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Best Diablo 3 Announcement reaction gifs ever...
shmokes:
I don't think I suggested that the case was bullet proof. I simply said that Blizzard was going to end up with a class action on its hands. And I'm confident that if one were filed, the judge would certify it, though I'm not a contract or consumer protection lawyer, so I'm open to the possibility that there's something I don't know about that would bar such a case. Whether Blizzard would win a suit against it would depend on what facts came to light in the course of the trial. I suspect (as do you, frankly) that executives deliberately shipped a product that doesn't work properly because they knew that people would grumble and then after a while the initial demand would die down and the problem would sort itself out, and all the consumers would more-or-less forget about it. If this is the case, I think the plaintiffs would have a very good chance of winning (or more likely Activision would settle). Of course, it may not be the case. In which case, Blizzard would argue its case and likely win.
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on May 24, 2012, 11:27:53 am ---There have been many court cases where people felt confident only to be blown away by the decision in the end. The law is not as cut and dry as it appears.
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But this concept somehow doesn't apply to the scenario of Activision/Blizzard feeling confident only to be blown away by the decision in the end? On what, exactly, are you basing your belief that Blizzard's legal case is bulletproof?
I don't think that the law is, or even particularly appears to be, cut and dried. I've spent a little time on the subject. I think it's fairly complex.
Malenko:
schmokes, at least tell me I'm more fun to argue with than this guy.
Also, I beat it on Nightmare already too and its still not that difficult. It is getting slightly harder to mob control as a barbarian though, might have to switch to a dual wield twirlie build, but I love smackin the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of stuff and stunning it.
AtomSmasher:
I unlocked the most overpowered ability I've ever seen with my mage last night, transforming into an Archon. I found out later that it's overpowered because of a bug since it's only supposed to last 15 seconds. It was lasting 60 seconds for me which essentially meant I was an unstoppable killing machine for 60 seconds. I unlocked the ability shortly before getting to the end of Act III where you fight a giant boss, with this ability I beat him in about 45 seconds without even trying. While in Archon form, you do 10x your normal damage, so all I had to do was shoot the boss with the beam and watch his health bar drop, it's just so absurdly overpowered.
kahlid74:
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 24, 2012, 11:55:00 am ---I don't think I suggested that the case was bullet proof. I simply said that Blizzard was going to end up with a class action on its hands. And I'm confident that if one were filed, the judge would certify it, though I'm not a contract or consumer protection lawyer, so I'm open to the possibility that there's something I don't know about that would bar such a case. Whether Blizzard would win a suit against it would depend on what facts came to light in the course of the trial. I suspect (as do you, frankly) that executives deliberately shipped a product that doesn't work properly because they knew that people would grumble and then after a while the initial demand would die down and the problem would sort itself out, and all the consumers would more-or-less forget about it. If this is the case, I think the plaintiffs would have a very good chance of winning (or more likely Activision would settle). Of course, it may not be the case. In which case, Blizzard would argue its case and likely win.
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on May 24, 2012, 11:27:53 am ---There have been many court cases where people felt confident only to be blown away by the decision in the end. The law is not as cut and dry as it appears.
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But this concept somehow doesn't apply to the scenario of Activision/Blizzard feeling confident only to be blown away by the decision in the end? On what, exactly, are you basing your belief that Blizzard's legal case is bulletproof?
I don't think that the law is, or even particularly appears to be, cut and dried. I've spent a little time on the subject. I think it's fairly complex.
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I get everything your saying I just have a problem believing it's actually winnable in court if after 14 years of MMO's stomping all over us no one's taken them to court for a pay day.
--- Quote from: Malenko on May 24, 2012, 05:57:53 pm ---schmokes, at least tell me I'm more fun to argue with than this guy.
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--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on May 24, 2012, 06:45:58 pm ---I unlocked the most overpowered ability I've ever seen with my mage last night, transforming into an Archon. I found out later that it's overpowered because of a bug since it's only supposed to last 15 seconds. It was lasting 60 seconds for me which essentially meant I was an unstoppable killing machine for 60 seconds. I unlocked the ability shortly before getting to the end of Act III where you fight a giant boss, with this ability I beat him in about 45 seconds without even trying. While in Archon form, you do 10x your normal damage, so all I had to do was shoot the boss with the beam and watch his health bar drop, it's just so absurdly overpowered.
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Archon is . . . not . . . that good. In NM a little bit and in Hell/Inferno if you roll Archon you'll be getting 1 hit KO'd by trash mobs. Archon is a fun/useless skill in anything besides Normal. Boss at the end of Act III (Azmodan) is the easiest boss in the game.
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on May 29, 2012, 03:04:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on May 24, 2012, 06:45:58 pm ---I unlocked the most overpowered ability I've ever seen with my mage last night, transforming into an Archon. I found out later that it's overpowered because of a bug since it's only supposed to last 15 seconds. It was lasting 60 seconds for me which essentially meant I was an unstoppable killing machine for 60 seconds. I unlocked the ability shortly before getting to the end of Act III where you fight a giant boss, with this ability I beat him in about 45 seconds without even trying. While in Archon form, you do 10x your normal damage, so all I had to do was shoot the boss with the beam and watch his health bar drop, it's just so absurdly overpowered.
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Archon is . . . not . . . that good. In NM a little bit and in Hell/Inferno if you roll Archon you'll be getting 1 hit KO'd by trash mobs. Archon is a fun/useless skill in anything besides Normal. Boss at the end of Act III (Azmodan) is the easiest boss in the game.
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I did get destroyed by Diablo when I tried to use Archon against him, but only because he has that cage attack, and I have no idea how it is on the harder difficulties. All I do know is that on normal difficulty, after I got that ability, there was zero challenge until I reached Diablo. Anytime I'd reach a decent sized mob or one of the "special" versions of the monster, all I had to do was go Archon and they are all dead nearly instantly, then I'd wander for the rest of the minute destroying anything in my path. The Act III boss may be weak, but even so I shouldn't be able to stand in one place, use one of my abilities and still win in under a minute. :dunno
On a side note, before I beat the game I thought I would want to play through it over and over again like I did the previous Diablo games, but after beating it I now have no interest in doing so. Not sure why since I did enjoy the game.