August 15, 2015
Diablo 3 Auction House Greatest Hits
May 22, 2015
Real Money Trading, Real Item Theft, Real Felony Conviction
January 6, 2015
Diablo 3’s Long Term Financial Plans?
December 24, 2014
August 11, 2014
How Diablo 3 Auction House Botters Got Rich
Fascinating and very long article by a self-confessed Diablo 3 Auction House botter, talking about how he made over 100k Euros in a year, entirely through buying low and selling high on the AH and RMAH. The article is huge and goes into great detail about everything, including the scripts he used, the multiple machines he had running, and how easy it was to avoid Blizzard’s very lacking anti-botting measures.
June 24, 2014
Diablo 3 Auction House Closing Reminder
March 18, 2014
The Last Day of the Diablo 3 Auction House
It’s the The Last Day of the Diablo 3 Auction House with the shutdown coming up later tonight. It’ll go offline for Americas players during the regular early morning Tuesday maintenance time, and you should check the Auction House FAQ for full details. Now that we’re here, how do you guys feel about this end of an era? The AH has been controversial since it was announced, and while many players have used it extensively and enjoyed it, others feel it’s a terrible game feature (the whole thing and/or especially the Real Money aspect).
March 15, 2014
Diablo 3 Auction House FAQ Updated
Blizzard has made a few updates to the Diablo 3 Auction House FAQ, answering questions about the Auction House shutdown. And really, I should say “imminent shutdown” since March 18th is just on the other side of this weekend.
March 13, 2014
The Twilight of the Auction House: Diablo 3 Economic Bonfires
It’s an interesting time in the Diablo 3 community. Not only is the Reaper of Souls expansion coming in less than two weeks, but the Auction House is closing in one week, and Diablo 3 version 2 has been live for a couple of weeks. Any of these factors would create shifts in the economy, and when you throw all three together, weird stuff happens. We’ve seen crazy price swings for materials and gems, value added or subtracted from existing gear (formerly very pricey weapons with life steal are now being almost given away), and more.
March 3, 2014
Diablo 3 Developer Interview: Reaper of Souls and D3 Lessons Learned
There’s a new interview on PC Gamer with Diablo 3 / Reaper of souls developers. Lead Content Designer Kevin Martens and Level Designer Laura Paolilli field questions cover D3’s rough launch, Loot 2.0 changes, Reaper of Souls features, the shutdown of the Auction House, and lessons learned from D3 that led to the many improvements we see in D3v2 and will see many more of in Reaper of Souls.
February 27, 2014
Loot 2.0 Legendaries in the Auction House: Fixed
We noticed first thing yesterday that the new Loot 2.0, Bound to Account Legendary items were showing up in the Auction House, and were selling, but then bugs ensued. Blizzard noticed too, and leapt into action with a couple of hotfixes, and then a more solid change during a brief server maintenance last night.
November 12, 2013
Exclusive Blizzcon Interview: Soulbound Legendaries and Trading Exceptions
Not to get all “major gaming site” and drag out an interview into twenty updates, but here’s a bit of a tease for the upcoming podcast (audio) and written transcript for the interview I conducted with Travis Day and Jason Regier at Blizzcon 2013. I spent several questions on economic issues, legendary items, and the trade and gold value ramifications of soul binding. As you probably know, that sort of thing is a strong interest of mine, and I could easily have burned the entire interview time on a discussion/debate about economic stuff.
November 7, 2013
Will Diablo 3 Need New/More Gold Sinks Post-Auction House?
As something of a follow up to yesterday’s commentary about gold sinks and gold prices for upgrading gems, a fan on the European forums asked about the removal of the Auction House as the end of the ultimate gold sink. Blue replies were forthcoming:
October 25, 2013
Debate: The Diablo 3 Auction House Adds Long Term Content?
Katniss & Flux debate if the AH creates long term content, if so what happens when it’s gone?