06-27-2012, 05:09 PM
(06-27-2012, 02:57 PM)Bolty Wrote: Isn't this what Torchlight 1 did? It's a great game mechanic in general.
The infinite dungeon side-"event" gives you the best of both worlds:
Torchlight's infinite dungeon didn't work well for me. I found it too bland, so I played it for a while, then got distracted by another game and felt no motivation to come back. I wanted to like it so I tried again later and found the same thing.
This proposal seems even worse. Diablo's overall story leaves something to be desired, but I like the pacing and atmosphere through the individual acts. If instead all I was doing was going through random bonus instances something would be lost.
In theory I like the idea of a skill challenge. I see two problems. One is that as difficulty ramps up, the gameplay becomes distorted. The extreme example is demon hunters giving up on defense completely. Balancing the skills around this difficulty would likely lead to imbalances at lower difficulties. My other concern is that I've put enough hours into the game to the point where my skill level only increases slowly. Since the other part of the premise is that you don't get better gear from these runs, what would I do when I hit the limit? I'd need to keep playing at that level to get better, but if I'm a little annoyed that I've had to change my skills from what I find the most fun, going through bland content, and not getting better gear, I'm pretty sure I would quickly move along since half of why I play would be missing.