Intel 2140 + Arctic Freezing Pro 7 overclocked to 3.2GHz $70
Gigabyte DS3L $90
8800GT 512 $100
2GB G.SKILL $35
If you want to spend more on anything, CPU is most important. Get the E7200 or something.
Intel has been leading AMD for a while, perhaps due to some shady strategies, but AMD is back now with some great CPUs and the new ATI 4850 and 4870 cards that outperform nvidia's comparable models.
Without exaggeration it will be as long as we can stay awake for however long it's worth it, eating healthy, and sleeping about 5-7 hours a night, leaving 2 hours for the gym.
If the game isn't very engaging after a few hours, like hellgate, i'll just quit. But for D3 I expect it to be 24/7 fun for 2 or 3 days and then maybe 4-6 hours a day after the excitement of release fades.
Hopefully it releases on winter, spring, or summer break.
Yea yea, if you have too high of expectations, you can't help but me let down but it's not possible to not be excited for D3. It's D3 for god sake! I would be even more excited if it was an MMO but hey.
Aion is actually the game I'm most excited for. This one might be a let down but Blizzard seems to be sticking to what worked in D2 and keeping it simple. So while NCSoft might fail, I really don't think Blizzard will fail with D3. Hell, I think WoW is a failure but it's doing great.
On the main stage live stream, the audience is asking questions right now. This is where I started watching. It's not exact, I can't type quite as fast as they were talking so I paraphrased a lot but hey it's better than nothing.
Q: Uh, one thing i really loved in d2 was the hardcore mode, do you plan to include this in D3?
A: We haven't decided, I don't see why we wouldn't. It's not something we have to decide until the end but lots of ppl loved HC so we probably will.
Q: In D2, one of the problems was when u kill a boss, the player with fastest connection would take it all.
A: We spent a lot of time thinking about what we wanted to do. In D3, the drop will fall numerous times for each individual player.
Q: Will we be able to reset the skill tree?
A: Well, let's see, we're not really talking about skill systems or trees yet, but I will say it's a bad idea to not give some sort of capacity to respec your character but we haven't made any decisions at this time.
Q: Would you say that the Witch Doctor was a replacement or a spiritual successor to the Necro?
A: We don't really view the WD as a replacement. The Necro is a very cool character. If we ever decided to recreate the Necro, the WD wouldn't prohibit us from doing that.
Q: How does the gear system differ from D2?
A: We have a whole bunch of new features for items we want to do. But the core system for items is not drastically changed. Prob one of the best things about D2 is how they handled items, drops, etc, the structure was so good. We want to make it a more friendly and cooperative game but those things are not all finalized.
Q: In D2, you had overpowered ppl in D2, with cheats and duping, etc.
A: Being able to prevent cheating is one of our top priorities. We know it really hurts the community.
Q: I would like to know if you were going to keep all the secret stuff in D2. Things you have to discover by yourself when you play.
A: The super secret stuff? That's a secret.
Q: Will single and coop play be balanced. In WoW, some things can't be done alone and you need large groups.
A: I think you're talking about the rewards. Obviously the gameplay will be different in a group but... there is no item currently planned that drops for groups only. Everything you could get as a group, you can get by yourself.
Q: Since 2001 with LoD, we haven't had much news, what's been going on?
A: We've been working. Uh yeah, the development of a Blizzard product is a long affair. And what we've been working on is trying to make sure the game is worthy of being a Blizzard product and will be worthy of the fans and this is how long it's taken us to feel ready.
Q: Will male and female have different attributes or just different skins?
A: Same stats, just a visual difference. An aesthetic choice.
Q: System requirements? Dx 10 or Dx 9? Comparable to WoW?
A: We haven't settled on specs but it's always our goal to try and make our games run on as broad of a spectrum as possible. I couldn't tell you if it would run perfectly on a WoW system, but we at Blizzard don't make super high graphical games, that's just not our thing. We don't require Dx 10 at this time and I don't think we will.
Q: Do you plan on creating some map editor for D3?
A: We have not nailed any type of specifics about map editors or modders. Our games are usually not very mod-friendly because of the complex, random mechanisms. So it's not something we focus on and nothing of the sort is planned at this time.
Q: In D2, there were rune words, will you be keeping and maybe expanding this system?
A: Hmmm... no comment at this time.
"That concludes our questions to this panel, thanks to Jay and Eric... next here on main stage, live raid with.. Nehelim(i think)."
I can't believe no one asked about how many players in a game simultaneously. Or maybe it was asked earlier.
Currently the stream is showing the WWI logi with Diablo in the middle. If there was no Diablo game, they wouldn't do that right? With all the excitement over SC2 and WotLK, why would you make the character from a decade old game the one that attracts most attention. ^^ ugh, confirmation bias at it's worst.
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PVP there should be lots of it.
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Gigabyte DS3L $90
8800GT 512 $100
2GB G.SKILL $35
If you want to spend more on anything, CPU is most important. Get the E7200 or something.
Intel has been leading AMD for a while, perhaps due to some shady strategies, but AMD is back now with some great CPUs and the new ATI 4850 and 4870 cards that outperform nvidia's comparable models.
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If the game isn't very engaging after a few hours, like hellgate, i'll just quit. But for D3 I expect it to be 24/7 fun for 2 or 3 days and then maybe 4-6 hours a day after the excitement of release fades.
Hopefully it releases on winter, spring, or summer break.
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Thing is, you'll most likely (statistically speaking) never get the chance to be let down by Alba but D3 on the other hand...
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Aion is actually the game I'm most excited for. This one might be a let down but Blizzard seems to be sticking to what worked in D2 and keeping it simple. So while NCSoft might fail, I really don't think Blizzard will fail with D3. Hell, I think WoW is a failure but it's doing great.
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Q: Uh, one thing i really loved in d2 was the hardcore mode, do you plan to include this in D3?
A: We haven't decided, I don't see why we wouldn't. It's not something we have to decide until the end but lots of ppl loved HC so we probably will.
Q: In D2, one of the problems was when u kill a boss, the player with fastest connection would take it all.
A: We spent a lot of time thinking about what we wanted to do. In D3, the drop will fall numerous times for each individual player.
Q: Will we be able to reset the skill tree?
A: Well, let's see, we're not really talking about skill systems or trees yet, but I will say it's a bad idea to not give some sort of capacity to respec your character but we haven't made any decisions at this time.
Q: Would you say that the Witch Doctor was a replacement or a spiritual successor to the Necro?
A: We don't really view the WD as a replacement. The Necro is a very cool character. If we ever decided to recreate the Necro, the WD wouldn't prohibit us from doing that.
Q: How does the gear system differ from D2?
A: We have a whole bunch of new features for items we want to do. But the core system for items is not drastically changed. Prob one of the best things about D2 is how they handled items, drops, etc, the structure was so good. We want to make it a more friendly and cooperative game but those things are not all finalized.
Q: In D2, you had overpowered ppl in D2, with cheats and duping, etc.
A: Being able to prevent cheating is one of our top priorities. We know it really hurts the community.
Q: I would like to know if you were going to keep all the secret stuff in D2. Things you have to discover by yourself when you play.
A: The super secret stuff? That's a secret.
Q: Will single and coop play be balanced. In WoW, some things can't be done alone and you need large groups.
A: I think you're talking about the rewards. Obviously the gameplay will be different in a group but... there is no item currently planned that drops for groups only. Everything you could get as a group, you can get by yourself.
Q: Since 2001 with LoD, we haven't had much news, what's been going on?
A: We've been working. Uh yeah, the development of a Blizzard product is a long affair. And what we've been working on is trying to make sure the game is worthy of being a Blizzard product and will be worthy of the fans and this is how long it's taken us to feel ready.
Q: Will male and female have different attributes or just different skins?
A: Same stats, just a visual difference. An aesthetic choice.
Q: System requirements? Dx 10 or Dx 9? Comparable to WoW?
A: We haven't settled on specs but it's always our goal to try and make our games run on as broad of a spectrum as possible. I couldn't tell you if it would run perfectly on a WoW system, but we at Blizzard don't make super high graphical games, that's just not our thing. We don't require Dx 10 at this time and I don't think we will.
Q: Do you plan on creating some map editor for D3?
A: We have not nailed any type of specifics about map editors or modders. Our games are usually not very mod-friendly because of the complex, random mechanisms. So it's not something we focus on and nothing of the sort is planned at this time.
Q: In D2, there were rune words, will you be keeping and maybe expanding this system?
A: Hmmm... no comment at this time.
"That concludes our questions to this panel, thanks to Jay and Eric... next here on main stage, live raid with.. Nehelim(i think)."
I can't believe no one asked about how many players in a game simultaneously. Or maybe it was asked earlier.
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I don't think they removed potions. I just think the red things are just additional things and you can still use potions if you like.