I am no longer playing d3 (actually I ran across this thread cause in my history links I thought this was the gw2 forums lol, but then saw this thread and thought I'd reply).

The fact I put so much time into d3 without one valuable item to show for it really made me quit. the itemization is so horrible and the playerbase is horrible too. people say you are bad if you don't get that lucky 100m - 1billion item drop.

seriously?

Yep, agree, too much luck based stuff going on in Diablo 3. I also decided to invest my time in a game with less random number generation mechanics.

I am interested to see what Red 5 are doing with Firefall when the game is getting more competitive and balanced.

Originally posted by niceguy3978
I recently ( last week) started playing again.  It coincided with my marked decline in playing GW2.  Maybe I just need a B2P game in my life?

Same here :O Next to RIFT I picked up D3 once more

Stopped playing D3 cause GW2 came out.

Stopped playing GW2 cause MoP came out and hadn't played WoW in years so I decided to give it a try.

Last week I only had short gaming sessions, so I picked up Torchlight 1 on a whim to give the series a try.  It ain't bad, but playing it makes me want to try D3 again, so I'm downloading the 1.05 patch right now.

It's all a cruel, vicious cycle....

I stopped playing about 3 months ago - was totally bored with the game.

I might try it again now that the new patch is released, tried when 1.04 came out but that only kept me interested for a few days.

I have come to the conclusion that the game is very boring. I went back in time and installed 'Unreal' Original with the patch 227 (2011),  the graphics are updated to work well with windows 7.

Found Unreal to be far superior to Diablo 3 in many aspects, the 4 play settings make it very hard if you want it to be.

no , never bought it.

I know Xfire is meaningless.. and I know it can't be used to measure or prove anything reliably. I know these things.. but I can't help but wonder how D3's continuing massive playtime on Xfire, six months after release, meshes up with the accepted dogma that everyone hated D3 and nobody plays it?

Is this some sort of weird self-affirmation test?

"Hey guys, is it all right if I'm still playing this? I'm not a nerd or anything, am I?  Guys?"

Originally posted by Banquetto

I know Xfire is meaningless.. and I know it can't be used to measure or prove anything reliably. I know these things.. but I can't help but wonder how D3's continuing massive playtime on Xfire, six months after release, meshes up with the accepted dogma that everyone hated D3 and nobody plays it?

1.04 and 1.05 ... once you put in paragon level (almost unlimited progression), better legendary drop, and monster level (as easy or as hard as you want it) .. it has legs. It provides a challenge at almost ANY gear level.

I don't know about others .. i like it. And the channels are always full whether i play.

Originally posted by Oberholzer
Not playing at the moment but I still read posts about D3.

have you tried after 1.05?