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I do believe the intended function of the Tokens was a one-use only type item. However, either way, it's still a must-have item for every single player out there. Whether they want one per character on their account or simply just one per account; there's lots of farming to be done in this regard.

Quote from "Tyriddik" »

Awesome post. Left out the 4:3 screen ratio change i think tho.. :thumbsup:

Thanks! I could have mentioned things like that, the video graphics bug resolved on Macs, and the other command line switches added... But I figured they were pretty self-explanatory and didn't need much analyzing, ^_^. Not to mention, they weren't really gameplay related imo.

Quote from "dunhac82" »

Nice summarization of the patch, it shows you are doing your best to keep things positive. Very interesting about the chat gem though, nice find!

Yeah, I just found this out today while I was writing this post, actually. Pretty interesting, I think; i'd like to do a little more research though.

Quote from "NonMagical" »

Remind me again why the Token will have ANY value? I can't conceive of why my character would need more than 3 respecs which I get for free.

I fail to see it in any revolutionary manner.

With the ability to respec at a whim, you could easily level one character per class and swap builds at any moment in time. Battle.net allows for 8 characters per Battle.net account, that means you have room for one of each character type and a mule. You can then play every possible build in the game without having to create secondary characters or accounts. Aside from that aspect of it; if you mess up your stats, you can respec! A lot of new players, or players who are just starting (whether it be starting new or starting new ladder), do not have the proper gear. Having easy respecs allows to character builds based on gear as well. Meaning, upgraded gear that calls for less stat points in Str/Dex would leave more points in Vit. With that in mind, you could respec and put the correct number of points into each Stat.



Also, I noticed maximusje blogged about 1.13 with his thoughts. I've added that into the OP.

Quote from "vladdracul" »

Yea I gotta disagree with you the amulet is absolute garbage and I feel no character should own that piece of trash. Respec is only there for people who don't know how to play the game, and they are already given 3 chances. Noone that is good will carry that dumb amulet, let alone seek it out.

What about the barb drop glitch? Where is Blizzard on that one?

How do you come to that conclusion? So people who respec in WoW are newbs? On the contrary, I have had people respec just to run a raid/instance and respec back to their original build.

I have three types of Pally's on USEast: Hammer, Zealer, and Medic. What's stopping me from merging them into one. Putting one set of gear on my char and two in my stash/inventory and start dueling? Oh noes, I ran into a problem while dueling. I notice I need to do some melee damage as my hammer, so I respec and put on my Zealer gear. Now my friends join and we want to do some Team PvP, so I respec again and put on my Healer gear.

Quote from "blood-doll" »

you don't get a ring for completing den.. you get it for saving cain (in addition to his identifying services).

also, i hate to rain on your parade, but i don't think clicking the chat gem resulted in that space there. i think that since it came directly after my text, i probably just had a few spaces after i spoke. that would result in a blank line.
then again if you're sure that it wasn't there after my text, you clicked the gem and it appeared. then your conclusions might be correct.

personally im very disappointed that there weren't more changes.
i also hate the implementation of even one skill respec. i think 3 is ridiculous and i think unlimited is game-breakingly bad.
however, i am glad for the removal of IM (it opens a lot of doors to hc melee play), and i'm glad for dupe fix and the hammerdin nerf.

i'm also hopeful that they might consider more changes based on the feedback.

Whoopsies, thanks b-d; fixed. As far as the blank space goes, i'm certain it wasn't you. Unless you sat there holding the space bar for a few seconds, it wouldn't have happened. And i'm almost positive there was a time difference between you speaking and me clicking.

You aren't alone, b-d. A lot of people were disappointed, hell, I vented my frustrations to you last night in that conversation. I wish there was more end-game content. I want something to do after I make my character. But i'm hoping that this is, like I said, a new start and not an end.

Quote from "vladdracul" »

Would never work that way. People respec in WoW cause in WoW you need to rely on eachother to do anything, in Diablo...you are a god...you rely on noone. Respec hasn't been in Diablo ever and I have yet to have an issue making a character that needs helps or would require me to respec, worst case scenario since leveling is so easy in Diablo would be to remake.

If you are truely dueling, you should know you can't fit 3 full character versions of gear in your stash. Unless you are simply dueling 1v1 which is a rare oddity, but even then I don't find this possible. Maybe if they increased the stash then yea I could see this doable but even then it will just water down to kids respecing 24/7 to try and gain an upper hand or just to copy a build, in the end in about an hours worth of trash talk and pussiness of sitting in town you get maybe 1 duel.

So what you are telling me is that Diablo is not a team game?

You couldn't fit 2 sets of gear in your stash/inv/cube? How much gear do you wear? Some items will even be the same between builds.

Quote from "emilemil1" »

And you can't level your character to 80 in a few hours in WoW WoW is about having one character per class while Diablo is about having one character per build.

Not anymore, ^_^.