Hedon,Apr 16 2006, 01:52 PM Wrote:The often repeated lament that equip > skills is true, and it is intended. If you don't like it, then may I ask you why you just don't play a FPS like e.g. UT 2004 where everyone starts even and the only equipment you pick up ist that on the battlefield itself? Sounds more like the game you are looking for.
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While games like D1 and D2 were not MMOs, they were definately closer to WoW than to an FPS. There (especially in D1) it was all skill, as long as your eq. met minimum requirements... and that equipment was not hard to get as long as you put in at least some time into the game.
A game *should* give some advantages to better geared players, just not as much as WoW does, where you can take a player with relatively weak skills and aptitute towards these games, stick 'em in epics and he/she will succeed where a skilled player with weak gear will always fail, be it PvE or PvP. This game is geared towards either those that have no kids (or have grown kids, preferably not living in the same house, or those who play with them) or those who are themselves kids (including college students). An adult with a normal family life is not someone who can enjoy this game to even close to it's fullest. Therefore, Blizzard's claim that this game is for the casual gamer is complete and utter bull...t.
-A