10-23-2003, 06:21 AM
Heya MEAT.
>I see where your comming from, but don't you think thats a little one-sided on your part? Sure, you mostly play Single-Player, thus "uber" items are indeed a persons choice,
I guess I should try to make that more clear. The significance of a players' decision to use or not use those super itamz to me, is directly related to the availability of that item. I could say, "Pfft, if I found a WFarce, I won't use it, hell I might even sell it to Charsi just for laughs." But in the context of SP at least, it's borderline meaningless. WForce might as well not exist in SP due to it's relative rarity. On the polar opposite, if the -only- thing vendors sell \ monsters drops ARE WForces, it becomes equally meaningless. The only decision left is to go bare handed, use the WForces (Kind of hard unless you're an Amazon with the Magic Arrow skill, considering for this situation you will never find arrows.) or write to Bliz about a new technical bug.
>however there are also a good amount of players who enjoy the realms and since this is the case, a little balance is expected, wouldn't you agree?
I totally agree. What I never liked, was basing one type of balance appropriate for multi, and haphazardly applying it for solo. Or vice versa. A global solution for a local problem just seem to create more problems.
>I hardly think it's unfair for other players to ask for, or even demand balance in D2 when they've waited over 2 years for the patch that was promised long ago. If they're like me, they probbably think this will be one of the last patches for a LONG TIME before any more or released and they want it to be right and balanced.
Hey I agree with you on this one too believe it or not. If it means another delay of 6 months to get everything right, I can wait. I'm a fairly patient guy, at least I like to think so.
ps. MongoJerry mentioned that from Gunter's experience, it's very likely to have the necessary runes for a character that runs through Hell mode at least once. To me, that's a good thing in regards to the validity of a player's choice. Not because it means just because a player could have it, they -will- use it. But because it is a realistically attainable item, the decision to use or not use it becomes more significant. But hey that's just my opinion.
>I see where your comming from, but don't you think thats a little one-sided on your part? Sure, you mostly play Single-Player, thus "uber" items are indeed a persons choice,
I guess I should try to make that more clear. The significance of a players' decision to use or not use those super itamz to me, is directly related to the availability of that item. I could say, "Pfft, if I found a WFarce, I won't use it, hell I might even sell it to Charsi just for laughs." But in the context of SP at least, it's borderline meaningless. WForce might as well not exist in SP due to it's relative rarity. On the polar opposite, if the -only- thing vendors sell \ monsters drops ARE WForces, it becomes equally meaningless. The only decision left is to go bare handed, use the WForces (Kind of hard unless you're an Amazon with the Magic Arrow skill, considering for this situation you will never find arrows.) or write to Bliz about a new technical bug.
>however there are also a good amount of players who enjoy the realms and since this is the case, a little balance is expected, wouldn't you agree?
I totally agree. What I never liked, was basing one type of balance appropriate for multi, and haphazardly applying it for solo. Or vice versa. A global solution for a local problem just seem to create more problems.
>I hardly think it's unfair for other players to ask for, or even demand balance in D2 when they've waited over 2 years for the patch that was promised long ago. If they're like me, they probbably think this will be one of the last patches for a LONG TIME before any more or released and they want it to be right and balanced.
Hey I agree with you on this one too believe it or not. If it means another delay of 6 months to get everything right, I can wait. I'm a fairly patient guy, at least I like to think so.
ps. MongoJerry mentioned that from Gunter's experience, it's very likely to have the necessary runes for a character that runs through Hell mode at least once. To me, that's a good thing in regards to the validity of a player's choice. Not because it means just because a player could have it, they -will- use it. But because it is a realistically attainable item, the decision to use or not use it becomes more significant. But hey that's just my opinion.