Trading is now available in the US dollar, Australian dollar and Mexican peso currencies, with currencies from the rest of the Americas region set to roll out after all RMAH elements have gone live. Players will also only be able to trade equipment for now. Until the equipment trading stabilises, Blizzard will not be rolling out trading for commodities. Like the current in-game gold auction house, item delivery for the RMAH is expected to occur instantaneously.
However, Blizzard may conduct reviews of transactions under certain circumstances. This is, presumably, to avoid fraudulent transactions — and to police dubious ones.
The principle motivation for creating the RMAH seemed perfectly reasonable, but it shifted the way that players viewed the game at a fundamental level. Before, most players would simply play the game for the love of the demon slaying ARPG that they had come to love in Diablo 2 , but soon economic forces took over.
Supply and demand were virtually non-existent for gear and armor before the introduction of the RMAH, at least to most players. The large majority would play the game normally, find drops of varying levels of rarity, and perhaps upgrade their gear and armor from time to time. However, the RMAH removed that need to occasionally find the right item for an upgrade.
Now, one simply needed to click on the RMAH tab and add the proper search parameters. Within a moment, one could find the perfect upgrade and see its price in gold or real money. A few more clicks and the transaction was complete. The problem of course, was that this completely bypassed playing the game and finding loot for oneself in the traditional way. Blizzard would later affirm that many players were spending too much time trading on the RMAH instead of playing the actual game.
In a sense, the RMAH was too successful, but unfortunately it drew a focus away from the core gameplay mechanics. Particularly patient traders could become the most powerful of characters in the game without actually doing any fighting. So long as they were watching closely, buying low and selling high, there was no need to play the game, but they could still have the best items.
When the RMAH shut down, there were certainly players upset at the massive shift away from the model that Blizzard had so strongly embraced at the launch of the game, but the game was healthier for it, at least for a while. Consider the numbers involved - 6. But with real money's arrival comes an added responsibility to crack down on any bugs, cheats or hacks that could exploit the economy.
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