04-14-2012, 06:54 AM
I've had the beta awhile and there are 2 things that will probably drive me to not be in love with this game.
1) The big one. They are bringing magic find back. Before D2 came out I remember how great I thought this stat would be. Wow was I wrong. D2 became about stacking as much as you could. This ruined both the multiplayer aspect and the whole fighting through a dungeon feel. Better gear and skill at the game is more fun than weighted dice, but the further you progressed through the game the more it became about stacking the odds than actual character progression. When I realized that is when D2 died for me. I still pick up and play d1 now and then. D2, I lost my LOD key and I don't really care.
2) You get 6 abilities that you don't get to swap except through a very restrictive cooldown. And it can't be any 6, it has to be 1 of each of the 6 "types" of abilities. I can see Blizzard trying to keep things simple, but they overdid it. The lack of being able to easily swap to the more situational abilities means they won't ever be used. The barbarian's cleave is a great example. When there are a lot of things to hit, it is really cool. When there are only a few, it is very not cool. So you don't use it because it is so debilitating to use on smaller groups.
1) The big one. They are bringing magic find back. Before D2 came out I remember how great I thought this stat would be. Wow was I wrong. D2 became about stacking as much as you could. This ruined both the multiplayer aspect and the whole fighting through a dungeon feel. Better gear and skill at the game is more fun than weighted dice, but the further you progressed through the game the more it became about stacking the odds than actual character progression. When I realized that is when D2 died for me. I still pick up and play d1 now and then. D2, I lost my LOD key and I don't really care.
2) You get 6 abilities that you don't get to swap except through a very restrictive cooldown. And it can't be any 6, it has to be 1 of each of the 6 "types" of abilities. I can see Blizzard trying to keep things simple, but they overdid it. The lack of being able to easily swap to the more situational abilities means they won't ever be used. The barbarian's cleave is a great example. When there are a lot of things to hit, it is really cool. When there are only a few, it is very not cool. So you don't use it because it is so debilitating to use on smaller groups.