Diablo 3 beta

[UntamedLoli]

Diablo III runs like shit on modern technology, much in the same way that StarCraft II does. WarCraft III was the same with modern tech for its time. Blizzard's just lazy and has no real interest in game development. They have an interest in money making.

I ran Diablo III at a pretty consistant 60 fps, actually, with max settings. On a three year old computer. It could take a dive sometimes, when things got crazy, but usually not below 30. Starcraft II, you may have a point there. It ran at 60 fps for the single player and small multiplayer games, but it does have a tendency to drop to 0.3 fps when it reaches its critical mass of more than three players in a game.

Meanwhile Diablo 3 regularly microstutters down to 30 fps (It still shows 60) on both my 5870 and 7970 GHz.

[wibod]

Diablo III runs like shit on modern technology, much in the same way that StarCraft II does. WarCraft III was the same with modern tech for its time. Blizzard's just lazy and has no real interest in game development. They have an interest in money making.

This may be the most retarded shit I have read all day, and I've been reading a social psychology textbook for the majority of it.

[Lavarinth]

Diablo III runs like shit on modern technology, much in the same way that StarCraft II does. WarCraft III was the same with modern tech for its time. Blizzard's just lazy and has no real interest in game development. They have an interest in money making.

This may be the most retarded shit I have read all day, and I've been reading a social psychology textbook for the majority of it.

Yeah, well...

[wibod]

Diablo III runs like shit on modern technology, much in the same way that StarCraft II does. WarCraft III was the same with modern tech for its time. Blizzard's just lazy and has no real interest in game development. They have an interest in money making.

This may be the most retarded shit I have read all day, and I've been reading a social psychology textbook for the majority of it.

Yeah, well...

Complaining about a company having an interest in making money is like complaining about you wanting to eat tamales and do shots of tequila off of asians while decapitating rival cartel members.

[Pr0nogo]

I wasn't complaining about it, I was stating a fact. Corporations are good at providing products for our consumption. America has a dependence on it, but without the free market and some form of consumerism, I feel that we'd be in a far worse situation (i.e. Soviet Union).

[IskatuMesk]

Corporations are good at something besides polishing rods?

[Krazy]

The best and cheapest polished rods come from China.

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/polished-rod.html

[Hercanic]

That screenshot I uploaded was just some random one I found online, so I have no idea what their system specs are.

Hey, check out what I just found:

[Hercanic]

Oh, I encountered Lavarinth myself this time and nabbed the following screenshot. Not the best shot I could have got, but by the time I realized who it was I'd almost killed him.

[Lavarinth]

Damn it, am I a zombie?!

[Pr0nogo]

That attack icon is fucking laughable.

[RazorclawX]

Damn it, am I a zombie?!

I'm pretty pleased I got a meteor demon, even if it is by itself.

[Hercanic]

Damn it, am I a zombie?!

Haha, yeah, you're one of those ghouls first encountered in Act I when you're trying to enter the Nephalem temple and have to get those two orbs.

[UntamedLoli]

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/8163085 ... 12_27_2012



They quite honestly have to be the biggest morons in the industry.

Previously: We're disregarding PvP balance, go kill each other!
Shortly after: Tony ran off with the bucket, its delayed.
Now: We can't let you just kill each other, thats boring without instant self patting yourself on the back gratification!

Everyone knew what they were getting and many even played it already. Meanwhile the game is in a decrepit state and all of the items are still the same generic garbage you were picking up since level 1 with more lines. Overbalancing Ho! Didn't stop them from releasing the game itself now did it?

This "high-quality Blizzard experience" is becoming synonymous with "We're retarded".

[Ricky_Honejasi]

Dueling is pretty much just saying 1v1 PvP. If they can get a dueling version out, why the bloody hell they cannot make a cheap extension to support 2v2 PvP or more players? I have a hard time believing that.

Let's be very honest : Nobody will expect ANY PvP (even 1v1) in Diablo 3 to be honestly balanced. Closest it "might" get balanced is with pre-defined weapon/armor sets.

Also saying shelving team PvP for now might as well mean either "We will honestly not do PvP" or "PvP will be a sold feature in the expansion despite our initial promises".

So yes, they are simply retarded at this point. I just cannot find ANY reasonable justifications (that doesn't scream incompetency) regardless how far I twist this situation.

As for Diablo 3 itself, I still didn't see any miracle changes to justify reinstalling it nor buying any future expansion.