There should be a "sanity check" on enemy melee attacks: If you are more than X yards away when the attack animation lands (rather than starts), it should not count as a hit. It wasn't necessary in Diablo 1, 2, or many other games. It doesn't look right, it doesn't feel right, and it's not fun. This would require no new assets (although it would be nice), but would simply make better use of existing resources.Ĭollision Detection - Being "meleed" by a monster that is nowhere near you is bad design. For a technical summary of how this can be implemented, see the dungeon section of this presentation.) However, there is an easier way to partially ameliorate this problem: simply add new layouts using the existing tiles, so that the Vault of the Assassin isn't always a big square ring, Sirrocco Caverns isn't always a diamond-shaped layout, etc. Diablo 1, 2, Path of Exile, and countless roguelikes. An ideal solution would be to add new tiles to the game, as well as a more sophisticated generation algorithm that builds parts of the layout out of small elements instead of just D3's huge screen-filling tiles. Static outdoor areas are particularly tedious. A typical Diablo 2 dungeon might have millions of permutations, while many Diablo 3 dungeons have only a half-dozen permutations or less. Contrary to Blizzard's pre-release claims, the environments in Diablo 3 are much less random, more predictable, and more repetitive than in Diablo 1 or 2. This post aims to identify several issues which are either very important, or else relatively easy to fix, and to suggest possible solutions.Įnvironments - Randomized environments have been a core feature of the Diablo series since the beginning. However, there are still a number of significant problems that need to be addressed.
First class trouble update 1.04 Patch#
Patch 1.04 was a great improvement to a promising game, and the Paragon system solved one of Diablo 3's biggest shortcomings.
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