07-01-2004, 05:21 PM
Aye, ladder gaming is ruined due to bots/dupers/hackers. I believe that most legit players wanted to test their skills, under the same conditions, with each other; that's the point of having a ladder. Right now, all the problem is finding a game full of +90 chars and a good enigma/sorc teleporter. Then wait for the portal, wait some seconds to let someone else cross it -in case some dolls or gloams are awaiting-, cross it, find a good spot and survive -this usually isn't a big deal with level 44 BO-. Expect 60 to 90 seconds per run, and join the next "90upbaal112".
When ladder started we all had -and could!- play. Right now, some sassy trapper/hammerdin/(place the cheesy build you hate most here) will deal with Lister and family in 3 seconds.
The longer the season, the more people cheating. Just make it short; if there's no chance of dealing with bots/hacks/dupes, what the hell. They still need several weeks to ruin an economy.
One more thing: Blizzard, please, give some more experience to monsters in hell. It's ridiculous to get 10 points for killing a frenzytaur in act 5 :( See, I don't mind playing Baal runs, but I want to play some other areas as well, without feeling I mistakenly joined a Normal difficulty game.
When ladder started we all had -and could!- play. Right now, some sassy trapper/hammerdin/(place the cheesy build you hate most here) will deal with Lister and family in 3 seconds.
The longer the season, the more people cheating. Just make it short; if there's no chance of dealing with bots/hacks/dupes, what the hell. They still need several weeks to ruin an economy.
One more thing: Blizzard, please, give some more experience to monsters in hell. It's ridiculous to get 10 points for killing a frenzytaur in act 5 :( See, I don't mind playing Baal runs, but I want to play some other areas as well, without feeling I mistakenly joined a Normal difficulty game.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War