Hey guys, I was fucking wrong, sorry about that ;-)
Well, sometimes I like to be wronged. And to some extent that's the case here. I'm not too keen on the DPS inflation that comes with the new items, and I'm not sure why they're going through the hassle of introducing new spells/runes while some of the existing ones are still unbalanced... but... I like that they "reset" everything. It's necessary in my opinion; in D2 we had the ladder for that.
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Bagstone posted a message on RoS lvl 70 max?Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
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Zero(pS) posted a message on = Official Info = [Reaper of Souls]Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Hi shaggy Welcome back.Quote from shaggy
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Man, Blizzard clearly has been diverting all their resources to the console version. They definitely haven't been working on the PC version at all.
Looks like the trolls were wrong, yet again.
Indeed they were. They almost always are. But they never come back to say "hey guys, I was fucking wrong, sorry for trolling". - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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It may be time for you to take a break and step away for a while. Several people have already pointed out that the "problems" you are continuing to bring up are completely self imposed. You have set up your own unique expectations about all of these situations and when your expectations are not met, it becomes a problem. If I expect to hit every green light on my way home from work tonight and then hit a bunch of red lights that does not mean there is a problem with the design of the traffic lights.
At the end of the day it is so amazingly inconsequential as to when Blizzard decides to talk about the changes. I know, we all want to see the dev blogs . There is no universally accepted time frame that Blizzard has to abide by. They don't even have to do a preview at all. As far as the teaser image for the web/api stuff that makes complete sense, since it's probably the next thing on their list to actually release. There is nothing strange about the lack of new information though.
As far as the AH topic, that is a pretty dead and bloody horse at this point. We can keep going in circles but what's the point? You feel the way you feel and I am certainly not going to try and change your mind. I don't teach pigs to sing.
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I will reference PA because I like it, and it's one of the best run forums on the net. Several years ago it was starting to fall apart and they instituted a simple and honestly silly global rule. They called it the Glorious Edict. The only tolerated "insult" was to call someone a Silly Goose. If you said anything else there were consequences, jail and up to banning. I know it sounds stupid but it worked. They also run a pretty tight ship across the board. Want some ideas, look here http://bit.ly/LNeQVJ.
Again, my intent is not to rip on the staff or the culture here. I like it here, but I think there are some things that could improve and would make it better. Hopefully things will change because as was already said the tone around here is degrading into official forums territory pretty quickly.
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"Almost right" is such a vague moving target. Furthermore it's a matter of personal opinion. Lots of people, more than we know honestly, are perfectly happy with D3. I am one of them. Sure I see areas where it could be improved but I don't honestly care and at whatever point it's not fun anymore I will just stop playing.
I could be wrong but I don't think anyone on the development team including the devil himself, Jay Wilson, (sarcasm by the way) released Diablo III and thought it was a steaming pile of shit. They released a game that they honestly thought was "almost right".
The only way to "predict", for lack of a better word, a response from the playerbase would have been to make a clone of Diablo 2 but even then you are making assumptions about the players and we all know what happens when you make an assumption. Believe it or not they changed a lot during the Beta and a large percent of it was community/player driven feedback.
"Fun" is not an absolute though and to beat a dead horse game development is at the end of the day a business and the goal is to meet the needs of the largest subset of your consumers since that leads to revenue. Simply because Diablo 3 does not meet everyone's specific ideas on how the game should have been does not make it bad or a failure. The opposite also holds true.
Blizzard won't please everyone, they can't. The idea is to simply make most people happy. It sucks when you aren't one of those people but such is life.
My apologies to whoever I quoted. I saw it in a quote tree but didn't feel like going back and figuring out who said it.
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Ah yes. The rock solid, foolproof tactic of degrading to name calling. Hate to break it to you kiddo but video games are finite experiences too. Hell, life is a finite experience. It's cool, I get it. You just like to rant for the sake of ranting. Carry on and I will go ahead and heed the beautifully ironic warning in your sig and will not continue to feed the troll.
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You can disagree, that doesn't bother me in the slightest bit. I think you are making assumptions about opinions that are simply untrue. Your opinion is simply a personal choice on something, right? We can agree on that. I like tuna but I don't like salmon. I like rock music but I don't like country. I like murder mystery novels but I don't like books about history. I could go on and on endlessly. What great significance does my opinion have versus yours? Why am I not entitled to simply like or dislike something? Remember opinions are not absolutes, we are not talking about truths. This is not someone saying gravity is a lie, it really is as simple as "I like this but not that".
I think I know where you are going with this but pack mentality is not going to stop simply because we make a call to arms about understand our opinions. In my experience people who question others people's opinions are motivated by insecurity and ego not genuine curiosity or desire for meaningful engagement. Does that mean that is always the case? Of course not but again that is just my experience.
I appreciate the comments , sincerely. I am always up for a good reasonable conversation and you seem both good and reasonable.
edit for clarity: I realize that fish, music and books are not on the same scope as say, a persons opinion on stem cell research. I do actually agree with you that questioning why someone feels the way they do is good. But if all you get is "because I feel that way." then that's the end of it. Trying to "convince" someone that their opinion is wrong is like trying to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and annoys the pig. I also am not trying to imply that your motivations for questioning someone is for the sole purpose of trying to change their mind.
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Also you don't actually want to see MoP fail. That's bad for business and bad for the industry. What you want is the "Blizzard of old" and honestly that company does not exist anymore. The industry that allowed the "old Blizzard" also does not really exist anymore. If you, or anyone for that matter, no longer agrees with how they operate then maybe it's time to move on. Show them with your wallet, since at the end of the day, that speaks the loudest. We can only blame ourselves for, as you put it, homogenization of their products. People keep buying them so they keep on developing. It speaks to the fact that the industry has changed and that developers have to change too. Gaming isn't niche anymore and while that certainly doesn't bother everyone I think it bothers a lot of people.
Anyway, I hope Blizzard is able to "salvage" this game for the people who take issue with it. I think they will and I think down the road we will see D3 develop into an amazing game. I think it's solid right now and I look forward to the iterations ahead.
edited because...well reading is difficult for some.
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I had hope? I know...I know...
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Fixed that for you.
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So because you find his mindset similar to yours you are declaring his opinion as "the hard truth" but people who think differently are "sheep"?
So basically you are telling me to ignore your posts. Got it. Thanks for the heads up.