Originally posted by fivoroth

Originally posted by ProfRed

Nice so they cut out numerous features so they could get it out before Guild Wars 2.  Right after the Guild Wars 2 press weekend with no NDA a dev at the Diablo 3 forums told fans to lower their expectations to which a higher up exec said, 'no no no keep them high'.  Then they wait until Guild Wars 2 date comes out and they rush their date to beat Guild Wars 2 after cutting out a massive aspect of the game.  Then they release a digital version of their game for $59.99 with absolutely 0 incentives or bonuses.

What has happened to Blizzard?  You can clearly see they know they are going to get rocked by Guild Wars 2 and their only hope is to cut features and get it out before GW2 to get as many sales as they can.  Let's come back and compare GW2 and D3 in 3-4 months.

Really dissapointed in Blizzard lately. 

Yeah right. D2 fans will not buy Diablo 3 because of Guild Wars 2? There is no way this is happening. A lot of people on these boards seem to underestimate just how huge Diablo's fanbase is. Hell, there are more people playing Diablo 2 than most MMOs.

Diablo has a very different feel to it compared to GW2. It's a completely different game. In Diablo you could do everything while playing solo (some people don't like having to rely on 5-20 other people to play the game) and items were rare, super rare. The grind for items in Diablo was endless. The RNG was crazy. This is what kept people playing after all these years. And duels were super fun.

I played D2 and will not even get close to this game, not my thing to play single player game and condone a auction house with real money on it.

if you do fine, but later don't complain when to have any equipment then the basic stuff start to cost money

They can keep their release date, I've already played Diablo 1 & 2, I don't want a kiddie lite version of diablo that's a shadow of what Diablo was pre WOW Blizz greed era.

Originally posted by ProfRed

Nice so they cut out numerous features so they could get it out before Guild Wars 2.  Right after the Guild Wars 2 press weekend with no NDA a dev at the Diablo 3 forums told fans to lower their expectations to which a higher up exec said, 'no no no keep them high'.  Then they wait until Guild Wars 2 date comes out and they rush their date to beat Guild Wars 2 after cutting out a massive aspect of the game.  Then they release a digital version of their game for $59.99 with absolutely 0 incentives or bonuses.

What has happened to Blizzard?  You can clearly see they know they are going to get rocked by Guild Wars 2 and their only hope is to cut features and get it out before GW2 to get as many sales as they can.  Let's come back and compare GW2 and D3 in 3-4 months.

Really dissapointed in Blizzard lately. 

There was a D3 press event yesterday at Blizzard HQ with NDA till this Monday, this event was planned months ago.  And they have not cut anything but just delayed the arena PvP mode.

Why are people trying to stir up a fight between D3 and GW2?

Originally posted by alkarionlog

Originally posted by fivoroth

Originally posted by ProfRed

Nice so they cut out numerous features so they could get it out before Guild Wars 2.  Right after the Guild Wars 2 press weekend with no NDA a dev at the Diablo 3 forums told fans to lower their expectations to which a higher up exec said, 'no no no keep them high'.  Then they wait until Guild Wars 2 date comes out and they rush their date to beat Guild Wars 2 after cutting out a massive aspect of the game.  Then they release a digital version of their game for $59.99 with absolutely 0 incentives or bonuses.

What has happened to Blizzard?  You can clearly see they know they are going to get rocked by Guild Wars 2 and their only hope is to cut features and get it out before GW2 to get as many sales as they can.  Let's come back and compare GW2 and D3 in 3-4 months.

Really dissapointed in Blizzard lately. 

Yeah right. D2 fans will not buy Diablo 3 because of Guild Wars 2? There is no way this is happening. A lot of people on these boards seem to underestimate just how huge Diablo's fanbase is. Hell, there are more people playing Diablo 2 than most MMOs.

Diablo has a very different feel to it compared to GW2. It's a completely different game. In Diablo you could do everything while playing solo (some people don't like having to rely on 5-20 other people to play the game) and items were rare, super rare. The grind for items in Diablo was endless. The RNG was crazy. This is what kept people playing after all these years. And duels were super fun.

I played D2 and will not even get close to this game, not my thing to play single player game and condone a auction house with real money on it.

 

if you do fine, but later don't complain when to have any equipment then the basic stuff start to cost money

Yes, because that's ever going to happen. You do realise that for something to be on that auction house it has to actually drop in the game? If it can drop in the game, I don't need to pay for it.

For me personally it depends on prices on the auction house :D There were a few items in Diablo 2 which I would've gladly bought from a place like the RMT. It all depends on whether it's worth my time grinding for a particular item compared to the item's price. 

That plus I will most likely will be playing hardcore mostly as I was in Diablo 2 which means no RMT.

Originally posted by fivoroth

Originally posted by alkarionlog

Originally posted by fivoroth

Originally posted by ProfRed

Nice so they cut out numerous features so they could get it out before Guild Wars 2.  Right after the Guild Wars 2 press weekend with no NDA a dev at the Diablo 3 forums told fans to lower their expectations to which a higher up exec said, 'no no no keep them high'.  Then they wait until Guild Wars 2 date comes out and they rush their date to beat Guild Wars 2 after cutting out a massive aspect of the game.  Then they release a digital version of their game for $59.99 with absolutely 0 incentives or bonuses.

What has happened to Blizzard?  You can clearly see they know they are going to get rocked by Guild Wars 2 and their only hope is to cut features and get it out before GW2 to get as many sales as they can.  Let's come back and compare GW2 and D3 in 3-4 months.

Really dissapointed in Blizzard lately. 

Yeah right. D2 fans will not buy Diablo 3 because of Guild Wars 2? There is no way this is happening. A lot of people on these boards seem to underestimate just how huge Diablo's fanbase is. Hell, there are more people playing Diablo 2 than most MMOs.

Diablo has a very different feel to it compared to GW2. It's a completely different game. In Diablo you could do everything while playing solo (some people don't like having to rely on 5-20 other people to play the game) and items were rare, super rare. The grind for items in Diablo was endless. The RNG was crazy. This is what kept people playing after all these years. And duels were super fun.

I played D2 and will not even get close to this game, not my thing to play single player game and condone a auction house with real money on it.

 

if you do fine, but later don't complain when to have any equipment then the basic stuff start to cost money

Yes, because that's ever going to happen. You do realise that for something to be on that auction house it has to actually drop in the game? If it can drop in the game, I don't need to pay for it.

For me personally it depends on prices on the auction house :D There were a few items in Diablo 2 which I would've gladly bought from a place like the RMT. It all depends on whether it's worth my time grinding for a particular item compared to the item's price. 

That plus I will most likely will be playing hardcore mostly as I was in Diablo 2 which means no RMT.

and you always miss the point....

a nvm i'm sure losing my time here