Title should be "My Take" *sigh* PREVIEW MODE EVILNESS
To the naysayers, the soloers, the unimaginative, and all those who want to hear my little say on this.
The game is hardly ridiculous. Hell is tough, very tough in fact, near impossible one might say. The real problem is that people expect an easy game. That is what Diablo 2 has become, "solo 8-land", "bloody experience hills", and "river of experience". I think that everyone just seems to misunderstand the fact that your old characters aren't useful anymore. I mean, your taking a primarily FIRE sorceress against the area with one of the highest concentrations of fire resistant monsters in act 1. Frenzy Barb? In act 5? Solo? Its insanely difficult. Particularly when your being shot at by those catapults, throw in ranged characters along with some of the more powerful meleers in the game and you've got a VERY difficult area to play against. Its the same with the Holy Shock Ranger - You've got one element, and your using strategies from 1.09. Those don't fly anymore, they don't work. The AI has been improved, the monsters have been randomized, the skills have been changed.
Blizzard has done something that seemed impossible, they throw out a patch THREE YEARS after a game was released. They aren't getting paid any extra, they aren't getting anything but a little extra bandwith for FT and a lot of goodwill from us. They have made hell hell, they have made life hard. I think the questions to put out there for everyone is, are you willing to struggle? Are you willing to fight? Are you willing to build, rebuild, and retry characters in order to find out whats effective? Are you ready to find new tactics?
I'm a chess player and though it takes a lot of calculation, a good memory, it also takes a good imagination. You need to look and discover that beautiful combination, the crazy sacrifice, the suicidal idea. You take the the board, the raw ideas, the tactics, the strategy, and turn them into something that can be and is quite beautiful. Diablo 2 is no longer "hack and slash" its "strategy and tactics".
So I'll pose one more question for everyone...
Are you ready to work?
Baylan
Edit: Titled post + removed sig.
To the naysayers, the soloers, the unimaginative, and all those who want to hear my little say on this.
The game is hardly ridiculous. Hell is tough, very tough in fact, near impossible one might say. The real problem is that people expect an easy game. That is what Diablo 2 has become, "solo 8-land", "bloody experience hills", and "river of experience". I think that everyone just seems to misunderstand the fact that your old characters aren't useful anymore. I mean, your taking a primarily FIRE sorceress against the area with one of the highest concentrations of fire resistant monsters in act 1. Frenzy Barb? In act 5? Solo? Its insanely difficult. Particularly when your being shot at by those catapults, throw in ranged characters along with some of the more powerful meleers in the game and you've got a VERY difficult area to play against. Its the same with the Holy Shock Ranger - You've got one element, and your using strategies from 1.09. Those don't fly anymore, they don't work. The AI has been improved, the monsters have been randomized, the skills have been changed.
Blizzard has done something that seemed impossible, they throw out a patch THREE YEARS after a game was released. They aren't getting paid any extra, they aren't getting anything but a little extra bandwith for FT and a lot of goodwill from us. They have made hell hell, they have made life hard. I think the questions to put out there for everyone is, are you willing to struggle? Are you willing to fight? Are you willing to build, rebuild, and retry characters in order to find out whats effective? Are you ready to find new tactics?
I'm a chess player and though it takes a lot of calculation, a good memory, it also takes a good imagination. You need to look and discover that beautiful combination, the crazy sacrifice, the suicidal idea. You take the the board, the raw ideas, the tactics, the strategy, and turn them into something that can be and is quite beautiful. Diablo 2 is no longer "hack and slash" its "strategy and tactics".
So I'll pose one more question for everyone...
Are you ready to work?
Baylan
Edit: Titled post + removed sig.