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 Blizzard admits the lack of long term endgame, Prepare for a depressing read

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cowithgun
post Jul 5 2012, 10:33 AM

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QUOTE(HaRuaN.X @ Jul 5 2012, 09:53 AM)
my "Unreal-like it gonna happen" hope list
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Why remove NV???

I just completed Inferno last night; after like 400 hours of gameplay (and AFK)... ok, i m a slow leveler... while "end game" has room for improvement, i think Bliz is already doing a good job on this game. (Dont hate me/Bliz) This game is just 2 months old. D2 took years (even after expansion) to be really cool too. Bliz recognized some unexpected result and are rectifying it with 1.1 on the Legendary.

For me, in my recent memory, no other game that can make me play for that long... i made some real money from the game too. so, i have no complain.
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post Jul 5 2012, 10:58 AM

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QUOTE(gaeria84 @ Jul 5 2012, 10:45 AM)
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While this is a sample size, I think this is a good reflection of the current downward trend thats going on in the D3 playerbase.

Bashiok? Forever a joke and a troll, since WoW days  yawn.gif
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Trend wise, logical. More and more people can no longer online 18 hours a day for D3. But the base is still big. You graph is from xfire. In July D3 still has 40k hours:

http://beta.xfire.com/games/d3

From the same source, WOW just have 45k hours in July:

http://beta.xfire.com/games/wow

Note: these numbers are only for user that join xfire. So, as you can see, the number is quite close, my thinking is, the limit is on number of user that uses xfire.

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post Jul 5 2012, 11:08 AM

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QUOTE(gaeria84 @ Jul 5 2012, 11:03 AM)
The numbers on xfire don't reflect the actual playerbase number, rather it represents the downward trend in the number of players. From May to Jun, the numbers dropped from 140000 to 50000, that's roughly a 60% drop in just one month.
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laugh.gif my mistake. corrected my post. actually i agree that the trends is moving downwards. should bliz worry about it? may be not much. all those users already paid for the game anyway. u stop playing? so long! brows.gif u still wanna play? hey, we got new patch coming... thumbup.gif




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post Jul 5 2012, 11:09 AM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ Jul 5 2012, 11:05 AM)
so can you agree that if d3 sold 1mil players. dropping 60% is still 400k. and bashiok's statement of hundred(s) of thousands can still mean 100k and it will still be legit/valid?
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d3 sold 6.3 million in the first week biggrin.gif
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post Jul 5 2012, 11:39 AM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ Jul 5 2012, 11:15 AM)
both of my sisters, and their GIRL friends bought a copy on release day, and playing the damn game till this very day. hell, my sister sold a friggin 900dps WD weapon for 6m (after tax 5.1m) and is now richer than me. FML man :/
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ya, my cousin sis playing too. her previously favorite game is farmville. laugh.gif well, she is still not so pro yet.. i help power level a little from time to time.

about casual player also buying the game, i think Bliz strategy pay off. no other game in the history has so much transparency (some call it hype) before launching the game. i enjoy every BlizCon when Jay and team talks about the mechanics and some of the decision they made for D3.

an example, someone complain about Boss keep PA (announce) what they doing; actually, if you follow their development, this is a clever trick to 'tell a story' while allowing player to keep slashing mobs. Unlike in D2, you have to sit in town, read thru conversation...
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QUOTE(sammm33 @ Jul 5 2012, 11:31 AM)
so after all those scary figure, now only bliz decide to lower themself and listen to players opinion ?
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name 1 game that has this many patches in less than 2 months:

2.1 Patch 1.0.3a – v.1.0.3.10235 - June 26th, 2012
2.2 Patch 1.0.3 – v.1.0.3.10057 - June 19th, 2012
2.3 Patch 1.0.2c – v.1.0.2.9991 - June 11, 2012
2.4 Patch 1.0.2b – v.1.0.2.9950 - June 6, 2012
2.5 Patch 1.0.2a - v.1.0.2.9858 - May 31, 2012
2.6 Patch 1.0.2 - v.1.0.2.9749 - May 29th, 2012
2.7 Retail Patch 0 - v.1.01.9558 - May 15th, 2012

they adjust the Inferno Act2 onwards almost immediately after the game released... now working on 1.04 and 1.1... for me, they listen more than anyone else...

dont like Mass Effect 3 ending? wait for next DLC in 6 or more months...
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