It's how TDM works. You have a set time in which to fight the other team and get as many kills as possible. It is much more of a Diablo/fast paced system than the previous set up they had presented.
boring
That is based on the public bad mannered duel game. Many pvpers did GOOD MANNERED team duels (4v4) which was last man standing. We want options, if the kiddies want to play TDM let them, when the men want to play LMS let them.
Atm they are only considering one game mode for launch as far as I know (TDM). Blizzard is not the kind of company who would just go "Hey, they want X mode, let's just throw it in there". No, they would make sure that it is properly done. I mean what is the point of CtF if it turns out that the only viable class is the Demon Hunter? They have to solve such issues without creating separate solutions for each mode since that is way too confusing.
But Jay said that pvp will be terribly unbalanced, so, who cares about the CD in different game modes anyway?
It will be terribly unbalanced, but they wouldn't even create a PvP mode in the first place if they didn't intend to make it playable. Balance issues is not normally a problem since the matchmaking system will find fair fights anyway, and that is why they have made it very clear that it won't be an eSport. In an eSport there are tournaments and rankings, and obviously the best builds that would be considered extremely OP would dominate. So when they say that it will be unbalanced they are not saying that it will be unplayable, and the will do their best to make sure that it is enjoyable as a casual game mode. Adjusting cooldowns and crowd control durations is a part of that.
Again. Diablo 3 is a casual game not a competitive game. Every choice Blizzard makes will be in favor of casual gameplay. If you want competitive gameplay you are looking at the wrong title, and arguing that Blizzard is making a mistake by not making it competitive is like arguing that IceFrog made a mistake by not making DotA casual.
LMS is something that was already in the game, I agree getting into objective based game types would get messy.
Diablo 2 was a casual game, but we were not restricted if we wanted to play competitively. D3 is restricting us.
You were always fighting the same person multiple times. In the old arena, you just did it in multiple rounds.
I am happy with this change. I would hate to die right off the bat and have to sit there and wait for up to 3 mins while the rest dueled it out. Either way, we are fighting the same team for the same duration. They just got rid of people having to wait to fight again. Looking at the old videos, it seems that the rounds ended too quickly anyway. Why wait for a whole fresh reset when you can just keep the action going in the same round.
You dont understand pvp at all. Its all about comepletly pwning your opponents and puting them to the ground. If they come back in like 5 sec you havent done very much and they dont feel pwned. If they release this game with a system like that its never gonna be an esport. Its like counter strike vs call of duty. And we all know how boring black ops is.
It's not supposed to be an esport and Blizzard has stated that they will not support any content or functionality that tries to turn it into an esport. pvp is sposed to just be for casually trying out your builds on other players.
Don't get me wrong, I love no respawn pvp modes but i also understand where blizz is coming from on this. It would be nice if they could implement both but I am not an expert on what sort of support and work doing that would require and I trust that Blizzard has thought this through and is making the right choices.
That is the thing, we are not asking for a full fledged esport with ladders and rankings and tournaments. We are just asking for OPTIONS that we had in Diablo 2. In D3 they took control of it but then half assed it.
The problem is they don't support more options. I frankly don't give a shit that you dislike or like this style. The only problem is if its the only option. This is 2011 for god's sakes, they could please a lot of people by just adding some more options.
That is based on the public bad mannered duel game. Many pvpers did GOOD MANNERED team duels (4v4) which was last man standing. We want options, if the kiddies want to play TDM let them, when the men want to play LMS let them.
LMS is something that was already in the game, I agree getting into objective based game types would get messy.
Diablo 2 was a casual game, but we were not restricted if we wanted to play competitively. D3 is restricting us.
That is the thing, we are not asking for a full fledged esport with ladders and rankings and tournaments. We are just asking for OPTIONS that we had in Diablo 2. In D3 they took control of it but then half assed it.
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27822632643&postId=278201087865&sid=3000#2
because currently the only issues over there are offline play and the RMAH
AMEN, I made a post about this last night, feel free to chime in your opinions.
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27822632643&postId=278201087865&sid=3000#2