It was a complete mess.īelieve it or not, Blizzard has fixed all of these problems, and the result is a completely new game with an expansion just around the corner.īefore we get started, there are two important upcoming dates: Mais when the Auction House will close down. Whirlwind Barbarians with Skorn dominated the landscape and the Auction House was tedious and overflowing with junk and items no average gamer could afford.

Classes were broken as well, leading players to build very specific templates to farm MP10. Players were submerged in repetitive stagnant end-game play, wading through tons of useless items and lacking in any real progress other than the old paragon-based magic and gold find system (which capped at 100). I can personally attest the game was broken.

Forbes published a review with the CEO of XFire which shows a steady decline of the player base over time, due to these issues. While these numbers represent a massive hit for Blizzard, the game also received scrutiny for being “broken” due to class imbalance, the auction house and end-game play. Diablo 3 (D3) was originally released on and as of November has sold more than 14 million copies (PC, Mac, and PS3).

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