This is what Rhykker actually said, it is not what people think he said.
If Blizzard wanted to “compete with LoL”, they wouldn’t miss or let DotA2 slip away like this at the first place. Let along D3 is an ARPG like the main franchise and not a MOBA. Altough, I don’t think Diablo 2 or Diablo 1 PvP models had any sort of concern of competing with another genre’s atmosphere either.
This is not the first time artwork is claimed to be from Diablo IV - just pointing out
That is why PvP does not belong to aRPG genre, it’s a dumbed down version of what MOBAs can offer.
I, to this day, have no idea how they let this happen. DoTa was by far the most played custom game on WC3 long before LoL appeared. Seriously, I have no idea how and why they didn’t grasp at that market, but there are more things we don’t know here for sure. No one throws away a goldmine, especially someone who is after the gold.
A leaked page from the book:
Seems legit to me!