Have you been prowling the Auction House looking for deals but finding nothing but outrageous gold prices – prices you know you really don’t ever want to spend on gear? There is a solution to this!

The first thing I want to mention is you really shouldn’t be looking for legendaries due to the fact that legendaries don’t make much sense at this moment in time. What I mean by that is you can easily find a much cheaper alternative in a magic weapon with 3x the DPS. Trust me, they’re really not worth it right now..

All you need to do to get crazy gear on the Auction House for a third of the price is the following:

Step 1:

Click the “Equipment” tab and fill out the basic requirements, level cap and so on.

Step 2:

Make sure you put in a maximum Buyout price!

This is basically all the information you need to find great gear at amazing gold prices. If at first you don’t find anything in your price range, do not give up! You’ll be able to find gear soon enough! I’ve purchased most of my gear for between 5-20k and I never set my cap higher than that.

Now most of us have had quite a few hours between outages to get our D3 “swag” on and we have yet to hear an honest complaint aside from the generic, “But it’s not Diablo 2…” or some other generic drivel you happen to get these days.

What it really comes down to is this one simple fact – we, as the veterans, should be more than able to handle these sporatic outages and accept it for… well Blizzard just being Blizzard.. After all from what you’ve played thus far isn’t it what this game deserves? Over a decade of waiting – we can surely deal with some service interruptions and untimely disconnects.

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/events/diablo3-announcement/index.html#summary

The Auction House uses an anonymous player to player transactional system. It’s no secret that Diablo and Diablo 2 had it’s own virtual market for buying/selling items. Blizzard has taken an intelligent initiative to control that market and keep it in-game, promoting legitimacy and stifling scamming. This author is excited to consider the potential of being awarded for spending time in his beloved virtual reality, Sanctuary by cashing in with real life currency for those long nights searching for loot. Two markets create a stimulated economy for both casual and hardcore players. Some people might want to keep their trading in-game but more dedicated players may want to spend those dollars to truly twink out their toon.

The real currency Auction House will not be available to Hardcore players.

If you have further questions, check out DiabloFans’ Q&A with Jay Wilson and the Official Blizzard Diablo 3 Auction House FAQ!

Blizzard Entertainment CEO Mike Morhaime
As for Diablo III, development continues to go well, and we’re very excited about the game. Our most recent public showcase for Diablo III was at the G-Star show in Korea, where demo stations attracted huge lines of players. I’m looking forward to sharing some more news about the game and our upcoming beta on the next call,” said Mike Morhaime on February 9th, 2011. “Finally, I wanted to remind everyone that we just announced our BlizzCon show for 2011, which will be taking place on October 21 and 22 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Our shows keep getting better and better every year, and we are looking forward to meeting with our players and sharing exciting news about Blizzard at the event.

Download: PC PowerPlay August 2008 (Diablo 3) HQ Scans

Also, Bashiok notes that the system that will be put in place for Diablo 3 will not be identical to the World of Warcraft respec system, and players will not be able to respec their characters so liberally.

“There will almost definitely be some sort of system to respec; however, it isn’t likely to be as liberal as World of Warcraft. We don’t want to lock a player into a system that punishes them for mistakes, experimenting, or lack of knowledge early on in the game. We also don’t think a system that allows immediate, complete, and at-a-whim changes to a character spec matches the feel of Diablo. It’s likely to be somewhere in between.

That said we still feel like the desire to play the same class again that you may have played before is still a part of the game, and with some ability to respec could potentially require other incentives. “