I have been eagerly waiting for any scraps of information I can get, as well as thinking of cool things i would like to see in the new game. Here are a couple of simple ideas, let me know what you guys think. Firstly I was never much into Hardcore mode in D2 but i expect now to be much more into it, my first idea was that there could be some sort of Hardcore obituaries that people could see on the new battle net. I have seen how much they added to battle net with starcraft 2 and thought this would provide a sort of mourning process for you lost toons as well as a way to show off how badass your guy WAS before an unfortunate stumble off a cliff or into a monsters stomache.
My second thought was one that would influence the economy. In Diablo 2 Ethereal items were inherently useless unless you put an expensive rune into them, i was thinking that in D3 they could start off with a great boost in stats and deteriorate as they are worn, perhaps into the normal version of the unique, causing the top players to seek out another ethereal version.
Let me know what you think,
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I agree 100% with an obituary. That would be great. I know now that most of my time in D3 will most likely be in HC. It draws me more than pvp these days. But who knows, maybe the pvp will just be way too cool to pass up.
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The hardcore death thing would be kinda cool. Be cool if you could add some text to your characters name when it dies to tell what misfortune killed you.
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would also like a 100% fatality chance in case a hardcore character dies. it's not like we're going to have a chance to make more toons for the lategame bosses
Yes indeed, I also like the Hardcore idea.
A ladder with the strongest DEAD characters would be interesting.
If your character dies (assuming lvl 60 will be hard to obtain) your going to be pist that all your hard work is now dead, but when you see your toon in #1 on the DEAD ladder, you'll feel better
I like it
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Actually I don't like the dead ladder idea. It's kind of rewarding you for screwing up. In practice, people will almost feel forced to kill off their lvl 60 characters, and the first x players to do so will end up on top of the ladder and that's it.
I do like the graveyard idea though. Reminds me of the rts Warlords: Battlecry. At the end of the mission, you had the option to pick a number of your best units (= with most xp) who would accompany you to the next level. When they died, it really sucked because they were quite powerful early in the game and you kind of got attached to them. In the graveyard section, it would say something like "Sir NameOfMonster, died in the battle of NameofMission".
Actually I don't like the dead ladder idea. It's kind of rewarding you for screwing up. In practice, people will almost feel forced to kill off their lvl 60 characters, and the first x players to do so will end up on top of the ladder and that's it.
You misunderstand then.
Im not sure how someone would feel compelled to kill their HC toon to be on the DEAD ladder.
When being the highest on the ALIVE ladder is more important.
but when your toon sadly dies, and is put on the dead ladder, it wont hurt so bad to know your toon is among the strongest of the DEAD ladder section.
Sort of a "all your hard work will be remembered" feature.
I digress. IMO it would be a fun little feature.
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Actually I don't like the dead ladder idea. It's kind of rewarding you for screwing up. In practice, people will almost feel forced to kill off their lvl 60 characters, and the first x players to do so will end up on top of the ladder and that's it.
You misunderstand then.
Im not sure how someone would feel compelled to kill their HC toon to be on the DEAD ladder.
When being the highest on the ALIVE ladder is more important.
but when your toon sadly dies, and is put on the dead ladder, it wont hurt so bad to know your toon is among the strongest of the DEAD ladder section.
Sort of a "all your hard work will be remembered" feature.
I digress. IMO it would be a fun little feature.
But if they implement any kind of ladder, people are gonna want to be on that ladder. It's kinda weird that the only way to end up on it, to participate in the ranking, is to screw up or intentionally kill your character. Either way it would kind of kill the purpose. When you died on hardcore, you should get something to remember your character by,but you shouldn't get any form of reward (place in ranking). That's for people who actually manage to keep their character alive. Besides, the top players would still be power rushers who intentionally kill their character at lvl 60, so there also wouldn't be much fun for regular players. After a couple of days the top would be flooded with intentionally killed level 60's, who should have been on the regular HC ladders to begin with.
I personally dont know anyone who would ever intentionally kill their HC toons to be on the DEAD ladder...
I think you might be alone with that opinion, but it is indeed your opinion.
Back to the Topic at hand.
I honestly hope they do away with etheral items, I hated them.
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I have been eagerly waiting for any scraps of information I can get, as well as thinking of cool things i would like to see in the new game. Here are a couple of simple ideas, let me know what you guys think. Firstly I was never much into Hardcore mode in D2 but i expect now to be much more into it, my first idea was that there could be some sort of Hardcore obituaries that people could see on the new battle net. I have seen how much they added to battle net with starcraft 2 and thought this would provide a sort of mourning process for you lost toons as well as a way to show off how badass your guy WAS before an unfortunate stumble off a cliff or into a monsters stomache.
My second thought was one that would influence the economy. In Diablo 2 Ethereal items were inherently useless unless you put an expensive rune into them, i was thinking that in D3 they could start off with a great boost in stats and deteriorate as they are worn, perhaps into the normal version of the unique, causing the top players to seek out another ethereal version.
Let me know what you think,
oh and...Burn in **** and all that junk
-Memento
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
DesmondTiny Level 1 died. (Should not have opened that trap!) lol
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
to build on what DesmodTiny said something like:
"DesmondTiny Lvl 1 was slain by quillrat, 10/21/10"
would be awesome.
A ladder with the strongest DEAD characters would be interesting.
If your character dies (assuming lvl 60 will be hard to obtain) your going to be pist that all your hard work is now dead, but when you see your toon in #1 on the DEAD ladder, you'll feel better
I like it
Or else!!! ̿ ̿̿’̿’\̵͇̿̿\з==(•̪●)==ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿
I do like the graveyard idea though. Reminds me of the rts Warlords: Battlecry. At the end of the mission, you had the option to pick a number of your best units (= with most xp) who would accompany you to the next level. When they died, it really sucked because they were quite powerful early in the game and you kind of got attached to them. In the graveyard section, it would say something like "Sir NameOfMonster, died in the battle of NameofMission".
You misunderstand then.
Im not sure how someone would feel compelled to kill their HC toon to be on the DEAD ladder.
When being the highest on the ALIVE ladder is more important.
but when your toon sadly dies, and is put on the dead ladder, it wont hurt so bad to know your toon is among the strongest of the DEAD ladder section.
Sort of a "all your hard work will be remembered" feature.
I digress. IMO it would be a fun little feature.
Or else!!! ̿ ̿̿’̿’\̵͇̿̿\з==(•̪●)==ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿
I personally dont know anyone who would ever intentionally kill their HC toons to be on the DEAD ladder...
I think you might be alone with that opinion, but it is indeed your opinion.
Back to the Topic at hand.
I honestly hope they do away with etheral items, I hated them.
Or else!!! ̿ ̿̿’̿’\̵͇̿̿\з==(•̪●)==ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿