The Video Game Thread

[pelagius]

On higher difficulties it sounds like gearing up via the auction house is virtually required.

Pretty much. I used a fair amount of AH gear in Hell, but mostly pretty cheap stuff. However, if you want to progress in Inferno you need to be very well equipped and you have to make significant improvements in between every act. I do quite well in Act I Inferno but get destroyed in Act II pretty easily at the moment (even with 40K+ life one or two shot kills are common). The stuff you need for Act I and Act II inferno (e.g., 800+ DPS weapons) is still pretty expensive.

[Flystripper]

Pretty much. I used a fair amount of AH gear in Hell, but mostly pretty cheap stuff. However, if you want to progress in Inferno you need to be very well equipped and you have to make significant improvements in between every act. I do quite well in Act I Inferno but get destroyed in Act II pretty easily at the moment. The stuff you need for Act I and Act II inferno (e.g., 800+ DPS weapons) is still pretty expensive.

Is it expensive in real money, expensive in fake money, or expensive in fake money that people buy with real money?

With the slow decay of WOW a Chinese gold farmer needs some new markets to exploit...

[Maximus]

I just dont understand why blizzard feels the need to take a cut from the fake gold.

[pelagius]

Is it expensive in real money, expensive in fake money, or expensive in fake money that people buy with real money?

With the slow decay of WOW a Chinese gold farmer needs some new markets to exploit...

The Real Money Auction House isn't running yet so it is expensive in fake. I don't know what the outside conversion rate is on websites. My brother, last night, said it was something like $29 real for about 1,000,000 fake. If that is right, then it would be pretty expensive to gear for inferno with real money. 1,000,000 fake will by you are very nice weapon (around 1000+ DPS) but it's not like you would own inferno with a weapon like that. Plus you would have to get all the other gear.

[DapperDan]

How does this work?

How do I put stuff on the auction house?

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On normal I think the most I ever spent on anything (so far) is 2500. But usually I look for stuff between 500 & 1000.

Is it expensive in real money, expensive in fake money, or expensive in fake money that people buy with real money?

With the slow decay of WOW a Chinese gold farmer needs some new markets to exploit...

It can be any combination. Currently the only AH up is the fake gold one. Once the real money one is up it will be interesting to see how the market shifts. As I don't plan on using the real money AH I hope some good stuff stays on the fake gold one.

I just dont understand why blizzard feels the need to take a cut from the fake gold.

It's another method to take gold out of the economy. Otherwise inflation eventually becomes a huge problem.

[DapperDan]

Pretty much. I used a fair amount of AH gear in Hell, but mostly pretty cheap stuff. However, if you want to progress in Inferno you need to be very well equipped and you have to make significant improvements in between every act. I do quite well in Act I Inferno but get destroyed in Act II pretty easily at the moment (even with 40K+ life one or two shot kills are common). The stuff you need for Act I and Act II inferno (e.g., 800+ DPS weapons) is still pretty expensive.

From what I've been reading it sounds like everyone is getting destroyed in Act II Inferno. It'll be a little while yet before I have to worry about it.

[pelagius]

From what I've been reading it sounds like everyone is getting destroyed in Act II Inferno. It'll be a little while yet before I have to worry about it.

I imagine they will nerf some aspects of inferno before too long.

[FlynHawaiian30]

FYI...
A while ago Amazon hit the PSN with its Prime capabilities, but as of today the XBOX 360 now has Amazon Prime!

[Donuthole]

FYI...
A while ago Amazon hit the PSN with its Prime capabilities, but as of today the XBOX 360 now has Amazon Prime!

You still need a Prime account to watch, right? IOW, an x-box live account doesn't get you free access to Prime content, does it?

[FlynHawaiian30]

You still need a Prime account to watch, right? IOW, an x-box live account doesn't get you free access to Prime content, does it?

Correct. You need a prime account.

[San Juan Sun]

Correct. You need a prime account.

Amazon Prime rocks though, so you'll never regret it.

[Art Vandelay]

Anyone want Battlefield 3 for 1/2 off? I bought the game for my son, after he convinced me it was just "blood and shooting like COD". When he started it, I found it didn't have any parental controls, then when first F-bomb dropped 2 minutes into the game, I took it away from him (I'm mean I know). The X-box live pass hasn't been activated. So basically, it is a a car I drove off the lot, didn't' like, turned around and found out I couldn't return it.

[RobinFinderson]

Beat it on normal with a monk, now working on a Demon Hunter.

If anyone runs into problems with the game getting hard (on normal), hit up the auction house for some cheap rares. After a few upgrades I facerolled Diablo. On higher difficulties it sounds like gearing up via the auction house is virtually required.

I went back and farmed Act IV for a bit, finding new goodies and getting up to level 33. That was the ticket and I finally kicked his trash yesterday. Now I'm working through Nightmare level with the same DH.

[SCcoug]

Anyone want Battlefield 3 for 1/2 off? I bought the game for my son, after he convinced me it was just "blood and shooting like COD". When he started it, I found it didn't have any parental controls, then when first F-bomb dropped 2 minutes into the game, I took it away from him (I'm mean I know). The X-box live pass hasn't been activated. So basically, it is a a car I drove off the lot, didn't' like, turned around and found out I couldn't return it.

Why would an M (for mature) game have parental controls? I assume you're talking about the single player campaign. Have you read through the COD thread? Multiplayer cursing won't be better.

[Art Vandelay]

Why would an M (for mature) game have parental controls? I assume you're talking about the single player campaign. Have you read through the COD thread? Multiplayer cursing won't be better.

They don't have X-box live so in Modern Warfare you can control the language.

It probably is the orthodox mo in me that I have no problem with the simulated killing, blood and gore, yet I worry about them hearing language they hear in the halls of school every day.