10 wishes

[kandrathe]

I'm thinking that for DIII, if it were ever to be created, Blizzard would first need to decide if they would extend the use of 3D orthogenal projection (only) or allow multiple camera angles including first person. I'm thinking that maybe Diablo was calling for an sequel, but this isn't FFX. Not all great games call for 20 similar games in a series. In Diablo and Diablo II, the "story" is incidental to the game, and so I wouldn't see a huge change toward FRP in a DIII, or World of Diablo.

So here are my 10 things I have learned from DII, that I would "wish for" in DIII.

I wish;

1. Blizzard makes it as fun as DII, maintains the easy interface, and game persona.

2. Getting to the highest difficulty levels requires things like intelligence, skill and strategy rather than time and bandwidth.

3. Difficulty level is integral to the game and based on character level (ie. no artificial jumps from Normal, to Nightmare, to Hell.) Rather there are areas with monsters appropriate for all skill levels, including monster AI that would make passive leeching impossible (the monsters I know would go out of their way to kill and eat the weak).

4. Items are non-persistent (ie. each repair reduces the max durability - and all items wear out.) This creates a "True" economy, as tradeable items will be consumed. Most items should be average in power, you know, follow a Gaussian Probability Distribution.

5. Massively more challenging quests, which are non-threaded, some which are repeatable, and optional, each with a particular chance for a good reward.

6. Optional persistent universe which respawns bosses, monsters, and quests periodically (so, including the game options we have now -- Single, Lan, Open, Realm, & World) The persistent world would be the place where you would appear when joining , duels could occur in arena's where non-combatant could watch in the stands, people could go to a special place to create (or teleport) to an alternate temporary game spaces (what we know as realm games now), trading, and shops could occur in the world environment, have gambling in the tavern, also with better "buddy list" management and maybe allow groups to organize and build their own building as a meeting place (guilds).

7. The game is designed to thwart and punish cheaters - (i'm tempted to repeat this one for 8-10.)

8. All illegal items exploited from bugs are purged daily, and other such "built in" realm management.

9. Multiplayer games allow more than 8 players (I don't know what the right number is, but 8 feels limited).

10. Don't build in features which can be used to disrupt the games of serious players.

Some of this might be in WOW. I hope it is and I'm excited to see what Blizzard does with it. Some people get satisfaction out of being first, being on the beta team, etc. Not me. I like a game to be balanced, established, and fun before I commit to it. I never like to be on the bleeding edge of new games, so I guess it is about time I looked into WIII.