The auction house was the final straw. When you were FORCED to buy gold or farm to be able to buy even just good gear in order to be viable, I decided it was no longer fun. i like simple exploration, killing mobs, quests, and not having to grind gold to buy set pieces just in order to complete content on the hardest modes. i was glad when AH went away, should have never been there in the first place.
The next reason i stopped playing is: boring. boring. boring. It is the very same thing, over and over and over and over and over. With a few random gear upgrades every couple of days. And then the rift system was introduced and suddenly I can't do things solo like I used to (I can do the lower level stuff but get nothing useful for my efforts.)
Finally, WoD was released, and I haven't logged in to D3 for months now. Maybe I will check out this new patch that everyone is talking about and see if anything is different, but not going to hold my breath.
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I play every season to get the pets but not as a competitive thing, mostly solo, but I don't spend tons of time on forums/websites so excuse me if these are dumb/already answered:
1. why isn't there an easy keypress combo to compare the moused-over gear item with what my Follower has equipped currently? It seems easy to me for the devs to have [ctrl][alt] combo compare the item under the mouse with that slot item on my follower...
2. why aren't there any mods or plugins for D3? I'd love a realtime DPS meter, or a gear optimizer like Mr.Robot or something similar.
Thanks!
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1. DRM requiring a full-time Internet connection which screws people on laptops wanting to play during traveling
2. RMAH which completely screwed the game economy causing SO MUCH inflation in game that no one can afford to gear up
They have no idea how many subscriptions they lost by not sticking to the tried-and-true: single-player game with phat lewtz and BA bosses...I won't be buying the upgrade FWIW.