This sounds fun. My buddies are I should restart from the beginning and only use the loot we find. Kinda like hardcore. Except that means more grinding than ever to get the loot you need...
What do you want to make a bet that they add in damage type effects in a patch in a few months?To the people who were talking about Elemental Damage being "aesthetic", I thought it was stupid at first too but Blizzard's response to the question of why it was made this way does make sense to me:
In the end, it's simply kill the exact same mobs in the exact same place for the 0.00000001% of finding something better. No uniques or interesting items either, all just pure RNG equipment, of which I doubt any of you know the names of.
That, and to be a possible customer for cash sales.
Where all these "Just enjoy the game" posters fail, is their inexperience with end-game Inferno. If you haven't spent at least 50 hours A3 Inferno or above, your opinion means nothing - but you will understand after having done that.
D3 is fun, especially early on, but for power gamers like me with over 225 hours already, the end game sucks. I'm not saying the game wasn't worth my money, but only that it will be lucky to last 10 months... no way people are going to be playing this for 10 years.
After 50 hours of finding 100 dps weapons drops from elites that take forever to kill, along with rings with a socket, and items with "Does 9-15 damage over time"... you start to question why you play. Then you find a legendary or set item with a lvl 60 requirement that is beaten by your lvl 50 gear, and you wonder again why you are playing.
In D2 you could go run normal and maybe get a SoJ (highly unlikely, but possible). Or run Meph, or Pindle, or a ton of other options; again with the possibility of finding great gear. In D3 your goal is to run A4 Inferno over and over and over and over and over... because it is the only place top end gear can drop.
In the end, it's simply kill the exact same mobs in the exact same place for the 0.00000001% of finding something better. No uniques or interesting items either, all just pure RNG equipment, of which I doubt any of you know the names of.
+1. This is exactly how I feel after putting more than 150 hours on it. I've been farming in Ac1 inferno for weeks and can beat any mob with my gear that I've purchased from AH and ALWAYS, I MEAN ALWAYS get items under 200 dps and not a single one is worth putting on it.
So really, what's the point?
So going with this logic, I am only going to get satisfaction after playing ~100 hours with friends for that 1 cool item that finally drops?
So spend 100 hours to have a moment of satisfaction?!?
That, and to be a possible customer for cash sales.
Where all these "Just enjoy the game" posters fail, is their inexperience with end-game Inferno. If you haven't spent at least 50 hours A3 Inferno or above, your opinion means nothing - but you will understand after having done that.
D3 is fun, especially early on, but for power gamers like me with over 225 hours already, the end game sucks. I'm not saying the game wasn't worth my money, but only that it will be lucky to last 10 months... no way people are going to be playing this for 10 years.
And to the guy asking if I have ever been in a relationship, haha too funny. I've been married for 12 years. Are you seriously making an analogy between hours spent in a game for satisfaction to a relationship with another human being? Who is the odd one now.
And to the guy asking if I have ever been in a relationship, haha too funny. I've been married for 12 years. Are you seriously making an analogy between hours spent in a game for satisfaction to a relationship with another human being? Who is the odd one now?
Joke
Your head
He's joking that relationships are all about putting in many hours for only a little bit of enjoyment, which is exactly what you described Diablo III as being.
That, and to be a possible customer for cash sales.
Where all these "Just enjoy the game" posters fail, is their inexperience with end-game Inferno. If you haven't spent at least 50 hours A3 Inferno or above, your opinion means nothing - but you will understand after having done that.
D3 is fun, especially early on, but for power gamers like me with over 225 hours already, the end game sucks. I'm not saying the game wasn't worth my money, but only that it will be lucky to last 10 months... no way people are going to be playing this for 10 years.
To the people who were talking about Elemental Damage being "aesthetic", I thought it was stupid at first too but Blizzard's response to the question of why it was made this way does make sense to me:
"Primarily due players preference of DPS over everything. As we played the game we found everyone just moved to the damage type that did the most damage. If we equalized damage they ignored ones that didn't have CC options. Case in point, we kept the slow on cold and gave it a lower damage budget and its the least used damage type now."
This is a game design issue, not a gamer's preference issue. They made DPS so much more important than any other stat. The cold "slow" effect is laughable. Killing the mob before it can get to you is MUCH better CC. The game just isn't balanced such that it is useful to have those mods to damage types.
So yes, it makes sense considering their game design. However, it isn't because "people just didn't use that stuff"--it's because they didn't make that stuff useful in the game.
Spend about 50-80 million on AH and you'll love your DH
lol.. I forgot about this last point.
Really? In 10 years? Planning on living in a basement somewhere playing games 8 hours a day in 10 years?
Maybe your standards are rather unique and perhaps, harder for anyone to live up to...
I thought the 10 year comment was in reference to how D2 is still being played 10 (12?) years after it came out. I can't imagine, based on the game we have today, that D3 will have anything near that longevity.
This is a game design issue, not a gamer's preference issue. They made DPS so much more important than any other stat.
Why? Scaling. Guess you have never had a game where a pet does X damage which is say 30% of your overall damage. Then you get gear upgrades, pet is still doing X damage but it's now 10% of your overall damage. You -want- pets and abilities to scale like this.Like why the heck did they tie damage (from spell or summonable) tied to DPS of the weapon in your hand? probably because they want you to buy better weapons in the AH?
In my view, the damage a wizard does with a spell, or a zombie dog does, should in no way reflect the weapon the toon has in their hand. A monk should still be formidable with nothing in his hands what so ever (and no equipment that Augments his abilities). Because he is a Monk.
The DPS for weapons is just plain ridiculous.