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There is going to be a few promising arpgs coming and if you can spend the time to learn how to build your own PC it can be substantially cheaper.

Look up lineage eternal and lost ark for a glimpse of some new arpgs coming out.

I think that we will get some sort of information at Blizzcon regarding the future of the Diablo franchise. There is a lot of heat on them for some sort of update, but they are also focusing a lot of energy into shoring up the WoW release, wrapping up SC2, and building Heroes and Overwatch. Overwatch is important because of it's MLG potential and is a nice compliment in that setting to Hearthstone and SC2. Hearthstone is getting the Karazhan expac, so the only group that really didn't see any love is Diablo. By November, a lot of that the work on other properties will be in release, so they could have resources to focus on a "new property in the Diablo universe."

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I don't use numlock. I think that part of the skill in playing is to remember stuff like cooldowns. Even when I played WoW, only macros I used were for repetitive tasks.

It's not the same thing. If someone is waiting for an ability that has, say, a 30 second cooldown, then yes there may or may not be some skill involved in using your mind to keep track of the time, but for something like Explosive Blast which virtually has no cooldown using the proper gear, then there is no timing involved as it's only a matter of mashing the button to cast the skill as many times as you can.

Setting up a macro to cast a skill at certain times specified by the user I can see being an issue, setting a macro to just repeatedly cast an ability with little or no cooldown so you're not forced to suffer from hand and wrist strain, no.

I don't use numlock. I think that part of the skill in playing is to remember stuff like cooldowns. Even when I played WoW, only macros I used were for repetitive tasks.

Thanks for citing the source @spacecadet13. Well...that blows. I was looking forward to that. I guess I have to do DH or monk now...

This just felt like a bunch of complaining about things that the video maker didn't like about D3. It's purely subjective, but it didn't add any value to the time I put into watching it.

meh...

If they are going to announce anything, I see them doing it at Gamescon with much more emphasis in Blizzcon.

I still think it would be really cool to do a game for a major platform that has a mobile-app tied to it. You can already play hearthstone on your phone and there area lot of mobile ARPGs already. I'm a little surprised that Blizzard hasn't done more to tap into that market.

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If you want to explore some new titles, then you might want to head over to Steam. Their summer sale has begun.

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I'm so glad you wrote this...I love D3, and the crappy thing is, I'm starting to feel "guilty" about not feeling the same way in this patch (2.4.1). Truth be told, not much really changed and the XP nerf has really soured me. It doesn't help that the clan that I play with is starting to break up just a bit. Kind of sucks when you are at a little higher Paragon level than normal and you don't have the same people to run with. Just like the original author of this post, there are only so many bounties and rifts and soloing and power leveling that you can do before it becomes monotonous. And that's not even to mention the issues with the 4-person meta.

I just saw that 2.4.2 has been posted and I was disappointed to see (so far) that it appears like not much has changed. So much for waiting until the next patch for a refresh...

I might have to swallow the guilt and pick up SC2 again... At least split the time between the two... Perhaps that will help keep me from getting too completely burned out from D3.

• How far can I push with each set in solo?
• How far can I push with only yellows, blues, etc.
• Can I drive efficiency in farming <insert resource here> by improving it <insert goal here>%?
• Play the game only using the zoomed in mode.

It adds a new "freshness" to something I'm already playing.

I expect to see something like this though:

"Energy Twisters spawn new energy twisters on each hit of an enemy. Energy twisters spawned by energy twisters can spawn energy twisters."

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OP: For a long time the only game I played was Diablo 2. Metropolis_Man knows me since we hosted a lot of Single Player Tournaments for a D2 mod called Eastern Sun. Those were good times and it would be nice if we could have some of those tournaments in D3.
I have been playing quite a bit of other games like The Elder Scrolls, Fallout 3/New Vegas/Fallout 4, Sub Nautica, Stonehearth, Timber and Stone, Elite, Torchlight 1 and 2, Rebel Galaxy.
The important part is having fun playing a game that you are enjoying. If at anytime you are feeling burnt out take a break and do something else. It can be taking up a different hobby.

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Another example, I’m a hardcore solo player and I’m about to die. I have an item equipped that lets me tag in another one of my characters to continue the fight for me. Now I don't lose that character and can try a different strategy to win the fight. It helps me in Marvel vs. Capcom, so why can’t I look at the same mechanic here.

I love that idea. Did you (or anyone else) ever play Darkspore? That swapping strategy is what made that game so unique. You controlled a squad of 3 heroes and could make one the active hero on the fly at any time depending on the enemies you were facing.

The other day I asked myself this question, how much do I play Diablo compared to other games? The answer: 99.5 percent Diablo, 0.5 percent other games, roughly.

I’m a busy guy and don’t really focus on games that can take a lot of scheduling with a team of folks or large time blocks to complete something to enjoy. I left WoW years ago because I couldn’t fit in time for dailies, raiding, building faction rep, farming mats, leveling skills, and the trillion other things that dedicated players with more free time could enjoy. It became a job to remain a “good player” and I already had one of those, so I quit the game and switched to D3. There, I could leave half-way through a rift when the kid started crying and not really care. The opportunity cost was significantly lower than leaving half way through a raid and risk having my guild be pissed.

However I have noticed a few of things since I stopped playing other games:

My opinion of Blizzard started to decline because I began to believe in the vocal minority.

I spend a lot of time reading fan sites for Diablo and see a lot of well constructive arguments/criticisms, but I see more people saying stuff like “Blizzard sucks”, “Diablo is dead”, and “The Devs don’t listen to us.” If you see something long enough and often enough, then you begin to believe it. I fell into that trap.

I spent some time outside of Diablo and tried some other indie games as well as a few AAA titles. If you want to know what a broken game/company looks like, then I highly recommend you go explore some of the options in the Steam/Origin store. There are some atrocious examples of how a company can try to ram a game down your throat, ignore feedback, and try to get you to purchase something that you should have received as part of the base package. It wasn’t until I looked at those titles that I realized that Blizzard has some faults, but they are far from being broken or “dead.”

I was coming up with less creative feedback recommendations on how to improve the game.

When you think of how to improve GRifts, what do you use as a basis of comparison? D2? Torchlight2?

If you live in the world of ARPGs and dungeon crawlers, then you are limiting yourself in your ability to provide feedback that can help shape the future of a game that you enjoy.

For example, the 4 man meta is broken. There are a couple of iterations that work, but mostly the same builds and classes doing the same thing. So what if we take a strategy from popular FPS’ out there and let you change class after you die? You just encountered an Elite pack that just crushed you on your current party design? No problem, swap classes while the rez timer is counting down so you can re-optimize your group for the way the GRift has changed your strategy. Now, the new meta is working together to build a library of characters that can be used in new strategies instead of sticking to a single meta. Those who can build and improve based around the group’s strategy on dealing with certain situations wins.

Another example, I’m a hardcore solo player and I’m about to die. I have an item equipped that lets me tag in another one of my characters to continue the fight for me. Now I don't lose that character and can try a different strategy to win the fight. It helps me in Marvel vs. Capcom, so why can’t I look at the same mechanic here.

I was burning out on a game I loved.

Finally, I was getting burned out on the grind. I didn’t find pleasure in the things I enjoyed in the past. Smashing my head against the GRift tier, trying to quickly farm mats, helping folks power level, etc. When I started to play other games and then come back for some time in Diablo, I began to enjoy those things again. It’s like eating the same food every day without ever trying something else. What you do becomes bland, unpalatable, and you ultimately end us disliking it.

Think of it like a diet. Most diets don’t work because you give up on them and don’t allow yourself to cheat. If you’re true passion is Diablo, then play it but also “cheat” on it. Find some other titles from other genres and go to town. I think you’ll like being refreshed when you re-enter Sanctuary.

In the end, I really, really recommend that you don’t make the mistake I did and lock yourself into a single game. Since I’ve started to branch out, I have started to appreciate my time in Diablo a little more. I see it with a different lens and I can enjoy the good aspects of the game and make better recommendations on the things that need improvement.

If you haven’t branched out lately, then I recommend you do so. It might be what you need to carry you through the rest of the season and keep the fires of the Nephalem burning inside of you.

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It will be interesting to see how the LB competitions progress now till the end of the season :).

Or if the players find a new "pizza" .

Well,
in my opinion if nobody re-develops something like Thud or if Killerjohn doesn't come back, this will result in a dead game.