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Quote from inkcheese

Who is that extra large demon?

That's what I've been wondering..

Looks like a clear amalgamation of the three prime evils to me;

-Diablo's torso and back spikes
-Mephisto's upward pointing horns
-Baal's bottom half

Could this be the actual Prime Evil in all it's glory? Afaik this can't be from history as they have never joined fully before (outside of the original incarnation of Tathamet).. could this be what we are fighting at the end of Expac 2?

Quote from Elendiro

How about a long act where you search where the black soulstone fell down? In the jungles of kurast or where the witchdoctors live (maybe amazon isles too?) And then in a short act fight some corrupted angels.

After watching that ending cinematic frame by frame, I'm fairly confident that the Black Soulstone disintegrates completely as opposed to falling back towards Sanctuary. Sure it's the last thing to dissolve, but it's quite obvious it turns into dust and doesn't continue falling.

I think the Lords of Hell will appear again in the second expansion, in which we try to rescue Leah's soul from the Black Abyss. After all the Lord of Hell return there whenever they are defeated (they can't be killed, only trapped), and we know for a fact that's where Leah is and that we will try an save her (devs mentioned this).

I think the Dirgest Jewel Covetous mentions might come into play somehow and we might try to use it to trap the evils.

Quote from Nollictitan

So I was just looking at the Original Image, and this might me a redundant obvious point, but it clearly says in print " 2013 Blizzard Entertainment,Inc. Reaper of souls is a trademark, and Diablo is a trademark or registered trademark" sO THAT BEING SAID, IT HAS TO DEAL WITH dIABLO. IT BEING A xPAC OR WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW.

The jpeg that is used for the splash image is titled d3x_teaser, so it's pretty much a lock that this is the expansion;

http://us.battle.net/d3/static/images/teaser-page/d3x_teaser-en-us.jpg

Also, did anyone else notice that the door in the teaser image looks a lot like the hood of Malthael, right down to the curvature up the top.

Just take a look at it again and squint your eyes.

...perhaps I'm reaching here.

BUT EXCITEMENT!

Quote from Ducha

I don't think Imperius would become corrupted. I mean yeah he's a bit of a dick when it comes to his opinion on the existence of Sanctuary, but maybe it's just that. Also (to my knowledge) we have no hint or knowledge of Imperius even having the possibility of becoming corrupted. We all saw how much he hated demons.

I've always thought it was incredibly obvious that Imperius would become (one of?) the antagonists of an expansion. Don't forget he voted to destroy Sanctuary and the Nephalem but lost out. He is also obviously affected when Diablo stabs him through the chest, there was way too much emphasis on that for it to mean nothing.

Quote from maka

Quote from Zero(pS)

Maximum gold or enemies killed? Bots will dominate.

Can't think of a better way to catch bots. Just watch the "Most gold collected" ranking, then bring down the ban hammer

This is what I was thinking! It would be a pretty effective way of putting the spotlight on bots which may in turn rally the community to push for bans. Thanks for the feedback! I like the idea of a Friends tab and the Undying MP10 streaks.

Hey there fellow Nephalem! I'm a longtime lurker of Diablofans but have come to realize you guys are a bit more civil here so I've decided to post!

I'm (mostly) a designer by trade and have made a couple of threads on the Official forums recently regarding fun additions to the game;

Expansion Characters Infographic - http://us.battle.net...opic/9234833492

Treasure Goblin Event - http://us.battle.net...opic/8891779857

So I've come to realize how great a resource Diablo Progress is and thought to myself; how amazing would it be if there were a similar feature in-game! Not only would it be a convenient way to oogle at just how "GLORIOUS!" the adventurers of Sanctuary really are, it would also create a whole new type of endgame for those that are interested in climbing the ranks. Introducing;

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Player Rankings

The Player Rankings feature is accessible from the Game Select Screen;



First of all this feature is not a ladder mode! Play Rankings would be server specific with an interchangeable option to view both Softcore and Hardcore leagues at any given time. It features numerous rankings split across 4 general categories; Achievements, Attributes, Combat and Adventure.



OPTIONAL~ The hub screen displays a 'Hero of the Week' as chosen by the Developers and/or CM's. This hero is chosen based on a non-specific criteria. The blues may find an interesting build or perhaps they want to give someone a shout-out for doing a good deed for another player. This can inspire other players to be creative and amiable!

Here is an example of an individual ranking that includes sorting options;


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Following is a detailed rundown of the different rankings to be found within each category;

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Total Achievement Points - ranks players by their total achievement points

• Game Time-Trial - ranks players on how fast they can complete the full game
- sortable by Class and Difficulty

• Act Time-Trial - ranks players based on how fast they've completed an act
- sortable by Class, Act and Difficulty

• Boss Time-Trial - ranks players based on how fast they've killed a boss
- sortable by Boss, Class and Difficulty

ATTRIBUTES

• Stats - ranks players by their stat amounts (Vitality/Thorns/LoH etc)
- sortable by Stat type and Class

• Heroscore - ranks players based on a gear score system
- sortable by Class

• Might - ranks players based on their DPS*
- sortable by *Paper DPS, *Effective DPS and Class

• Life - ranks players based their total Hit Points*
- sortable by *Paper HP, *Effective HP and Class

COMBAT

• Elite Kills - ranks players based on total Elite Kills
- sortable by Class

• Lifetime Kills - ranks players based on total Lifetime Kills
-sortable by Class

• Massacre - ranks players based on Massacre killstreaks
- sortable by Class, Difficulty and Act

• Mighty Blow - ranks players based on Mighty Blow (no. enemies killed in 1 hit)
- sortable by Class, Difficulty and Act

• Survivor - ranks players based on how many times they survived near-death
- sortable by Class

• Savior - ranks players based on how many times they revived a teammate
- sortable by Class

ADVENTURE

• Wealth - ranks players based on how much gold they've picked up

• Treasure Hunter - ranks players based on how many legendary items found

• Destruction - ranks players based on Destruction streak (objects destroyed)
- sortable by Class and Act

• Salvager - ranks players based on how many items they've salvaged

• Crafter - ranks players based on how many items they've crafted

• Trader - ranks players based on how many items they've sold to vendors

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NOTE: I know that with some of these Rankings there would be issues, i.e; eDPS/eHP figures are tricky, I know the game tends to shy away from these to avoid confusion among the general player base and rightfully so. The same goes for determining an endorsed 'Heroscore' feature, that would be no easy task. Because of these complications I would even consider omitting the 'Attribute' category altogether (even though the proposition of Statistic rankings are very interesting!).

Another ever present thorn in our sides that would skew some rankings are bots. But the ranking system could alternatively be seen as an easy way to pinpoint bot accounts based on bloated figures that fail to add up.

All in all though I feel that some of the more 'fun' rankings such as the massacre killstreaks and (especially) the time-trial rankings would be an effective way to increase replayability, encourage interesting playstyles & builds and promote friendly competition.

Would love to hear some feedback and other ideas from the Community!

~Damo

TL;DR- Just look at the pictures ;P

http://i.imgur.com/R3rR9A9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HF9ILQs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3lVtYPZ.jpg

On MP8 I've been running;

Act 1- Festering Woods > Weeping Hollow > Fields of Misery. (key)

Act 2- Desolate Sands (until finding) > Vault of the Assassin > Dahlgur Oasis (key)

Be sure to run with a full group (if possible) as the new multiplicative multiplayer buff is very noticeable.

I'm convinced the 'prophet' we hear our Enchantress speak of is Maltheal, not Inarius. Tathamet won't be seen as his destruction along with Anu's is what created the Burning Hells and the High Heavens respectively.

All signs point to the expansion(s) dealing with the whereabouts of the Black Soulstone, the pursuit of Adria, the corruption of Imperius and the restoration of Leah's soul.

These patch notes are slightly different than what we've seen before though. The list of enemies that have had their exp 'modified' is significantly larger for example.