Quote (qabooze @ 21 Mar 2023 14:51)
in reality D4 will lose 95% of the player base if trading was not allowed. That is what happened with D3 after they closed the AH. resulting in 50 Twitch streams per evening compared to 15000 of POE. What do you think Blizz wants? a successful game or a shit game for pansies.
Are you so certain? D3 had to compete with PoE for sure.
but not PoE isn't even that great. its too complex and even though i played it in the past i don't touch it now.
Also, D4 is always playing out to be way better than D3. Lots of people liken it to mmorpg, and it has a lot of rpg elements that do somewhat associate with some mmo's, but im likening it more to a hybrid of solo rpg/arpg. It is multiplayer, but has elements that make solo rpg games fun in a multi player rpg.
that'll get people putting around 300 or so hours into the game.
100-300 hour sis the norms for most games tbh.
ya'll who dedicate 1000s upon 1000s of hours into games are a minority and not the real focus.