Quote from lorien1973I tend to agree that D3 is a victim of giving out pre-alpha footage.
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Jan 22, 20131
Boss_Hogg posted a message on Remember Diablo 3 in 2010?Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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Jan 22, 20131
ruksak posted a message on jay wilson quit diablo 3Posted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote from Zero(pS)
What the heck is this? A smart comment with some actual logic, maturity and no conspiracy theories? Blasphemy!!!Quote from IgnatiusReilly
Now that I've had some time to think it over, I imagine internally this change just made a lot of sense. Jay was being vilified and obviously didn't enjoy it. Rob was happy with his work but didn't like seeing his director act as a punching bag. They had a project that more fit his specialty (RTS) so they moved him over, and are looking to put someone in who is more attuned to addressing things like itemization and the like.
Which isn't to say Jay failed. The skills are amazing and the combat is the best yet, so if only for that reason, I think Jay has contributed more than enough to the project, but I don't think the RPG side of things is quite in his repertoire, so hopefully they can find someone who can come up with all kinds of nifty garbage for us to collect in the same vein as runes/charms/etc. while also expanding on itemization.
Of course, mistakes have been made and they both probably deep down realize that, but to say the game is a failure is nothing more than hyperbole. This new director is more a closer than anything. Jay pitched a good game, but it's the bottom of the ninth and he's just given up a few too many runs.
Or maybe it's just getting hard to pitch with everyone throwing beer cups at him.
If 90%+ of the haters spent their time with proper feedback (both when the game launched and now) instead of random bashing the game and dumbly agreeing with every complaint they read on the forums (or on a famous guy's stream), we'd probably have a much better game by now.
I agree with this 1000%
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Jan 21, 20132
KingKongor posted a message on best place to farm demonic essencesPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
vault of the assassins seems to be the real deal !
All you need to do it start quest #8 in act 2 on inferno and pick your monster power (the higher the MP the higher the dropchance, mp10 = 81%)
once you cleared the vault you simpely leave and rejoin to clear again (portal to vault will be in town) -
Jan 21, 20135
ProzaicMuze posted a message on [GUIDE] Spirit Barrage Gameplay + Build VideosPosted in: Witch Doctor: The Mbwiru Eikura
I'm back with another guide! If you missed my last guide for a Hand of Ytar Monk, you can find it here:
This build pairs Spirit Barrage with the spirit theme of Rush of Essence to allow for spamming your abilities. Horrify with Frightening Aspect, Soul Harvest and Gruesome Feast provide significant boosts do your damage and defensive stats allowing you to get by with mediocre gear. You can use the version shown here for fast AoE clearing of the lower MP levels through Grave Injustice or swap in more traditional abilities like Zombie Bears and Acid Cloud for the higher MP levels.
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Jan 21, 20131
Bagstone posted a message on jay wilson quit diablo 3Posted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote from IgnatiusReilly
Of course, mistakes have been made and they both probably deep down realize that, but to say the game is a failure is nothing more than hyperbole. This new director is more a closer than anything. Jay pitched a good game, but it's the bottom of the ninth and he's just given up a few too many runs.
Couldn't have said it any better. -
Jan 21, 20134
IgnatiusReilly posted a message on jay wilson quit diablo 3Now that I've had some time to think it over, I imagine internally this change just made a lot of sense. Jay was being vilified and obviously didn't enjoy it. Rob was happy with his work but didn't like seeing his director act as a punching bag. They had a project that more fit his specialty (RTS) so they moved him over, and are looking to put someone in who is more attuned to addressing things like itemization and the like.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Which isn't to say Jay failed. The skills are amazing and the combat is the best yet, so if only for that reason, I think Jay has contributed more than enough to the project, but I don't think the RPG side of things is quite in his repertoire, so hopefully they can find someone who can come up with all kinds of nifty garbage for us to collect in the same vein as runes/charms/etc. while also expanding on itemization.
Of course, mistakes have been made and they both probably deep down realize that, but to say the game is a failure is nothing more than hyperbole. This new director is more a closer than anything. Jay pitched a good game, but it's the bottom of the ninth and he's just given up a few too many runs.
Or maybe it's just getting hard to pitch with everyone throwing beer cups at him. -
Jan 21, 2013
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Bagstone posted a message on marquise account bound you say...Posted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote from Bogok
I just wondered. I know the marquise gem is account bound, but what if you put it in a weapon with a socket, and then drop the weapon?? Can another player pick it up and unsocket it for the gem?
No, the weapon becomes BoA. You have to unsocket the gem (5 million) in order to be able to drop/sell the weapon.
There are some bugs on PTR that even after removing the gem the item still remained BoA, but it's a known bug and will be fixed (blue post responded already) - that's what PTR is for. -
Jan 19, 20131
overneathe posted a message on jay wilson quit diablo 3Posted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote from Kblavkalash
If you guys noticed, Jay Wilson's twitter says "
Game Director @ Blizzard on an unannounced game.".
So i have a feeling that he wasn't fired from D3, maybe it was his choice to move to other position, prolly he got enough of D3? I doubt someone would fire a guy from game director's position because of bad work just to put him into another game director's position at another game.
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Jan 19, 2013
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Bagstone posted a message on jay wilson quit diablo 3What? No one ever said he was fired. He decided to move on, and it's also kind of obvious - maintaining/improving a game is a different task then designing/developing a new one. Even though all the haters here say he's unable to do so, JW and the Blizzard folks think he's more useful when it comes to getting the basic foundations of Titan (the unannounced game) right.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
Jan 19, 2013
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Bagstone posted a message on Dear Rob Pardo....Posted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote from Nodnarb
What exactly caused you to take this game in a direction that was SO vastly different then what the Diablo community asked for and expected?
First of all: these are not the official forums, and while it seems that from time to time some Blizzard employee reads DiabloFans, I'm quite sure (due to their limited time available) game directors or other important persons won't read here.
Blizzard listens to the community, they do so very well, and even though the game director doesn't take the time to write a personal email back to you every 5 minutes, rest assured that they will not simply dismiss user feedback, in particular from closed beta tests. Therefore, the way you express your thoughts turns a nice idea of a thread (utter constructive criticism) into a rant post with an extremely bitter tone.
Furthermore, how can you say that Blizzard dismisses all user feedback and runs into the opposite direction? That is, to say the least, ignorant and just plain stupid. If you have followed the forums (both DFans and the official one) in recent months, you must have realized that many changes being made, especially in 1.07, are almost a 1:1 carbon copy of the suggestions made by players.
The one change you WON'T see, and the one suggestions Blizzard doesn't want to give in, is turning this into Diablo 2.1. Blizzard has always been a company who tries to invent something new. It takes them time, they're slow, but they will try to come up with new solutions for problems rather than recycling of existing concepts. If you don't like that, I'm deeply sorry. As much as I'm a fan of sequels, I like new designs and revolutionary ideas, and I'm willing to come up with the patience necessary for that. If you don't have that patience, at least try with constructive criticism. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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I'm glad Blizzard didn't risk removing it altogether by making monster level scale with character level - it usually breaks the game difficulty curve and allows for some very bizarre increases in difficulty.
The increase in difficulty will only happen in very specific moments as stated by Blizzard. Some of them we know, the difficulty changes, and others we don't (probably at the beginning of every new Act or right at the end, when reaching a boss).
The beta is not easy if you don't get gear from other characters/AH/crafting/saved-gold, or even if you still don't know which stats are important early on (which a lot of new players don't, considering they will be learning about what's good and what's not). I have shown the beta to 2 friends of mine, and they died 4-5 times in the first few areas because they "never played this type of game" (I quote them).
And even if you're a decent player, with average gear/drops, you can still get your ass kicked by some mob combinations (champion Unburieds, Archers, Scavengers, Harvesters come to mind) if you are not careful.
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I don't know about everyone else, but after hearing them I felt pretty good with the musics, a homage to the classic D2 music, while introducing new tones
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Couldn't resist
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I don't think we will miss them.
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That would basically be me, if that happened.
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Com'on guys, you can do it
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