I don't hate the AH. I can see why it's the "easy way out" or it hurts the grind of the game, which is the whole point—grinding for loot.
However, I do appreciate the AH being there because it's a safe medium for trade so you don't have to deal with potential scammers and 12-year-old babies who can't figure out how much their item is worth. In addition, being able to sell things there (let's just say you don't want to buy things) is such a great way to build up revenue because, face it, even if you trade player-to-player, they're going to want gold at some point or another.
...And not to bash, but this just comes down to D2 vs. D3, which has been wholesomely beaten to death; this is not really simply "I hate AH."
Just stick to talking about the AH. D3 isn't all about the AH. The AH is one property of it, and no one is forcing you to like it, use it, whatever. Once you start saying "D3 isn't my kind of game," I'm just going to start thinking you're biased to begin with, which essentially will lead you to criticize every single aspect of the game that doesn't float your boat.
Well, you did say you didn't like the AH before D3 even came out, so technically you were already biased by the time the game was released.
Well, I think I made it pretty clear that a lot of this was all opinions. I don't think what I have to say is absolute fact. I am biased, in some way, but I'd like to think my points at least hold some sort of merit.
Your problem is that you're letting other peoples gameplay styles affect how much fun you have. Stop it.
lol diablo 3 wasn't worth $60 and yet you're dropping $1,000 on it? I won't be surprise if a month or 2 months later you'll regret what you did.
Also what is this end game you speak of? Farming keys and kill ubers? Diablo 3 has no end game...
Another displeased customer that can't stop visiting D3 fansites.... Why do you complain about how much you dislike the game and piss in the pool of the people enjoying the swim?
If you compare to diablo 2, what i liked was i could open the game, go kill a boss, and boom 100% legendary. I don't think the chance should be that high, but atleast make it higher than packs??
What I didn't like about D2 was you open the game, kill a boss, rinse & repeat. 99% of D2's content was never visited by any player. I'm extremely happy they changed that in D3.
Boss drop rates are fine, if they were any better, people would go back to the old D2 pattern of neglecting 90% of game content. Even though people are complaining as hell, right now the "most efficient farming run" includes about 15-20% of the game, in D2 it was 1% (Baal, nothing else).
With this big gap in player gear, it might have to happen if they want PVP to mean anything.
I cant imagine a player who is stuck at MP2 level going against someone who can roast things in MP8.
From what I have analyzed so far in this game, unless you spending a good bit of money, you are pretty much required to farm for about 700+ hours total before you even got a chance at anything higher than MP5 or 6.
Its ludicrous.
I think the only legit way to fix this loot system is run it like World of Warcrafts system, least the system WOW had in place about 3-4 years ago before Argent Dawn BS came, No game out there should EVER have such a gap in gear on a player like Diablo 3 has, no game dont except Everquest, thats old washed up with no one in it anymore, most in part for that reason to.
Why do people have to be on equal footing in pvp? Why do you think people who hop on the game for 30 minutes a week deserve the same rewards as those who do 8 hours a night?
This really blows for people on the EST which is the majority of the country. That will be 3:01 am on a tuesday. See ya work day! They should have released it 12:01 am EST. The rest of the world that really matters will already have it hours before that anyway. 9:00 PDT would make anyone mad there either. It does piss me of how egocentric blizzard can be.
When you think about it, some people have been waiting almost 12 years for this game. Are we really counting the hours at this point?
well yes - we need to know when the release is to the exact hour so we can start modifying our sleep patterns to allow us to play unfatigued the moment it launches.
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Your problem is that you're letting other peoples gameplay styles affect how much fun you have. Stop it.
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Another displeased customer that can't stop visiting D3 fansites.... Why do you complain about how much you dislike the game and piss in the pool of the people enjoying the swim?
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Why do people have to be on equal footing in pvp? Why do you think people who hop on the game for 30 minutes a week deserve the same rewards as those who do 8 hours a night?
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So this is your PhD?
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well yes - we need to know when the release is to the exact hour so we can start modifying our sleep patterns to allow us to play unfatigued the moment it launches.