What We've Learned From BlizzCon
BlizzCon is over and with it the stream of potential new information has stopped, at least for a while. A lot of what we heard from the convention has been either announced publically or datamined, but there have been a few things that we thought might need to be highlighted.
Legendary items will be soulbound. Not sure if account bound. You'll only be able to trade them to friends in your party and within 2 hours of them dropping
There is a fourth passive slot (unlocked at 70)
Ladders are still experimented with (not from BlizzCon, but confirmed right after)
Item rolls have been split into Primary and Secondary stats. This is visible on the tooltips as well
Some changes have been made to existing monster affixes. For example Jailer now gives about a second of warning before its red ring binds you to the spot
Clans have been confirmed, with their own roster screen and chat. In addition, if a Legendary item drops for you it'll be announced to everyone online in your Clan
There is no stash increase
No mention of PvP (developers want to fix the core of the game first)
No mention of a potential release date for either the pre-expansion patch nor the expansion itself
Ladders are Still Experimented With
Even though they weren't mentioned at BlizzCon ladders/seasons are still being talked about by the Blues. Josh hinted at them on his personal Twitter account, but Lylirra flat out said they're still experimented with.
For clarity (before anyone gets too crazy), we don't have any additional details or information right now about ladders in Diablo III. At this point, it's still something we're looking into and experimenting with -- i.e. in terms of how a ladder system might integrate into the game and mesh with features like Paragon, for example -- but not something that's confirmed 100%. We'd love to hear your thoughts/feedback/desires in the meantime. (Source)
Reaper of Souls BlizzCon Fan Reviews
Some players had the chance to try out the early version of Reaper of Souls present at BlizzCon. A lot of them have posted their thoughts on the key features of the expansion. Check out their reviews below.
So I mentioned earlier that bounty rewards weren't that impressive. One of the rewards was a rift shard which theoretically would let you open a nephalem rift except the demo had one permanently open every time you started the game. Nephalem rifts were easily my favorite part of the demo. It's exactly as they described. Any environment (including act 5). Any monster (including act 5!). Crazy density. WILDLY OVERPOWERED SHRINES. Up to 10 levels though the deepest I got was 6. Every level 100% random and unrelated to the level above it. Crazy monster combinations that you could never experience in game. Wildly fun.
Basically you head into these rifts and a gauge starts filling up for every monster you kill. Once you've killed "enough" which was quite a bit, another super boss would spawn. You'd kill him and take his loot and that's when I stopped but I guess I could have kept going all the way down to 10 if I wanted to. It really gives you an appreciation for the environments in this game when you are able to experience them in their crazy variety back to back like that.
The Crusader class feels soooo good. He's the perfect blend between close-combat melee and ranged. This is how I played with the skills that were available on the show floor. I'd run up to a group of monsters and start generating Wrath with the Punish skill, then smashed them with Fist of Heavens, which does a huge amount of damage. Then I'd use the Steed to charge to the next group and cast a Fist of Heavens on the upcoming group. If there was an elite pack, I'd first cast the Falling Sword, doing huge amounts of damage. Then I'd set up a healing area with Consecration, activate Laws of Valor, and start attacking. If there was any issue, I'd use the Steed to escape.
Wrath seems to work exactly like Spirit, only generating when you attack and spent via skills. However, there were a couple more ways to generate skills, such as some sort of blocking skill that I can't recall too much.
A passive I really enjoyed was the one that allowed holding a shield and a two-handed item. I managed to get a Legendary two-handed item and used that passive. The speed decrease wasn't super noticeable because of the charging Steed. Already there there seems to be a couple of ways to play the Crusader. You can be a tank and take the damage for your team. You can deal tons of damage up close. You can run around the sidelines and deal ranged damage from there.
Bounties are another system that I am also extremely excited for. You are able to travel around to any act and any waypoint across all five acts. There were five quests marked on waypoints within the act. The target for each bounty is one of three things: Complete an event, kill a certain number enemies to spawn a boss, or simply kill a boss, such as King Leroic. After finishing the five bounties you receive gold and experience with a chance at a random legendary. There were some previewed in the build that I got to play and they all had some very interesting affixes. With one of the rings, the legendary affix was (paraphrasing) You require one less item to activate a set bonus, with a minimum of two. So what that means is if you are wearing two items in a set, with this ring, you get the 3-piece bonus as well.
- Spectral blades rune increases all fire damage duration - interesting because certain fire damage skills have 3-5 second durations. Fire spells are def an interesting build choice.
- Items have primary and secondary stats. Items show range of stats possible.
For example - a source has 7-13 damage but next to that damage range there is a parenthetical reference showing you what you COULD have rolled. (Ie: 5-20)
- Dropped blue boots that had 9% meteor damage bonus...
- Global waypoints - port anywhere and everywhere. Simple enough.
- Arcane orb Spark rune uncontrollable but - buffs next lighting damage - you can not control anything other than the direction of the orb. Its range is fixed but all enemies that get hit by the orb buff your next lightning spell by 1% per enemy hit (no cap mentioned)
- Slow time casts at location - imagine this- cast slow time at location. Lob an above mentioned arcane orb at slow time point, drop a couple of meteors..run in to the fray with DS popped, pick up all those globes...cast nova, chain drop meteors for freeeee. GG.
Ladders were never confirmed, only datamined. It's entirely possible they'll just decide it wasn't a good idea and scrap it.
Well, "performance" related Ladder wouldn't be too bad. Clan ranking and other stuff (PvP ranking if ever it comes out before we die). We could have (wish!) some sort of trials in which you need to survive the longest. Teams that complete each other will be able to survive the longest.
Re-leveling and Fresh start are fun too, but I feel that we should get stuff to do with our gear (having more reasons to farm better ones) than re-gearing ourselves every season.
Personally I think Ladders would be more fun as a limited time thing. Like once a month they have a week-long Ladder season, and if you participate you get a bunch of exp/loot at the end of the season for your main characters. But I don't want to completely sacrifice my long-term progression by playing Ladder characters all the time.
"...Legendary items will be soulbound. Not sure if account bound. You'll only be able to trade them to friends in your party and within 2 hours of them dropping..."
"...Legendary items will be soulbound. Not sure if account bound. You'll only be able to trade them to friends in your party and within 2 hours of them dropping..."
Im very confused why you think the idea about souldbound legendarys is bad, this is the greatest idea i ever heard blizzard announce in ANY diablo game, and im a huuuuuge fan. I could go over 10 very logic reasons why this is good but i will let your simple minds think about this cause i know blizzard staff already figured that out.
Altho i can agree with you about the "2 hours window" with a party, that will mean that it will be SO much better to play as four friends then going alone...Especially for the race at the start. But they already told us they want players to play as a party, but i belive the xp,mf and gold bonus and how it is easier as four different builds/classes already proves that four is the way to go!
Me and my 20 diablo friends this idea!
Best regards Jimmy
I thought this post was real til he claimed he had 20 friends who still play Diablo... You see what I did there?... Haha
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I could go over 10 very logic reasons why this is good but i will let your simple minds think about this cause i know blizzard staff already figured that out.
I am pretty sure you can't list 10 logical reasons.
There's a 12 page thread that contains - amongst all the (understandable) rage about this proposition - probably way more than 10.
"...Legendary items will be soulbound. Not sure if account bound. You'll only be able to trade them to friends in your party and within 2 hours of them dropping..."
HAHA, Sorry son but this is awesome! I was pissed when they took the AH down because i would be forced into trading and dealing with idiots in trade. Thank god we dont have too! Best news i have seen so far. Also.
Im very confused why you think the idea about souldbound legendarys is bad, this is the greatest idea i ever heard blizzard announce in ANY diablo game, and im a huuuuuge fan. I could go over 10 very logic reasons why this is good but i will let your simple minds think about this cause i know blizzard staff already figured that out.
Altho i can agree with you about the "2 hours window" with a party, that will mean that it will be SO much better to play as four friends then going alone...Especially for the race at the start. But they already told us they want players to play as a party, but i belive the xp,mf and gold bonus and how it is easier as four different builds/classes already proves that four is the way to go!
Me and my 20 diablo friends this idea!
Best regards Jimmy
Well I can't see this being any good, and yes I have a reason.
Alright so there's tons of legenadry items in the game, you probably wont find all, nor get the specific legendary with some specific stats you want.
I'm rerolling a Crusader in RoS(going to be my main). One of my friends is going to reroll too, if my other 2 friends start again it's likely they might reroll Crusader also.
So 4 crusaders farming in RoS, atleast 1 or 2 of them will most likely be unluckcy with crusader drops, and its most likely gonna be me cause thats just how it works for me, im unlucky.
So obviously there wouldn't be ANY trading whatsoever between us except for our alts, one might go wiz, one DH so we might trade those specific items.
So, at this point, how am I gonna be able to get the items I want? Doesn't look like I am, unless the item has alot greater drop chance then those legendaries today, and rolls most of the time really good. Which then will not make Diablo 3 good, cause if its like console where every other item rolls 1300 dps, sox, 300str 80% critdmg on 1h.... no thanks. I want a game I can play for 2 years and not get bored, not a game I play for 1 week, I'm BIS geared and nothing left to do.
OR if it's gonna be abit of a challange to get items you might have to play 5000 hours to get the gears you want. That is also not fun.
I don't really wanna settle with just any good ring or weapon, I wanna end up using the ring or weapon or any other gear piece that I WANT.
But hope they don't release RoS with soulbound legendaries, it can't be balanced IMO, either its gonna be too hard or too easy(like console).
Im very confused why you think the idea about souldbound legendarys is bad, this is the greatest idea i ever heard blizzard announce in ANY diablo game, and im a huuuuuge fan. I could go over 10 very logic reasons why this is good but i will let your simple minds think about this cause i know blizzard staff already figured that out.
Altho i can agree with you about the "2 hours window" with a party, that will mean that it will be SO much better to play as four friends then going alone...Especially for the race at the start. But they already told us they want players to play as a party, but i belive the xp,mf and gold bonus and how it is easier as four different builds/classes already proves that four is the way to go!
Me and my 20 diablo friends this idea!
Best regards Jimmy
Well I can't see this being any good, and yes I have a reason.
Alright so there's tons of legenadry items in the game, you probably wont find all, nor get the specific legendary with some specific stats you want.
I'm rerolling a Crusader in RoS(going to be my main). One of my friends is going to reroll too, if my other 2 friends start again it's likely they might reroll Crusader also.
So 4 crusaders farming in RoS, atleast 1 or 2 of them will most likely be unluckcy with crusader drops, and its most likely gonna be me cause thats just how it works for me, im unlucky.
So obviously there wouldn't be ANY trading whatsoever between us except for our alts, one might go wiz, one DH so we might trade those specific items.
So, at this point, how am I gonna be able to get the items I want? Doesn't look like I am, unless the item has alot greater drop chance then those legendaries today, and rolls most of the time really good. Which then will not make Diablo 3 good, cause if its like console where every other item rolls 1300 dps, sox, 300str 80% critdmg on 1h.... no thanks. I want a game I can play for 2 years and not get bored, not a game I play for 1 week, I'm BIS geared and nothing left to do.
OR if it's gonna be abit of a challange to get items you might have to play 5000 hours to get the gears you want. That is also not fun.
I don't really wanna settle with just any good ring or weapon, I wanna end up using the ring or weapon or any other gear piece that I WANT.
But hope they don't release RoS with soulbound legendaries, it can't be balanced IMO, either its gonna be too hard or too easy(like console).
Remember that Loot 2.0 will improve personal loot. It could be very possible that legendaries that are useful to your class drop more often for you, somewhat offsetting the disadvantage of the same classes playing together. Additionally, psychology teaches us that we are prone to perceive negative outcomes stronger and remember them better than positive outcomes (at least for young and middle-aged adults). So you probably aren't as unlucky as you think you are. I agree it will be more difficult to get specific legendaries with the new system. We'll see how it plays out. Blizzard obviously wants party play to be the way to go. They want "play to win" instead of "trade to win", which is good. I hope legendaries will be account bound and not character bound.
HAHA, Sorry son but this is awesome! I was pissed when they took the AH down because i would be forced into trading and dealing with idiots in trade. Thank god we dont have too! Best news i have seen so far. Also.
Who would have forced you? Don't you have a free will?
This is such a silly argument. If I want to pull an analogy... No one forces me to go to work everyday; but , even if I hate my job... I still need to go in order to maintain a quality of life on parity with everyone else.
I damn well could lower my quality of life.. I could get welfare, live in section 8 housing, get food stamps (US rewards the lazy)... but I choose to work so I don't have to live in the ghetto, eat fatty processed food, and can afford to play video games.
People are always going to do things they don't like in order to improve their quality of life.
People are always going to do things they don't like in order to improve their quality of life.
Which in turn lowers quality of life. Kinda ironical. But following your example and applying the restrictions given to us in RoS, everybody should be forbidden to work and stay home? Does that make everyone happy?
Depending on how you try to axis this, I'd compare it to eliminating the safety nets and making everyone have to work.
Even if it has strength rolled as main stat, a wizard can use the mystic artisan to enchant the item and change the strength roll with an int one.
Then the wizard needs to have luck with the other 3 random magic properties being good because he can only change one of them. In my eyes the legendary loot is way too flawed.
With the primary/secondary system and smart drops, you have a good chance of not only rolling your primary stat in the first place, but that the other 2-4 primary stats are going to be "good". YMMV on good, but it won't be gold find and pickup radius.
To me it seems like they cant figure out how to do trading properly so they are just going to look the other way and hope people dont see it coming. I mean the whole legendary being soul bound is a bit stupid. Trading has been a core part of D2 and D3. I just dont see how they think it is a good idea... I mean if I am farming and i get a cool wizard item, I wont be able to trade it for a cool barb item because it will b soul bound.... just seems like a terrible idea to me.
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BlizzCon is over and with it the stream of potential new information has stopped, at least for a while. A lot of what we heard from the convention has been either announced publically or datamined, but there have been a few things that we thought might need to be highlighted.
Ladders are Still Experimented With
Even though they weren't mentioned at BlizzCon ladders/seasons are still being talked about by the Blues. Josh hinted at them on his personal Twitter account, but Lylirra flat out said they're still experimented with.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Reaper of Souls BlizzCon Fan Reviews
Some players had the chance to try out the early version of Reaper of Souls present at BlizzCon. A lot of them have posted their thoughts on the key features of the expansion. Check out their reviews below.
Reddit user wolfpaq777. Original link and full review.
Reddit user Thunderclaww. Original link and full review.
Reddit user menagese. Original link and full review.
Fact sheet by Jaetch and Melkor. Original post and full review. Topic on the official forums.
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Well, "performance" related Ladder wouldn't be too bad. Clan ranking and other stuff (PvP ranking if ever it comes out before we die). We could have (wish!) some sort of trials in which you need to survive the longest. Teams that complete each other will be able to survive the longest.
Re-leveling and Fresh start are fun too, but I feel that we should get stuff to do with our gear (having more reasons to farm better ones) than re-gearing ourselves every season.
"...Legendary items will be soulbound. Not sure if account bound. You'll only be able to trade them to friends in your party and within 2 hours of them dropping..."
Its under development. My idea is way better; http://www.diablofans.com/topic/105632-trading-suggestion/page__st__20#entry1247945
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There's a 12 page thread that contains - amongst all the (understandable) rage about this proposition - probably way more than 10.
Just because you don't agree to an argument doesn't mean it doesn't exist...
HAHA, Sorry son but this is awesome! I was pissed when they took the AH down because i would be forced into trading and dealing with idiots in trade. Thank god we dont have too! Best news i have seen so far. Also.
That's yummy.
Well I can't see this being any good, and yes I have a reason.
Alright so there's tons of legenadry items in the game, you probably wont find all, nor get the specific legendary with some specific stats you want.
I'm rerolling a Crusader in RoS(going to be my main). One of my friends is going to reroll too, if my other 2 friends start again it's likely they might reroll Crusader also.
So 4 crusaders farming in RoS, atleast 1 or 2 of them will most likely be unluckcy with crusader drops, and its most likely gonna be me cause thats just how it works for me, im unlucky.
So obviously there wouldn't be ANY trading whatsoever between us except for our alts, one might go wiz, one DH so we might trade those specific items.
So, at this point, how am I gonna be able to get the items I want? Doesn't look like I am, unless the item has alot greater drop chance then those legendaries today, and rolls most of the time really good. Which then will not make Diablo 3 good, cause if its like console where every other item rolls 1300 dps, sox, 300str 80% critdmg on 1h.... no thanks. I want a game I can play for 2 years and not get bored, not a game I play for 1 week, I'm BIS geared and nothing left to do.
OR if it's gonna be abit of a challange to get items you might have to play 5000 hours to get the gears you want. That is also not fun.
I don't really wanna settle with just any good ring or weapon, I wanna end up using the ring or weapon or any other gear piece that I WANT.
But hope they don't release RoS with soulbound legendaries, it can't be balanced IMO, either its gonna be too hard or too easy(like console).
Remember that Loot 2.0 will improve personal loot. It could be very possible that legendaries that are useful to your class drop more often for you, somewhat offsetting the disadvantage of the same classes playing together. Additionally, psychology teaches us that we are prone to perceive negative outcomes stronger and remember them better than positive outcomes (at least for young and middle-aged adults). So you probably aren't as unlucky as you think you are. I agree it will be more difficult to get specific legendaries with the new system. We'll see how it plays out. Blizzard obviously wants party play to be the way to go. They want "play to win" instead of "trade to win", which is good. I hope legendaries will be account bound and not character bound.
Just because you don't agree with me, my "logical" arguments are not invalidated.
This is such a silly argument. If I want to pull an analogy... No one forces me to go to work everyday; but , even if I hate my job... I still need to go in order to maintain a quality of life on parity with everyone else.
I damn well could lower my quality of life.. I could get welfare, live in section 8 housing, get food stamps (US rewards the lazy)... but I choose to work so I don't have to live in the ghetto, eat fatty processed food, and can afford to play video games.
People are always going to do things they don't like in order to improve their quality of life.
Depending on how you try to axis this, I'd compare it to eliminating the safety nets and making everyone have to work.