09-03-2004, 05:02 PM
Quote:A sort of copycat of farming hell Mephisto or hell Baal or hell Pindleskin to get the best items to play with in Diablo 2.
No, it's the opposite of D2, and I'm thankful for that. What would happen in D2 is that every new character created started having all of the best equipment for their level at every stage in the game. There was nothing special about having a Windforce, for example, because people would just assume that your amazon got it via farming with another character, via trading, or via a gift from an item-rich friend. I love that all of the fixed loot-table items are bind on pickup. That means that in order to get them, you had to actually be there when it fell and that makes such items more special.
Regarding wanting to pass hand-me-downs to other characters, you can save some of the "junk" bind-on-equip items you find as you adventure. For example, for a while, I saved a few guns for a hunter I had been planning to create. Will these items be the best items in the game for their level? No. But they still will be useful. One really can play the game with second-tier or worse items. And then when your character finds a nice bind-on-pickup item, you'll be glad and happy and other people will be glad and happy for you. It eliminates the whole "if you don't have the ultimate gear for your level, you're a noob!" and "If it's not the best item in the game for the slot, it's junk!" attitudes. And for that, I'm thankful.