so after playing the test version since september and realm version since reset i have some views to share. just know that i have a flame proof suit so if you get all defensive and angry you wont get the satisfaction of a response. well actually you wont get a response at all since another community just updated to 1.7. this is mostly a few parting words.
im enjoying the patch a lot, challenging but not stupid 1 shot mechanics other "challenging" mods use. love the new areas and bosses and the fact that there is a fair amount of optional stuff to do but not so much that the main story is just fodder for leveling and reaching optional stuff.
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rare items are actually good and worth identifying. unique items being unique in design instead of just name color is great and one of the things i look for in a mod. runewords seem to be an in between of rare and unique but are outdone by both fairly easily. i dont really have any drive to make runewords as the loss of sockets and customisation of the item makes them a bit too bland for my tastes. the last point could be solved by allowing white items to be infused with the stats of 2 or 3 gems or runes with the cube. i hate losing so much of the larger inventory to charm space but having charms in game is a good thing at the same time. i read a suggestion about capping the number of charms and if that would be possible in some way that would be amazing. please add stats for summon damage def hp and pdr/mdr to make gearing a summoner more interesting. add more truly unique items but please not useless uniques that plague almost every mod i have played.
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act bosses could use another 30% to 40% hp and occassionally spawn the act specific mobs such as marilyths from diablo or wyrms from duriel. speaking of duriel, he could really use an unblockable skill or spell that is not a counter attack as block and def make him a joke. i had to try quite hard to think of negatives in the actual game but now for the real negatives.
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the community is complete ass. almost every thread i read has an argument in it, not debates but vitriolic hatred towards people. if its not an argument then it is name calling and shit posting. to be fair there are a fair few people who dont participate but the ones who do are projecting a very shitty attitude that puts a lot of people off joining the community and realm. if you dont deal with a cancer, it spreads and kills the host. that is exactly what has happened here. i read about the mod on another mod forum and the general feeling was the same and everyone there who does play sticks to tcp/ip or another unofficial realm with a friendlier player base. the anger towards the people who do the work is frankly disgusting and i still cant believe these people can behave the way they do. every other mod i have ever played had a community that was supportive and thankfull for continued support of the mod through updates and adjustments even if they didnt like some of the changes because they understand that without development the game becomes stale. not only that but the developer gets shit on by people because the complainer cant exercise common sense or do some reading. its a total joke. i keep myself to myself and play in private games on the realm for this reason. i have talked to a few people in game who were really nice and friendly but the image being projected to people browsing the forum and looking to join the community is to play tcp/ip sp or on another realm. the community is the worst part of this mod. i didnt think it would be as bad as people made out but reading back through the boards makes me want to pull my eyes out.
jerrys final thought.
so there it is. some will agree and some wont but i will continue not givin a fuck that not everyone agrees with me. maybe if there was less hatred here people wouldnt be pointing new players to other realms or tcp/ip only. i really hope development continues but i cant see it lasting much longer when the developers are treated like shit.
i wasnt going to say anything but i feel like you are oblivious to the problem so maybe you can do something about it, but i think it is too far gone when unofficial communitys have 2 or 3 times more players than the official one because they dont let problem people shit up the place.
there are some genuine nice helpful people still around and if you are reading this, it was nice chatting with you guys. you seem to be a dying breed here though.