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I liked this post, a lot. Good stuff - looking forward to the coming times of the game

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After all, Necromancers aren't evil, they are the keepers of "the balance"...Hmm, maybe I should keep it to that for now, before I start an (even longer) string of theories.

I assumed while that guy had become a Necromancer, he wasn't necessarily a Priest of Rathma. Like I always assumed there were many rogue Necros throughout Sanctuary that raised the dead all the time but not by the sanction of the Rathma order. Like Nihlathak was even a rogue Necromancer in my opinion. And not JUST because he exploded corpses.

Ah yes, very true that one. I do hope that they'll properly use Necromancers in some point too.

Quote from Doomscream

This one is a cool one:

Deckard Cain

Available at the start of the Quest: A Shattered Crown (Act I)

Covetous Shen:
Hm, I do like this Deckard Cain fellow. It's rare that I can find someone I have so much in common with.

Player:
You do not seem very similar.

Covetous Shen:
We both had rather interesting experiences with the Zakarum priestesses in our youths.

That's funny. Especially when you notice his (Cain) comment about Anya in D2:

Ah, Anya. Such a fine example of feminine strength... She reminds me of the Zakarum priestesses I knew in my youth. They don't take vows of chastity, you know.

If You base it purely on the fast-paced dialog, then yes - no doubt You're feeling disappointed and wondering. It helps quite a bit when you read her lore journals, while keeping her past with Gillian in mind.

Still, yeah, the dialog leaves quite a bit to wish for, but that's the thing - that part is really only there to give a rough idea of why we're doing the next step, not giving detailed lore information and explanations. THAT is what the lore books and other things are for.

Personally, I was a big fan of the way the whole Leoric thing got fleshed out (no puns intended here, I know he's a skeleton, har har) - especially in regards to the huge development of Lachdanan, who was - basically - just a minor sub-quest boss from D1, and now has one of most extensive log entries in D3. It's obvious that it was done to further develop Leoric and all that, but I still found it a nice way to do it.

But yeah, I also expect that we'll see much more to the Necromancers in a future expansion, given the major role they have in the general Diablo-setting... And, while I love Kormac, I think he (and many of us) missed the true point of why Jondar "fell". After all, Necromancers aren't evil, they are the keepers of "the balance"...Hmm, maybe I should keep it to that for now, before I start an (even longer) string of theories.

Didn't seem to do the trick at all :/

Mine stayed "frozen" for a while at 10%, but I think it's simply because it's a breakpoint after which the launcher shows your progress and what not. It should be OK after a short while.

Update: I gave up, uninstalled the client, and trying to redownload and start over. Hoping it'll work like Scyber said :/

... sadly, it didn't seem to fix anything at all. The same problem persists.

Running on Vista 64-bit myself, and got into this problem too.

After being stuck for ages on the "Updating Game Files", I get the Launcher to Combability Mode (Win XP SP2), and did the same for the "Agent.exe" files in ProgramData (as described earlier). That is, after deleting them before trying it again.

The Launcher is now happily updating my files as it normally does on a Patch. However, I've not yet got into the game... stopped working when I launched the game. Starting over with trying to mark Updaters as well for Combability Mode. Let's see how that goes.

It would certainly be a good expansion addition, at some point.

I dare say that this thread can be closed with no further reasoning attached.

Oh yay

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PvP and clans may go hand in hand, but that is not all the clan system is good for. I happen to have a shitload of friends who'll be playing the game, but many others do not. Being in a clan would be a great way to ensure you always had someone to play with, especially the rumours of the horrible b.net social aspect considered.

Yeah, that's my main reason for wanting to use it.

I'm most certainly looking forward for the Clan system at the very least, and it's most likely a rather simple thing (all other things considered) to get added. Together with the PvP-patch does indeed sound like a valid guess.

Already a topic on this here - let's keep the discussion gathered in one place.

Want to use the anvil? TOO BAD, IT'S ME BLACKSMITH!! ... sorry, too obvious, had to

But yeah, if he at least uses the anvil to reforge Leoric's crown, the least he could do was to turn and do the same for crafting items. It's a minor detail - true - but it's a nice detail as well.

I love this part of the game - but yeah, I'm sure there'll be achievements chained to it as well.

However, I'd gather it purely for the lore and sheer awesomeness of the way it's told, brushes up on lore and everything. It's great.