Farming: Auction House

Magic Find to Increase in Value?

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Lately, Magic Find has been used on a swap-in basis. Most players do not have a DPS set with +Magic Find, instead they have their typical DPS gear along with their magic find gear in their inventory. Begin combat, do as much damage as possible and then right before the rare pack, elite or boss […]

Why Farming Sucks in Diablo 3

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In World of Warcraft players would repeat content countless times in the hopes that they would earn a particular piece of gear. We ran and reran raids for tokens, reputation and the chance an epic upgrade would drop. Since we knew what the drop rates were there was a pretty predictable progression curve, if your […]

Where to Find Fiery Brimstones

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Fiery Brimstones, the legendary crafting material found from salvaging magic, rare and legendary inferno items, are the new hit seller on the auction house. Weeks ago they were selling for 50,000 gold but after patch 1.0.3 the price has started to increase steadily. Yesterday the price sat at 136k and today we’re looking at 180k. […]

How to Use Jewelcrafting to Make Gold

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A lot of successful World of Warcraft players thought they were going to make a ton of gold in Diablo 3. After making millions of gold in World of Warcraft with their professions, professions like Jewelcrafting, they geared up, collected some gems and power leveled the jeweler. Did they get rich? Maybe, I’ll explain how […]

Patch 1.0.3 Changes and the RMAH

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The details of Patch 1.0.3 have been circulating for over a week now. Blizzard is bringing big changes to artisans, inferno progression, drop rates and most notably: drop rates. We also expect Blizzard to bring the real money auction house commodities market online for the first time. This will mark the first time players can […]

Real Money Auction House – Delay

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So much for the real money auction house. What was once expected to go live with Diablo 3 on May 15th has been pushed back at least 3 times now. Once it was pushed back to the 22nd, then the 29th and now June 12th, four full weeks after the release of the game. Will […]

How to Find and Buy Cheap Gear off the Auction House

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I mentioned yesterday in my 9 mistakes players make in Diablo 3 that people are missing out on auction house gear. I said that you only need 30,000-50,000 gold to upgrade your gear. This is an estimate since most of my characters are already geared up but I still feel it’s possible. Here’s how it […]

How to Make Gold with Jewelcrafting

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Is it possible to make gold with your Jeweler? Yes, but right now a lot of players are just giving their money away when combining the wrong gems. If you haven’t already, you need to level your jeweler. You can read my jewelcrafting leveling guide to see how much it will cost you and how […]

Vendor Your Magic Gear!

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If you haven’t noticed already, the market for trade goods has already collapsed. I wrote yesterday about how to make gold with subtle essences as their auction house value gets closer and closer to their vendor value. The vendor value of Subtle Essence is 14 gold, Shimmering Essence is 30 gold. Magic items, on the […]