If they took out the AH, I'd quit. I'm sorry, but I HATED Diablo 2's system. It was all either people begging for frees, dupe trading, scamming, or trade channels, and it was a MESS. D3 was the only Diablo game where gold mattered, that had a genuine system where you could actually get something for your hard work, and you weren't just "farming Meph/Pindleskin" all frelling day. I'm under the assumption anyone that's for the old system also used bots, as well. I know folks that used them, that and map hack, because it WAS the only way to get drops in the game. D3 is a massive improvement on the system, and the hardcore babies whining about the AH are likely the unpleasable mass that could never be pleased no matter what.
I do however see inherent problems with the system. The game is balanced around you always having Yellows in your possession, rather than blues. D2 did this much later than D3 did, probably figuring you'd have better gear earlier. Also, it felt like drops were tweaked to be very low during that time, you couldn't gear up without the AH, and the massive increase to repair costs made it impossible to get repaired without spending money to get more gold (protip: I quit after I couldn't repair my gear. Returned half a year later.). It did, however, stop real gold traders, and I see a LOT less spam in that game than any other game. Why? Because they can't beat the current system. There are no customers that would risk it since it was part of the game, and funding the devs.
You can scream, and whine, and cry about the AH. But I think the AH made the game better. It made the game a hell of a lot less of a mess, it made it so people could get money for their hard work, and it made it so Blizz also got a cut of what was sold, funding game development. I'm also someone that said that Torchlight 2, Path of Exile, etc... would blow this game out of the water. They sucked something violent, either because you could never GET gear/trade (PoE), or because the game was so broken with useless skills and hackers/cheaters (Torchlight 2). All I want from Blizz is an offline mode, so I can mess around should I ever lose my net. That's all. I want to be able to boot this game up years after the servers are gone and have fun, like I do with D1 and D2 (which technically aren't dead, but you get the point). Let's hope they listen.
Why did I make this build, you ask? First and foremost, Sentry is a MUST have, because my Demon Hunter solves practical problems. By blowing things up. The rockets are just icing, which all get bonuses from the "Ballistics" passive. This build is mostly meant to do a ton of damage, building Hatred rapidly and expelling it in waves of explosive, fiery death. That said, it probably wouldn't survive Hell mode, or even Nightmare mode, but y'know, I love the sucker, even if monster Resistances/Immunities would make the build completely and totally null in use.
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I do however see inherent problems with the system. The game is balanced around you always having Yellows in your possession, rather than blues. D2 did this much later than D3 did, probably figuring you'd have better gear earlier. Also, it felt like drops were tweaked to be very low during that time, you couldn't gear up without the AH, and the massive increase to repair costs made it impossible to get repaired without spending money to get more gold (protip: I quit after I couldn't repair my gear. Returned half a year later.). It did, however, stop real gold traders, and I see a LOT less spam in that game than any other game. Why? Because they can't beat the current system. There are no customers that would risk it since it was part of the game, and funding the devs.
You can scream, and whine, and cry about the AH. But I think the AH made the game better. It made the game a hell of a lot less of a mess, it made it so people could get money for their hard work, and it made it so Blizz also got a cut of what was sold, funding game development. I'm also someone that said that Torchlight 2, Path of Exile, etc... would blow this game out of the water. They sucked something violent, either because you could never GET gear/trade (PoE), or because the game was so broken with useless skills and hackers/cheaters (Torchlight 2). All I want from Blizz is an offline mode, so I can mess around should I ever lose my net. That's all. I want to be able to boot this game up years after the servers are gone and have fun, like I do with D1 and D2 (which technically aren't dead, but you get the point). Let's hope they listen.
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Why did I make this build, you ask? First and foremost, Sentry is a MUST have, because my Demon Hunter solves practical problems. By blowing things up. The rockets are just icing, which all get bonuses from the "Ballistics" passive. This build is mostly meant to do a ton of damage, building Hatred rapidly and expelling it in waves of explosive, fiery death. That said, it probably wouldn't survive Hell mode, or even Nightmare mode, but y'know, I love the sucker, even if monster Resistances/Immunities would make the build completely and totally null in use.