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Quote from Ruppgu

I'm a bit split on their design of not nerfing any abilities. On one hand, it's nice that they aren't touching builds that people currently find enjoyable. However, on the other hand, if they truely want build diversity, you need to nerf things. Battle Rage is a perfect example... it's just too powerful and is something you pretty much always want in your build.

Either way, I think a few of the mentioned buffs to skills seem a bit too much. 400% damage on smash? Are you kidding me?

Battle Rage is not used in every build. A better example would be Warcry with the resist rune.

Can you not search for people who aren't on your friends list?

I just want an excuse to level my Barb again

I don't really feel like leveling my Barb again. Then again, yes I do.

Quote from "Zoobi" »

No single item in the game would be worth a high rune if there weren't dupes. I don't think Blizzard understands that dupes are what make the diablo 2 economy fail.

Diablo 2 economy would still fail without dupes. Just as the poster above me said, SoJs would just replace the runes. Either way we are stuck using in game items as a de facto currency since the gold system is broken.

At least with the dupes we can have runewords. I seriously doubt most of you would actually enjoy it with dupes gone (or even worse with no hacks and no bots). We've all become accustomed to being able to actually build our characters.

RekaB: Topic is top 50 games of the decade.

Final Fantasy VII - Released 1997
Metal Gear Solid - Released 1998
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Released 1991
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Released 1998
Resident Evil - Released 1996
Tomb Raider - Released 1996
Super Mario 64 - Released 1996

dec⋅ade [dek-eyd; Brit. also duh-keyd]
1. a period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806.

You should read the thread before you post in it.

PS 1996 - 1998 was a sick time for video games.

Quote from "emilemil1" »

"You fight demons" is not a story.

Actually it is.

"the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc."

You search for demons. You fight them. <- Succession of incidents.

I find it pretty cute how so many people here are claiming "bias", and at the same time declaring D2's superiority. Hypocritical? Nobody outside of this forum would place D2 higher than it got. Go to Halo forums and they will place Halo at #1, got to WoW forums and they would do the same for their game.

Because the website went down (for me currently, at least) I don't really know what their criteria was for choosing the games. And unless you went and read through their lists and their reasons, you don't either.

So, we can only make an assumption. I see most of you harping on story as if it were the only criteria for what makes a game note-worthy. That is likely not the only thing taken into consideration. Graphics, replayability, innovation, control mastering, and mainstream acceptance are all probably important factors.

That's particularly why I am surprised Halo is not on this list. Overlooked perhaps. Halo and WoW both played the same important role: they because very mainstream. People who didn't play video games at least played a bit of Halo. And people who never touched an MMO played WoW. SotC was an incredibly innovative game. I know of no other like it, and it was widely successful. Portal brought a new (before some of you people harp on this, yes, I know the concept was from Narbacular Drop) mechanic to the videogame world, as did HL2 which had a fabulous story with it.

While I, too, think the list is total bullshit (not sure why SSB:M is so far up the list, when it spawned with it worldwide competition) I think you all shouldn't be so quick to jump on the D2#1 and everything else sucks bandwagon.

PS Don_guillotine
Diablo's story: Medieval warriors fight demons who break free from hell. Sorry, but the story is no more unique than WoW's.

In my opinion Blizzard should maintain the individual barter system that Diablo has always had, keeping the exchange of items personal (via trading from player to player, rather than player to auction house to player).

While keeping that in mind though, the process for which advertisement and communication should be streamlined. A system should be in place for users to find other users selling items they want. This could be in a format somewhat like an auction house, but without the ability to bid or buy items. This way somebody could easily locate and talk to a seller in the community. This could also be used in reverse, so in case nobody is selling the item somebody wants, they can post an advertisement seeking it. Should anybody want to sell it, they can scan for those who want it. Next to the advertisement can be an area where the advertiser types in what they are seeking or offering (or they can leave it blank).

Along with that the need for a mail system should be addressed. Or at the very least a "sent when user is online" feature, so the buyer could inform the seller they are interested, or vise versa. They could then set up a time and place to meet and exchange.

Example: Player A is currently looking for Overpowered Sword. He does a scan for Overpowered Sword and finds Player B selling it. To the right of it Player B has listed some things he is interested in. Mediocre Shield, Sub-par Traveling Boots, Expensive Sunglasses, or any of the two Fake Diamond Rings. Player A, having the shield and boots can then message Player B to offer them and set up a place to exchange.





One more idea, which I think would make our lives a lot easier, is the ability to exchange items OUTSIDE of a game. Via whatever the interface is outside of individual games (currently it is a chatroom). If some system was set up to trade say, items in the stash with other players, the annoyance of setting up games might be removed. In the above example, say Player A and Player B are rarely on during the same hours due to their schedule. Player A could send a mail containing the boots and the shield in it, and in order to take them Player B would have to put the sword in and send it.

By putting a time limit on these trades (a few days or so), it would be a much simplified way to exchange and avoid many of the hassles of finding trades today.

-NonMagical

Quote from "mockery" »

It's being covered on a variety of big gaming news sites today (Destructoid, Kotaku, etc.), so there's no reason why we can't discuss it here while we wait for more news to come in from MD over at the WWI.

I think the point is that it has already been discussed to death for hundreds of pages already in the previous threads. x_x

I'm surprised MD hasn't posted news about the press conference he attended.