Okay so on D2 I never beat hell mode and I never played online for very long.. I always played single player offline. Why? Well I was pretty young at the time and the game was obviously harder for a 12 year old, and I got bored of starting new characters and doing the same storyline over and over. The furthest I managed was a summoner necromancer to the end of nightmare (which became VERY boring, just clicking summon over and over, standing behind minions and waiting).
Now I feel like I haven't accomplished enough. Since D3 is going to always be online and have hell and inferno modes, and I'm 16 (bit older, smarter, more dedicated video gamer), I want to play D3 really well. So I'm considering starting a D2 character, and playing through the whole game (beat hell and all). Do this before D3 comes out, so I've got some practice and experience in the higher difficulties.
First, should I do this offline single player or online? Someone mentioned that the online ladders are resetting on May 2nd. Should I wait for that and play then, or just do single player? I've got no experience playing online at all, and I honestly prefer diablo to be single player, since that's how I've always played it.
Which character should I play? I'm not doing my necromancer anymore, it's just too dull. Summoning is boring for me, and to be honest, it's far too easy. I made an incredible summoner build which killed anything in nightmare, but it was repetitive and slow. I'm thinking of making a hammerdin or something - something really strong that I can just breeze through hell mode with. Any ideas?
First I would like to compliment you on being 16, yet typing intelligently and maturely. Don't see that much these days. With that said, I'm not sure exactly what you are asking for. You kind of contradicted yourself by saying the necromancer was too overpowered and became boring, yet you want to create something else that will become over powerful and boring? Help me understand.
Secondly, I wouldn't recommend playing on Battle.net with people at this stage of the game, as when I quit playing years ago, it was rife with illegitimacy, bots, hacks, you name it. Unless they seriously cleaned it up, I can only imagine what it is like now. That's not to say that you can't play online and enjoy it, because you can. It's just harder than it was back in the day. You could always sign in and create private games, so you had a character on the server, in case you did happen to run into a like-minded individual that you wanted to play with. Being online and playing single-player are not mutually exclusive.
To be honest, I've tried playing it again, but since playing D3, it just doesn't feel right. I'm sure playing through it (completely through it...have never once been rushed EVER) about 5 gajillion times has something to do with it...meh. Anyways, good luck.
Okay I haven't played Beta so I'm not 100% on any of this, it's just what I've read off the internet. But.....
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No, I admitted that I didn't fully understand what I was talking about from the start. Then I asked some questions - and got 3 pages of discussion and answers. I've read every post and let me tell you, I'm completely convinced. xD After reading all this, looking at D3 website and videos, I understand how everything works. D3 is going to be epic to play, I can't wait for May 15th.
Someone above said that you could just have one Barbarian at level 60 now, and you would never have to start another one. You can just swap skills and change how he plays. So for example, could I have a level 60 wizard who had different gear sets? Like one gear set purely for a spellcaster, another gear set for melee wizard? (Plus different skills and runes)? So with the single character, I can change builds without needing to create another wizard? If so, that's sick.
Yes. as long as you have the gear to support that build. If not, you would have to go farm gear, more than likely, to bring that character to be a viable option for Inferno gameplay.
Basically what Diablo III does is replace a bunch of semi-powerful specialists with just one uber-badass character. No need to have 20 different barbarians, cause just one is as powerful as any number of them you can create (gear aside, of course). To me, that will help foster a deeper relationship between player and character.
There are countless topics and many blue responces on the topic...
Those links helped heaps.. I watched the youtube videos on why attribute and skill points were removed. Makes alot of sense now.
Just wondering - what's the deal with respecs? In D3 will it be possible to just re-choose your skills whenever you want, for free, instantly? Or do you need to pay for respec? Or is that not even in the game?
You can swap skills anytime you want. With that said, it would be in your best interests to experiment and try to come up with a favored 'build' due to once you hit Inferno, they will be introducing the Nephalem's Valor buff. This is a buff that adds Magic and Gold find to your character every time you kill champs or elites. It will stay on your character until you swap skills, at which point, it will dissipate. So again, it is in your best interest to work towards a build, instead of trying to diversify too much.
Just the idea of 'respecs' doesn't really fit well in a fantasy setting, especially one that is trying to immerse you. How is it that I know all these skills, but need to pay money to 'relearn' them? Whacko. While the current iteration doesn't solve that problem entirely, I think it sits better in a story environment more than simply running to town, dropping a bunch of gold on an NPC and 'relearning' your skills while having to permanently sacrifice others.
Okay, for fun here guys, if you had to give up the one thing (that you really enjoy) to play Diablo III, what would it be (Let's try and keep it clean and be creative). For me, it would be my drum set. As much as it pains me, when this game comes out, I'll probably forget they exist anyway, to be honest.. Anyone else?
Okay I haven't played Beta so I'm not 100% on any of this, it's just what I've read off the internet. But here's just some stuff I've noticed. In Diablo 3, you can't add attributes (strength, vitality, intelligence etc). The attributes just get added automatically, correct? And with skills, you can't level skills up (like level 20 skeletons in D2). You can only get the skill once, and then add runes if you want to make it stronger. After realizing all this, I realized that there is hardly ANY customization in D3 at all. It's really limited. Someone said on another website that at level 13, practically everyone's wizards are exactly the same. Attributes the same, skills the same (because you can now just re-choose and swap skills whenever you want). The only way to customize your character is through items and runes. Doesn't all this kind of suck? I mean it makes the game way more boring. I'd really love to make a Melee Wizard or something, but if we can't control the attributes, it makes it much harder to have unique heroe builds.
What do you guys think? If I've got some stuff wrong, please explain how it all works (and how customization is in fact very good, if that's the case?)
Fail #1: Posting on something you read about on a forum.
Fail #2: Posting on something you have no experience with.
Just saying... There are a gazillion threads on this matter posted throughout the official Diablo Forums (haven't really seen many here, thank god) that will make your head explode, therefore I see no reason to rehash it here.
The solution to this is for you to find another game with people more equally geared as you.
Or quit being a greedy $%^# and group for the social aspects and not how you might benefit from it. I think all this will do is help weed out those people that we really wouldn't want to play with anyway.
EDIT: Not saying that to you specifically, btw. Just generalizing.
Although I agree 100% with the sentiment, it's not that simple. If you're in a game and you're getting significantly less drops AND taking significantly more time to kill (because your 3 partners suck), you should leave. Unless you know those people or really want to help them, there's no point in staying in that game.
One day you whipper snappers will be old and you will be the ones sucking, and hoping some kids come help you out!
You had me for a minute there! I was like, they've got a Diablo IV forum?? Sorry for posting it here, just didn't know where to put it and it sort of relates to D3.
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Play Diablo III nonstop from May 1st to May 15th, all the while thanking Blizzard for the opportunity.
First I would like to compliment you on being 16, yet typing intelligently and maturely. Don't see that much these days. With that said, I'm not sure exactly what you are asking for. You kind of contradicted yourself by saying the necromancer was too overpowered and became boring, yet you want to create something else that will become over powerful and boring? Help me understand.
Secondly, I wouldn't recommend playing on Battle.net with people at this stage of the game, as when I quit playing years ago, it was rife with illegitimacy, bots, hacks, you name it. Unless they seriously cleaned it up, I can only imagine what it is like now. That's not to say that you can't play online and enjoy it, because you can. It's just harder than it was back in the day. You could always sign in and create private games, so you had a character on the server, in case you did happen to run into a like-minded individual that you wanted to play with. Being online and playing single-player are not mutually exclusive.
To be honest, I've tried playing it again, but since playing D3, it just doesn't feel right. I'm sure playing through it (completely through it...have never once been rushed EVER) about 5 gajillion times has something to do with it...meh. Anyways, good luck.
Yes. as long as you have the gear to support that build. If not, you would have to go farm gear, more than likely, to bring that character to be a viable option for Inferno gameplay.
or
DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS OFF
You could always do a Back to the Future Diablo III Run. Marty McFly vs. The Forces of Hell. Personally, I'd love to see that on YouTube
Nice post. THIS is what I was looking for!
You can swap skills anytime you want. With that said, it would be in your best interests to experiment and try to come up with a favored 'build' due to once you hit Inferno, they will be introducing the Nephalem's Valor buff. This is a buff that adds Magic and Gold find to your character every time you kill champs or elites. It will stay on your character until you swap skills, at which point, it will dissipate. So again, it is in your best interest to work towards a build, instead of trying to diversify too much.
And that is something you enjoy? Come on, now!
Fail #1: Posting on something you read about on a forum.
Fail #2: Posting on something you have no experience with.
Just saying... There are a gazillion threads on this matter posted throughout the official Diablo Forums (haven't really seen many here, thank god) that will make your head explode, therefore I see no reason to rehash it here.
Not sure how to take this, considering I'm 40.
You had me for a minute there! I was like, they've got a Diablo IV forum?? Sorry for posting it here, just didn't know where to put it and it sort of relates to D3.