Diablo's reputation and fame with a large PC gaming population
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23 Mar 2023 01:20:46 am.
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If you buy legendary crests, it is not purchasing a roll of the dice, like you would when buying a FIFA Ultimate Team card pack like. It is a chance to load the dice, to reach into the game engine and alter the drop rates (slightly) to your advantage. The addictive gambling mechanics are not isolated from the addictive gameplay mechanics. They are instead tied directly into combat and loot drops in the game. Diablo is uniquely well-positioned achieve this. As my coworker Maddy Myers pointed out, the games that are heavily focused on loot have always had a slot-machine quality and this is what Diablo Immortal's model of business makes an actual.
Blizzard has repeatedly tried to highlight that the game's monetization system can be ignored until the game's end, which is true, and claims that the vast majority of players play the game without having to spend even a cent, which is feasible. But it's disingenuous to suggest that the main enjoyment of Diablo games lies in playing through the story, instead of maxing out your character. It's as untrue to claim that the games have been designed to instill an obsession with hitting the power cap for the players. For people who are inclined towards gambling addiction, attracted to the addictive properties of Diablo's game itemor, more importantly even both -- the legendary crest system is extremely harmful and can be very exploitative.
For those who don't, it simply makes Diablo more difficult to play.
We have been here before and we've been there before, or at least somewhere similar to it. When Diablo 3 came out in 2012, it included a real-money auction house where players could purchase and sell their drop items. In theory, this was to stop the cheating and scamming that beset item trading during Diablo 2. But to steer players toward Auction House, Blizzard decreased the rate at which loot drops were made in the game to an level that the process of equipping your character's character turned into a boring grind, and the game as a whole felt unrewarding to play. When the unpopular auction house was removed and drop rates were increased in 2014, Diablo 3 instantly became more enjoyable, and Diablo IV Gold that was before the improvements of The Reaper of Souls expansion raised the game to a classic level.
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