- Sinistra
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thewasupkid posted a message on A guy who died waiting for Diablo III launch todayDid he drop any loot?Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
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Simca posted a message on Stupid salvaging % by blizzard.After searching through the WoW item database and categorizing every Vanilla WoW item, I have this knowledge to impart to you all about Blizzard and items: They make mistakes all the time and nobody ever notices (not even them apparently)Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
I've found at least 30 errors in item drops, drop rates, names, and even stats on Vanilla items.
It could very well be intentional, but even if it isn't, I doubt they will change it. -
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Mysticjbyrd posted a message on Diablo 3 Q2 Target Launch.I didn't put too much weight into what blizzard said before, but I have to tell ya they handled D3 very poorly. I'd almost have to go as far as say, lie.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
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JCourtney posted a message on Does it stay Early 2012 ???If it isn't Q1 who cares... Let's all spend are money elsewhere on games that actually get released in decent development times.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
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Dolaiim posted a message on Sign Of...Delay? *The New Sweepstakes*I think we all knew this in our hearts, sad as it is.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Thing is, they wouldn't delay the Dec 2011 release because they just needed a few more weeks. By pushing into "early" 2012, they were sending a clear message that they needed a few more months to release. And you know that Blizzard will take the maximum amount of time their window allows, if not push back the window entirely. They've always been this way.
Why do they need that much time? All speculation. But for my part, I'm really starting to believe they are doing this purely for business reasons. It seems like the devs are mainly just dicking around with un-necessary iteration because they have time to kill. Certainly doesn't look like there's much of a crunch over there. "Oh yeah, we're just playing around with runestones. The original way we had it works great, but we're just trying other stuff out because the runestone tooltips don't scale well." Yeah, sounds like serious crunch to me...
That, or they're just flat hammered with high-severity bugs and integration problems with bnet.
Frankly, Blizzard needs to get with the times. Gamers have changed, and this "when it's done" shit just doesn't fly with the modern gamer any more. -
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Lsdreamx posted a message on So who's starting BETA today?giveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee just for couple of hoursssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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Dolaiim posted a message on With the delay: should we expect an even more refined game? How much is too much iteration?Blizzard has really shown their cards here, in trying so hard to hide their cards.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
The truth is, they are doing MAJOR re-writes, evidence keeps trickling out. A ton of feature functionality isn't even in the game yet, including but certainly not limited to:
-Runes: getting a re-write, being iterated
-Demon Hunter: skills and resources (class is clearly broken)
-Items: most of the item affixes/suffixes posted are actually placeholders, so says Bashiok, and the real aff/suff are not yet implemented).
-battle.net clearly unstable (many crashes, has been down for a looong time)
-skills and damage scaling
The cornerstone of Blizzard's development model is Agile/Scrum style iteration. But the OP asks a great question: "How much is too much iteration?"
I've been trained in Agile/Scrum, and literally THE BIGGEST caveat they teach you to control and manage is exactly that: too much iteration . Blizzard has this dream-list of features that they CHANGE CONSTANTLY, coupled with a pie-in-the-sky vision of "quality" that forces them into infinite "no-go" iteration cycles.
But hey, that's their prerogative. They DO produce amazing games, no question. But as I always say, Blizzard needs to get IMMENSELY better at managing their public image, and their loyal fan base.
Why you ask? We'll just buy their games no matter what?
Here's why: The SECOND Blizzard releases a sub-par game, they will be absolutely slammed. I mean let's be honest guys.. Blizzard puts their fans through hell. Their PR approach is boarder-line insane: Have daily interaction through these proxy-users (Basiok, etc) whose job is to literally keep loyal fans engaged but woefully un-informed. This approach breeds SO much resentment. There's a serious psychological explanation for how people react to Blizzard PR, and it's very similar to how a human reacts when a potential love interest plays hard-to-get. They remain attractive by being both secretive AND actively engaged. This is why seemingly normal people react so strongly every time Blizzard pulls a number like this.
I doubt any of this is on purpose. It's becoming more and more clear to me that behind those big blue doors, there is a lot of confusion. -
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Stuka1945 posted a message on Diablo 3 Has Officially Been Pushed BackThe Hell with this game. Blizzard only cares about WOW!Posted in: News & Announcements -
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gabbzy17 posted a message on Diablo 3 Has Officially Been Pushed BackThis is F'ing BS...This push back is ridiculous...they aren't releasing it because of a few bugs in beta my ass, just look at the Cataclysm release almost all of the raids were bugged upon release and they still put it out there. The reason i think this happened is because of WOW (and no I'm not a WOW hater or conspirator that its blizzards baby above all else). But in all honesty, they say that WOW is a different market and that they aren't affected by other games but that is just even more bull.Posted in: News & Announcements
When SC2 came out WOW's subscriptions started dropping and haven't recovered since, and that is because of SC2 even if they deny it, and the same will happen when D3 comes out. The difference is that D3 and patch 4.3 would have been close, and patch 4.3 is the conclusion of Cata so they want people on there playing the end of the expansion. I mean seriously this beta could have been release 6 months ago, its almost identical to last years bs they showed at blizzcon and it only took a week to see major issues with the game and address them.
Im so pissed that I'm just venting on here, DAMN IT!! DAMN IT TO HELL!! -
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Daemaro posted a message on Closed Beta Has Begun!Magistrate is at work but he checked his account from his phone and there is a link to DL the client now. So gooood sign.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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F***-OFF! Im nearing a meltdown hearing all the blizzard double speak.
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Its really depressing that I turn 30 in 5 days and still have yet to even hear a release date for this game I played as a kid.
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FML.
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THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
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Lets not move off their door steps until we have copies in our hands!
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IGN knows nothing more than anyone else.