Verno wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 10:17:
I haven't put in any Demon Hunter time lately in the beta, does it play any better since the retooling? It was a really awkward skill/dual resource mix that just didn't flow well.

...our development teams in particular remain largely unaffected by today's announcement.

PHJF wrote on Feb 27, 2012, 17:31:
Yeah, and why should we even have "classes" anyways? You like having to level up separate classes, be my guest... just don't force me to do it.

In fact, why do have levels? I want my character to have every skill at the start of the game

And loot. I don't want to go through all that tedious killing monsters for it. Just give me a full Tal's set, a HoZ, a few HOTOs, a couple Nigmas...

shinchan0s wrote on Feb 27, 2012, 19:08:

Hammer wrote on Feb 27, 2012, 16:18:

You do realize that, if you want, you can have a separate chars for all the different "builds" you want to play.

You like having to level up again simply to try another type of playstyle for the same class...go ahead, be my guest...just don't force me to do it.

Then what would be the point? Let's be real. Nobody's going to waste their time making a new same class character from scratch in Diablo 3.

Anyway, the most fun I had with Diablo 2 was, like PHJF, building up new characters from scratch ESPECIALLY when I got new low to mid-end uniques and sets to try out. Diablo 2 wasn't all about the end game - at least for me. For me, level 90 was game over. It was time for a new build. Rune hunting wasn't all that appealing...

In Diablo 3, people are going to be spending 90% of their time in Hell/Hell (or Inferno whatever they call it now) and you'll probably end up seeing crazy item inflation like you do in WoW especially with the new Auction House.

I mean, if that's the case then I hope Blizzard has big plans for end game content besides fem-Diablo runs.

And no, PvP doesn't count.

PHJF wrote on Feb 27, 2012, 14:03:
So the solution to you screwing up your build is to remove builds and just let people tinker? Part of the reason I played so much D2 was because I had tons of builds for tons of characters. I had a trapsin, a clawsin, a hammerdin, a zealot, a fball sorc, a blizz sorc, a wolf druid, a summoner druid, a poison necro, a summoner necro, an elemental druid, a javazon, a bowazon, a spearazon... etc...

And I built them all, I had specific gear for them all, and they all had specific play styles crafted through use and time. I didn't just TP and swap out my runes or whatever the hell D3 is proffering.

Cutter wrote on Feb 26, 2012, 13:06:
...I really wish these games would take a page from EQ2 and UO, which have the best crafting, and put more effort into it.

Bhruic wrote on Feb 16, 2012, 13:54:
Really? Fifa 2012, LA Noire and Modern Warfare 3 for Best Game? They have some odd standards, apparently.

Alamar wrote on Oct 21, 2011, 21:14:
This is a really smart move.. But I don't know why anyone outside of PR/press uses the word 'free' to describe a 144? Dollar expense...

-Alamar

his goal is to push the boundaries of social games with creative game design

UConnBBall wrote on Jan 5, 2011, 12:31:
So a Barbie RTS sounds, like, Totally AWESOME!

InBlack wrote on Nov 25, 2010, 06:49:
I dont know how people even play WoW in moderation, as it is a game that is specifically designed as a time sink and 99% of the high-level content REQUIRES that you spend a significant ammount of time every day to even see this content.

Bludd wrote on Aug 24, 2010, 10:20:
I'm much more enjoying the new season of Mad Men and the recently started Rubicon.