Quote fromWork on the patch was put on hold for a while due to higher priority issues, but it commences, and it is nearing.
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The reply is short and to the point, which is more than we can say of many of Blizzard's revelations. Apparently, the patch had been put on hold in light of more pressing matters, but now they're back in business and its release is imminent.
I, myself, am somewhat dissappointed in their lack of an announcement when they suspended work on it, something many had suspected in Diablo-based forums around the internet. However, now that we have a definite confirmation of its progress, something that would have been nice a month or two ago, I can say that some of that is relieved.
Being one of the very few responses from Bashiok of late, this reply may be something of consequence. Can we be expecting the patch before the month of June is out? Many ladder resets and a few patches have been released in the month of June, so this only continues to add to the speculation.
Credit goes out to pvp_fire for PMing me about this little tidbit. Hand the man a rep point if you have a moment
EDIT~
Some speculation about the "higher priority" that has been going around is that they just released their 1.23b beta Warcraft III patch yesterday on their servers. This may, in fact, be what Bashiok had been alluding to.
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yeah i have noticed that as well. they are getting cocky and very "top secret". plus, the hints they give us are always well received, buts its really condescending and taunting. just give us a straight answer for once. Bashiok constantly responds "oh, but that would ruin all my fun!" or "I dont know. what do you think?"
i mean, diablo 3 and starcraft 2 have been anticipated for a long time, and blizzard is very "secretive" about everything. what if theyre just gonna blow us off? what if its not worth it?
but i'm probably just over-reacting lol. we've all been waiting so long.
idk I have always loved blizzards sense of secrecy and there weird sense of humor. Its what makes them in my eyes Blizzard. Other people may get mad at them but its like well..I dont remember back when Sc2 was being announced there was a funny picture. It had a guy that was working for Blizzard and he asked "Can I at least tell my wife about Starcraft 2" and he had a little buzzer thing that would explode if he said anything and the guy behind the desk replied something like "Im afraid the buzzer tells you no." It was prerty funny.
It's better than them being tightwads and then releasing terrible games.
Apologizing over and over would help me lose respect for them honestly.
As long as 1.13 is great and brings lots of fresh changes it's worth the wait. Things definitely change quickly in the gaming industry and the same time a heads up definitely would have been nice.
Either way, as long as they polish and release great games they will still have the upper hand. They would not be a company without us (the fans) but we would also not be Diablo/Starcraft/Warcraft fans without them. The games are so popular for a reason (not only because most people are lemmings who just play what everyone else is playing).
And if history does indeed repeat itself, our complaining or demanding won't get us far anyhow.
First post. I like the overall atmosphere here being such a huge Diablo fan having to play Wow and Brood War UMS maps to keep the good 'ol days fresh. So hello everyone.:thumbsup:
I'm with you on the issue of apologizing constantly thouh, I'm actually glad they take a "it's done when it's done" attitude towards their games. Makes them seem like.... not pussies.
Heh, good point about people being lemmings, once word hits the gaming community that D3 has sold out, everyone will shit bricks and think that it must be an incredible game.
You don't get it, Cratus. You just don't get it.
That's cool, they love secrecy and what not...why not do like Guildwars 2, they have no updates or release pictures weekly. Blizzard on the other hand feeds us screen shots and stuff like that to munch on but at the same time they want to be secretive? How much sense does that make...it's like giving a starving animal a little bit to eat and then being like oh never mind...lol wouldn't you be pissed off? If you're going to be releasing information just go on about it already...if not don't release anything at all, no more Greys blizzard.