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    Jun 26, 2013
    sicness posted a message on Console Exclusives' Stats Fixed, Blue Posts, Open World is a Real Possibility
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    Good lord, Not people like you again. Go away no1 likes you.


    How about coming up with an actual rebuttal to my point next time?

    Before Diablo 3 was released the developers actually had a focus on customization that can be
    seen with the past trait system but somewhere along the line everything was removed.

    Now a year later after release have they just started to put together plans on how to provide character
    customization.

    Blizzard is notorious in only providing content when they feel it's ready so for us to read that they
    are in the 'brainstorming' phase only means that it will take months before we see any progress.

    This is an action role-playing game and you don't see a problem with how they approached one of the main
    aspects of a genre that should have been in the game since day one?

    Not that you don't have a few points, but I think his issue is more that the cynicism of the 'fans' of this game is overwhelmingly annoying on a daily basis. I may be biased as an optimist, but seriously the amount of complaining any time they announce something they may be working on to improve the game is beyond me. Complaining is one thing, but bitching about every little thing they do is what it's come down to and is getting extremely old. Especially considering the type of player customization they're talking about, which isn't simple gear or skill customization but character customization, something action RPGs aren't actually known for.

    I'm not saying we should praise Blizzard by any means, but at least have some respect for the fact that they're at least trying. 99% of games out there wouldn't have half the development work that this game has had and continues to have after it's release. The fact that they're obviously trying to fix things in the game that players have issues with should be enough considering they technically don't have to do anything with the game once it's released, just like the majority of development on games out there.
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    Mar 23, 2013
    sicness posted a message on So whats the point in playing anymore? (constructive no flame please)
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    Very true.

    And I think that by and large, the players that are frustrated or have left, are justified. But I've said in posts before - those folks want this game to be great and are frustrated that it isn't. Yes, the counter is that their expectations are too high and they should just be satisfied with that they are slowly given.

    I disagree with that philosophy - along with the "if you don't like the game, go play something else; I love it" argument.

    Path of Exile's development team release a patch every week. A new skill, system improvements, interface improvements, new items - the works. And the downtime for the patch is around a minute. Seriously.

    Yes - I know that their engine is vastly different from Blizzards. And how many people reference the fact that you are going to have to wait, when dealing with Blizzard - because they take a long time to do things. And why is that?

    Because until is right, they don't release it. And that has been so utterly damage with this game that I too feel that D3 is in danger of "too little, too late."

    PoE doesn't have half the pressure D3 had, and has, at any point. That's a considerable difference for their development team and everyone in charge. Furthermore, they're in a beta and testing out skills to implement or not, so comparing that aspect to D3 is a bit much. What's worse though is comparing the down time, as D3 obviously has considerably more in it's 'server backbone' than PoE ever will simply due to capacity needs. So while GGG has done well with PoE, the aspects you try and compare them to with D3 and Blizzard's development aren't really fair or accurate.

    While it is frustrating about some aspects of this game and the way Blizzard handles things, you have to admire them for not only having the patience to release something in a state most gaming developers wouldn't have the patience for, but also for sticking with a game that's been out for 10 months that they easily could have given up on until the expansion is released.
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