07-01-2003, 03:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2003, 03:09 PM by LiquidDamage.)
Haider,Jul 1 2003, 01:18 AM Wrote:Wasn't it Roper who discussed this topic with Sirian here? Whoever it was, I found the arguments quite reasonable (althrough I also would have prefered a "non-hostile-game" option).I am not 100% positive, but I don't think it was Roper.
Anyway, the "arguments" I remember him offering were along the lines of "we like to kill people some times, and it's a hoot", "the game is better for it because it keeps you on your toes", and the infamous "we know what's best for you" bit. None of those arguments are reasonable, IMHO. The second one might be if the system wasn't so insanely skewed towards PKs: PK builds have a massive advantage over monster-killing builds. As things are, "on your toes" means "prepared to be forced to quit your game on a moment's notice", which is just annoying.
Does anyone happen to have an archived copy of that thread?
P.S. Found Sirian's site, it was Max Schaefer. Sirian has what he claims to be the entirety of the argument posted at http://sirian.warpcore.org/diablo2/protest-2.html. I am currently reading it, I seem to remember it being pretty long.
One amusing point of Max's is absolutely ridiculous:
2) In Diablo 1, the cheating and hacking rendered PKing a disproportionately annoying addition to the game, for example the Town-Kill or the Auto-Kill. This is not the case in D2, where the avoidance of PKs is a relatively trivial matter.
Haha, no cheats or hacks in D2 to help PKs, eh?