that.

You're right on dude. You cant put the 2 titles on the same level since they kinda fall under different categorizes. Its all about TOR but there is room for D3 on the side.

At the end of the day its about choices. Some don't like RL cash micro-transactions and some revel in it. A friend of mine will spend a ton of RL cash on TINY TOWER GAME APP to buy bux (which is FAKE MONEY) to purchase items he needs to build his towers up. I've played it and would NEVER buy anything, for me it takes the fun out of it.

Micro-Transactions is nothing new and Blizzard is just adding to an already growing trend. Remember, companies are doing this because it works for a percentage of the population willing to spend money to enhance their entertainment experience. It also doesn't hurt to turn a profit in return.

I'd never do it but I understand it.

real money transactions were going to exist with or without blizzard sanctioning them ...

blizzard should not allow a third party to profit off their hard work ... the best way to stop it is to just support and monitor it

I personally wont ever spend money on in game items, that isnt to say that if I generate an ebalance of some sort that I wouldnt use it.

Thank you Shine!

Exactly. Support and monitor it. micro-transactions are not going anywhere...you cant start complaining now after the practice has already invaded gaming consoles, smart-phones etc. Its been a dirty little secret on the black market scene for a long time.

Chinese farmers must be crying themselves to sleep every night over potential revenue losses

I don't know that is necessarily a loss for Chinese farmers. They can still do the stuff they do, it just happens to be legit now.

I think the key is that it won't break the game any more than what illegal trading did to Diablo 2, and it provides players with a safer environment to trade virtual goods with less risk of getting hacked.

Diablo 3 open beta this weekend.

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