Originally Posted by
justandulas
... are you trolling me or just not understanding my point? I didn't say D2 WASN'T an ARPG... i said it was MORE of an RPG than D3. D3 forgot all of it's RPG mechanics in favor of dumbed down action and a disney story line.
D2, while an action rpg, DID have heavy RPG mechanics. EXAMPLE: The talent tree's alone, no respecs, PVP, death penalties, and many more examples.
D3 is just all big gun action pew pew pew pew. Zzzzzz
WoW launch: you NEEDED a group to have success and you needed to be social. If youre a jerk, or a player who doesn't want to group... you don't succeed. It's a GROUP focused game. Danger was around every corner and pulling too many MOBS can mean death even while questing.
WOW today: You can que for legit any content you want solo, there's cross realm so server rep means absolutely NOTHING, you don't have to be social to anyone, you can complete anything in game other than M+ and raids solo, you have to actively go out of your way to try and die in retail it's almost impossible outside of M+ and raids, and shall we even mention the abomination of wpvp these days?
Look, i get it you like BFA and i'm not knocking you or BFA...
i'm just stating the FACT that when WoW launched, it was more EQ than Diablo. Now, it's more Diablo than EQ and that turns people off.
When i play an MMO, i want group content not qued contend. It's almost like a parody of what an MMORPG should be.