A few ideas of how to save D3

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Uh, if two weeks is the shelf life of "fun" for this game, allow me to chortle since I still don't have a machine that will run it. Borrowed my son's laptop yesterday and today grope through Act I with no idea of anything. Wasn't in the beta. Took seven deaths to kill the B at the end of Act I, thanks to monkeying around with the skill mix on my lady wizard and her templar, then her scoundrel, merc. Reminds me a bit of how first encountering the Diablo I B, before the "trick" was learned.

I doubt I'll finish Hell Diff before the Summer is over, what with work, travel, family, work on the house, and needing to finalize my machine versus cost decisions.

But this was fun. I got one tip from my son: boost the crafting talents of the smith early. It appears that from the comments above, his advice was good. I also bought another row of stash to ensure I can, now that I've enjoyed the story, be a bit more efficient with the Monk who is up next.

Sorry to hear the game needs saving. I just had a few hours of immersive and extremely enjoyable game play, as I groped about trying to get comfortable with a new skill system.

Visuals: nice. Also glad to see that Jarulf is still an Iron Wolf in good standing.

*back to lurk mode*

The game does not need saving from a standpoint of being a fun game for a month or two. It needs saving from the standpoint of lasting for a few years like D1 and D2. I think people seem to be too defensive about their Diablo baby. As is, this game will be shelved long before the expansion comes out that could or will fix most things that are broken, IMO.
They need to address major issues NOW, before ppl lose interest.

Again, on your first playthrough and even in Nightmare, the game is fine.

However, it get tedious later on.

I am only lvl 54 and in Act1 of Hell, but I already can't see myself playing past killing D on Inferno, whenever that happens, except maybe PVP.

There is no more incentive. No reason to item hunt, since you can just AH it. No more leveling, since you will be lvl 60.

Also, b/c of the repetitive nature of hardcoded quests, I can not see myself rolling another toon.