I was in genuine tears of laughter whilst watching the videos for the archivist. Funniest April Fool's thing they've ever done in my opinion, even beats the Molten Core game from last year.
I bet that the Archivist is the April Fool's prank character, but the concept art for him is for the real one, because, to be totally honest, the Archivist looks pretty badass. He looks Diablo I Sorcerer-like.
First off everyoen quit complaining. U no how LITTLE time iot took to amke this joke?
seing as the character is the WD, all they had to do there was edit it robes. Then make bogus bs speels*takes maybe 2-3 dyas?) then make 2 bogus screnshots, and the bogus WHITE animated guy character. at max took 5 days, and maybe 3 ppl to make. PLUS all bets are that this becomes an NPC they NEEDED anyway so not all the work was worthless. PLUS, theve made it obvious thjey want to do expansion before(or possible INSTEAD of) Diablo4. SO seeing as they plan to introduce new clases EACH(meaning multiple) expansions, its possible they may develop it with the necromancer they hinted at for an expansion
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april fools, the archivist isnt really a joke... it's seriously a new character.... hah
Ya like noone thought that lol it would be funny though, not probably untill an expansion.
ANd i just thought of it, its cain from a past life, thats y SHoosh shows him now, and think about it....
"Stay awhile and listen!.... And if you dont ill say SHOOSH and youll blow up! HA!...Wait...then a board falls on my head....hmm.... ahhh stay ahile and listen!"
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It seems like this year, all the April fools jokes were poorly thought out and rather stupid. They seemed like immature things four or five year olds would think up, and not actual legitamate attempts at foolery. Most of Blizzard's past stuff rang true on April Fools, but was just too iffy to be real.
The BlackThorne online thing is just ridiculous, the Terra-tron just makes me angry like "Yeah, now I know why Starcraft 2 isnt out yet. They waste their time making stupid ass jokes with the in-game engine rather than finishing it" and the Archivist -seemed- real, until you read the backstory and even watch the videos. They also stole the "Shush" animation from the "Wail of the Banshee" spell from Baldur's gate, I forgot if it was 1 or 2 though. I did actually smirk at the fact they portrayed him as some book studier with absolutely no health though who was able to do some crazy things and then just die in half a hit and look pathetic... Obviously a joke, it was still kind of funny.
Overall, I may be negative, but I just thought the april fool's jokes were incredibly bland, unfunny, unimaginative, and stupid. Also, if you noticed, I didn't touch the WoW dance pad one. That's because that was so abhorrently fake and stupid I couldnt even really read about it or look at the screenshots. It wasn't funny -at all-, especially the "So you think you can /dance?"... That made me cringe.
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April Fools LOL. This was actually pretty funny. I almost believed this until I saw the radar screen lol. Too Funny! That and I distinctly remember hearing Cain's voice in the hmmm. Pretty funny Blizzard. Hopefully we get a serious class update though sooner than later.
P.S. he's also not on the character main page where they are standing around
April fools joke, did you check out his lame skills ? LOL
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It seems like this year, all the April fools jokes were poorly thought out and rather stupid. They seemed like immature things four or five year olds would think up, and not actual legitamate attempts at foolery. Most of Blizzard's past stuff rang true on April Fools, but was just too iffy.
theyve always done some lame jokes such as taurens in starcraft. just hvae some fun on an awesome day
Reading through everybody's comment is almost as comical as the jokes themselves. This community is so divided on how this joke was recieved.
"Man that was great!"
"That was terrible!"
"Was not!"
"Get back to work on Diablo 3!"
Come now, can't we all get along? These jokes were all just as corny as the previous years of jokes - come to think of it - we didn't even HAVE Diablo 3 in previous to even have a joke for! It was just silly WoW pranks such as the Wisp class.
Don't be upset with Blizzard because they like to have some fun. You'll get your Diablo 3 regardless.
The name itself is pretty cool, "The Archivist". I could see the Archivist from DnD kind of making a statement here.
Basically, The Archivist in Dungeons and Dragons could learn any spells he wanted, be it Divine, Nature, or Arcane, and he could cast them whenever. The Archivist was as frail as a wizard, but he was a lot more intelligent and crazed. He could do more than a Wizard could with spells, also.
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"When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken, and have then given views to passion, without that proper deliberation and suspense which can alone secure them from the grossest absurdities"
For any of you that honestly think that there is even a chance that this is real, go to diablo3.com and select "character classes" from the main page and you will see that he has not been added to that page. SERIOUSLY though this class is awesome.
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Moreover, with Blizzard's past and it's present, why in the world would anyone think this many things announced on April 1st would be real? I don't understand why people would think three major things would be announced on the same day, let alone April First, and it be real.
To avoid any confusion, I'd think if Blizzard was actually going to release info, it would be April 2nd, if they HAD to do it at the start of April.
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seing as the character is the WD, all they had to do there was edit it robes. Then make bogus bs speels*takes maybe 2-3 dyas?) then make 2 bogus screnshots, and the bogus WHITE animated guy character. at max took 5 days, and maybe 3 ppl to make. PLUS all bets are that this becomes an NPC they NEEDED anyway so not all the work was worthless. PLUS, theve made it obvious thjey want to do expansion before(or possible INSTEAD of) Diablo4. SO seeing as they plan to introduce new clases EACH(meaning multiple) expansions, its possible they may develop it with the necromancer they hinted at for an expansion
my religion.....
Ya like noone thought that lol it would be funny though, not probably untill an expansion.
ANd i just thought of it, its cain from a past life, thats y SHoosh shows him now, and think about it....
"Stay awhile and listen!.... And if you dont ill say SHOOSH and youll blow up! HA!...Wait...then a board falls on my head....hmm.... ahhh stay ahile and listen!"
actually, its deckard cain in a new skin. lol.
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It seems like this year, all the April fools jokes were poorly thought out and rather stupid. They seemed like immature things four or five year olds would think up, and not actual legitamate attempts at foolery. Most of Blizzard's past stuff rang true on April Fools, but was just too iffy to be real.
The BlackThorne online thing is just ridiculous, the Terra-tron just makes me angry like "Yeah, now I know why Starcraft 2 isnt out yet. They waste their time making stupid ass jokes with the in-game engine rather than finishing it" and the Archivist -seemed- real, until you read the backstory and even watch the videos. They also stole the "Shush" animation from the "Wail of the Banshee" spell from Baldur's gate, I forgot if it was 1 or 2 though. I did actually smirk at the fact they portrayed him as some book studier with absolutely no health though who was able to do some crazy things and then just die in half a hit and look pathetic... Obviously a joke, it was still kind of funny.
Overall, I may be negative, but I just thought the april fool's jokes were incredibly bland, unfunny, unimaginative, and stupid. Also, if you noticed, I didn't touch the WoW dance pad one. That's because that was so abhorrently fake and stupid I couldnt even really read about it or look at the screenshots. It wasn't funny -at all-, especially the "So you think you can /dance?"... That made me cringe.
P.S. he's also not on the character main page where they are standing around
The Necromancer says "All who oppose me...beware"
The Witch Doctor says "BOO NUH MA GA!"
The Cow says "Mooooo"
Deckard Cain Says.....Toy explodes....
only heard that 5 billion times in D2
theyve always done some lame jokes such as taurens in starcraft. just hvae some fun on an awesome day
"Man that was great!"
"That was terrible!"
"Was not!"
"Get back to work on Diablo 3!"
Come now, can't we all get along? These jokes were all just as corny as the previous years of jokes - come to think of it - we didn't even HAVE Diablo 3 in previous to even have a joke for! It was just silly WoW pranks such as the Wisp class.
Don't be upset with Blizzard because they like to have some fun. You'll get your Diablo 3 regardless.
if this is a real d3 character im really disappointed...
Basically, The Archivist in Dungeons and Dragons could learn any spells he wanted, be it Divine, Nature, or Arcane, and he could cast them whenever. The Archivist was as frail as a wizard, but he was a lot more intelligent and crazed. He could do more than a Wizard could with spells, also.
Hahahaha... I got my hopes so high up when I saw this!!!
Like I was all pumped up ready to check him out!
And then...
J-O-K-E...
i was enraged... why waste time on making a joke instead of making the game?
ANYWYASSS----
In a way im happy because honestly, it wouldve been 1 melee to 3 casters? that wouldve been stupid.
They better release the amazon type character and paladin character asap! Im craving them!!!
So yeah I have mixed emotions about this... Joke...!
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To avoid any confusion, I'd think if Blizzard was actually going to release info, it would be April 2nd, if they HAD to do it at the start of April.