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Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
TMRNetShark:
--- Quote from: SeventyX7 on February 23, 2012, 02:18:05 AM ---Or the community manager knows that unless their team literally made Diablo II with better graphics, they're going to disappoint the SOME of the community.
By doing anything new (and they're doing a LOT of new things), there will be people bitching that D3 is worse than D2.
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Doing the same thing over and over again is what CoD is... even as a Diablo II fan... I don't want to pay $50-$60 just for an updated graphics engine for D2. I want new things and that's why I think D3 will be promising. Will it be the be-all-end-all Diablo game? Is there even such a thing in a sequel?
I mean, he's the community manager. Supporting his game is his job and telling the fans that "this isn't what you are all expecting" isn't the best idea in the world. Then again, Community Managers at Bioware probably had to do the same thing with TOR. XD
As for the game being a complete letdown, that will all depend on how well it is received. If the majority of players STOP playing before level 20 or so, then maybe there is a problem (aka, it's boring/not entertaining enough to even finish 1/4th of the game).
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: undetz on February 22, 2012, 05:38:05 PM ---
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on February 22, 2012, 04:05:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Havoc10K on February 22, 2012, 06:53:16 AM ---i don't need to prove anything because you just said it. choices are very limited and everyone will just use the best skills making online game with the same character classes pretty much identical and that is typical for games that receive very limited set of choices.
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Okay, to my understanding, your saying that, for example - a Barbarian player will more than likely have the same abilities as that other Barbarian player. Is that correct?
Did you think about situations your going to end up using a certain ability over the other? Did you think about how to manage your energy income vs. energy spending with runestones? I'm just talking literal theorycrafting, not mash-n-bash abilities together and -oh- this ability with this RS does a shit ton of damage. Sure there will be people like that, but that ability is definitely not the best when it comes down to playing tactics. Have you sat down and thought about these things, yet? Your post doesn't relate to this, dude. So your the smart one. Make me understand. This is how I think and how I plan to play. This is based on normal characters and hardcore characters.
Also, having few limited set abilities is based on how Blizzard designed the game.
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So... you concede that every barbarian is going to be pretty much identical to every other barbarian, and every wizard to every other wizard, and so on for each class. Only what gear they've found will differ.
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Because there is no Skill Tree? I doubt you and others are thinking the way we're thinking. I'll stand still on the fact that "no", players will choose different skills and RS to be a bit more unique than what you think. Gear is going to support your character's abilities/RS's. I'd like to see the Skill Trees back, but well ...
--- Quote from: TMRNetShark on February 23, 2012, 01:15:29 AM ---Did anyone see this on the Blizz forums?
--- Quote ---On a more serious note, I too worry that we won't be able to meet the expectations people have built up for themselves. Part of my job is managing people's expectations, so... eh... stop it. Stop thinking about how awesome this game could be. Just imagine it's a new M. Night Shyamalan movie. Sure Sixth Sense was amazing and Unbreakable had it's moments, but this right here is the sequel to The Village ... or The Happening ... or Signs ... or any of the movies besides the two I first mentioned. So just like, lower those expectations, but still definitely buy the game please, and everything will be just fine. K?
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AKA... "Uhh, guys... don't expect this game to be as amazing as you though... kthxbye..."
That's some confidence that that community manager instilled in us about D3. That isn't the best thing to say... I thought SCII was amazing, but I know SC:BW will always be viewed through rosey colored eyes. The same will goes for Diablo II and LoD.... but that won't stop me from thinking D3 is a great game (only if it is though... and I actually have FUN playing it. Cause you know, I don't want to WORK when playing video games XD).
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Diablo Forum CMs are stupid. I've seen one trying to answer questions, and he ended up saying at least "I don't know" about 1/3rd as his answers. You don't answer "I don't know" to customers. You skip the question, or you go get the answer. He had all the time to go ask those questions to the developers and post the answers, which he didn't do.
elvikun:
--- Quote from: SeventyX7 on February 23, 2012, 02:37:46 AM ---Basically everything I've seen from D3 has been "Oh...so they changed that...well I guess Blizzard has never made a bad game before..."
If this were any other company I'd be pretty pessimistic about it.
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Well, I'm m very glad and sorry for you if you really like and trust Blizzard. "Blizzard has never made a bad game before..." Well... Like I said, I'm very glad for you... hehe...ehe...ehehe.
It's just many people forget that many of their games "owned" just because they appeared in time and place where they had almost no competition. Which is good, their marketing honestly rocks.
SeventyX7:
--- Quote from: elvikun on February 23, 2012, 02:47:39 AM ---
--- Quote from: SeventyX7 on February 23, 2012, 02:37:46 AM ---Basically everything I've seen from D3 has been "Oh...so they changed that...well I guess Blizzard has never made a bad game before..."
If this were any other company I'd be pretty pessimistic about it.
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Well, I'm m very glad and sorry for you if you really like and trust Blizzard. "Blizzard has never made a bad game before..." Well... Like I said, I'm very glad for you... hehe...ehe...ehehe.
It's just many people forget that many of their games "owned" just because they appeared in time and place where they had almost no competition. Which is good, their marketing honestly rocks.
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PC games don't need marketing. 8)
elvikun:
--- Quote from: SeventyX7 on February 23, 2012, 02:55:15 AM ---
--- Quote from: elvikun on February 23, 2012, 02:47:39 AM ---
--- Quote from: SeventyX7 on February 23, 2012, 02:37:46 AM ---Basically everything I've seen from D3 has been "Oh...so they changed that...well I guess Blizzard has never made a bad game before..."
If this were any other company I'd be pretty pessimistic about it.
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Well, I'm m very glad and sorry for you if you really like and trust Blizzard. "Blizzard has never made a bad game before..." Well... Like I said, I'm very glad for you... hehe...ehe...ehehe.
It's just many people forget that many of their games "owned" just because they appeared in time and place where they had almost no competition. Which is good, their marketing honestly rocks.
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PC games don't need marketing. 8)
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Were that true, Blizzard would be only independet developer of 2D RTS games and EA would be the top producer of hockey simulators today.
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