I haven't paid that much attention to Diablo 3 in a long time. With the Nintendo Switch version incoming and maybe something else, I felt like I should address this game one more time before I move on.
I'm now comfortable with this game being very casual in nature. Log on, beat on some monsters, call it a day. I think going in I really wanted a tight ARPG that had a lot of mechanics and build options to play with but I think it might be too tall of an order to find some kind of balance between fun, loot pinatas, build options and optimization. As a disclaimer, I haven't touched this game since before the Necromancer update, but if this is the direction this series goes maybe there's no point in following it anymore. With these very static systems in place, there isn't much room for discovery or experimentation.
I hope I have to eat my words.
This might just be me being bored with what is there but I'm not sure it is. I'll leave a few thoughts here because I'm currently pondering them.
- Don't let me ignore mechanics unless there's a really good reason and/or a penalty to go with it. Making me think less doesn't make the game more fun.
- Let's stop it with basically spammable CC. See item number 1.
- More treasure goblins or treasure goblin-like things. Chasing things is fun (let's not go crazy though.. here's looking at you monster hunter) and it's something different
- Instances (essentially, like a boss room) that are designed to make you or your group cry a bit.. randomly generated. You have xyz skill/gear.. fight these things that cleanse themselves of DoTs or something.. whatever