I guess that means they plan to breath some new life into the first 4 acts. I did notice in the gameplay preview that the old acts were shown with a new variety of monsters. I wonder what else will keep us farming acts 1-4 when the expansion(s) come out.
People will probably mostly farm loot runs but some "old" runs will still be viable like Vault of the ancients for Demonic essences.
I don't know how they can breath life into acts 1-4... Maybe some tuning for events and bosses and adding some new monsters.
That's still WAY too much money for a 1/4 of a game.
You pay a fourth of the price of an expansion with DLC and get, what, 1/50th of the content?
What DLC you're talking about ?
I paid 50 dollars for 4 acts, 5 classes and x game systems, in a time where i trusted Blizz a lot more then today. and I can't say i'm a happy D3 customer.
I can't see myself or any other of millions people that left D3 disappointed paying 40 dollars for 1/4 of acts, 1/5 of classes and something a lot smaller then x game systems when my trust in Blizz judgement is shaky as hell.
That's still WAY too much money for a 1/4 of a game.
But you're asking for DLC which would be paying way more for what you get. And it's not like games that go with the DLC route typically make up for it over time so that you'd eventually get what an expansion would have given you.
You pay a fourth of the price of an expansion with DLC and get, what, 1/50th of the content?
What DLC you're talking about ?
The "good" DLC that's not some map or appearance pack ranges from $10 usually to $20 on the high end. Take ME's. Lair of the Shadow Broker was $10 and was about an hour or two of content in a game that has around thirty.
That's still WAY too much money for a 1/4 of a game.
But you're asking for DLC which would be paying way more for what you get. And it's not like games that go with the DLC route typically make up for it over time so that you'd eventually get what an expansion would have given you.
I'm asking for a DLC price in RoS because so far RoS looks much more like a big DLC then a expansion.
See how Starcraft expansion offers a entirely new campaign as long as the original one. And how each WoW expansions provides a raid circuit as long as the original one. No idea why it have to be different with Diablo.
That's still WAY too much money for a 1/4 of a game.
You pay a fourth of the price of an expansion with DLC and get, what, 1/50th of the content?
What DLC you're talking about ?
I paid 50 dollars for 4 acts, 5 classes and x game systems, in a time where i trusted Blizz a lot more then today. and I can't say i'm a happy D3 customer.
I can't see myself or any other of millions people that left D3 disappointed paying 40 dollars for 1/4 of acts, 1/5 of classes and something a lot smaller then x game systems when my trust in Blizz judgement is shaky as hell.
Try to remember that there may not be as much development costs, but they have overhead as this is not a subscription based game. They are also keeping your data indefinitely rather than 90 days or whatever small amount Diablo 2 is.
One can hope that they still have features to announce at blizzco.
@italafoca - If you're worried about price, you can always wait a year or two and buy it at a reduced price. Or maybe buy a "Battle Chest" version.
I'm not worried about price. If the expansion (or DLC if you're so inclined to call it one) will fix the problems of the existing game, that's enough for me. Who knows how long Act V will be and what quests will be included. An endless dungeon that can potentially give you endless hours of entertainment is also not measurable by price.
Ha. Bagstone.
Either way, I hope the normal acts 1-5 will contain more variants on what we encounter.
Also I saw this on reddit. Perhaps Expansion Acts will cover different far reaching locations.
I don't know how they can breath life into acts 1-4... Maybe some tuning for events and bosses and adding some new monsters.
You pay a fourth or half or two-thirds of the price of an expansion with DLC and get, what, 1/20th of the content?
What DLC you're talking about ?
I paid 50 dollars for 4 acts, 5 classes and x game systems, in a time where i trusted Blizz a lot more then today. and I can't say i'm a happy D3 customer.
I can't see myself or any other of millions people that left D3 disappointed paying 40 dollars for 1/4 of acts, 1/5 of classes and something a lot smaller then x game systems when my trust in Blizz judgement is shaky as hell.
But you're asking for DLC which would be paying way more for what you get. And it's not like games that go with the DLC route typically make up for it over time so that you'd eventually get what an expansion would have given you.
The "good" DLC that's not some map or appearance pack ranges from $10 usually to $20 on the high end. Take ME's. Lair of the Shadow Broker was $10 and was about an hour or two of content in a game that has around thirty.
I'm asking for a DLC price in RoS because so far RoS looks much more like a big DLC then a expansion.
See how Starcraft expansion offers a entirely new campaign as long as the original one. And how each WoW expansions provides a raid circuit as long as the original one. No idea why it have to be different with Diablo.
Try to remember that there may not be as much development costs, but they have overhead as this is not a subscription based game. They are also keeping your data indefinitely rather than 90 days or whatever small amount Diablo 2 is.
One can hope that they still have features to announce at blizzco.
I'm not worried about price. If the expansion (or DLC if you're so inclined to call it one) will fix the problems of the existing game, that's enough for me. Who knows how long Act V will be and what quests will be included. An endless dungeon that can potentially give you endless hours of entertainment is also not measurable by price.
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