08-25-2006, 03:20 PM
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It is well to remember that Blizzard is a corporation whose primary goal is profit. The main purpose of Diablo II is, at this point, to serve as a good-faith gesture to the players. Blizzard will do what they feel will make the majority of them happy (or possibly what the majority of them SAY they want). Unfortunately, judging by the vast amounts of maphack account bannings, multiple CD-key usings, and all of the other crap that goes on, I'd say this likely leaves me and my balance in the minority. People want to have the game played for them, seemingly, so they can be "ub3r". And if Blizzard caters to this any more, I hope that even my long-standing addiction can't bring me back to the hell the game will become.
--me
Yeah, Blizz isn't going to do anything that takes much time or costs much money for a game this old, especially to help the multiplayer side. They're deeply invested in another multiplayer game. I understand that many of you have rejected said game, but, that doesn't change the fact that bandaids are all you're going to get. And, you guys can bitch about Blizz all you want on this, but I know of very few companies who would even *touch* a game of this age, let alone patch it.
--Mav