Again, unfortunately not the case. At Blizzcon 2014 there was the 2 hour opening event featuring OW and a one hour panel on Saturday. Both were huge blank spots; people speculated about a LotV announcement.
There is a 3 hour window directly after the Diablo Anniversary section. And it has two blocks that are shaded, which means they are going to do something, but not saying what.
There is a 3 hour window directly after the Diablo Anniversary section. And it has two blocks that are shaded, which means they are going to do something, but not saying what.
This seems pretty obvious to me.
Please read post #14. This "free block" isn't a free block, they never have anything in parallel with the contest, and usually just a simulcast to the panel area. But I went over that on the last page already.
Exellion makes some really good analysis and theories of why there is still hope for diablo @ blizzcon. Brings up some interesting points based off of the floormap and schedule for diablo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvWTDCigYM
Chiefly is the fact that blizzard hid whats on floor 2...also the diablo booth doesnt have to be as large as the overwatch and hots sections as both are 5v5 and 6v6 respectively and they need more pc's to play even a fraction of they can do w/ diablo(which is 1 player). Hype is real.
It's not only the 45 minute block, it's the main one hour long event with the devs on the main panel stage that's the big deal. The one where the text states that they'll reveal new content and features, which is pretty explicit.
I'm a big confused. Are people upset because there's no chance of a D4 reveal or something? No matter how you slice it, it's pretty clear we're getting new shit, even if it's not an expansion. One hour is a long time to talk about a lot of things. The RoS/2.4 panel was an hour.
There is a 3 hour window directly after the Diablo Anniversary section. And it has two blocks that are shaded, which means they are going to do something, but not saying what.
This seems pretty obvious to me.
Please read post #14. This "free block" isn't a free block, they never have anything in parallel with the contest, and usually just a simulcast to the panel area. But I went over that on the last page already.
Panel
Diablo III Lore and Story Q + A
19:00 - 20:00
Ended
Main
Contests
19:30 - 21:30
Bottom line, is that you cannot just look at the past and "assume" anything. Maybe they do not use it at all, but there is room for it, and the entire schedule is noted *times subject to change.
In the Dev Q&A on Saturday in the description it says "Answer any burning questions you may have." Now that is a leading statement. What burning questions could anyone have about Diablo III, that haven't already been answered, unless it is a lot of content coming to the game. More specifically content that would come with an expansion. Now maybe it is a full expansion or large content patches in the future. That said there is going to be a big announcement for sure because the only burning question for Diablo III right now is "when is Diablo 4 being announced?" We all know Diablo 4 is a long way away from an announcement.
*Disclaimer: Everything is speculation at this point!
Oh I'm definitely excited in some fashion, and I don't think anyone is arguing that there won't be some sort of 'content' reveal.
But it's WHAT content that has some of us worried. There's absolute flaws in D3 from the base up that I know at least some of us really want to see addressed; Paragon needs a near complete overhaul. Gear acquisition is just ridiculous, between gambling and being able to almost target specific legendaries with rare upgrading, as well as an almost free complete set at the start of a season, the only time during a season that it's fun to see gear drop is right at the very start - because anything could be an upgrade. Difficulties as well - what are we, up to 17 separate difficulties now? And even at the highest, there's maybe a handful of monsters that you have to change your playstyle for, the rest just being AOE fodder. Sets being completely dominant and bottlenecking builds, numbers are already in the trillions, ect ect.
Hell, we might even see a brand new system for the next patch, maybe even something like runes and runewords! MAYBE even a new class! And I'd honestly be very excited for that. But solving just any of those problems that I mentioned will be a big undertaking (except maybe just a stat squish for the numbers). So while the news we'll get is probably for the next major patch, if it isn't addressing those issues than at least for me it'l be another *play a ton for the first two weeks of a season, then have all the gear and be done*.
So yea, I'm trying to have one of my feet on the hype train, while grounding the other. I HOPE it's at least an X2 announcement, because that'l give a lot of room to fix the core issues. But my gut says it's just a new patch with nothing else big on the horizon. Hopefully I'm wrong.
They won't fix the paragon system without going 70 -> 80 level. If they wanted to do it, they had plenty of time for that. The paragon system will be fixed (hopefully not upgraded to a bigger mess) in a future expansion. Also, nobody will give a new character or a system like the runewords (which can itself sell as an expansion alone) with a patch. And a big content patch won't save the game in any way, it will just delay the inevitable. That is the reason nobody will waste time to release a big patch for free and put the game on a maintenance mode after that. It just doesn't make any sense if they are not adding microtransations or any other type of regular milking income.
They won't fix the paragon system without going 70 -> 80 level. If they wanted to do it, they had plenty of time for that. The paragon system will be fixed (hopefully not upgraded to a bigger mess) in a future expansion. Also, nobody will give a new character or a system like the runewords (which can itself sell as an expansion alone) with a patch. And a big content patch won't save the game in any way, it will just delay the inevitable. That is the reason nobody will waste time to release a big patch for free and put the game on a maintenance mode after that. It just doesn't make any sense if they are not adding microtransations or any other type of regular milking income.
TLDR: It has to be an expansion.
Almost all of the biggest systems and system changes have been patches. You mention paragon, which was a patch. As was the cube, ect.
But yes, that was my point. Either it's an expansion to actually address what I listed, or it's just a content patch with one new system such as runewrods.
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Omg.. only like 45 min for Diablo 3... on a 20:th anniversary.. for Diablo, ( DI,DII,DIII, right!! 1996 )
Well, i already bought a ticket, and awesome T-shirts..
So, if not my "rockstar" isnt play'in.. it "should" be fun watching
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This seems pretty obvious to me.
Please read post #14. This "free block" isn't a free block, they never have anything in parallel with the contest, and usually just a simulcast to the panel area. But I went over that on the last page already.
Exellion makes some really good analysis and theories of why there is still hope for diablo @ blizzcon. Brings up some interesting points based off of the floormap and schedule for diablo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvWTDCigYM
Chiefly is the fact that blizzard hid whats on floor 2...also the diablo booth doesnt have to be as large as the overwatch and hots sections as both are 5v5 and 6v6 respectively and they need more pc's to play even a fraction of they can do w/ diablo(which is 1 player). Hype is real.
It's not only the 45 minute block, it's the main one hour long event with the devs on the main panel stage that's the big deal. The one where the text states that they'll reveal new content and features, which is pretty explicit.
I'm a big confused. Are people upset because there's no chance of a D4 reveal or something? No matter how you slice it, it's pretty clear we're getting new shit, even if it's not an expansion. One hour is a long time to talk about a lot of things. The RoS/2.4 panel was an hour.
You are wrong actually: from 2013 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3466-BlizzCon-2013-Map-and-Schedule)
Panel
Diablo III Lore and Story Q + A
19:00 - 20:00
Ended
Main
Contests
19:30 - 21:30
Bottom line, is that you cannot just look at the past and "assume" anything. Maybe they do not use it at all, but there is room for it, and the entire schedule is noted *times subject to change.
In the Dev Q&A on Saturday in the description it says "Answer any burning questions you may have." Now that is a leading statement. What burning questions could anyone have about Diablo III, that haven't already been answered, unless it is a lot of content coming to the game. More specifically content that would come with an expansion. Now maybe it is a full expansion or large content patches in the future. That said there is going to be a big announcement for sure because the only burning question for Diablo III right now is "when is Diablo 4 being announced?" We all know Diablo 4 is a long way away from an announcement.
*Disclaimer: Everything is speculation at this point!
45 minute talk= 10 minutes intros and mike fumbling
1 hour panel= as above plus moving chairs and dropping the mike pass
==zero, time for a good nap or decent meal
no management backing for anything 'spoken', lots of CYA heard
no doubt the lotto buyers will insist that the Second Coming is near
zzz
task for S8, change clans and outperform prior
Oh I'm definitely excited in some fashion, and I don't think anyone is arguing that there won't be some sort of 'content' reveal.
But it's WHAT content that has some of us worried. There's absolute flaws in D3 from the base up that I know at least some of us really want to see addressed; Paragon needs a near complete overhaul. Gear acquisition is just ridiculous, between gambling and being able to almost target specific legendaries with rare upgrading, as well as an almost free complete set at the start of a season, the only time during a season that it's fun to see gear drop is right at the very start - because anything could be an upgrade. Difficulties as well - what are we, up to 17 separate difficulties now? And even at the highest, there's maybe a handful of monsters that you have to change your playstyle for, the rest just being AOE fodder. Sets being completely dominant and bottlenecking builds, numbers are already in the trillions, ect ect.
Hell, we might even see a brand new system for the next patch, maybe even something like runes and runewords! MAYBE even a new class! And I'd honestly be very excited for that. But solving just any of those problems that I mentioned will be a big undertaking (except maybe just a stat squish for the numbers). So while the news we'll get is probably for the next major patch, if it isn't addressing those issues than at least for me it'l be another *play a ton for the first two weeks of a season, then have all the gear and be done*.
So yea, I'm trying to have one of my feet on the hype train, while grounding the other. I HOPE it's at least an X2 announcement, because that'l give a lot of room to fix the core issues. But my gut says it's just a new patch with nothing else big on the horizon. Hopefully I'm wrong.
They won't fix the paragon system without going 70 -> 80 level. If they wanted to do it, they had plenty of time for that. The paragon system will be fixed (hopefully not upgraded to a bigger mess) in a future expansion. Also, nobody will give a new character or a system like the runewords (which can itself sell as an expansion alone) with a patch. And a big content patch won't save the game in any way, it will just delay the inevitable. That is the reason nobody will waste time to release a big patch for free and put the game on a maintenance mode after that. It just doesn't make any sense if they are not adding microtransations or any other type of regular milking income.
TLDR: It has to be an expansion.
But yes, that was my point. Either it's an expansion to actually address what I listed, or it's just a content patch with one new system such as runewrods.