The patch 1.0.4 hype machine has been going non-stop for the last two weeks. One thing is all the 1.0.4 changes to the classes that have been announced, another are the huge buffs to legendary items or the system changes to loot, mob health and enrage timers. Those were enough to get me excited about patch 1.0.4….but there is so much more to it; including a new endgame!
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Diablo 3 is a great game and I think Blizzard have succeeded very well in doing to action-RPGs with Diablo 3 what they did to MMORPGS with WOW. They made it readily accessible for everyone, set the bar low for entry and expanded the potential customer base ten-fold. However, this also comes at a price.
When you “dumb” things down, you rob people of the joy of discovering things themselves. You get less of a sense of achievement, when you get everything handed to you on a silver platter. So Blizzard have a problem here, since people have gotten fed up with there being nothing to do except the “endgame”, which is making the numbers bigger….by going on the AH.
So patch 1.0.4 is pretty much make or break for Blizzard. This patch introduces new legendary system, rework of classes and changes to magic find.
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