A boring game?

FireLighter · Post by **FireLighter** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:57 pm

Does anyone else think this game is overrated and boring? I mean, you play the game on normal and it's fun, then you play on NM and youre thinking "Yeah alright, this isnt too bad..." Then you play on Hell and you think well, isnt this the EXACT same as normal and nightmare?? After that you decide to start the process over. The only thing that EVER brings me back to this game is B.Net and all my friends that I met on there. This game is so dumb (and most people that play it as well) that people actually pay money for ITEMS (thats right ITEMS) for the game and then lose them sooner or later by a) restarting. b) getting hacked by some loser with no life. Or c) the ladder reseting. These are my thoughts and after playing for about 2 days I remember why I quit in the first place. Anyone else think this game is boring, overrated, or both?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:46 pm

Neither. I think it's an excellent, well made game with good balance and I think it's astonishing that people still play a game that was released back in 1998.

I agree that the attitude in public games is usually horrible, so I don't play in public games, I play with my friends. I have never got an account hacked, it's actually extremly unusual to get hacked unless you use illegal third-party hacks, which I don't but many people choose to do. I don't understand people who pay money for any computer game items, but I know it happens in D2 and in other online games and I simply view it as something I don't participate in.

Regarding ladder resets, nobody forces you to play ladder, you can continue to play non-ladder as long as you wish. If I find a computer game boring, I simply stop playing it, so I don't view anything of what you say as a problem.

FireLighter · Post by **FireLighter** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:11 pm

No, I wasnt using third party (or any) hacks. I got hacked when I was in a dueling game online. I was killing them all with my lightning sorceress when they brought their clans best duelers. Brought my 13k hammerdin, killed them all in a matter of seconds (about 2-4 hits apeice). They said they were gonna hack my account and next day, couldnt log in, and the day after that I logged in and every item I had that was of worth (which was basically everything) was stripped. So ya, bnet does suck, but I only play online for the interaction otherwise it is too boring for me.

Not saying it isnt well made, I just think it gets way too repetive when you just play the exact same thing 3 times or sometimes more depeniding on if you do magic find runs. I think they could of tried to make it less repetive by mixing it up in the different difficulties at least some.

SyntheticD · Post by **SyntheticD** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:51 pm

you know i played the game for along and to me its just getting repetative and boring as well but still i liked to play it for the pure fact that when i bored i can always go and play diablo 2 lod but even with high level punks coming to our low level games and kill us for fun or trying to hack you game but still for some reason i always seen to go back too it hmmm very addictive oh well its still boring as hell and when i goto play my urge dies after about five minutes of lame game same old game play

FireLighter · Post by **FireLighter** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:00 pm

Im kinda talking about LoD Here

Although I think that the best one by far was the first one. It was fun and being able to dupe items kept people from having to steal from other people. I also liked there being no level restriction because I believe that is stupid if you have the stats to use it, then why would you need to be a certain level for it. Any level 1 dummy can pick up a sword and crazily swing it at another idiot.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:56 pm

@SyntheticD: If you think a game is boring but still feel an addiction to it, it's an unhealthy addiction that you should try to get rid of. We have a limited life span, why waste time on something we don't think is fun? Better to do something else instead, there are millions of things to do and a million things to learn.

FireLighter wrote:No, I wasnt using third party (or any) hacks. I got hacked when I was in a dueling game online.

Too bad, I have heard of one other user here who got hacked without using any third party hacks. I can happen, but very rarely.

I think they could of tried to make it less repetive by mixing it up in the different difficulties at least some.

I think it would be a bad idea to mix the different difficulty levels. If you are a low level char, you'll simply die and if you are a lvl 90 char with godly equipment, then the game is too easy even at Hell so it would be much worse if it was mixed.

Personally, I would have preferred a bigger difference between the difficulties in terms of monsters and quests. Maybe some optional quests, and introduction of new monsters but still - I think all games get repetative and boring after a while, Diablo less so than most.

FireLighter · Post by **FireLighter** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:00 pm

I mean mix up the quests and the areas, just doing the same acts over and over is what really got boring, not the gameplay. I think the gameplay is awesome especially online but it is just too repetive for my liking.

Casserole · Post by **Casserole** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:20 pm

[QUOTE=FireLighter]These are my thoughts and after playing for about 2 days I remember why I quit in the first place. Anyone else think this game is boring, overrated, or both?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=FireLighter]No, I wasnt using third party (or any) hacks. I got hacked when I was in a dueling game online. I was killing them all with my lightning sorceress when they brought their clans best duelers. Brought my 13k hammerdin, killed them all in a matter of seconds (about 2-4 hits apeice). They said they were gonna hack my account and next day, couldnt log in, and the day after that I logged in and every item I had that was of worth (which was basically everything) was stripped.[/QUOTE]

How is it that after 2 days of playing you have a 2 characters capable of winning multiple duels, one of which is a paladin dishing out 13k dmg? Something smells fishy here. Keep in mind that public dueling games attract the very worst types of players on BNET. This isn't to say that every public dueler is a jerk, it's just that jerks are attracted like moths to a flame to public duel games.

FireLighter · Post by **FireLighter** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:38 pm

[QUOTE=Casserole]How is it that after 2 days of playing you have a 2 characters capable of winning multiple duels, one of which is a paladin dishing out 13k dmg? Something smells fishy here. Keep in mind that public dueling games attract the very worst types of players on BNET. This isn't to say that every public dueler is a jerk, it's just that jerks are attracted like moths to a flame to public duel games.[/QUOTE]
Um, yeah, I quit after being hacked, I was merely explaining why I quit in the first place. After restarting on a new account for 2 days I remembered why I quit as people are jerks and it is all replaying the same things. Most duelers are nice actually, its just a certain minority that are jerks. (if something still smells fishy, use more deodorant...

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Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:22 am

Well, if the game feels too repetive, why don't you try some mods?
I had that problem with D2 getting boring, then I installed mod, and it got totally new life.

SyntheticD · Post by **SyntheticD** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:57 am

it is unhealthy but it makes it worses when the school i attend betas the new patch files for it, but the upside is that i have been playing fable even more latley, i think i like it morte pluse i have been playing the new game i buy like painkiller battle out hell, call of duty, FPS were always my calling but i still like Prince of Qin and Thief 3,

Back on topic, i would say that Blizzard Entertainment needs to either release another expansion or make another Diablo cause frankley im getting sick of the same gameplay over and over me and some of the guys are working on an expansion to it, single player only but it will make the game have 2 more acts we shall see how that goes MPQ achives are not easy to break though and add to its always easier to make a new one

but they should get the hint that a new one is needed badly so they can elimnate hacks and other crap, my personal opinion is simple make a new game were tired of the same crap and look of the game but blizzard dont understand that crap. look what they did with Starcraft.

FireLighter · Post by **FireLighter** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:53 pm

[QUOTE=SyntheticD]but they should get the hint that a new one is needed badly so they can elimnate hacks and other crap, my personal opinion is simple make a new game were tired of the same crap and look of the game but blizzard dont understand that crap. look what they did with Starcraft.[/QUOTE]
I personally playing starcraft missions and online, although I feel the graphics are too outdated and people do hack online so I don't play it.

@Kipi
I play on closed battle net (EDIT: did play on closed battle.net, now i dont play at all.), mods are not allowed nor can be used, only cheats and some hacks.

SyntheticD · Post by **SyntheticD** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:06 pm

[QUOTE=FireLighter]I personally playing starcraft missions and online, although I feel the graphics are too outdated and people do hack online so I don't play it.

@Kipi
I play on closed battle net (EDIT: did play on closed battle.net, now i dont play at all.), mods are not allowed nor can be used, only cheats and some hacks.[/QUOTE]

umm i beg to differ alot of people hack on close how i dont know but i know many people are stealing accounts.

FireLighter · Post by **FireLighter** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:57 pm

[QUOTE=SyntheticD]umm i beg to differ alot of people hack on close how i dont know but i know many people are stealing accounts.[/QUOTE]
I said mods not hacks as in drop mods that make monsters drop all uniques and sets..

Nekasrof · Post by **Nekasrof** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:34 pm

Mods can be done tastifully. Not all of them make monsters drop all sets and uniques.

One of my favorite for single player alters the skill tree in a way that's pretty balanced, it's very subtle, and awards an extra skill point every 4 levels. It also sets it up so merchants in hell difficulty sell all runes (they are very, very expensive, but in single player, it is near impossible to find all the runes you need for good high level items). It also toughens the monsters and makes them deal more damage, so the extra skill points make your character feel more versatile and fun, but doesn't make them too overpowered.

You can go overboard with it, however. To quote my friend Sam, "What's the point of playing if you can't be an Assassin that casts necromancer spells and summons a grizzlybear?"

Style · Post by **Style** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:41 am

I remember playing Diablo, then getting Diablo II the very first day it came out and playing it day and night with almost no sleep on Open B.net before people had made the hacks and Closed b.net was crowded as hell and very difficult to get a good game going. Now when I get that craving to go and hack the crap out of demons from the Netherworld, all I see are games like 'RUSH ME PLZ" "BRNGFREEPLZ" "RUSH 4 FORGE" "MULE PARKING" and all that stupid crap. It seems to me that the game isn't about playing it and enjoying it, because to enjoy it, you need to have all the BEST items and to get them you need MF and it's about having an MF sorc to go kill Hell Meph for 8 hours a day, then have your Godly Hammerdin go rape some duelers. It makes me want to cry to see how materialistic the game has become. Also, it is so over run with advertisements that I want to cry everytime my screen fills with the green writing of private messages telling me to spend REAL money on video game items, no thanks, man.

Just the sheer amount of 10-15 year olds running around playing the game like they own the world gives me hemmoroids.

But for some reason, I always go back for a period of time. There is always that chance that you'll meet some person who wants to go throught every quest and do everything the long way, just for the sake of getting playability time out of the game, and it's those games where you struggle with someone and have a good laugh when you both die and have to restart.