05-09-2006, 11:56 AM
Hi,
"Storage space is limited in Diablo II both for performance and storage space issues and because the designers wanted players to make decisions as to which items to keep and which items must be thrown away or sold."
- The Arreat Summit, on item basics.
I know that that refers to DII, and I resort to muling in DII and rarely in DI, too. But I can see very well how the game designers integrated this feature to keep up the degree of difficulty for the games.
Imagine a DII with complex runewords, when you can't trade for runes.
A DI where you find that Savage LWB of Heavens with your warrior, and can't give it to your rogue.
It's a p.i.t.a., but it increases difficulty, indeed! In that cases, you'd sometimes sell these items, as good as they may be, to gain space for something more character-relevant.
Also, I think it's not so much about the things you can carry in your inventory, when you're down in the dungeons. It's about the things you can carry over to your next game. These are severely limited. I have often wished that the items on the ground were saved, too.
Greetings, Fragbait
"Storage space is limited in Diablo II both for performance and storage space issues and because the designers wanted players to make decisions as to which items to keep and which items must be thrown away or sold."
- The Arreat Summit, on item basics.
I know that that refers to DII, and I resort to muling in DII and rarely in DI, too. But I can see very well how the game designers integrated this feature to keep up the degree of difficulty for the games.
Imagine a DII with complex runewords, when you can't trade for runes.
A DI where you find that Savage LWB of Heavens with your warrior, and can't give it to your rogue.
It's a p.i.t.a., but it increases difficulty, indeed! In that cases, you'd sometimes sell these items, as good as they may be, to gain space for something more character-relevant.
Also, I think it's not so much about the things you can carry in your inventory, when you're down in the dungeons. It's about the things you can carry over to your next game. These are severely limited. I have often wished that the items on the ground were saved, too.
Greetings, Fragbait
the Langolier,May 9 2006, 03:59 AM Wrote:The biggest concern of course is that now characters can have virtually a "limitless" inventory. But is this really that influential? As for my characters, they have their main gear equipped and carry a couple alternate items in their pack. For my rogue, this would be a sword/CC/shield (so ~40% of my inventory including gold/whatever). The rest is empty, and for what? Item drops. I really don't see anywhere that "extra" inventory space would be helpful for normal gameplay. I am not going to go to town and cycle through a list of items at a "stash" just to equip some alternate gear, and I will still only be able to pick up a limited number of drops before I need to go ID them. I think it would be most useful not only for transferring, but also storing specialized setups such as item retriving gear and dueling equipment.[right][snapback]109288[/snapback][/right]
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