[Diablo 3] Reports of the Economy's death were greatly exaggerated

_J_

KoopahTroopah wrote: »

OH MY GOD THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE! BECAUSE THE QUEUE WOULD BE EMPTY!

fuck you J!

I do what I can.

Big Red Tie

i mean i would've done it but i wasn't able to get to a computer until like 10 hours after the AH went up

mcdermott

And of course I'm gone all weekend for training when the AH comes back. Fuck all of you.

However, now I can buy some gear for the Archoning. That's good.

_J_

Big Red Tie wrote: »

i mean i would've done it but i wasn't able to get to a computer until like 10 hours after the AH went up

Yeah. It was a pretty great moment.


Hey, the AH is back up.
Hey, they reverted gold to $.25 per million.
Hey, all the old gold listings expired.

...

OH MY FUCKS LIST EVERYTHING!!

DrHookenstein

[Gary Oldman] Every one! [/Gary Oldman]

Big Red Tie

so I'm running on my WD

well of souls / haunt with mana

dogs with mitigation
garg with cleave
spirit walk with mana
soul drain with damage

at like 1.8 APS and it's really fun

Rolo

Big Red Tie wrote: »

so I'm running on my WD

well of souls / haunt with mana

dogs with mitigation
garg with cleave
spirit walk with mana
soul drain with damage

at like 1.8 APS and it's really fun

What MP?

Rolo

Also guys, I've been doing some RMAH selling.

Sold a Vile Ward for $2.25 and a Thing of the Deep for $1.25 after blizztax.

With the gold floor about to drop, do I hold on to my blizzbux or invest in RSEs? I know not to sell any RSEs for gold until after the drop, although I'm not sure how that's going to inflate gold prices.

Also trying to sell the 30M gold I have in the bank before the drop, but I doubt that's going to happen.

Any advice?

Big Red Tie

7 so far

blood ritual, rush of essence, pierce the veil

Matz

Rolo wrote: »

Also guys, I've been doing some RMAH selling.

Sold a Vile Ward for $2.25 and a Thing of the Deep for $1.25 after blizztax.

With the gold floor about to drop, do I hold on to my blizzbux or invest in RSEs? I know not to sell any RSEs for gold until after the drop, although I'm not sure how that's going to inflate gold prices.

Also trying to sell the 30M gold I have in the bank before the drop, but I doubt that's going to happen.

Any advice?

I had a pair of Depth Diggers go for $3.95 (after tax). I'm going to hold onto Blizzbucks. In my view Blizzbucks is King. I doubt you can go wrong holding on to it.

mcdermott

For the most part, gems ARE gold. Half of the norm price (15.4M) is the cost, in gold, to craft.

And flawless squares drop often, like gold.

Basically gems are a means of transfer of value, not storage.

sumwar

I don't played hardcore very often at all but when I see a hardcore character without a shield I simply am shocked. Technically you can get enough resist/armor/vitality/life regen to do mp0 without needing a shield but many times that's not the case.

Matz

Legendaries are dropping all over the place too in multi-player games. And although I am experiencing the same crap, others will get lucky - so both gold and items (probably) will continue to devalue over time. Blizzbucks is really the only thing that is unaffected (or increases in value relatively speaking).

DrHookenstein

I could not in good conscience disagree with you.

It is relevant to point out, however, that for those looking to make money on short-term spikes/floors, the gem market appears (from reading this forum) to have beneficial volatility that trends toward higher values.

Which makes me ask the question, as I have not yet seen a Radiant gem drop at all (at 4player mp6) despite significant play time--is it possible for them to drop?

Matz

sumwar wrote: »

I don't played hardcore very often at all but when I see a hardcore character without a shield I simply am shocked. Technically you can get enough resist/armor/vitality/life regen to do mp0 without needing a shield but many times that's not the case.

I've never used a shield on my 60 HC WD (and I don't think it is necessary). My 38 Barb dual weilds and has never had one either...

RandomEngy

DrHookenstein wrote: »

I could not in good conscience disagree with you.

It is relevant to point out, however, that for those looking to make money on short-term spikes/floors, the gem market appears (from reading this forum) to have beneficial volatility that trends toward higher values.

Which makes me ask the question, as I have not yet seen a Radiant gem drop at all (at 4player mp6) despite significant play time--is it possible for them to drop?

The only quality that drops in Inferno is Flawless Square. That's why the radiant star gems rarely drop below 15m or so.

DrHookenstein

'Splains that, then!

Big Red Tie

oh man, with the new density i dont even run teleport anymore

_J_

Auctions cleared!



I would like to thank all the chucklefucks who bought gold at $.25 per million, rather than wait for $.25 per 10 million.

Big Red Tie

http://youtu.be/npHDxSvwCE0

mcdermott

Jesus.

mcdermott

J just beat Diablo.

Matz

_J_ wrote: »

Auctions cleared!



I would like to thank all the chucklefucks who bought gold at $.25 per million, rather than wait for $.25 per 10 million.

Hilarious! Are they that desperate?! Why does the amount you receive vary though?

_J_

Matz wrote: »

_J_ wrote: »

Auctions cleared!



I would like to thank all the chucklefucks who bought gold at $.25 per million, rather than wait for $.25 per 10 million.

Hilarious! Are they that desperate?! Why does the amount you receive vary though?

I think it has to do with the number of transactions per 200M stack. I have a few e-mails about sales for parts of each stack. So maybe the 36.10 was a flat sale, and the .09 was split between 2 transactions?

One possible explanation.

shadowane

People are out of their damn minds.

shadowane

How much of a difference does 9 vs 10 arcane power on crit make on an item?

mcdermott

shadowane wrote: »

How much of a difference does 9 vs 10 arcane power on crit make on an item?

Pricewise? A bit, but not a ton. What item? It also depends what the other stats are...basically what tier is it in?

For actual use? Little. It's the kind of thing you upgrade when you have funds and nothing better to spend on.

Matz

shadowane wrote: »

How much of a difference does 9 vs 10 arcane power on crit make on an item?

1 Arcane power on crit (maths is my strong point)

mcdermott

_J_ wrote: »

Matz wrote: »

_J_ wrote: »

Auctions cleared!



I would like to thank all the chucklefucks who bought gold at $.25 per million, rather than wait for $.25 per 10 million.

Hilarious! Are they that desperate?! Why does the amount you receive vary though?

I think it has to do with the number of transactions per 200M stack. I have a few e-mails about sales for parts of each stack. So maybe the 36.10 was a flat sale, and the .09 was split between 2 transactions?

One possible explanation.

This is almost certainly the reason. They do some funky shit with rounding, I noticed that before, and muliple transactions will lead to multiple roundings.

That or Michael Bolton is stealing your BlizzBucks.

Big Red Tie

you want at least one item with 10 apoc

mcdermott

Big Red Tie wrote: »

you want at least one item with 10 apoc

Yeah, but you can afford to lose one on at least one item, so any given item only have 9 versus 10 isn't a huge deal.

Big Red Tie

yeah i was just sayin

Wydrion

How come you're able to sell stacks of 200 million, but my stack of 5 million still hasn't sold?

Does Diablo 3 hate me?

The Dude With Herpes

I think he got in out of the gate when the AH came back up. The rest of us are just faces in the crowd of people hoping in vain to sell any before it goes back to 10m.

Big Red Tie

yeah

J maximizing the efficiency of his AH timing

Matz

I was too late unfort. I had 4 stacks of 150M go unsold and I was probably only a couple of hours out from the AH coming back on. A couple of hours too late I think...

HooverFan

Big Red Tie wrote: »

yeah

J maximizing the efficiency of his AH timing

or as I call it... being an opportunistic fuckwad as usual

damnit

Big Red Tie

so now I have a conundrum

I am at 3.01 with a blackthornes ammy, I can choose to keep it, switch my wand, or switch the ammy

Choices

mcdermott

Archon is fun.

Need a better...something, though. Right now running nothing new from my CM build but a LS Skorn and some swapped out skills. Already know a couple I need to change. Do most Archon builds run a 2H or a 1H? Seems like it takes me a while to get it back up if I screw up and let it drop prematurely. Though one problem I had was I was rolling with pubs who were killing shit before I could touch it...which means either I need to bump the MP, or something, to make sure I get a piece of all the monsters.

Big Red Tie

i don't think it matters what weapon setup you use

2h has the obvious benefit of more lifesteal, but 1h is more fine-grain and you reset archon faster if it drops