Diablo III Update

I know I already expressed that I was upset Diablo III was shipping without PvP. It’s been out a while now, and it is still without PvP. And yet, I bought it anyways. I guess I was just hoping that it would end up being one of the best MMOs of 2012.

The game was plagued with all sorts of issues from release day forward. Server crashes, log in failures, auction house crashes, loopholes, item duplication, account hacking, server rollbacks, etc. You name it, it probably happened. Since release, the game has patched one time. Despite that, when I tried to log in this morning I was informed that the servers were down until 1pm CST. I understand that it’s a Tuesday and people are working…but students are on summer break and at home playing games. Additionally, tomorrow is a holiday and many people already had today off.

So before the patch came out, I beat the game. Why I felt compelled to keep playing when I was so incredibly frustrated, I do not know. But I kept playing. Once I had beaten the game, I wanted to sell all my armor and gear in the real money auction house (seeing as its now working). That was before I figured out that Blizzard takes a ridiculous 30% cut of all sales. Instead, I’m looking into trading Diablo players for a game on steam or something.

Once the patch came out, I logged back into the game again. They totally nerfed the monk class, which is my main. My character, that I poured so many hours into, has been rendered essentially worthless. They did, however, fix some of the things that needed fixing. Oh, and good luck to you if your account gets hacked as mine did. Blizzard’s (non existent) customer service will ‘roll back’ your account to fix the issue. Except all they will do is deposit a few gems in your account without regard to how much money and gear was stolen.

I’m not sure why I bought it after I knew it was buggy or why I played until I beat it. If you have a lot of patience, you might enjoy it. If you don’t, I’d steer clear.