Any character you created could be ladder or non-Ladder. Ladder characters could only interact with other Ladder characters (similar to how HC and SC are split in D3 right now) and there were certain minor differences (supposedly enemy AI was better in ladder games). Infrequently, Blizzard would reset the ladder, and dump all ladder characters onto the normal server.

As it stands, the economy is totally fucked by all these exploits, but a total reset would cause an enormous shitstorm. The middle ground solution would be to implement Ladder so that those who want to experience a fresh economy and are willing to start over can, but Blizz said they don't want to implement a D2-style Ladder.

Its a shame--I think the game is great, but these exploits, coupled with the fact that Blizzard has implemented the economy in a way that they have a long-lasting impact really puts a damper on the longevity of the game.

AntiGrav1ty

Germany2310 Posts

June 09 2012 15:25 GMT

#144

Blizzard wants people to kill several bosspacks and then kill a big questboss and mabe even kill more bossgroups after that. So a captcha would be in line with their goals because such runs take like half an hour or more. I really don't mind one captcha every half hour.

Mysticesper

United States1183 Posts

June 09 2012 17:52 GMT

#145

It isn't that they don't want to create a ladder, they don't want to replicate D2's ladder unless no better alternative comes to light.

Also in D2 (1.10), they made ladder-specific runewords, uniques, etc. which was cool.

But yeah, that would probably fix everything. The AH would start to look like HC's AH, though they need to fix the hell-inferno act jumping exploit.

NotSorry

United States6722 Posts

June 09 2012 17:56 GMT

#146

A D2 style seasonal ladder with a non-ladder and some ladder only shit would be a good improvement.

udgnim

United States8024 Posts

June 09 2012 18:20 GMT

#147

D3 really needs need a ladder system and ladder resets for longevity but Blizzard has been quoted as saying they don't plan on doing anything like that in D3.

D3 also needs to remove the the level 60 hard cap and instead of put something in like each level past 60 requires double the experience of the past level. players will only get very minimal stat increases, but at least it gives the player something to progress with

I don't see how they don't eventually do resets though because it will be needed as gold and item supply increases to the point of ridiculousness

it'll be fun to be able to buy great items for cheap, but it won't be fun when there's no point to farming because the only items that have noticeable value require ridiculous modifier rolls

caradoc

Canada3022 Posts

June 09 2012 19:31 GMT

#148

On June 08 2012 05:06 Coolness53 wrote:
Video is super boring but it is interesting.

errrr

On June 09 2012 23:32 Torte de Lini wrote:
THanks for the summary, I simply couldn't watch the whole thing.

Yeah, thanks a lot for the summary.

caradoc

Canada3022 Posts

June 09 2012 19:52 GMT

#149

On June 09 2012 21:15 Heh_ wrote:
Is it me or did the bot spam in general chat disappear? Did Blizzard hotfix (get rid of) it?

it did disappear. This is such a big problem. I'm sure blizz is discussing how to deal with this internally. They may even be aware of it and are going to ban in waves.

What I don't understand is why don't they just have a weekly update that randomizes memory addresses/encoding of variables, it would stop the scripts that warden can't find pretty quickly.

mkfk1

United Kingdom153 Posts

June 10 2012 21:11 GMT

#150

There is really only 2 main reason why the inflation as what it is:

1) Gold botter/ farmer

and

2) Lack of gold sink

If gold can be use effectively to craft/gamble for 6 affix items, then there will be a lot more supply of mid tier and top tier 6 affix items to fill the AH. This will help bring down the price and will probably increase the purchasing powe and gear of most players. But blizzard refuse to let crafting be a viable gold sink early. They force it to be useless untill the plans for the craft are found. This takes too long and as a result gold have no reliable sink.

If you guys think gold inflation is bad, wait until the RMAH come on live. Gold will become worthless, noone will want to sell to tier item in Gold AH. Even the supply of mid tier items will be limited.

The first thing Blizzard need to do is make crafting a reliable gold sink. The 2nd thing is to have a ban wave of botters.
And if Blizzard did both of these, the game is still boring after you have beaten it. And they want to nerf inferno more.

Brutaxilos

United States2633 Posts

June 11 2012 02:15 GMT

#151

Was the fact that he is Chinese really necessary in the title? I feel like its sort of used as a derogatory term and portrays Chinese people even more negatively than an already negative reputation.

Also, he isn't even Chinese apparently.