One question, that I believe will determine the successfulness of this game:You say the loot is randomly generated. Do you mean like in D3 or pre-D3? Since this game is F2P, I'm worried you guys will implement something horrific like the RMAH.
@-Unreal- I was referring more to D1, D2, WC1 and 2, and SC1. Those were the "good games" to me. Of course, this is a matter of opinion, like movies or icecream. And sadly, a huge portion of the developers from those games are no longer with Blizzard.I'll admit, it was an overstatement, but Blizzard seems to give less shits about the customer/game enjoyment and more about revenue. Yes, they are active on forums, especially with WoW. But I was talking more about how they are trending to release games in sections (SC2), to charge for the expansions, DLC's, whatever u wanna call em. Or they implement something like the RMAH (D3) and revolve the entire game around maximizing profit, consequently stripping the game of enjoyment. A WoW example would be all the silly charges one pays to transfer characters, etc. They aren't as blatant as say, EA, by holding back content from release and lying about it (ME3), or releasing map packs for an FPS that should have been with the release (Too many examples too list), but they are blatant.I have no idea what you're trying to convey in your last two sentences. Yes, I pre-ordered D3 long before release, when I still hoped (and actually believed) Blizzard would stay true to themselves. I expected greatness equivalent to D1 and D2. Everyone knew those games were so addicting because of their immaculate item-database, drop rates, and randomization - creating incredible longevity. Once I realized that D3's item-database, drop rates, and randomization were crippled because they revolve entirely around the successfulness of the RMAH, I decided that Blizzard is too far gone. And since we're pointing out avatars and names, I just noticed your avatar is a panda from WoW? I can't believe I took this much time out of my day to reply to you. Unreal.
@TenraiSenshi It makes sense because the company isn't what it used to be. Most everyone who made all the good games are gone, and they left because they didn't like where the greedy corporate monster was heading. Sure, I purchased and loved every game up to WoW. But I've loved each sequel less and less with time. Blizzard is dead to me because it was killed by greedy businessmen who don't give a shit about the customers or the art of the game. D3 was just the final straw, not the only example.
I've been boycotting EA for a couple months now... I noticed a lot of others are as well. They will get the picture eventually. At least from the PC community.
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