I normally don't bother commenting on games, even one as main stream as Diablo 3 but I feel it has to be said 'Blizzard have taken the fun out of the game', at least they have for me. Blizzard have turned this game into a pyramid scheme, great if you are close to the top as you get a piece of the pie (its sweet to earn some money by playing a game) but sucks to be lower down. I got to hand it to Blizzard, what a brilliant way to milk the cash out of this franchise by dangling that 'earn real money by playing our game' carrot in front of millions of people. Of course the only people that are getting very rich are Blizzard by letting their minions earn it for them, brilliant scheme (and perhaps @0.1% of D3 players that are lucky enough to be in a position to sell items for enough money to make it worth the time they are investing on getting it).
My full 2cs of D3 in spoiler.
My full 2cs of D3 in spoiler.
Perhaps D3 has come to the end of the road for me, all I feel there is left to do is try to grind for better gear in order to .... well, grind for even better gear, sad really. I was hoping the kill Diablo and finish the game at the hardest level but that ain't gonna happen, especially not with the recent patch. Already re-rolled three other characters but restarting is also becoming too familiar and a boring chore. The new patch offers even more frustration and annoyances plus it 'definitely' drops worse gear for me at act3 inferno (seeing grey items again for the first time), repair cost is through the roof (from total @21K before patch to @78k now), damage reduction is pretty serious, for me it takes @twice as long to kill anything now. My average progress through a section (complete clearance providing no silly combo bosses), from recall stone to recall stone, takes @2-3 times as long and it took ages before.
So I gotta ask myself, am I having fun playing it and is there a purpose to still playing it?
Answer, no and purpose only feels like a grind for better stuff in order to grind even more ****. Blizzard has turned the game into a Pyramid scheme in my eyes (my biggest gripe), its great if you are close to the top, have either really good gear, found a good 'exploit' or farming location, can get pretty far without getting killed by every mob and get good drops in order to sell to cover your repair costs, time invested and have the money to purchase even better gear, perhaps even sell some bits for good money on the RMAH which is sweet if you have the stuff worth selling. However, for most of us 'plebs' who are at the bottom of this pyramid, there really isn't much attraction anymore, at least in my eyes, to persevere with this game. In a way I am thankful to Blizzard for their choices which I personally feel have ruined the game, cause now I have a good excuse to reduce the amount of time I 'waste' playing this game, I may still return to an occasional run through with a lowbie character and see if any expansions come out in the future. It was fun while it lasted and all in all, a good £35 spend considering the time I invested in this game. But it is time to put it down before my next death/cost of repair/nerf patch/**** loot drops causes me to headbutt my keyboard and snap my mouse.
My 2cs.
So I gotta ask myself, am I having fun playing it and is there a purpose to still playing it?
Answer, no and purpose only feels like a grind for better stuff in order to grind even more ****. Blizzard has turned the game into a Pyramid scheme in my eyes (my biggest gripe), its great if you are close to the top, have either really good gear, found a good 'exploit' or farming location, can get pretty far without getting killed by every mob and get good drops in order to sell to cover your repair costs, time invested and have the money to purchase even better gear, perhaps even sell some bits for good money on the RMAH which is sweet if you have the stuff worth selling. However, for most of us 'plebs' who are at the bottom of this pyramid, there really isn't much attraction anymore, at least in my eyes, to persevere with this game. In a way I am thankful to Blizzard for their choices which I personally feel have ruined the game, cause now I have a good excuse to reduce the amount of time I 'waste' playing this game, I may still return to an occasional run through with a lowbie character and see if any expansions come out in the future. It was fun while it lasted and all in all, a good £35 spend considering the time I invested in this game. But it is time to put it down before my next death/cost of repair/nerf patch/**** loot drops causes me to headbutt my keyboard and snap my mouse.
My 2cs.
