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[Nickamus-1876]

@Seiya-1765

That is what you say in that sentence. The specific part is “disconnecting the players”. The implication is that Blizzard will not receive as much attention or it will cause players to leave quicker. Both could cause a game to be considered a failure.

Nah, that’s not what I said in thst sentence at all. The implication is that they would have less people in their online environment, engaging in the community Blizzard interacts with. That that would cause the game to be a failure is what you are saying. I said it would fragment the player base. Don’t put words in my mouth.

Also, if you are arguing that fragmenting the player base would mean the game was a failure (quote 1) and then acknowledge that the playerbase would be fragmented (quote 2], then you are the one arguing mods = failed game.

Quote 1.

@Seiya-1765

The implication is that Blizzard will not receive as much attention or it will cause players to leave quicker. Both could cause a game to be considered a failure.

^ If the playerbase is fragmented, Blizzard will not receive as much attention or it will cause players to leave, both could cause the game to be considered a failure.

Quote 2

@Seiya-1765

Fragmenting players will happen regardless

^ Fragmenting will happen no matter what, even if they don’t add mods, but definitely if they do

@Seiya-1765

One of these days I will learn not to post things right before to bed, because I forget to quote the exact text I was referring to. The point of my post is that mods, which you reference as bad, has kept those games going a lot longer than what you would normally expect. As referenced above, it has helped D2

I still play Diablo 2 and there are are still tens of thousands of players playing at any given time on classic B Net. Perhaps Diablo 2 has kept itself alive on its own merits, and not because of mods.