Oh my god! I need to start farming. I have a few things that I want to sell but my pay-pal doesn't seem to want to sync to my account.

$250?! :huh:

damn I play about 1-3 hrs a week. I guess I can't quit my real job anytime soon. :frown:

i dont know about reducing hacking, i think if there were real money to be made people would hack MORE for a real payout

i prefair GW2's way of doing it,

one AH across ALL THE SERVERS (so no more, awwh XYZ are well expensive on my server etc..)

and people if inclined can "buy gold", though buying gems, and then selling the gems for gold, so players gold rich can use the cash shop for "free" and people who need a few gold coins and dont mind dropping a few £ for it can cut out the account hacking and scamming of gold sellers

I doubt these kind of numbers are sustainable, it's a new thing so people are going kind of nuts with it, but at some point it's going to get flooded and prices will likely plummet on most stuff.

As a level 48 working my way through Nightmare, I kind of feel like Blizzard's "balancing" the loot system to avoid to many of an item showing up in the auction houses is only going to cause problems for people like me who just want to play the game and enjoy it. I'm already noticing that the drops I'm getting are usually 8-10 levels below me, which is a bummer. In the end, my lack of desire to take use the auction house only means that I'm going to be more poorly prepared for Inferno and Hell when I get to them, because the stuff I need to get through those difficulties is being farmed out to sell in the auction house.

I'm at the point where I'm waiting for Torchlight 2, hoping it'll be a more satisfying experience.

I've not played D3, but I imagine once some AH add-on ala Auctionator will make some people some real money instead of just digital fortunes...

Keep in mind I believe there's a fee or something to cash out. Its fee-free if you want to spend it on blizzard stuff (more account time for wow, games, etc) but otherwise they take a percentage. And I agree with genem that these kind of numbers probably aren't mass sustainable.

But not that the loot drops make it un-fun, although i have heard that argument from others. Its totally possible to progress using just the gear you've gotten dropped, its just harder that way. Alternately you can go and drop a few thousand gold on the AH and get some decent upgrades. (just filter for items with the stats you want that cost less than 2,000, you'll be surprised how many there are)

Wow. I found a legendary the other day. Time to see if I can sell!

I am seriously against the RMAH myself. I think that is sucks that Blizzard have put this in the game in order to get people more and more addicted to D3 and so that they can get a cut of it. Its akin to gambling as you are running around in D3 just hoping you get a lucky drop eventually like someone playing on the slot machines.

I could spend some time and blast my way to 60 (I'm at 48 at the moment) and run around to try and find some stuff that someone with more money than sense wants to buy, but there is way more to life than that and the RMAH prices are insane at $250 for a couple of better stats. I wouldnt care, but a look at the gold AH suggests the stuff in my my stash is probably quite valuable... but I'm not about to feed Blizzard or anyone else's addiction.