Quote fromWork on the patch was put on hold for a while due to higher priority issues, but it commences, and it is nearing.
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The reply is short and to the point, which is more than we can say of many of Blizzard's revelations. Apparently, the patch had been put on hold in light of more pressing matters, but now they're back in business and its release is imminent.
I, myself, am somewhat dissappointed in their lack of an announcement when they suspended work on it, something many had suspected in Diablo-based forums around the internet. However, now that we have a definite confirmation of its progress, something that would have been nice a month or two ago, I can say that some of that is relieved.
Being one of the very few responses from Bashiok of late, this reply may be something of consequence. Can we be expecting the patch before the month of June is out? Many ladder resets and a few patches have been released in the month of June, so this only continues to add to the speculation.
Credit goes out to pvp_fire for PMing me about this little tidbit. Hand the man a rep point if you have a moment
EDIT~
Some speculation about the "higher priority" that has been going around is that they just released their 1.23b beta Warcraft III patch yesterday on their servers. This may, in fact, be what Bashiok had been alluding to.
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However, this announcement is quite a disappointment...how hard would it have been to say the patch has been delayed due to other circumstances beyond our control back in May? And his response is classic, "not really" and "it is nearing"...sometime in the future I suppose....:confused:
Well, everyone grab a drink and sit back until July when we will get the next update about the patch progress...
Well, I hope some interesting things are announced, and yay for ladder reset.
So much waiting this year..
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(Would LOVE for the "failed to join game" bug fixed)
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Umm because Diablo1 and 2 are totally awesome!!! And theres not alot of games that can compete with it!
The Diablo III team is separate from the legacy team, which works on patching and maintaining their older games. So no, if they were not working on Diablo II, work on Diablo III would not be any better since they're different teams.
I think one of the main reasons that I keep coming back to it is simply because it was a large part of my childhood. It's a bit of a part of whom I am and what I want to become. No, I don't mean I want to become a Necromancer What I mean is, it has inspired different things in me- an interest in web technologies, writing, being creative, helping people who need it, among many other things.
It's much the same as if I had been some kid that grew up playing baseball. Baseball never gets any different- it's always the same game, same rules- but if you grew up on it, it's as integral to you as any body part. It's what you enjoy doing. It's what inspires you in some ways, even if at first they are not self-evident.
Yes, it's a game. But it was much more than that.
Your my idol 100% agreed lol
Well, a lot of people still enjoy the games, due to their insane replayability value.
A new patch would probably redesign the game as well, since they are running a test realm before releasing it, which leads me to beleive that they are making radical changes that they will want to test out on the players.
There are also a few mods that have kept the game fresh for me, Median XL and Eastern Sun to name two, there are countless others out there. Though few are worth playing.