I would personally love it. Anyway to expand the Diablo universe is fine by me. I know Blizzard can make a fun MMO so why not have one that is Diablo themed
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Well, those are things already in the works. I'd imagine they wouldn't start working on any hypothetical Diablo MMO until Diablo III is a couple years released, done, or close to it.
I think it's a cool idea. They are already fleshing out the world a bit more and with D3 being the game to close the current story arc I think it's an imaginable step.
The prequel is also a cool idea, but not as an MMO. They soon would hit the boundaries defined by the books and games.
Dont know if its been posted yet or not, so ill just go. I think it would be amazingly awsome if they STARTED it before Diablo 1, so we get that prequel to the series, and then your character progresses through sanctuary in different areas as the regualr hero or heroes progress through the original 3 games. It could even be possible to travel to different areas and see the path the wanderer takes before we see him through marius, see what path the mage took before becoming the false summoner, and what path the rogue took before becoming blood raven.
Weed be able to see how the occurances of games 1-3 affect the rest of the world while there going on. THAT could also be how Blizzsard encorperates more of the books into the story, we progress through the times and areas of the books and events, and we just fight other demons and any what-not that is a result of the evils in the rest of sanctuary.
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I think they could use the lore effectivly and stop the lore-smashing. In the way I suggested, its a Lore-Stretcher. All the LORE really is, is that Diablo 1, then Diablo 2, and then Diablo 3, are going on SOMEWHERE in the world of sanctuary, and the rest of sanctuary is being affected. They could easily tie in to that, being a few new mega-bosses (Lich King-ISH For an example) and he is one of the prime or lesser evils Next top general or something. Like for example, the four super-uniques we fought each time we broke on of diablos seals, could be somewhere else in sanctuary under diablos orders untill D2. Its real easy, there is no real lore-requirment that could mess it up, all it is is, D1,2,3 are happening in the world somewhere as time passes on, and if they want, through a few areas from the books in.
The only real lore issue I see would be (saying this supposed MMO is AFTER the end of D3) what happens after D3. How would they continue after the events of diablo 3 without requirng a 4 to be made. And if done right, that still wouldnt neccessarily be too hard.
In my opinion, what messed alot of the WoW lore up is all the inclusion of never-ending characters. Each new addition of race or class required a background, and loads of info on why it is what it is, and that screwed with the lore. I think if diablo MMO kept it classical, we have more than enough classes to keep everything right.
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I mean, like say if your playing through the rest of sanctuary during the regular timeframe, while whoever is fighting through the cathedral, Diablo couldve sent his general, Lord De Sis, Infector of Souls, and the Grand Vizier of Chaos ( and mephisto with his infected Horadrim characters) into other parts of sanctuary to continue and further their corruption of the world. (YES i know meph isnt in D1, they could just be there untill diablo dies and he believes he needs to protect himself), well your WOD character could kill all diablos generals, and when diablo is revived via the dark wandered, he as the lord of hell, reanimates his general and uses them to protect his seals.
What BS like that does, is create tons of optional and available material to use without ruinging the lore. What did diablo, mephs, and Baals demons do before they were there helping them fihgt us in D2? We can play through towns and areas all ove,r incorperate the books, the games, and more. Our character could run into the dark wander somewhere like we did in act3, or we could run into marius with tyreal(baal), or we could run into Tal Rasha before he is completly corrupt prior to diablo 1, there is SO much that could be done, and we coul interact with different aspects all over, it would add to the franchise so much, It coulb be created to be a real MMO that doesnt nuke the original lore.
I mean, ESPECIALLY the books. so far the story from the 3rd book was scraped from D3, and many people were excited about it. Think of all the possibilities, i think it could be done very well.
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yea thats true, as the late-joiners problem they would miss things, so thatsa hole, but the years of play later, it wouyld continually bne updated like any mmo
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I don't see it happening soon, or right after D3. The thought has always been tossed around since the early Diablo days. I, of course like every other fan, would love it; IF it were done properly. It would have to come together and align perfectly for it to work.
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The world of sanctuary is big enough for that, you have many story possibilities and many characters possibilities.
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The reason to let you choose race is only to increase variance and customization. Each race bring something different like stats and bonus...
If to choose nationality/appearance make no difference except visual, I think it's useless.
Or be the evil side, play demon and try to kill human !! lol can be cool too
angels, humans, demons.
that being said, i think diablo is a franchise better kept to a non-mmo genre.
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The prequel is also a cool idea, but not as an MMO. They soon would hit the boundaries defined by the books and games.
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what sucks is WoW completely ruined the wc lore ;[
Weed be able to see how the occurances of games 1-3 affect the rest of the world while there going on. THAT could also be how Blizzsard encorperates more of the books into the story, we progress through the times and areas of the books and events, and we just fight other demons and any what-not that is a result of the evils in the rest of sanctuary.
The only real lore issue I see would be (saying this supposed MMO is AFTER the end of D3) what happens after D3. How would they continue after the events of diablo 3 without requirng a 4 to be made. And if done right, that still wouldnt neccessarily be too hard.
In my opinion, what messed alot of the WoW lore up is all the inclusion of never-ending characters. Each new addition of race or class required a background, and loads of info on why it is what it is, and that screwed with the lore. I think if diablo MMO kept it classical, we have more than enough classes to keep everything right.
What BS like that does, is create tons of optional and available material to use without ruinging the lore. What did diablo, mephs, and Baals demons do before they were there helping them fihgt us in D2? We can play through towns and areas all ove,r incorperate the books, the games, and more. Our character could run into the dark wander somewhere like we did in act3, or we could run into marius with tyreal(baal), or we could run into Tal Rasha before he is completly corrupt prior to diablo 1, there is SO much that could be done, and we coul interact with different aspects all over, it would add to the franchise so much, It coulb be created to be a real MMO that doesnt nuke the original lore.
I mean, ESPECIALLY the books. so far the story from the 3rd book was scraped from D3, and many people were excited about it. Think of all the possibilities, i think it could be done very well.
USEast D2 Ladder/1.13 Beta: Accnt = ChezPizmo
USEast WCIII Ladder: Accnt = TeeheeSprinkles
A cool, unrelated video; "Dude Bids 420 on Price is Right" ("420, Bob")
"I'm nasty, I'm old and a little bit ornery; I look like Patrick Stewart and sound like Sean Connery."
Patch 1.13 = (click here)
Sorry.
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