maabus1999
Member
The harder they make inferno, the more "optimal" everyone will attempt to make their builds.
As more and more optimal builds that are discovered and discussed, the more cookie cutter the endgame will be.
If anyone doesn't see that a harder inferno = less build diversity is fooling themselves IMO. I guarantee the first person who beats inferno and posts their build will be copied by the vast majority of the player base. Build diversity will reappear as the player base becomes more comfortable with the game (like in every game) but will still be fairly optimal.
I will caveat this by saying is if they somehow tune this so gear is the main driver in Inferno success and not player skill (i.e., the iLvL of gear stats just exponentionally shoots up to make a huge difference), then this game will indirectly at launch become the infamous "pay to win" scenario as people will buy the gear necessary to complete inferno to get their "world firsts" and what not that plagues MMOs. I would be very disappointed if success becomes heavily weighted on gear being you will be level 60 already at Inferno.
As more and more optimal builds that are discovered and discussed, the more cookie cutter the endgame will be.
If anyone doesn't see that a harder inferno = less build diversity is fooling themselves IMO. I guarantee the first person who beats inferno and posts their build will be copied by the vast majority of the player base. Build diversity will reappear as the player base becomes more comfortable with the game (like in every game) but will still be fairly optimal.
I will caveat this by saying is if they somehow tune this so gear is the main driver in Inferno success and not player skill (i.e., the iLvL of gear stats just exponentionally shoots up to make a huge difference), then this game will indirectly at launch become the infamous "pay to win" scenario as people will buy the gear necessary to complete inferno to get their "world firsts" and what not that plagues MMOs. I would be very disappointed if success becomes heavily weighted on gear being you will be level 60 already at Inferno.