Well, if all else fails....theres a comet that is on direct course with the plant thats supposed to hit us sometimes near 2088....:P
Not sure about that one. But there is a extinction level asteriod will near miss earth in 2029, and its comes back and finish the jobs in 2036 (IF its goes through the "keyhole",). The asteriod is call apopthis; neil degresse one of the astro-physicist who studied it.
the points everyone keep making keeps me swaying on my thoughts, im still stuck on 60%, keep the positive coming, and guess we gotta wait till blizzcon to see what theyve been hiding!
Did they not say pvp will be an after thought in diablo 3? I hope they just scrap main stream pvp in D3 because it absolutely destroyed WoWs pve/pvm side and concentrate fully on PvM.
Balance because one class obliterates more than another? You mean like a hammerdin in a baal run, what if the hammerdin had to run around and couldn't remain stationary he ain't as usefull as a meteorb sorc then imo, i see where you are coming from if you mean in these terms, but each class is usefull in certain areas and none can dominate another (excluding immunities, which we both know won't be in D3).
Unless you are thinking in balancing PvE dmg in WoW terms? There is no mass balancing to the classes in diablo 3 i guess, they all are designed to inflict maxium carnage and look as cool as possible whilst doing it, thats the point of diablo 3, sure aslong as a class doesnt have a move that is basically .killall then its ok, im sure anything thats massively OP in those terms will be ironed out in alpha/beta etc.
The only way i can see your point being correct in terms of "Balance" is not having abilties overlap with one class and another, which is why they are narrowing down the classes and giving them all a unique and carefully created feel.
Anywho I say diablo 3 is at 60-70% at blizzcon time, and hopefully a release from mid-late 2011, im hoping we see SC this year as that bodes very well for diablo 3 for a 2011 release.
Don't quote me on this but didn't one of the devs say something like if SC team hadn't already claimed wanting to launch with Bnet 2.0 first they would probably release before them? Anyone else remember hearing that? or am i just going loopy.
yes i mean exactly like a hdin in a baal run or every other aspect of the game... hdins were necessary for everything... best duelers... best mfers... best lvlers... best rushers... most powerful all around character.... 4.5-5k life on most with anywhere between 12 and 17k hammers... and no immunities to anything a hdin does... yea thats what i mean by not balanced... and they cant just do away with pvp... pvp is anything and everything in d2 nowadays... thats the primary factor in d2s replayability... and think of the number of people who will want to pvp in d3... like me and the 20,000 other kids on d2 dueling right now...and no i dont remember hearing that... just me tho...
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Show me a NEW graphic from Scariest part of the game they done, and then I will give a BETTER judgement.
What they showed us (All these Rainbows, colorful trees, bunnies, etc) I hope is just the first 10% at most, then the inside showed already is the next 20-30%, deep into the dungeon, which we ALL haven't seen a screenshot yet...
So it's hard to judge without seeing Pics!
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Considering the Graphics and the animations made out of the Gameplay Trailier. The fact they were working on the 4th and 5th Classes a loooong time ago......id say 70-80% done.
Id expect a summer release of 2010 or Fall release of 2010. This is VEEERY hopefull thinking however.
But heres the good news, we wont have to wait long ti find out exactly! BLIZZ CON IS SOON!
You guys and gals have to understand too...this is BLIZZARD...they will not release it until it is PERFECT! Last year they only had a demo with half the characters and only a single quest.
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You guys and gals have to understand too...this is BLIZZARD...they will not release it until it is PERFECT! Last year they only had a demo with half the characters and only a single quest.
you gotta remember also that the start progress of the game is always the hardest and slowest, and theyve passed that, so from here on its only going to progress faster and faster
you gotta remember also that the start progress of the game is always the hardest and slowest, and theyve passed that, so from here on its only going to progress faster and faster
I am fully aware of this. Roughing out the settings, plot, artwork, graphics, timeline/storyline...is the hardest and slowest to develop. But we do not know how many acts they are going to program, or how many quests and mini/bonus quests per act. Dialog per action...this will take time as well.
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I'm not saying pvp is a bad thing, but it would be nice if they put more effort into it this time, but after they have the PvE side all done and dusted (even if that means implementing it after release), and with only 4 players to a game, its looking a little unlikely in a ye olde game setting, it would be nice if the game had settings to choose what kind of game you wanted to host, pve or pvp, that would also remove any griefing associated with pvp.
I do agree hammerdins are stupidly overpowered but that is mostly the nature of the damage they inflict, i don't think the team will make a large mistake like this and once again will be killed in any alpha/beta, as they don't have to fight with immunities (which is imo the main cause of the hammerdin being OP).
I hope they have a large beta phase, so things like this can be sorted out, i personally would decline to beta test diablo 3, as being a beta tester largely ruins the finished product, the first play through is always what matters the most to me, and to waste that on something unpolished is meh, so if you guys was offered to beta test d3 would you? And do you guys consider beta a % of the progress?
where did this 4 players to a game stat come from... lol havent they already said it would be 8+... and i doubt they would release the game and then release a pvp option... i think theyll finish before putting out a half assed agme..
All I can say is i reaaaaly hope they announce a release date at blizzcon. Frankly I think it's a Little cruel to announced it over a year ago and still not have a date. And it seems to me that the more they talk about it the further away it gets. Seems like every time bashiok comments on something he's reminding us it's not done yet. And I'm thinking, why the hell not?! Is anything done? I mean, God bless em, they want to do a good job, but a year without a date?... I think that's a bit much, even for blizzard. I'm beginning to suspect that they are suffering some kind of internal issues and setbacks an that d3 will be stuck in production he'll forever.
But no numbers have been confirmed, be it 8 or 4. I believe they said they only supported 4 for now though, but they said nothing was decided at all about that.
The way I want to look at it is.. I hope they are taking their time with this game... Diablo is sacred and much better then their other games imo.. Either way.. it's gonna pwn, I'm gonna camp my local FYE store for 2 days for midnight opening!!!
They've said that they're definitely looking at smaller games than in Diablo II, and the only number they've given so far was 4, although they noted it could be more than that. I can look for the source if you don't trust Voix and I, though. I think there's a report on it somewhere in our news forum.
damn 4 players would suck... more people was always more fun... but w/e... and yes id be completely happy witha simple pvp system like d2... i loved the d2 pvp... no rules... no holds barred rapeage...
damn 4 players would suck... more people was always more fun... but w/e... and yes id be completely happy witha simple pvp system like d2... i loved the d2 pvp... no rules... no holds barred rapeage...
...most people not doing anything... too much stuff going on in the screen, too many people for the number of monsters...
...yeah, lovely. You liked D2 pvp? Now I see where you stand. Good thing Blizzard doesn't see as you do.
Not sure about that one. But there is a extinction level asteriod will near miss earth in 2029, and its comes back and finish the jobs in 2036 (IF its goes through the "keyhole",). The asteriod is call apopthis; neil degresse one of the astro-physicist who studied it.
yes i mean exactly like a hdin in a baal run or every other aspect of the game... hdins were necessary for everything... best duelers... best mfers... best lvlers... best rushers... most powerful all around character.... 4.5-5k life on most with anywhere between 12 and 17k hammers... and no immunities to anything a hdin does... yea thats what i mean by not balanced... and they cant just do away with pvp... pvp is anything and everything in d2 nowadays... thats the primary factor in d2s replayability... and think of the number of people who will want to pvp in d3... like me and the 20,000 other kids on d2 dueling right now...and no i dont remember hearing that... just me tho...
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What they showed us (All these Rainbows, colorful trees, bunnies, etc) I hope is just the first 10% at most, then the inside showed already is the next 20-30%, deep into the dungeon, which we ALL haven't seen a screenshot yet...
So it's hard to judge without seeing Pics!
I'm assuming that they have the majority of the core mechanics down, but have most of the actual game to finish.
Id expect a summer release of 2010 or Fall release of 2010. This is VEEERY hopefull thinking however.
But heres the good news, we wont have to wait long ti find out exactly! BLIZZ CON IS SOON!
you gotta remember also that the start progress of the game is always the hardest and slowest, and theyve passed that, so from here on its only going to progress faster and faster
where did this 4 players to a game stat come from... lol havent they already said it would be 8+... and i doubt they would release the game and then release a pvp option... i think theyll finish before putting out a half assed agme..
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No.
And there has been a lot of discussion about it.
Big changes that it will be less than 8.
But no numbers have been confirmed, be it 8 or 4. I believe they said they only supported 4 for now though, but they said nothing was decided at all about that.
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They've said that they're definitely looking at smaller games than in Diablo II, and the only number they've given so far was 4, although they noted it could be more than that. I can look for the source if you don't trust Voix and I, though. I think there's a report on it somewhere in our news forum.
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...yeah, lovely. You liked D2 pvp? Now I see where you stand. Good thing Blizzard doesn't see as you do.
I would guess its about 45-60% done