Hey!

I wanted to know how Blizzard recent desicisons to add RMT, remove modding and offline play modes has changed your minds, or not changed your mind.

I've added Torchlight 2 into the poll because it seems to be the big one people are migrating to. Thanks!

There is no option for, "My decision is unchanged. I will definitely buy TL2, I might buy D3."

I enjoyed the freedom of skill choices in Torchlight 1, and hope it is just as much fun in TII.

Diablo III I will buy because I've enjoyed every other game Blizzard has released, for a day or a month i still found them fun. *shrugs

Torchlight 2 is going to be cheaper, for one, and most importantly, to me....it allows for offline play.  I have Comcast and it NEVER fails that when I REALLY want to play a game, Comcast is down doing "upgrades" or whatever (so they say).  Offline play is valuable to me.  I'm also not real hip on RMT.  I know, I know....it's "the way of the future," but that doesn't stop me from hating it.

Just my opinion. 

Oh....and Torchlight was so much fun.  So were D1 and D2 LOD online, but it's been a long time and you know....I just don't feel like giving Blizz any more of my money after WoW.  They had me by the balls (if I had any) for 6 years.  That's enough.

You do know that Torchlight 2 will be Pay2Win too, Perfect World have the final say on what will happen to t2 and we all know that PW run p2w / rmt games.

I was going to buy both games, but the more that I've heard about Diablo 3, the more I've realized I'd just be pissing my money away on a sub-par game. It's not like Diablo 3 is in any way innovative or unique compared to it's competition. Torchlight 2 is shaping up to have several advantages over Diablo 3, so I really see no reason to waste my money on a half-baked rehash that tries to force RMT down my throat.

Diablo 3's always-on-required internet connection may be the dealbreaker for me. Seriously, people in their ivory towers thinking everyone has access to 10Mbs, hardwired, fault-free internet really kills me. Try living out in the sticks where your only options are satellite or cell tower. I have a 5gb/mo cap and I run a pretty shotty 700k (I can hit 1.4M at max). Being kicked off my offline, single player game because the cell towers are overloaded is just plain wrong.  It's one thing to have to deal with it while playing online games, but it's another story when I want to play a single player game. Anyone remember the Ubisoft Assassin's Creed always-on fiasco? Blizz could learn from someone else's mistakes.

So, I guess to answer the question, I'll be looking at my alternatives pretty closely.

I will still buy both. Because i am sure that Diablo 3 will be a good game , and Torchlight 2 awesome.

Doesnt change the fact that Blizzards are douches

I will be getting Diablo 3, having to be online doesn't really effect me, seeing as my computer is connected all the time regardless.  Would i have prefered an option for offline?  Sure, but its not the biggest deal.  Now if they had a montly fee for the game, I wouldn't buy it.  But since people paying to win, are winning a hack and slash game, not an MMO, I don't care.

Dunno, havn't played either so I'm not in the position to give an accurate response.  

However, based on having played Diablo II extensively and loving it, and having played Torchlight for a short time but only coming to the conclusion of a massive meh.  I could see myself greatly enjoying Diablo III far more.

I will buy both because for me are good game but I'm not convinced of diablo..for me they ruined the game and its history.

TL2 is supporting mods and Diablo 3 isn't. Thats the biggest reason for me to get TL2 over Diablo 3.

Originally posted by romanator0

TL2 is supporting mods and Diablo 3 isn't. Thats the biggest reason for me to get TL2 over Diablo 3.

It would be much closer if I didn't find Torchlight mindnumbingly boring.

Diablo 3 is a day one purchase, Torchlight 2 a maybe when and if i get tired of Diablo, and if people who's opinions I trust have good things to say.

I wish you had another choice in the Poll, OP, like other.  I know this is a specific poll, but none-the-less, I really want to commit to one Action-based RPG, and I chose Torchlight 2 over D3 due to Blizzards new RMT AH pursuit (a slippery slope and potentially veiled attempt at something else that I'm not in a rush on supporting) and lack of modding.

I think those 2 points push me more towards TL2 more-so than D3. 

Reason why I also mentioned "other" is that since I am seriously considering a D3 Action RPG alternative, rather than D3 due to Blizzard shenanigans, I am also watching / following:

Path of Exile http://www.pathofexile.com/

Grim Dawn  http://www.grimdawn.com/index.php

Originally posted by just1opinion

 

Torchlight 2 is going to be cheaper, for one, and most importantly, to me....it allows for offline play.  I have Comcast and it NEVER fails that when I REALLY want to play a game, Comcast is down doing "upgrades" or whatever (so they say).  Offline play is valuable to me.  I'm also not real hip on RMT.  I know, I know....it's "the way of the future," but that doesn't stop me from hating it.

 

Just my opinion. 

 

Oh....and Torchlight was so much fun.  So were D1 and D2 LOD online, but it's been a long time and you know....I just don't feel like giving Blizz any more of my money after WoW.  They had me by the balls (if I had any) for 6 years.  That's enough.

And aloud MODS!

Originally posted by Kendane

I will be getting Diablo 3, having to be online doesn't really effect me, seeing as my computer is connected all the time regardless.  Would i have prefered an option for offline?  Sure, but its not the biggest deal.  Now if they had a montly fee for the game, I wouldn't buy it.  But since people paying to win, are winning a hack and slash game, not an MMO, I don't care.

What kind of internet connection do YOU have that's never down?  Whatever it is....I want it.  Comcast cable, which is "connected all the time," still has times they are down for repairs, bad weather, upgrades, whatever.

Originally posted by just1opinion

Originally posted by Kendane

I will be getting Diablo 3, having to be online doesn't really effect me, seeing as my computer is connected all the time regardless.  Would i have prefered an option for offline?  Sure, but its not the biggest deal.  Now if they had a montly fee for the game, I wouldn't buy it.  But since people paying to win, are winning a hack and slash game, not an MMO, I don't care.

 

What kind of internet connection do YOU have that's never down?  Whatever it is....I want it.  Comcast cable, which is "connected all the time," still has times they are down for repairs, bad weather, upgrades, whatever.

What kind of free time do you have, that you can't tolerate occasional down time? Whatever it is, THAT is what I want.

I was pretty set on buying Diablo 3, and it would've been the first Blizzard product I've bought since Diablo 2 came out in 2000.  But after these 3 idiotic decisions by Blizzard, I've changed my mind.

Now, this doesn't mean I'll automatically buy Torchlight 2.  I need to see more.  It's been a while since I played a game like Diablo 1 & 2.

Which is why Blizzard's decisions are such a big letdown.