I thought the forums were unforgiving during beta, but man some people are really going off the deep end since release. Some demand their money back, while others berate people who actually enjoy the game, very harshly at that. Well, the thread title may seem cheesy, but it reflects my thoughts perfectly every time I see another one of these threads pop up.
Why loose your mind? Why threaten Blizzard or the game fans? Why freak out as if your very existence have come into question? And some points just feel so moot and extreme that I can't help wonder why some people bother splitting hairs.
"Inferno is such a lolfest, I can't believe they're considering nerfing it. Blizzard is such a joke."
"Inferno is impossible, I've farmed the Butcher for a week and still get one shots in Act II. **** this game."
"The story is worse than ever. D2 made me stop and reflect on the importance of my own self worth with every word of dialogue, but Blizzard threw it all out of the window."
"The builds are worthless. You promised like a million configurations, but only one doesn't suck so go to hell Blizzard."
"The itemization in Diablo is gone. I can't believe Blizzard expects us to use such crappy gear. D2 had billions of awesome items, and charms, and runes, and jewels. This game ruined Diablo... forever."
"AH destroyed the game economy. I can't play it ever again, even though I never buy or sell any items, it degrades my play experience in every way."
These are just a few examples, although they are mostly the predominant ones. What I don't get is how this degrades from a person's experience to just play the game and strive to have fun...
-Inferno was tested by likely less than a hundred testers. How can anyone expect Blizzard to have the difficulty 100% correct for a few million players? They are still ironing out the kinks and it will take some time, but positive feedback will definitely improve the flow of the game.
-Let's be honest. Diablo games have always had basic storylines. While the lore is quite detailed, the basic premise of the game is all set up as a big excuse to get you from demon A to demon B, while killing all the little demons waiting in between. If you really expected something profoundly moving, then I'm sure you were at such a young back when you played D2 that even its simplistic tale seemed awe inspiring.
-As for items and skills, no matter what D2 did or accomplished, it's impossible for a new game to be 100% evened out. Unless they copied everything from D2 straight over into this game, the mechanics would never have been perfect. Maybe some of you wanted this, in which case, go play D2. D2 never had crafting and the gems were useless in light of runes. The skills weren't granted as you leveled and didn't have rune effects. D2 didn't have an end game wall where items needed to be balanced around. Gold was worthless and runes stood at the center of its economy. In so many ways Blizzard needed to rethink the way the game flowed and functioned, and yes there are a lot of kinks, but D2 also had at launch. D2 was a huge jump away from D1 and also needed time to find it's footing. D3 is just as big a leap into unknown territory and so it too requires time to get its specific details right.
-As for AH. People have said that 'if you don't like it, then don't use it', They usually receive quite a bit of backlash. I don't understand why, because to me they are correct. I have 2 friends who use the AH and 2 who don't, and I refrain from using it. I farm Inferno, a lot, and I like to craft. While I do lag a bit behind my two friends, I'm actually keeping up. I struggle a bit, but don't really mind. I just keep on farming when I can and enjoy playing with my friends, and to me that's what lies at the heart of every Diablo game, and why I think D3 is a success.
This post turned out longer than I wanted, but what I'm basically trying to say is:
Just enjoy the game for what it is, a flawed gem, very much like D2 during it's early period. The greatness will come after. Good things are on the horizon, and know that Blizzard is listening. They've changed their minds about legendary items, which is brilliant. If we remain vocal and rationally voice what we want, then they will listen and this will be the best Diablo, if not the best game, ever.
Edit: Please read the post if you intend to flame me in any way, but please take note. This post is intended to be a constructive drive to better the game, so please keep this thread constructive.
I don't pay much attention to the people that whine and bitch. I spend most of my time playing rather than posting on this forum. When I do post here it's because I can't play at the moment and need something to do. I really like it when people post something positive, but the negative posts seem to be the majority here. Which is only because the people that actually enjoy the game spend most of their time actually playing instead of bitching on the internet.
Why loose your mind? Why threaten Blizzard or the game fans? Why freak out as if your very existence have come into question? And some points just feel so moot and extreme that I can't help wonder why some people bother splitting hairs.
"Inferno is such a lolfest, I can't believe they're considering nerfing it. Blizzard is such a joke."
"Inferno is impossible, I've farmed the Butcher for a week and still get one shots in Act II. **** this game."
"The story is worse than ever. D2 made me stop and reflect on the importance of my own self worth with every word of dialogue, but Blizzard threw it all out of the window."
"The builds are worthless. You promised like a million configurations, but only one doesn't suck so go to hell Blizzard."
"The itemization in Diablo is gone. I can't believe Blizzard expects us to use such crappy gear. D2 had billions of awesome items, and charms, and runes, and jewels. This game ruined Diablo... forever."
"AH destroyed the game economy. I can't play it ever again, even though I never buy or sell any items, it degrades my play experience in every way."
These are just a few examples, although they are mostly the predominant ones. What I don't get is how this degrades from a person's experience to just play the game and strive to have fun...
-Inferno was tested by likely less than a hundred testers. How can anyone expect Blizzard to have the difficulty 100% correct for a few million players? They are still ironing out the kinks and it will take some time, but positive feedback will definitely improve the flow of the game.
-Let's be honest. Diablo games have always had basic storylines. While the lore is quite detailed, the basic premise of the game is all set up as a big excuse to get you from demon A to demon B, while killing all the little demons waiting in between. If you really expected something profoundly moving, then I'm sure you were at such a young back when you played D2 that even its simplistic tale seemed awe inspiring.
-As for items and skills, no matter what D2 did or accomplished, it's impossible for a new game to be 100% evened out. Unless they copied everything from D2 straight over into this game, the mechanics would never have been perfect. Maybe some of you wanted this, in which case, go play D2. D2 never had crafting and the gems were useless in light of runes. The skills weren't granted as you leveled and didn't have rune effects. D2 didn't have an end game wall where items needed to be balanced around. Gold was worthless and runes stood at the center of its economy. In so many ways Blizzard needed to rethink the way the game flowed and functioned, and yes there are a lot of kinks, but D2 also had at launch. D2 was a huge jump away from D1 and also needed time to find it's footing. D3 is just as big a leap into unknown territory and so it too requires time to get its specific details right.
-As for AH. People have said that 'if you don't like it, then don't use it', They usually receive quite a bit of backlash. I don't understand why, because to me they are correct. I have 2 friends who use the AH and 2 who don't, and I refrain from using it. I farm Inferno, a lot, and I like to craft. While I do lag a bit behind my two friends, I'm actually keeping up. I struggle a bit, but don't really mind. I just keep on farming when I can and enjoy playing with my friends, and to me that's what lies at the heart of every Diablo game, and why I think D3 is a success.
This post turned out longer than I wanted, but what I'm basically trying to say is:
Just enjoy the game for what it is, a flawed gem, very much like D2 during it's early period. The greatness will come after. Good things are on the horizon, and know that Blizzard is listening. They've changed their minds about legendary items, which is brilliant. If we remain vocal and rationally voice what we want, then they will listen and this will be the best Diablo, if not the best game, ever.
Edit: Please read the post if you intend to flame me in any way, but please take note. This post is intended to be a constructive drive to better the game, so please keep this thread constructive.
No matter what, Blizzards forums end up the same way after every game release, the social regects come out and act like sociopathic morons.
Happens everytime, literally, every WoW expansion, when SC2 dropped, when Diablo 2 came out, etc.
Its like a force of nature, no matter what, they come out of the woodwork.