Originally Posted by
bbr
I can honestly say I agree with Jay on this - and i dont agree with the man on much.
The only way I can see them fixing this mess is by making certain items bind on use/bind on equip/bind on pickup.
Obviously not for ALL items,. but anything legendary should bind on use, and a new tier of items above that should be "bind to account".
Perhaps in the expansion if they add a max level 70 tier, new items should be focused on the player rather than the auction house.
That way, people will have a reason to go out and hunt monsters on their own rather than camping the Auction for it with their millions of gold.
The absolute BEST items should be earned, not bought. Look at WoW,. you won't buy high tier items on auction. If you could, nobody would raid. Period.
It's a huge oversight in Diablo 3 that you can trade any and all items, and reuse them without effect without limits.
The auction house itself is not the problem - it's great to be able to trade low level items, crafting materials and whatnot.
But the top tier of items should not be tradeable.
And the real money AH,. remove it entirely - currently the auctions are split, that's ridiculous.
Have a Gold only AH,. and allow players to pay real money for gold sold items - send that money straight to blizzard. Win-Win situation right there.