There is a solution involving trading based on special rules devaluing 3-rd party sites and combined with weekly ban-waves we could have a working D3 trading system with D2 item drop chances. However, banning the botters seems like a lot of work aka Blizzard are not interested in such scenario.
But, there could be another way to stop the botters by going 64-bit only. Right now the client on the PTR has both a 32-bit and 64-bit options. By going 64-bit only there will be no botters and we could have the D2 type of trading back - us mvp TheTias explains why this is so. I doubt Blizzard will make a 64-bit only client in China, but maybe after some years this could happen for the other regions. They will lose some percent of the players, which can not make the transition to 64, but they will gain a lot more players if they announce a bot-free game with trading back.
I prefer currency farm...and hoping in rng/ item hunt/ trading/ build experimentation...than endless exping for main stat.
Well, there is nothing more boring than farming for mainstat. Even fishing is more enjoyable to me. The problem from design pov is other however: The moment you bring back the D2 drop rates and allow trading so the players can counter the luck variance, you bring botting and 3-rd party item selling back. What the last season has shown us is that Blizzard are NOT interested in banning the players anymore. So, if D2 drop rates are back we will have the same D2 trading simulator with D3 engine, because nobody will care about the botters. Some people will play it fair for a season or two, and when they see that the other are getting more items than them due to botting, they will either stop playing the game or become botters themselves (aka D2 scenario).
There is a solution involving trading based on special rules devaluing 3-rd party sites and combined with weekly ban-waves we could have a working D3 trading system with D2 item drop chances. However, banning the botters seems like a lot of work aka Blizzard are not interested in such scenario.
But, there could be another way to stop the botters by going 64-bit only. Right now the client on the PTR has both a 32-bit and 64-bit options. By going 64-bit only there will be no botters and we could have the D2 type of trading back - us mvp TheTias explains why this is so. I doubt Blizzard will make a 64-bit only client in China, but maybe after some years this could happen for the other regions. They will lose some percent of the players, which can not make the transition to 64, but they will gain a lot more players if they announce a bot-free game with trading back.
Well, there is nothing more boring than farming for mainstat. Even fishing is more enjoyable to me. The problem from design pov is other however: The moment you bring back the D2 drop rates and allow trading so the players can counter the luck variance, you bring botting and 3-rd party item selling back. What the last season has shown us is that Blizzard are NOT interested in banning the players anymore. So, if D2 drop rates are back we will have the same D2 trading simulator with D3 engine, because nobody will care about the botters. Some people will play it fair for a season or two, and when they see that the other are getting more items than them due to botting, they will either stop playing the game or become botters themselves (aka D2 scenario).
There is a solution involving trading based on special rules devaluing 3-rd party sites and combined with weekly ban-waves we could have a working D3 trading system with D2 item drop chances. However, banning the botters seems like a lot of work aka Blizzard are not interested in such scenario.