Though, this is interesting in a way, it cannot be called official, as the skills and points and stats have not been released officially, if that makes sense.
Edit: And to add to that, it's not even official if the order they have it is the way it will be at release.
Haha yeah I don't think anything from a fan site is really official
Then again this is the only one with actual icons that match the ones shown at BlizzCon so it is the closest we have.
Also they note that the information was taken from BlizzCon 08 (almost a year ago). This is really the only information any of us have to go by. Blizzard really hasn't said much on skills or abilities since then.
Looks good, but I think that Blizzard will change the skills a lot before releasing the game.
Calculators like this are very easy to modify.
lol, diablo-source, I used to spend a lot of time on its sister website, sc-source.
You can usually trust diablo/starcraft-source, they're extremely picky on where they get their info from.
Don't know where it says anywhere in this thread that this is going to be the skill tree for all time.
The thread title says 'Released today', as if it is up to that fansite to 'release' anything relating to the game, implying that Blizzard released something since it is only them who can 'release' something like this.
The 'calculator' only shows a fraction of currently known skills, the icons are largely wrong, the progression is wrong, point caps are wrong, and statistics are nowhere near official (since they are not decided upon). So I don't see what's all the fuss about? It is not even a precise replica (nowhere near it) of the rough ideas Blizzard is currently working on, if that's what it was aiming for.
The thread title says 'Released today', as if it is up to that fansite to 'release' anything relating to the game, implying that Blizzard released something since it is only them who can 'release' something like this.
Diablo-Source "released" their calculator for the Blizzcon 08 build. In the news post linked it says:
We know based off of screen shots from the last BlizzCast that the skill trees are still a work in progress and have changed since BlizzCon. We think that the community would like to see the progression Diablo 3 has gone through from start to finish and be able to talk about the changes made to Diablo 3 along the way.
Sorry if my thread title threw you off. I probably should not assume that people would actually read the news item I am linking them too......
The 'calculator' only shows a fraction of currently known skills, the icons are largely wrong,
From BlizzCon the site used a camera and took pictures of each spell in game. From these pictures they had their artist duplicate the icons for the calculator. While I don't expect you to have these icons to compair, please know that MrJack (the artist) is a very tallented.
No spells are missing in that Calculator from the BlizzCon 08 build (save for the Barbarian tree witch will be released later next week or the following week)
the progression is wrong, point caps are wrong, and statistics are nowhere near official (since they are not decided upon)
Again if you read the News Item you would know that this is the BlizzCon 08 build, not current. As I said before what fan site information is ever official before the game is released? The moment a fan site has information on a game "pre-release" chances are the developer has already changed much of the values in the game (esp at the point that Diablo is currently in).
So I don't see what's all the fuss about? It is not even a precise replica (nowhere near it) of the rough ideas Blizzard is currently working on, if that's what it was aiming for.
At least now when we do get to see the BlizzCon 09 build with the new tree, Diablo-Source will update the tree with the newest information on the skill trees, and skills. Then we can compair between the two tree types.
As a fan of Diablo and of games in general I take an interest in the progression of Diablo III. I think it will be interesting to actually be able to see how the skill tree growth from start to finish takes place. For me; that is what all the fuss is about.
Just incase you are interested here are some examples of MrJack's artwork.
i like how the skill tree has lots of passives (similar to wow talent tree)
You mean similar to the Diablo 2 skill tree? There are tons of passive skills on those trees as well. Namely the Barbarian and Paladin trees. It's so silly that people are so quick to point to WoW when WoW itself took many Diablo 2 functions. I guess people just see what they want to see.
They even have skill icons that were taken from the game.
http://www.diablo-source.com/index.php?cmd=article&sec=news&act=view&id=90
Though, this is interesting in a way, it cannot be called official, as the skills and points and stats have not been released officially, if that makes sense.
Edit: And to add to that, it's not even official if the order they have it is the way it will be at release.
Then again this is the only one with actual icons that match the ones shown at BlizzCon so it is the closest we have.
Also they note that the information was taken from BlizzCon 08 (almost a year ago). This is really the only information any of us have to go by. Blizzard really hasn't said much on skills or abilities since then.
Sorry if I missed something.
Agreed. I just loved the wizard conjure tree, how they are trying to make a good melee spellcaster.
lol, diablo-source, I used to spend a lot of time on its sister website, sc-source.
You can usually trust diablo/starcraft-source, they're extremely picky on where they get their info from.
I really hope they update it with more skills soon.
I had never even heard of the site before...
The 'calculator' only shows a fraction of currently known skills, the icons are largely wrong, the progression is wrong, point caps are wrong, and statistics are nowhere near official (since they are not decided upon). So I don't see what's all the fuss about? It is not even a precise replica (nowhere near it) of the rough ideas Blizzard is currently working on, if that's what it was aiming for.
If not, then it's just not displaying properly on my comp.
Diablo-Source "released" their calculator for the Blizzcon 08 build. In the news post linked it says:
Sorry if my thread title threw you off. I probably should not assume that people would actually read the news item I am linking them too......
From BlizzCon the site used a camera and took pictures of each spell in game. From these pictures they had their artist duplicate the icons for the calculator. While I don't expect you to have these icons to compair, please know that MrJack (the artist) is a very tallented.
No spells are missing in that Calculator from the BlizzCon 08 build (save for the Barbarian tree witch will be released later next week or the following week)
Again if you read the News Item you would know that this is the BlizzCon 08 build, not current. As I said before what fan site information is ever official before the game is released? The moment a fan site has information on a game "pre-release" chances are the developer has already changed much of the values in the game (esp at the point that Diablo is currently in).
At least now when we do get to see the BlizzCon 09 build with the new tree, Diablo-Source will update the tree with the newest information on the skill trees, and skills. Then we can compair between the two tree types.
As a fan of Diablo and of games in general I take an interest in the progression of Diablo III. I think it will be interesting to actually be able to see how the skill tree growth from start to finish takes place. For me; that is what all the fuss is about.
Just incase you are interested here are some examples of MrJack's artwork.
MrJack's Diablo Artwork:
http://www.diablo-source.com/index.php?cmd=media&sec=artwork&member_id=591
MrJack's StarCraft Artwork:
http://www.starcraft-source.com/index.php?cmd=media&sec=artwork&member_id=591
Seems like diablo and starcraft-source are pretty decent sites.
Thanks for posting the info.
I'm... wtf was my name on there, Ixian I think.
The actual skill trees are composed by 7 tiers and 4 lines, not 4 tiers and 5 lines.
You mean similar to the Diablo 2 skill tree? There are tons of passive skills on those trees as well. Namely the Barbarian and Paladin trees. It's so silly that people are so quick to point to WoW when WoW itself took many Diablo 2 functions. I guess people just see what they want to see.
... reading it's what's for dinner