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All of the above except PvP, for me Diablo 2's PvP was boring as all hell, and rigged like no tomorrow. Amazons shooting beyond their sight with guided arrow and maphack, everyone got teleport via enigma, one hammer could kill the hardiest of Barbarians or anyone else for that matter.

The biggest reason I loved the Diablo franchise, is the fact that the game is designed for a FUN CO-OP, CASUAL experience. There was and is no subscription fee so I don't feel obligated to play every second of every day that I have available, just to feel I'm getting my money's worth. I can play any day, any hour, any minute, for as long as I feel I want to play, or alternatively stop playing for 4 months or 2 years or whatever, install the game fire it up, and start playing again.

When it comes to Diablo 3, the RMTAH is a totally non-intrusive 100% optional alternative to a subscription service. Blizzard can use that money to update the game and keep it fresh, without forcing any extra cost beyond the $60 purchase price of the game. They also gave ways for the person who will absolutely never again put a penny into a game beyond a game's purchase price (free weekly item posts) to participate in the RMTAH aspect of the game, thus allowing them to help participate in funding future development without an unwanted hand in their pocket every month. This is a genius idea and I applaud Blizzard for taking this route with D3.


Warning! straying off-topic below.

When it comes to RTS, I'm the exact opposite to "Peace" the poster above. In my opinion Blizzard RTS's (SC, WC3 and SC2) are/were the greatest RTS's ever. I could never play a Command & Conquer game for longer than an hour before feeling like the game sucks, it's boring, the strategy just isn't very fun, everything looks so tiny. I've played many versions and came with the same conclusion every single time.

WoW was good in the days of classic pre-BC, minus the fact you needed 250-300 fire resist before any group allowed you in the door of Molten Core, when you actually required items and materials from Molten Core to even have a chance to get enough fire resists (hence next to impossible to get in unless you found a guild just starting Molten Core from the very beginning).

Wow did fine during Burning Crusade, but went downhill extremely fast after that. I also remember PvP for around 10 hours a day average for 2-3 months. Ranked to 10 out of 14, one rank from getting the first pieces of epic gear, then Blizzard removed the rank system, changed it to the Honour points system pretty much instantly, making all my previous hard work useless. That was the beginning of the end of WoW for me. I tried playing PvP after that with the arenas and such but that did not save the game. PvP was junk. PvE was boring, repetitive, and you had to wait 5-15 minutes between every fight because there were too many people per group, everyone else was so slow, and took breaks constantly.

I'm with the "very much harder" crowd. I want each battle to be tough, but solo-able with the right gear. I want big boss battles to last between 5-15 minutes solo or in a group with average Inferno gear. I'm talking about battles like The Butcher, King Leoric, Seigebreaker, Belial, Azmodan, Diablo.

I also want a strong emphasis on skill and strategy to complete these battles.

edit: More accurately I probably fit in between "much harder" and "very much harder". I agree with Tenhi about the trash monsters 60-120 seconds is quite long for mere trash, keeping in mind this is an ARPG, not a full MMO.

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Think about how long its going to take to get the best armor/runes/gems/etc.

with full pocket $$$$$$? It take 10min in AH, and u have full inferno equip, ofc not 1 week after release, but 1 month? easy if u accept high price, 6 months with big 'discount', because AH will be flooded with inferno items. Professional Chinese group farmers play 7 days in week ... 18h/day..., so dont worry, everyone will get top gear, sooner or later.

There is that saying again "Chinese Farmers" you do realize that the Chinese will be in their own realm, thus not affecting anyone in any other region of the world. Only the Chinese will have to worry about "Chinese Farmers".

Unless I'm just misunderstanding the word "Chinese", in that it just means somebody who plays a video game for 8+ hours a day for the purpose of selling virtual gear. If that is truly the case by saying "Chinese Farmer" you are formulating a stereotype about a specific race, thus actually saying something racist and it needs to stop.

I'm not trying to single you out, I just find it really annoying and disturbing.

Maybe there can be a new term to describe such people, I dunno maybe something like "Human item Vacuum" or "Manual Gear Retriever".