I've experienced some ups and downs with this game although for the most part I'm very impressed. I've played diablo for a long time and I can safely say that this feels like an evolved version of diablo 1 and diablo 2 (excluding LoD). Although I did play LoD (and played it for a long time), having played classic prior to playing LoD allowed me to know the feeling of what it was like to play diablo (d1 and d2) and "diablo+" (d2lod). All of the games had issues, although with the new inferno mode I think people are "finding" more than usual. When the game was played properly and a lvl 90 hammerdin wasn't teleporting to diablo or baal there were deaths, especially for those who were undergeared. The deaths occurred in ALL difficulties because act 4 and 5 were the hardest acts, and that's not saying that they didn't occur in act 2 and 3 (occasionally in act 1), although act 4 and 5 were the most played. Travelling through the chaos sanctuary or worldstone keep and coming across iron maiden or souls with conviction cleared games of even the best geared players, and inferno mode is reminiscent of that. With the congruence shown for those who "truthfully believe" that diablo 3 "is not diablo", well, it is. The only reason people progressed so quickly in d2 and moreso d2lod when ladder reset was because items were duped and community websites made items easy to come across. Maybe those people should try playing diablo 1 and diablo 2 (non lod) from scratch without any help. Onto the positives and issues:
General Positives:
1) No one has the best gear - What I liked most about d2 classic was that there was no "set build" or "best gear" to get. Of course in LoD certain items dominated (although there are some nice and useful rares that people have [trophies]) but the basic premise is that common items could get most people through the game. Imbuing items and finding rares (ornates, bhammers) gave d2 that feeling that anyone could be walking around with better gear than the next person, and although most lvl 60 legendaries are great items it is evident that rares will be just as useful, if not moreso due to random mods.
2) The game isn't easy - Although 1-60 may be easier than 1-99, inferno is obviously a stepping stone in terms of difficulty for diablo. I like the fact that blizzard presents customers with a challenge, albeit with some issues surrounding this challenge (see constructive issues), but a challenge nonetheless.
3) The game is fun - I don't regret the purchase, I'd never ask for a refund, and I can't wait to see what blizzard has in store going forward in terms of patching the game.
Constructive Issues:
1) 4 players per game - I really wish I could play with 6 players. I'm not asking for 8 and I can see why blizzard wanted to stay away from that number although at least 5 players would have been reasonable. Playing in a full game with one of each class is a cool idea although one that is not possible at the moment, unfortunately.
2) Unrealistic expectations from players in inferno mode - Like I said above the game is fun and challenging, and I don't mind kiting, although being chain-walled, vortexed, or jailed is unrealistic. Only one enemy in the mob should have the ability to hinder the players ability or movement. This could change for games with more than one player, although running from 3 blue mobs being constantly jailed or vortexed makes things crazy in a bad way, especially since skills like teleport have long cooldowns.
3) Being stuck to the game and the lack of a game browser - With the new game joining scheme blizzard obviously wants players to stay in game. I get this, and it's evident with factors such as stacked nephalem valors and the lack of auction house alerts, although this ISN'T diablo. If you want players to stay in a game create a random event such as dclone that spawns randomly in games where progression is shown (linear movement from act1-act4 all in one game). This would prevent familiar farming areas and encourage full game farming in collaboration with people (because I'm sure people would get tired of clearing acts or full games by themselves.) I use the linear progression idea so that people can't expect to afk and spawn the event. The lack of a game browser is another thing that bothers me. I know that a countless amount of useless games are made although the start quest or resume game format gives players the feeling of being restricted, and diablo was always about openness. The lack of ability to travel between acts is also another issue. You can tell that blizzard definitely took a few pages out of the world of warcraft book with ideas like the stacked nephalem valor, although it is working to their advantage.
4) The lack of collaboration - I thought by now blizzard would have caught on. People will always have the option of playing by them-self, and I understand the always online idea having made the auction house an integral part of the game, although there should be a much greater incentive to play with other players, and the "find players on this quest" option is not that incentive. There are numerous creative ideas I could list that would bring people together, similar to the random event one stated above, although it's probably too late for that.
Please share your general positives and constructive issues.
A twitch user, lessqmorepew, will be giving away a beta key (permanent) once he hits 200 subscribers on either youtube, twitch, or twitter. He is currently at 180 on youtube and 174 on twitch, so there aren't many more subscribers needed to start a giveaway. You can find all of the info here: http://skeetskeetpete.blogspot.com/2012/02/diablo-iii-give-away.html
If you're going to sit there and be negative why even bother posting? If you have a beta key you shouldn't be concerned unless you're wishing people luck and if you don't have a beta key you're obviously bitter. He's giving followers and viewers a better chance than most channels and contests so I don't get where this negativity is coming from. Also, you have no clue where he got the keys from so don't make any assumptions.
Oh boy, all those peoples with their own channels, their own streams and their own facebook and twitter pages. One is more lame and boring than the other, and the only reason 90% of the peoples that is following them is because they got a treat, like a D3 beta key.
Funny, I dont think he got those keys directly from Blizzard. They dont give out 3 keys at a time to random users. Bet he got em from botting contests like d3db and force strategy. Oh well, another chance to get a key.
Yeah, was thinking same when read about this yesterday. Cheap, even lazy, way to gain visibility. Why? Visibility comes from something what thousands want, only reason for them to follow him and hes channel and through this he can gain insane visibility without upping hes game content wise.
A twitch user, leessQmorePEW, is giving away 3 D3 beta keys and is running daily contests to give 24hr access away daily. I can confirm that this is legit as he first got the idea to run the 24hr contest after allowing me to access the account for 24hrs. The contest rules and regulations are pretty simple, as it basically requires you to follow his twitch.tv, twitter, and youtube. The links are attached. This is legit and I think that if most people here subscribe and view his twitch you'll have a good chance at playing the beta as he is a new broadcaster and is trying to up his subscribers (meaning that dfans will likely make up most of the population on the broadcast).
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Cheers and good luck to you all. I'm likely gonna step out of the 24hr contests as I've already had a run through although a key would be nice as it gives me some more time to hit 13 on all classes which is something I'd like to do before release.
Binkles the frog has a very odd name
So does his nature, in his own domain.
Hidden in the sanctuary he subtly yawned,
that is of course until Diablo was spawned.
Then he mounted his platypus and told it never to stop,
but he quickly found out he’d be much faster if he just hopped!
Where to go, not to the centre,
Diablo was there fighting Cain’s mentor!
The fire and flames Binkles hopped around,
almost made dinner and toasted his skinny green frown.
Mmm, fresh meat, or fresh frog should he say,
as the butcher was ready to cook up his prey.
Binkles knew not where to go, so he headed to the waypoint,
back to the flayer jungle where the amphibian could once again become joint,
with his classless father who let him go,
into the depths of Diablo’s dark chateaux.
Binkles smelt his father and knew the Slime Prince was near,
so he mounted his platypus and said “Never fear, Binkles is here!”
They went toe to toe and it seemed like a mismatch,
but Binkles’ platypus did more than just watch!
It shot hot venom and beaver tailed the Prince,
but Mr. Slime resisted it, so then with a wince,
the platypus kissed Mr. Slime with his duck shaped bill,
and Mr. Slime turned into a man of great will!
Now, would you ever guess who?
Binkles was surprised too!
After all Griswald kind of look like a frog,
but only when Ms. Charsi accompanied his ****.
Binkles, son of Griswald and Charsi.
General Positives:
1) No one has the best gear - What I liked most about d2 classic was that there was no "set build" or "best gear" to get. Of course in LoD certain items dominated (although there are some nice and useful rares that people have [trophies]) but the basic premise is that common items could get most people through the game. Imbuing items and finding rares (ornates, bhammers) gave d2 that feeling that anyone could be walking around with better gear than the next person, and although most lvl 60 legendaries are great items it is evident that rares will be just as useful, if not moreso due to random mods.
2) The game isn't easy - Although 1-60 may be easier than 1-99, inferno is obviously a stepping stone in terms of difficulty for diablo. I like the fact that blizzard presents customers with a challenge, albeit with some issues surrounding this challenge (see constructive issues), but a challenge nonetheless.
3) The game is fun - I don't regret the purchase, I'd never ask for a refund, and I can't wait to see what blizzard has in store going forward in terms of patching the game.
Constructive Issues:
1) 4 players per game - I really wish I could play with 6 players. I'm not asking for 8 and I can see why blizzard wanted to stay away from that number although at least 5 players would have been reasonable. Playing in a full game with one of each class is a cool idea although one that is not possible at the moment, unfortunately.
2) Unrealistic expectations from players in inferno mode - Like I said above the game is fun and challenging, and I don't mind kiting, although being chain-walled, vortexed, or jailed is unrealistic. Only one enemy in the mob should have the ability to hinder the players ability or movement. This could change for games with more than one player, although running from 3 blue mobs being constantly jailed or vortexed makes things crazy in a bad way, especially since skills like teleport have long cooldowns.
3) Being stuck to the game and the lack of a game browser - With the new game joining scheme blizzard obviously wants players to stay in game. I get this, and it's evident with factors such as stacked nephalem valors and the lack of auction house alerts, although this ISN'T diablo. If you want players to stay in a game create a random event such as dclone that spawns randomly in games where progression is shown (linear movement from act1-act4 all in one game). This would prevent familiar farming areas and encourage full game farming in collaboration with people (because I'm sure people would get tired of clearing acts or full games by themselves.) I use the linear progression idea so that people can't expect to afk and spawn the event. The lack of a game browser is another thing that bothers me. I know that a countless amount of useless games are made although the start quest or resume game format gives players the feeling of being restricted, and diablo was always about openness. The lack of ability to travel between acts is also another issue. You can tell that blizzard definitely took a few pages out of the world of warcraft book with ideas like the stacked nephalem valor, although it is working to their advantage.
4) The lack of collaboration - I thought by now blizzard would have caught on. People will always have the option of playing by them-self, and I understand the always online idea having made the auction house an integral part of the game, although there should be a much greater incentive to play with other players, and the "find players on this quest" option is not that incentive. There are numerous creative ideas I could list that would bring people together, similar to the random event one stated above, although it's probably too late for that.
Please share your general positives and constructive issues.
Links:[removed]
Cheers and good luck to you all. I'm likely gonna step out of the 24hr contests as I've already had a run through although a key would be nice as it gives me some more time to hit 13 on all classes which is something I'd like to do before release.
this book looks really nice!
Binkles the Frog
Binkles the frog has a very odd name
So does his nature, in his own domain.
Hidden in the sanctuary he subtly yawned,
that is of course until Diablo was spawned.
Then he mounted his platypus and told it never to stop,
but he quickly found out he’d be much faster if he just hopped!
Where to go, not to the centre,
Diablo was there fighting Cain’s mentor!
The fire and flames Binkles hopped around,
almost made dinner and toasted his skinny green frown.
Mmm, fresh meat, or fresh frog should he say,
as the butcher was ready to cook up his prey.
Binkles knew not where to go, so he headed to the waypoint,
back to the flayer jungle where the amphibian could once again become joint,
with his classless father who let him go,
into the depths of Diablo’s dark chateaux.
Binkles smelt his father and knew the Slime Prince was near,
so he mounted his platypus and said “Never fear, Binkles is here!”
They went toe to toe and it seemed like a mismatch,
but Binkles’ platypus did more than just watch!
It shot hot venom and beaver tailed the Prince,
but Mr. Slime resisted it, so then with a wince,
the platypus kissed Mr. Slime with his duck shaped bill,
and Mr. Slime turned into a man of great will!
Now, would you ever guess who?
Binkles was surprised too!
After all Griswald kind of look like a frog,
but only when Ms. Charsi accompanied his ****.
Binkles, son of Griswald and Charsi.