Blade wings are for anyone that bought online deluxe as well, not even preorder. I have them because im a SC2 player anyway. If everyone wanted them, everyone would have them. I dont see the problem of the wingz of valor...... everyone has them, who cares? Can some of these people only feel good if they are the only one feeling good? Why do you care if someone else has the wings for fuck sake. Personally im using blade wings on my DH and wings of valor on my Crusader. Love the contrast.
OP: "I know many will disagree, but that's my opinion. I'm not going to fume and obsess over it though."
Now that you all have your pitchforks and torches...I really do mean that.
I would have preferred to keep the wings CE only and had given the Spectral Hound to Preorders. I like the idea of keeping all of the Wings tied to CE's. It would have gone with the pattern they were establishing.
Tyreal Wings = D3 CE
Blade Wings = SC2:HotS CE
I know many will disagree, but that's my opinion. I'm not going to fume and obsess over it though
Actually, the blade wings are also available through purchasing the digital deluxe version of SC2:HotS.
I do agree that the wings should have been kept as a Collectors edition exclusive item, it doesn't bother me that they aren't though. What bothers me is that we'll probably see EVERYONE wearing them, but hey, maybe we won't.
At the end of the day, those who bought the CE for D3V will still feel special because they'll have wings that are almost unobtainable now.
A major issue I have with that is that you can't decide what you want to be. You're at the mercy of what legendaries you find.
Its going to be more a game of "how can i make the most of the gear I found" instead of "what kind of build do i want to play, and what gear do I need for it?"
I don't understand the problem, because the last two quoted sentences you used mean the exact same thing. You make it seem like the latter is different or better, but it equals "Ok I want to play X, and I need Y gear for it". That's the same as "Ok I have Y gear, and that means I can make the most out of X builds".
Personally I love being 'at the mercy' of what legendaries drop. There's absolutely builds I want to try, but I know it might take awhile for me to find the gear, and that's awesome, it's a long term goal. If we had, for example, the AH still running and no BoA, it would turn back into "Why wait for the drop, I'll just buy all the gear I need", and that just feels lame.
I dont know, I never had a problem with the AH. RMAH yes, AH no. To buy a great item on the AH, you still needed to have the gold which was no easy task. You had to farm for it and sell an item of equal value to the one you actually wanted, or a bunch that would add up to it. I had a very good feeling of satisfaction when I was able to buy my first multi million gold item.
But now you're at the mercy of RNG. The crafting system is something I didn't think about earlier in this thread, and that may have some cool mechanics that help with my problem. I play these games to create characters that are fun to play. I like making decisions and designing characters. I hope RoS turns out to be great and have some meaningful decisions, but I just don't see it yet.
I can see where you're coming from although I definitely like to believe that RoS will better in the way gear is earned rather than bought. Sure you do get satisfaction when you earn X amount of gold to buy a particular item of the AH, but I think that's the kind of gameplay the devs don't want the game to be primarily focused on. Farming gold to buy gear.
While there is a level of satisfaction in gaining gear in either of the ways (farming for it or farming for the gold to buy it) I think you'll find a lot more people are after the self-found way of earning gear.
I'm not attacking your or anything but looking at your posts you seem to be all for working the auction house rather than grinding for you gear, very much like a path of least resistance kind of deal. This would explain why you're not looking forward to RoS. You're not alone though, there's heaps of other players not planning on buying RoS for the same reason. They either can't make money off the game or don't want to play the way Diablo is meant to be played.
EDIT: I keep adding crap to my post, okay I'm done now.
I don't mean to throw on my rose tinted glasses, but what was so wrong with the gambling in D2? I'm not saying it should be identical to that, but why should we be able to purchase our legendaries at all? Why not just make the blood shards be used for gambling for rare items? Why not just keep the legendaries obtainable only through monster killing?
Well, killing monsters as the only game mode has worked for me in about 15 years of Diablo 1+2. Never interested in ladder, PvP, or trading. But of course, I can only speak for myself...
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Just an opinion mate, no need to go hostile.
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I do agree that the wings should have been kept as a Collectors edition exclusive item, it doesn't bother me that they aren't though. What bothers me is that we'll probably see EVERYONE wearing them, but hey, maybe we won't.
At the end of the day, those who bought the CE for D3V will still feel special because they'll have wings that are almost unobtainable now.
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While there is a level of satisfaction in gaining gear in either of the ways (farming for it or farming for the gold to buy it) I think you'll find a lot more people are after the self-found way of earning gear.
I'm not attacking your or anything but looking at your posts you seem to be all for working the auction house rather than grinding for you gear, very much like a path of least resistance kind of deal. This would explain why you're not looking forward to RoS. You're not alone though, there's heaps of other players not planning on buying RoS for the same reason. They either can't make money off the game or don't want to play the way Diablo is meant to be played.
EDIT: I keep adding crap to my post, okay I'm done now.
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I don't see a joke, all I see is justice being served. The battle.net forums could do with a little less people like you.
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Oh it's bloody hilarious Jamoose!
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I don't mean to throw on my rose tinted glasses, but what was so wrong with the gambling in D2? I'm not saying it should be identical to that, but why should we be able to purchase our legendaries at all? Why not just make the blood shards be used for gambling for rare items? Why not just keep the legendaries obtainable only through monster killing?
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