New Diablo III director speaks about the game's future

Marvel Heroes is free and ten times as much fun.

I had more fun with Torchlight 2, honestly. It does everything D3 did but with more fun, variety and humor. And bear-things with axes. 

reducing "the impact of the Auction House"

I have an idea, remove it, that would reduce it all the way to 0%.

Sad that a small group like Grinding Gear Games was able to produce something better (Path of Exile) than Blizzard with all its resources and developers.  Blizzards design decisions were a direct result of the influence CEOs like Kotick and, more importantly stockholders, have on video game development now.  Sure, both companies' goal is to make money, but Blizzard's goal is to absolutely maximize profits for shareholders and will make design decisions with that goal in mind (Auction House).  Ive said for years that I wanted to see gaming return to smaller companies producing games for a targeted demographic rather than these big publishing houses trying to make a game that EVERYONE enjoys.  Lets face it, people are different and enjoy different things.  A prime example is the Demon Souls/Dark Souls series.  It was made for a targeted audience.  Did they still sell a respectable amount of copies...sure...did they make a decent profit...they sure did.  While i see tremendous potential for exploitation in the Kickstarter model, I think it is an avenue that might help the industry get back on track to making great games for targeted audiences that still make a decent profit and are loved by their fans.

who gives a F*** about diablo3?.....they missed the boat :P

I've never used the auction house to buy anything or sell anything, only few times for looking what's the max stat for some items.

"We hope you'll agree that with each update, the game keeps getting better and better, and we're only just getting started." yeah,it's only been 13 months,in 6 or 7 years the game will be great!

POS game... They are still screwing around with it.

Game was better in beta then it is now. All your moronic changes have killed it and the fact your random level generator sucks ass.

Still I would have rather have the game in the first gameplay reveal.

Im glad you are finally listening to the fans 11 years after you started working on the game. Axe always online while you are at it.

Your words mean nothing, get to the grindstone. I still wont buy it tho, ive been insulted enough.

Josh if you read this make at least 5 players in a game, free for all looting (WAY MORE EXCITING and immersive) Custom room names (thats where the community comes from) those are a few of the little things taken away that made diablo 2 a masterpiece

"His attention was shifted to the franchise as a whole after former Diablo III game director Jay Wilson moved to another Blizzard project."

Is he working on TITAN now?cause if he is i'm done with blizzard.

I wish I could just sell my copy

wow kinda late for that....

but good move, the more u make D3 more like an ACTUAL diablo game the better, I might just rez my account if they turn things around, I don't want the AH not because its "bad" but because i would rather kill shit to get my shit

"Our goal is to make the loot experience more enjoyable for ALL players"

Shouldn't this have been your goal at launch? I'm curious as to WTF you people at Blizzard do all day because it certainly isn't working on your games.

Maybe it's petty of me but I'd quite like them to be honest and upfront and admit that the auction house was a mistake.

Path of Exile is your blueprint.

Sorry Josh but everyone's migrated to Torchlight 2, you know, that game created by the real Diablo devs that doesn't require the fuckin internet to play.

So anyway, when will Diablo 3 finally come out?

The first Diablo is actually still alive....It's called Marvel Heroes.

See you there~

D3 is dead to me

Now if you could just fix everything else that is wrong with the game....like it ever releasing...

Good thing i play Path of Exile. Far better game to say the least.

The only thing that Ruined D3 was the AH. Better off buying the loot from the AH than wait for the drops. No point in playing afterwards!!

Right now you get a loot storm each time you play. Like 2 to 3 legendary items each 2 hours when you are around parago 40-50. That is just ridiculous. Hope they will fix this asap

"New Diablo III director speaks about the game's future"

D3 Director: "This game up till now was an extended April Fool's joke in order to give us some time to release the real Diablo 3. Now we are ready to release it."

That's what  I want to hear...

don't buy, console users. slowly back away, slowly. leave the beast alone.

Is the future of Diablo DRM free? No? Then fuck it.

i got banned on the D3 forum for posting"

"I cant' believe people are still playing this game.  How  many times can  you kill Diablo?"

They banned me for "trolling."