01-19-2004, 11:01 PM
Jarulf,Jan 19 2004, 01:13 PM Wrote:That is actually one of the things I feel they failed with in D2. The distinct differences (and tactics needed) of different monster types. In D2 it is pretyy much all "you get swarmed" and then the "spell caster from a afar, typically raising minions" or something like that. No real variation. If that is the reason for the faster "pace" or if it is the other way arround I don't know. But it was much better in D1.I agree entirely -- I think a big reason is that in going from D1 to D2 they went from fighting individual monsters to fighting mobs (with a corresponding emphasis on mass killing skills), and apart from the difference between swarming mobs and ranged mobs, it's all pretty much a big mush. I don't know why they did that really (unless they felt players would feel better and more powerful just becuase they could kill monsters ten-at-a-time instead of one-at-a-time), but it wasn't an improvement.