LOL, closing the barn door after the horse has run out, knocked up the neighbors horse and burned down their house...
Now what was that some of you were saying about valid and legitimate playstyle?
As much as I think they should have changed this to be in-line with their "killing monsters is where it's at" justification of BoA, I think it's absurd to do it mid-season. It's like they don't have a single goddamned clue.
Things that aren't outright exploits (where account rollbacks would be considered) cannot be nerfed midstream. It doesn't make a damned bit of sense. The people who used these methods have what they need, the rest don't have access to it. If they're not going to do rollbacks then there's no point in nerfing it partway through the season.
They had the opportunity to do this prior to S1. They opted not to. Good, bad, or indifferent, my opinion is that it should remain in the game until after S1 has concluded. Also.... really.... disabling them in standard? GFY!
As much as I think they should have changed this to be in-line with their "killing monsters is where it's at" justification of BoA, I think it's absurd to do it mid-season. It's like they don't have a single goddamned clue.
Yeah I snorted with laughter when someone suggested a few days ago that 2.1 was clearly released to a pre-planned timetable, not to a "when it's done" standard.. but after reading this news, I think I was definitely wrong to snort.
Very, very hard to believe that they were genuinely unaware of these bounties and their likely effect on levelling, and very, very hard to believe that they would have released the patch and then freaked out a week later if they weren't under order to release by a certain date.
Some people...no matter what the claim just really don't seem to understand what an ARPG, especially D3 is. They want and endless stream of new content and some mythical "endgame". Of course they also want all of this to be free.
In fact...it sounds like they want it treated like a pay to play MMO.
Things that aren't outright exploits (where account rollbacks would be considered) cannot be nerfed midstream. It doesn't make a damned bit of sense. The people who used these methods have what they need, the rest don't have access to it. If they're not going to do rollbacks then there's no point in nerfing it partway through the season.
They had the opportunity to do this prior to S1. They opted not to. Good, bad, or indifferent, my opinion is that it should remain in the game until after S1 has concluded. Also.... really.... disabling them in standard? GFY!
Very, very hard to believe that they were genuinely unaware of these bounties and their likely effect on levelling, and very, very hard to believe that they would have released the patch and then freaked out a week later if they weren't under order to release by a certain date.
In fact...it sounds like they want it treated like a pay to play MMO.
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