A few ideas of how to save D3

[kandrathe]

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.

... and, this is a big if... Blizzard doesn't add anything more to the game in the next 12 months... See http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/08/0...cromancer/ Diablo II saw many additions and changes in it's time, and I wouldn't expect less for DIII.

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.

I'm not sure I really even know the limits of what legendary items are available. My oldest char is nearing the end of Normal, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of Nightmare.

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

I rolled one of each class right away, knowing I'd want to get a sense for playing each type. It wasn't because I wanted to do the quests multiple times. More important to replay-ability are the randomness of the dungeon events, champion packs, and rare (and beyond) loot drops. It would be cool if the quests forked in a myriad of directions, but then that would be a different game.

A good game is replay-able because the game play is different each time, even when the parameters and rules stay the same. Why is chess still popular?