Must be, because Diablo 3 is a whole lot more fun now with its smarter loot system than it used to be. The press seems to agree, and loads of people have returned and/or are still playing, so I'm not sure how the transition can be labeled as "ruining the game". Ruined for someone with overly particular tastes, maybe. Maybe you should have played the game both ways before speculating about the smart loot system?
Yep, those who don't agree with you and him must be idiots because you subjectively established the game to be "more fun"! We know this to be sure because the "press" seems to think so, but lets not look closely at the record of the press and how they score games as well as how their scoring compares to the public (lets see Metacritic Diablo 3... Press 88 Users 3.9), but hey... the press knows what good games are, why... just look at their Dragon Age 2 score!
I didn't "speculate" on the loot system, I read many arguments from people who did play the game. Diablo 3 is what I consider to be the example of the deterioration of cRPG gaming as it has defined the standard for what today's generation thinks what an RPG should be. I as well as many of those who were waiting for Larian to make this game... are at odds with those action junkie click fests.
You're misunderstanding. When the new loot changes were implemented in Diablo 3, the general vibe from the press reviews was that it was a very positive change that had corrected some fairly big disappointments in the game's original loot system. That they were bothering to review a *patch* at all like it was a new game (instead of just ignoring it completely as Diablo 3 is a year old now) is rather impressive.
Furthermore, I have actually played the game both before and after the smart-loot system was implemented and thoroughly enjoyed the changes. Where as you have not even touched the game and are merely going by the impressions you've picked up from the ether. So, which of our two opinions do you think I'm going to trust? The firsthand account (me), or the guy talking out his rear (you)?
Perhaps you should stick to arguing examples you have some personal experience with, as the remainder of the nonsense in your post (which I'm not even going to bother repeating here) shows that your ability to analyze other people's statements is seriously flawed and biased. Typical Tanist stuff.
