Don't Change Things

General Discussion
1

If Diablo II: Resurrected is supposed to bring back Diablo II, please don’t change it.

The shared stash and autogold are understandable, and thanks for making those very shallow adjustments.

But please don’t change the architecture of this glorious gothic cathedral that is Diablo II.

I just want to be able to play Diablo II again with beautiful new graphics, which you’ve done such an admirable job with. Thanks so much for that.

–

MrLlamaSC — the host of the epic Deep Dive D2R reveal video with Blizzard and VV devs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSGmMLbN2Kc) — has a deep, sensitive understanding of exactly why Diablo II has been so special over the years. Please watch him explain why these proposed changes would be detrimental to the uniquely fun experience Diablo II is.

If these changes must be implemented, please offer a ‘D2R-as-it-was-announced’ and a separate ‘many changes’ server we can choose from. So the realm’s community won’t be divided by many toggles.

2

There is 100 threads about this already, but please do change the game.

3

Why do you even want to play a game that you hate or dislike?
Please change, change I WANT CHANGE.

Just give me a break, stop try to ruin a masterpiece.
You and all other Diablo 3 fans, go play minecraft or something.

4

Diablo 2 LOD is not going anywhere.
I hope Diablo 2 Resurrected is going to move forward. I want to improve on D2. You’re always welcomed to go to D2 if you don’t want change.

5

Please allow bots. They were a widespread part of the original D2 experience and are integral to the way the economy works.

6

I know you a kidding with that message.

Bots are not a part Diablo II.
Cheating is not tolerated so I hope Blizzard makes it difficulty to use any cheats of any kind.

Many of us Diablo II fans do not want to change the game so drastically.
Not the core of Diablo that makes it Diablo II. We still want the feeling of playing the game. Not a whole new game, Vicarious Visions have to be very carefull with this beauty game.

We want an upgraded graphics version of the game, this is something we all fans have been waiting for for several years.

Of course they should fix bugs in the game.
I experienced small minor bugs when I played but I didn’t think so about it, as this game is my number one favorite game.

But one should not make the game anything else, this is a unique game.

The game is very unique, more than others. Let it stay that way, and do not copy much stuff from other games.

Then it will lose its unique charm sooner or later.

7

Please change the game however is necessary to make it fun.

If I wanted to play D2 I would go play the original, which is still right there and playable.

8

Totally agree, Shared stash is already tilting me a bit.
Hope they dont change anything else or im getting refunded three times.

9

The way I see it, they should pick up where they left off when they stopped at 1.13. If the game needs changes for the better… Skill balancing, bug fixes, minor features that don’t deviate from the core gameplay, then I welcome them… Just don’t turn the game into Diablo 3.

If D2:R changes too much for anyone, they can go back to the original game.

10

Then you should beg on Path of Diablo, Median XL and Project diablo II forums for your customized version. Dare waiting 10 more years for Diablo III Regurgitated ; or play its uncountable of RPG clones.

11

“I love and am looking forward to this game!!! I just want
This
That
This other thing
And about 50 more things changed.
It won’t change the gameplay I promise!!!”

Yeah. Sure. Im not even 100% on the auto gold pickup.(I ALWAYS pick up my gold) But I can’t find a reasonable argument for not wanting shared stash. Thats a QOL improvement i can get behind.

Most of these other changes. ESPECIALLY anything to do with loot, sound pretty unreasonable. How much extra time do you really think balancing something like that is going to take? Well, add at least a month to whatever you said. Its not just going to be changing a few values in the code, they will have to write brand new stuff, and meld it into whatevers already there, trust me, that hardly ever goes as planned. Especially in 20 year old code.
Then when they THINK they’ve got it right, playtested, green lit. Players are going to find some way to exploit some or most of it to something that the devs didn’t forsee. Because that’s how players are.

So add another couple weeks to that to make sure they’ve ironed out the issues presented.

This isn’t even considering people complaining that “nothing is dropping for them” or “we are gearing up way too fast now due to X”.

Which adds months to the development time. When, really. Its not broken. There’s honestly nothing wrong with the way it works now. Sure its unfair for some. But, WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE FAIR!?! When I was growing up, nothing was fair, you learned to work around it. “Suck it up buttercup.”

I dont plan on jumping into any multi-player games with people I dont know/trust enough to not just snag all the loot for themselves unless im just going for the xp and not planning on getting drops. Ive always played ranged. Thats what I like.

This is what D2 has always been.
“But we can make it BETTER?”

No, I really dont think you can. I think this is one of those instances which was just a perfect storm, on purpose or not. If you change ANY of the fundamentals of the game, skills, items, loot. You WILL change the game. Like it or not.

Those are facts. I want to play D2R. Not D2.5R, we can save that until after release and we have a few seasons under our belts. THEN I MIGHT be okay with some of these changes being >optional<.

12

oh so you are a minecraft fan? cool stay in that game.

i prefer the more darker games like this diablo. its gonna be pretty dope to have an improved d2 later this year, maybe you will like it?

There is you and prob 10 others on this forums that is trying to insult the rest of the playerbase for wanting changes. you are a wery little minority on here and outside of the forums, just accept it and go on with your life and enjoy things to come.

13

Just like you agree that some changes announced are great, there are more changes that can also be made that wouldn’t drastically impact the game that would also be great.

Unlimited pindle portal
Unlimited cow king

14

Oh, okay, I guess im less of a puritan than I’ve been letting myself believe…

Unlimited cows and pindle is also a no brainer for me. There’s no reason to limit those.

Cow runs were one of my favorite things back in the day. One file I killed the king… Total sadness.

I want cows for days, weeks, months even.
(Can’t belive i just made a snagglepuss reference. How long has that been off the air?? God im getting old.)

15

Show support here for cow level! Unlimited mooooo.

16

You’ve voiced your opinion on cows two posts up…

Spreading your links on different threads to draw attention to them is considered spam. If people are interested in your thread/topic, people will go there on their own from the general discussion list. Please stop.

17

It’s called a dialog, and continuing the conversation. From the rules I’ve read and just re-read from this exact forum blue post, spam is something different, such as noting your first on a post.

If you’d like to copy and paste some forum rule that clearly says I cannot link a related post, I’d gladly stop. Until then, we live on.

Edit: I’m guessing you’re just kicking up some drama to further boost your post count, pushing over 1.1k in two weeks. Respect the hustle.

18

I’m not trying to be mean, I’m trying help you avoid any trouble.

19

Well if modding is allowed then I see no reason for this thread to even exist because if something new is added you don’t like you can remove it with a mod.
if you just want new graphics and want shared storage off I am sure you can make it that way with a mod.

also, I would like to point out that they already said they were not going to so again why does this thread exist?

20

Hey Axe, I agree with you. The auto gold and shared stash is great, but to change the game itself (besides improved graphics) would ruin the nostalgia.