Memories... the past

[protoshoggoth]

Unfortunately Blizzard's Idea of fun is somewhat akin to being pulled through a knothole backwards at times.

Yep. What do they want us to do, throw every possible combination of crap into the cube and see what happens? It sounds good, "thrill of discovery" and all, but really it's just a ridiculous exercise in tedium. ("Okay, a perfect emerald, a cracked sash, a Grandfather, and a chipped ruby...nothing. Hm, okay, how about a perfect emerald, cracked sash, a Grandfather and a flawed ruby...nothing. Okay, how about..." That's insane.

I know we're supposed to enjoy walking back and forth in order to shop the hateful item vendors for hours on end to get something useful, but at least there's no record-keeping involved there.

They were disappointed that someone reverse-engineered it...yeah, well join the club. I was disappointed that most of the cube recipes (like the one that makes a savage spetum or whatever) are useless. So I guess we're even.

In a more general sense, the idea that the game is somehow improved by obscuring its mechanics is not one that I cotton to. When I first tryed D1 I played it for 20 minutes and thought it a mindless click-fest. It wasn't until months later, when someone showed me Jarulf's guide, that I realized the depth that was there. I went out and bought the game purely on the strength of that guide. Blizzard marketing take note. (as if...)