May 11, 2013
Gold and Real Money Auction House Now Live
Good news traders, both US Auction Houses are live once again, however there are a couple of temporary limitations still in place.
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Latest Updates
September 8, 2012
Will They Fix Loot?
It’s still very much a hot topic since the v1.0.4 patch was released and there’s still a lot of discussion on the loot issues. The original posters asks if there is some sort of conspiracy theory behind the lack of fixes to make people use the RMAH and he/she is getting frustrated with the game and the lack of development updates regarding the loot system. Blizzard responded with:
July 15, 2012
Blizzard’s Diablo 3 Auction House Support Frustrates as Item Vanishes
July 12, 2012
Good Morning Sanctuary
Yesterday we saw commodities for cash go live on the auction house which is just another piece in the RMAH puzzle slotting into place. I have to admit that I have not dabbled much in the RMAH, in fact yesterday I tested it out for the first time with a mixture of commodities and rare items. I hold out no hope in anything actually selling as I think the economy is still in flux, due to various reasons, but I wanted to see if anything would actually sell. According to this thread Elly posted last night a few of you tried it out with mixed results. So did any of you guys jump on the RMAH when commodities went live?
July 10, 2012
RMAH Commodities are Live
July 3, 2012
RMAH Commodities Coming Soon
The latest update by Blizzard announces that commodities will be coming to the RMAH “soon”. How soon is unknown but it looks like it must just be around the corner.
June 28, 2012
Blizzard Responds to French Consumer Group Over Diablo 3 Complaints
We recently reported that the French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir were on Blizzard’s case regarding Diablo 3 connectivity issues in France. The sought a response from Blizzard within 15 days at that time and asked that gamers be awarded compensation of some sort for the problems. The fifteen days are now up and Blizzard has responded to the UFC-Que Choisir.
June 27, 2012
Auction House Turns Players Into Slaves?
If you’d like to read a wildly-biased rant against the business practices of the Diablo III Real Money Auction House, you’re in luck, since one has just popped up. The author structures it like an unethical lawyer offering a vicious closing argument; it’s close enough to the truth that you can’t point to any outright lies or errors, but he shades everything away from objective reality, puts the worst possible interpretation on all events and motivations, discards all mitigating facts, etc.
June 26, 2012
The Psychology of the Diablo 3 Auction House
If you’re a serious RMAH user or plan on becoming one, then you may want to take a look at a new article on Gamasutra called The psychology of Diablo III loot. In the article the author looks at three factors that make up the RMAH experience and how Blizzard could tweak things to make the RMAH experience more useful and exciting, based on advanced understanding of human psychology. Thanks snipeattacker for the tip.
June 22, 2012
$99 Diablo 3 Sold Auction House Item Goes AWOL
June 15, 2012
Korea to Ban Online Game Item Sales & Bots
You may remember the rating fiasco for Diablo 3 in Korea where Blizzard got the game approved by the rating board with the RMAH removed. The latest news from Korea is that the government will be banning the trade for commercial game items and the new law will be revealed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism next month
June 12, 2012
Blizzard Hits With First Official Ban Wave
As we reported yesterday Blizzard was on their way to hit cheaters with the banhammer. And now they have struck, we are yet to see how many players got hit. There will be people complaining in the official forums, that they got banned and swear they did not do anything wrong but it’ll be hard to judge from that the extent of the bannings.
June 7, 2012
Concerned Diablo 3 Farmer Interviewed on Economy, Bots and More
An intersting interview with an alleged Chinese gold farmer who is making around 4 milion gold an hour using bots has appeared today. It’s a pretty slow interview due to a translation service being used, but according to the farmer the current level of botting and farming will completely destroy the economy.
May 19, 2012
Real-Money Auction House Reminder and Update
In perfect time for when people get their salary, Blizzard will (hopefully) roll out the Real Money Auction House on May 29th. At this point I do not miss it at all I’m happy with just the Gold Auction House, even with some items being overpriced. But the opportunity to buy items and gold with money will be a nice addition to the game’s economy. It will be even more interesting to see the prices on the Real Money Aution House and compare them to the Gold Auction House. Let´s get ready to sell our virtual items so we can recoup our cost of the game.
May 1, 2012
