E3= Game companys, games, future games, future consoles, etc. all coming under one roof and showing off their stuff. Its video game convention, a gamer would orgasim a the site of it. But E3 is dieing out and probablly wont live another 2 years.
Blizzcon= So imagine every game u release is a big hit and is always #1, what do you do? Throw a convention for yourself and everyone will follow. Last year Blizzcon 05, Blizzard was all about burning crusade, there may be one this year, probbabblly not.
Remember that article a year ago about some guy talking about how Diablo 3 will be Hell invading heaven? Well heres his next statement...
So about a year ago, I posted an article about information (supported with evidence I had) saying Diablo 3 was in development, as a Massively Multiplayer Online Game, based upon the idea of Hell invading Heaven. I also told you it would be, originally, debuted at Blizzcon last year, and I was wrong. Supported by more evidence that it was in development, I concluded that it would have to be shown at E3 ‘06. Once again, I was wrong.
So why do I think it’s going to air at Blizzcon 2006? Well, to be quite honest, Blizzard could slap me in the face again and I could be wrong. Just recently opened up in a Wall Street discussion saying they had developed a formula for doing an MMOG in just 3 years. Not only did they divulge some financial information to go along with this, but they also said all Blizzard “All Blizzard franchises will become MMOGs.”. Who doubted me? Obviously not IGN, or any of the other major media sites who announced the upcoming release of Diablo 3 based off of my information and findings.
So why Blizzcon ‘06, why not E3 next year? Well, the original idea was that Burning Crusade would be out before Blizzcon ‘06, so it wouldn’t make much sense to have another session covering the game, and what else are they going to cover? Sure, they could have Starcraft Ghost Release Candidate 18 for the PS3 or some other bullshit, but let’s get serious. So let’s look at some facts:
* Blizzard North closed in 2005, which was the primary location for the Diablo franchise development. The company was merged with as we know now Blizzard Entertainment.
* Supposedly–“I am musician in Czech Republic. I play not with one orchestra but with many depending on work. I have recently been to Bratislava in Slovak Republic for recording sessions with local Radio Symphony Orchestra, where we just recorded music for Diablo 3.” Is this legit? You decide.
* Heaven vs Hell. Hell invading Heaven. Normal people don’t come up with this, and if they did, they would work for a company–perhaps Blizzard Entertainment? Not only is this a very realistic environment for the Diablo franchise, but the information came from a former Blizzard employee, who was in fact working with the Diablo teams at one point.
* And of course, the latest information, from Blizzard saying that all franchises will become MMOGs. Granted, this doesn’t mean it would happen soon, but with all the evidence supporting Diablo 3, and DMCA’s I consistently receive for releasing crap, I can see this happening.
There is one thing I did want to address as well. As far as I recall, Blizzard said, upon attending Blizzcon, you would receive a Beta code. If I remember correctly, they also stated the Beta code would not be for the World of Warcraft expansion, but a yet unannounced game release. Two days ago, a Blizzard representative said otherwise, “..that card is your entrance to play World Of Warcraft expansion before most any one else. I would recommend following the instructions and registering.” I call bullshit, riot anyone?
Now there is one final determining factor. Will there be a Blizzcon ‘06? This of course would play a huge rule on if it’s announced at the event. If there isn’t, which is up for debate (and I’m working on getting confirmation right now), then we may not see it until their next event, as there are no other huge announcements upcoming that I’m aware of. In my opinion they will save this for their own event, as it makes them a lot more do re me than announcing at E3 would.
Good ideas jpbc99, we have a list of Ideas for D3, put toghther by Elfen Lied
take a look, the list constantly grows due to the ideas from members of the site Master List Update
New additions in red
Player Char - choose male/female => choose class => choose faction heaven or hell, faction determines whether your char is light or dark, eg Paladin or Anti-Paladin (anti is kinda like the reverse, anti does not work for all classes some just have a good or bad version, where the good and bad versions arent complete opposites like the barb) -some form of customization like colours of armor and if it’s 3D, body size, hair colour, facial hair and the like -characters age (but not as quickly as in Fable), at the top of the character record it makes the chars seem more real, mages classes of course start with a higher default age than warrior classes and priest classes -characters to have a voice so they aren’t just the emotional zombies they were in the previous games, only saying something if inventory full or every 12 stages or so (you can import a voice if u wants to) - definitely no races, definitely no vampires, half human/half something stupid, elves, fairies, cyborgs, metahumans, killer robots from the future, gnomes, goblins, trolls, dwarves, orcs, half human/half something stupid (Half Breeds/hybrids) as a playable character like some people want, diablo is humans only, always has, always will (god I hate people who want these things, go play WOW or DND if you want these things) -the ability to sheath weapons (put weapons away), and not just remove items for your char, I mean more like pressing ‘w’ and you don’t have anything on the other slots -if you fall just short of the strength requirement (5-10 under) of a weapon you can still use it but you drag it and use two hands to swing it, like the skeletons in act 5 (would be cool/funny) -every class should be able to dual wield two small weapons, up two small sword, at the same time (daggers, dirks, Kris you know the small ones) -if you are evil (faction Hell), or a thief class, you can attempt to steal items from shopkeepers (click button next to repair) -higher max char level -near the top of the char record page, should be your chars religion, ‘High Heavens’, ‘Burning Hells’, ‘None’ or ‘something else’, factions may dictate this. -mage type chars look like they are wearing cloaks rather than armor, similar to how they like when they aren’t wearing armor, (it looks kinda stupid when the only difference between a barb and a necro is their size) -there is a character page which shows what your char looks like with all his items on, 3D and zoomed in (most likely the inventory page) -every class could start in a different location -more small unique details between the chars or char types, like how Druids gain a speed bonus when using a maul, and similarly Barbs with axes, they could, if it isn’t already in d2, implement something like mage classes have slightly fast casting times than priest or warrior classes also an unarmed warrior class should do more damage than an unarmed priest or mage class, currently I think they all do the same unless you have really high strength -characters names should be extended to up to 20 characters instead of 15, and you should be able to use spaces also you should be able to use special characters if you cant already -there should be a records page, which shows you chars total number of kills per act and for the game, most powerful enemy vanquished, how long you have been playing for, favourite (most frequently used) Spell or skill, favourite (most frequently used) weapon/s [this area is where the kill counter from diablo 1 should be, seeing as the interface is different from diablo 1, i.e. the black box at the bottom of the screen that used to display the kill counter no longer exists] Classes -somewhere between 10 - 20 or so chars, keep some of the original classes and some new ones -more warrior, priest and mage types, there are lots of classes yet to be explored and some are quite fun to play; Anti-Paladin (anti-Paladin is not a necromancer) Archer (Ranger) (kinda like male amazon) Bard (not the hellfire version a good one) Bounty Hunter (adept at tracking/stalking) Corsair (powerful warrior thief) Crusader Dragoon Drifter or Nomad Fist Fighter Hellion (very powerful and demon like fighter but is human) Ninja (kinda like male assassin) Ranger Samurai (kensai from DND) Thief Wizard Slayer (adept and fighting enemies who specialize in using magic attacks) -some more warrior classes or warriors with a few magic spells -there is really only 1 healer (paly) and yes people like to going healers, so more healer classes, one of which is a kind of exorcist, good against demons and undead; Adept Alchemist (animates inanimate objects, creates weapons out of the elements around him an can create powerful concoctions) Cavalier Cleric Inquisitor Prior Monk (not the hellfire version a good one more like the DND version, unarmed, martial artist) Zealot Warrior Priest (think knight's templar with spells) -a new type of mage would be nice either a; Abjurer specializes in protection magic (kinda like auras and the armor spells) Conjurer specializes in creating creatures and objects to help him Diviner specializes in detection and divining magic (find/disable trap, far sight and identify) Enchanter specializes in manipulating the minds of sentient beings Geomancer specializes in earth based magic Hydromancer specializes in water based magic Illusionist specializes in creating illusions to confuse and mislead Invoker specializes in invocation/evocation magic (lightning/magic type spells) Pyromancer specializes in fire based magic Necromancer specializes in magic dealing with death [but we already have 1] Transmuter specializes in magic that alters physical reality Warlock (not like the wow one) A supernatural character whose sinister powers are inborn abilities, not spells, Such as shapeshifting into Lycanthropes (Lycans is short for Lycanthropes) Alternatively, the Geo/Hydro/Pyromancer could be just the one Elementalist class and his skill trees are divided into Earth/Fire/Water based spells -definitely no Subclasses or Multiclasses in d3 just True classes
Storylines Major/minor -with the worldstone gone demons are more free to enter the world of sanctuary, this is how more powerful demon lords (act bosses of sorts) can come through -as both demons and angels can enter the others realm, I think more demons and angels should be present at the gates to each area, they are suppose to be lock in eternal combat, yet only one angel was in hell possibly fighting demons on their own turf -the last two lesser evil Belial Lord of Lies and Azmodan Lord of Sin elude us still -the eternal battle between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells is still raging -the prime evils returning (or just diablo) without their soulstones as they arent needed for the prime evils to exist -something about Tyrael, is he corrupted? (Kinda been done before, a lot) is he banished from heaven? It may just be me but arent angels forbidden from major influences on mankind or something like that, I forget what it says in the text regards the lore of angels in diablo -Of course if tyrael is corrupted shouldn’t at least one of the seven player chars from d2 also be corrupted, they spent more time in the vicinity of the corrupted worldstone than tyrael did, and im not counting nightmare and hell, unless tyrael is corrupted thru having shards of the worldstone enter his body when he smashed it. -tie up any loose ends from the diablo series not that I can think of any right now but there is probably a few mostly to do with tyrael I believe -the angel inarius, he could perhaps be set free from his prison of mirrors to seek revenge on the prime evils or something -tie in with the diablo novels some how -something with Deckard cain is he still alive, he is getting old, but for some people it would feel like diablo without him. -some mention of the heroes of d2/d2lod, perhaps you could find part of there armor of course the set would have a name like Unknown Barbarian heroes…. or something -you could find out that cain is not the last of the horadrim, there is another, most likely an evil mage or sorts, you kill him then inform cain he once again is the last of the horadrim, cain has a wet eye. -if a playable char returns in d3 like the chars from d1 did in d2, have more of a storyline for them, not just the ‘oh xchar is now a monster I have to kill’ -several powerful demons that have been defeated in the previous games could make a return thru some kind of resurrection/summoning spell, similar to the one Baal used to bring the warlord of blood (bartuc the bloody) back to life
Towns / world -could throw in some cultural references to pop culture and other games for fun; baldur's gate had a character called sir Garrick and he was modeled on sir robin from monty pythons holy grail, (he even sang the song brave, brave sir……), Warcraft had wirt’s other leg, and WOW has wirt's third leg Diablo 3 could have a sorcerer called Tim or an npc called Roger the Shrubber, or a Knight who says ‘Ni’ or an item called the Doomhammer -scary like diablo 1 (the lone hero descending into the darkness), this can be done by reintroducing the creepy soundtrack like diablo 1 had, Danny Elfman is good at gothic soundtracks, Medievil, batman the Animated Series are some of his best works -more villages/towns/cities, some ruined like tristram in d2/LOD -more towns/villages per act, could have a big city like lut Gohlein as the main town then further out in the wilderness a groups of houses with some npcs -buildings in towns and cities to have very gothic architecture (like the Chaos Sanctuary in D2) esp. churches and cathedrals, think Notre Dame in France -Trade-routes throughout the world of sanctuary, your char can buy passage on a caravan along these tracks, but beware they are full of bandits -good old crossroads, complete with gibbet (cage) like in willow, lol -bars, pubs and taverns, sometime adventurers just need a few drinks, a bit of entertainment (gambling/woman) and a rest, come on who hasnt wanted to pull up a barstool and drink with geglash in act 2 or drown your sorrows in the tavern of the rising sun when playing Diablo of course, intoxication would work like a curse -buying alcohol for adventurous minors it’s always fun (ala baldurs gate), -taking on castles/fortresses full of demons -unofficial titles by which townsfolk refer to you kind like fable (people called out your title) => For killing a few witches get a Witch Hunter title For killing a few daemons get a Daemon Hunter title For killing a few vampires get a Vampire Hunter title and so forth -mounts to make travelling faster (may or may not be able to attack or be attacked if on mount) -bigger acts (act 2 and 5 size) with more internal stages like caves and dungeons -craggy peak stages -eastern European forests, big thick ones, like the ones in Germany (like on the outer packaging of cadbury’s dark forest chocolate) not the scrag forests of act 1 -swamp/bog/quagmire/marshland good ones -stages fully covered in snow, so much you leave footprints in the snow -the tree house village (like where galadriel lives in LOTR, or the ewoks from star wars) -similar to those little houses in act 1 that have a cow inside, why not have home stays, a house fenced off field, sheep and cattle. -more interactable environments, things you can hack away at/through like bushes and vines also more things like the cairn stones in acts one you click on them and your char speaks -bring back the d1 shrines (plus x lvl to x spell, plus x amount to x stat) -villages full of possessed people (like griswold in d2) -go to amazon/necromancer/druid homelands plus the kingdom of westmarch and north/south of kurast (we never went there in diablo 1, 2 or LOD) -seeing at it is heaven vs. hell and we went to hell in diablo 1, 2 and LOD go to the high heavens (but not for a long time just one or two stages) -if you can go to somewhere where it is impossible for the average person to go, dont have barrels and chests there, golden chests are ok they are special (demon horded treasure) -bring back the ‘cornerstone of the world’ so you can trade between your chars, (without having someone say they'll help then steal your items) -random shopkeepers who can sell you things outside of towns (may be single player only, as pkers would have a clear shot at you, unless they were in a house or something which acted like a town i.e. not attacking players) -skull piles/skeletons on the ground, should yield skulls of varying power -weapons racks should be like they were in diablo you know the armories of hell (on lvl 13), you know where each item sold for 10000gp not they useless crap they give in d2 -if you have a bow or throwing weapon, you should be able to shoot things in the air, like those birds and those jumping guys. -if you go to an area from d1, d2 or LOD, it should look the same, not like how D2 tristram differs from diablo tristram (rivers are different and no cathedral, it would have been cool to do even the first four stages of the labyrinth) -several features that are accessible only after you have beaten the game, (similar to the cow lvl) -underground cities, like the Underdark in DND, but no gnomes or drow -large cities full of corruption, complete with shady back alley locals -more bodies of dead heroes on the ground that actually yield something good not just 3gp -day and night -weather (ok so D2 kinda had weather but it only really rained in act 3), also lightning spells should do more damage in the rain -European style weapons like axes/swords should be in short supply in an area (act) that is based on another geographical location such as the Middle East, Same goes for the other areas, mostly weapons from that area, very few weapons from other areas
-the stages need to be not so flat, they should be like in Baldur’s Gate and Warcraft III, there are little hills and bumps, I cant believe act 2 of D2 hardly even had a single sand dune you could run/walk over -deep gorges and ravines, some you can walk through, others you cant -you can pay an NPC to personalize/socket/imbue some of your items your items, but only later in the game/difficulties Quests -lots more quests 27 is not enough (30 with v1.12 if it exists) and more quests per act, only 4/5 acts have 6 and that isnt enough -arena quests (last man standing), other players can place bets on multiplayer -quest based on class (everybody does the same quest but it differs depending on which class you are) -quests differ depending on faction such as an evil person could choose not to kill something, or they could choose to kill a someone instead of save him -quests that dont appear in quest log, (gheed wanted a gem a small weapon some gold or something didnt he) -quests that are normal/nightmare/hell only -Some quests differ slightly depending on the difficulty, Normal, Nightmare or Hell -some quests that are single/multiplayer only, -quest exp (getting exp just for finishing quest) -better quest rewards, also quest rewards improve with difficulty (such as 1 socket/imbue in normal, 2 in nightmare and 3 in hell) -protect village for x amount of time (good) or invade village for x amount of time (evil) I love these quests -you can receive quests from monsters (like gharbad and snotspill in diablo) -fist fighting quests, survive a few rounds to get a weapon, women, learn some info, raise some much needed fundage, or just prove how tough you are, that sort of thing -a few quests where you are able to potentionally weaken a boss, (Na krul from hellfire, reading the books weaken him) -not sure if it can be done but it was cool (but sometimes not) but it was cool how in Diablo not every quest appeared every time during your game, you had to go to new game and hope you got the quests you missed. -the age old sword in the stone quest, of course the sword is worth it -everybody loves kicking the door in of the hideout of a cult, and totally kicking all their asses -quests only appear in the quest log once you have begun them, like they did in diablo1 -a few quests that take almost the whole difficulty (or game) to finish -some quests that either must be finished in the next act, or require something from the next act to finish it -lots more quests that are harder in difficulty, most of the quests in d2/LOD are fairly easy to complete Weapons/items -version of weapons more powerful than elite -light and dark versions of weapons, (but not all) Light weapons give off a Holy glow, while Dark weapons give off an unholy glow -more items of all types -cloaks and capes over armor -bring back the rags -bring back the club that looked like a bit of wood with a nail in it -bring back the spells books from diablo 1 (plus x lvls to x spell) and the bookshelves they are found on. -also shields can be strapped to your back, that way you can have a shield and a two handed weapon, cant block but the armor rating thing still applies Bring back items of the pit (plus -x to x stat) -customize armor and some weapons NWN styles -new types of weapons, such as whips [yeh i went there], slings, bayonets (see Anderson form Hellsing) katana, shuriken (ninja star), ninja to and wakazashi (I know this isnt an Asian themed game or DND, but you should know what i mean) -more gems/better version of gems, more runes/more powerful and more rune words -if the is something like the cube in d3 it should be available earlier in the game (I hate finding a good item or two and my stash if full of runes and gems and im in act 1) also it should be larger -more transmutable items -more craftable items -more uniques, and more powerful, plus more that look different from their base item it should be like in Diablo nearly every unique item looked different form its base type -trophies => demon heads, pelts, hinds, scalps, hooves, horns, tusks (work like charms and some as items like weapons and cloaks) -bring back the elixirs from diablo -bring back the oils from diablo hellfire -more set items (esp class specific sets) -6 – 8 feet tall swords, which even someone like the barbarian has to use two hands to swing it -definitely no GUNS, definitely no GUNS, no guns of any kind -some legendary items, which you have to search for the parts and combine them to get a really powerful item, these items can either be created in the cube or by a master blacksmith -throwing hammers, there are throwing knives and axes, why not hammers -Flaming Longswords, man these weapons rock -more non European style weapons, like Scimitars and Katanas Multiplayer -since it will be similar to wow, guilds will be cool, (even if there are no official guild option people will do this anyway) -less fucken lag (my god is that a must) -not sure if it is caused by lag but fix the problem of the black wall that stops you from moving -an arena for dueling (PK), other players can place bets, the winner of the pk duel takes a large part of all the winnings, odds of winning would most likely be calculated on something like lvl. Lower lvl, better pay or something like that -checkbox for dueling works similar to trade check box, not possible unless both people check the box -more people per game increase the number from 8 to 12, unless it is like wow and is all on servers -bigger friends list maybe 35 instead of 25 -more multiplayer (battle.net [Closed]) only runewords -games should have some kind of identifier which says the game is expansion or not and what difficulty it is before you try to join it -ears or the d3 equivalent trophy’s price should be based on lvl, it is stupid to have a lvl 9 ear sell at the same price as a lvl 99 ear -not sure if this is already the case, Shrines should have bigger effects on multiplayer, i.e. bigger bonuses and last longer (this is for TCP/IP, Open and Closed) -Gaining exp for duels, they count as a monster of the equivalent level, killing a lvl 90 char would roughly be the same as killing a lvl 90 monster -once you join a guild, your char bears the insignia of that guild, such as a little pic on their cape -very good anti hack/dupe protection -a help section for newcomers, explaining how to do all the commands -more features only available on battle.net, like the world events and the ubers
Npcs/mercs -More sarcasm and cursing by the townsfolk and much less political correctness, it makes for an interesting conversation,a more medieval feel to the language they use -a few Hollywood actors to do a few of the voices, like Sean Connery to do a wizard, or Michael Dorm to do a brooding warrior or something like that -the cow suit guy from diablo hellfire, -mercs that have better AI, can choose whether they act aggressive or passive, attack or defend, more choices of merc classes, more powerful, and can use a few more items (not a full set), resurrection scrolls and be able to hire 2 max -mercs need to have a few more skills than the one or two they have in D2 -also mercs have a voice just a few more sound files, they follow you to hell and back and all they can say is ‘thanks’, ‘I will put this to good use’, ‘I cant use this yet’, ‘uuurrrrrrrggggghh’ -more people who unofficial follow you like the barbarians in act 5 -if there are witches, they should be like adria in d1, or the corrupt rogues, and not as a playable character, to similar to the sorc -random npcs adventurers (some dead and you can loot their stuff) -random people who give you a quest or two -more people in town to talk to, that don’t sell/give quests to you, like farhnam and geglash (yes people out there like to talk to these people) -random NPC groups out killing demons, (groups of paladins and assassins out doing their jobs that sort of thing) -some npcs who after rescuing them follow you, of course you can equip them but they don’t use the full set of items, they use weapon shield, armor, helm, gloves and boots, they are kind of like a type of merc you don’t have to pay for -more drunk npcs, they always have something funny to say esp. farhnam -more Angels, diablo is heaven vs. Hell and we have only seen two angels, Tyrael and Hadriel, there are other angels mentioned in the diablo texts but they are never seen in the games -npcs always seem pretty eager to help you on your quests, where are the npcs who refuse to provide you with the info you need, until you beat it out of them? -more ethnically diverse npcs, where are all the Norse, Scandinavian, Irish, and Scottish npcs -more npcs who actually have the right accent for the geographical area they are in, with d2 nearly every one had the same accent even if the were from the deserts, the jungle or the tundra -more npcs who hit on the player character -More npcs who try to coax the player char into joining the forces of Hell
Skills/spells -a generic skill tab that everybody has, with find item, find potion, disarm trap, pick lock and spells/skills like that -not really sure if it can be done, but bring back the unique skill feature from Diablo, each class had a unique skill; Warrior: repair item Rogue: disarm trap Sorcerer: recharge staff In d3 a priest class could have a unique skill that increases the damage of holy spells, like holy bolt, alternatively an evil priest unique skill could increase the damage of unholy skills like unholy bolt -bring back the spells of immolation (fire nova) flame wave, lightning wall, elemental, stone curse, and apocalypse -higher max skill level (20 it too low, I know skills go higher than this but you can only add to a skill 20 times, then it stops the rest must be done with items) -lightning spells to have a higher minimum damage, I hate it when its 1-5000 -more magic damage based skills, you know the ones that aren’t elemental based more skills like berserk, magic arrow, telekinesis, some times these are the only spells you can use to hit the enemies, also some of these spells need to do more damage -a new type of skills (like Cold, Poison, Fire, Lightning, Magic, Physical) called Unholy [working title] and these spells are for evil chars, things like unholy bolt, demonic chill, of course if you that all the skills like holy bolt, and the holy auras would all be Holy [working Title] -all classes have a few more defensive skills/spells -not really sure if this already happens but, 24 points into a lvl 1 skill, should do more damage than one point into a lvl 24 skill -a few more spells that control the badguys, like psionics attacks -there should be a spell for each class that summons a minion, even for warrior classes, warriors could summon primal beasts like wolves and bears or summon valkryies and berserkers, priests Devas or fallen Devas if they are evil, mages anything from demons to elementals to the undead -more spells like Cloudkill, Ice Lance, Acid Arrow, finger of death, disintegrate and some spells similar to other DND spells which when cast, create a weapon like Flame Sword and Magic Hammer Monsters -more enemies that have a voice and say more than one line (like snotspill, zhar the mad, Lazarus, gharbad) -demons disguised as people in town (would be cool) -more powerful types of bad guy => Goat => Centaur, Minotaur Fallen => fallen brute Knights => Demon Knight Blunderbore => Ogres Claw Viper => Naga (the more feminine looking ones, not the WC royal guard type) -tougher bosses (some with fewer minions) -more visual variety in badguys kind of like how with the necromancers skeletons some have shields with arrows in them, some have axes, some have swords, and others dont -a random evil/good version of you, wandering around (like pokemon but not as lame of course), could be interesting -more badguys who worship a badguy and yell his name (carvers yell out rakanishu) -Random badguys that ride on horses are charge at you -less resistant badguys in hell -bring back the gargoyles from diablo -bring back the succubus from diablo -bring back the mages from diablo -bring back the butcher, warlord of blood and the skeleton king or a similar badguy -bring back the black knights from diablo, they were so cool bursting into flames when they died -bring back the Magma men (lava chuckers) -bring back the lightning demons (lightning chuckers) -bring back the overlords (uglies) -bring back the vipers (snakes) [Would have been quicker to say which monsters from diablo 1 not to bring back, lol] -rocs (giant birds) that pick up your mount/baddies -goatman/fallen armies complete with camps and chariots -Demons Baatezu, Balor and Tanar'ri (kinda look like dread lords from WCIII) -Basalisks, kinda looks like a komodo dragon but bigger, way bigger (for you idiots out there, the basilisk in Harry Potter is actually a Boalisk, basilisks have legs) -Hydras, the multiple headed beasts -Medusae, snake hair ladies -Rakshasas (shape change monsters) -Mariliths (sometimes called Nagas, Half snake/half woman with lots or arms) -More undead enemies Banshee Crypt Thing (very powerful Skeleton) Liches and Demi-Liches (more like the DND version as opposed to the Warcraft version) Revenant (very powerful Zombie) Zombie Lord -Ratmen, similar to the goatmen but rats, (there were ratmen in D2 but they used the Fetish image) -Sirens -some kind of sea monster, like the river monsters in act 3 but bigger, much bigger! -a few more plant type monsters wouldn’t hurt, shambling moulds and ones similar to the Venus fly trap monsters in the Legend of Zelda games -a few more legendary beasts from mythology but not too many, mostly animal, undead and demon types, as these types are most common in diablo, dragons in diablo would seem out of place, as would some other legendary beasts, like mind flayers and beholders -less monsters that run away, still have these guys, just less of them Game Mechanics -2.5D graphics, something between what diablo 1 and 2, and neverwinter nights are -ZOOM the camera would be cool, even if it is isometric view. But esp. if its in 3D -keep the three difficulty levels, but if the game if very big baldurs gate 2 size im cool with the difficulties just being a setting, like they were in Diablo: Hellfire -bring back the kill counter, is was neat being able to see how many of a certain type of badguy you had killed, but when the kill counter reset at 500 or so that was gay -items dump in piles that you click on and it brings up an inventory, (like neverwinter nights and Baldur’s gate) I hate just seeing lots of gold and items everywhere -bring back gambling for unique and set items, which was cool -bigger inventory/stash -trade gold for exp (I know this seems a little cheap, but its how many Baal runs to go from lvl 96 to 97, and you have millions of dollars not going to any use) -pressing the ‘H’ key removes all of the bars and icons around the screen so all that is left is the background pressing ‘H’ again brings them back -belts auto fill, like how if you have a column empty on your belt and you pick up a potion in fills up, do that same thing with potion from inventory, if you have room, potions automatically go into your belt, (what I’m trying to get at here is if there is room in your belt, and you have potions in your inventory, they should go to your belt, i.e. the belt will always try to stay full) -May be hard to implement but mercs have a belt for potions, and you can set it so when the mercs life drops below a certain point, the potions in the mercs belt will be used, saving you farting around trying to heal the merc, by pressing shift + #, # of course being a number 1 – 4, or if you didn’t know that, dragging a potion to the mercs pic at the top of the screen -tutorial for newcomers, shows how to create basic melee fighter, ranged fighter, melee priest, ranged priest and mage class builds, hot key management, npc interaction things like that, game basics and char builds. -an area that calculates your MF for you, if it can calculate armor/chance to block why not MF -faster run/walk speeds -if they don’t already, spiked shields or shields with spikes on them should do more damage -not sure if this is the case, but you should be able to create the runewords without having to go on multiplayer - bringing back the menu from diablo 1, You know when save and exit were two different options instead of the same be (or is that too cheap)
Other -the soundtrack is included -cloth map of the world of sanctuary -DVD of the movies from the game -Art of Diablo concept book, the Warcraft one was cool -Free poster -quik reference card of in game/in chat commands -strategy guide comes with it, (some people need it), and even I pick up a few things from these books every now and again -would blizzard supplying their own char/world editor for Diablo 3 be too weird, lol -links to websites with special downloads, like items for your chars -nice big manual for the game full of good stuff like where to find Easter eggs in the game as well as all the usual stuff manuals are full of -some kind of d3 memorabilia, the box set of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion comes with a Nerv Parking Permit magnet, something similar could be done for d3
From AcidReign -Some kind of spike lord badguy with lots of spikes -better/cooler avatars for chars, minions and mercs on singleplayer and multiplayer -A rich and appealing storyline to continue from Diablo II. So far the storyline is nonconclusive at this point, and when it is, it has to be good.
-A new difficulty. Diabolical Harder - almost impossible to pass, but its rewards will be grand.
-it would be nice to see other PvP modes, such as capture the war banner, or a town raid with two opposing teams trying to take control.
-New interfaces. New menus, new inventory setup, new stash/bank area, new character stat window, new equipped items window (perhaps an optional character portrait?) Keep the old school health and mana orbs in the corners
-Slow the monster generation down, and make them more difficult. Diablo II was an off-and-on game because players lost interest with pwning huge amounts of easy monsters.
-More eye-appealing special effects. Perhaps they can add some ragdoll physics and some new fire, lightning, ice, and poison animations.
-Implement a Day-Night tracker. During the light hours of the day, demons will be less aggressive. During dark hours, the demons will feel more compelled to push their forces forward. This implementation could also be build upon for other things, such as quests and item finding.
From Kingpin202 -Upgrades and add-ons to your armor (so you don't have to buy new armor) -Upgrades and add-ons to your weapons as well. -A secret Cow Level. -More good characters gone bad like Griswold. -After you die in Hard core you can still walk around in town/heaven. (It would only be -fun though on multiplayer)
From Maestro -while in a group on multiplayer, if someone dies, they get a diminished (most likely diminished to 0) proportion of the exp that the rest of the group get for killing the badguy -chars should have charisma rating, similar to the other stats, but with charisma the higher the rating the bigger the discount at shops -a more precise appraisal on your more valuable items From Morfias -2 skill points per level up instead of 1 -monsters should drop items whose level requirement is a little closer to your own, it sucks when a level 12 char finds an item for a lvl 45 char -remove the magical property ‘+x to xChar skills’, it is annoying finding a ring that is +X to skills only to realize it is for the play and you are the necro, just have the +x to all skills and +x to xskilltree properties -on multiplayer you can only enter games of a similar speed to your connection (might be hard to do but it is gay when you have broadband and someone with dial up joins your game and it lags like fuck, course there is a serious downside, if you have dial up and your friend has broadband you wouldn’t be able to play together)
From Ureshi (with slight mod from Elfen Lied) -the game isnt so linear, more freedom to go where you want, but you still cant go everywhere, and still have the acts (but they are bigger)
From ThatDude (with slight mod from Elfen Lied) -Chars are able to sail on ships between places; the deck acts like a regular stage, going below deck would be like going from Cave Lvl 1 to Cave Lvl 2
From Vlady (with slight mod from Elfen Lied) -some the chars should be able to use some of the skills that the prime/lesser evils use for example Demonic Chill
but that only gives it 3 months to come out since it said 2006 and if it is released in 2006 then blizzard will be saying it anytime now
it said TBA 2006, that means To Be Announced in 2006, so theyll announce the release date within the remaining months of 2006. it could be this year next year or the year after. It could be the "unnannoucned project for 2007" blizzard was talking about. Who knows..........who knows........................
We all hope for Diablo 3, thats a givin. But what we can be 100% sure of is that Bill Roper, creator of Diablo, is creating Hellgate: London for the PC. Hellgate is greatly influenced by Diablo, This will show you how similar the games will be
Lol E3 is televised...if you have cable, G4TV i going to be live at e3 2 hours every night, if you dont have cable check out g4tv.com or attackoftheshow.com, when E3 comes around they will probly have some clips on the site
Haha everyone wants to go, but u need all this crap to get in, besides $50 tickets, you need to be in the video game business and have all these papers, passes, etc.
I think blizzard knows that everyone excpets some d3 at e3 so hopefully there will be at least a screenshot or something, to tease us alittle.
Its only 20 days away......
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Blizzcon= So imagine every game u release is a big hit and is always #1, what do you do? Throw a convention for yourself and everyone will follow. Last year Blizzcon 05, Blizzard was all about burning crusade, there may be one this year, probbabblly not.
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So about a year ago, I posted an article about information (supported with evidence I had) saying Diablo 3 was in development, as a Massively Multiplayer Online Game, based upon the idea of Hell invading Heaven. I also told you it would be, originally, debuted at Blizzcon last year, and I was wrong. Supported by more evidence that it was in development, I concluded that it would have to be shown at E3 ‘06. Once again, I was wrong.
So why do I think it’s going to air at Blizzcon 2006? Well, to be quite honest, Blizzard could slap me in the face again and I could be wrong. Just recently opened up in a Wall Street discussion saying they had developed a formula for doing an MMOG in just 3 years. Not only did they divulge some financial information to go along with this, but they also said all Blizzard “All Blizzard franchises will become MMOGs.”. Who doubted me? Obviously not IGN, or any of the other major media sites who announced the upcoming release of Diablo 3 based off of my information and findings.
So why Blizzcon ‘06, why not E3 next year? Well, the original idea was that Burning Crusade would be out before Blizzcon ‘06, so it wouldn’t make much sense to have another session covering the game, and what else are they going to cover? Sure, they could have Starcraft Ghost Release Candidate 18 for the PS3 or some other bullshit, but let’s get serious. So let’s look at some facts:
* Blizzard North closed in 2005, which was the primary location for the Diablo franchise development. The company was merged with as we know now Blizzard Entertainment.
* Supposedly–“I am musician in Czech Republic. I play not with one orchestra but with many depending on work. I have recently been to Bratislava in Slovak Republic for recording sessions with local Radio Symphony Orchestra, where we just recorded music for Diablo 3.” Is this legit? You decide.
* Heaven vs Hell. Hell invading Heaven. Normal people don’t come up with this, and if they did, they would work for a company–perhaps Blizzard Entertainment? Not only is this a very realistic environment for the Diablo franchise, but the information came from a former Blizzard employee, who was in fact working with the Diablo teams at one point.
* And of course, the latest information, from Blizzard saying that all franchises will become MMOGs. Granted, this doesn’t mean it would happen soon, but with all the evidence supporting Diablo 3, and DMCA’s I consistently receive for releasing crap, I can see this happening.
There is one thing I did want to address as well. As far as I recall, Blizzard said, upon attending Blizzcon, you would receive a Beta code. If I remember correctly, they also stated the Beta code would not be for the World of Warcraft expansion, but a yet unannounced game release. Two days ago, a Blizzard representative said otherwise, “..that card is your entrance to play World Of Warcraft expansion before most any one else. I would recommend following the instructions and registering.” I call bullshit, riot anyone?
Now there is one final determining factor. Will there be a Blizzcon ‘06? This of course would play a huge rule on if it’s announced at the event. If there isn’t, which is up for debate (and I’m working on getting confirmation right now), then we may not see it until their next event, as there are no other huge announcements upcoming that I’m aware of. In my opinion they will save this for their own event, as it makes them a lot more do re me than announcing at E3 would.
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take a look, the list constantly grows due to the ideas from members of the site
Master List Update
New additions in red
Player Char
- choose male/female => choose class => choose faction heaven or hell, faction determines whether your char is light or dark, eg Paladin or Anti-Paladin (anti is kinda like the reverse, anti does not work for all classes some just have a good or bad version, where the good and bad versions arent complete opposites like the barb)
-some form of customization like colours of armor and if it’s 3D, body size, hair colour, facial hair and the like
-characters age (but not as quickly as in Fable), at the top of the character record it makes the chars seem more real, mages classes of course start with a higher default age than warrior classes and priest classes
-characters to have a voice so they aren’t just the emotional zombies they were in the previous games, only saying something if inventory full or every 12 stages or so (you can import a voice if u wants to)
- definitely no races, definitely no vampires, half human/half something stupid, elves, fairies, cyborgs, metahumans, killer robots from the future, gnomes, goblins, trolls, dwarves, orcs, half human/half something stupid (Half Breeds/hybrids) as a playable character like some people want, diablo is humans only, always has, always will (god I hate people who want these things, go play WOW or DND if you want these things)
-the ability to sheath weapons (put weapons away), and not just remove items for your char, I mean more like pressing ‘w’ and you don’t have anything on the other slots
-if you fall just short of the strength requirement (5-10 under) of a weapon you can still use it but you drag it and use two hands to swing it, like the skeletons in act 5 (would be cool/funny)
-every class should be able to dual wield two small weapons, up two small sword, at the same time (daggers, dirks, Kris you know the small ones)
-if you are evil (faction Hell), or a thief class, you can attempt to steal items from shopkeepers (click button next to repair)
-higher max char level
-near the top of the char record page, should be your chars religion, ‘High Heavens’, ‘Burning Hells’, ‘None’ or ‘something else’, factions may dictate this.
-mage type chars look like they are wearing cloaks rather than armor, similar to how they like when they aren’t wearing armor, (it looks kinda stupid when the only difference between a barb and a necro is their size)
-there is a character page which shows what your char looks like with all his items on, 3D and zoomed in (most likely the inventory page)
-every class could start in a different location
-more small unique details between the chars or char types, like how Druids gain a speed bonus when using a maul, and similarly Barbs with axes, they could, if it isn’t already in d2, implement something like mage classes have slightly fast casting times than priest or warrior classes also an unarmed warrior class should do more damage than an unarmed priest or mage class, currently I think they all do the same unless you have really high strength
-characters names should be extended to up to 20 characters instead of 15, and you should be able to use spaces also you should be able to use special characters if you cant already
-there should be a records page, which shows you chars total number of kills per act and for the game, most powerful enemy vanquished, how long you have been playing for, favourite (most frequently used) Spell or skill, favourite (most frequently used) weapon/s [this area is where the kill counter from diablo 1 should be, seeing as the interface is different from diablo 1, i.e. the black box at the bottom of the screen that used to display the kill counter no longer exists]
Classes
-somewhere between 10 - 20 or so chars, keep some of the original classes and some new ones
-more warrior, priest and mage types, there are lots of classes yet to be explored and some are quite fun to play;
Anti-Paladin (anti-Paladin is not a necromancer)
Archer (Ranger) (kinda like male amazon)
Bard (not the hellfire version a good one)
Bounty Hunter (adept at tracking/stalking)
Corsair (powerful warrior thief)
Crusader
Dragoon
Drifter or Nomad
Fist Fighter
Hellion (very powerful and demon like fighter but is human)
Ninja (kinda like male assassin)
Ranger
Samurai (kensai from DND)
Thief
Wizard Slayer (adept and fighting enemies who specialize in using magic attacks)
-some more warrior classes or warriors with a few magic spells
-there is really only 1 healer (paly) and yes people like to going healers, so more healer classes, one of which is a kind of exorcist, good against demons and undead;
Adept
Alchemist (animates inanimate objects, creates weapons out of the elements around him an can create powerful concoctions)
Cavalier
Cleric
Inquisitor
Prior
Monk (not the hellfire version a good one more like the DND version, unarmed, martial artist)
Zealot
Warrior Priest (think knight's templar with spells)
-a new type of mage would be nice either a;
Abjurer specializes in protection magic (kinda like auras and the armor spells)
Conjurer specializes in creating creatures and objects to help him
Diviner specializes in detection and divining magic (find/disable trap, far sight and identify)
Enchanter specializes in manipulating the minds of sentient beings
Geomancer specializes in earth based magic
Hydromancer specializes in water based magic
Illusionist specializes in creating illusions to confuse and mislead
Invoker specializes in invocation/evocation magic (lightning/magic type spells)
Pyromancer specializes in fire based magic
Necromancer specializes in magic dealing with death [but we already have 1]
Transmuter specializes in magic that alters physical reality
Warlock (not like the wow one) A supernatural character whose sinister powers are inborn abilities, not spells, Such as shapeshifting into Lycanthropes (Lycans is short for Lycanthropes)
Alternatively, the Geo/Hydro/Pyromancer could be just the one Elementalist class and his skill trees are divided into Earth/Fire/Water based spells
-definitely no Subclasses or Multiclasses in d3 just True classes
Storylines Major/minor
-with the worldstone gone demons are more free to enter the world of sanctuary, this is how more powerful demon lords (act bosses of sorts) can come through
-as both demons and angels can enter the others realm, I think more demons and angels should be present at the gates to each area, they are suppose to be lock in eternal combat, yet only one angel was in hell possibly fighting demons on their own turf
-the last two lesser evil Belial Lord of Lies and Azmodan Lord of Sin elude us still
-the eternal battle between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells is still raging
-the prime evils returning (or just diablo) without their soulstones as they arent needed for the prime evils to exist
-something about Tyrael, is he corrupted? (Kinda been done before, a lot) is he banished from heaven? It may just be me but arent angels forbidden from major influences on mankind or something like that, I forget what it says in the text regards the lore of angels in diablo
-Of course if tyrael is corrupted shouldn’t at least one of the seven player chars from d2 also be corrupted, they spent more time in the vicinity of the corrupted worldstone than tyrael did, and im not counting nightmare and hell, unless tyrael is corrupted thru having shards of the worldstone enter his body when he smashed it.
-tie up any loose ends from the diablo series not that I can think of any right now but there is probably a few mostly to do with tyrael I believe
-the angel inarius, he could perhaps be set free from his prison of mirrors to seek revenge on the prime evils or something
-tie in with the diablo novels some how
-something with Deckard cain is he still alive, he is getting old, but for some people it would feel like diablo without him.
-some mention of the heroes of d2/d2lod, perhaps you could find part of there armor of course the set would have a name like Unknown Barbarian heroes…. or something
-you could find out that cain is not the last of the horadrim, there is another, most likely an evil mage or sorts, you kill him then inform cain he once again is the last of the horadrim, cain has a wet eye.
-if a playable char returns in d3 like the chars from d1 did in d2, have more of a storyline for them, not just the ‘oh xchar is now a monster I have to kill’
-several powerful demons that have been defeated in the previous games could make a return thru some kind of resurrection/summoning spell, similar to the one Baal used to bring the warlord of blood (bartuc the bloody) back to life
Towns / world
-could throw in some cultural references to pop culture and other games for fun;
baldur's gate had a character called sir Garrick and he was modeled on sir robin from monty pythons holy grail, (he even sang the song brave, brave sir……), Warcraft had wirt’s other leg, and WOW has wirt's third leg
Diablo 3 could have a sorcerer called Tim or an npc called Roger the Shrubber, or a Knight who says ‘Ni’ or an item called the Doomhammer
-scary like diablo 1 (the lone hero descending into the darkness), this can be done by reintroducing the creepy soundtrack like diablo 1 had, Danny Elfman is good at gothic soundtracks, Medievil, batman the Animated Series are some of his best works
-more villages/towns/cities, some ruined like tristram in d2/LOD
-more towns/villages per act, could have a big city like lut Gohlein as the main town then further out in the wilderness a groups of houses with some npcs
-buildings in towns and cities to have very gothic architecture (like the Chaos Sanctuary in D2) esp. churches and cathedrals, think Notre Dame in France
-Trade-routes throughout the world of sanctuary, your char can buy passage on a caravan along these tracks, but beware they are full of bandits
-good old crossroads, complete with gibbet (cage) like in willow, lol
-bars, pubs and taverns, sometime adventurers just need a few drinks, a bit of entertainment (gambling/woman) and a rest, come on who hasnt wanted to pull up a barstool and drink with geglash in act 2 or drown your sorrows in the tavern of the rising sun when playing Diablo of course, intoxication would work like a curse
-buying alcohol for adventurous minors it’s always fun (ala baldurs gate),
-taking on castles/fortresses full of demons
-unofficial titles by which townsfolk refer to you kind like fable (people called out your title) =>
For killing a few witches get a Witch Hunter title
For killing a few daemons get a Daemon Hunter title
For killing a few vampires get a Vampire Hunter title
and so forth
-mounts to make travelling faster (may or may not be able to attack or be attacked if on mount)
-bigger acts (act 2 and 5 size) with more internal stages like caves and dungeons
-craggy peak stages
-eastern European forests, big thick ones, like the ones in Germany (like on the outer packaging of cadbury’s dark forest chocolate) not the scrag forests of act 1
-swamp/bog/quagmire/marshland good ones
-stages fully covered in snow, so much you leave footprints in the snow
-the tree house village (like where galadriel lives in LOTR, or the ewoks from star wars)
-similar to those little houses in act 1 that have a cow inside, why not have home stays, a house fenced off field, sheep and cattle.
-more interactable environments, things you can hack away at/through like bushes and vines also more things like the cairn stones in acts one you click on them and your char speaks
-bring back the d1 shrines (plus x lvl to x spell, plus x amount to x stat)
-villages full of possessed people (like griswold in d2)
-go to amazon/necromancer/druid homelands plus the kingdom of westmarch and north/south of kurast (we never went there in diablo 1, 2 or LOD)
-seeing at it is heaven vs. hell and we went to hell in diablo 1, 2 and LOD go to the high heavens (but not for a long time just one or two stages)
-if you can go to somewhere where it is impossible for the average person to go, dont have barrels and chests there, golden chests are ok they are special (demon horded treasure)
-bring back the ‘cornerstone of the world’ so you can trade between your chars, (without having someone say they'll help then steal your items)
-random shopkeepers who can sell you things outside of towns (may be single player only, as pkers would have a clear shot at you, unless they were in a house or something which acted like a town i.e. not attacking players)
-skull piles/skeletons on the ground, should yield skulls of varying power
-weapons racks should be like they were in diablo you know the armories of hell (on lvl 13), you know where each item sold for 10000gp not they useless crap they give in d2
-if you have a bow or throwing weapon, you should be able to shoot things in the air, like those birds and those jumping guys.
-if you go to an area from d1, d2 or LOD, it should look the same, not like how D2 tristram differs from diablo tristram (rivers are different and no cathedral, it would have been cool to do even the first four stages of the labyrinth)
-several features that are accessible only after you have beaten the game, (similar to the cow lvl)
-underground cities, like the Underdark in DND, but no gnomes or drow
-large cities full of corruption, complete with shady back alley locals
-more bodies of dead heroes on the ground that actually yield something good not just 3gp
-day and night
-weather (ok so D2 kinda had weather but it only really rained in act 3), also lightning spells should do more damage in the rain
-European style weapons like axes/swords should be in short supply in an area (act) that is based on another geographical location such as the Middle East, Same goes for the other areas, mostly weapons from that area, very few weapons from other areas
-the stages need to be not so flat, they should be like in Baldur’s Gate and Warcraft III, there are little hills and bumps, I cant believe act 2 of D2 hardly even had a single sand dune you could run/walk over
-deep gorges and ravines, some you can walk through, others you cant
-you can pay an NPC to personalize/socket/imbue some of your items your items, but only later in the game/difficulties
Quests
-lots more quests 27 is not enough (30 with v1.12 if it exists) and more quests per act, only 4/5 acts have 6 and that isnt enough
-arena quests (last man standing), other players can place bets on multiplayer
-quest based on class (everybody does the same quest but it differs depending on which class you are)
-quests differ depending on faction such as an evil person could choose not to kill something, or they could choose to kill a someone instead of save him
-quests that dont appear in quest log, (gheed wanted a gem a small weapon some gold or something didnt he)
-quests that are normal/nightmare/hell only
-Some quests differ slightly depending on the difficulty, Normal, Nightmare or Hell
-some quests that are single/multiplayer only,
-quest exp (getting exp just for finishing quest)
-better quest rewards, also quest rewards improve with difficulty (such as 1 socket/imbue in normal, 2 in nightmare and 3 in hell)
-protect village for x amount of time (good) or invade village for x amount of time (evil) I love these quests
-you can receive quests from monsters (like gharbad and snotspill in diablo)
-fist fighting quests, survive a few rounds to get a weapon, women, learn some info, raise some much needed fundage, or just prove how tough you are, that sort of thing
-a few quests where you are able to potentionally weaken a boss, (Na krul from hellfire, reading the books weaken him)
-not sure if it can be done but it was cool (but sometimes not) but it was cool how in Diablo not every quest appeared every time during your game, you had to go to new game and hope you got the quests you missed.
-the age old sword in the stone quest, of course the sword is worth it
-everybody loves kicking the door in of the hideout of a cult, and totally kicking all their asses
-quests only appear in the quest log once you have begun them, like they did in diablo1
-a few quests that take almost the whole difficulty (or game) to finish
-some quests that either must be finished in the next act, or require something from the next act to finish it
-lots more quests that are harder in difficulty, most of the quests in d2/LOD are fairly easy to complete
Weapons/items
-version of weapons more powerful than elite
-light and dark versions of weapons, (but not all) Light weapons give off a Holy glow, while Dark weapons give off an unholy glow
-more items of all types
-cloaks and capes over armor
-bring back the rags
-bring back the club that looked like a bit of wood with a nail in it
-bring back the spells books from diablo 1 (plus x lvls to x spell) and the bookshelves they are found on.
-also shields can be strapped to your back, that way you can have a shield and a two handed weapon, cant block but the armor rating thing still applies
Bring back items of the pit (plus -x to x stat)
-customize armor and some weapons NWN styles
-new types of weapons, such as whips [yeh i went there], slings, bayonets (see Anderson form Hellsing) katana, shuriken (ninja star), ninja to and wakazashi (I know this isnt an Asian themed game or DND, but you should know what i mean)
-more gems/better version of gems, more runes/more powerful and more rune words
-if the is something like the cube in d3 it should be available earlier in the game (I hate finding a good item or two and my stash if full of runes and gems and im in act 1) also it should be larger
-more transmutable items
-more craftable items
-more uniques, and more powerful, plus more that look different from their base item it should be like in Diablo nearly every unique item looked different form its base type
-trophies =>
demon heads, pelts, hinds, scalps, hooves, horns, tusks (work like charms and some as items like weapons and cloaks)
-bring back the elixirs from diablo
-bring back the oils from diablo hellfire
-more set items (esp class specific sets)
-6 – 8 feet tall swords, which even someone like the barbarian has to use two hands to swing it
-definitely no GUNS, definitely no GUNS, no guns of any kind
-some legendary items, which you have to search for the parts and combine them to get a really powerful item, these items can either be created in the cube or by a master blacksmith
-throwing hammers, there are throwing knives and axes, why not hammers
-Flaming Longswords, man these weapons rock
-more non European style weapons, like Scimitars and Katanas
Multiplayer
-since it will be similar to wow, guilds will be cool, (even if there are no official guild option people will do this anyway)
-less fucken lag (my god is that a must)
-not sure if it is caused by lag but fix the problem of the black wall that stops you from moving
-an arena for dueling (PK), other players can place bets, the winner of the pk duel takes a large part of all the winnings, odds of winning would most likely be calculated on something like lvl. Lower lvl, better pay or something like that
-checkbox for dueling works similar to trade check box, not possible unless both people check the box
-more people per game increase the number from 8 to 12, unless it is like wow and is all on servers
-bigger friends list maybe 35 instead of 25
-more multiplayer (battle.net [Closed]) only runewords
-games should have some kind of identifier which says the game is expansion or not and what difficulty it is before you try to join it
-ears or the d3 equivalent trophy’s price should be based on lvl, it is stupid to have a lvl 9 ear sell at the same price as a lvl 99 ear
-not sure if this is already the case, Shrines should have bigger effects on multiplayer, i.e. bigger bonuses and last longer (this is for TCP/IP, Open and Closed)
-Gaining exp for duels, they count as a monster of the equivalent level, killing a lvl 90 char would roughly be the same as killing a lvl 90 monster
-once you join a guild, your char bears the insignia of that guild, such as a little pic on their cape
-very good anti hack/dupe protection
-a help section for newcomers, explaining how to do all the commands
-more features only available on battle.net, like the world events and the ubers
Npcs/mercs
-More sarcasm and cursing by the townsfolk and much less political correctness, it makes for an interesting conversation,a more medieval feel to the language they use
-a few Hollywood actors to do a few of the voices, like Sean Connery to do a wizard, or Michael Dorm to do a brooding warrior or something like that
-the cow suit guy from diablo hellfire,
-mercs that have better AI, can choose whether they act aggressive or passive, attack or defend, more choices of merc classes, more powerful, and can use a few more items (not a full set), resurrection scrolls and be able to hire 2 max
-mercs need to have a few more skills than the one or two they have in D2
-also mercs have a voice just a few more sound files, they follow you to hell and back and all they can say is ‘thanks’, ‘I will put this to good use’, ‘I cant use this yet’, ‘uuurrrrrrrggggghh’
-more people who unofficial follow you like the barbarians in act 5
-if there are witches, they should be like adria in d1, or the corrupt rogues, and not as a playable character, to similar to the sorc
-random npcs adventurers (some dead and you can loot their stuff)
-random people who give you a quest or two
-more people in town to talk to, that don’t sell/give quests to you, like farhnam and geglash (yes people out there like to talk to these people)
-random NPC groups out killing demons, (groups of paladins and assassins out doing their jobs that sort of thing)
-some npcs who after rescuing them follow you, of course you can equip them but they don’t use the full set of items, they use weapon shield, armor, helm, gloves and boots, they are kind of like a type of merc you don’t have to pay for
-more drunk npcs, they always have something funny to say esp. farhnam
-more Angels, diablo is heaven vs. Hell and we have only seen two angels, Tyrael and Hadriel, there are other angels mentioned in the diablo texts but they are never seen in the games
-npcs always seem pretty eager to help you on your quests, where are the npcs who refuse to provide you with the info you need, until you beat it out of them?
-more ethnically diverse npcs, where are all the Norse, Scandinavian, Irish, and Scottish npcs
-more npcs who actually have the right accent for the geographical area they are in, with d2 nearly every one had the same accent even if the were from the deserts, the jungle or the tundra
-more npcs who hit on the player character
-More npcs who try to coax the player char into joining the forces of Hell
Skills/spells
-a generic skill tab that everybody has, with find item, find potion, disarm trap, pick lock and spells/skills like that
-not really sure if it can be done, but bring back the unique skill feature from Diablo, each class had a unique skill;
Warrior: repair item
Rogue: disarm trap
Sorcerer: recharge staff
In d3 a priest class could have a unique skill that increases the damage of holy spells, like holy bolt, alternatively an evil priest unique skill could increase the damage of unholy skills like unholy bolt
-bring back the spells of immolation (fire nova) flame wave, lightning wall, elemental, stone curse, and apocalypse
-higher max skill level (20 it too low, I know skills go higher than this but you can only add to a skill 20 times, then it stops the rest must be done with items)
-lightning spells to have a higher minimum damage, I hate it when its 1-5000
-more magic damage based skills, you know the ones that aren’t elemental based more skills like berserk, magic arrow, telekinesis, some times these are the only spells you can use to hit the enemies, also some of these spells need to do more damage
-a new type of skills (like Cold, Poison, Fire, Lightning, Magic, Physical) called Unholy [working title] and these spells are for evil chars, things like unholy bolt, demonic chill, of course if you that all the skills like holy bolt, and the holy auras would all be Holy [working Title]
-all classes have a few more defensive skills/spells
-not really sure if this already happens but, 24 points into a lvl 1 skill, should do more damage than one point into a lvl 24 skill
-a few more spells that control the badguys, like psionics attacks
-there should be a spell for each class that summons a minion, even for warrior classes, warriors could summon primal beasts like wolves and bears or summon valkryies and berserkers, priests Devas or fallen Devas if they are evil, mages anything from demons to elementals to the undead
-more spells like Cloudkill, Ice Lance, Acid Arrow, finger of death, disintegrate and some spells similar to other DND spells which when cast, create a weapon like Flame Sword and Magic Hammer
Monsters
-more enemies that have a voice and say more than one line (like snotspill, zhar the mad, Lazarus, gharbad)
-demons disguised as people in town (would be cool)
-more powerful types of bad guy =>
Goat => Centaur, Minotaur
Fallen => fallen brute
Knights => Demon Knight
Blunderbore => Ogres
Claw Viper => Naga (the more feminine looking ones, not the WC royal guard type)
-tougher bosses (some with fewer minions)
-more visual variety in badguys kind of like how with the necromancers skeletons some have shields with arrows in them, some have axes, some have swords, and others dont
-a random evil/good version of you, wandering around (like pokemon but not as lame of course), could be interesting
-more badguys who worship a badguy and yell his name (carvers yell out rakanishu)
-Random badguys that ride on horses are charge at you
-less resistant badguys in hell
-bring back the gargoyles from diablo
-bring back the succubus from diablo
-bring back the mages from diablo
-bring back the butcher, warlord of blood and the skeleton king or a similar badguy
-bring back the black knights from diablo, they were so cool bursting into flames when they died
-bring back the Magma men (lava chuckers)
-bring back the lightning demons (lightning chuckers)
-bring back the overlords (uglies)
-bring back the vipers (snakes)
[Would have been quicker to say which monsters from diablo 1 not to bring back, lol]
-rocs (giant birds) that pick up your mount/baddies
-goatman/fallen armies complete with camps and chariots
-Demons
Baatezu, Balor and Tanar'ri (kinda look like dread lords from WCIII)
-Basalisks, kinda looks like a komodo dragon but bigger, way bigger (for you idiots out there, the basilisk in Harry Potter is actually a Boalisk, basilisks have legs)
-Hydras, the multiple headed beasts
-Medusae, snake hair ladies
-Rakshasas (shape change monsters)
-Mariliths (sometimes called Nagas, Half snake/half woman with lots or arms)
-More undead enemies
Banshee
Crypt Thing (very powerful Skeleton)
Liches and Demi-Liches (more like the DND version as opposed to the Warcraft version)
Revenant (very powerful Zombie)
Zombie Lord
-Ratmen, similar to the goatmen but rats, (there were ratmen in D2 but they used the Fetish image)
-Sirens
-some kind of sea monster, like the river monsters in act 3 but bigger, much bigger!
-a few more plant type monsters wouldn’t hurt, shambling moulds and ones similar to the Venus fly trap monsters in the Legend of Zelda games
-a few more legendary beasts from mythology but not too many, mostly animal, undead and demon types, as these types are most common in diablo, dragons in diablo would seem out of place, as would some other legendary beasts, like mind flayers and beholders
-less monsters that run away, still have these guys, just less of them
Game Mechanics
-2.5D graphics, something between what diablo 1 and 2, and neverwinter nights are
-ZOOM the camera would be cool, even if it is isometric view. But esp. if its in 3D
-keep the three difficulty levels, but if the game if very big baldurs gate 2 size im cool with the difficulties just being a setting, like they were in Diablo: Hellfire
-bring back the kill counter, is was neat being able to see how many of a certain type of badguy you had killed, but when the kill counter reset at 500 or so that was gay
-items dump in piles that you click on and it brings up an inventory, (like neverwinter nights and Baldur’s gate) I hate just seeing lots of gold and items everywhere
-bring back gambling for unique and set items, which was cool
-bigger inventory/stash
-trade gold for exp (I know this seems a little cheap, but its how many Baal runs to go from lvl 96 to 97, and you have millions of dollars not going to any use)
-pressing the ‘H’ key removes all of the bars and icons around the screen so all that is left is the background pressing ‘H’ again brings them back
-belts auto fill, like how if you have a column empty on your belt and you pick up a potion in fills up, do that same thing with potion from inventory, if you have room, potions automatically go into your belt, (what I’m trying to get at here is if there is room in your belt, and you have potions in your inventory, they should go to your belt, i.e. the belt will always try to stay full)
-May be hard to implement but mercs have a belt for potions, and you can set it so when the mercs life drops below a certain point, the potions in the mercs belt will be used, saving you farting around trying to heal the merc, by pressing shift + #, # of course being a number 1 – 4, or if you didn’t know that, dragging a potion to the mercs pic at the top of the screen
-tutorial for newcomers, shows how to create basic melee fighter, ranged fighter, melee priest, ranged priest and mage class builds, hot key management, npc interaction things like that, game basics and char builds.
-an area that calculates your MF for you, if it can calculate armor/chance to block why not MF
-faster run/walk speeds
-if they don’t already, spiked shields or shields with spikes on them should do more damage
-not sure if this is the case, but you should be able to create the runewords without having to go on multiplayer
- bringing back the menu from diablo 1, You know when save and exit were two different options instead of the same be (or is that too cheap)
Other
-the soundtrack is included
-cloth map of the world of sanctuary
-DVD of the movies from the game
-Art of Diablo concept book, the Warcraft one was cool
-Free poster
-quik reference card of in game/in chat commands
-strategy guide comes with it, (some people need it), and even I pick up a few things from these books every now and again
-would blizzard supplying their own char/world editor for Diablo 3 be too weird, lol
-links to websites with special downloads, like items for your chars
-nice big manual for the game full of good stuff like where to find Easter eggs in the game as well as all the usual stuff manuals are full of
-some kind of d3 memorabilia, the box set of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion comes with a Nerv Parking Permit magnet, something similar could be done for d3
From AcidReign
-Some kind of spike lord badguy with lots of spikes
-better/cooler avatars for chars, minions and mercs on singleplayer and multiplayer
-A rich and appealing storyline to continue from Diablo II. So far the storyline is nonconclusive at this point, and when it is, it has to be good.
-A new difficulty. Diabolical Harder - almost impossible to pass, but its rewards will be grand.
-it would be nice to see other PvP modes, such as capture the war banner, or a town raid with two opposing teams trying to take control.
-New interfaces. New menus, new inventory setup, new stash/bank area, new character stat window, new equipped items window (perhaps an optional character portrait?) Keep the old school health and mana orbs in the corners
-Slow the monster generation down, and make them more difficult. Diablo II was an off-and-on game because players lost interest with pwning huge amounts of easy monsters.
-More eye-appealing special effects. Perhaps they can add some ragdoll physics and some new fire, lightning, ice, and poison animations.
-Implement a Day-Night tracker. During the light hours of the day, demons will be less aggressive. During dark hours, the demons will feel more compelled to push their forces forward. This implementation could also be build upon for other things, such as quests and item finding.
From Kingpin202
-Upgrades and add-ons to your armor (so you don't have to buy new armor)
-Upgrades and add-ons to your weapons as well.
-A secret Cow Level.
-More good characters gone bad like Griswold.
-After you die in Hard core you can still walk around in town/heaven. (It would only be -fun though on multiplayer)
From Maestro
-while in a group on multiplayer, if someone dies, they get a diminished (most likely diminished to 0) proportion of the exp that the rest of the group get for killing the badguy
-chars should have charisma rating, similar to the other stats, but with charisma the higher the rating the bigger the discount at shops
-a more precise appraisal on your more valuable items
From Morfias
-2 skill points per level up instead of 1
-monsters should drop items whose level requirement is a little closer to your own, it sucks when a level 12 char finds an item for a lvl 45 char
-remove the magical property ‘+x to xChar skills’, it is annoying finding a ring that is +X to skills only to realize it is for the play and you are the necro, just have the +x to all skills and +x to xskilltree properties
-on multiplayer you can only enter games of a similar speed to your connection (might be hard to do but it is gay when you have broadband and someone with dial up joins your game and it lags like fuck, course there is a serious downside, if you have dial up and your friend has broadband you wouldn’t be able to play together)
From Ureshi (with slight mod from Elfen Lied)
-the game isnt so linear, more freedom to go where you want, but you still cant go everywhere, and still have the acts (but they are bigger)
From ThatDude (with slight mod from Elfen Lied)
-Chars are able to sail on ships between places; the deck acts like a regular stage, going below deck would be like going from Cave Lvl 1 to Cave Lvl 2
From Vlady (with slight mod from Elfen Lied)
-some the chars should be able to use some of the skills that the prime/lesser evils use for example Demonic Chill
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it said TBA 2006, that means To Be Announced in 2006, so theyll announce the release date within the remaining months of 2006. it could be this year next year or the year after. It could be the "unnannoucned project for 2007" blizzard was talking about. Who knows..........who knows........................
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