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People ascribe "evil" motives to Blizzard because they have clearly changed since merging with Activision. They can claim autonomy all they want to but since th
by phaus 14y ago
People ascribe "evil" motives to Blizzard because they have clearly changed since merging with Activision. They can claim autonomy all they want to but since the merger it has been one terrible decision after another with these guys. Without an auction house or the requirement to connect to the internet for single player, Diablo 3 would be a very worthy successor.
- teamonkey 14y agoFrankly, the hype was so high that nothing could be a worthy successor in the eyes of fans, no matter how good it was.
- intended 14y agoThe game as it stands, has large amounts of blizzard polish behind it. Its fun in its own ways, and would have made a great single player game which could have been played offline or on a LAN. Without the AH - and hence higher drop rates to balance - the game would have been fine. You would have had the game balance and fluidity, plus the incessant "ooh shiny!" of D2. All of the constraints imposed in the parent article trace back to the Auction House and the Real Money Auction House. Each of them is an economic constraint to ensure the RMAH is actually usable. Edit: Well its bound to happen too - a single agency controls the bank, the economy and the laws/game play.