I'm surprised that there aren't more threads out there about this.
I found it very unusual that a Blue wold recently comment on anything to do with an expansion (as they did which appreared in the main news feed on Dfans) unless they want that thought to be out there with the community. Also with Pardo tweeting recently that both expansions would have a PTR.
Things are changing with community relations and this game - but, I'm sure they've learned their lessons from past experiences. It would be dangerous to start talking about these things if what they have at this point is something that is too far off from being a viable release in the next year.
I know its always being talked about; "what do you want in xpac" or "will xpac save D3" - but it seems like most of the community is centered on patches, the hate train of D3 and the core issues of customization and itemization. Comparatively, not a lot of talk about expansions.
As many have said - it would be far easier to fix some of the core issues with the game, recapture some of the excitement of the game with an Expansion. However - with the removal of Jay, I personally feel like an expansion is way, way off. Why rush to get something out when so much distrust and concern is already on the table?
Unless of course - they give most of the players what they want in the expansion. Which is unlikely - imo. But then...LoD came out, what a year later?
So those that are wiser in the wily ways of games and development - is it fair for folks to latch on to one Blue post talking about an expansion - or just dismiss it and focus on worrying about patches and developer blogs?
....My guess....
Diablo 3 failed in many ways and Blizzard is greatly aware of this now. They tried to dismiss it for the first few months but the gaming community just kept finding too many core mechanics issues + regulars errors. Blizzard stated in a post that a lot of small fixies will be offered via patch to help the progression of D3, especially in end-game content. But major fixes to core mechanics would only be made with an expansion. Makes sense, it would be easier to implement with offline content offered from a cd and probably a new patch client then adding that through online patches. So don't expect any big changes to spell diversity, runes, crafting, itemization, chat/AH interface, etc to come with a future patch. they will come with the xpac. My guess.....sadly......is that D3 xpac will probably be a lot of fun....the fun they should of released for the first D3 game. Bad managing? Marketing schemes? Who knows.
All the patches in the world wont actually change the fundamentals of D3, which IMO are not even vaqually comparable to D2 and LBH, D2 is the reason we all bought D3 in the first place.
After all, (hyperthetcially), unless Blizzaard say somthing like "..We totally fucked things up and are going back to what worked in D2"... how sales will D4 see? Not near as much as D3 did from the success of D2 I would guess.
Dont get me wrong, I've hade plenty of fun with it and figure I've got my $70 worth, but I'm slowly but surely getting very bored with it and sure as hell wont be playing it for years like I did with D2.
I wont go into the reasons why as they've all been said before, but in a nutshell D3 is a 6-12 month quick hack and slash game. Nothing more or less. Expecting it to become something it isnt (Diablo 2.5?) will only lead to disapointment.
Another great post! Lovers and haters of Diablo 3 will truly find out what direction this game has gone when they release the xpac. Sales predictions.......much much much...........much lower then Diablo 3 original. Blizzard fail.
Not sure about anybody else, but I feel completely let down by the new patch.
Dueling:
They added dueling, cool. Only issue I have with this is you can't just turn it on in a public game. They could have easily just made a hostile flag for your character, so when your waiting for your friends, or at the end of the run you just turn it on and fight each other. If you don't turn your flag on, you dont die, so not sure why we need a whole new zone to keep characters safe. New zone does look pretty fun though......
Craft Recipes:
Again they added a very short-sighted answer to adding new content. Farming recipes is a reason to farm bosses, great! But once you get that recipe, that content dies. And you will never return, just like the A4 recipe, it was easy to get, you got it, and never returned to A4. This will give a month or 2 of farming bosses, then everyone will be back in A3.
Crafting mats: More incentive to farm A3 at max efficiency.
New Gems: More incentive to farm A3, 20 million gold plus the gold you spent on your 3 RS gems.
New gear effects: The high price and time investment means this only increases the need for only 1 high-powered character to run A3 with to further improve that character. It gives no incentive at all to have more then 1 character. Especially since they gave no reason to make gear with vitality (it's still all about super-farming with high-dps mains). So this amounts to running A3 endlessly and along the way having a chance for a new item. If its anything like Hellfires, they will just end up sitting in your bank unused. Especially for high-end characters with good items in those slots already.
Things that the developers made no attempt to change:
99% of rare drops are vendor trash (actually made this worse w/ the crafted recipes in the few slots rares still had potential)
Way too many rares overall, meaning only legendaries and recipes are worth picking up for high-tier players
AH is still the best way to gear alts and even your main until you get lucky with a recipe.
No incentive whatsoever for more than 1 charcter.
No reason to farm anything but A3. (Other than to get your recipes, once you get it, no reason to do it again)
Still favors MP0-2 farming meaning less diversity in gear choices, we will continue to just increase DPS stats.
No end-game content, End-game = A3.
No items are leaving the economy.
At the end of the day, the only change they made (outside of duels) is along your perpetual A3 runs, you will get some mats you can use to forge a new item. Most of these will end up in your bank rotting.
So far, I see no reason for me to come back at this time.
Well said! This game has so much potential...and we see Blizzard doing some changes....but very slowly. Would be nice if they focused on some main issues at hand like "loot" for the next patches to come.
Even though OP is a troll with such a lame thread title and post but i still want to add my opinion. All you little whiners, if Blizzard wouldn't reveal planned features at all and just announce the included features would you be happy? pvp in D2 was quite big. It's actually one of the things that held many players in the community and made many people come back to play d2 every time there was a ladder reset. I used to play on NL so i dont really care, its just that pvp on NL was really hard since many people were totally maxed out and not to mention the crazy NL items from 0.8 and such. I am confident that we will get some sort of a team based pvp sometime. Maybe not exactly tdm but something along those lines. I hope they will add the dueling system soon though, cuz really it dosnt sound that hard to implement at all.
All the kids who are like "gg blizz no pvp" are just a bunch of trolls. If they had something good they would have released it since it will surely make them some profit. But apparently its not good so its scratched. Claiming that Blizzard scammed us is just silly. I remember that asshole who had a huge post about how he managed to get his 60 euros back because he kept whining and threatened to sue Blizzard after he spent like 100 hours on the game. All i can say is - Freaking spoiled brats.
How is the title trolling? I know im a troll in many ways... :Thumbs Up:...but.... I followed D3 developement for years, both PvE and PvP. I was excited for both.....since Yes Blizzard did advertise and PROMISED both. This isn't a " I hate Blizzard or I love Blizzard" post.....it's a "What happened to Blizzard's advertising?" My purchase of D3 was falsy misguided by the Team Deathmatch content. It's fine that many people don't want PvP or those that do but don't mind not having it in D3.
I played Diablo 2 for many years after it's release. PvP and Pve both kept me going, not just one of them. My decision to play Diablo 3 was because I expected there to be a new PvE and PvP environment. PvP didn't have to be super important, but it should of been offered. Blizzard states that it would be too boring to play....well I find EZ mode inferno MPlvl10 boring to play.....not because it doesnt have potential....but it lacks too much content for a Title belonging to a series.
So ya Blizzard fails in a way.....it seems that it's no longer an opinion from a large player base but a fact. That doesn't mean they can't fix their errors. We all make mistakes and fail in a way. We are only human. Im on the sidelines waiting and hoping for better content to be patched in before expansion. The way things are currently going, it seems all that "missing' extras will come x-pac time Just because I don't play D3 anymore doesnt mean I dont want to....Im still hopefull!
Where do you get your info from dude? Sigh......Blizzard merged with activision....so yes we can compare them as companies. They are both greedy.
Secondly, WoW has progressive content because it is a subcription based game...unlike CoD & Diablo 3. Do you know why CoD is so small of a game on every release? The graphics and dynamic mechanics put into the game are huge. I agree it's kindy crappy but it's the way it is. Atleast when you buy CoD you know what the game has to offer. I bought Diablo 3 in the hopes for PvP, mainly Team Death match. Ya it sucked that on release Blizzard said PvP wasn't ready. Being a big fan of the Diablo franchise and Blizzard as a whole, I decided to wait. Now Blizzard stated that Team detah match will probably never exist. Fail? False advertising?
Diablo 3 was fun for the first few months, even when you put aside all the nerfs. But the game lacks content, ie: more activites like daily quests or group encounters. This is suppose to be a sequel to the Diablo series.......then why does Diablo 2 have more content? Blind fans calling people haters or whinners but the sad truth is that the list of problems with Diablo 3 keeps getting bigger. I used to be a blind fan but not anymore.
The sad truth is that Diablo 3 falls short, a broken game indeed. GG Blizzard.
Activision and Blizzard didn't decide to merge. Blizzard's parent company Vivendi bought Activision and then merged it with Blizzard. Vivendi is calling the shots on both of them, while it has been calling the shots for Blizzard for the last 15 years. Where do you get your info from?!
CoD runs the same engine for years with small tweaks added each year for each game. The only truly new things are some textures/models and a few pieces of code. It's a recycle process each year that costs Activision almost nothing and brings in huge profits.
I'm not as disappointed as you are that PvP has not made it yet, though I wont hide that I am indeed at least a bit disappointed, mainly because exactly people like you that wanted it badly didn't get it. It's sad, but it's what it is right now. And I can tell you right now that Team Deathmatch is likely 99% sure to not come. Blizz said themselves they'll be looking at other options. TD just happened to not feel fun for them on the long run. Do I trust them? I don't sadly care enough about the topic to trust them. I've avoided PvP in every game and have no idea how fun team deathmatch could've been. But it's a scrapped project. We'll not be seeing it (likely). If PvP is the only thing that you wanted in Diablo then either start looking around for other games or at least shelve D3 for now and follow the news to see when and how exactly PvP will reemerge.
I don't think the list of problems of Diablo 3 is getting bigger. I think it's getting a lot smaller. What has gotten worse since the game came out? The problems that are still present have indeed been here since launch, but which of them have actually gotten worse?
Also, look at the other point of view. Most people (including me and you) think the game has gotten nerfed. A topic just next to this one, created by a long time Diablo 2 fan, says that the game needs to be nerfed more... ?! Oh, yes, it's opinions.
Daily quests? One of the worst things I've heard for a hack and slash, likely in my entire life. Also, all hack and slash RPGs offer team play, but they _never_ add things that you can't do solo. That's maybe one of the most core features in these types of games. I really don't understand what exactly you're looking for in this game.
Ya most of my post was a rant......so most of it was a fail. Lets try again. Diablo 3 has major core issues that need to be fixed....and have not yet been addressed by Blizzrad. Itemization? Build diversity? Randomizing Maps? Loot tables? Sure they go around balacing (nerfing) skills and stuff....but I find with these major issues at hand that these small fixes don't do as much good as they should. Sure it's my opinion that Diablo 3 is too easy.......Yet my 9 year old cousin and a very sweet girl, beat the game and told me it was easy......well GG.
I have a feeling Blizzard will one day fix all these issues. They are pretty pro at the patchign game. I still don't approve Diablo 3 release date. What have they been doing all these years? If you check all the pre-release info....this game has 1/5 the features they offered. Yes I understand not everything in development stays the same or even makes it.....but how is it possible all this content disappeared?? Will it be added to an xpac for more cash?
Concerning CoD. yes I know they make mad cash. I wasnt really defending them, just poorly explaining that it's not that simple as stated. They have obviously perfected their business recipe for success. I hope Blizzard isn't going to try and follow them.
Im an old school Blizzard fan since my teens. When I bought Diablo 3 I gave it a chance. If people still enjoy it, then good for them. They have all the right to do so. After a few months and a few hundred hours im done. ya sure I got my money's worth...so I guess my opinion isn't worth while......im just sad.
Sad that Blizzard did let down a lot of dedicated gamers down.
This would be great, except that Diablo I or II didn't ship with such fundamental itemization flaws and a resulting lack of gameplay depth. D3 is over-simplified to the extreme. Waiting three years for PvP is fine, but waiting for changes that make a game about item farming about item farming and not farming for gold is too long.
I'm glad to see them step back from PvP in the hopes that they start working on the underlying issues that are currently plaguing the game.
It is completely normal for a game company to casualize their game in order to bring in better profits. In fact, right now, mostly the casuals are keeping this game alive and going, while the "hardcore old school players" go around forums complaining it didn't live up to expectations after spending 500+ hours on it. It if wasn't for the huge sales that even Blizzard couldn't predict themselves the dev team would likely be even smaller with people being assigned to other projects leaving the future of Diablo to a handful of devs. Yes, RMAH brings profits but I suspect they're about as much as keeping the servers up. Yes, the servers that are running for free without needing subscriptions to play the game while keeping the "paying" RMAH usage completely optional for the players.
And Diablo 2 didn't have problems? The first several patches were only bugfixes and they were going out for months. Huge exploits and game breakers and the like. I understand you don't remember those. It's been 11 years. In fact here it is: all patches up to patch 1.07 were in their majority bug fixes, equally split between minor and major bugs. 1.07 was the first proper balance patch. And yes, that was the version that the expansion came with. Which means there wasn't a single worth mentioning balance patch up until the expansion. And don't tell me that it was because "balance was simply fine" at the start. We both know that's bullshit. Not to mention how far less theorycrafting there was in gaming in general 11 years ago.
Only 1.04 brought some quality of life things but they can't even start to compare to super major features that we've seen for D3 so far, like Monster Power (which isn't a simple /player X command), Uber bosses, Paragon leveling, huge overhaul of legendary items and so on. So far all patch notes apart from 1.0.6 have been enormous.
I understand itemization is an issue for a lot of people but I suspect Blizzard is aware of this because of the, oh, just a few million topics posted about it every week. But do you expect such a major change to be fixed in a few months WHILE developing all the other features? How many people do you think work on this game? Because in my opinion it's no more than 20-25. And would've you been happier to see no major additions to the game while the devs toil away at fixing the itemization for a few months, knowing now that the player base is not happy with them?
Sure, people now will jump up and say "well this shit could've just been released this way instead of having to fix it post-launch". Of course they have, but they didn't. They've admitted the launch could've been handled better and we'll see if they've learned their lesson with the expansion release, but now no one has connection issues apart from their own ISPs' fault. They've admitted legendary items sucked majorly at launch and they fixed those. There were exploits and dupes and they've been working hard on them if you follow the news. Botters are being banned in major waves where the entire forums of said bot communities right now are saying they've been banned and complaining that they were "guaranteed" to never be by the bot creator. The end game was not enough at start and now we have a good amount of things to do end game with MP, ubers and paragon. Can there be more? Absolutely definitely. But these were additions that could be developed in a short amount of time and they were. Larger scale things require more development and I'm sure we'll see plenty of those in the coming months.
Now. If you want to complain that D2 was better in my eyes your arguments are beyond false. If you _truly_ believe that then I suggest you go play D2 because Diablo 3 will _never_ be its predecessor and you will _never_ be happy with it. That's how video games work. If you want to complain that Torchlight 2 and/or Path of Exile are better games then what the hell are you doing here? Why cause he commotion? Why be unhappy? Go play those games, no one is stopping you. Go be happy somewhere else if you're not over here. For the money people have invested in this game they've gotten hundreds of hours of gameplay, when the average for video games nowadays is 40, sometimes down to 20, for the same price. If the journey so far has really been that poor for you then do yourself a favor and just go be happy somewhere else.
p.s. the majority of this wasn't targeted at you Nymrael. Mainly just things plaguing me for a while. I suspect I'll have to make a few more of these posts in the near future of course but this seems like a good start.
I love how some people are idiots but try to sound smart...........The Diablo games are a series. Diablo 3 follows up on Diablo 2. Blizzard had YEARS to develop Diablo 3. How the hell is it possible Diablo 2 is still a better game? Yes Diablo 2 took years of patching to improve......but Blizzard has had years before releasing D3. Diablo 3 is a huge slap to the Diablo series face!
It's not a question about what aspects of the game I do and do not like.......Diablo 3 has no end-game content. Diablo 3 is ridiculously easy. Diablo 3 falsly advertisded about PvP.
Sure it's a game so lets move on.....just a shame Blizzard gave up. The only proof that this game is dying will be on expansion release. We will be able to compare with sales.....my guess is they will sell a fraction of what Diablo 3 has sold. GG
They scraped PvP because, as they said in the blog, for a few short hours at a Blizzcon it would be great fun, but you'd get bored with it in a very, very short while. I understand their reasoning but also agree that more could've been done and they've scrapped it way earlier, seeing as it's been the same PvP idea for at least 2-3 years.
But comparing to Activision? Sorry, no. WoW expansions will continue coming out because 10 million people are still _subscribed_ to that game. Not giving them new content to players is like not giving chocolate to people that love chocolate. Why would you deny them? Also it's not at all like CoD, because WoW builds up with every new release, while CoD is a new game every time. And each time with even less content.
Also Titan was never "supposedly" for 2013. Fans can speculate all they want, but Blizzard have never said anything official even remotely comparable to a date. "Pushing the release date" is nothing but stupidity from the community at this point. It's like if a friend of yours said "I'm thinking of buying a new TV, looking at brochures currently" and you interpret that as "I'm buying a TV next week". Then next week you go to your friend's house and say "TV was delayed? Makes sense. You're always doing this to me. Setting expectation and then disappointing me", while your friend just looks at you with amazement.
My opinion? 2015 at minimum. It's an opinion though, just like any other.
Where do you get your info from dude? Sigh......Blizzard merged with activision....so yes we can compare them as companies. They are both greedy.
Secondly, WoW has progressive content because it is a subcription based game...unlike CoD & Diablo 3. Do you know why CoD is so small of a game on every release? The graphics and dynamic mechanics put into the game are huge. I agree it's kindy crappy but it's the way it is. Atleast when you buy CoD you know what the game has to offer. I bought Diablo 3 in the hopes for PvP, mainly Team Death match. Ya it sucked that on release Blizzard said PvP wasn't ready. Being a big fan of the Diablo franchise and Blizzard as a whole, I decided to wait. Now Blizzard stated that Team detah match will probably never exist. Fail? False advertising?
Diablo 3 was fun for the first few months, even when you put aside all the nerfs. But the game lacks content, ie: more activites like daily quests or group encounters. This is suppose to be a sequel to the Diablo series.......then why does Diablo 2 have more content? Blind fans calling people haters or whinners but the sad truth is that the list of problems with Diablo 3 keeps getting bigger. I used to be a blind fan but not anymore.
The sad truth is that Diablo 3 falls short, a broken game indeed. GG Blizzard.
title says it all........GG blizzard for being liars. Thanks for the non-existing Team death match youve promised for years. Time for me to email you guys for a full refund. I would have never bought Diablo 3 if I would of known this bs before hand. I would of just kept playing Diablo 2....which is MUCH better then D3. Oh well, ya win some ya lose some, GG.
I suggest anyone who isn't happy with Blizzard falsy selling you a product to contact them asap for a refund. Now is the time to act! Don't take their shitty excuses, take action!
I love people that still have hope for this game. Good for you guys.....for having hope....but it being for Blizzard....im not so sure.
Blizzard released a half finished game. They lied about PvP content. I can probably see Diablo being decent 1-2 years from now....a bit too late for me. 12+ years is a bit too much.
Not me.......after seeing Blizzard say they will not be implementing Team death match to the game and probably not ever = GG fail. I used to think they were just a bit confused on how to manage Diablo 3...but now I just see them as liars. They have been talking about Team death match since pre-release...now it doesn't even exist. GG
Poor game interface.....Blizzard fails. Hmmmm Lets make a game around the RMAH...thanks Blizzard. I think I would of prefered a Diablo 2 type game with 1000 websites selling items/gold with an actual game designed for fun...instead of Diablo 3 cash sink hole. Even the Auction House search interface is terrible! But hey, who plays games for fun right?!?! We play games so we can waste our time, thank again Blizzard!
Uh-oh, who let Debbie Downer out of her cage?
Whos down? Just stating some observations I've made while playing D3. Bought the game, played it for a few months, tried supporting Blizzard the best I could but I can't anymore. Don't get me wrong, I still have faith for D3...only because I have so much respect for D1 & D2 and I've waited 10 years for D3.....Maybe in 6 months D3 will have more content, more skill diversity and more end-game gear balancing....oh and better UI.
The thing that bothers me though is when I compare D3 to some free2Play games. These Free2Play games make/made about 10% of what D3 made in the first week of release, yet they continously still offer updates. Ya sure you can say it isn't a monthly subcription so Blizzard owes us nothing more then the $60 game we bought. I must say I've lost a lot of respect for Blizzard and how they manage things. Lets hope for the sake of both D3's & Blizzard's future they get their heads in the game and fix their failure aka Diablo 3.
Sadly im too busy with life to be upset...if anything im sad. I get a few hours a week to relax and play a videogame of my choice. I wanted it to be Diablo 3...but it falls short. So I've switched games and keep an eye out on the forums for any updates that might bring me back.
So you play only a few hours a week. Have you leveled up all classes? Have you put together your Hellfire ring? Have you leveled a character in the paragon leveling system? You seem to hate the game because you feel it is built around the RMAH but to actually play through the entire game you don't need to buy any items. This was a thread about a general create gem option and you dumped some harsh words towards a company for their choice to offer a real money option to the game. It's just that, an option to the players. There are several folks here that have ignored the auction house and played through using the gear they find. It would seem to me that you are sad only because if it didn't bother you, you would not have taken the time to share how upset you are at the game here. No offense but maybe you never really gave the game a fair shake?
Im sorry if I didn't get my ideas across properly. Seems that there is so much negativity towards the game sometimes, that when someone like myself makes a comment, we get tossed on to the same boat, the cry baby boat. I guess I should of been more clear, so I'll try again. Please remember that this is my personal opinion of how I feel.
I was a dedicated player on release. I rememebr the good ol' inferno days of getting 1 shotted. Frustrating but awesome fun! I wasn't against the RMAH or GAH at the time but didn't use it because I didn't have the millions in gold or the experience for snipe bidding. I lvld up my wizard and farmed all my gear the good ol' way, then cleared inferno. So yes your right, the auction house isn't required. I have completed a ton of acheivements, lvld up all my heroes with decent gear. My main has over 150K dmg and the rest average around 50k-100k with all the required survival stats. They all have their hellfire rings and my main is lvl30 paragon. Low paragon lvl to some, but decent for me.
Im a fan of the Diablo series and I want Diablo 3 to shine and to be a great game. I still have hope! Yet I find myself getting tired of the game so im currenty an inactive player but remain active on the forums for new tasty updates to bring me back one day. If people still enjoy the game then thats great! To each their own. I personally feel Diablo 3 is lacking in content. I don't want an MMOrpg content obviously, but at this point I feel playing Diablo 2 is more viable then playing D3.
So where do I stand? Im not a hater....or a lover, but my heart still desires to love D3. So maybe a break is all I need? Im sorry if my comments said otherwise. Thanks for keeping the replies respectful and mature.
Poor game interface.....Blizzard fails. Hmmmm Lets make a game around the RMAH...thanks Blizzard. I think I would of prefered a Diablo 2 type game with 1000 websites selling items/gold with an actual game designed for fun...instead of Diablo 3 cash sink hole. Even the Auction House search interface is terrible! But hey, who plays games for fun right?!?! We play games so we can waste our time, thank again Blizzard!
Uh-oh, who let Debbie Downer out of her cage?
Whos down? Just stating some observations I've made while playing D3. Bought the game, played it for a few months, tried supporting Blizzard the best I could but I can't anymore. Don't get me wrong, I still have faith for D3...only because I have so much respect for D1 & D2 and I've waited 10 years for D3.....Maybe in 6 months D3 will have more content, more skill diversity and more end-game gear balancing....oh and better UI.
The thing that bothers me though is when I compare D3 to some free2Play games. These Free2Play games make/made about 10% of what D3 made in the first week of release, yet they continously still offer updates. Ya sure you can say it isn't a monthly subcription so Blizzard owes us nothing more then the $60 game we bought. I must say I've lost a lot of respect for Blizzard and how they manage things. Lets hope for the sake of both D3's & Blizzard's future they get their heads in the game and fix their failure aka Diablo 3.
Sadly im too busy with life to be upset...if anything im sad. I get a few hours a week to relax and play a videogame of my choice. I wanted it to be Diablo 3...but it falls short. So I've switched games and keep an eye out on the forums for any updates that might bring me back.
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....My guess....
Diablo 3 failed in many ways and Blizzard is greatly aware of this now. They tried to dismiss it for the first few months but the gaming community just kept finding too many core mechanics issues + regulars errors. Blizzard stated in a post that a lot of small fixies will be offered via patch to help the progression of D3, especially in end-game content. But major fixes to core mechanics would only be made with an expansion. Makes sense, it would be easier to implement with offline content offered from a cd and probably a new patch client then adding that through online patches. So don't expect any big changes to spell diversity, runes, crafting, itemization, chat/AH interface, etc to come with a future patch. they will come with the xpac. My guess.....sadly......is that D3 xpac will probably be a lot of fun....the fun they should of released for the first D3 game. Bad managing? Marketing schemes? Who knows.
Another great post! Lovers and haters of Diablo 3 will truly find out what direction this game has gone when they release the xpac. Sales predictions.......much much much...........much lower then Diablo 3 original. Blizzard fail.
Well said! This game has so much potential...and we see Blizzard doing some changes....but very slowly. Would be nice if they focused on some main issues at hand like "loot" for the next patches to come.
Faaaaail. Atleast he took the time to make a cartoon out of it! Which some people don't seem to understand........Well I enjoyed it!
I feel ya there.
How is the title trolling? I know im a troll in many ways... :Thumbs Up:...but.... I followed D3 developement for years, both PvE and PvP. I was excited for both.....since Yes Blizzard did advertise and PROMISED both. This isn't a " I hate Blizzard or I love Blizzard" post.....it's a "What happened to Blizzard's advertising?" My purchase of D3 was falsy misguided by the Team Deathmatch content. It's fine that many people don't want PvP or those that do but don't mind not having it in D3.
I played Diablo 2 for many years after it's release. PvP and Pve both kept me going, not just one of them. My decision to play Diablo 3 was because I expected there to be a new PvE and PvP environment. PvP didn't have to be super important, but it should of been offered. Blizzard states that it would be too boring to play....well I find EZ mode inferno MPlvl10 boring to play.....not because it doesnt have potential....but it lacks too much content for a Title belonging to a series.
So ya Blizzard fails in a way.....it seems that it's no longer an opinion from a large player base but a fact. That doesn't mean they can't fix their errors. We all make mistakes and fail in a way. We are only human. Im on the sidelines waiting and hoping for better content to be patched in before expansion. The way things are currently going, it seems all that "missing' extras will come x-pac time
Ya most of my post was a rant......so most of it was a fail. Lets try again. Diablo 3 has major core issues that need to be fixed....and have not yet been addressed by Blizzrad. Itemization? Build diversity? Randomizing Maps? Loot tables? Sure they go around balacing (nerfing) skills and stuff....but I find with these major issues at hand that these small fixes don't do as much good as they should. Sure it's my opinion that Diablo 3 is too easy.......Yet my 9 year old cousin and a very sweet girl, beat the game and told me it was easy......well GG.
I have a feeling Blizzard will one day fix all these issues. They are pretty pro at the patchign game. I still don't approve Diablo 3 release date. What have they been doing all these years? If you check all the pre-release info....this game has 1/5 the features they offered. Yes I understand not everything in development stays the same or even makes it.....but how is it possible all this content disappeared?? Will it be added to an xpac for more cash?
Concerning CoD. yes I know they make mad cash. I wasnt really defending them, just poorly explaining that it's not that simple as stated. They have obviously perfected their business recipe for success. I hope Blizzard isn't going to try and follow them.
Im an old school Blizzard fan since my teens. When I bought Diablo 3 I gave it a chance. If people still enjoy it, then good for them. They have all the right to do so. After a few months and a few hundred hours im done. ya sure I got my money's worth...so I guess my opinion isn't worth while......im just sad.
Sad that Blizzard did let down a lot of dedicated gamers down.
I love how some people are idiots but try to sound smart...........The Diablo games are a series. Diablo 3 follows up on Diablo 2. Blizzard had YEARS to develop Diablo 3. How the hell is it possible Diablo 2 is still a better game? Yes Diablo 2 took years of patching to improve......but Blizzard has had years before releasing D3. Diablo 3 is a huge slap to the Diablo series face!
It's not a question about what aspects of the game I do and do not like.......Diablo 3 has no end-game content. Diablo 3 is ridiculously easy. Diablo 3 falsly advertisded about PvP.
Sure it's a game so lets move on.....just a shame Blizzard gave up. The only proof that this game is dying will be on expansion release. We will be able to compare with sales.....my guess is they will sell a fraction of what Diablo 3 has sold. GG
Where do you get your info from dude? Sigh......Blizzard merged with activision....so yes we can compare them as companies. They are both greedy.
Secondly, WoW has progressive content because it is a subcription based game...unlike CoD & Diablo 3. Do you know why CoD is so small of a game on every release? The graphics and dynamic mechanics put into the game are huge. I agree it's kindy crappy but it's the way it is. Atleast when you buy CoD you know what the game has to offer. I bought Diablo 3 in the hopes for PvP, mainly Team Death match. Ya it sucked that on release Blizzard said PvP wasn't ready. Being a big fan of the Diablo franchise and Blizzard as a whole, I decided to wait. Now Blizzard stated that Team detah match will probably never exist. Fail? False advertising?
Diablo 3 was fun for the first few months, even when you put aside all the nerfs. But the game lacks content, ie: more activites like daily quests or group encounters. This is suppose to be a sequel to the Diablo series.......then why does Diablo 2 have more content? Blind fans calling people haters or whinners but the sad truth is that the list of problems with Diablo 3 keeps getting bigger. I used to be a blind fan but not anymore.
The sad truth is that Diablo 3 falls short, a broken game indeed. GG Blizzard.
I suggest anyone who isn't happy with Blizzard falsy selling you a product to contact them asap for a refund. Now is the time to act! Don't take their shitty excuses, take action!
Blizzard released a half finished game. They lied about PvP content. I can probably see Diablo being decent 1-2 years from now....a bit too late for me. 12+ years is a bit too much.
Im sorry if I didn't get my ideas across properly. Seems that there is so much negativity towards the game sometimes, that when someone like myself makes a comment, we get tossed on to the same boat, the cry baby boat. I guess I should of been more clear, so I'll try again. Please remember that this is my personal opinion of how I feel.
I was a dedicated player on release. I rememebr the good ol' inferno days of getting 1 shotted. Frustrating but awesome fun! I wasn't against the RMAH or GAH at the time but didn't use it because I didn't have the millions in gold or the experience for snipe bidding. I lvld up my wizard and farmed all my gear the good ol' way, then cleared inferno. So yes your right, the auction house isn't required. I have completed a ton of acheivements, lvld up all my heroes with decent gear. My main has over 150K dmg and the rest average around 50k-100k with all the required survival stats. They all have their hellfire rings and my main is lvl30 paragon. Low paragon lvl to some, but decent for me.
Im a fan of the Diablo series and I want Diablo 3 to shine and to be a great game. I still have hope! Yet I find myself getting tired of the game so im currenty an inactive player but remain active on the forums for new tasty updates to bring me back one day. If people still enjoy the game then thats great! To each their own. I personally feel Diablo 3 is lacking in content. I don't want an MMOrpg content obviously, but at this point I feel playing Diablo 2 is more viable then playing D3.
So where do I stand? Im not a hater....or a lover, but my heart still desires to love D3. So maybe a break is all I need? Im sorry if my comments said otherwise. Thanks for keeping the replies respectful and mature.
Whos down? Just stating some observations I've made while playing D3. Bought the game, played it for a few months, tried supporting Blizzard the best I could but I can't anymore. Don't get me wrong, I still have faith for D3...only because I have so much respect for D1 & D2 and I've waited 10 years for D3.....Maybe in 6 months D3 will have more content, more skill diversity and more end-game gear balancing....oh and better UI.
The thing that bothers me though is when I compare D3 to some free2Play games. These Free2Play games make/made about 10% of what D3 made in the first week of release, yet they continously still offer updates. Ya sure you can say it isn't a monthly subcription so Blizzard owes us nothing more then the $60 game we bought. I must say I've lost a lot of respect for Blizzard and how they manage things. Lets hope for the sake of both D3's & Blizzard's future they get their heads in the game and fix their failure aka Diablo 3.
Sadly im too busy with life to be upset...if anything im sad. I get a few hours a week to relax and play a videogame of my choice. I wanted it to be Diablo 3...but it falls short. So I've switched games and keep an eye out on the forums for any updates that might bring me back.