Originally Posted by
RavenGage
Its funny, I keep seeing people on forums make grand claims like this and yet every single D2 player I talk to in-game really enjoys D3 and sees it as basically the same thing with some flaws and many major improvements.
The game is not bad, but it isn't as fun as was Diablo 1 or 2. Diablo 3 is a gold farm game, some people love that, some doesn't.
- You cannot jump into packs of mobs without fear of being one shotted (actually YOU WILL GET ONE SHOTED in D3 inferno).
- You cannot raid a boss lair without fearing what kind of champions mob is in there (invulnerable + extra fast = gg).
- Actually raiding a boss (or doing the old Bhaal Run) isnt even necessary, since boss drops nothing special at all.
Could you consider that you perhaps are seeing D2 in slightly rose tinted nostalgia glasses? Just two things to consider:
- How do you account for all the people who got many drops instead of buying them from AH? The Ah is used a lot but its also greatly exaggerated by many people, its far from 100% of your loot
Say ONE person that doesn't used the AH to get gear they needed and is farming Act III-IV inferno - preference for melee classes (not those ranged who cheap shot mobs with kiting). Please, don't come with corpse hopping or "friends rushed me to waypoints" or "bough only one or two itens".
Not to mention, AH itself isn't the problem. The main problem is: Diablo 3, as it is, is a GOLD FARM game. Very LOW drop rate with option to buy gear with gold and, in near future, real money. And guess what, someone will stay 12hours farming some item that may or not drop, or use the BUYOUT option ?
- Do you remember how badly abused, hacked and cheated D1 and D2 were? It doesn't even come close. Trying to be a legit player in those games when they first came out was terrible.
Yes, they were. And Diablo 2 had a 100% online mode just how Diablo 3 is - and guess what, it had plenty of hacks and bots - so what gonna make D3 so different from the realm characters? Btw, bots are already in.
- How is Diablo 3 a B2P game if the cash shop is "soon to come out"? Especially given that people already beat Inferno without RMAH. You're complaining about something that isn't even in the game yet. At least wait to see whats its like when its released before declaring that it'll turn the game into a B2P?
Shutdown battle.net and you can't play Diablo 3. That means it is a Buy to Play game, you need blizzard servers to be up in order to play and you need a permament connection with them as long as you play. No offline mode: buy to play game. Not sure, but somewhere in the TOS is probably written that you accept Blizzard powers to terminate your d3 experience without you having something to say about it.
And the RMAH is another name for cash shop. Instead blizzard selling the itens you gonna need, other players do it for her and she only takes a "share". Don't understand me wrong, nothing against cash shop, but as i said before: Diablo 3 is a gold farm game and bots will make the prices skyrock (gold will be worthless for botters). So a normal or "legit" player will end up with the 20kk gold for the item he needs or wants how?
Had Blizzard kept in mind that Diablo is a loot game, the value of gold would be near nil. AH use would be an exception. But diablo 3 is a gold farming game, so it is made that you will, eventually, cross with the AH.