Diablo 3 to have always online DRM, cash shop, no mods at all, and kills puppies.

Ramary · 08-01-2011, 01:06 PM

Bah fine.

RULE 1 OF ANY MICRO TRANSACTION: Never ever under any circumstances allow and support the buying of power.

This AH thing allows to players to buy AND sell power, which is a big no no. It almost always causes a gap between people of better real life wealth and the poor(and Irish) and it splits the community along lines of resentment and hate. Hell that stuff even happens with games that don't let you buy power. TF2 community went batshit over the store, even though weapons have always been a side grade sort of deal, not flat upgrades like gear in a RPG would be. It also throws a massive wrench into game balance. This would be bad even if the game was completely pve, but from what I understand is that there is also a PvP arena thing. I don't hate cash shops, the above mentioned TF2 is fine, and League of Legends does it better then any other game I seen, and these 2 are some of my favorite mutiplayer games right now. But part of the reason they are good is that nether of them sell PURE POWER.

As for the AH, I doubt the "intended" effect of stomping the black market will do anything. If you sell an item for real money you need...

1. You need a listing fee
2. You need to give Blizzard their cut

That is 2 fees right there, but then...

3. You CAN ether turn that money into credit for the other blizzard cash shops, or you can actually get real money BUT you have to pay ANOTHER fee to a "3rd party" that handles the money

So yeah, that is 3 fees if you actually want your money. So you could deal with the fees, or keep using the black market and get more money and less hassle. Plus the prices will be cheaper on the black market cause the sellers on the normal AH will jack up the price of Captain Jerkypants' Dread Grog Hat so they can make decent money while paying the fees. In the end, it is just ActiBlizz trying to make more money.

As for the other 2...

Always online DRM: This is bad, bad, bad, baaaadddddddddd. There is no reason to defend this, at all. It does not stop pirates, and it only makes it more of a pain in the ass for the actual consumer to play.

No Mods: This one is a little bit more defensible. Diablo 2 does have massive botting problems...but this is like trying to get rid of a rat by blowing up the house. It is also just an excuse to pump out DLC. Since DLC got popular, Publisher has been fighting with modders since they can pretty much give the same content for free. I mean 5 years ago, charging 15 dollars for 5 maps was complete and utter madness since you could get user made maps for free. Now it is common place, because it is pretty easy to do compared to other tasks in gamedev and for the player, not buying the map pack means you "do not have the full experience" and you are pretty much kicked out of games if you don't have the packs. Without mods, you have no other options but take that 15 dollar 5 map pack.

Something else I did not mention though, there are no skill points at all. There are no player made builds at all eather. It is all auto leveling. With only 5 classes.

08-01-2011, 01:06 PM	#11
Ramary HE OPENS THE DOOR TO HIS DARK PAST Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Some craphole Posts: 770	Bah fine. RULE 1 OF ANY MICRO TRANSACTION: Never ever under any circumstances allow and support the buying of power. This AH thing allows to players to buy AND sell power, which is a big no no. It almost always causes a gap between people of better real life wealth and the poor(and Irish) and it splits the community along lines of resentment and hate. Hell that stuff even happens with games that don't let you buy power. TF2 community went batshit over the store, even though weapons have always been a side grade sort of deal, not flat upgrades like gear in a RPG would be. It also throws a massive wrench into game balance. This would be bad even if the game was completely pve, but from what I understand is that there is also a PvP arena thing. I don't hate cash shops, the above mentioned TF2 is fine, and League of Legends does it better then any other game I seen, and these 2 are some of my favorite mutiplayer games right now. But part of the reason they are good is that nether of them sell PURE POWER. As for the AH, I doubt the "intended" effect of stomping the black market will do anything. If you sell an item for real money you need... 1. You need a listing fee 2. You need to give Blizzard their cut That is 2 fees right there, but then... 3. You CAN ether turn that money into credit for the other blizzard cash shops, or you can actually get real money BUT you have to pay ANOTHER fee to a "3rd party" that handles the money So yeah, that is 3 fees if you actually want your money. So you could deal with the fees, or keep using the black market and get more money and less hassle. Plus the prices will be cheaper on the black market cause the sellers on the normal AH will jack up the price of Captain Jerkypants' Dread Grog Hat so they can make decent money while paying the fees. In the end, it is just ActiBlizz trying to make more money. As for the other 2... Always online DRM: This is bad, bad, bad, baaaadddddddddd. There is no reason to defend this, at all. It does not stop pirates, and it only makes it more of a pain in the ass for the actual consumer to play. No Mods: This one is a little bit more defensible. Diablo 2 does have massive botting problems...but this is like trying to get rid of a rat by blowing up the house. It is also just an excuse to pump out DLC. Since DLC got popular, Publisher has been fighting with modders since they can pretty much give the same content for free. I mean 5 years ago, charging 15 dollars for 5 maps was complete and utter madness since you could get user made maps for free. Now it is common place, because it is pretty easy to do compared to other tasks in gamedev and for the player, not buying the map pack means you "do not have the full experience" and you are pretty much kicked out of games if you don't have the packs. Without mods, you have no other options but take that 15 dollar 5 map pack. Something else I did not mention though, there are no skill points at all. There are no player made builds at all eather. It is all auto leveling. With only 5 classes.