Along the same lines as Treesh:
Ashock's vision of 'saving' D3 would not be saving anything. The *only* point I have *any* desire at all for is the third one, about the chat channels, and that's pretty minor.
The other four I have zero desire for. If you want to go back to D2, by all means, do so. This is D*3*, and points 1,2,4,5 just tell me that you just want a modernized D2 and nothing more. So, definitely count me out on Ashock's or RedRadical's versions of 'saving D3'. I don't think it needs to be saved. Is it perfect? No, but the perfect game doesn't exist. Things will be patched, including the over-spikiness in Inferno, but, I hope they keep the essential 'hard to be hard' flavor of Inferno, and not give in to the people who think it's wrong that they couldn't full-clear it in the first two weeks.
As far as what will we do after we beat Inferno Act IV? Same thing we did in D2. Farm for better gear, and/or build new characters. Once we've farmed Act IV Inferno on all classes, then we can start running variants for the sheer fun of trying it. There's no rule that says you always must do everything the min/max way, and there's not 9 or 24 people you're holding back if you do it your way, either. If someone wants to play the AH, of course, they can do that, but, I'm more likely to sell than buy.
The game is only limited by the assumptions you take to the game with you. If you only play the 'accepted' way, then, well, that's not D3's fault. That's you limiting yourself.
If the game is totally broken to you, then don't tell me you want to 'save' the game because you love it. No, you love the old Diablo I/II, and I don't want just that in a new wrapper.
Ashock's vision of 'saving' D3 would not be saving anything. The *only* point I have *any* desire at all for is the third one, about the chat channels, and that's pretty minor.
The other four I have zero desire for. If you want to go back to D2, by all means, do so. This is D*3*, and points 1,2,4,5 just tell me that you just want a modernized D2 and nothing more. So, definitely count me out on Ashock's or RedRadical's versions of 'saving D3'. I don't think it needs to be saved. Is it perfect? No, but the perfect game doesn't exist. Things will be patched, including the over-spikiness in Inferno, but, I hope they keep the essential 'hard to be hard' flavor of Inferno, and not give in to the people who think it's wrong that they couldn't full-clear it in the first two weeks.
As far as what will we do after we beat Inferno Act IV? Same thing we did in D2. Farm for better gear, and/or build new characters. Once we've farmed Act IV Inferno on all classes, then we can start running variants for the sheer fun of trying it. There's no rule that says you always must do everything the min/max way, and there's not 9 or 24 people you're holding back if you do it your way, either. If someone wants to play the AH, of course, they can do that, but, I'm more likely to sell than buy.
The game is only limited by the assumptions you take to the game with you. If you only play the 'accepted' way, then, well, that's not D3's fault. That's you limiting yourself.
If the game is totally broken to you, then don't tell me you want to 'save' the game because you love it. No, you love the old Diablo I/II, and I don't want just that in a new wrapper.
--Mav