Diablo 3 expansion : Reaper of Souls.

Cinematic:




Gameplay:

sick quality cinematic as always

gameplay looks like the same boring shit....

Looks like they haven't learned anything about why D3 was so fucking terrible. If I do pick it up it will be solely for botting purposes.

I hope they add a ladder system that resets every few months.. that was 90% of the replay value in D2. The first few weeks after the reset was the most exciting, when no one has anything

Either ladder system like in D2 or working itemization allowing many builds. Btw best thing is you don't need to buy the expansion to play the 2.0 patch.

I think they should tweak the skill system as well so when you're max level you don't have access to every single skill... it makes it so.. linear

oh and remove RMAH cuz it's fuckin garbage

On August 21 2013 18:37 Fayth wrote: remove d3

fyp

well time to liquidate all items and get some fg so i can buy good shit when d3 expansion comes out

On August 21 2013 16:44 Expiate wrote: Btw best thing is you don't need to buy the expansion to play the 2.0 patch.

if they dont do that they might as well shove the game up their asses and pronounce it the biggest failure of the company

diablo 3 was definitely the most boring game blizzard ever made imo, unreal.

PVP? LOL????

i loaded up d3 after a year and all my heroes are gone, wtf?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dUnezvW4Pg

after watching this vid on loot 2.0 and paragon 2.0...i'm starting to get excite for this new "patch"

I think this might solve a lot of what's wrong with d3. BUT WHO KNOWS?

"Increased Level Cap: Level 70 is the new cap for non-Paragon Levels. All classes gain new skills and abilities.Paragon 2.0Paragon Level experience shared account-wideParagon Level cap removedParagon Points System: Can be distributed between STR/VIT/DEX/INT, Move Speed, Crit, etc, and can be respecced!Game Modes: Loot Runs and Nephalem Trials, sounds like MF runs and infinite dungeon game modes! Loot runs are 15-20 minute, multi-tiered, dungeons that are completely randomized, including bosses randomized bosses"

damn paragon levels can be respecced and is uncapped...they making this more and more like the crack d2 was.

game needs breakpoints to be diverse and cool

LP where are the hearthstone beta keys btw ? ~~gief some

I wish they added more than one new class, wtf.

So unlimited paragon levels, botting just got a lot better.

On August 23 2013 14:57 TheHuHu3 wrote: I wish they added more than one new class, wtf.

this, I actually don't entirely like any of the current classes.

And agree with Fayth, I remember having at least 2 o 3 characters of the same class in diablo 2, and was fun to create new builds, even just to put some sort of handicap. Thats where the replay value is imo; I just played diablo 3 for like 2 months, opposite than diablo 2 where I played it for years.

My expectations of the expansion are not high, but as a fan that actually likes the whole story and the cinematics, and probably blizzard knows this, I would play the game.

They'll maybe announce one more class at blizzcon, druid or something... And para levels will be just for show off, stat allocation is capped. The problem stays the loot, its still same old D3 one build per char.

If they add a new class, I'll definitely get the game.

On August 23 2013 17:22 Expiate wrote: They'll maybe announce one more class at blizzcon, druid or something... And para levels will be just for show off, stat allocation is capped. The problem stays the loot, its still same old D3 one build per char.

1 Build per char ?

Thats bullshit i always here from guys who dont even play the game.

Wizard currently has 4 viable inferno endgame builds.

1.) Archon
2.) CM Meele
3.) Tornado/teleport Kiter
4.) Black Ice Blizzard

All are easily playable Mp6+ in Inferno

As Monk you have

1.) Cookie Cutter
2.) Nirvana Monk
3.) Tempest rusher

As Demonhunter:

1.)Echoing Blast meele
2.)Rapid fire build
3.)Whirlwind Strafe build

Barbarian

1.) WW
2.) Hota

only 2 builds but you have a good amount of choice in 1 of the 6 skills for both builds

Wdoctor:
I dont know never played that class.

So on Average you have 3 viable Builds for Inferno farming per char. Not that much different from D2



I agree that there is a problem with the Loot.
Since all chars and all builds across D3 need a lot of crit chance.
But then again.. all builds for D2 needed at least +8 to all skills from items to work in Hell players 4+


So now instead of +to all skills wee need +X to crit chance on almost every item

Ok, its not 1, its 3, still far away from what the game was designed to have (all combos from the skills and runes). And the skill system is good enough to allow many builds, its just the itemization, which prevents its (and chc, chd are good examples of this). Good thing is some day, loot xx.0 patch they'll realize it and they'll improve it (it will require better AH searching capabilities as well). I somewhere read they are adding a toughness stat (EHP equivalent), so they maybe have some nice plans (team pvp).

I really liked the D1 butcher, he would just keep coming at you and attack 2-3x a second. Bosses these days stand around for long lengths of time doing nothing, in d1 they would actually dominate you

the whole game needs to be darker

On August 24 2013 10:22 Minsk wrote: the whole game needs to be darker

reduce the screen brightness

I think it's more that if you create a game now, people will mass communicate about it online and optimise their strategies like a hive mind

D1 was more challenging because you were making your choices by yourself and not playing anywhere near optimal

reading people's advice on the internet kind of kills games for me, I'm sure D1 would be the worst game ever if they did that back then because there would be absolutely nothing to it, D3 is probably a 20x more difficult in a vacuum

On August 24 2013 10:22 Minsk wrote: the whole game needs to be darker

they need a lot of flashy stuff to make it more addicting

On August 24 2013 08:35 TalentedTom wrote: I really liked the D1 butcher, he would just keep coming at you and attack 2-3x a second. Bosses these days stand around for long lengths of time doing nothing, in d1 they would actually dominate you

Agreed, I think the butcher was simply the scariest monster in the entire Diablo franchise.

"Fresh Meat!" and you knew you were about to die cuz that fucker was serious bussines.

AHHHH FRESH MEAT

that scared the shit out of me when I was like 8 holy shit

fuck d3

Anyone tried Hearthstone, or got a beta key they want to give to me so I can play it!! ???

reduce the screen brightness

lol

On August 21 2013 14:51 TalentedTom wrote: I hope they add a ladder system that resets every few months.. that was 90% of the replay value in D2. The first few weeks after the reset was the most exciting, when no one has anything

for some retarded reasons, Blizzard has gotten the idea that players do not like competition. For this reason, they won't give u ur real rank in starcraft 2. like ur 300 987 out of 400000 people. And for this reason, diablo 3 has no ladders, no pvp, and not any kind of competition.

Of course, this made diablo 3 utterly boring.

i've seen a game called wartune, this game had shitty graphics, shitty battle system, shitty concept, nothing compared to diablo 3. But the creaters fucking made competitions everywhere. u could compete for who gets furthest in the crypt, for who had strongest clan, for who had most clan members, for who had most xp, for who was best dueler, for who could inflict most damage to world boss, etccccc. There was so many leaderboards and way to compete this game was seriously like crack, even thought in reality it was was a pretty shitty game. they even had huge clan wars of like 50 vs 50 people with a bunch of 4v4 battles in it, which meant it wasnt always the clan with the strongest player that won. You could really feel some intense "clan belonging feeling", the stuff you did made sense. You weren't just running over n over to get better gear, just so you can run faster to get even better gear! In that game, if you could get the best gear, then u were like worshipped by the whole game, and u even had some sort of special system message everyone got when u logged in. Now those creators understood how to hook gamers to a game

If Diablo 3 just put 10% of the ideas wartune creators had on how to make a game competitive and interesting it would have rocked.

Dem comma splices.

On August 21 2013 13:48 dnagardi wrote: sick quality cinematic as always gameplay looks like the same boring shit....

A guy on reddit had a theory that they might make it so, that if you pre order the d3 expansion, you'd get into the Hearthstone beta, though that was a really good idea. They'd sell so many lol

i'm not even going to click play on those vids.

don't think the game can change much in one xpac

On September 02 2013 01:19 Mariuslol wrote: A guy on reddit had a theory that they might make it so, that if you pre order the d3 expansion, you'd get into the Hearthstone beta, though that was a really good idea. They'd sell so many lol

well, if that was the case... I'd def preorder it

why are you guys saying D1 Butcher was hard ? you just had to stone him lol

On September 02 2013 10:17 k4ir0s wrote: Show nested quote + On September 02 2013 01:19 Mariuslol wrote: A guy on reddit had a theory that they might make it so, that if you pre order the d3 expansion, you'd get into the Hearthstone beta, though that was a really good idea. They'd sell so many lol well, if that was the case... I'd def preorder it

This

On September 02 2013 00:06 TheHuHu3 wrote: Dem comma splices.

hi huhu

Diablo III to lose Auction House (both gold and real money) on 18 march 2014 (which also means it's possible release date for expansion):

holy shit that's gonna change a lot O_o...

once you hit lvl 70 you gonna have the find the items the real man way....i'm excited for the hardcore experience that this will bring....almost like a fresh restart to everything

It's so imbecilic that they would come to this realization so late. They made a ton of money from it and frustrated a lot of players who spent money on items which became completely worthless a few months after.

I think the game is still gonna suck, simply because grinding monsters is supposed to be just one part of the game. The most rewarding part of D2 was being able to PvP and crush people with the gear you've farmed. If you're just farming gear for the sake of farming gear, you should get tired of it after a while, because your items serve no purpose outside of the grind. Without a proper PvP experience, this game is still doomed to be a borefest.

On September 17 2013 22:35 YoMeR wrote: holy shit that's gonna change a lot O_o... once you hit lvl 70 you gonna have the find the items the real man way....i'm excited for the hardcore experience that this will bring....almost like a fresh restart to everything

Wrong. You can still trade in-game. Which is what I usually did when I played D3 anyway. I'd go to the forums and advertise my items there instead of going to the AH and getting the 10% cut or whatever taken out.

I don't see how he's wrong. You need to grind the game for items to trade as there's no way for you to just purchase something to trade with. It still sounds like a fresh start, just one that has no purpose because it doesn't lead to anything fun outside the tedious grind of killing AI-controlled mobs. The novelty of that wears off very quickly.

they need to create a new map, something like an arena. So when you play PVP you are in a gladiator style dome and you just fight (should also increase the player cap to 8 in this particular mode)

Current PVP system blows.

Would also like to see real PVP in hardcore - AKA someone can come into a game and hostile you and chase you down the map

part of the thrill of playing D2 esp in pubs, is that you never know for sure when someone is going to hostile you. Could never get comfortable just autopilot grinding

On September 02 2013 10:20 HeRoS)eNGagE wrote: why are you guys saying D1 Butcher was hard ? you just had to stone him lol

Only wimps used stone.

A few weeks ago, but all this looks pretty promising, just skimmed it, but a lot of things look pretty great.

http://www.diablofans.com/news/2019-s...es-game-modes-clans-ladders-and-more/

Is this worth getting?

I've been kind of in the mood to play diablo 3 again, I haven't played since 2 months after release. Did they improve the late-game?

With no AH, is there a trade channel now or what?

D3 developpers doesn't understand that the problem with their game isn't the number of monsters, or the number of classes, or the number of items, or the environnement. They again seem to completly fail to understand what gamers wants. Its sad of a powerfull company like blizzard can fail so hard with such a good marketing/budget.

Just adding a few leaderboards visible to everyone, a ladder system with resets like D2, and a GOOD dueling system with matchmaking, that would already fix their game imo.

On August 22 2013 10:36 2c0ntent wrote: PVP? LOL????

No pvp could actually make the game fun and not so pointless. Instead they added more kind of monsters and new environnements. -_-

No PVP, no real trading even they removed the AH and the game was already beaten in less then 2h.

I guess I will pass on the expansion, already made a mistake and bought the original one ;/

So they the xpac isn't going to improve late game at all?

How they still haven't implemented a PVP system is beyond me. It seriously really shouldn't be that hard to make.

They delayed it tons because it had to be "blizzard quality" and they released the worst possible system ever. Even low budget indie games can make much smarter pvp systems.

who is playing this? details people! need to know how good this is. i am rly interested

Not touching it.

I probably wont buy it, its crazy how they managed to bury one of the best and most expected games ever.

Path of exile > diablo 3 if u want a real game not some ez mode cater to noobs blizzard these days

I wanted to play this back in 2008

watching day9 stream now. he kills everything with 1-2 hits.......while nevr going under 3/4 hp . looks too easy!

On March 24 2014 22:39 MezmerizePLZ wrote: Path of exile > diablo 3 if u want a real game not some ez mode cater to noobs blizzard these days

me, some friends and my GF play PoE, do you?

All I have right now is like a lvl 18 in the new hardcore invasion league, i got up to like lvl 55 or something but my POE froze and i RIP'd

i play with crownroyal & his friend sometimes but crownroyal dies every 5 minutes, once I got a bit more free time after my move I might try to play a bit more, & get one of my colorado friends into it a bit. do you guys hardcore mode?

last league i got up to 78 hardcore i think, and my char survived but lost interest with no one to play with. sick game for sure, they really have a lot of the right ideas about things IMO, if the gameplay was as smooth & good feeling as diablo 3, then it would be an amazing game.

Diablo 3 has improved drastically from when it first was released. I'm enjoying it a lot and the expansion looks great. Everyone I hear that played both D2 and D3 is saying that it's finally a worthy successor. It's a completely different game. Different loot system, different difficulty settings (no more normal, hell, inferno and stuff but normal, hard, expert, master, and Torment I - V), more customizable characters.

On March 25 2014 00:28 k4ir0s wrote: watching day9 stream now. he kills everything with 1-2 hits.......while nevr going under 3/4 hp . looks too easy!

Try that on the higher Torment levels and almost every hero gets gibbed. They've got Torment levels up to V (new difficulty setting) and I haven't heard of anyone going past III. Ridiculous amount of new legendaries, crafting becomes more important, more legendary drops. Game just feels more satisfying.

^ok, you convinced me to buy it

Hah well have fun, don't come crying to me though when you think it sucks

On March 25 2014 01:47 MezmerizePLZ wrote: All I have right now is like a lvl 18 in the new hardcore invasion league, i got up to like lvl 55 or something but my POE froze and i RIP'd i play with crownroyal & his friend sometimes but crownroyal dies every 5 minutes, once I got a bit more free time after my move I might try to play a bit more, & get one of my colorado friends into it a bit. do you guys hardcore mode? last league i got up to 78 hardcore i think, and my char survived but lost interest with no one to play with. sick game for sure, they really have a lot of the right ideas about things IMO, if the gameplay was as smooth & good feeling as diablo 3, then it would be an amazing game.

im 50+ but on softcore, The GF wouldnt like playing hardcore at all

ok game seems very good now
playin with Yomer, iamalex and a few other guys hc on america server, Minion#1633 hit me up

Whatever, I bought it anyway, paid like 18eu in a promo, so why not ;o

POE confirmed sickest arpg. I ripped my lvl 88 ST ranger with mirrored 6L, 600 DPS sword and a few exalts away from a kaom's last season. I was pretty indifferent to dying and happy to climb out of the degen hole that is a good ARPG like POE.

D3 is nice cuz it's not good enough to over commit to, just a couple hours here and there of mindless killing and looting

On March 25 2014 14:29 Smuft wrote: POE confirmed sickest arpg. I ripped my lvl 88 ST ranger with mirrored 6L, 600 DPS sword and a few exalts away from a kaom's last season. I was pretty indifferent to dying and happy to climb out of the degen hole that is a good ARPG like POE. D3 is nice cuz it's not good enough to over commit to, just a couple hours here and there of mindless killing and looting

I only made it to 83 last season

invasion is fucking too hard though, some of the invasion bosses can just instagib you and you have to have capped resists to make it through every part of the game without a decent probability of death.

some bosses of the corrupted Vaal areas are ridiculous Ive had to skip 2 of them cuz they were unkillable

What difficulty do you guys play on? not sure what to start with.

nvm, just noticed you can change difficulties

oh nvm you can only raise the difficulty once?

nope, u can raise and lower as much as u want

On March 26 2014 23:28 Minion wrote: nope, u can raise and lower as much as u want

when I hover over Increase difficulty it says "you cannot increase the difficulty any higher without starting a new game"

you probably has to start the game from 0 keeping your character so you wont just lower it on hard parts I guess

On March 27 2014 00:38 k4ir0s wrote: Show nested quote + On March 26 2014 23:28 Minion wrote: nope, u can raise and lower as much as u want when I hover over Increase difficulty it says "you cannot increase the difficulty any higher without starting a new game"

Yeah in game. Just leave game, go to game settings, increase difficulty as much as you want, then restart a game? Nothing is really lost ;o

So is this game worth a buy? Need answers. Going to Gamestop after gym if good.

On March 27 2014 10:01 TheHuHu3 wrote: So is this game worth a buy? Need answers. Going to Gamestop after gym if good.

If you have friends playing it with you, it's okay. If not it's the same bot/hacked cluster fuck as before.

I'm enjoying it playing solo, the difficulty change alone makes it so much funner than before

On March 27 2014 10:01 TheHuHu3 wrote: So is this game worth a buy? Need answers. Going to Gamestop after gym if good.

like smuft said, path of exile is superior in 99% of cases, just graphics. But everything else, difficulty, depth, longevity, constant changes, patches, updates, its just really well made.

Its because the guys making it, really care, and are really passionate.

and PoE is 100% free

I try to stay away from the "best" games these days. LoL instead of dota, d3 instead of poe, hearthstone over infinitywars or magic...

good games that offer a deep competitive environment = my kryptonite

My only issue with PoE is I only play HC and all my friends die too often making me lonely at the top.

PoE > D3 for sure

need poe gameplay with D3 engine/graphic...poe engine is a steaming pile of shit compared to D3. Just doesn't feel good to play. Even the 10 year old d2 engine feels far superior than poe ;/

On March 28 2014 09:35 NotSorry wrote: My only issue with PoE is I only play HC and all my friends die too often making me lonely at the top.

STOP PLAYING, FOCUS ON YOUR TRAINING, A FEW HOURS LESS OF POE AND UD HAVE TAKEN THAT GUY WITH THE LONG ARMS!!

On March 28 2014 15:24 Mariuslol wrote: Show nested quote + On March 28 2014 09:35 NotSorry wrote: My only issue with PoE is I only play HC and all my friends die too often making me lonely at the top. STOP PLAYING, FOCUS ON YOUR TRAINING, A FEW HOURS LESS OF POE AND UD HAVE TAKEN THAT GUY WITH THE LONG ARMS!!

Don't know why, but I literally laughed my ass off for a good 2-3minutes


My hand/wrist is busted so been taking some time off to let it heal.

On March 28 2014 15:24 YoMeR wrote: need poe gameplay with D3 engine/graphic...poe engine is a steaming pile of shit compared to D3. Just doesn't feel good to play. Even the 10 year old d2 engine feels far superior than poe ;/

exactly why i installed, played for 5mins , exit, uninstall, fuck this shit.

I feel like there isnt a game for me to play anymore, I m done with LoL got too bored of it and i got stuck at Plat1 mmr anyway, D3 feels shitty and i wont pay another 60eu just to experience the same shit, ran through borderlands for a couple of days, wow is just meh unless u can play for 10hrs a day, and I probably need a better PC for CS:GO since i run it @ 40fps @ low graphics which is ridiculous consdering other games i've ran, but w/e... probably getting too old for this shit

i think you guys bitching about path of exile not feeling good to play played til lvl 5 and quit

you arent supposed to have sick powerful skills at lvl 1...

You guys are getting old and dont even know it. Thats why most games suck now. Its a terrible feeling if video games are a huge part of your life

On March 29 2014 01:41 CrownRoyal wrote: i think you guys bitching about path of exile not feeling good to play played til lvl 5 and quit you arent supposed to have sick powerful skills at lvl 1...

yeah it definitelly has a steeper curve of enjoyment than silly noob D3

You also need to go on options, and fix things, fix map, fix stuff around for the interface to be better. Then after you play it for awhile, you start to notice small tidbits, and things starts to make more and more sense, and it just keeps getting better and better.

Diablo3 was opposite, when it first launched, it was really fun and easy, and u had a blast, then when u crushed through everything, and gotten to inferno, u kinda "saw" the end game, and u were kinda done.

Kinda good if u think about it, think i spent 100 hours on it or a little more, so u get ur money's worth. BUT comparing it to Diablo 2, or any other amazing game. People thought it was going to crush, and just dominate, so ppl had sick high expectations lol!!

And I don't think it's true "blabla, ur getting old".


Games are in a weird place now, just look at the best games, and compare it to everything that gets released now, and how they are making them.


It's kind of like how most shows and movies were for awhile (a few awesome ones here and there, but in general).

People who made it followed recipe's, everything was the same. People like when the hero gets the girl, blabla, villain gets fucked up. Almost everything same storyline, just re-harshed bullshit.


Then a few amazing shows came, and changed things around, and a lot of cool shit has come lately. I think the same will happen in games eventually. The way they've done it in wow, for awhile, is milking the cow to the fullest, no real risk, no amazing new ideas, same old same old.

And all other mmo, copy of copy of copy of copy, it's literally shit in comparisontment. So they need to keep to push the boundaries much more than they are, not just remake with a twist everything that came before.


Take 100 a little older shows, then compare then to Game of Thrones, House of Cards, True Detectives, Breaking Bad!!

I have faith, but atm, and for awhile, we've been in a bit of a shithole, when it comes to games, only good game last, u dunno how many years, is Path of exile, and even that is a remake, but it made it since it just started where diablo 2, left off, and made it much deeper, more complex, and original.

So even that isn't that exciting, not for me at least, but it's the only game i put some time in lol. Still have a lot of faith, that in the future, games will be insane again!!

*yay*

On March 31 2014 00:52 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On March 29 2014 01:41 CrownRoyal wrote: i think you guys bitching about path of exile not feeling good to play played til lvl 5 and quit you arent supposed to have sick powerful skills at lvl 1... yeah it definitelly has a steeper curve of enjoyment than silly noob D3

Have you even played the 'new' d3? Or did you just play 2 characters to level 60 when it came out and then tossed it aside? Otherwise your arguments are pretty poor. I haven't played PoE so I can't argue which is better or more enjoyable, but I'm getting a lot more enjoyment out of D3 than in the beginning so it might be worth it to play a little bit again if only to vary it up a little.

They've also added a ton of endgame content btw and you just die on highest levels of torment even with great gear.

Reaper of Souls fucking rocks. Doesn't even feel like DiaBLOW 3.

i dont get why they dont implement some ladders

that would get everybody hooked on phonics on the game

PvP?

On March 31 2014 09:53 Twisted wrote: Show nested quote + On March 31 2014 00:52 Baalim wrote:   On March 29 2014 01:41 CrownRoyal wrote: i think you guys bitching about path of exile not feeling good to play played til lvl 5 and quit you arent supposed to have sick powerful skills at lvl 1... yeah it definitelly has a steeper curve of enjoyment than silly noob D3 Have you even played the 'new' d3? Or did you just play 2 characters to level 60 when it came out and then tossed it aside? Otherwise your arguments are pretty poor. I haven't played PoE so I can't argue which is better or more enjoyable, but I'm getting a lot more enjoyment out of D3 than in the beginning so it might be worth it to play a little bit again if only to vary it up a little. They've also added a ton of endgame content btw and you just die on highest levels of torment even with great gear.

Played it a lot with friend son hardcore, I never finished it on Inferno tho, made it to Act 3 and it got boring, you never had to grind gear, you just grind gold and buy your shit in the auction house, and yeah I know its gone but I already played and finished.

So basically Ive played many more hours of D3 than of PoE and I consider PoE simply a better game, also I find it funny that you say my arguments are poor yet you havent played PoE.

FWIW Diablo 3's story is way better and the cinematics etc make it very enjoyable and PoE is certanly lacking on that department, but when it comes to asmosphere, leveling skillpoints, variables of build etc, PoE is simply better and its free.

Uhh, D3's story is ROFL bad. Are you serious?

On April 01 2014 05:16 TheHuHu3 wrote: Uhh, D3's story is ROFL bad. Are you serious?

Well its definitelly forced and a stepdown from D2 but it counts with 2 "precuels" so its a thicker story and its easier to build on it while Path of Exhile is new and has no cinematics so its hard to follow the story specially since most people just skip many of the dialogs.

So I enjoyed the story way less than in the Diablo games, but the game itself is better than Diablo 3

I just got the GF into PoE and she cant play many games because well obv she is a noob (so no FPS or strategy etc) and these kind of RPGs are very easy to use after PoE gets old I guess ill switch her to Diablo, probably starting from D2

On April 01 2014 01:16 Baalim wrote: also I find it funny that you say my arguments are poor yet you havent played PoE.

Like I said, I can't compare which is better. My point wasn't D3 being better or worse than PoE, I thought I made that perfectly clear. My point was that you're shooting down D3 right now based on when it first came out, when it has changed immensely.
And that's the only reason why I think you bashing the current D3 is based on poor arguments (or assumptions, whatever you want to call it), because you're still basing your opinion on when it first came out. I wasn't trying to compare the two games, I was merely trying to convince people that it's fun now, that's all .

Got a mate who's having a blast with it now, but something tells me he'll get bored quite quickly, he's a wiz with the computer, so got it linked up so that he's controlling 5 characters at once, so his guild is pretty angry at him, and he's final act hardest torment level, and everything has been super easy and rofl.

And guildchat goes nut each time legenary drops, since chat gets spammed all the time, oh well!!

He was even on teamspeak for POE saying "I guess, i still have a week of rofl, before I come back, and become humbled and scared again".

Worth mentioning, Poe is extremly hard compared to d3 as well =p

Twisted, i remember u were a poker crusher, u should take some more breaks, and comment on my hands, and help me fix leaks!!

Haha I was doing pretty well at poker, nowadays still playing a little but not crushing anymore

Guys, RoS is nothing like D3. It's actually enjoyable to play.

It is, until a week in. Then it's boring as fuck, just like the original Diablo 3.

There is still no endgame, no ladders and no pvp. I played since premier a few days, got my monk and DH to lvl 70, I can beat torment 3 solo clearing slowly through packs, but it's all meaningless. Grinding for the sake of grinding and nothing else is just fucking stupid. At the moment you can't even monetize your farm, as auction house no longer exists, so they removed the only end game aspect that existed in d3.

The best part, blizzards dev team was spamming whole time about ladders being added into D3: ROS right before premier, game comes out and they say "yep, ladders will be there, but not until at least few months later". So yeah, no thanks.

after playing this xpac, I have new hope that blizzard will continue to turn things around for this game

I hope they add some pvp, but it seems unlikely since they're not receiving monthly subs? especially with the AH profit gone.

2-3 days ago a mate of mine killed, Malthael on Torment 6!!

With this char: http://i.imgur.com/kOCKyqn.jpg?1

Not that i know if that's good or not lol. Arcane destruction rune on archon, crits for 400 million he was bragging bout!!

Now he's back to POE!!!

^your multi-boxer friend? if so, not impressed

streaming diablo 3 reaper of souls with the mrs

twitch.tv/jvilla777

On April 01 2014 05:49 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On April 01 2014 05:16 TheHuHu3 wrote: Uhh, D3's story is ROFL bad. Are you serious? Well its definitelly forced and a stepdown from D2 but it counts with 2 "precuels" so its a thicker story and its easier to build on it while Path of Exhile is new and has no cinematics so its hard to follow the story specially since most people just skip many of the dialogs. So I enjoyed the story way less than in the Diablo games, but the game itself is better than Diablo 3

Not even just compared to D1 or D2, the story is just fucking shit, like terrible D list hollywood horror movie bad.

For those interested btw, they just came out with a huge patch which involves seasons (like in D2) and more endplay in greater rifts and legendary gems. Good stuff.

On April 01 2014 05:52 Baalim wrote: I just got the GF into PoE and she cant play many games because well obv she is a noob (so no FPS or strategy etc) and these kind of RPGs are very easy to use after PoE gets old I guess ill switch her to Diablo, probably starting from D2

lol are you giving her lifestyle training

pushing for that top 10 spot.

so how is this? worth playing to get through the storyline?

Gameplay is pretty fun. Story is bad but whatever.

On September 07 2014 10:09 Twisted wrote: Gameplay is pretty fun. Story is bad but whatever.

So it's like True Detective the video game?

D3 story is on par with D2 story wise. I think a lot of you guys just have a childhood crush with D2. I think ever since they added adventure mode / class specific drops, D3 now > D2. Since D2 was mostly just Baal runs / cow runs. D3 is way more dynamic after all the patches, teenage nostalgia is a powerful thing. It's common to think the games / movies / music people listened to in their teens is way better then anything out today

^ Nja, i think ur just halfway right, compared to what was out on the marked then (all kinds of entertainment), it poopt on everything except bw, by miles.

Things improve, get better, more awesome, today it needs to compare with all the other entertainment out there, that's why it's seen as a bit poop.

Tom speaks the truth! as always

hell no, D1 > D2 > D3 taking its time inconsideration obv, the game became less gloomy in every instance

Hard to imagine what other people see and feel when they play games, but It'd not list d3 on my top 100 list, but D2, I have on my top 10, and pretty high up there.

Same as, if Starwars came out today, it'd be steaming pile of shit, and most people would never hear or bother to watch it. Have to measure it with that's up at the time.

i looooove ps4 version, its really awesome. also crusader is my favourite character

On September 08 2014 00:37 Baalim wrote: hell no, D1 > D2 > D3 taking its time inconsideration obv, the game became less gloomy in every instance

bad graphics leave a lot of room for imagination

On September 08 2014 00:37 Baalim wrote: hell no, D1 > D2 > D3 taking its time inconsideration obv, the game became less gloomy in every instance

yea i agree the gloom is what kept us playing IMO. there was an allure to loading up diablo back then

i think the reason D3 or SC2 aren't liked for their story is it's such a cliche lowest common denominator storyline. like i remember in BW fenix dies and raynor vows to kill her but SC2 comes along and it's all this elementary school save kerrigan shit? i remember the feeling when you beat BW and are looking at the epilogue screen or the feeling the first time you killed diablo or beat X difficulty. and then the replay value, even if the plot is bad on the new games (an easy litmus for me is look at the michael bay cutscenes of the new games) what's the excuse for gameplay that's not totally captivating and addictive? now it's like pay your $60 please and we'll punch your killed diablo again timecard. if you make the third game in a franchise, even if it's awesome to play and has a plot that doesn't make you vomit, i know inevitably there will be self-similarities but it's too cliche to be serious. it is nearing EA territory for me; there isn't enough risk in D3 or SC2's design, they're crafted finely but not cleverly. really a step backwards and i wonder what room blizzard has left in these franchises to do something magical again.

where do you guys play I just updated to ros after like 6 months brake...
any lpers want to grind together ?

going to stream on twitch with the mrs in about 15 mins

twitch.tv/jvilla777

been grinding heavy on north america server.

currently at solo rift 28 and just hit 33 on 2 mans with wiz.

need to find 2nd unity to make a run at it for the top spots.

add me YoMeR#1223 if u wanna farm some high torment etc.

edit ps: hardcore only obvs

On September 09 2014 15:03 Santafairy wrote: i think the reason D3 or SC2 aren't liked for their story is it's such a cliche lowest common denominator storyline. like i remember in BW fenix dies and raynor vows to kill her but SC2 comes along and it's all this elementary school save kerrigan shit? i remember the feeling when you beat BW and are looking at the epilogue screen or the feeling the first time you killed diablo or beat X difficulty. and then the replay value, even if the plot is bad on the new games (an easy litmus for me is look at the michael bay cutscenes of the new games) what's the excuse for gameplay that's not totally captivating and addictive? now it's like pay your $60 please and we'll punch your killed diablo again timecard. if you make the third game in a franchise, even if it's awesome to play and has a plot that doesn't make you vomit, i know inevitably there will be self-similarities but it's too cliche to be serious. it is nearing EA territory for me; there isn't enough risk in D3 or SC2's design, they're crafted finely but not cleverly. really a step backwards and i wonder what room blizzard has left in these franchises to do something magical again.

Yea.

I believe the lackluster story quality in Blizzard sequels lately is due to the fact that they now decide to make a game based on a selection of their previous titles. The storywriters don't as necesarily feel like they have any essential need to dig deep and make something really interesting -- plus that entails the risk of there being something new that consumers don't relate with like was hoped.

On September 09 2014 15:03 Santafairy wrote: i think the reason D3 or SC2 aren't liked for their story is it's such a cliche lowest common denominator storyline. like i remember in BW fenix dies and raynor vows to kill her but SC2 comes along and it's all this elementary school save kerrigan shit? i remember the feeling when you beat BW and are looking at the epilogue screen or the feeling the first time you killed diablo or beat X difficulty. and then the replay value, even if the plot is bad on the new games (an easy litmus for me is look at the michael bay cutscenes of the new games) what's the excuse for gameplay that's not totally captivating and addictive? now it's like pay your $60 please and we'll punch your killed diablo again timecard. if you make the third game in a franchise, even if it's awesome to play and has a plot that doesn't make you vomit, i know inevitably there will be self-similarities but it's too cliche to be serious. it is nearing EA territory for me; there isn't enough risk in D3 or SC2's design, they're crafted finely but not cleverly. really a step backwards and i wonder what room blizzard has left in these franchises to do something magical again.

I'd reason all of the above ( and im speculating here) with the fact that they supposedly drew out all of their best staff members to work on the TITAN project.

Considering WoW's overall market share is falling progressively, and the this Warlords Of Draenor expansion should supposedly be the last one, they're betting all on TITAN which should be the next new epic shit which should change the game world ( again a MMORPG though ). Plus the generation that grew up with those games is practically gone, kids these days dont really give a fuck that much about story as long as the game is somewhat addictive and flashy. They cant target 25yo+ people as the main market since the 25yos wont spend 12hrs/day to grind

I'd also say that this forum is living in the past when it comes to games, I'll never bring back the fun i had grinding Diablo 2, nor as i played warcraft 3 competitively and same counts for most of you as tlnet s a large BW community, but comparing those times to now is just unfair.