On the bright side for me at least this gives more chance that a console version will be ready closer to the PC version release (im sure that is considered heresy around here, but playing from the couch is going to be a much more comfortable experience for me... if it ever eventuates)
Apart from that, it's disappointing. I think they have tried to re-invent too many systems, and have realised they were taking steps backwards way too late. There are still many aspects that seem over-engineered, hopefully they will keep things simple where possible and make life easier for the game and the developer.
It is also tiring to hear the patronizing 'blizzard knows best' tone of their news release, there have been so many design backflips it is clear that blizzard in fact does not know what is best. They have just been plain experimenting, and have now realised that sticking with tried and true for certain aspects would have worked better. Stop trying to redesign stuff to make it 'better' when there are simpler ways of doing things that were never a problem in the past. It's way too late in the development to be addressing this kind of stuff! Sure a year or two back, fine roll the dice and see what you can come up with. Now, after all the PR that has been leading up to an imminent release they are dicking people around to be chopping and changing at this point.
There is also a sense that even though some of the systems are a bit 'quirky' or streamlined as they should be, they are not so bad that they couldn't have been left in. Some of these things could have been addressed by a major patch or expansion. Ultimately they are making the mistake of throwing away 'good enough', because they are afraid of not meeting expectations of perfection. Someone should have sent them a memo, perfection only exists in the most simple of software.
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Apart from that, it's disappointing. I think they have tried to re-invent too many systems, and have realised they were taking steps backwards way too late. There are still many aspects that seem over-engineered, hopefully they will keep things simple where possible and make life easier for the game and the developer.
It is also tiring to hear the patronizing 'blizzard knows best' tone of their news release, there have been so many design backflips it is clear that blizzard in fact does not know what is best. They have just been plain experimenting, and have now realised that sticking with tried and true for certain aspects would have worked better. Stop trying to redesign stuff to make it 'better' when there are simpler ways of doing things that were never a problem in the past. It's way too late in the development to be addressing this kind of stuff! Sure a year or two back, fine roll the dice and see what you can come up with. Now, after all the PR that has been leading up to an imminent release they are dicking people around to be chopping and changing at this point.
There is also a sense that even though some of the systems are a bit 'quirky' or streamlined as they should be, they are not so bad that they couldn't have been left in. Some of these things could have been addressed by a major patch or expansion. Ultimately they are making the mistake of throwing away 'good enough', because they are afraid of not meeting expectations of perfection. Someone should have sent them a memo, perfection only exists in the most simple of software.