Gods, remember when the RMAH was the worst thing we could ever think of?
And then things got worse?
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I donât think so; I believe it was ultimately more of a headache for them than anything. The profits made from it probably werenât worth the hoops they had to jump through.
I would even go so far as to say that they probably got rid of it because of legal hurdles, not because of community feedback. Theyâd still totally take credit for âlistening to the communityâ though.
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Nah. The potential for money laundering is too great. While the Activision CEO requires his monthly tithe, theyâll continue to sacrifice the community manager budget than risk Federal Racketeering charges.
i feel like iâve had this conversation with the same person before but i feel like thatâs false in terms of âbefore we saw any gameplayâ
iâd have to go back and watch that opening panel again where they announced diablo 4 because iâm pretty sure it was the cinematic reveal, then the 2 or 3 minute gameplay slice
call me a lazy consumer also i kind of donât care right now because as someone following the quarterly dev update blogs and who has combed through lots of coverage of the game in general, theyâre designing a good ARPG that remembers the roots without being strictly shackled to them
and to be kind of flippant, oh no cosmetics (Grim Dawn Loyalist packs, Path of Exileâs entire skinning system for not just equipment and bonus vanity slots but also skill cosmetics)
I donât speak for everyone, but I think most of us arenât gonna try to convince you not to play a blizzard product despite how much we complain about the company. If you think itâll be fun then I hope you find enjoyment out of it!
We all gotta find happiness where we can, and you know what they say about ethical consumption!
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Peace, peace.
I meant no malice, nor do I seek to deny anyone enjoyment. Youâve clearly kept better abreast of the production of the game than I and are going in with both eyes open. Thatâs all I sought to remind others of.
Will Necromancer be playable at launch?
oh donât worry about me enjoying myself - iâm a dork thatâs prepurchased D2R and hope the D4 collector edition has some cool physical stuff in the box, i just have no idea why âoooh microtransactionâ is supposed to be some sketchy boogeyman considering the game industry has kind of had that for probably over a dozen years
i know devs can go back on stuff and the like but they were VERY swift, nearly the very next sentence IIRC from the panel(s) after mentioning microtransactions that they were never going to sell power and even the PvP challenge rewards are just vanity only and not big items or anything
iâm gonna still âum, ackshuallyâ this because itâs just false
the first we saw of Diablo 4 was indeed the cinematic after Brackâs 2019 opening speech, then it was Luis Barriga talking about some overhead design/directional stuff, the Diablo legacy, and then unveiling the first three classes in a vertical slice gameplay video
Considering the 5th slot might be holy/faith oriented since thatâs the one archetype missing right now I think Druid will be the current minion class. Long term I hope the gameâs heavily supported with notably large content patches and multiple expansions with the rogueâs gallery of playable characters kind of being borderline âEVERYONE IS HEREâ. Necromancer, Amazon, Witch Doctor, Monk, Paladin/Crusader, etc.
the devs seem to have made a brief, flirtatious glance in the ripcordâs direction with resetting playersâ âbetrayerâ status
i think theyâre too stubborn to actually change the covenant system, personally, despite apparently being aware of the balance issues
https://i.imgur.com/GWDapVf.png
9.1 is a good patch because i killed a rare on day #2 of it and this dropped
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what is that and why does it look like a fakemon
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one of them little greeblie Anima Devourer monsters and that makes a good segue because i like how alien some of the devourers look
https://i.imgur.com/PaswI67.png
little dude goes great with my 7 month refusal to transmog
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I am.
I just have to generate enough Chutzpah before I can unleash my attack. Iâm currently atâŚ
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2 of 100 Chutzpah. Not bad for 2021. Best watch out in 2030 Iâm going to be p o i g n a n t.
I think this is just going to be a fact of life with gaming moving into the future.
Similarly to how people had to learn to ignore infomercials selling all kinds of junk, we just need to be smart consumers and spend our money wisely. So long as microtransactions arenât necessary to play the game, it should turn out fine.
that is a lot bigger than i imagined that to be
speaking of alien devourers
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yeah so between the little raptor dino dudes like that mount and those, i only lament that weâre not seeing MORE anima devourers because these super alien and sci-fi designs are tight
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itâs always fun figuring out what uses what skeleton/animation set
like iâm almost certain the big ridable devourer that you mentioned earlier is probably a really long crawg
Crawgs use the raptor skeleton, which makes the weird new rideable devourers also use the same one.
Those weird buggy wyvern dudes use the wyvern/wind rider skeleton, which is just a slightly modified bat skeleton.
SO.
Enjoying the Maw.
Enjoying Torghast.
Two things Iâd never thought Iâd say, let alone together in the same post.
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honestly have more time to appreciate how good the maw looks (and imo it really does look really good) without having to constantly worry about being sniped by artillery
havenât done torghast aside from the cursory run to unlock the box so iâll have to see how itâd pan out in higher layers
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