Brrr...

A user on Battle.net suggested that the amount of points put into a skill would effect what your character looked like. The example given was a Wizard who has points into cold spells would gain a blueish tint or glow to the character. Bashiok's response was:

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We do have skills that affect the way the player looks, as well as changes based on buffs, or if they're under the effect of a certain spell/poison/debuffs, what have you. Because of all of these things it's really important that these effects are very apparent, as well as easily distinguished, as they're important to gameplay. It's obviously a really cool idea, but any visual changes to the look of the character could impair the ability for the player to quickly ascertain the visual cues being given to them. It's something we have to be extremely mindful of.
So while the actual amount of points put into a skill will not actually change how your characters look, certain spells will. In Diablo II, a few effects would change the look of your character. Being poisoned would give you a greenish glow and cold spells would literally change you blue. While not the most impressive visuals, it did give you a very noticeable cue when the effect was occurring. Bashiok mentioned that this is a very important feature to the quick pace of the Diablo games. Too many effects would be too overwhelming and make each individual aesthetic cue indistinguishable.


Bashiok did say the characters will change when certain buffs, debuffs, and spell effects. What actual spells have what changes to your hero is still unknown. The only effect we have been shown was in the original gameplay trailer where the Witch doctor and Barbarian were frozen and ice covered their bodies. What kind of changes would you like to see? Perhaps a Barbarian buff will actually make your character bigger or a Witch Doctor's spell will shrink the heads of your enemy. Whatever the actual changes are, let us just hope it is more than a re-coloring of the character.



A special thanks to FingolfinGR for catching this news and passing it along.

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