03-07-2009, 05:01 PM
While interesting, I kind of find it a bit puzzling. This is assuming that bliz sticks by their word that 1.10 was the last patch containing major gameplay changes, eg: skill changes, monster immunities and HPs and the like. Reading one point of their announcement, something like 'within the limits of what we can do etc etc' I'm hoping they stick by their promise. 1.10 isn't perfect, but at least it locked the game stability wise.
I don't know about anyone else, but I definitely did not miss the 'good' ole days whenever a new patch was released, many previous characters were rendered obsolete, or 2 new problems popped up for every 1 that was claimed to be solved.
Having said all that, I'd like to see a saner and less stingy med-high rune drops, the current 'rarity' only applies to legit players and fuels the duped market IMO. Get rid of some of the neutering in SP ie: enable 'online only' Runewords for SP and activate the 'Keys Of ---' quests for SP. Keep 'Enigma's armor Teleporting ability, but change it to a charged ability (say, a charge of 1/1) instead of +1 Teleport Oskill. That way the dupers and botters whining will be that much sweeter to hear, because you can always say,'what are you crying about, Enigma still has teleport.':D
But really, my cynical side won't be surpised if bliz already have the majority of 1.13 done, and their request to fans is nothing more than a PR stunt. My very cynical side won't be surprised if this both a PR stunt and a type of survey for D3.
Really though, I'm just hoping they don't break more things than they fix. D2's patch history to me sometimes reads like a company that thinks a sledgehammer can be used for watch repair.