06-16-2003, 08:33 AM
>3.) Blizzard promises a game 'so-difficult' that "no one will be able to solo hell alone," as promised by Blizzard.
>I can only hope that 1.1 does something to drastically increase the difficulty without resorting to 1-hit kill monsters.
I see some problems with this. One is, how exactly would anyone measure a universally accepted difficulty or challenge? Someone's idea of challenging might be someone else's stroll in the park. Or an exercise in pure tedium to others.
Blizzard's promise of Super g0su difficulty just sounds too much like an immature DM yelling "You are all SOOO dead!!!", before the game even begins. You mentioned the 1-hit kill method of difficulty, which I totally agree is a cheap and lazy way of doing it. (Imo, much like the global phys resists in Hell. Global solutions for a local problem just seems clunky and not very well thought out.)
The second problem to me is, the exclusion of casual and single\solo players. Sometimes I read players complaining that this game is too easy. Nerf this nerf that. Nerf the Cow level. Unfortunately I can't agree since some of the people who says this, plays characters that sports high end gears that no casual players would ever see. If people measure difficulty from the point of view of a high end char, who is armed with the fastest, greatest, shiniest toys. Why are they suprised that the game seems easy?
Back when LoD was released, bliz mentioned something to the effect of: Elite class items were their gift to the dedicated hardcore D2 players (not HC I mean). Here's a wild and crazy idea. How about for 1.1, reward the casual players? I'm not asking for a Hell Fallen to be able to drop a Windforce every 5 games. All I'm asking is increase the chance for the casual players to find gears or ingredients that are usable and reachable. Cleaning up the junk affixes in Rares (especially on weapons) would be a great start. Remember when this
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/diablo2/articl...trare0900.shtml
was mostly for laughs, and not the current reality?
>I can only hope that 1.1 does something to drastically increase the difficulty without resorting to 1-hit kill monsters.
I see some problems with this. One is, how exactly would anyone measure a universally accepted difficulty or challenge? Someone's idea of challenging might be someone else's stroll in the park. Or an exercise in pure tedium to others.
Blizzard's promise of Super g0su difficulty just sounds too much like an immature DM yelling "You are all SOOO dead!!!", before the game even begins. You mentioned the 1-hit kill method of difficulty, which I totally agree is a cheap and lazy way of doing it. (Imo, much like the global phys resists in Hell. Global solutions for a local problem just seems clunky and not very well thought out.)
The second problem to me is, the exclusion of casual and single\solo players. Sometimes I read players complaining that this game is too easy. Nerf this nerf that. Nerf the Cow level. Unfortunately I can't agree since some of the people who says this, plays characters that sports high end gears that no casual players would ever see. If people measure difficulty from the point of view of a high end char, who is armed with the fastest, greatest, shiniest toys. Why are they suprised that the game seems easy?
Back when LoD was released, bliz mentioned something to the effect of: Elite class items were their gift to the dedicated hardcore D2 players (not HC I mean). Here's a wild and crazy idea. How about for 1.1, reward the casual players? I'm not asking for a Hell Fallen to be able to drop a Windforce every 5 games. All I'm asking is increase the chance for the casual players to find gears or ingredients that are usable and reachable. Cleaning up the junk affixes in Rares (especially on weapons) would be a great start. Remember when this
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/diablo2/articl...trare0900.shtml
was mostly for laughs, and not the current reality?