There was a thread on the WoW forum I just made a post in where I talked about a potential problem with the RMAH and why I feel it MIGHT not go over as well as people are expecting...
I felt it appropriate enough to copy it here for any feedback, as I feel this might actually become a massive problem (Or advantage for a hardcore D3 gamer! Depending on your perspective! ^_^)
Having said that... it all started with this quote here:
See, the thing is - I actually did agree 100% with the way this guy is thinking... but, recently, I've been quietly looking at the bigger picture of things - and I came down to a VERY scary observation.
That observation comes down to ONE major factor... something I think a lot of people are missing...
•) There is only ONE AH market for the entire North American region (subsequent regions have their own too).
People are regarding the D3 RMAH in the same vein of WoW's current AH Marketplace, but you have to remember that WoW's AH markets are split/divided in MANY ways....
First, the AH markets are divided by server... there are literally hundreds of servers out there for North America, and that means hundreds of smaller markets not-connected to each other with their own users.
Second, those individual server markets are literally HALVED when you consider there are TWO separate AHs (Horde and Alliance).
Imagine what would happen if you made one gigantic universal AH Market, where horde/alliance AH markets were merged into one and every item on every North American WoW AH market can be viewed and bought all in the same window?
THAT is what Diablo 3 will be!
Think you hate AH competition now? Imagine that now times x100...
And that's COUPLED with what was said above in that quote... the fact that it's now REAL money is going to make people 10x more competitive than ever before...
Honestly, I think the RMAH might prove to be a massive disaster as everything is going to be literally nickels and dimes and nobody's going to make any money due to there being so much damn competition in the same place. Sure, it's great for the gamer - but is it really going to be that profitable for Blizz when people are spending pennies instead of dollars? And how will people react when they're literally only getting pennies instead of dollars for their work?
What say you all?