Quote (WhiskeyRunz @ Apr 24 2023 11:57am)
Maybe just maybe it's because:
1. Poor Itemization
2. Monster Scaling
3. Restricted Trading
4. Mobile Game Style Screen Spam
5. Limited PVP Environment
6. Long Cool-Downs on Teleport
7. Ugly Character Models
8. Blizzard's MicroTransactions
9. Meaningless Quests/Boring Grind
10. No Overhead Maps
My opinions on this list:
1. I like that rare bases with near infinite possibilities are the core of items, almost like classic d2 itemization. Every slot could be a grail find, instead of in D2 like if you find a shako your just done with the helm slot (for most builds). I think I'll have to wait and see before making final decision here.
2. This is great what are you talking about... you can play any part of the game anytime and you don't have to farm the same spot over and over. Also, you can play with friends.
3. My favorite part of d2 was the economy. I wish that could exist today, but unfortunately with the internet, bots and real money transactions it basically ruins the game. Of course you can put blinders on and try to have fun in d2r, but items are everywhere and your progression is a result of the bots if your are trading.
4. It looks great to me, nostalgia got you blind.
5. PVP was my 2nd favorite part of D2 when I was younger. If there is a dueling arena & whatever field of strife thing they have, that seems like its good enough for me... I just hope that they would allow betting on the duels... but I'm not sure they will. No need to have fully geared and leveled players hunting down new characters in every area of the world, just dumb.
6. This is the best thing for the game, game is over when your teleporting around everywhere, no sense of team play, makes the game too easy.
7. The game looks great, wish the druid wasn't so fat tho.
8. As long as its only cosmetic, no issues here.
9. I think all ARPGs are grindy and quests are meh... but there's nothing more repetitive and grindy than 5000 cbaals... D4 can literally only go up from here.
10. This is a good thing, forces me to play a good looking game instead of staring at a 2 bit menu as I tele around and only focus on the actual game when I'm at a boss or something.