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why can't people understand that the AH is simply a very convenient way of trading? in D2, when you got a good item you wouldn't use, you trade it by joining trading games and lost a couple of days tying to trade it, sometimes, less, sometimes more, the AH makes that process for you, but hey, don't wanna use it? go to trade channels, and TRADE. As simple as that.

ONE guy did it. ONE. playing about 10 hours for 15 days, killing about 300+ elites PER HOUR

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• Magic find and gold find will no longer be averaged in multiplayer games.
• Monster health will now be a flat increase of 75% health (per player), regardless of the difficulty in multiplayer.
• No more enrage timers on elites.
• Elites will no longer heal to full health
• They are increases the health of normal monsters (but increasing the drop of magic or rare items by a factor of four), and lowering the health of champions and rares to shrink the gap between them.
• They are adjusting fire chains and shielding, and REMOVING Invulnerable Minions.
• They want to make all items that drop be good, however this is not something they can fully do in 1.0.4. However weapons of ilvl 61 and 62 can now roll damage that extends all the way to top ilvl 63 weapons
• To help with the dual-wielding and two-handers, they will be adding a new set of stronger affixes
• Reducing repair costs of high-end items by 25%
• Legendary changes will have its own blog post
• MANY more blogs to come covering the buffing of unused skills, and big improvements to wd pets.

Game is going to get easier and easier to cater to the lazy and whiny.

Your post is whining

This isn't some boomer yelling at kids. This is people warning others of how predatory the monetization is in this game. Always buggering you with "deals" at every turn all engineered to get your money. Like the person above said: It's not a game, It's a slot machine

The less people play this "game" ,the less the chance that it becomes a financial success for blizzard. If it deservedly flops, we might see less of these cash grabs in the future

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Because people have yet to overcome the impossibility to accept the "optional" concept of content that is there NOT FOR EVERYONE. They think that if it's there they are forced to play that way. They fail to understand that they're not the only people in the world and that maybe the majority would use such a feature . It's a feature that it's on top of the base experience, entirely optional, and not necessary to achieve end game.

Blizz said the Open world feature is “optional”? Where did they say this? I was under the impression you didn’t have a choice in sharing whatever world you’re in.

It's optional in the sense that there is very little in the game that is built around group play; at the time of the demo, the only thing that needed more than 1 player was the world boss. And as stated in the other thread, it is not a pervasive element.

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i posted this in another topic, but i think it suits this discussion:

Diablo 4 is indeed darker than 3, but still not scary...
we are still the equivalent to superheroes killing hordes like they are nothing,
we don't feel alone and afraid vs an unforgiving world
and because it's an mmo you'll actually see other "superheroes" all around you, making the world a joke.

Diablo 2 was the same once you gained some levels, frozen orbing and whirlwinding everything down. Or even a high level mage in D1 spamming chain lightning, teleporting around the levels instantly doing Laz runs. The horror aspect never really worked past the early game.

I've had it drop a few times. You're just unlucky. Keep at it, you'll eventually get it.

Don't see why people need to create a thread announcing their leave. Just screams, "hey look at me!".

MrMonstrosity has me inspired after reading his post full of suggestions for Blizzard. I've decided to further investigate the issues with the "loot hunt" to discover solutions.

I want to find really rare items and be able to use them! I want to see that orange glow on the ground and know I have something special, to save for specific builds that could take advantage of it, or for other characters.

How many times have you found a top tier item and kept it? Sometimes I find upgrades for Alts, but even then it's usually worth selling them knowing I can always buy a replacement later. We need a reason to keep items we find.

The intent of this post is to balance (Not defeat) Auction House use and Finding Usable Gear from Playing the game yourself.

Link to Diablo 3 General Forums Post:
http://us.battle.net...opic/9793090332

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The core issues I feel are:

• The AH takes all the fun out of finding useful items.
• Items found while "playing the game" are Auctioned 99.99% of the time to be able to purchase upgrades, via Auction House.
• Finding your own gear and progressing at the rate of the general community is impossible. While this shouldn't necessarily be as fast, the difference is too vast.

Solution: "Pristine / Worn Items"

• Personally discovered items will be considered "Pristine".
• Pristine Items gain a % bonus to all affixes.
• Pristine Legendaries receive a bonus, special affix.
• When a Pristine item is traded to any other account, it becomes "Worn".
• Worn items contain the original stats of the item.
• A limited number of Pristine Items can be equipped at a time. (possibly)

(This example demonstrates a +20% increase to affixes. Yes, I didn't calculate the %damage change. It would be +58%, therefore the DPS would be even higher. I didn't feel like doing the extra math. :P)

Result:

• The best items in the game can only be found by YOU.
• Finding a specific legendary you want will still be rare.
• Finding any legendary may be exciting enough to motivate trying new builds.
• The bonus, legendary affix should have a very unique impact on each item, strongly influencing unique builds. (Better affixes than the one that took me 10 seconds to come up with.)
• Just like in D2, the playtime required for the best legendaries (uniques), could be a very long time, but it WILL be special when YOU find them.
• Collecting gear you find and saving it for later/other builds/characters is possible again.
• Purchasing items off the Auction House will still be critical and convenient for quick upgrades and finding/trading gear required for your specific builds.
• The loot hunt becomes exciting again!

Other Thoughts:

• This is the only solution I can see (or something similar) to having loot YOU find to occasionally be better than what you might be able to buy in the Auction House.
• High end gear will still be extremely expensive on the Auction House. It's not like a perfect item for each slot will drop for you right away, if ever.
• Possibly lowering the drop rate of Legendaries could make them feel more special, with this system in place.
• The items we find need to be stronger than traded/auctioned items, or the AH will win every time.

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Criticism:

There has been lots of positive feedback so far as well as some good constructive criticism. I want to discuss some of the criticism and how it might not turn out how it sounds.

The main strongest criticism seems to be that luck will become an even stronger factor with this system in place. That players who find high-end legendaries will be pushed too far ahead. I believe an opposite effect would occur.

High-end drops will always be great (with Pristine or without). But all the low/average value drops won't be and are usually trashed. But with the Pristine system, those items have a chance. Those items also drop much more frequently than the rare, high-end items. Therefore, more lower-end players will be pushed closer to the high-end players because of the frequency of drops. This will actually help close the gap, not expand it, therefore reducing Luck as a factor.

Example:
For every one 1500 dps Skorn that drops, one-hundred 1300 dps Skorns drop (estimating, wouldn't be surprised if it's more). In the current system, the one player gets a great weapon OR great trade, the others get vendor trash. With Pristine, the one player gets a top of the line weapon OR a good trade, and the 100 others get useful items too, possibly many of them gaining decent upgrades, shortening the gap between high and low geared players.

Another very important point here is that lower geared players will be able to close the gap slightly on high-geared players through playing the game. It won't be an instant jump like if they upped general loot quality in a patch, because you won't be able to get the upgrades instantly through the Auction House, it will take time.


+1 if you like the general idea! I see a lot of positive responses, but not enough +1s!

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I really want the problem to be in me and by all means if that is the case please tell me what am I doing wrong

You got spoiled and now you only accept the top 0.00001% of items to be "good".

There is a level between useless and best in slot. THere are items that wont sell for 100's of billions and still are usable. YOu just dont see that any more because you only want the best of the top of the very best and you call that "good" and everything else is crap.

Problem : you are spoiled.