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BARBAR!

I was thinking I might make a barbar meat shield first before this. Now I definitely want to. I particularly like his metal loin cloth shield. I wonder if it has a block rate.

The WD is a little more colorful than I expected it to be, but I think it's good to have some variety, something for everyone.

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We don't have to speculate on it? And then you do it xD

Ha, right, I meant to say, "We don't have to speculate on ALL of it, since we know that it will exist on the weapons..."

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I think most Unique gear will look much like the normal item of the same type, but I bet there will be some variation depending on how valuable it is. Cheap gear is probably not going to have more advanced stuff than texture/color changes, or some kind of effect (glow for example). Epic gear is more likely to have actual model changes. A lot of their looks is probably also going to come from their attributes. A fire glove can for example be red (logical), and maybe flaming? (walking around in full flaming gear... sweet... *drool*)

Well we don't have to speculate on all of this. The barbs weapon appearance reflects the type of damage it does. the axe that causes lightning damage has electricity running through it, and the cold wep has frost on it. Hopefully they will do the same thing with the armors too. The thorns suffix (attacker takes damage) could also look really cool if this is the case.

So, it short, it's speculated to be released somewhere around a year from today. I guess that' not too bad.
Thanks for compiling all the blue info.

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wow

I liked the increase in the rune drop rates. Maybe it's possible now to make RW in SP.

Yeah that would be great. How much of a difference is this increase actually going to be? Since the original Zod drops were near impossible, this change might still make them really really rare...

Nicely Done! I like it. Great to have all of this in one place now. Keep up the good work.

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Both of your options do what Blizzard is trying to avoid. Having to run back takes away fun game time. They are changing the systems to keep the pace of the game always exciting. Therefore, they have to change the penalty to something that doesn't tale away from the action.

It's not really my option. This is how Blizzard is planning on handling it, sending you back to the last checkpoint, away from the action and your team when you die. Right? Unless I'm missing something here.

If you want a penalty for dying, just play hardcore.

Anyways, there are a number of ways they could incorporate penalties into this system:
1. You lose time. They may have these checkpoints spaced very far apart and running between them (with out without respawns) will be something you will try to avoid. Also, if you die right at a checkpoint after respawning, it could push you back even further.
2. If you are running with a team, you are now separated from the team or they have to rez you. Either they wait for you or you have to try to run back to them and catch up. So your team will be annoyed with you because they now have to wait, or you miss out on some of the action. Either way, it's a penalty.

I don't like the idea of losing XP or gear or other things you've earned. It's not fun and I don't like things that aren't fun. If they need to take away something else, make a ranking system or something that's not directly related to gameplay. Then every one will know you suck before you start

The term instability is confusing. The wizard is gathering and storing instability for later use? I think calling it entropy would make more sense. Unless they are referring to mental instability...then that works.

I'm sure there will be an explanation for this somewhere

edit: Oh, I see, you are thinking the meter is going up with skill use, not down...ok, I'll buy it.

...crap... I'll keep looking and post a fix when/if I find one

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When I try to log on to the PTR, the game crashes and I get this message:



Anyone else experiencing this?

YES! What is it and how do I get rid of it? I reinstalled the game but it still happens. Please help..:(
I am using the downloaded version of D2 and D2LoD, maybe that has something to do with it???

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they just changed the color of runes and the organs required to make uber trist.. at least that's what i thought



btw i take it all back about their decisions to change or not things:

my faith is restored :rolleyes:

I'm guessing the name updates are lore related and that those characters will be in D3 somewhere. Or they are just messing with us...

At Last it's finally here!!! It's not much but it's SOMETHING new to do.

Nice, increased HR drop rates...but by how much?

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The only thing that intrigues me is the orange items... ? what are they?

I think rarer items in the game are now orange, like HR's etc, so they are easier to spot in the piles of garbage

I'm leaving work now...

Ok, so they took away all the features I was looking forward to...fine. I'll still play it whatever is has in it.

What upsets me the most about this is the apparent lack of respect for their hardcore fan bases. They only have one legacy team to work on ALL the old games? Why not just put a team together just for this and make them work on it until its done? They are a large company and surely could afford to hire a small group of people to get this done in a timely (3 years?) manner. Quit being cheap and just get the job done!

Torchlight is a pretty decent game, but really only an appetizer for D3. The gameplay is good, music is great (thanks to Matt Uelman). But it's really missing:
the dark side, the replay value (no random dungeons or quests, only 3 charaters, no multiplayer).

If D3 came out tomorrow, no one would play torchlight. Still it makes a decent replacement for the stale and glitchy D2, at least for now. That may change if the patch is ever released.