Quin was invited to a Blizzcon event to stream when they only released a patch.
btw, for me its extremly unsual that Blizz reveal something outside of Blizzcon. Did they ever do that before?
I mean thats what i have observed. so far they have announced everything on Blizzcon
Reaper of Souls was announced at Gamescom...
They flew popular streamers out to Blizzcon for the major 2.4 patch for sure, but even if there were no patch they would probably still fly streamers out since it is a Blizzard event.
The difference is Blizzard are flying Quin out and its Gamescom, a conference that is not dedicated to Blizzard thus it must be a reason more than just playing the game or streaming from there, Quin must be showing something off...
"Must" is a very strong word.
I wouldn't beard event so sure about anything and i definitely wouldn't set my hopes up for anything Diablo related. Have you not seen the past couple of Blizzcons? how can you even be remotely excited? I wouldn't be surprised at all if they completely shit on the diablo franchise once again.ard
I'm with those that think at least something special will be announced/displayed for them to have decided to fly Quin out. He himself stated in a video that they told him something that he just couldn't pass up on so my guess is it is more than just having him do some streaming from there, especially when it isn't a Blizzard event...
@Dook23, in fact, I seem to remember reading a comment from a dev that was saying exactly that: D3 is meant to be played in bursts when new content is released. Sounds like devs assume that players will move onto different games in the meantime, Blizz own games probably...
That's unfortunate if true, considering how many hours people spent on D2 for example (and only played D2).
I actually think that is the beauty of this franchise....they instill new life into it with patches, then people come back to it.... I've put a ton of hours into this game too, but it was never without breaks. There are many games out there though that you play once, then never look back. But this game, and D2, has that drawback ability that those games don't have...
There's something also that everyone should keep in mind, just because people play this game for hundreds/thousands of hours, experimenting with new builds due to loot found, trying new chars, new modes, etc. etc. doesn't necessarily mean this is what the game is ultimately designed for. Obviously, many will call me crazy for saying this, that this is a game that is constantly updated and meant to be played for a long, long time, but it doesn't change the idea that this is not a MMO or something that is getting more consistent expansions, updates, dynamic content, etc. to keep the player base entertained and engaged....
This game could easily be picked up, played for 60 hours, especially on the consoles, then put to the side, never to be played again, or at least until the next huge content addition and/or expansion... You can easily find people who spend $60 on a different game, play it for 20 hours, then toss it and not saying they didn't get their money's worth.....again, especially on a console...
Though this style of game has historically been treated like it needs to be played on a long, consistent basis, maybe the problem is we should adjust our focus and realize maybe that just isn't the way an ARPG was originally supposed to be played..... if you get my drift. I don't recall Diablo 1 being treated as such...
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There's something also that everyone should keep in mind, just because people play this game for hundreds/thousands of hours, experimenting with new builds due to loot found, trying new chars, new modes, etc. etc. doesn't necessarily mean this is what the game is ultimately designed for. Obviously, many will call me crazy for saying this, that this is a game that is constantly updated and meant to be played for a long, long time, but it doesn't change the idea that this is not a MMO or something that is getting more consistent expansions, updates, dynamic content, etc. to keep the player base entertained and engaged....
This game could easily be picked up, played for 60 hours, especially on the consoles, then put to the side, never to be played again, or at least until the next huge content addition and/or expansion... You can easily find people who spend $60 on a different game, play it for 20 hours, then toss it and not saying they didn't get their money's worth.....again, especially on a console...
Though this style of game has historically been treated like it needs to be played on a long, consistent basis, maybe the problem is we should adjust our focus and realize maybe that just isn't the way an ARPG was originally supposed to be played..... if you get my drift. I don't recall Diablo 1 being treated as such...