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Op Ed

Ars Technica - Blizzard admits Diablo III is a game that ends.
Just how long should players expect a game to remain fresh and exciting? Do publishers have to treat all AAA games as services that keep us constantly entertained for years or even decades? Have MMOs trained us to feel entitled to games that never actually end? These are the questions that have been circling my head after reading Blizzard's response to player complaints about the lack of compelling "endgame" content in Diablo III.

Shacknews.com - Diablo 3's poorly planned end-game.
It's a shame that a company with Blizzard's pedigree couldn't have foreseen the monotony and disillusionment that could creep in less then two months after the game's release. Blizzard has some good storytellers and a fantastic animation staff. Something as intriguing as Halo 4's planned Spartan Ops episodic content would have been enough to keep me engrossed until the inevitable expansion, even if it was every month instead of every week.

In the end, I guess, players with the same mentality as die-hard MMO players will continue to populate the Diablo III servers. Diablo III was an enjoyable game for the first 80 hours.

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20. Re: Op Ed Jul 6, 2012, 07:48 Dades
 
Beelzebud wrote on Jul 6, 2012, 00:08:
I really don't understand what people were expecting. It's fucking Diablo. It was always about a farming grind-fest. People complaining about the "end game" (who haven't beat inferno...) seem to really think that this should follow an MMO mold. It's DIABLO... I guess people forgot what the "a" in "arpg" stood for.

Back when Diablo 2 was fresh, I played it for mindless action (that "a" word again), and played stuff like Fallout or Baldur's Gate when I wanted something with some depth.

People were happy with the end game in Diablo II, they just utterly failed to pull off something similar for Diablo III. It's not the fans fault for wanting something more, Diablo II had more depth.

The AH is down because they are trying to fix an infinite gold dupe bug that has been in the game since launch and now has been discovered by the masses. People were wondering where the hundreds of millions of gold were coming from so quickly? Pretty much that and Sarkoth botting.

its another infinite gold dupe.

buy 1000 of gem A for 90 gold, AH refunds you 20 gold per gem or 20,000
friend buys your relisted gems for 50 gold. he also gets 20k refund, but you get 90,000 minus AH cut of 15% which comes out to 76,500.

repeat in greater quantities/initial values and/or bot the process and you have made infinite gold

as long as the average of the last 10 purchases is more than 15% lower than the price of the actual commodity you can make infinite gold selling between two people.

thats why AH is down atm, they are trying to fix it/deal with fallout.

also why gold prices have dropped by 1/2 over last 2 days

It's hilarious that anything that might threaten the economy gets immediate, fast fixes and attention but content or balance patching takes forever.

This comment was edited on Jul 6, 2012, 08:11.
 
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