The Auction House was shut down on March 18

Posted 2022-11-05 08:29:31

Blizzard eventually decided D2R Items that both the real money and gold Auction Houses should be eliminated but it's not enough to leave an Auction House-shaped gap in the game's design. The team began to plan an even larger-scale upgrade. This would integrate suggestions of Josh Mosqueira, who initially joined the team to oversee the console version and later was promoted to game director in 2013.

The Auction House's retirement will be accompanied by a complete overhaul to many of the game's fundamental systems, along with the launch of console versions and its debut (and one and only) massive expansion Reaper of Souls. The most significant feature to be announced was the loot system and the loot system, which Blizzard introduced as "Loot 2.0"--a huge change intended to make loot drops more rewarding. This was to set the stage for an entire new era in Diablo.

"We firmly believe that by closing down real-money and gold auctions, this paves the way to make sure that killing monsters on the game is the most rewarding and satisfying, the most compelling method of getting these things," said Josh Mosqueira in a video announcement of the changes.

The Auction House was shut down on March 18. 2014. Despite having caused many apprehensions at the time of launch, Blizzard didn't add an offline mode and it hasn't. One week after the Buy D2R items Switch Auction House closure, Reaper of Souls changed everything.