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TheWanderer: /* Gambling in Diablo III? */

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‎Gambling in Diablo III?

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'''Gambling''' was somewhat of a staple game mechanic in [[Diablo II]] in order to balance out the infinite flow of [[gold]] from [[monster]]s and selling [[item|equipment]]. Whether it will return in [[Diablo III]] or not is unknown at this point.

==Why Have Gambling==
Besides possibly being a fun way to spend your money, Diablo III will have less need of a "gold sink" than Diablo II had. Instead of unlimited amount of income, and no expenses, the gold economy in D3 will be more balanced, according to the [[D3 Team]]. The practical need for a gambling vendor is thus gone.

==Why Not Have Gambling==
The drawback with having a system where anyone can potentially get really good equipment from using gold alone is a stronger emergence of gold farmers, and gold selling on the Diablo III realms. Just having this potion will likely make the market for selling gold for real world money a lot stronger, even more so that would come from having a balanced market in the first place.

A lesser drawback could be for new players who do not understand what it's about and spend hard earned cash on a lowly cap.

==References==
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-bashiok-on-gold-sinks-fury-and-the-new-chat-gem/ Bashiok on Gold sinks]

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-'''Gambling''' was a feature introduced in Diablo II, which was intended to function as a [[gold sink]] and provide some balance to the [[economy]].
+'''{{PAGENAME}}''' in Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls comes in the form of exchanging [[Blood Shard]]s, awarded whilst completing [[Rift]]s, for a mysterious item.  Although the stats of the item are not known the item time can be selected.
+[[File:Gambling-blood-shards-kadala.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Gambling [[Blood Shard|Shards]]]]
-* See the {{iw|Gambling Diablo 2 Gambling}} page for full details.
+There isn't a true element of Gambling because the shards can not be used for anything other than at the [[merchant]], [[Kadala]], for these items. The level cap for Blood Shards if 500, beyond that they will remain on the ground and can not be picked up so they may as well be 'gambled' for these mysterious items.  Below is a table detailing the types of items and the number of Blood Shards required to buy one.
-==Gambling in Diablo III==
+==Development==
-While Jay Wilson was initially undecided[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-exclusive-full-transcript/] on gambling, the developers more recently said that gambling, as it worked in Diablo II, would probably not return in Diablo III, since [[crafting]] items with the [[Artisans]] serves much the same purpose, but better.
+While Diablo 3's first Game Director, [[Jay Wilson]], was initially "undecided" on gambling, later in development Blizzard said that gambling, as it worked in Diablo II, would probably not return in Diablo III, since [[crafting]] items with the [[Artisans]] serves much the same purpose, but better. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-exclusive-full-transcript/ Game Director undecided on gambling] Jay Wilson, 16/10/2009</ref>. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-diablo-iii-gambling-socketing-info Gambling system] - Blizzard CM, 21/09/2010</ref>
 <blue>I can see there being a possibility for some high end crafting recipes to have fewer or no fixed attributes, which in the latter case would be gambling, essentially. But better.
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 Which I have no idea if we do. ‘We’ being other people that decide these things</blue>
-==References==
+* See the {{iw|Gambling Diablo 2 Gambling}} page for full details of Gambling in Diablo 2.
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-bashiok-on-gold-sinks-fury-and-the-new-chat-gem/ Bashiok on gold sinks].
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-on-diablo-iii-gambling-and-socketing-info/ Bashiok on gambling].
+=References=
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-==Gambling in Diablo III?==
+==Gambling in Diablo III==
-While Jay Wilson was initially undecided[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-exclusive-full-transcript/] on gambling, the developers have more recently said that gambling, as it worked in Diablo II, will probably not return in Diablo III, since [[crafting]] items with the [[Artisans]] serves much the same purpose, but better.
+While Jay Wilson was initially undecided[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-exclusive-full-transcript/] on gambling, the developers more recently said that gambling, as it worked in Diablo II, would probably not return in Diablo III, since [[crafting]] items with the [[Artisans]] serves much the same purpose, but better.
 Bashiok spoke on this in August 2010.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-on-diablo-iii-gambling-and-socketing-info/]
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 Which I have no idea if we do. ‘We’ being other people that decide these things</blue>
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 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-on-diablo-iii-gambling-and-socketing-info/ Bashiok on gambling].
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	* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-on-diablo-iii-gambling-and-socketing-info/ Bashiok on gambling].		* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-on-diablo-iii-gambling-and-socketing-info/ Bashiok on gambling].
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 Bashiok spoke on this in August 2010.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-on-diablo-iii-gambling-and-socketing-info/]
-I can see there being a possibility for some high end crafting recipes to have fewer or no fixed attributes, which in the latter case would be gambling, essentially. But better.
+<blue>I can see there being a possibility for some high end crafting recipes to have fewer or no fixed attributes, which in the latter case would be gambling, essentially. But better.
 As far as a system dedicated to gambling, there are no current plans, but as I just said gambling could be pulled off a whole lot better through the crafting system directly. If we thought those types of recipes were a good idea.
-Which I have no idea if we do. ‘We’ being other people that decide these things
+Which I have no idea if we do. ‘We’ being other people that decide these things</blue>
 ==References==

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-:''Were you looking for {{iw|Gambling Diablo 2 Gambling}}?
+'''Gambling''' was a feature introduced in Diablo II, which was intended to function as a [[gold sink]] and provide some balance to the [[economy]].
-'''Gambling''' was somewhat of a staple game mechanic in [[Diablo II]] in order to balance out the infinite flow of [[gold]] from [[monster]]s and selling [[item|equipment]]. Whether it will return in [[Diablo III]] or not is unknown at this point.
+With so many [[modifiers]] in the game, the odds of gambling an item with useful stats, especially in the [[end game]] were very poor, but with nothing else to spend [[gold]] on, most players gambled quite a bit. The most popular gambled items were rings or amulets, since they had better odds to spawn with good mods, and were less expensive to gamble for at high levels.
-Jay Wilson interview, October 2009: [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-exclusive-full-transcript/]
+* See the {{iw|Gambling Diablo 2 Gambling}} page for full details.
-==Why Have Gambling==
+==Gambling in Diablo III?==
-==Why Not Have Gambling==
+Bashiok spoke on this in August 2010.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-on-diablo-iii-gambling-and-socketing-info/]
-A lesser drawback could be for new players who do not understand what it's about and spend hard earned cash on a lowly cap.
+I can see there being a possibility for some high end crafting recipes to have fewer or no fixed attributes, which in the latter case would be gambling, essentially. But better.
 ==References==
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-bashiok-on-gold-sinks-fury-and-the-new-chat-gem/ Bashiok on Gold sinks]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-bashiok-on-gold-sinks-fury-and-the-new-chat-gem/ Bashiok on gold sinks].
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-posts-on-diablo-iii-gambling-and-socketing-info/ Bashiok on gambling].
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	==Why Have Gambling==		==Why Have Gambling==
−	Besides possibly being a fun way to spend your money, Diablo III will have less need of a "gold sink" than Diablo II had. Instead of unlimited amount of income, and no expenses, the gold economy in D3 will be more balanced, according to the [[D3 Team]]. The practical need for a gambling vendor is thus gone.	+	Besides possibly being a fun way to spend your money, Diablo III will have less need of a [[gold sink]] than Diablo II had. Instead of unlimited amount of income, and no expenses, the gold economy in D3 will be more balanced, according to the [[D3 Team]]. The practical need for a gambling vendor is thus gone.

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	'''Gambling''' was somewhat of a staple game mechanic in [[Diablo II]] in order to balance out the infinite flow of [[gold]] from [[monster]]s and selling [[item\|equipment]]. Whether it will return in [[Diablo III]] or not is unknown at this point.		'''Gambling''' was somewhat of a staple game mechanic in [[Diablo II]] in order to balance out the infinite flow of [[gold]] from [[monster]]s and selling [[item\|equipment]]. Whether it will return in [[Diablo III]] or not is unknown at this point.
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		+	Jay Wilson interview, October 2009: [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-exclusive-full-transcript/]
		+	::'''''Diii.net: '''Gambling in the game?
		+	::'''Jay Wilson: ''' pause Undecided.

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	'''Gambling''' was somewhat of a staple game mechanic in [[Diablo II]] in order to balance out the infinite flow of [[gold]] from [[monster]]s and selling [[item\|equipment]]. Whether it will return in [[Diablo III]] or not is unknown at this point.		'''Gambling''' was somewhat of a staple game mechanic in [[Diablo II]] in order to balance out the infinite flow of [[gold]] from [[monster]]s and selling [[item\|equipment]]. Whether it will return in [[Diablo III]] or not is unknown at this point.