I mentioned that I switched from playing World of Warcraft to Diablo 3. The main thing obviously is that I got serious burn out from the dailies. I absolutely hate dailies. Logging into World of Warcraft and thinking about accepting a daily quest literally makes me want to puke.
So I still needed to get a gaming high, which is why I’ve been playing Diablo 3. The recent changes to the game have made doing Inferno mode pretty easy. That isn’t to say there’s absolutely no challenge doing normal mode Inferno (hey, there’s an oxymoron for ya!) But compared to the first release period, Diablo 3 has become playable…and in fact fun.
First, sadly enough more of my friends play Diablo 3 than World of Warcraft. That gives me a huge incentive to play Diablo 3. Second, they actually will play with me from time-to-time. That’s another big bonus.
But the real thing is that I’m having fun in Diablo 3. I started leveling up all my alts and getting them gear. Once my Demon Hunter hit level 60, I did a shameless thing and started buying him gear on the RMAH. Yes, I paid quite a bit of $$$ to gear him. Why? Because I hate farming. I make enough money where the time and effort to gear him just isn’t worth repetitively doing the same stuff and getting slain. I don’t like being frustrated so I had no qualms in near maximizing him out with a few bucks. What I get out of it is more joy in being able to play with friends who have hit Inferno and can tag along for fun now.
Also, leveling up my alts, I found some really cool items on the AH that essentially let them kick some major ass from level 30 and up. That made the tedious grind from the bottom more bearable. At the moment, besides my Demon Hunter, three of my alts are in Hell mode act 1, each hovering at the level 50+ mark.
Why do this when I have a Demon Hunter sitting at Paragon level 7? I just really want to enjoy the game. I look at it as having purchased a game and wanting to experience as much as possible to really maximize my dollar value from it. I don’t buy games often these days so I really want to push how much I can get out of something.
Also, I like the idea of having each class maxed out so that I can some day go in with my friends and switch whenever I want and need to. It’s the same reason why I loved playing so many different classes in World of Warcraft. I think any game which allows you to choose different classes, you should experience them as much as possible.
With regards to my Demon Hunter, I have no desire to be competitive. My gear is quite good despite, similar to a lot of top demon hunters in the world (I tried to model it after those people). My whole goal was to see how far I could go. But it’s all for myself. I have no desire to be top ranked. All I want is just to make more gold, get more Paragon levels, get more gear for my guys and just have as much fun as possible with my friends.