Quote fromAlright I just thought that people had them online somewhere. Also I'm just pointing out that the search function is very hard to use for those of us who are colourblind.
For christ's sake. It's obvious you're that other guy who made 3 threads or whatever about being colorblind. You're a mediocre troll at best, get out. Trolls are supposed to be funny.
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No, it's the only reason to play. There are two other possible reasons which have no merit:
1. To PvM, which is utterly boring and repetitive as anyone who's played can tell you.
2. To collect items and build characters. I fail to see what benefit these people get out of bothering to play bnet at all; if they're satisfied simply by improving their virtual selves and don't care about others then why don't they play single player?
In real life, self improvement is fulfilling and fantastic. After learning difficult concepts or finishing a tough workout, everyone feels good about themselves. But getting pleasure purely from improvement in a video game? Come--the fuck--on. There's absolutely no point in improving and reaching the pinnacle of power if you can't compare yourself to others (favorably, I might add) in PvP.
Really, if anyone here thinks there was any reason to play Diablo 2 besides PvP they're an utter fool, and I don't have anything more to say to them. Thus deriding D2 pvp is deriding the only purpose of D2 in the first place, and if you hate D2 then gtfo.
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Wow. You must really hate Diablo 2 then.
You can't be saying that the reason you played that game was to kill Baal over and over...can you..? I'm afraid if you answer yes to that question, I'm going to have to question your sanity. And if you answer no, then Diablo 2 held nothing for you and I've just got to ask: why are you here?
By the way, enjoying one's victories doesn't automatically equate to having a superiority complex. I have to admit that seeing so many idiots did sort of give me one in that game, though. But is that wrong? To say "I'm better than everyone else at this", when all the evidence points to it?
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The fact that my point is apparently completely beyond you highlights the total lack of understanding that people with your views on diablo customization have.
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There is only one side of the coin. Observe the following facts:
1. For any given class matchup, there will be a best gear, skill, and rune combination. I'm going to ignore anyone who argues this fact because they're wrong, plain and simple. And neither I, nor any true Diablo fan, give a rats ass about PvM, so please don't bother mentioning it--it's irrelevant, and nobody should care about it.
2. The chief argument made against manual stats is that there was a best way to do it, meaning that a unique stat allocation and excellence were mutually exclusive.
By the auto-stat logic, any route of customization that has a best way is useless, and should be removed from the game. I submit to you that all routes of customization will be found to have a best way and thus by your own, foolish, arguments customization should not exist at all.
The only variable in that case would be player skill, making Diablo 3 nothing more than a 3d action game with no RPG elements whatsoever. I hope you can see the hilarious irony, given that your crowd ceaselessly chants "more customization less limitation".
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And what of the rest of my post?
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"Diablo 2 is a simple and easy game once you get the hang of it. There are many counter-intuitive things in the game which make doing so maybe slightly difficult. Therefore, I'd like to take this already easy game, and entirely remove the learning curve."
That makes no sense. By your own argument, the only thing even slightly difficult about D2 is figuring out its counterintuitive tricks. And you want to remove even that tiny difficulty?
Again, not that I agree in any way with your argument.
Also, it's clear we're talking about two different games. You appear to be referring to D2 pvm, which can hardly be considered a game at all. The only reason to play D2 was to be the best at pvp. That was where build and gear truly came into play. And for all you peoples' ceaseless whining that "everyone just dumped everything into vit", why did I never once run into a barb with more life than me. Why did I run into countless uber geared barbs with only 5k life, who ostensibly knew what they were doing and would obviously (I hope the sarcasm is clear) have known how to make a perfect stat distribution.
Why, back in 09, when I was pumping str with base vit and killing barbs with 4 times my life pool, did I run into so few like myself? Because the majority of people didn't know what they were doing. The majority of people will never know what they are doing. Giving them my perfect stat distribution, for free, is utter nonsense.
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Why is that, if it's already such a "easy and simplistic" game to you. Not that I agree. Diablo 2 had just enough complexity to confound hordes of "perpetual noobs" (those who played the game for years without ever comprehending game mechanics), yet those very same mechanics could be understood and eventually mastered by intelligent players. This of course led to a lot of excitement in trading and pvp at the top, along with some mindless fun owning entire pub games. But that was the point--D2 had a place for everyone, but the places at the top were reserved for the best. It sounds to me like more than a few in this thread want the places at the top to be open to all; those perpetual noobs I was talking about?...
I think REN said it best as far as Diablo's casual/hardcore duality.
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The point is that diablo 2 was already a reasonably casual game, and there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that it requires any more dumbing down, newb-friendliness, or simplicity.
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Prior to 1.10, strength DID make a good warrior, as you might recall. It was only after 1.10 fucked diablo entirely that stats became a joke. Funnily enough, I'd be willing to bet that 90% of the people who love the idea of auto stats also loved 1.10.
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You inadvertently just proved the point every manual-stats person has been trying to make: Blizzard removing stats is a way of dumbing down the game for newer players. Thread over.
Btw, if you don't want to have to study a game in order to understand it and excel at it, why don't you go play a flash game or something? It sounds like you're saying success in D3 should be based on two things: time input, and mouseclicking skill. Yeehaw..
Hey, at least your vision (which coincides with Blizzard's, unfortunately) is still better than WoW, which lops off that pesky mouseclicking skill part.
Edit: Besides, if you thought D2 required a lot of studying to excel, you really ought to play more RPGs..
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There was never any point in discussing stats or complaining about anything D3-related. New Blizzard has their own, flawed, vision of this sequel, and nothing anyone says is going to change their mind. They will act to correct these flaws if, and only if, a negative opinion is widespread enough that it might impact the sales of the game. Which we all know, thanks to the millions of WoW-era gamers, will never happen.
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And seriously, learning disabilities have nothing to do with this. If you're autistic, or dyslexic or something that's one thing. But a generic learning disability "in english" sounds to me like an excuse. Adding that you excel in math and science is an utterly irrelevant boast.
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Do not listen to this, he has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.
There's no such thing as a 512 "mb" processor, and you didn't even refer to your processor in the OP. Your graphics card should be adequate for D3, but probably won't be running on high.
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If you're so "curious" why don't you watch the gameplay trailer you've been trying to shove down everyone's throat? The first scene with the barb killing all the zombies. The silly thousand pounder boss. The final Siege boss fight. Ring any fucking bells to you? If that isn't out of place, orchestral, epic music to you then you really are insane.