Ishad
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In a way, I think players will start looking for different things for pvp gear and specs, but I anticipate PVE gear to continue being devalued.
Not really. Seehttp://www.d3rmt.com/auction-house/
Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls
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Gavinmad
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You need to go back and read who I was responding to and why.
I keep up with the Diablo 3 thread because it's a great case study of game design in this genre - ie what works, what doesn't work, etc. Whether I'm going to pick it up again, that incentive remains.
Has there been any release date on the pvp patch? Tried to get back into the game, played it for about 3 hours and couldn't do it. Just don't see any motivation to play it if i can't kill anyone=/
They're doing an "Ask the Devs" thing on their US and Europoean forums currently, wherein people can ask them specific questions on a topic of their choosing (this time around, Patch 1.0.7) - once the thread reaches maximum posts it gets locked, and after a week the highest rated posts are presented to the developers for answering. For example, here's the US topic:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7710222398#1
Anyways, to answer your question a little more directly, there's no official release date for the patch, but taking the above into consideration, it's probably at least a week or two away still.
Anyways, to answer your question a little more directly, there's no official release date for the patch, but taking the above into consideration, it's probably at least a week or two away still.
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Actually, this is available on the Public Test Realm right now. It is super basic and the PvP area is separate from the rest of the game (you talk to a guy and enter an arena). So it is not similar to D2 at all, other than the balance between classes is equally bad, I'm told.
Try it out and tell us what you think.
Honestly, after spending some hours on the PTR, I don't consider it as lackluster or downright awful as some do. If you can set aside the PvE grind mentality, in terms of reworking your gear and skills, which can differ based on your opponents gear and skill choice, you can end up with some pretty fun fights.
Of course, 'fun' is kind of subjective, and I'm pretty sure it wont appeal to anyone even half-serious about PvP, since it's about as far from being balanced as can be. It also needs a few buggy kinks worked out before it hits live, and it'd go a long way if they added a scoring system or the option to team up etc.
Of course, 'fun' is kind of subjective, and I'm pretty sure it wont appeal to anyone even half-serious about PvP, since it's about as far from being balanced as can be. It also needs a few buggy kinks worked out before it hits live, and it'd go a long way if they added a scoring system or the option to team up etc.
Ishad
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I expect pvp to be awful for the vast majority of players, beyond the complete lack of class balance the gear gap between players can be even more massive. I never pvped in d2 so I have no idea how this will stack up, but I wouldn't encourage optimism.
How long did the last patch stay on the PTR? Thinking about trying the game again, but 1.07 seems to be taking forever...
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I must have been accidentally misleading. I think D3's PvP will be lousy and I am not into PvP in general unless the game is designed for it (like LoL). I was just letting the guy know he could try it and tell us his thoughts since it hasn't been discussed much and it is available.
D3's PvP differs from D2's because you go to a PvP specific arena. In D2, you could join a public game, hostile everyone and grief away. There was no mutual PvP agreement needed. You could limit this by playing in private games, playing with friends or setting level limits to prevent high-level griefing, but basically if someone wanted PvP it was fair game anytime, anywhere (except in town).
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Good luck fighting d2 nostalgia. Every time runewords get mentioned it makes me shake my head. Runewords were just the typical +gooder stats and the occasional cross class skill. Not to mention the actual rarity of the runes for the amazing runewords was insanely low and only available thanks to duping.