Isn’t that the point of him saying about “the consumptive nature”? They couldn’t do what they wanted to, because they were doing a live service (that a large portion of people do want) so concessions had to be made.
I don’t think they are saying they tried doing it, it’s just the two ideas couldn’t coexist.
Eh, it sounds to me like they’re saying “we tried to imitate D2 exactly, but people don’t want it anymore.” That’s just flat out a lie though, because they didn’t imitate D2 at all. In the article, the mention that a player could conceivably take years to drop specific “uber uniques.” While true that it would take a lot of time to drop it naturally, D2 had a pretty robust trading economy in it’s later years. Unless you were specifically going solo, you had the option to save up. It took time, but it was a goal that was accomplishable on ladder.
Unless they changed it when I wasn’t looking, uber uniques are not tradable in D4 at all. I’m not necessarily going to argue for or against that, it’s a game design choice, but it’s specifically not the choice made by D2. Obviously players aren’t going to want to grind for years for a specific item, but they never had to in the past.
Isn’t that the point of him saying about “the consumptive nature”? They couldn’t do what they wanted to, because they were doing a live service (that a large portion of people do want) so concessions had to be made.
I don’t think they are saying they tried doing it, it’s just the two ideas couldn’t coexist.
Eh, it sounds to me like they’re saying “we tried to imitate D2 exactly, but people don’t want it anymore.” That’s just flat out a lie though, because they didn’t imitate D2 at all. In the article, the mention that a player could conceivably take years to drop specific “uber uniques.” While true that it would take a lot of time to drop it naturally, D2 had a pretty robust trading economy in it’s later years. Unless you were specifically going solo, you had the option to save up. It took time, but it was a goal that was accomplishable on ladder.
Unless they changed it when I wasn’t looking, uber uniques are not tradable in D4 at all. I’m not necessarily going to argue for or against that, it’s a game design choice, but it’s specifically not the choice made by D2. Obviously players aren’t going to want to grind for years for a specific item, but they never had to in the past.