07-24-2006, 08:31 PM
Quote:How can you honestly believe that? Blizzard chose to have cheating continue in a game when they could have stopped it, even when they made attempts to stop it, made it harder, and eliminated duplicates?
Besides the fact that the fix IS trivial, howsabout the age-old argument that Diablo is no longer generating revenue. If anything, it is costing them server space. Even if Blizzard wanted to fix this, it would be WAAAY down the priority list. WoW is obviously first, since it's new, generates revenue every month, both from sales and fees, and because it's the whipping boy of us older game players. I'd say Diablo II would be next, but experience has shown otherwise. Despite massive bugs (a la Fend), glaring imbalances (a la Paladins), and server problems, it has received almost nothing since the heralds of its downfall, patches 1.10 and onward. Warcraft III probably receives more maintenance, but I wouldn't know since my internet connection at my folks house is much too...not so good to play it. But since Blizzard still runs almost daily tournies as far as I know, they probably keep it up. Starcraft is apparently still high on the list. It's a classic. It may well be the best game Blizzard has made. It is still going strong (unlike a certain first Diablo title) with tens of thousands of users and a worldwide "Sandlot Tournament." And lest we forget, Blizzard is still developing new games (presumably). So unless they plan on giving us some tenth anniversary goodness(Unlikely--did Warcraft original get anything?), I'm not seeing anything coming our way.
--me