Do people actually like the combat?

[JeanFrancois-1217]

@MasterT007-1236

Back when the game came out I was seeing some posts about how people liked the combat. I personally don’t like it.

That would have a lot to do with the game being brand new (just a few months ago). When games fail you see droves of positive people magically vanish. This forum used to be full of threads with posts within the last ten minutes. Now you don’t have to scroll to get to one hour. It went from Twitch chat to a place where you can actually have a conversation.

@Bodach-1471

I mean, I don’t play Diablo games for combat tactics. Just items and trade. Running around casting blizzard all day is fine with me.

However, people like this do exist.

@Shootsfoot-1342

You didn’t answer the question.

Loot with Abilities?

I have a differing perspective on what makes this game a disappointment - underwhelming combat and lack of challenge. A popular issue is lack of reward/progression, which is valid as well. Ideally big changes would address these issues but true to recent form for Blizzard you have to aim lower - it takes them a lot of time to implement even seemingly basic things despite Diablo IV being a recently released live service game that initially sold well. So how about loot with abilities at later lev…

Moving 'passive abilities' onto Items

Am I the only one who’s dissatisfied or annoyed that in an already basic and frankly simplistic game from an actual gameplay rather than pretentious “theorycrafting” perspective like this one I have to dedicate at least one of only four available slots to an ability that amounts to nothing more than an obligatory button press every x seconds? For example, I play Rogue. There’s an Imbuement node that seems essential. However, all it does is apply an effect on the next two other skill uses. The f…

There are things to be done. The issue is one of mindset.

@OSLEK-11552

I say yes because there are other genres if you dont like this type of combat. Build your character into a killing machine and go destroy enemies. That is what ARPGs are. Take it or leave it.

That’s the mindset I’m referring to right there. Can you imagine a developer or designer being this simple-minded?

@Maelific-1607

Lost Ark has many faults but the combat is actually pretty well done.

Agreed. A person can spot that just looking from afar. Yet Blizzard neither had the impulse itself to advance the genre nor did it feel any inspiration or apparent discomfort. So it took them several years to release a new old game that has fallen on its face. Many people think it’s as simple as itemization, like a facsimile of Diablo II would be an astonishing success. Very naive imo.