I played WD as my first class and brought him to A4 inferno pre 1.03 doing nothing but poison darts and lots of CC. Boring as hell. No variety at all. The only fun part is keeping myself from getting one shot. But with 1.03 that's no longer a concern. The nerf in IAS also made it even more boring to play WD. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the poison dart animation is awful..
Dude stop talkin like that. I'm a diablo 1/2 veteran myself and I really enjoy d3. Just because you don't and you think "omg I'm a d2 vet" does not make your opinion the opinion of all d2 veterans. Haters are just very vocal so you might come to the assumption, that the majority of the players are disliking the game. This is not true. The majority of the players are enjoying the game and just don't talk about it on forums all day long.
And don't say "you don't know shit". Because it's proven by science. Go visit a business class there. You will hear about this phenomenon (disappointed customers MUCH MUCH MUCH MORE vocal than happy customers) in your first 3 weeks.
I did not say all D2 vets. I said majority. As such, you are not included in my assumptions, so don't get defensive.
I think the more accurate statement isn't that most D2 players dislike D3....it's, Most players that dislike D3 are veteran D2 players. They expected one thing, got something different, and now are miffed.
Newbs to the franchise went in with an open mind and don't see what all the fuss is about.
This was what I am trying to get across. I guess I may have misphrased it.
D3 is just another game right now that will fade in time. Everyone anticipates D3 being BETTER than D2. No one is expecting it to be the SAME. But Blizzard failed on that part which is why many are complaining. If you like D3, that's great. Everyone has different expectations. Those who have played D2 (a majority) will most likely dislike the way D3 currently is. Most D3 fans probably never played D2 (or at least never did well in it) which is why their expecations are different.
All in all, D2 left behind a legacy. D3? Highly unlikely.
Starcraft1 - Private chat rooms, profile view, profile showing in channel, group message to friends list. 8 players in one game.
Diablo 2 - Character view in chat rooms.
Warcraft3 - Creation for clan, and management, ranking system. Clan channel.
Word of Warcraft - Achievement system. Many in game related features, such as group and guild management etc. 40 players in one instance.
Starcraft2 - Party / Team creation. No more private chat rooms on release (added after patches), No more group message to friend list, No more clan management / ranking, No more clan channel.
Diablo 3 - Quick join to friends games. No character view in channel. 4 players in one game.
Uhhhh, I actually TRIED to get this to happen last night, goblin cellar runs in Inferno.
26 runs in a row, 0 issue.
I have yet to encounter this, it would seem Blizzard has put a pretty high cap on this.....
I did one chest run in A3 which took at least 2-3minutes. One game and I hit limit. It pretty much happened throughout the entire night. Unlucky on my part, I guess.
Because all people care about are loots. Spending time running around looking for mobs to kill while farming NV takes way longer than chest/goblin runs. They say elite mobs are supposed to drop better but all the good items I have found so far are from chest/goblin and random basic monster drop. For every Siegebreaker run I do, I can probably do many more chest runs and get better results.
Why do people rage at having to play the game? Because repeating the same thing over and over that takes so long to do with minimal result is fun? Goblin and chest runs are repetitve but they consume WAY less time for the same or better result. I can put a show on my second monitor and watch it as I do chest runs, it is repetitive but never boring. Some of you enjoy that and that's why you're defending it. But there is also a good population of us that dislike this inefficiency. Maybe if Blizzard decided to increase the frequency of better loots (1.03) from elite mobs, they may be worth farming. If I may anticipate some responses, I carry the same amount of mf% when I kill mobs and chests (where I get the better loots) so no it is not because of my lower mf% that I get shittier drops from elite mobs. Until then, people will always enjoy the path of least resistance. I do enjoy the difficulty in Inferno though. It's a challenge and it gives me a reason to farm better items (to clear inferno). The problem is of course the farming part which hopefully will be addressed in 1.03.
D3 is not D2 so I don't expect similarities. What I expected was a better game that improved upon D2, but what we got was many steps back. To all the D3 defenders, you have to understand the D2 vets complaining about D3 not being like D2 are not saying the game should be similar, but they are complaining at the fact that after a 10yr wait, we got a shittier game. The AH was a great idea though and I enjoyed it. Everything else from the story to the legendary item stats were flawed. I don't even know how people can defend the story...to each their own I guess. Sure it's a continuation of the series but seriously, the story can definitely be improved. On the other hand, the cinematics were very cool.
In today's world, I'm not surprised that Blizzard made the game this way for profit-generating purpose. I don't doubt at the fact that they decided to make the game a certain way where people will have to resort to RMAH. It's a business and I don't blame them for that. But when the developers mindset is set on meeting the expectations of profit and not the fans, then the game will go wrong. Kinda like how our government is now by the bankers and for the bankers right?
Exactly.
I did not say all D2 vets. I said majority. As such, you are not included in my assumptions, so don't get defensive.
Yes, the weight of a message is dependent upon the length of membership and number of posts. Nice one genious!
This was what I am trying to get across. I guess I may have misphrased it.
All in all, D2 left behind a legacy. D3? Highly unlikely.
Definitely moving in the right direction
I did one chest run in A3 which took at least 2-3minutes. One game and I hit limit. It pretty much happened throughout the entire night. Unlucky on my part, I guess.
Why do people rage at having to play the game? Because repeating the same thing over and over that takes so long to do with minimal result is fun? Goblin and chest runs are repetitve but they consume WAY less time for the same or better result. I can put a show on my second monitor and watch it as I do chest runs, it is repetitive but never boring. Some of you enjoy that and that's why you're defending it. But there is also a good population of us that dislike this inefficiency. Maybe if Blizzard decided to increase the frequency of better loots (1.03) from elite mobs, they may be worth farming. If I may anticipate some responses, I carry the same amount of mf% when I kill mobs and chests (where I get the better loots) so no it is not because of my lower mf% that I get shittier drops from elite mobs. Until then, people will always enjoy the path of least resistance. I do enjoy the difficulty in Inferno though. It's a challenge and it gives me a reason to farm better items (to clear inferno). The problem is of course the farming part which hopefully will be addressed in 1.03.
D3 is not D2 so I don't expect similarities. What I expected was a better game that improved upon D2, but what we got was many steps back. To all the D3 defenders, you have to understand the D2 vets complaining about D3 not being like D2 are not saying the game should be similar, but they are complaining at the fact that after a 10yr wait, we got a shittier game. The AH was a great idea though and I enjoyed it. Everything else from the story to the legendary item stats were flawed. I don't even know how people can defend the story...to each their own I guess. Sure it's a continuation of the series but seriously, the story can definitely be improved. On the other hand, the cinematics were very cool.
In today's world, I'm not surprised that Blizzard made the game this way for profit-generating purpose. I don't doubt at the fact that they decided to make the game a certain way where people will have to resort to RMAH. It's a business and I don't blame them for that. But when the developers mindset is set on meeting the expectations of profit and not the fans, then the game will go wrong. Kinda like how our government is now by the bankers and for the bankers right?
what are you doing as far as survivability goes? i'm pretty muc getting 2-3 hits by rare/champion mobs