So every one wants something different from this game. There are countless videos about changes/no changes and I can’t help but feel like I need to say something about all these things because I have been playing Ladder every season for the past couple of years now and before that I played non ladder closed battle.net exclusively for around 10 years. The game right now in its current state, I mean Diablo 2 : LoD v1.14d is perfectly fine. Yes it has bugs, Yes there are things even some one like me who adores this game does not like but the thing is, its all part of the game. People asking for all these small or radical changes are not fans of the game. They are the people who play Median XL or PoD or PD or Plugy and these versions of DIablo 2 Are not Diablo 2 they are some one elses Vision of the game Diablo 2, they are not Diablo 2 : LoD because Diablo 2: LoD is v1.14d and like I said it has some issues it has some great things and some not so great things but its been here for 20 years and If they change it well I will have to deal with that fact but I wont support it.
I love Diablo 2 : LoD. I dont love all these other games like: medianXL, PD, PoD or plugY. I do how ever agreen with the slight increase to Stash size and the shared tab these are wise decisions in my opinion to have been made to the new version of this game that i have enjoyed for the past 20 years. I how ever do not agree with shorter ladder seasons because it you have to consider every one who will be playing ladder will not just be there to level up to 99 as fast as possible, some people will be there to “join the ladder” sure but there will also be players who just want to level up at their own pace, to start farming and creating characters to do PvP on ladder and you cant do that in 4 months. there will also be players who just want to create as many ladder only rune words and find as many ladder only items as possible to take with them to non ladder and then never go back to ladder mode again because they just want to keep their initial characters and not start over.
i see a lot of modern day Diablo 2 players not playing Diablo 2: Lod but instead they are playing those other games like PoD, MedianXl and plugY ect.
most of the people asking for changes are not Diablo 2: LoD players but infact the players from these other games. A gigantic part of the community that still plays the real version of the game are heavily invested into constructed PvP. They gather in discord and private forums to organize and host private events for all types of pvp High level, Low level, casters, melee ect if you can thiink about it they have a tournament set up for it. THese are an enormous part of the player base that has been around since the game came out, we where once children but now are Adults and we just want the game to basically remain as it is and i can tell you know if any of these changes that the people want who play these other games such as medianXL or PoD come to fruition the people who actually enjoy the real game will simply not play and they will return to the original game that has captured their attention for over a decade.
I whole heartedly agree. I’ve been saying most of these things myself. I really hope blizz listens to us about the 6month reset thing…the logic is just too sound and pigeon holing competitive only play is just not in the nature of d2.
Been playing D2 since launch. Play both unmoded and moded versions currently but you got me OP… I am not a fan of the game >.>
What a load of BS
You can be a fan of the game AND want changes done to the game. Those two items are not mutually exclusive. In addition, I’d argue, that 1.14 isn’t the best version of D2:LoD as that’d likely be 1.09 although I’d want to go back and play that before stating it with certainty (before others, yes, I know I could w/ SP but I’d rather be playing what D2R will be at launch).
I think looking at the current game and saying “yep, it is in a good position balance wise” is pure complacency. I, again, do not advocate for nerfing anything but looking into buffs for underutilized boardering on useless skills. Now, with that said I would probably launch at 1.14 and then make those changes with new seasons (agree on remaining 6 months) because it provides some new-ish content for people.
Just as reference changes I’m in favor of:
Stash space system that is confirmed
Auto-gold pickup that is confirmed
Cow-level remaining unlocked
D2 Clone changes on summoning (it almost needs to be due to mechanic)
Minor buffs to unused/underutilized skills
Show items toggle (essentially always Alt pressed)
I’d also be in favor of a relook at mercenaries a bit in terms of Act 1, 3, and 5; however, I think that needs to be a better deep-dive than “give them all auras!” like PD2 did. They should provide uniqueness and, right now, I only feel like Cold Act3 merc and Act 2 Mercs do a good job of that. I do not think though that the merc balance is one that I’d tackle as the devs early in the game’s life as I don’t feel it is that important AND I think it needs a lot of thought, iterations, and testing and isn’t something I’d tackle before the game is done and in a great spot(not needing bug fixes that crop up, etc.)
Edit: The above list is what I could think of off the top of my head. Might be a few others
thats why they shouldn’t even have auto gold pickup or stash size increase. it gives incentives to change things even more. plus that stuff sucks anyways. makes the game easier and makes it feel like diablo 3
Gold and Stash Space doesn’t increase or decrease the game’s difficulty. It isn’t like holding Alt button and scanning through items quickly added any difficulty to the game at all.
What the hell is difficulty now? Reading cards. I got it by gods! We can increase difficulty in the game by making text size smaller… GENIUS!
Look familiar? That’s your first post #no changes? lol maybe you should changes that to #some changes might be alright but it doesn’t have quite the same ring to it does it
instanced loot kills the game Diablo isnt Diablo with instanced or personal loot drops. Diablo is what it is its not some stoopid garbage mod like plugY and medial xp designed to change what type of game diablo is, Diablo is what it is and if they changed it its not the same game thats been around for 20 years it will be changed and a new game. Yes shared tab is great that eliminates the issue of loosing your stuff while muleing, but its not going to stop players from having mules a shared tab cool used to transfer items between characters but every one is going to have mules still and thats fine its part of the game.
That was a quote from another guy who wrote #NOCHANGES in this thread, your answering a guy called TheWeirdOne in a reply to me, address your reply to him its his opinion or is #nochanges his opinion?
Your mini rant about personal loot is just an opinion and opinions vary from person to person and from one day to the next.
Instanced loot also kills grabbit that would be a change for the better if ffa loot is sacrificed for that change idgaf lol
It would be changed, into a better game, to apply your own thought process to this subject it goes a bit like this.
“Yes personal loot isnt great but it eliminates grabbit hacks and creates a level playing field for people who don’t cheat. It’s not going to stop people trying to cheat and you can select it as an option on game creation which is fine”
I really hope they put it in but I think its unlikely to be honest. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
I just want Diablo 2 R to play like Diablo 2 with QOL adjustments and bring some of the game mechanics up to 2021 world.
Seems that isnt good enough though, the few accounts spamming threads on here want D2R to play more like D3 and POE rather than the game its being Remastered of.
You wonder why we dont welcome those same threads over and over and over anymore
