A hammer with bonuses to earthquake damage, for example, not only will be more useful to players with an earthquake Barbarian build, it also might entice folks with a whirlwind Barbarian build to try it out. The Diablo team also tried to expand weapon selection beyond prioritizing simple damage per second by also emphasizing skill bonuses for particular classes. Players won't always end up with an awesome weapon but the chances of them getting a useless one such as a high-strength quiver is lower. Drops have since been adjusted to make them more class-friendly. Under the old system, it was possible to get class-specific weapons with high numbers in stats unrelated to its user's job, such as a Demon Hunter quiver with high stats in strength instead of dexterity, for example, Martens said. In addition to taking out the auction house, the game's loot system also was tweaked. The game we want to make was one where you killed monsters to get items, not where you get items to kill monsters.' 'That's why the auction house was a huge 'holy crap' moment for us.

'(The auction house) really started to take over the economy,' Martens said. Martens called it one of the biggest lessons for the team following the game's release. Apparently, the auction house conquered the game world in a way that would make even titular bad guy Diablo jealous.

The impact of the auction house on Diablo III's world proved to be even more far-reaching than the game's developers expected. and then I got this Legendary.' (Instead, it was) 'I used an interface and then I instantly had the item,' and then it's not fun anymore.' 'There was no story there,' Martens said.

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