07-21-2006, 08:17 AM
> the horizontal walk bug,
Iirc, the horizontal walk bug was 'addressed' in one of the previous patches, but the fix wound up being worse than the problem. So they just changed it back and probably decided it wasn't worth pursuing since technically it wasn't a high priority like a game crashing bug.
I'd be very careful with what you wish Blizzard does in their patches. They're one of the best companies around in terms of polish, and quashing game crashing bugs. But they're not known for subtlety when it comes to dealing with balance, an already hard thing to do without involving their 300lbs gorilla paws.
Thankfully bliz attention and focus is now on WoW, so the chances of a nasty surprise for D1 in a new patch involving a 'fix' for a problem that doesn't need that kind of medicine, is fairly low.
Iirc, the horizontal walk bug was 'addressed' in one of the previous patches, but the fix wound up being worse than the problem. So they just changed it back and probably decided it wasn't worth pursuing since technically it wasn't a high priority like a game crashing bug.
I'd be very careful with what you wish Blizzard does in their patches. They're one of the best companies around in terms of polish, and quashing game crashing bugs. But they're not known for subtlety when it comes to dealing with balance, an already hard thing to do without involving their 300lbs gorilla paws.
Thankfully bliz attention and focus is now on WoW, so the chances of a nasty surprise for D1 in a new patch involving a 'fix' for a problem that doesn't need that kind of medicine, is fairly low.