🚀 go-pugleaf

Maureen Grady wrote:
> >     Less than two months after the release of Diablo (Diablo was
> >released to manufacturing on December 27, 1996 and started appearing in
> >retail stores around 1/2/97) Blizzard has released the first (and
> >hopefully last) patch. Let's hear it for Blizzard indeed! Let them know
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> You MUST be joking Gordon.  In fact, this comment forces one to ask if
> you would be willing to state, on the record, that you have NO
> affiliation with Blizzard or any of its subsidiaries, and have no
> relatives, friends or any other type of vested interest in the
> company.

     No - I have no affiliation whatsoever with Blizzard Entertainment.
Neither do any of my family or friends (as far as I know). Why does my
defense of a game company lead you to believe that I work for them?

> The question is necessary because it does not seem possible that a
> person who was simply a dedicated gamer could make such a comment.
> The comment sounds like something that would be made by somebody who
> in some way was having to "pay" for the manpower being spent on
> patches.
> 
> The patch is a nice QUICK AND DIRTY fix and I am thankful that
> Blizzard has released it.  But that is all it is.  You just can't
> create a game that is as great as Diablo and leave the glaring flaws
> that are still there even after this first patch.  It would be a
> crime.
> 
> Was just playing a game on b.net with two others.  We were all at the
> witch getting mana, etc. and two of us bought infra scrolls to give to
> the third person.  I dropped one, and then the other person dropped
> the one they just bought. Viola!  "Duplicate item detected" and one of
> the scrolls vanished!!!!  Talk about throwing the baby out with the
> bath water!
> 
> Then, I found magic armor on two different levels. We were piling
> everything in town as usual.  When I get the second one identified
> (crystal plate of something), I go throw it in the pile, Viola!
> "Duplicate item identified" and the first one, from a completely
> different level of the dungeon vanishes.
> 
> Now fine, for a quick and dirty fix to a nasty problem (dupping) I'm
> all for it and can live with it for awhile.  But, PLEASE, this is
> hopefully NOT the last patch.


     Yes, if you drop two of the same item then one of them will
disappear. It is part of Blizzards plan to curb duping. You'll be glad
to hear that I feel this is by far the worst part of the patch. It does
not stop duping (people can still do it as long as two items of the same
kind are not on the ground at the same time) and makes life hard for
people like you and me. I guess we will have to be very careful about
what we drop from now on. However, that being said, it is a SMALL price
to pay to rid battle.net net of all the tkers and akers and God only
knows what else was out there. If this patch will put a final end to the
more serious problems with battle.net then I hope it is the last one.

Gordon Wilson
gkwi...@ix.netcom.com
IronWill on battle.net and KALI