Items

[Devastor]

Hello,

I'd like to talk about items. Some of you might be/haven been playing Diablo 3. Regarding the items in that game I found an interesting article written by BrotherLaz, the creator of the most popular mod for Diablo II (its called Median XL). The article can be found here: http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/com...is-legendaries

So what is he talking about? Many have complained about boring items in Diablo 3. BrotherLaz analyzes the reason for this. He states that in an ARPG there are 3 types of players:

"The Spike – Plays to win, no matter what it takes or how boring the path to victory may be. This is the guy who is perfectly fine with the fact that his D3 wizard wields an axe and his D2 sorc wears a green potato bag on her head. This is the dickwad who picks Tryndamere in 3v3 blind pick and after banging your *** for 20 minutes goes GG EASY NOOOBS in all chat.

The Johnny - Sees games as a means of self-expression. This is the guy who builds a Molten Boulder druid, intentionally wears tier 2 paladin gear in WoW when not actively fighting and picks Orianna. Usually he gets trampled by Spike but sometimes it works and then he feels great.

The Timmy - Likes big stuff. Uses the rocket launcher because it makes big explosions. Goes all offense in every build because it makes big damage numbers. Picks Garen and screams DEMACIAAA every time he spins2win from the bush. Plays for fun where fun is defined as smashing stuff but is not willing to get bored out of his skull to maximise his success rate."

BrotherLaz explains why there are only items for the "Spike"-type player in Diablo 3. Thus, all other sorts of players are bored - or at least partially bored, because many players might be a mixture of those types. He also gives examples of items that suit for all of these kinds of players (from Diablo 2 and his mod).

So I thought I'd like to share this with you so that it can be discussed. What do you think about it? Might Grim Dawn profit from these considerations? And if yes, how?

Kind regards.