Blizzard sent out a survey yesterday/today requesting player feedback on possible changes to D2R. Personally, I did not receive one, but the sheer volume of independent reports demonstrate it is almost certainly true.
These include already announced things such as auto-gold pickup and included more controversial topics such as personal loot and charm inventory. It is also interesting for these they asked specifically if they were wanted at D2R launch.
I got a survey email from them about a week and a half ago. However I don’t check my email but maybe once a week, so the link was already expired when I finally saw it.
I am just happy that there are trying to get a more representative sample of D2 players in relation to D2R. I do not know how many read/saw “Russia House” with Sean Connery. Often the question that are asked are informative, because it lets you know what the questioner is thinking about/does not know.
I think this is very positive and means that devs want to do their best with d2r. Personally I didn’t receive any mail but I hope they will send to me!
I received the survey yesterday in my email at 4:10 P.M., but I didn’t fill it out until late last night. Hadn’t checked my email until late last night. So, yea, all the screenshots that people have been posting about the survey are real. Asked me the same things about D2: R! I didn’t take any screenshots. Was so focused on the survey itself. Only took a screenshot of the email itself!
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If theyre going to be implementing these changes, then I dearly hope a non-altered D2R server will be made available. It’d be really sad if we wont be able to simply play Diablo II again with nicer graphics, as this project was announced. It was such a relief thinking a great old game, the likes of which are almost extinct, could be renewed with such pleasing visuals.
Im really not interested in playing a Diablo 2 with gameplay mechanics from D3, so Ill definitely ask for a refund if that’s what D2R becomes. If it does, I hope Blizzard will be classy enough to make it clear before it becomes too late to refund.
Agreed the only solution that will work for most new and old players is creating a fork of the game. I really wish we could get some developer feedback on this idea.