Wallshadows wrote on Jun 20, 2012, 15:48:
The worst part is some fucking idiot developer was thinking about the loot system and completely ignored the fact that, even to this day, Diablo 2 players are still happily doing Baal/Meph/Pindle runs and trading items whereas this shitbird loot model has everyone up in arms a little over a month from release.
They're just too ignorant to realize what worked.
Yeah. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Fion is right and they lost too many people from back then over the years and are now genuinely befuddled about what attracted people to it. The shell of the game is there but its hollow in several important ways.
In response to people pointing out some of the issues players are having with their design attitudes Bashiok responded "Diablo 3 is not a singleplayer game, changes will be made for balance and the economy" which is just frustrating because its like they're not even trying to understand. I think ultimately they either just don't get it or are overreacting to every little thing that could potentially interfere with the RMAH.