The real world trading problem is one that has caused great disruption and headaches to game developers worldwide. Blizzard may just be the only company that has learned that real world trading (RWT) can not be combated. No matter how hard game developers work to find a way to combat these illegal black markets, there’s always a way.
Diablo III Season 38 launched with Ethereals back, but players are reporting Error 395002, disconnects, and server trouble.
Diablo 3 Season 38 starts March 27. Here’s what to finish before Ethereal Memory begins, from class choice and stash cleanup to Conquests and Ethereal
Blizzard reveals plans to speed up Diablo releases with more frequent expansions and updates as the franchise moves toward a live-service future.
All I want is a physical disc release of remastered D2 that doesn't require online check-ins.
I've lost complete interest. Too much FOMO with seasons as it is, now it's expansions? No thanks.
what fomo? everything gets reset each season and you start new characters unless you're playing on the regular servers and then you're already maxxed anway and just need to participate in the new season stuff.
i played only during launch and i found the ones in that battlepass to be absolute dogwater, the only ones that looked somewhat cool were the paid ones in the store and i wont bother with either. The game itself was just so hollow, there were no cool builds cause every synergy was just "x or y skills does more dmg or has this extra effect" almost no experimentation needed, couldnt give a rats ass about armor if the core of the game is boring af.
What other developers can learn from Blizzard and Diablo 3: How to alienate your fanbase by designing features to cater to the people who have been breaking your TOS for years.
In all fairness, people have always given Blizzard crap for everything, yet they still buy the games and play them for hours/days/weeks/months/years. People gave them crap when they would sue sites selling D2 items for real cash and now that they are implementing a cash auction house in the game, they do the same again.
If things go on as they have (no stat building, always online, auction house with real money, etc.) then I'm not buying this one. That's not the sort of stuff that I loved about Diablo. I'd rather just settle for Torchlight 2 and go back and play Titan Quest if this is the best they can do.
And before you start with the "you'll buy it anyway" I didn't buy SC2 either.
I think this is Blizz' way of testing the waters. I have this feeling that should this work out well for D3 that this type of auction house could end up being implemented into WoW. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if it's already listed as a feature of the next expansion.