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Do you understand that it does not look like that anymore?? It's an OLD shot. Did you even see the Blizzcast today?

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Similar to how the Horadric Cube did in Diablo II?

Remember the unused quest item from D1 called Map of the Stars? It was meant to have a strong gameplay and storyline purpose. Something about planets aligning so that you can reach and defeat Diablo. A speculation, though I mean't something along those lines. Something that works with the story in a way but is a gameplay mechanic.

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Hm... Yeah, I could see that. Especially with your gear all layed out like that on the sides.

It's not laid to the sides - that's a screenshot from Blizzcon. I just used it because it had a close-up to the Talisman.

EDIT:

Quote from "Magistrate" »

like skill runes?

I already said in the OP that it does NOT work with the skill runes. Bashiok has 100% confirmed that.

I thought of it. But why would it be called "the Talisman", and kept a secret? Gear switching is kinda a standard feature. It's even been confirmed I'm pretty sure.

Nah I doubt it has anything to do with the bags. It's a button that brings up an interface.

Crafting!

Good idea - never thought of it.

It also might be something related to the storyline in some way. Something that works along with the story.

They don't even know it themselves. But if I had to guess, purple is probably going to be reserved for quest items, because it's very important not to oversee one of them dropping and mistake it for trash.

As of now, we don't even know if the Talisman will be used in conjunction with any items at all.

There are health potions in the game, they are just not going to be abused as they were in D2. You can even see one in the inventory in those new screenshots. And you can also see it bound to the '5' hotkey which is reserved for consumable items such as scrolls and potions.

Take a look at the lower right of the character equipment sheet (next to the foot):



It's been confirmed by Bashiok to be something they call 'the Talisman'. It's obviously not an equippable item and looks like a button, which will most likely bring up this interface:



As you can see, the one in the new screenshot appears to have two of the 'fields' blacked out. Whether they are empty (like opened lids) or something is put into them is a mystery. The purpose of the Talisman is also a mystery, and Blizzard does not intend to reveal it for now. What we know, is that those rectangle (skill) runes are not related to it in any way.

Colorblind and blind are two different things.

And no, gameplay IS the king, and ALWAYS comes first. Then comes whatever else. And nothing is going to fail if your standards of what is the best colour scheme are not met.

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Anyone else notice the "chipped square emerald" and "chipped star sapphire"?

The gems and sockets are shaped for balancing purposes.

So we learned how the new inventory works, we learned that each monster has 35 ways of dieing, and we saw a small video showing the new Fury interface in action.

And new UI and character/inventory screens are SEXY. I didn't know that they're done by the artist who worked on Sanitarium!

You shouldn't be able to buy useful items no matter how high the price.

About the upcoming Blizzcast:

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We always try to give something new, something exclusive. I think we pulled that off.

If he 'thinks' they pulled it off, to give something new and exclusive, then you shouldn't really set your expectations as high as a new class or whatever.

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And if it doesn't happen?

If it does, then you can start calling Blizzard liars since they said it will not be out this year.

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Here we go with the numbers again...

Well it was. I saw it.

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Also, we must remember,

Blizzard has already stated the Next-Gen MMO is -NOT- a current IP, meaning its not World of Starcraft.

That was never confirmed by an official source or a quote.

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Wow, that war:lord of the clans looked extremely retarded, good thing they didn't release it.

It was meant to be a point & click adventure game, and compared to other games of that genre at the time, it did NOT look retarded.