Datamining: Stat Caps Removed, Achievements and More
The stat caps for Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage and Attack Speed have been removed from the datamined files. The Lifesteal change is new though, so it remains. The other stats like Magic Find have not been touched.
There are some other interesting strings that we managed to find. Notice the name of the required difficulty.
As always, keep in mind that this is a super early build of the expansion, which means that absolutely nothing is final and everything can change at any time!
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Achievements.txt
X1_Butcher_No_Hits_Description_Tag - Kill the Butcher without being burned by floor fires or being grabbed by Ancient Spear on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Butcher_Timed_Description_Tag - Kill the Butcher in under 2 minutes on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Butcher_Stun_Kill_Description_Tag - Kill the Butcher while he is stunned by his own charge attack on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Belial_Snakemen_Description_Tag - Kill 10 Veiled Sentinels in the first 30 seconds of starting the fight with Belial on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Belial_Breath_Description_Tag - Kill Belial without getting hit by his breath attack on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Demon_Troopers_Description_Tag - Destroy the Demon Gates before any Demon Troopers can spawn while fighting Azmodan on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Demonic_Ground_No_Damage_Description_Tag - Kill Azmodan without walking over the bloody demonic ground on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Azmodan_No_Fireball_Description_Tag - Kill Azmodan without getting hit by a fireball on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Azmodan_Adds_Description_Tag - Kill Azmodan without killing any of his minions on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Diablo_Bone_Cage_Description_Tag - Kill Diablo without getting trapped in a spike trap and without dying on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Shadow_Realm_Clone_Killer_Description_Tag - Fight and kill 5 clones of yourself in Diablo's Realm of Terror on Torment difficulty or higher.
X1_Diablo_no_Help_Description_Tag - Kill Diablo without using any health globes or healing wells on Torment difficulty or higher.
LoadscreenTips.txt
TIP024 - Defeating Normal difficulty will unlock the next difficulty setting, Nightmare. (THIS TIP IS NO LONGER IN THE GAME FILES)
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Changing an Element Has a Ripple Effect
We're keeping a close eye on all of the systems since changing any one element will likely have a ripple effect of some sort. However, Wyatt has specifically mentioned the Reflects Damage affix in the past.
Regarding the existing monster affixes. We'll be keeping an eye on these. For example, Reflects Damage internally has been changed to a flat amount rather than a percentage. I don't know if it's going to ship this way but that's the current internal version.
Transmogrification Clarifications
The current plan for transmogrification is to allow players both to change the look of their Legendaries, as well as to change the look of their gear to Legendaries they have previously identified.
With Transmogrification, we want you to be able to make your character look the way you want without having to worry about sacrificing stats or unique affixes. There may be times you acquire a really awesome looking Legendary, but it doesn't jive well with your build. If you managed to find it, we think you should be able to rock it while you slaughter demons in style.
Is there any chance this could be a system of "vanity slots" though, instead of having to actually modify each piece of gear?
Transmogrifying items is attached to the individual item, and the current plan is to have it bind the item to your account. It's part of the "cost," so to speak. In addition, avoiding the use of vanity slots allows us to reduce player item management, as you don’t need to keep an item around for its appearance. Appearances will be unlocked either by leveling up the Mystic or, in the case of Legendaries, identifying the item. We feel this system is a bit more versatile as a result.
Will this cost money? As in, dollars or gold.
Currently, the plan is that it will cost only gold (and using a Legendary appearance naturally costs a bit more). Of course, this is subject to change as development continues.
I am wondering if you will be planning on take the route that was taken by wow to let you transmog an item to look like one in the same slot that is not the same type.
Within reasonable limitations. Items that share similar animations can be Transmogrified, such as a 1-handed sword to 1-handed axe (which both have a swinging animation), but you cannot change a javelin (which has an overhead thrusting animation) into either. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Community Commentary: Remember When?
This week's Community Commentary comes from our forum and you should definitely give your answer in the thread, if you still haven't.
A lot of things have changed Sanctuary since Diablo III launched on May 15th of 2012. While many of us may remember those early days, dying repeatedly to pre-nerf Desert Wasps in Act II (oh god, why), being flooded with Zombie Bears every time we partied with a Witch Doctor, or cursing Invulnerable Minions and always-on Reflects Damage whenever they rolled, there are some players who've forgotten these tidbits or simply started playing Diablo III after those updates had already taken place. So, for this week's Community Commentary, let's take a moment to share our fond memories and reminisce (constructivley) in JuskiReigns "Diablo III: I remember when…" discussion on the Diablo Fans forums.
Recalling how Diablo III has grown since its release is a great way to put some of the game's evolution into perspective, and can help bring the community together in a positive way. If you want to contribute to the conversation, then head over to JuskiReign's thread, or leave a comment below if you don't have an account with Curse to post with.
What's your best "Remember When?" memory?
Random guess: everything above normal difficulty is removed. "Torment" difficulty is a post-normal mode that scales content to match the party's level. HIgher difficulty "levels" will be a re-branding of MP (with other possible bells and whistles).
Notice it says "torment difficulty or higher" so I'd hazard a guess that the monster power numbered levels will be replaced for fewer and more meaningful difficulty levels.
Notice it says "torment difficulty or higher" so I'd hazard a guess that the monster power numbered levels will be replaced for fewer and more meaningful difficulty levels.
Keep in mind what those achievements used to be:
- Kill the Butcher without being burned by floor fires or being grabbed by Ancient Spear on Hell difficulty or higher.
- Kill the Butcher in under 2 minutes on Inferno difficulty.
- Kill the Butcher while he is stunned by his own charge attack on Nightmare difficulty or higher.
It sounds like this is a new proper difficulty mode. They've talked about getting rid of Hell before - my guess is they're revamping the difficulty progression to be Normal -> Torment -> Inferno, and the renaming is to prevent confusion since all the level requirements are changing.
Notice it says "torment difficulty or higher" so I'd hazard a guess that the monster power numbered levels will be replaced for fewer and more meaningful difficulty levels.
Keep in mind what those achievements used to be:
- Kill the Butcher without being burned by floor fires or being grabbed by Ancient Spear on Hell difficulty or higher.
- Kill the Butcher in under 2 minutes on Inferno difficulty.
- Kill the Butcher while he is stunned by his own charge attack on Nightmare difficulty or higher.
It sounds like this is a new proper difficulty mode. They've talked about getting rid of Hell before - my guess is they're revamping the difficulty progression to be Normal -> Torment -> Inferno, and the renaming is to prevent confusion since all the level requirements are changing.
That's a good point you make. I've always wanted the number of difficulty levels to be cut back down to 3, but I just gave up hope on that dream.
Considering the "Hell" difficulty is called "Tormento" in portuguese, I was a bit confused about the changes. (Poor localization team, there's not much you can do when "Hell" translates to "Inferno". Oops)
The stat caps for Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage and Attack Speed have been removed from the datamined files. The Lifesteal change is new though, so it remains. The other stats like Magic Find have not been touched.
Can't say I'm too mad (or surprised) about this. Diminishing returns is a much better approach than hard caps. With hard caps, everything becomes about 'hitting the cap' and we are back to where we started.
Considering the "Hell" difficulty is called "Tormento" in portuguese, I was a bit confused about the changes. (Poor localization team, there's not much you can do when "Hell" translates to "Inferno". Oops)
Ha, so true. Hell = Inferno.
This could very well be the case. That's why the red warnings.
Considering the "Hell" difficulty is called "Tormento" in portuguese, I was a bit confused about the changes. (Poor localization team, there's not much you can do when "Hell" translates to "Inferno". Oops)
Ah ah, we have a similar problem for the Inferno name since it's the translation of hell in Italian, so the third difficulty in Diablo 3 is called Abisso (Abyss) in my language. Oh well, i play in English
To stay on topic. Torment could be a new name for MP level or a new difficulty that substitutes one or two from current ones.... At least Blizzcon is "soon".
EDIT: i totally missed this: "TIP024 - Defeating Normal difficulty will unlock the next difficulty setting, Nightmare. (THIS TIP IS NO LONGER IN THE GAME FILES)"
I'm kind of split on the whole "Torment" thing. There really isn't enough information right now to make any conclusions, but working on the assumption that it is in fact a new format for difficulty modes and not just a new name related to MP, my gut reaction is "ugh". Normal > Nightmare > Hell is a Diablo tradition and I'd hate to see that go away. Still, if it improves the game flow or whatever, then I guess I can't complain.
I'm kind of split on the whole "Torment" thing. There really isn't enough information right now to make any conclusions, but working on the assumption that it is in fact a new format for difficulty modes and not just a new name related to MP, my gut reaction is "ugh". Normal > Nightmare > Hell is a Diablo tradition and I'd hate to see that go away. Still, if it improves the game flow or whatever, then I guess I can't complain.
I agree, I'd hate to see that tradition and familiarity disappear, and I can't tell if they're going to add an additional difficulty. Blizzcon is only a month away so we'll definitely know then!
Remember they still have to support the game without the expansion, so what Torment likely is is just a level 70 inferno. Inferno will remain level 60.
damn I liked the crit/ hit crit/ ias caps, personnaly, i'd remove crit hit damage completely, or at least hard or soft cap it (dimishing returns) that thing is just too good and scale exponentially,
Remember they still have to support the game without the expansion, so what Torment likely is is just a level 70 inferno. Inferno will remain level 60.
I think judging by the data mined information Hell and/or Nightmare will be replaced by Torment.
I'm pretty sure they mentioned something about wanting to remove Hell difficulty in the past.
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Wise ElderThe stat caps for Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage and Attack Speed have been removed from the datamined files. The Lifesteal change is new though, so it remains. The other stats like Magic Find have not been touched.
There are some other interesting strings that we managed to find. Notice the name of the required difficulty.
As always, keep in mind that this is a super early build of the expansion, which means that absolutely nothing is final and everything can change at any time!
Achievements.txt
- X1_Butcher_No_Hits_Description_Tag - Kill the Butcher without being burned by floor fires or being grabbed by Ancient Spear on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Butcher_Timed_Description_Tag - Kill the Butcher in under 2 minutes on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Butcher_Stun_Kill_Description_Tag - Kill the Butcher while he is stunned by his own charge attack on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Belial_Snakemen_Description_Tag - Kill 10 Veiled Sentinels in the first 30 seconds of starting the fight with Belial on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Belial_Breath_Description_Tag - Kill Belial without getting hit by his breath attack on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Demon_Troopers_Description_Tag - Destroy the Demon Gates before any Demon Troopers can spawn while fighting Azmodan on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Demonic_Ground_No_Damage_Description_Tag - Kill Azmodan without walking over the bloody demonic ground on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Azmodan_No_Fireball_Description_Tag - Kill Azmodan without getting hit by a fireball on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Azmodan_Adds_Description_Tag - Kill Azmodan without killing any of his minions on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Diablo_Bone_Cage_Description_Tag - Kill Diablo without getting trapped in a spike trap and without dying on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Shadow_Realm_Clone_Killer_Description_Tag - Fight and kill 5 clones of yourself in Diablo's Realm of Terror on Torment difficulty or higher.
- X1_Diablo_no_Help_Description_Tag - Kill Diablo without using any health globes or healing wells on Torment difficulty or higher.
LoadscreenTips.txt- TIP024 - Defeating Normal difficulty will unlock the next difficulty setting, Nightmare. (THIS TIP IS NO LONGER IN THE GAME FILES)
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Unlike previous years, all orders will be shipped upon receipt—so the sooner you order, the faster you'll get your BlizzCon swag. Keep in mind that orders are shipped from the United States, so international shipping rates may apply.
To access the sale, log in to the Blizzard Store using the Battle.net® account associated with your BlizzCon ticket or Virtual Ticket (physical ticket buyers can view this info in their Order History).
Check out just a few of this year's new items below:
Be sure to come back in the coming weeks, as well, as additional items and surprises will be revealed as the sale continues.
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Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We're keeping a close eye on all of the systems since changing any one element will likely have a ripple effect of some sort. However, Wyatt has specifically mentioned the Reflects Damage affix in the past.
If you'd like to read Wyatt's full post, you can find it here. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Transmogrification Clarifications
The current plan for transmogrification is to allow players both to change the look of their Legendaries, as well as to change the look of their gear to Legendaries they have previously identified.
With Transmogrification, we want you to be able to make your character look the way you want without having to worry about sacrificing stats or unique affixes. There may be times you acquire a really awesome looking Legendary, but it doesn't jive well with your build. If you managed to find it, we think you should be able to rock it while you slaughter demons in style.
Is there any chance this could be a system of "vanity slots" though, instead of having to actually modify each piece of gear?
Transmogrifying items is attached to the individual item, and the current plan is to have it bind the item to your account. It's part of the "cost," so to speak. In addition, avoiding the use of vanity slots allows us to reduce player item management, as you don’t need to keep an item around for its appearance. Appearances will be unlocked either by leveling up the Mystic or, in the case of Legendaries, identifying the item. We feel this system is a bit more versatile as a result.
Will this cost money? As in, dollars or gold.
Currently, the plan is that it will cost only gold (and using a Legendary appearance naturally costs a bit more). Of course, this is subject to change as development continues.
I am wondering if you will be planning on take the route that was taken by wow to let you transmog an item to look like one in the same slot that is not the same type.
Within reasonable limitations. Items that share similar animations can be Transmogrified, such as a 1-handed sword to 1-handed axe (which both have a swinging animation), but you cannot change a javelin (which has an overhead thrusting animation) into either. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Community Commentary: Remember When?
This week's Community Commentary comes from our forum and you should definitely give your answer in the thread, if you still haven't.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
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Recalling how Diablo III has grown since its release is a great way to put some of the game's evolution into perspective, and can help bring the community together in a positive way. If you want to contribute to the conversation, then head over to JuskiReign's thread, or leave a comment below if you don't have an account with Curse to post with.
What's your best "Remember When?" memory?
Ha. Bagstone.
Bringing torment and pain to others.
Your damned soul wallowing in your sin.
Perhaps...
it is time to die.
Keep in mind what those achievements used to be:
- Kill the Butcher without being burned by floor fires or being grabbed by Ancient Spear on Hell difficulty or higher.
- Kill the Butcher in under 2 minutes on Inferno difficulty.
- Kill the Butcher while he is stunned by his own charge attack on Nightmare difficulty or higher.
It sounds like this is a new proper difficulty mode. They've talked about getting rid of Hell before - my guess is they're revamping the difficulty progression to be Normal -> Torment -> Inferno, and the renaming is to prevent confusion since all the level requirements are changing.
unless you mean the paragon point thingie? we'll be able to put as many points into them as we want?
well there never was a cap so we are back to normal, only cap for those stats were how much u can get them from gear, no hardcap
That's a good point you make. I've always wanted the number of difficulty levels to be cut back down to 3, but I just gave up hope on that dream.
i c wut u did ther
Can't say I'm too mad (or surprised) about this. Diminishing returns is a much better approach than hard caps. With hard caps, everything becomes about 'hitting the cap' and we are back to where we started.
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Wise ElderThis could very well be the case. That's why the red warnings.
Ha. Bagstone.
Ah ah, we have a similar problem for the Inferno name since it's the translation of hell in Italian, so the third difficulty in Diablo 3 is called Abisso (Abyss) in my language. Oh well, i play in English
To stay on topic. Torment could be a new name for MP level or a new difficulty that substitutes one or two from current ones.... At least Blizzcon is "soon".
EDIT: i totally missed this: "TIP024 - Defeating Normal difficulty will unlock the next difficulty setting, Nightmare. (THIS TIP IS NO LONGER IN THE GAME FILES)"
So.... can be Torment the new "Nightmare+Hell"?
I agree, I'd hate to see that tradition and familiarity disappear, and I can't tell if they're going to add an additional difficulty. Blizzcon is only a month away so we'll definitely know then!
I think judging by the data mined information Hell and/or Nightmare will be replaced by Torment.
I'm pretty sure they mentioned something about wanting to remove Hell difficulty in the past.