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Groola: /* Obtaining Gold in Diablo III */

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‎Obtaining Gold in Diablo III

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Flux: /* The Economy */

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‎The Economy

Annapanna111 at 13:10, 25 August 2011

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 ==Obtaining Gold in Diablo III==
-As in the previous games in the series, gold is the only currency in Diablo 3. Unlike many other RPGs, there is no value gradation of precious metals, ala copper, silver, platinum, etc.
+As in the previous games in the series, gold is the only currency in Diablo 3. Unlike many other RPGs, there is no value gradation of precious metals, ala copper, silver, platinum, etc. [https://mmoauctions.com/diablo-3/gold]
 Gold is obtained in exchange for selling items to [[NPC]] merchants, as well as found while adventuring. Slain monsters often drop gold, and it can also be found lying in the corners of levels, as well as inside [[objects]] of all types, such as chests, barrels, crates, and more.  A new addition in Diablo 3 is the gold sometimes directly rewarded for completing quests.
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 Nothing new was revealed at Blizzcon 2010, but Jay again stressed their basic economic goals for the end game in an interview.<ref>[http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/games/156898.Diablo-III/features/135958.20101024.Diablo-III-Interview-with-Jay-Wilson/ Jay Wilson Interview @ Blizzcon 2010] - GamePlanetNZ. October 25, 2010</ref>
-::'''''GP: '''What are your plans for the game’s economy?
+::'''''GP: '''What are your plans for the game’s economy?''
 ::'''Jay:''' One of our big focuses is to make sure that the gold economy is viable and we’ve got several ideas on that. Part of it is fixing what was wrong with the system in Diablo II. In it, one of the ways that we rewarded the player was by throwing buckets of gold at them. It felt great to do that but the problem was that long term it didn’t really have any meaning. So we’ve just bitten the bullet and said we’re not going to put as much gold into the world.
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 ==References==
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 [[Category:Basics]]

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 As in the previous games in the series, gold is the only currency in Diablo 3. Unlike many other RPGs, there is no value gradation of precious metals, ala copper, silver, platinum, etc.
 Gold is obtained in exchange for selling items to [[NPC]] merchants, as well as found while adventuring. Slain monsters often drop gold, and it can also be found lying in the corners of levels, as well as inside [[objects]] of all types, such as chests, barrels, crates, and more.  A new addition in Diablo 3 is the gold sometimes directly rewarded for completing quests.
 ==Artisans==

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 As in the previous games in the series, gold is the only currency in Diablo 3. Unlike many other RPGs, there is no value gradation of precious metals, ala copper, silver, platinum, etc.
 Gold is obtained in exchange for selling items to [[NPC]] merchants, as well as found while adventuring. Slain monsters often drop gold, and it can also be found lying in the corners of levels, as well as inside [[objects]] of all types, such as chests, barrels, crates, and more.  A new addition in Diablo 3 is the gold sometimes directly rewarded for completing quests.
 ==Artisans==

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	The Diablo III developers have said that there will not be hacking and duping in Diablo III, and that they'll be able to apply the lessons they've learned in keeping WoW largely cheat-free. Most fans wish them the best of luck with that, but as successful as hackers have been in ruining the economy of most online RPGs, the [[D3 Team]] clearly has their work cut out for them.		The Diablo III developers have said that there will not be hacking and duping in Diablo III, and that they'll be able to apply the lessons they've learned in keeping WoW largely cheat-free. Most fans wish them the best of luck with that, but as successful as hackers have been in ruining the economy of most online RPGs, the [[D3 Team]] clearly has their work cut out for them.
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		+	==Achievements==
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		+	There are a number of achievements that players can earn connected to gold.
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		+	<achievement type="single">Scavenger</achievement><achievement type="single">Spare Change</achievement><achievement type="single">Moneybags</achievement><achievement type="single">Deep Pockets</achievement><achievement type="single">Staying Gold</achievement><achievement type="single">All That Glitters</achievement><achievement type="single">Spoils of War</achievement><achievement type="single">The One Percent</achievement><achievement type="single">Sword for Hire</achievement>
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	==Third Party Trading Sites==		==Third Party Trading Sites==

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 <blue>We're designing a stable economy, we have the knowledge and experience to do so. We have people in-house with doctorates and degrees in statistics and economic analysis and all the know how to pull it off. I think we'll be ok.</blue>
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 The Diablo III developers have said that there will not be hacking and duping in Diablo III, and that they'll be able to apply the lessons they've learned in keeping WoW largely cheat-free. Most fans wish them the best of luck with that, but as successful as hackers have been in ruining the economy of most online RPGs, the [[D3 Team]] clearly has their work cut out for them.
 ==Third Party Trading Sites==

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 The Diablo 3 team has repeatedly stressed <ref>[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/bashiok-on-gold-sinks Bashiok forum post] - IncGamers February 8, 2009</ref> their interest in having gold remain a viable game resource. Gold will be much less common in Diablo III than in previous games in the series. Monsters do not drop such huge heaps of gold, and items sell for fairly low amounts, plus players will be breaking down many of their unwanted items in the [[salvage cube]], since [[materials]] for [[crafting]] will likely be more desirable than gold.
-On top of the greater scarcity of gold, there will be numerous "[[gold sink]]s" in Diablo III, to give players something worth spending gold on. [[Gambling]] was a perpetual use for gold in Diablo 2, but the odds of obtaining a useful item via gambling were too low to motivate most players to keep gambling, once they reached the end game.
+On top of the greater scarcity of gold, there will be numerous "[[gold sink]]s" in Diablo III, to give [http://www.saljaguld.info Sälja guld] players something worth spending gold on. [[Gambling]] was a perpetual use for gold in Diablo 2, but the odds of obtaining a useful item via gambling were too low to motivate most players to keep gambling, once they reached the end game.
 Known gold sinks in Diablo III include [[respecs]], item repairs, item socketing, Artisan training, item upgrading (such as gems at the [[Jeweler]]), item crafting, item enchanting, and more. Another possible gold sink is some kind of trading [[Auction House]], though the team hasn't given any details on such a feature as of yet.

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 Blizzard is aware that the D2 economy was fairly nonfunctional and unbalanced, and they do not wish to repeat that with Diablo III. Lessons learned from the past 10+ years of virtual economies, and from managing a functional economy in WoW, are being applied to D3's economy from the ground up.
-[[Bashiok]] has posted about their intentions to create a viable economy that's not influenced by 3rd party trading sites or gold sellers.[][http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23766989069&sid=3000&pageNo=2#34]
+[[Bashiok]] has posted about their intentions to create a viable economy. [http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23766989069&sid=3000&pageNo=2#34]
-<blue>All of the issues that exist in Diablo II that essentially force people to use these kinds of sites in order to establish a base economy and help concentrate the playerbase to a centralized trading location will all be completely unnecessary when we achieve our economic and trade goals with Diablo III.
+<blue>We're designing a stable economy, we have the knowledge and experience to do so. We have people in-house with doctorates and degrees in statistics and economic analysis and all the know how to pull it off. I think we'll be ok.</blue>
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 The Diablo III developers have said that there will not be hacking and duping in Diablo III, and that they'll be able to apply the lessons they've learned in keeping WoW largely cheat-free. Most fans wish them the best of luck with that, but as successful as hackers have been in ruining the economy of most online RPGs, the [[D3 Team]] clearly has their work cut out for them.
 ==Obtaining Gold in Diablo III==

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	There are two types of economy in most RPGs; gold (used to buy items and services from NPCs) and items (what players really want). Diablo 2's economy had no real connection between these two, since gold became largely useless for high level characters and no amount of gold was ever acceptable in trade for a high end item. The Diablo III developers are working to keep these two halves of the economy interwoven, by making gold much less common, and by requiring considerable amounts of it for essential item creation and upgrade purposes.		There are two types of economy in most RPGs; gold (used to buy items and services from NPCs) and items (what players really want). Diablo 2's economy had no real connection between these two, since gold became largely useless for high level characters and no amount of gold was ever acceptable in trade for a high end item. The Diablo III developers are working to keep these two halves of the economy interwoven, by making gold much less common, and by requiring considerable amounts of it for essential item creation and upgrade purposes.
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		+	Blizzard is aware that the D2 economy was fairly nonfunctional and unbalanced, and they do not wish to repeat that with Diablo III. Lessons learned from the past 10+ years of virtual economies, and from managing a functional economy in WoW, are being applied to D3's economy from the ground up. [[Bashiok]] has posted about their intentions in the past:[http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23766989069&sid=3000&pageNo=2#34]
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		+	<blue>We're designing a stable economy, we have the knowledge and experience to do so. We have people in-house with doctorates and degrees in statistics and economic analysis and all the know how to pull it off. I think we'll be ok.</blue>

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 ===The Item Economy===
-It's too early to say anything much about the item economy, since there are too many unknowns. Players have no idea about the intended scarcity of high end items, the costs or likely success rate of high end crafting recipes, the quality of items NPCs will sell, etc. The developers have also hinted that the highest level items may be [[Bind on Equip]] and/or [[Bind on Account]], which would remove them from the trading pool. All those things will obviously be prime balancing concerns come the beta and then the early days after release, and there's no way to predict how that will all shake out in advance.
+It's too early to say anything much about the item economy, since there are too many unknowns. Players have no idea about the intended scarcity of high end items, the costs or likely success rate of high end crafting recipes, the quality of items NPCs will sell, etc. [[Salvage| Salvaging]] is another way to remove items from the economy. All those things will obviously be prime balancing concerns come the beta and then the early days after release, and there's no way to predict how that will all shake out in advance.
 The elephant in the room, when speculating about Diablo III's economy, is the factor that ruined Diablo II's economy: duping and hacking. Valuable items were duplicated and widely-disseminated, wrecking the value of [[legit]] items. [[Hacked]] items were created that were better than any legit items could ever be. And especially in the D2X days, massive [[duping]] of {{iw|Rune Runes}} has made the elite quality {{iw|runeword Runewords}} vastly more common and affordable than they were designed to be.