Visually alerting you of items that drop anywhere onscreen, is a very welcome feature.
-- source: Battle.netThe way it works now is that when an item drops the name shows for about 5 seconds and then they fade out and disappear. Pressing Alt shows all dropped item names for again about 5 seconds and then the names fade out and disappear.
I actually didn't like it at first, I liked the on/off state of pressing or not pressing Alt, but with the names showing immediately after drop and having a sort of "grace period" after just tapping Alt, it's really grown on me and is a lot more intuitive. It's a lot easier to see what just dropped quickly and decide if you care, and it isn't necessary to constantly hold down Alt while scavenging after a large fight.
I still want to see -nopickup return but I haven't really asked anyone what the possibility of that is. I don't think it would work well with the current system, so options may have to be a possibility.
Thanks, Lyquid
Pressing down the alt key will do the same as it did in D2.
You're just making an assumption based on your hopes, thinking that everyone will join in and you'll feel good about yourself, but then when Diablo III comes out, you'll be crushed by the fact that you and your band of heroes were wrong.
Point is, it doesn't say that.
I don't know if its that extreme but yes, I did misread it....don't know what the point of the whole band of heroes and shit is for but ok.
I can only see one way to interpret it, how many more interpretations(even after it being explained a multitude of times) are people going to come up?
some players may want this new alt feature, some may prefer the way it works currently.
i prefer the current system.
imagine a big battle with items everywhere and i hit alt - why should i have to look at all the items for five seconds?
lol at your logic you rere
But who's to say that I'm not still focusing elsewhere when something drops?
Or what if I'm backtracking through a level to see if I've missed anything?
Repeatedly hitting Alt FTL.
Constantly having to press a button to see items is a pain in the ass. I prefer to just have the name plates show up all the time (as long as they don't stack on top of each other like TQ)