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I don't know what fans you're talking about but this met about what I was expecting. Just like you may not be happy, there are others that are fine with how most things have happened so far.

So Blizzard has to work on finding a balance between updating what's clearly not working out, like legendaries, making some people that are unhappy happy and not making the people who are happy unhappy by changing aspects.

Well... I can see how the general idea of the words is fine and dandy, but I went out of my way to turn it into innuendo and people still gobbled it up. I actually ended up getting more likes later on until finally I had to just come out and post this picture.



Before people more people started to realize and actually read the words instead of just trying to interpret the meaning.

I'm gonna be honest I stopped about halfway through because well it's just too long to read, there is an over abundance of punctuation for no apparent reason, and it's pretty much all subjective and just seeps hate and anger.

I just started skimming after about halfway down.

This is what I got from it:

1: Right away taking a jab at the game.
2: Accusing Blizzard of being nothing but greedy.
3: Calling Blizzard childish.
4:A little bit of praise for the game, five specific areas.
5: More subjective opinions and hate.
6: A list of what he wants personally.
7: Some mocking of the game and developers.
8: More hate.
9: More opinions based in hate.

No constructive, civil, discussion can come from this post.

I'm going to close this now before the inevitable hell storm of arguing and trolling (which I'm sure has started even as I type this up) hits.

Okay thread is reopened, and it SHOULD be a little more back on topic. Lets stick more to the topic at hand rather than attacking other people personally and trying to discredit their personal lives.


Well we do know initially server strain was a concern and a problem. That's why public games were also being set up the way they were. (Too lazy to look for the blue posts but I'm sure you guys remember that right?)

As for right now I don't know if they're limiting game creation to help stop bots or not. To me it simply comes down to some people having fun DOES have a direct and negative impact on the economy. It's not just about you. Everything you do in this game is going to impact the economy. The only way it wouldn't is if you never traded or used either AH.

When the pot runs in Royal Crypts were good did I do it? Yes, for a few hours at a time to help level my blacksmith and stuff and at the time I really didn't see much of a problem with it. But then thinking about how much I was making with only doing it a couple hours here and there and then thinking about people who can put 7+ hours a day into it, and bots who can do it for as long as they please, yes it is a big deal.

I see the term "exploit" being confused a lot also (me and molster had a little argument about this the other day). There are game exploits which are more akin to hacks or something like that and then there are cases of exploiting a game mechanic the was not supposed to be used in that way. The monk thing on day one with people using 4 monks to always stay immune, that was being exploited, the force armor build with people only having 10k hp or whatever, that was designed with the thought in mind people would have higher HP, so it was being exploited, the pot and chest runs were being exploited, things of that nature were exploited. These were all working properly like intended but their usage and function was being exploited.

verb (used with object)
1.
to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
2.
to use selfishly for one's own ends: employers who exploit their workers.

Then there are actual exploits (this part I'm a little fuzzy on) where things like the AH button switch happens, or the ability to enter a cutscene to prolong an ability, or to spam two skills to be invulnerable. Which would be exploits or as the WoW ToS say "errors in design", which would fall into more of exploiting holes in the design?

Anyways the wording and specifics are not really that important. They both have potential harmful impact on the games economy and since it is online only with no single player all of those types of things have to be fixed.

That's just at least how I see it.

Diablo 2 was only unpredictable because Diablo 1 didn't leave a whole lot to go on. Nearly all of the lore was in the manual except what was happening currently in the game. So when you kill Diablo at the end of Diablo 1, you don't expect him to be alive in 2 so you're wondering how it's possible and what else they threw in. We didn't learn a whole lot between 1 and 2.

We learn a LOT more about the Diablo series between 2-3, tons of books were written to flesh the lore out, we have lore carrying over from D2 and D1 as well. Yeah it was sort of predictable in some parts but that's because I came to expect that from the characters as I've grown to know them more. I knew the merging would happen right away, I knew Imperius would have SOME sort of hand in Tyrael leaving The High Heavens and I knew it was only a matter of time before Deckard Cain got himself killed constantly putting himself in harms way. I concluded all of this back in 2008 when they released the first bits of information.

If they would have thrown some sort of curveball that didn't make any sense, like I saw posted as suggestions and theories in the lore forum, I would have been pissed. Things like Imperius working with Diablo, Tyrael becoming corrupt, Lillith being Leah, those would have made no sense to me lore wise and I would have really felt betrayed, like they just tried to do it for shock value. The story was, for the most part, predictable but I'd rather them stick with the lore and true to the characters than to throw in some M. Night Shyamalan twist for no reason.

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Wow I just realized that was a whole lot of offtopic...

I view them as just as good. D2 has some things nailed down more than D3 like loot and the ability to PvP at all, but I like some of the systems in D3 better like the combat and the AH (when it finally settles down more).

This is not what we discussed and is indeed against forum rules so I will be closing this and removing private conversations brought into public. If you wish to have a second opinion about the subject you can talk to another staff member. Try maybe Bibi, or Molster. It clearly states do not discuss moderation in public because it will do no good.

Since you decided to make it public though I will respond in part to some things you brought up. Your first post was you endorsing yourself and your own site, which I wasn't comfortable with because it came off as very self promoting. I continued to look into what you do though, and I found that your sight offers some sort of subscription plan.

I'm not going to allow someone who's first post is to advertise themselves and their site offers some sort of nondescript subscription plan, a way to make money off of the users, to promote themselves. I'm not familiar with you, I'm not familiar with how you handle your business, there is no reason I should believe what you're doing or offering is legit.

I expressed my concerns (that you didn't even try to resolve) that you could be simply fishing for peoples emails through your site, trying to profiteer from whatever your subscription offers, or you could just be trying to get views for ad revenue. You have no credibility with me or on these forums because you haven't posted here besides once to coax people into views and pique their interest about how you're "Making 5000$ a month." as the video stated, frankly it sounds like an AH guide which we do not allow here.

In order for me to be abusing my power that would imply I have anything to gain from it, which I do not.

I could also take quotes out of context about how I'm "not doing my job right." or how I'm a "bitter moderator" but I'm not going to get into a petty argument in front of the members, and frankly I feel like I've been more than patient and kind enough If you simply want to be a part of the community why do you have to start out with a self advertisement? Why didn't you take the time to meet some of the users, show that you're a credible, upstanding, member of the forums before you dove in?

I will now close this thread and if you want a second opinion on my actions, the public forum is not a place to air your dirty laundry.

Try contacting Molster or Boubouille if you want to see if they'll allow your post.

Might just have to buy it in a store or keep looking for digital distributors. I can find a list right now for that.

https://buy.guildwar...om/en/retailers

There you go.

It is nice to know you'll be able to play on any server you want. Your characters are all bound to one server but you have a "guest pass system" where you can go play with people on other servers, you just can't do WvW and other stuff but you can quest is what I got from it.


Also for anyone wanting a more in depth objective opinion of the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtG0kkDviTU&feature=plcp

C'mon guys this is clearly trolling, don't take it serious.

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Just helps hide the Tumor that is player base numbers. Which IMO blizz should be publishing, if they have nothing to hide and there are 1 million active daily players, they should be proud of it and proud is worth boasting about.

Not to mention it would stop threads like this ever existing which would be awesome.

I think they tend to try to stay away from being criticized more than they have to. People watch Blizzard games like hawks. Even if the number was 3,000,000 playing people would say "Look over half have quit!".

Like this profile preview for example:
http://us.media2.battle.net/cms/gallery/PRG8AMHS567X1336811395837.jpg

Pretty sure they used crappy gear and incorrect gems just to avoid "Blizzard sucks at building barbarians, those gems need to all be star or above." etc

There is really no need or benefit for them to throw numbers out into the public for scrutiny in any form. I'm sure there is also a expected decline in the amount of people who bought the game compared to how many still play that people aren't familiar with unless they're part of a game studio with a similar payment method. It would only cause confusion, misinformation, and more fighting between fans.

They're comfortable with their numbers, or will try to get them to a place that they feel is better and that's all we can expect from any company in the first place. They of course don't want a vast majority of people feeling like the game was a let down and if things were leaning that way we'd probably see a lot more scrambling going on than what we do currently.

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ok, now that you removed the link...maybe you should explain what's the matter with this thread?!?!?!


edit: or close it..

We don't promote people using a game mechanic that may very well get all of them banned. We care about our members and their accounts well being.