What is up with the constant dumbing down of Diablo 3? As if they havent dumbed it down enough, now they removed the legendary crafting materials from the game!!!
Now you only need death's breath to craft anything... This will result with anyone running around with Griswold's swords, and set armors. WTF?!
And the staff that lets you access Whimsyshire? Will that now also require death's breath only? And the hellfire ring? No more need for keys? No more infernal machines?
I think Blizzard is digging their own grave. They keep saying how the main idea is to keep playing the game to get awesome loot, but now the only reason left to play is to grind Legendaries. Sure, the key word is "grind" but that is what games like these are all about! Otherwise, what is the reason to play at all? How many times can you possibly slaughter the same monsters over and over again?
At least in Diablo 2 you had 1 vs. 1 or free for all PVP. Now it must be free for all or team vs. team...
These guys are literally forcing me to go play Path of Exile...
Forest for the trees.
Crafted legendary sets or pieces are not near as cool as the pieces that have to be found or maybe gambled. This change will make the transition for my characters (70/64 and 70/34 HC) a lot easier. Add to that that the plans still have to drop, so it's not like I'll be able to boot up and just craft some Aughild's.
They're just making it easier for people to get into Torment in the first place, and maybe ease moving up to T3 or T4. If it gets me and my friends into T5-6 rifts that much sooner, I'm for it. Although in reality, I don't think it will move things along that much faster.
I may actually dust off my barb again.
But feel free to play PoE, a lot of people like it. It's still way too sloppily implemented for my taste, but that's just my opinion.