Balancing in Diablo

[kandrathe]

Sorry, what you are talking about here is mouse skill, not game skill. If you want to play arcade/console fight games, that's fine. Personally, I don't. Keep the flavor of the game as it is, but make the order of taking out the monsters important. Make character position important. Make tactical moves like advancing and retreating to spread the monsters important. Of course, all that would require an interface where what you see is actually what the server thinks. That leaves D2 pretty much out in the cold.

Yes, I see your point about mouse skill. At least they would then allow us to give basic commands to our hirelings, and somewhat sentient summons (Valkerie, Shadows, maybe Golems).