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Jay stated in one of the interviews that you could never have more than 4 dogs at once (Too lazy to look it up). Summoning new ones from passives/abilities would destroy the oldest/weakest one(s).

Edit - Actually it was Jason in the Bestbuy AMA:

For the Witch Doctor, with Zombie Handler and Circle of Life passives, are you able to go well beyond having 4 summoned dogs on the field at once or is there some sort of cap?
JasonBender: 4 is the max for dogs. You can get up to your max nyumber of dogs with a variety of skills (beyond just summoning them), which is good if they're dying a lot in higher difficulties, but that doesn't break the cap.

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Man I know it's mean but I wonder if there will be a 'kick player' option when you join a random group. It'd suck to have nephalem buff stacking then some dumb or troll player comes in and destroys the streak consistently.

Nephalem Valor is an independent buff. Changing skills/runes only removes the buff from yourself, it doesn't affect anyone else,

Bought three.

One to open immediately and play day one.
One to sit unopened and protected on my shelf so I can simply stare at it.
One to re-sell, ideally for a healthy profit.

Regardless of how big your city/town is, I would say 90% of people who show up to a midnight release will get there no earlier than 10:30-11. There will usually be a few people who get there around 5-6pm with chairs, laptops, food, etc to guarantee their copy (me included, because with the right group it is a blast every time), but unless there are only a handful of copies available, you should be safe to get there later.

Nice find. 170k damage looks painful, but that's just raw damage. Factor in a hero's physical resistance, evasion, and armor... and it will still be huge.

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How long do you think it will take to beat normal mode (estimated lvl 30) without rushing with a group for some sort of "hit level 60 fast" achievement.

I'm talking... "I love Diablo 3 lore, I want to play normal mode at a nice pace and take everything in" pace.

How long do you think it will take?

I'm just curious - I plan to play all day on the 12th. I'm trying to figure out if I will be able to beat normal mode on the 12th or if I will need to shut my phone off for a few days until I beat it so that my friends don't spoil any plot.

Obviously any guess is speculation, unless someone can find a post from a blue regarding the time to beat normal? I remember them saying it would be ~lvl 30 but I don't remember if there were posts talking about the hour investment.

Well in the beta if I spend time speaking to everybody (and losing some checking if someone has something new to say), explore every map 100% and optional dungeons etc. A real 100% exploration playthrough in some. It takes me around 2H while a normal playthrough is 45m to 1H (without all the extra stuff).

So I'd say if a normal playthrough of normal is in the 10-15Hours range (which is somewhat expected so far), if you want to really explore etc everything I'd bet on 20-25Hours.

So take your pick If you want to go normal but still skip optional stuff 10-15H, if you want 100% 20-25Hr.

This. People who are saying they completed the beta in under an hour seem to have forgotten how long it took them the first time (unless they rushed the experience like a retard). Exploring everywhere & talking to everyone in the beta was at the very least 90 minutes, unless you got ridiculously lucky with dungeon exit spawns, more commonly 120-150 minutes. This is assuming first-time playthrough, solo, and without any outside help.

Still looks like they are turning towards a third party than fighting each other, imo.

Sexy.

Looks like they are working together after all. The way the video is cut makes it seem like they are fighting each other, but watching it in slo-mo, they are just turning towards a third party. The most likely target would be Tyrael.

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I can't remember where to find the exact quote, but I remember a blue stating that as you progress through the difficulties, monsters gain CC resistance in addition to the regular resistances (Physical/Elemental/etc). So while you can potentially (and shown successfully in the beta) stunlock enemies in normal, it will be progressively less effective in Nightmare, Hell, and Inferno.

For a wild guess at stun duration for the difficulties, I would say Normal would have 100% duration, Nightmare 75%, Hell 50%, Inferno 25%. *These are just guesses, I have no facts to back these numbers up though (besides the blue saying CC's would be less effective in later difficulties).

I figure its alot less. Think about the juggernaut passive for the barb... thats ~ 20%.... and that is a passive. I'm assuming 50% would be max.... 75% duration decrease would make ground stomp, frost nova and blind all piss poor.

Exactly. That's the point...

I can't remember where to find the exact quote, but I remember a blue stating that as you progress through the difficulties, monsters gain CC resistance in addition to the regular resistances (Physical/Elemental/etc). So while you can potentially (and shown successfully in the beta) stunlock enemies in normal, it will be progressively less effective in Nightmare, Hell, and Inferno.

For a wild guess at stun duration for the difficulties, I would say Normal would have 100% duration, Nightmare 75%, Hell 50%, Inferno 25%. *These are just guesses, I have no facts to back these numbers up though (besides the blue saying CC's would be less effective in later difficulties).

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In the past, though not recently, they said they wanted sets to be more of an end-game thing than they were in Diablo II, that's all I remember them saying specifically in regards to that. On the official game guide, however, the only ones currently there are pretty low level stuff. As to the rest of your questions, we won't really know until they release specifics on them, which won't be until post-launch.

Smart move on there part. Low level sets were always stupid.

Hells no.

Sigon's for life.

20 days, 5 hours, 17 minutes to go.

Yes, Izual says it from Diablo 2.

From what I remember from last year's Blizzcon, Izual is supposed to be back and playing a more central role in Diablo 3.

Join public games to farm Leoric kills. He grants huge experience for completing the quest. While the others in the game are searching through the Cathedral, I found that by not following them, and quickly clearing the Defiled Crypt & bonus event (Matriarch Bones/Jar of Souls) it actually gives you, and everyone else a solid experience boost,

For you: Still decent regular experience, plus the boost for getting kill combos (tougher to get a large combo going when you have allies).

For your allies: Quest experience is global; everyone gets the bonus boost for finishing Jar/Bones.

After a while, you will be able to tell only a few steps into a Crypt which one has been generated. So rush the quest as fast as possible, then join your allies in the Cathedral/Royal is usually your best bet.

You are missing a fourth option... you can, magically, do both at the same time like a regular person.