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Quote from CygnusVismund

Posted a quick little video on my channel for anyone who wants to see what the new animated background looks like.

You know, in case you don't want to download anything.

Enjoy

http://www.twitch.tv/mars_cygnus/b/294523926

Quote from EvilBeanz

hey guys i just exited out of the beta client and then reloged (cause the diablo head when then game is loading is sweet i had to dl a new patch and then the background was like i think old trist in the dark when before it was in the desert....then they have a thing on the side that says down untill 8 PDT tonight sooo its just kool and wanted plp to kno

(ps im not in beta yet but i keep looking :))

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Quote from KingCobb

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/

that webite has been up for almost a week?> if not more?

Except the Beta forums went up just today. I'm pretty sure we didn't even have links to them before.

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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/

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Quote from Groanan

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They removed everything that separated new players from veterans, took out all requirements of forethought, and removed any need for hospitable social relations with fellow players (no hostile feature, no more bartering, no more giving away free loot - even the AH is anonymous so who cares who is selling/buying).

Having to move items while risking them, having to carefully select what stats/skills to choose, having to find someone and haggle to do a trade, having to be careful when new players join a game, having to quickly click items when a boss dies - all of these things required training, planning, skill, experience, and when successful, meant more than if they were a given.

I think they gave us too much of what we wanted and turned the game into Diablo II for dummies.

Couldn't disagree more. All the stuff you named were all the reasons I eventually stopped enjoying diablo II. First of all generally speaking being hospitable and polite is good practice no matter where you are, whether it is simple to be nice, or because you are trying to get free stuff is irrelevant. Also, it IS still possible to give away or receive free items from people you've befriended in game. If someone joins the game and hostiles me, I quit and join another one, that requires absolutely no skill whatsoever, and is just lame.

Removed the need for forethought? You have to pick the 6 skills you want that fit your play style and grow in power with you, allowing you to constantly modify and adjust your character to both the situation and your preferred play style. I'd say that's a hell of a lot more forethought than googling 'hammerdin' or 'mf sorc'.

After the game had been out for a few years, whenever I'd reinstall to play, I would start a new character, play for 3 days while being botted through Baal runs right to level 85, get free loot since its everywhere and anyone with half a brain can get it since people quit so often all you need to do is join a 'Free items here' game and get a few Shakos (or whatever) and you're set, and then quit the game for another year or two. Not fun.

Move items while risking them ? How is that an enjoyable feature? It's a poorly implemented system that was just annoying and bad. You basically had to wait for a friend to log on so you could make a transfer game and spend 10 minutes logging in and out of alts to get everything done. If you disconnect, or your buddy does, bye bye all your gear. Great feature.

Carefully selecting skills ? Really ? By carefully you mean going to google and typing 'Hammerdin' and then saving all your points until level 24 while being rushed through everything. And if you accidentally put a point in the wrong spot because a misclick, delete the character and make it again. I'm pretty sure that every character I've made in the last 3 or 4 years hasn't actually killed ANYTHING until about level 35 when I'd start attacking stuff during botted baal runs. Like you could actually easily hit 85 without ever once attacking something, that clearly requires absolutely no skill whatsoever.

Quickly clicking items when a boss dies.. so whoever is melee with the best ping gets all the loot. Yep that requires skill and precision. I'd usually get my ranged classes to stop DPSing for the last 10% of the fight while I spam clicked to get gear. Awesome and totally enjoyable feature.

Back on topic..

I'm sure there will be tons of references to both games, from small NPC comments that make me smile to full Lorebook descriptions that will vividly remind me of playing D1 on my first computer in the basement when I was still under like 4 feet tall.

Totally off-topic ..

Hunter ! I watch your SC2 vids all the time, fellow Canadian. =D

Quote from Doomscream

Yup, class specific bonues are neat. Espesially now when it looks like we won't have +skill mods.

Quote from LZsteelers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxmP1vZww8w&feature=feedu

Go to 3:55



Personally I dont like it. I was fine with the item buying but A WHOLE CHARACTER! Come on blizz...."Mommy can I have $500 to buy a level 60 character with 1337 gear?" "Sure Johnny!"



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Quote from Nooney53

From what I have read, there is no "set" light radius anymore...I bet you won't even notice a difference.

Quote from Herborist

Please try to tell the forums what kind of system you're using. I'm particularly interested in low-end computers and how they handle the game. I'm talking 3 ~ 5 years old, not 6 months.

Thanks!

Quote from ScyberDragon

me too.

Eventually, I will be trying every class with different build structures but a summoning will be the first i try. then a discipline heavy