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[Diablo 3] Diablo walks the Earth in 5 days. Single digits omg
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Eventually, I wonder if I could level heroes to 60 and then sell them for $30 each, considering WoW toons go for $50+ with high tier crafted gear.
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Naw, you don't need one to play. But if you don't, good luck!
Bonus points if some asshole sticks an authenticator to your account after they take all your shit.
and they will.
As for controversy? The biggest controversy right now is that this game isn't out yet.
That rest of that page is stuff I've posted to or linked to already, just gathered in one spot.
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No, you don't need one to play, but it's an easy way to have another layer of security to prevent someone from hacking your account that you'll be putting tens if not hundreds of hours into. There are free iPhone and Android apps if you don't want to buy a physical authenticator.
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Yuuup. Happened to me.
It was real great. I eventually just gave up and left the account to rot after it was frozen.
If the RMAH really takes off, it probably will.
You DO need an authenticator if you ever plan to go above $100 in your Battle.net balance.
http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-iii-auction-house-functionality#q16
Awesome, thanks!
I don't have an iphone or android and don't really want to put down a couple hundred $$$s getting one... and since it is free for the smartphones, why cant I just get an app for my PC or tablet that does the same thing for free instead of paying $27(price + shipping) for the physical one?
Really? If anything I expect D3 is going to make Bnet accounts even more valuable.
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What kind of tablet do you have? They also have a dial-in authenticator that uses any old phone.
I have an android tablet, but I only use it with wifi... I use a prepaid mobile phone that I don't think you can run a ringtone on let alone any apps.
I'm pretty sure a tablet would work.
the app is free
i am gonna get it right now, actually
The smartphone app doesn't.
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Don't be like me.
If you ever need to restore your phone, or if you clear it out before you buy a new one, make sure you take the authenticator off of your account first. Failure to do so will result in a new "Serial Number" being assigned when you re-download the app, and you won't be able to access your account w/o calling support.
Yeah, that seems kind of silly. Also, I'm assuming they're going to allow you to buy one with Blizzard Bucks, or whatever they're calling their own money. So you could technically get one for "free" by selling in game items on the RMAH.
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Technically nothing on those accounts was worth anything, they still got stolen anyway... because in actuality the stuff on those accounts was worth money, even without official channels.
Blizzard actually had an unofficial how-to on how to do this. Not sure where it would be though.
Speaking of big things, who thinks they're going to break the first 2 week sale record again? I'm doing my part with a CE for me and a regular boxed for my brother's birthday.
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I had such a problem with this, dropped my phone and had received a new one. Couldn't log in and I ended up having to email a photocopy of my ID to blizzard.
So most of this is in the thread already, I think, but it's sort of spread out. To your main two questions, though :
1. You do NOT need an authenticator to play D3. You also don't need an authenticator to use the RMAH, but your max battle net balance will be lower than someone who does have an authenticator attached. From the Blizzard Auction House "How-To" article, it says "If your Battle.net Balance reaches a certain limit, you’ll be required to attach one of the authenticators listed above before you can add to your Battle.net Balance or post Battle.net Balance-related auctions." That limit is $100. Once you're above $100 in your balance, you need to attach an authenticator, which will raise your balance limit to $250.
2. The mobile app piece is required if you want to actually use real money, not blizzard bucks, for either buying or selling on the RMAH. From that same How-To article, it says " You will be required to sign up for the Mobile Alerts service in order to use PayPal to buy or sell items in Diablo III’s real-money auction house." So that's pretty straightforward. And I honestly don't know if it's possible to spoof that, as I really haven't looked into SMS spoofing/emulating on a different device. Essentially the service sends you a text message with a code periodically to verify your identity.
So, long story short, the authenticator and mobile app stuff are both for RMAH stuff wrt Diablo 3.
I did this before when my phone's MicroSD card failed.
When you start the authenticator code app for the first time, you're given a code--at least on WP7, it warns you, "KEEP THIS CODE INCASE YOU LOSE YOUR PHONE OR WHATEVER". You'll need the code to disarm your authenticator on Blizzard's website.
Just run it on your tablet!
Source: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/868450-A-Free-Authenticator-How-To
Authenticator isn't a requirement, Blizzard just recommends it.
I think the $20 shipping example was just for a forumer who needed international shipping.
I seem to remember the Aussies having it pretty bad in that regard.
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Barbarians become a mountain of steel. Also Witch Doctors start looking amazing.
Female Wizards, on the other hand, clearly have no problem showing skin.
I haven't played WoW in months. My account got hacked last week. They sold everything and did a paid character transfer (which is how i caught them, i got an invoice in my email). I called support and caught it pretty quick, but it was an annoying inconvenience.
I have not heard of any since they started with the authenticator program.
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Ok, that makes sense. Poor Aussies, once again getting boned when it comes to video games.
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