Not likely, since they're both owned by the same parent company, and have been rolled together in the same subsidiary by that parent company.Quote from CataleptInteresting, though, that Activision made an operating loss this quarter, while Blizzard is still chugging along in the black. Wouldn't surprise me if they cut themselves loose soon... they've got their own distribution channel now, they can't be getting much benefit from the relationship.
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Aug 8, 2014mavfin posted a message on Furnace and Rimeheart Changes, New Crusader Set, Amazonian Parma Affix, PTR Disabled Mechanics, D3 and Reaper of Souls SalesPosted in: News
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Jun 16, 2012mavfin posted a message on Patch 1.0.3 Unofficial ChangesPosted in: NewsQuote from Daemaro
I don't care if there are panda sigils. I would care though if they made me buy MoP CE to get D3 wings. It's a relief to hear they're probably not related.
There's stuff in WoW from SC2 that you had to go to Blizzcon for, so...it's just marketing. -
Apr 23, 2012mavfin posted a message on Open Beta, Leveling, Blue Posts, Diablo Art, and Curse RoundupPosted in: NewsQuote from silent.knife.speaks.
This is just reminding you that there are going to be heaps of people who do struggle with Normal difficulty. Don't assume that everyone is in their mid 20-30s and has played all kinds of games for the last 10-20 years of their life. There will be people who breeze through normal in 30 minutes (maybe?), then people who will literally take weeks. Nothing contradictory there.
There will be people who find Skeleton King challenging. I didn't, but, I played D1 and D2 a LOT, not to mention the last 7 years of MMO raiding. I can move and react, though I'm no twitch FPS player. I think about what skills will work best in a situation etc.
Some people here react to the fact that it's made for people other than themselves by saying "Well, those people need to get better or not play, because I want difficulty set for ME!!" That's not an answer Blizzard is going to listen to. They want to sell the game to everyone, not just *you*, whoever you and your friends are. It just varies how far into the game you'll go before finding it difficult. Some in Normal, some in Inferno, lots in between somewhere.
Also, some don't find 'horribly difficult' fun, and may play for years in Normal. I know people who almost never left Normal in D2. They found it fun. You might not, but that's ok. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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<raises hand> I was 28 when I discovered Diablo I, and a couple years later, bought D2 when it was new, then played LOD after that.
I'm 42 now, and I'm still here, waiting patiently. From what I've seen of the beta, it's going to be very much worth it.
As the one guy said, there's a lot of stupid BS thrown around on this forum. Many of the 'concerns' I see, I call whining. If you want to play it, play it. If you don't want to play it in the form it is, don't buy it. Simple. If you think Blizzard is stupid or evil, don't buy their games. I make my own decisions about who is bad or not.
Internet connection? No problem, I've had a live connection since 1998 or so.
Money? I have a job and a life. Pocket change.
RMAH? Optional, makes no difference to me.
Free Time? I don't watch TV. I game. Easy.
So, yeah, I'm an old fan, but, these forums aren't exactly a fun place for someone at my stage in life. Too much wasted time and words on piddly bullshit that doesn't amount to anything.
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If you can't handle losing a character, don't play Hardcore. It's that simple. That's why Blizzard puts up that big disclaimer when you start a hardcore toon.
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I could hear that one in my head!
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Keep in mind you have to pay for the full year to keep the D3 license. If you cancel the AP early your D3 license on your Bnet account will disappear, and you won't be able to play D3 w/o buying it. Your call. Having it on your HD w/o any key on Bnet won't let you play because you won't be able to log into the servers.
Edit: If you meant that you're canceling WoW when the full year is up, then that will work fine. Just don't do it early, unless you want to pay for a copy of D3 on top of what you've already paid.
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I already have my license registered on Bnet, and it won't take an i7 long to decrypt. I can probably have mine installed while yours is still reading the CD.
(Not enough longer to matter, but it was fun to say!)
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And actually this may be the part that some of the people won't like. They might have to adapt things themselves on the fly rather than just go to a website, put in their build, and forget about it.
I'm all for the D3 method. Adapting as needed is fun, imo. If I like a build, but there's this one boss it doesn't work for? In D2, I just go around that boss, unless it's an Act boss. In D3, I adapt my build to do the job, and go on with my fun. I know which way I like best.
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It's that simple. Same old unique snowflake people that you see in other games, Diablo version. Just put those people on ignore, and the forums will be much easier to read.
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Yes. It's there on my pre-downloaded copy.
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Because game companies won't undercut the stores, or even *appear to undercut* the stores. If you want it digitally, then you'll pay. Or you can go to the store and pay a bit less, which makes the store profit. As someone else says, you don't get new blood on digital sales very much. You get new blood in stores, so, the game company can't undercut them if they want the stores to offer their product.
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Blizzard already has the data and knows how important (or not) PvP was to D2. They've made D3's PvP accordingly. /thread.
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If PvP (real PvP, not griefers forcing it on people who didn't want PvP) was as important to D2 as some of you think, Blizzard would have come up with a different plan than they have. Your importance to D3 is not nearly as high as you seem to think, with the plan Blizzard is using now.
Having said that, I'm fine with them adding the arenas for you, but I'm not in favor of hostility in the open world.. You can have a hostile area to play in, and I'm sure the PvP patch will have that.
Going back to D2's forced hostility model would mean the end of D3, imo.
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Excellent. My wife figured out years ago how to get me away from games when she wanted my attention.
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Now, that I could see, because that would be pretty much a waste if you're not that class.