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Blizzard, ladies and gentlemen. Oh well. At least my brother made off like a bandit.
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Diablo III |OT3| Turn On Elective Mode, Get an Authenticator
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Blizzard, ladies and gentlemen. Oh well. At least my brother made off like a bandit.
Everytime there's some cool new farming spot...I'm not there.
When I make it to the cool hangout spot, blizzard nukes it. Thanks for listening to my late night qq all!
It doesn't get any better later on, I'm level 38 and I keep getting horrible drops.
RiccochetJ
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Yep, no other game releases without bugs or exploits. And good for your brother! He was actually able to make money from playing a video game!
Lost Fragment
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So I got a 6 prop monk helm plan. Monk helms worth much? Thinking about trying some crafting but I'm not sure how much of a potential return monk helms would give.
murphy's law.
Players figure out Blizzard's non-randomized sections.
Many of them are filled with loot pinatas.
More effective then farming loot nerfed bosses or near-impossible champ packs.
Players are "greedy"?
BlazingDarkness
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Played some Diablo III a couple days ago, multiplater, we got part way through act 2
And I can only say that DIII is the most boring game I've ever had the displeasure of playing, and this is in multiplayer!
A complete chore, with no real incentive to continue (shit story, no fun loot, boring maps, iffy presentation,overly streamlined)
I don't know what the hell happened so I can only assume that the talent behind Diablo and Diablo II has long since left Blizzard to go on to other things
Most disappointing game this gen, and I'm really struggling with building any motivation to even play it at all
And I can only say that DIII is the most boring game I've ever had the displeasure of playing, and this is in multiplayer!
A complete chore, with no real incentive to continue (shit story, no fun loot, boring maps, iffy presentation,overly streamlined)
I don't know what the hell happened so I can only assume that the talent behind Diablo and Diablo II has long since left Blizzard to go on to other things
Most disappointing game this gen, and I'm really struggling with building any motivation to even play it at all
Amusing thing happened tonight as I was going through Kulle's archives -- I saw a unique Fallen Maniac. I didn't get a chance to check its affixes before it ran up to me and exploded itself. Unfortunately didn't drop loot. Enemies that self-destruct should probably not have a chance to be unique.
How was Diablo II any different besides the streamlining?
Blizzard handled it about as poorly as you could expect. Players are always going to look for the most efficient method of obtaining gear/leveling/whatever and Blizzard should have took that into consideration.
Guess what this is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g61ivShO0yw
Author says its fake. Hmm, sarcasm perhaps?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g61ivShO0yw
Author says its fake. Hmm, sarcasm perhaps?
BlazingDarkness
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Diablo II was fun, that's the difference
Compelling argument, please do go on.
I actually got trapped once on my Barb, but still got the achievement for not getting trapped. Maybe it doesn't count the shadow phase in that, but even then the description of the achievement is bad.
BlazingDarkness
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I listed the reasons why it's shit in my previous post, Diablo II doesn't suffer from those problems (to that degree)
Diablo III's gameplay, for many, is already more fun than D2 ever was.
But not to him, which is fine.
BlazingDarkness
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I really want to like it, I'm just overcome by a feeling of great lethargy moments after booting the game up
It's just missing something that Diablo II had
It's just missing something that Diablo II had
Might just be that it isn't the first time you have this experience.
fierrotlepou
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Inferno Hardcore Act 3 going on atm (Kripp & Krippi)
http://www.twitch.tv/nl_kripp
This is great stuff guys.
http://www.twitch.tv/nl_kripp
This is great stuff guys.
I think the fact that many peoples primary method of obtaining loot/gold involves repeatedly (re)loading to open a chest, kill a goblin or smash a bunch of vases says a lot. Don't really need to form much of an argument at this point. It's been rampant throughout this thread alone.
It's good Blizzard notices players doing this and have commented on it. I'm expecting 1.03 to change things for the better with the lowered difficulty of inferno and more quality gear dropping across the board. Maybe then people will actually play the end game instead of ^.
Also the co-op. I played all the way up to inferno with a monk friend from GAF and had a blast. Since this was before the recent fix, you can guess what happened after that.
BlazingDarkness
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How can you not be? A compelling story compels you to play further, if you're enjoying the story and the lore and whatnot there's more reason to continue to see the plot unfold, even if there are other glaring issues (such as shit loot)
You'd be clicking away even the greatest story on run n through the content. (And D3 doesn't exactly have a good story, so you might be clicking it away on your first run...)
Of course.
I'm talking from a perspective of a person who has experienced the story multiple times. The story was servicable the first time, but after that, it didn't matter. I guess if you couldn't make it through the first 8 hours of the game, then story does matter.
BlazingDarkness
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Well of course for continued play throughs the story isn't important, but it's most certainly a bigger deal for the vast majority of players who haven't reached other difficulties yet. The fact that you have to replay the game several times to start finding decent loot is a big flaw in itself.
With loot there's no reason there couldn't be unique/set/legendary loot for the lower levels/difficulties along with the rarer drops for endgame content - with loot games you need the gratification of finding a sweet drop, the promise of getting such drops after X amount of hours and X amount of replays is ludicrous. Shouldn't have to invest a crazy number of hours before the game becomes fun
The longer I play the game the more I grow tired of the artificial slow downs/breaks and interruptions in the game.
Identifying uniques now is a slow, tedious process: Click, wait 3 seconds, click again. And don't accidentally do anything or you cancel the identification. Same with town portals. Which wouldn't be so bad if you could leave the game directly without the 10s delay. But hey, at least no scrolls..
Boss fights are continuously interrupted by in-game cut scenes. Hitting escape needs to be confirmed (and enter of course isn't valid input). And even then the game makes you sit through crappy animations before giving you back the controls (KN after picking up the soulstone, diablo at the start and end of each part. Actually, every boss fight has it).
And then of course we got that stupid spider or Azmodan in Act 3 continuously interrupting the game with uninteresting blabber, obstructing my view and stealing the input focus (as if the visible area isn't shit to begin with).
Identifying uniques now is a slow, tedious process: Click, wait 3 seconds, click again. And don't accidentally do anything or you cancel the identification. Same with town portals. Which wouldn't be so bad if you could leave the game directly without the 10s delay. But hey, at least no scrolls..
Boss fights are continuously interrupted by in-game cut scenes. Hitting escape needs to be confirmed (and enter of course isn't valid input). And even then the game makes you sit through crappy animations before giving you back the controls (KN after picking up the soulstone, diablo at the start and end of each part. Actually, every boss fight has it).
And then of course we got that stupid spider or Azmodan in Act 3 continuously interrupting the game with uninteresting blabber, obstructing my view and stealing the input focus (as if the visible area isn't shit to begin with).
yo_soy_el_topo
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Yeah don't see how identifying could bother someone but the amount of CD from essential abilities is real annoying to me as well.
triples the value right there. great twink bow!
Never take that guy seriously. He's a villain.
fizzelopeguss
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That panic run was some intense shit.
Ah ok cool. I must have searched incorrectly. Thanks!
toastyToast
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Made a barb yesterday. The feedback on a his moves is great. I think Blizzard nailed how a lot the characters should feel, excluding the Wizard who I found never to be enjoyable ever unless I was way, way overpowered.
Haven't hit the AH yet, gonna see how I fare with just drops with this dude as a change of pace.
Oh and male Barbs voice is manly as fuck
Haven't hit the AH yet, gonna see how I fare with just drops with this dude as a change of pace.
Oh and male Barbs voice is manly as fuck
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