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Auction House Online: The Game (Diablo 3) is a MASSIVE decline

Discussion in 'MMO(RP)G / Online Discussion' started by MetalCraze, Apr 21, 2012.

  1. felipepepe Prestigious Gentleman Codex's Heretic Patron

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    How come? I've always found you one of the most reasonable and polite posters around....
     
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  2. Father Walker Potato Ranger

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    Hey, you can buy dyes and color your equipment any way you want :smug:
     
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  3. Stabwound Arcane

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    I have no idea what people like Whisper get out of trolling game threads like this. It's not like you're going to sway people into not buying the game, and the people that bought it already know about the points you bring up. What joy do you get out of it?

    Sitting there on the Battle.net forums all day, reading every topic and complaint and then gleefully running to this thread to report on it, how cool. Guess what: the people actually playing the game are probably having a lot more fun than you are. It's bad enough to be a fan of a game and post endlessly on internet forums about it, but it's another thing entirely to not play the game at all and do the same thing.

    I thought Skyrim was a pile of disappointing shit, but I voiced my opinion and left it at that. I would have to be fucked up to respond to the Skyrim thread for months on end talking about how much I hate it.
     
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  4. raw Arcane Patron

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    He may go under the alias "sea" on the codex, but at night when the city sleeps he turns on his PC and turns into john shooter.
     
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  5. Reject_666_6 Arcane

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    To all the people who haven't played the game and are gawking at Zed's Barbie: There are items in the game called Dyes that let you colour any item any colour you want, and Dye Removers that are self-explanatory. If he wanted to troll you guys, it sure worked.
     
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  6. DragoFireheart all caps, rainbow colors, SOMETHING.

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    It looks stupid with or without the dyes.
     
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  7. felipepepe Prestigious Gentleman Codex's Heretic Patron

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    Well, there are invisible dyes to hide your equipment too. :lol:
     
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  8. DragoFireheart all caps, rainbow colors, SOMETHING.

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    So someone can run around naked if they wanted to?
     
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  9. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    Is it that much better?

    (No/No)
     
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  10. DragoFireheart all caps, rainbow colors, SOMETHING.

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    Where's my KC option DraQ you fucking dipshit get it right or dont do it at all jesus christ it still looks bad i voted no
     
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  11. Stabwound Arcane

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    The armor and character models are, admittedly, fucktarded.
     
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  12. Reject_666_6 Arcane

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    I'm just pointing out why that dude looked like he lost a paintball fight. Considering 100% of the complaints about the screenshot were about the colours at that point, it seemed appropriate. The spikes and stuff do look horribad, but if you think the rainbows don't make it worse you're blind.
     
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  13. DragoFireheart all caps, rainbow colors, SOMETHING.

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    Don't fucking damage control.
     
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  14. DragoFireheart all caps, rainbow colors, SOMETHING.

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    Needs more bloom.
     
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  15. Cowboy Moment Arcane

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    I still want to know what that thing on his head is.

    Come on, man, this is the Codex. There's a 250+ page thread solely used for mocking Bioware and Mass Effect in GG. Mocking games and game developers is what we do. Cause it's fun. Why would Blizzard and D3 be exempt from this, given how easy of a target they've made themselves?
     
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  16. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    They do, but even without them it's already quite horrible.
     
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  17. sea inXile Entertainment Developer

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    I basically told people to not buy Puzzle Quest 2 after saying that the design is utter shit and just grindy rather than fun (basically the fact that the AI can get massive combos pretty much at will, and yet the developers claim it doesn't cheat... complete fucking bullshit). I guess I upset the developers, poor tender souls that they are.
     
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  18. DragoFireheart all caps, rainbow colors, SOMETHING.

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    Developers need to grow a thicker skin. If they can't handle the criticism, they don't deserve the praise.
     
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  19. sgc_meltdown Arcane

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  20. Excidium P. banal

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    I'd wear that, too bad Diablo 3 doesn't have a huge player hub where you can AFK on your epic mount as noobs gaze at your rainbow glory.
     
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  21. DragoFireheart all caps, rainbow colors, SOMETHING.

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    That's much better.
     
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  22. Menckenstein Lunacy of Caen: Todd Reaver

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    Did the last metroid die ontop of him ?
     
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  23. Dexter Arcane

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    Btw. found this older article about how Diablo III could've looked like if it was developed under Blizzard North back in 2005 and they didn't close the studio (obvious Alpha shots with unfinished renderer and UI placeholders though it does have the classic Diablo 1+2 "gothic" aesthetic to it instead of the shit cartoon style): http://kotaku.com/5761172/this-is-what-diablo-iii-looked-like-a-long-time-ago/gallery/

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    Also, there's finally some proper gaming journalism around this title :p
    http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/16/diablo-iii-drm
    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/342118/20120517/diablo-3-bliaazrd-wrong-drm-online-piracy.htm
    http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Di...Proves-Video-Game-Journalism-Fails-42624.html
    http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Di...-Metacritic-Scores-Over-Always-DRM-42600.html
    http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/17/opinion-why-the-problem-with-diablo-isnt-diablo/
    http://gamingbolt.com/diablo-3-fiasco-people-have-to-take-a-stand-against-always-online-drm
    http://nerdreactor.com/2012/05/16/diablo-iiis-always-on-drm-has-metacritic-users-unleashing-hell/
    http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/18/how-diablo-iiis-solo-experience-reveals-a-hollow-game/

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    Especially Forbes ftw again, seemed to have the best coverage for this game also xD
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkai...is-a-better-bang-for-your-buck-than-diablo-3/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertc...-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-diablo-3-launch-day/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/05/15/the-diablo-3-launch-and-the-perils-of-online-only/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/danieln...esponds-unhappily-to-diablo-3s-server-issues/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertc...l-never-be-offline-single-player-in-diablo-3/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkai...notch-on-metacritic-are-they-entitled-gamers/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddi...grabbing-their-pitchforks-and-coming-for-you/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/05/17/has-the-diablo-3-launch-damage-pc-gaming/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkai...ns-should-stay-angry-about-always-online-drm/
     
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  24. DragoFireheart all caps, rainbow colors, SOMETHING.

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    - Probably. I wish the last Metriod would die on Bobby and crush his skull.
     
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  25. sgc_meltdown Arcane

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    oh my god what a fucking waste :(
     
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