Grimiku gave details today on what the developers think Monster Power is really about. The challenge! If that's not what you think then please share your views in the comments below.
Originally Posted by (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
he goal of Monster Power is to give players the ability to scale up how challenging enemies are in each difficulty and, in return, get some pretty cool bonuses to adventure stats as well as the opportunity to earn bonus items. Different players have different play styles, though, so we added 10 power settings so you could decide what challenge level is best for you. For some, MP5 might be best. For others, MP1 or MP2 feels right. If you’ve got a lot of supporting gear, maybe MP7 or MP8 is your so-called “sweet spot.”
What we didn’t want to do, however, is make players feel like they absolutely needed to play at the higher MP levels in order to get the best rewards. This is one of reasons that we didn’t add in Achievements for Monster Power, too. We wanted the primary motivation to be the challenge and finding a level that you enjoy. I gather from your post that you feel the bonuses given for challenging yourself aren’t really worth the effort, but my question is what would you change about it? (Keeping in mind that we don’t want to force players into the higher MP levels.)
What we didn’t want to do, however, is make players feel like they absolutely needed to play at the higher MP levels in order to get the best rewards. This is one of reasons that we didn’t add in Achievements for Monster Power, too. We wanted the primary motivation to be the challenge and finding a level that you enjoy. I gather from your post that you feel the bonuses given for challenging yourself aren’t really worth the effort, but my question is what would you change about it? (Keeping in mind that we don’t want to force players into the higher MP levels.)
MP10 Purist
There have been quite a few purists that like to challenge themselves with playing only on Monster Power 10. Make sure to check this topic on the EU forums for their progress and maybe even right your name down as well and show the world what you're made of. Meanwhile this is what Nakatoir has managed to accomplish himself.
Originally Posted by (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
I've actually given this a couple of shots now on characters with the Health Phobic, Extreme Purist restrictions on top of Monster Power 10. Lost 4 characters total and not managed to defeat the Skeleton King...YET! 
Progress generally occurs slowly and I try to out-level everything, but the elite packs usually manage to whittle my health down and I die on either them or the following pack. This is because I also do not allow myself to use health globes. I know, slightly cruel to my hero, but I do love a challenge! >.<
Definitely going to keep on trucking, my next attempt will be on a Wizard... maybe he'll have more luck than a Witch Doctor.
Progress generally occurs slowly and I try to out-level everything, but the elite packs usually manage to whittle my health down and I die on either them or the following pack. This is because I also do not allow myself to use health globes. I know, slightly cruel to my hero, but I do love a challenge! >.<
Definitely going to keep on trucking, my next attempt will be on a Wizard... maybe he'll have more luck than a Witch Doctor.
Blue Posts
Originally Posted by (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
PvP Still in the Works
I know that many of you guys are very eager to get into some PvP action in Diablo III, but there is nothing new I can share with you at this point in time I'm afraid, except that it is still being worked on of course.
It would be my guess that we will post a blog update about PvP in Diablo III when we get closer to release :-) (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Listen to the Community!
I think this thread has been an interesting read so far, and although I don't really have much to say about the things posted here, I would like to comment on the following:
Listen to the community
We are listening! We may not be very visible at times, but I can promise you that we are not ignoring you.
We spend a lot of time every day reading threads. We constantly gather player feedback, opinions, concerns, ideas, etc. that we forward to the the Diablo III developers.
The developers are very interested to hear what you guys have to say, and although the development of Diablo III is not a democracy, your feedback does influence their work.
I believe the CMs are listening, the devs just are not doing anything about it
I totally get how frustrating it can be to hunger for new information, and I also know how easy it can be to jump to conclusions when being in that state of mind., but I can assure you that the developers are working hard to make Diablo III a better game... there are many things in the works for future updates, and we will share more detailed information on these things when we are ready to talk about them :-) (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Magic Find on Followers
I recently geared my follower for Magic Find since it was not only what I was looking for, but also the easiest to gear up.
Sometimes it’s not just identifying the role you want your follower to fulfill, but also remembering that the measurement of their success will be proportionate to the quality of gear you can give them. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
I know that many of you guys are very eager to get into some PvP action in Diablo III, but there is nothing new I can share with you at this point in time I'm afraid, except that it is still being worked on of course.
It would be my guess that we will post a blog update about PvP in Diablo III when we get closer to release :-) (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Listen to the Community!
I think this thread has been an interesting read so far, and although I don't really have much to say about the things posted here, I would like to comment on the following:
Listen to the community
We are listening! We may not be very visible at times, but I can promise you that we are not ignoring you.
We spend a lot of time every day reading threads. We constantly gather player feedback, opinions, concerns, ideas, etc. that we forward to the the Diablo III developers.
The developers are very interested to hear what you guys have to say, and although the development of Diablo III is not a democracy, your feedback does influence their work.
I believe the CMs are listening, the devs just are not doing anything about it
I totally get how frustrating it can be to hunger for new information, and I also know how easy it can be to jump to conclusions when being in that state of mind., but I can assure you that the developers are working hard to make Diablo III a better game... there are many things in the works for future updates, and we will share more detailed information on these things when we are ready to talk about them :-) (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Magic Find on Followers
I recently geared my follower for Magic Find since it was not only what I was looking for, but also the easiest to gear up.
Sometimes it’s not just identifying the role you want your follower to fulfill, but also remembering that the measurement of their success will be proportionate to the quality of gear you can give them. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Barbarian Fanart
DeviantArt user moksheep has created this awesome Barbarian fanart. Click the picture for full size.
