Q u o t e:Bashiok: This is the detached torso of a Walking Corpse. After death the torso of the Walking Corpse has a chance to survive, detaching itself and crawling after the hero.
Here are some smaller information I gathered from watching Diablo 3's gameplay video. Some may be obvious but have not been posted, so here it goes!
Undead Comes Back for Revenge
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9872/crawlingtorsc813de9.jpg
At 8:13 of gameplay, an already dead creature comes back to life. A zombie of the undead!
Q u o t e:Bashiok: This was unfortunately a bug that existed in the build that was being used to record the gameplay video. Those critters die, and there's nothing more satisfying than seeing a bunny corpse flung across the screen. It just wasn't working for the demo, which stinks.
Critters
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5757/critters1409zl6.jpg
14:09 of Gameplay - Besides from there being cute bunnies in Diablo 3, critters don't die. Man, I always liked killing critters in Starcraft. This image is the Witch Doctor throwing a random fire ball which directly hits a critter, but the critter receives no effect.
Q u o t e:Bashiok: It was a scripted event to pretty much have a cool way to introduce the female Witch Doctor and Barbarian, so yeah, it wasn't necessarily indicative of something that would show up in the actual game.
Leader doesn't die until new spawns come?
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2990/leaderdoesntdie1525jy4.jpg
15:25 of Gameplay - That same leader of the post above this one, leads the Witch Doctor and Barbarian to the hill where it was the supposedly "nasty trap" they got caught into. But this leader was not able to get hit or damaged in any way until after the new enemy spawns came.
Frozen
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4686/frozen1530nx5.jpg
15:30 of Gameplay - The Witch Doctor and Barbarian are frozen by the same group leader. It shows 2 red effects on the bottom left of the screen, one looking image looking like a time thing (forgot what its called lol) which may show how long the effect lasts or just slows target down, and second being ice image, which is for the completely frozen effect. Also when frozen, your whole skill bar goes red. (Frozen effect seems dangerous for Hardcore players !)
Q u o t e:Bashiok: This is a knock back effect when the Siegebreaker would use its "charge" type ability. It effectively damages your character and pushes them away from the charging path.
Jumping/Dodging?
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/1478/jumping1653kl5.jpg
16:53 of Gameplay - During the end of gameplay, the Siegebreaker Assault Beast boss makes his entrance by slamming through the wall, charging against the players. They all jumped. Either its automatic jump reflexes, which seems kind of weird, or theres a jumping button.
Another part when the jumping is really seen as, what's really going on?
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8464/dodgeagain1738rc5.jpg
The Siegebreaker charges at the Witch Doctor at 17:38 of gameplay. The Witch Doctor clearly dodges the attack somehow. I would assume, this cannot be automatic reflexes because that would make no sense. Just let him stomp on the damn player, or are the players really dodging somehow?
Bashiok: Aw, of course we care! A large part of my job is specifically to ensure that the valid concerns, comments, and critiques are brought to the appropriate people's attention. That doesn't mean that every idea or suggestion is something we agree with, or are going to base changes on though. There's a point where, as a game designer, you have to stick to your guns and know that your choices and direction are what's best for the game and ultimately those that will be playing it. There's a point where you have to be confident that you're making the right decisions. So at the end of the day you're staying true to your vision and design, and doing what's best for the game.Blackdoom: What is the point in posting ideas and suggestions on her asking for this or that to be in the game, or saying those things should or shouldn't be in it. I doubt anyone from Blizzard... at least anyone from Blizzard that matters, is reading any of the posts here, and even if they did, they most likely do not give a rat's ass about what their fans think. Hell in a post, or somewhere I read it, not sure where, they said they make the games and things in the games around what they like, and want to see in a game, not what the fans want. It would be great if they did give a $!@% though, there have been some awesome ideas on here, but they just do not seem like people who care what their fans want. They are in it for the money from what I've seen, even though they seem that way, I am not saying they suck or anything, Blizzard is still the best! Anyway, anyone have proof that blizzard (someone, or a group of people that matter and might carry some kind of decision making weight) actually cares about what we think? An e-mail, a link, past posts, ect...
A good example of us paying attention though was the concern and thread about corpses not sticking around long enough. I read that thread, brought it up, and some discussion was happening on it. Later our lead tech artist Julian was reading through the replies, and got some ideas of how we may want to keep corpses on screen a little longer. Now we're playing around with some changes that shouldn't have a huge performance hit, while still keeping the corpses on screen for variable amounts of time. Hopefully it works out.
Would any experimentation for corpse decay have happened had it not been brought up on the forums? I don't know, maybe, but we're not just dismissing good, valid, and well reasoned concerns.
As I said not every suggestion, comment, or idea is going to be considered, but we're definitely watching and reading.
Thanks, jinx_spam
Is that what all this has been? Stroking egos? Feeling important?
Problem with fans making a company push over for everything they want: Fans don't understand how their concepts turn into reality, the designers do. They know what ideas will work well, and fans don't understand that the excellent idea they had when put into action will be a piece of shit.
Thank GOD Blizzard sticks to their guns.
I can't wait to see all the 50,000 shots to the face of pwn.
As for death to bunnies (critters) ... I am very big into animal rights/conservation/etc... and I think being able to kill critters in a game is really fun. It is a VIDEO GAME. If you take influences from a MATURE (17+) game and reflect that onto your real life, you have major issues already. None of which are the cause of playing any video game.
Surely you jest! Everyone knows that it's video games that kill people, not people's actions.
For shame! You should know better. Just ask everyone's favorite lawyer, Jack Thompson.
If they make a dark gray stain out of my favorite series, as some people would seem to like, I will make somebody eat those CDs when they arive.
You know, just because you didn't have the money to pay for the subscription and switched to D2 instead because it was free doesn't mean that you are a 'fan' in the true sense of the word. And you are one of those, I can tell it from here.
Would you like to post your receipt of the pre-order? You're welcome to mspaint and cross out any personal information. That's what I thought. What I said was correct, you didn't preorder the game. You're just another e-kid with an obsession to lie frequently.
You didn't preorder a game a year or more in advance. That'd be just stupid. And if you want to defend something stupid, go for it. What is this nonsense about WoW you keep spewing. That's a completely irrelevant flame. I'm calling you out on a lie. You're lying. Get it? Got it? Good.
Classic forum retard.
"Classic Forum Retard"
I agree.
Oh I mean about you. Not him,
there are no preorders available, the damn game is BEING DEVELOPED. We wont see D3 for another 2 years more than likely.
You got called out on a lie, you fail, get over it.
Actually there are pre-order sites that are known to be quite trustworthy. People will pre-order the game, it's believable. Even though the game is in development, what the company usually does is push the release date back. However whether he is lying or not, is something we can only assume.
is it really important if there are preorders availiable or not? NO.
whats important is that Blizzard keeps working on the project and (whats actually quite new to me) takes some of the arguements into consideration (as mentioned before, since the devs know how to turn each thing to reality they talk about it first, try it and then decide if its good enough for the game).
I trust them to do the good job they have so far and hopefully to see the game before 2010.
OMG!!! ROFL!! I cant stop laughing... my sides... if that wasnt so long Id sig it.
Anyways Im glad Blizzard is looking so ummmm, how about throwing that PK/PVP in there Blizz :), weve seen numerous threads on that already so Im hoping they leave PK in there because there are far more people who want it in than dont.
If there was one worthy of trust that had it though, I imagine that I would have already blown my hard earned cash for it. till then, the kids lying