Krovven wrote on May 3, 2012, 19:29:
Quinn wrote on May 3, 2012, 17:13:
There will be thousands of players who are not at all interested in multiplayer. It takes "only a few" (relatively speaking) to collapse the (RM)AH economy entirely.
So people that won't be touching MP or the Auction Houses will collapse the game economy? /facepalm
You didn't read my earlier posts so stop trying to be a condescending smartass, Krovven. I hate it with a goddamn passion that I have to waste my time repeating myself because of people like you.
Multiplayer is integrated in singleplayer in such a way that singleplayer gamers can use the AH without the normally tedious steps of first getting into a multiplayer section of the game. In this way they'll use the AH as just that: a singleplayer AH. This is the first game with such an integration which is why my hypothesis is what it is.
Krovven wrote on May 3, 2012, 19:29:
Quinn wrote on May 3, 2012, 17:13:
This even happened on rare occassions in WoW AH's, where apathetic people dropped stuff you could sell for 30gold on the AH for 2gold.
As for gaming the RMAH, it will be interesting to see how things play out. If it sucks, I don't feel any obligation to use it. However since it will be REAL money and not digital coin as in WoW, the business people won't be dropping $20,000 to corner a market for a day like is done in WoW.
Frankly I'm not worried at all about it and don't expect it to effect my enjoyment of the game whether I use the AH or not. There are economists at Blizz that are far more intelligent than you or I that have put this together.
Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, have I said that I have problems with the RMAH and that I'm afraid it will effect my enjoyment in the game. All I am saying is that I personally doubt the RM part will get off the ground because of the fact that this game has the MP integrated in the SP in such a fashion, that SP gamers can (unknowingly and unintentionally) ruin the idea.
Lastly, on the intelligence thing where one guy funny enough cheered on... let me enlighten you with the following pearl of wisdom: Intelligence /= Expertise.