06-20-2003, 11:33 AM
Hail Elric,
Have I talked about an upcoming patch? At least I haven't intended to, I was just pondering generally. It seems impossible to totally balance the game in yet another patch to me, too. I was just, you know, questioning the whole issue.
As to what concerns Diablo - well, if Diablo is balanced then DiabloII is. I mean, what are we grumping about some minor balancing problems. Why are there so many Sorcs and Amas up in the ladders? Some class has to be. One-Hit-Kills? Adds some spice, that's for sure. In Diablo 1, you could lose all your items when you got killed and didn't manage to pick them up again; just yesterday I managed to get myself stair-trepped in NM/Hell and had to give up that Massive LWB and the Jade Plate with my Rogue...
But well. That added SPICE! I think Diablo II is already pretty well balanced, and with the exception of the hacks that Blizzard painfully needs to address, there are no real problems spoiling the fun of thousands of gamers. Any further patching is just the cream on the cake, and is done because the game is sort of their 'baby', as bolty once pointed out.
I think it is good that there are some things that are not balanced too excellently. Diablo 1 had them, too, and was / is a great game. I wish though, that due to the sorceress' inability to effectively cast several types of spells (like fire, ice, lightning and poison at a decent damage rate) they had made the monsters not immune to some things, but 90%/95% resistant to it. Why shouldn't the mosters resistance be capped, too... :D
So far -
Greetings, Fragbait
Quote:To answer Fragbait, my answer is no: there is no way a patch can perfectly balance the classes of Diablo II. Many of the flaws would likely go all the way back to the design stage, and without starting the planning of DII again, they could not correct them all. If Blizzard were to release a Diablo III, I would hope that lessons would have been learned, and they would be looking more closely right from the earliest stages. However Diablo II cannot be balanced. More balanced? Yes, but not totally balanced.
Have I talked about an upcoming patch? At least I haven't intended to, I was just pondering generally. It seems impossible to totally balance the game in yet another patch to me, too. I was just, you know, questioning the whole issue.
As to what concerns Diablo - well, if Diablo is balanced then DiabloII is. I mean, what are we grumping about some minor balancing problems. Why are there so many Sorcs and Amas up in the ladders? Some class has to be. One-Hit-Kills? Adds some spice, that's for sure. In Diablo 1, you could lose all your items when you got killed and didn't manage to pick them up again; just yesterday I managed to get myself stair-trepped in NM/Hell and had to give up that Massive LWB and the Jade Plate with my Rogue...
But well. That added SPICE! I think Diablo II is already pretty well balanced, and with the exception of the hacks that Blizzard painfully needs to address, there are no real problems spoiling the fun of thousands of gamers. Any further patching is just the cream on the cake, and is done because the game is sort of their 'baby', as bolty once pointed out.
I think it is good that there are some things that are not balanced too excellently. Diablo 1 had them, too, and was / is a great game. I wish though, that due to the sorceress' inability to effectively cast several types of spells (like fire, ice, lightning and poison at a decent damage rate) they had made the monsters not immune to some things, but 90%/95% resistant to it. Why shouldn't the mosters resistance be capped, too... :D
So far -
Greetings, Fragbait
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