Quote (Rhonjudd @ May 13 2018 04:03pm)
I don't get this game but my kids and all his friends spend most of the time yelling at each other over who stole what and knocked who down...
Quote (sHOTdown @ May 13 2018 04:25pm)
Yeah lol bunch of little kids on there, all trying to rip each other off. The D2 community tries to help each other out for the most part.
This is just what happens when any game becomes SUPER popular. Games get out of control and there huge numbers are bolstered by the millions of impressionable children out there who will play w/e they're told to by the streamers they watch. Most kids are toxic, must of us were toxic as children, that's just the way it is. Could you imagine how toxic D2 would have been if there were 10+ million players online at all times? Scammers were rampant in the early days of D2 and LoD. Hell, people doing the wall tricks, getting you to download item droppers, tele wall tricks, trust scams etc... It was a brutal environment for the young or naive. I was a kid when I started playing D2, and I learned the hard way a couple of times to never trust anyone.
With mass popularity comes toxicity, one can not exist without the other. It's sustained by the simple mechanics and dumbed down gameplay that allows for 7-10 year old players to feel like they're doing moderately well, as opposed to other online experiences with less forgiving matchmaking where getting slaughtered relentlessly leads to casuals, baddies, and kids quitting after short periods of time. Of course there are always people who genuinely don't mind being terrible, but these people are not the norm for gamers, and if it wasn't for the actual game being dumbed down to the point where little kids can enjoy it, people wouldn't be seeing these levels of toxicity. Then again, it wouldn't be even close to as popular as it is in sheer numbers if it wasn't dumbed down as much as it is.
It's fantastic for the company, and maybe now that they've made dump trucks full of cash, they'll be able to launch a game with some heart to it. I personally won't be wasting another second on this steaming pile of mediocrity.