Diablo 3

[Quemaqua]

Not to be negative, but apparently that's my job.  Is anyone slightly concerned about their supposed "need" to "monetize" certain "features"?  I'm sincerely hoping there's no Hellgate: London-style nonsense in the works.  I was just getting all excited with some of my friends about the prospect of playing, then they announced that and that Starcraft 2 would be 3 separate games.  It isn't necessarily a big deal, it's just a little unusual, and potentially alarming.

[Glamador]

Potentially alarming yes, but I'm not terribly concerned.  They've said the game will be free to play.  I'm guessing certain "features" like say, special items, shared stash, maybe a character limit.  Hellgate London just did EVERYTHING wrong though, all Blizzard has to do is look at how they did it and change EVERYTHING.

[Quemaqua]

My main concern is that they'll tie it to items or something like that, because that's absolutely what kept me going in the other games.  You want better loot, you want upgrades!  But I'm totally not willing to pay for that, so if they're saving the best items for paying customers, I probably won't buy the game at all.  But if it's stuff like extra character slots or simply perks that don't really affect the gameplay itself but provide extra functionality for those that feel it's worth a little extra cash... I'm cool with that.  That's what Guild Wars has done, and I think it's worked fine there.