Trying to play allowing losses is horrible

[tiberiu]

Originally Posted by ckdamascus

Can we agree the 'real time' element of diablo 2 isn't exactly demanding compared to most games?

Well, yes, it's certainly less demanding than other games like Unreal Tournament or multiplayer RTS games.

which is why I'm curious if you weren't as good at diablo 2. It isn't a personal insult, but a reference that some gamers are better at some tasks than others.

I'm better at TBS than I am at RTS because I don't have excellent micro, only good. For example I use the mouse to cast spells in Warcraft 3, instead of using keyboard shortcuts which are much faster IF you have the agility and dexterity for that. I haven't played Diablo 2 PVP so I can't assess how good I would be.

Again, Diablo 2 Solo Hell Naked Hardcore which you deem "oh so hard" has just as similar of a list of "imbalanced" skills that work so well.

Yes, well, if thats the case, then it surely isn't that hard if you exploit some ability that was left imbalanced. Doing a naked Barbarian hell diablo seems hard to me.

Why is it that only ONE class out of the entire game can do it SO well? Isn't that horribly imbalanced by design? Shouldn't you be allowed to solo hardcore naked easily with EVERY class in the game?

If it's possible to do then it's pretty imbalanced indeed. No character should be able to do this if the game was balanced.

The general idea is to use bone wall and have spammable potions everywhere. General crowd control (dim vision etc) and bone spirit as offense. It's tedious but it works similarly to your royal snake vs 2000 bear scenario or magic spring + troll vs Driller.

Ok but still there's way more things like this in KB then in Diablo. It isn't just one thing there are many of them. This is what bothers me, that I have to edit the game to make it challanging. It is so simple to balance things in KB.. just prevent things like infinite mana combos, or no-retaliation exploits, or troll night regeneration.