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Like the devs have been saying for a long time now (and this applies to WoW as well), there is true choice, and there is the illusion of choice.

If you are given talent trees and stat points to choose within, and there are 100,000 possible combinations, that seems like a lot of choices. However, if 99,998 of those combinations will result in a sub par character, is that really a choice? No, you have two real choices.

This is how it was in D2 (I made the numbers up obviously), and this is how it currently is in WoW. You look up a spec and click click click until you fill out the tree. You aren't making real decisions, you are copying theorycrafters and veteran players who have already analyzed each option for you.

In D3 you do have many possible combinations of skills, and it is on you to decide which work best for you. I'm sure some combinations will be sub-optimal, but far fewer than in D2. It comes down to how you like to play, which is great.

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Watch out adon it's big brother PvM coming to tell you what diablo is and how to play it. Diablo deserves darker pastures.

No, the developers tell you what the game is and how it should be played, and obviously they think PvP should be relegated to area battles, so there you go.

Right cause the developers are always right. Just curious, what did I do for all of those years since obviously I didn't play the game correctly. I guess playing the game how you want and making it fun for you is unacceptable. BTW, Read my sig.

Umm... yes, yes they are, by definition. You may disagree with their philosophy regarding certain features, but they are the developers and they design the game, so by definition, what the decide to allow is how the game is intended to be played.

You're confusing two different concepts here. They are always right about the current design because they dictate the design requirement. That does not mean they always make the best choices and that the design is perfect. The will iterate, they will refine, and they will change things. Currently, they do not agree with your vision of what PvP should be.

I never said you were playing D2 "incorrectly" (I'm actually stumped as to how one could ever play a game "incorrectly"), I was responding to what I had seen said about PvP in D3. If they allowed it in D2 then obviously it was intended. They changed their mind oh how PvP should be implemented since D2.

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Watch out adon it's big brother PvM coming to tell you what diablo is and how to play it. Diablo deserves darker pastures.

No, the developers tell you what the game is and how it should be played, and obviously they think PvP should be relegated to area battles, so there you go.