Not likely, since they're both owned by the same parent company, and have been rolled together in the same subsidiary by that parent company.Quote from CataleptInteresting, though, that Activision made an operating loss this quarter, while Blizzard is still chugging along in the black. Wouldn't surprise me if they cut themselves loose soon... they've got their own distribution channel now, they can't be getting much benefit from the relationship.
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Aug 8, 2014mavfin posted a message on Furnace and Rimeheart Changes, New Crusader Set, Amazonian Parma Affix, PTR Disabled Mechanics, D3 and Reaper of Souls SalesPosted in: News
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Jun 16, 2012mavfin posted a message on Patch 1.0.3 Unofficial ChangesPosted in: NewsQuote from Daemaro
I don't care if there are panda sigils. I would care though if they made me buy MoP CE to get D3 wings. It's a relief to hear they're probably not related.
There's stuff in WoW from SC2 that you had to go to Blizzcon for, so...it's just marketing. -
Apr 23, 2012mavfin posted a message on Open Beta, Leveling, Blue Posts, Diablo Art, and Curse RoundupPosted in: NewsQuote from silent.knife.speaks.
This is just reminding you that there are going to be heaps of people who do struggle with Normal difficulty. Don't assume that everyone is in their mid 20-30s and has played all kinds of games for the last 10-20 years of their life. There will be people who breeze through normal in 30 minutes (maybe?), then people who will literally take weeks. Nothing contradictory there.
There will be people who find Skeleton King challenging. I didn't, but, I played D1 and D2 a LOT, not to mention the last 7 years of MMO raiding. I can move and react, though I'm no twitch FPS player. I think about what skills will work best in a situation etc.
Some people here react to the fact that it's made for people other than themselves by saying "Well, those people need to get better or not play, because I want difficulty set for ME!!" That's not an answer Blizzard is going to listen to. They want to sell the game to everyone, not just *you*, whoever you and your friends are. It just varies how far into the game you'll go before finding it difficult. Some in Normal, some in Inferno, lots in between somewhere.
Also, some don't find 'horribly difficult' fun, and may play for years in Normal. I know people who almost never left Normal in D2. They found it fun. You might not, but that's ok. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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Don't worry about all that. It's just the 'cool thing' to bash Blizzard now. It's always the in thing to bash the big dogs.
D3's definitely worth the price. Even if you play through each class to 60 once, you'll get your money's worth, IMO.
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They *know* what players are doing and what percentage of players are doing what kind of play. Keep in mind even the very busy official forums are still a very small part of a multi-million person playerbase, so the forum makeup/wants may not actually reflect what's being played out in the game.
It's their game. You can either play it, or not play it. You can post what you want, but keep in mind that in no way can you make anyone believe that what you want is a 'fact' that the 'majority' wants. Anyone using the phrase "the majority wants X" in an official forum post is basically fooling himself. One person can only speak for himself and perhaps his circle of friends. Even 1000 friends (improbable) is infinitesimal against the full playerbase.
Blizzard is going to satisfy the biggest demographic first If you're not in it, then you may get a few crumbs, or you may get nothing.
People here may hate WoW, but Blizzard has learned a lot about satistying that biggest demographic, and not giving as much weight to the smaller, more vocal groups. Again, if you're not in that demographic, you may hate what they've done to WoW, but, Q1 results showed subs stable even through SWTOR launch, etc, so they must have satisfied quite a few people. Just not you.
Same with D3. They're going to satisfy the biggest group, and it may not be the one that is most vocal on the forums. They're also going to satisfy the people most likely to buy an expansion later. If you're pissing and moaning now, you're probably not considered to be one of those.
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Very true. No matter your personal opinion on it, WoW affected more than just MMOs. Statements like you quoted are just big flags that say 'Ignore what this person says. He's an idiot.' He's just another person hopping on the "It's cool to bash WoW" bandwagon.
I don't even play anymore, so I have no axe to grind for or against WoW, btw.
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That's not the D2 I remember at all. I remember a D2 that still only ever gave me 1 SoJ in five years, other than the guaranteed drop ones. I had D2 on launch day, as well as LoD, and I was 28 years old when I discovered Diablo I in 1998. So I'm definitely as much or more a veteran as any of those people.
I like D3 a lot. It's very much improved in my eyes, and 1.0.3 fixed many of the worst problems, including a ton of quest exploits are now gone, static 30-sec farming is greatly reduced, and glass cannon cheese builds are pretty much screwed in Inferno. Now Inferno is doable but not faceroll, and the best way to progress is to play the game.
No one can honestly say they 'know' the thoughts of 'the majority'. They can only know the thoughts of themselves and their circle of friends, and that's going to be infinitesimal against the multi-million person D3 playerbase.
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In US, it defaults to vendor price (gold) in cents; i.e. if vendor price is 234 gold, starting price will default to $2.34. However, you can change that to whatever you want. If you want to list the item for 1.25 bid/1.25 buyout, you can, or 10.00 bid/50.00 buyout. Whatever you want, up to the limit.
The only 'forced pricing' the system does on the real-money side is the upper/lower limits: at least $1.25 and no more than $250.00
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I think it's sort of like the authenticator. If you don't change machine or IP, it will let you through if you've given a number before. If you change any of those things, it will ask.
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My tinfoil hat theory: Blizzard tuned Inferno to 'ludicrous' on purpose, knowing all the time they would nerf it back down to the more doable, but still not faceroll for most people levels they did yesterday.
This gave them five weeks to find out:
1) What the OP cheese skills/affixes were
2) What the exploitable 30 sec farm/bottable sites/methods were
3) What the exploitable quests for xp were
Now they've gotten rid of a bunch of the above three things, and those that depended on them are unhappy. I savor their tears.
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Judging from the whining that is still all over the place, Inferno still requires some amount of gear and skill to do what you're doing. There's lots out there who are obviously either still not geared for where they are, or need to l2p, or both, as they're heavily bitching about the repair costs. If you're not dying too much, the repair costs aren't a big deal. And if you're dying too much, you either need to l2p or get better gear, whether you use the AH or farm in the previous act.
So, I don't think you need to worry about that too much yet.
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Good players adapt. Bad players whine. Figure out which one you are.
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If you're so loaded, why are you whining on a forum over a paltry $250. Make up your mind.
As we said, a fool and his money are soon parted. You're the fool who's whining about it on a public forum, yet says he's rich enough that it's not a big deal.
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