But that's my point.
If there was a proper bonus for wearing the full set it would have balanced out the fact that the weapon is bad.
So if the bad set weapon + set bonus = the same stats as partial set + BiS weapon then you had 2 options that were both good and there would be more diversity.

As things stand now the BiS weapon is always the better choice.

Posted by ecocd at 01/24/2013 09:41 AM

Posted by ninjax at 01/24/2013 07:30 AM

What do I get for sinking 500+ hours into the game? the same randomness as someone that's played 30 hours.
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Ubers and keywardens have helped, but I can't solo the ubers so I just have a lot of keys - joy :(

To be glib about it, if you have gotten 500 hours out of this game, that's a pretty good return for $60 and I don't think Blizzard really owes you (okay, us) anything more. I understand your point that it seems like there still isn't much content for the long-time players. It took many years and an expansion for Diablo 2 to get to the point that a player with 300 hours could still play the 301st hour with anticipation.

Maybe the better strategy would be to go slow burn on D3 for a while and just play less. I think a lot of the people around here are doing that now. Playing enough to stay in touch, but not really grinding anymore.

I think you'll be able to find at least 2 groups for Uber runs each week, especially if you're providing 2 of the Machines for each run. That ought to get rid of a few of those keys. ;)

Sorry a bit of a Thursday afternoon rant there :) I wasn't saying im not getting my moneys worth by any means its just to keep players satisfied there needs to be more to it other wise they will grind themselves out of the game (or their minds).

I have only really got into the game December, played infrequently up till then and only really been grinding this month when starting my WD. I guess the new patch with the extra XP will make it even easier to paragon level so the journey won't be so long!