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I have never considered using the AH, real money or game money. I think of the AH as 'cheat codes'. Here's a game, it's difficult to progress, but here are cheat codes to make it easier. The whole POINT of me playing a game is for the thrill of achieving something difficult, by my own means. Some old arcade games were ridiculously unfair and challenging, but the sense of achievement when you beat a level is why I play games. Just because the developers GIVE me the option to use cheat codes, doesn't mean I will. In that sense I am an excessively-moral, old-fashioned hardcore gamer.

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I am scared shitless of playing Hardcore. Can you imagine losing a level 60 character? Or better yet, losing it to lag or a d/c? I think I would literally jump out a window.

I lost a level 31 dh due to lag (my router's fault). Currently playing act 4 nightmare hardcore with another dh (and of course no auction house :)). Loving the challenge.

Some of these articles are becoming increasingly tedious to read. Usually a one-liner quote being excessively over-analyzed. And a whole lot of stating-the-obvious - 'it seems that...', 'it appears that...'. Yeah, I know. I just read the quote. Anyway. The whole new gem/runes/ revamp seems quite cool. Can't wait to experience it for myself soon.

Well, you gotta wonder what the patch will be worth. No increased stash size, increased resolution, or added game content. Kinda kills the last bit of hope for a patch otherwise seemingly defunct even before its release. I mean, seriously? Even if it fixes issues that D2 still had (of which I'm largely unaware of), will it be reason enough to give the game another whirl? Maybe Blizzard are taking us all for a ride and have a surprise waiting. Anyway, other than that, this unlucky number 1.13 patch might be as exciting as the no-CD patch (was that 1.12?).

To be honest I thought the Wizard trailer was also a little disappointing way back when they first made it public. But it's a teaser only, really. The Cinematic Teaser is quite something though, and I just know that, come the day we install D3 on our pc's, the first time we start it up the intro movie will be absolutely mind-bogglingly-goosebump-inducingly orgasmic.

Hmmm. I've been trying to download the Monk trailer/gameplay videos since Saturday morning. I just get redirected to a blank page that says 'File not found'. I've tried it in both IE and Firefox, just in case. No luck. Anyone else have this problem?

Edit: I've tried right-clicking on the link and selecting 'Save Target As'. That downloads a 'Diablo3-monktrailer_en-US-downloader' exe file of 15 bytes. No luck running that thing, nothing happens. *Scratches head*.

Hmmm. Town portals were quite a big deal in D2. At least for me. After a big battle where a few special (unique/rare/set) items could drop, I'd constantly take what I can and tp to town to offload or sell, then come back and rinse-and-repeat as necessary. Wonder how it'll work without tp's. I agree that being able to tp just any old time might kill strategy - but there's always the case of running out of potions in a group-massacre somewhere in the corner of a dungeon and then not having much of a choice but to save your beef- albeit somewhat cowardly. And no, finding yourself in a corner isn't always out of your own stupidity. Sometimes the way you explore a map just happens to lead you to a dead-end.

I guess we'll have to wait and see what transpires.

Wow, all this info even before Blizzcon is really brilliant. My mouth whets when I gander over those desert screenshots. I loved the city of Lut Ghulein in D2, so these screenshots are a joy for me. Can't wait for the next two to three days and all the stuff that transpires. Diablo fans, we're in for a ride.

PS. I didn't mind the previous single-cell inventory system, but I'll definitely not mind the tetris-style one if it does indeed return.

Apologies if I'm repeating anything anyone else has said before. Some of the posts are just too hard to read. 80-word sentences do my head in.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm keeping most of my thoughts on the release date of D3 'til after Blizzcon. Much could be revealed, yes. I don't think otherwise that D3's release date will be all that affected. I've been speculating a D3 release date announcement somewhere in the first quarter of 2010, stipulating the actual release date to be no earlier than say Q3 2010. With that in mind, my prediction for D3's release might not be bothered at all by the Starcraft news. Plus, this will be a 'draft' release date. We all know Blizzard will cut and chop that date a bit more for our waiting pleasure.

Interesting and smart idea from Kingston.

Wonder how many of those that fill the form in have ever used Kingston products.

I wonder if the amount of 'content' contained in 1.13 will be any indication of how far D3 is. I mean, let's say there's a considerable number of items being added as well as a quest or two, one might be inclined to think that Blizzard are keeping us 'busy' with D2 whilst we (impatiently) wait for D3. On the other hand, if 1.13 turns out to be an un-exciting patch...well, I suppose that doesn't necessarily imply D3 is nearing completion, because we more or less know it's not. Interesting nonetheless to see how much of an impact 1.13 will make...

...just a thought.

I might dust off my LoD CD for 1.13, depending on how much content it'll bring. A D3 tie-in quest is a winner for me.

Fingers crossed.

Exciting stuff. One pushy fan later, we're all on the edge of our seats. I think August's Blizzcon will, at best, reveal some important announcement of some kind - possibly the (then) last class, and some hands-on game time in some of the major locations of D3. Release date? Not so sure. I'll only become impatient if such info hasn't been released after say Feb '10.

Hmmm. Content Patch, huh? I'm wondering if additional quests is even being considered as an include in the patch. I think the mention of some sort of tie in with Diablo III is a good idea. I might actually click the lonesome little D2 icon on my shortcut bar again come the release of 1.13.

I think an additional quest or two is probably not a bad idea. One or two really difficult quests

Hmmm. This *might* be the last Blizzcon before D3 is released. If that's the case, I bet Blizzcon '09 would be *the* place to be for D3 related stuff. Wish I could go. But I'm in South Africa. Plane and hotel tickets alone would crash my budget.

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Of course this might not be how it is in the final product, but in one of the videos in http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17052, there's a Scroll of Identify as a drop, so... Dunno about auto-ID.

That doesn't necessarily imply auto-ID is out of the question. They might toy with a system where, for example, certain items auto-ID and others don't. Rare weapons might auto-ID, whilst unique ones don't. Something like that. To be honest, I'd prefer identifying items myself. Mainly because of the suspense of not knowing how good an unidentified item is