The first clue came from a twitter response.
Quote from@[URL="http://twitter.com/Diablo"]Diablo[/URL'] the final act wrapping up the story and the ending cinematic. I've been dying to know what happened to Mount Arreat after the end.
Blizzards response to this question was
Official Blizzard Quote:
Diablo: @cknowles32 There aren't any specifics but I think it being called "Arreat Crater" now probably answers some questions. [URL]http://bit.ly/ZA8bu[/URL]
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Our second clue came from the Artwork section of the official [URL="http://diablofans.com/forums/www.diablo3.com"]Diablo3 [/URL]website which had this picture clearly labeled Crater Assault troops which was dated back in July of 2004 by [URL="http://diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23702"]Viktor Lee[/URL]
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Our third and final clue came from a [URL="http://diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24039"]recent facebook post[/URL]
Official Blizzard Quote:
While our cinematics department is taking from the game and story to create amazing cinematics, we?re also able to take some of their ideas and assets and incorporate them into the game. Work is progressing on a few of those assets and moving them from the high-end rendered quality models and textures to something that can be used in-game.
Which included this picture of the Arreat Crater:
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By looking at all three of these clues it is safe to say that we will be visiting Dreadlands and the Arreat Crater at some point in Diablo 3.
Based upon the [URL="http://diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23921"]recent progression of the Acts[/URL] it is quite feasible that Diablo 3 will be concluding in Dreadlands and possibly be the "gateway" we use to get to Hell and confront
Diablo himself one more time.
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Because that's exactly what all of us MUST be doing, right? Maybe your shitty band is unsuccessful because your music sucks and not because people are stealing your music.
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It's kind of like with ladder games. You didn't have to play ladder, and not playing ladder didn't really make a huge difference but there were some items you'd never get on a nonladder game. But people who didn't play ladder could deal with that just fine because the items weren't THAT much better on ladder.
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Good for YOU!
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Well you know what? I'm totally not gonna answer your question. I'm gonna let you sit there and wonder why I have nearly 15 thousand posts on a diablo fan website. But wouldn't it really be more accurate to call it a webzone? Where are you getting this phrase website? That doesn't make sense. It's a webzone. LOL You've got mail!
And I'm not spreading hate for this game. I'm merely being honest. I'm just saying that so far I've found it to be mostly boring. Is my mind ultimately decided on it? Of course not. But what I've seen and what I've played of it so far has merely been underwhelming. Is that okay with you? Can I express such feelings without being labelled a hater? Is that possible as far as you're concerned? I promise you don't have to answer any of these questions.