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I agree with your observation completely. As long as there are unique armor looks I will be happy with the avatars as is.
Just curious, what kind of rich lore was there in game about any of the character classes in d2? I mean I have a vague idea of some of the background of the sorceress and the assassins but that is it. I am talking in game lore. I have not read any of the books.

The problem with the tetris inventory "mini game" is that no one played it. There was no "I'll pick up this instead of that" there was just pick up everything that fits, portal to town stash/sell and come back. Then when you get full in your stash make a private game with a friend and transfer all your stuff to a billion specialized mules.
My biggest worry and it looks like a lot of others in this thread is that the items are going to lose their tangible feel by having tiny icons. I stand by my earlier statement that if there were a way to right click an item and see some nice big item art that this would preserve that feel.

I really like glowing weapons but I hope that you have to work your butt off to get them. I dislike it when every newbie is running around with a glowing enchanted weapon.

If they are going to try to rip people off why not try giving it some sort of a gimmicky release date like Halloween?
Seriously how do people get away with this crap.

I have to laugh when people cite "realism" as a reason for anything in the diablo universe. I understand keeping things realistic within the game but even within the game do you really think it is "realistic" to wear a full suit of heavy armor, carry a big ass maul and then also carry around 4 more big axes/mauls in your inventory?

When it comes to inventory management realism is not the issue. Now the grid inventory system did have the plus side of forcing people to choose more smaller items or take up most of your space with a very large item. Giving the items weights could counter this though.

I also liked the huge icons of the weapons and armor it made them feel more tangible (the grid system also made the items feel more tangible). I think this feeling could be preserved by giving a big icon of the item when you right click it and giving it a detailed icon on the character both in the paper doll menu and on the actual player model.

I get what your saying but the reason that people are complaining so much is because they loved d2 so much and want very specific things from d3. They have been waiting so long for this game they are afraid their expectations are going to be squashed like they often are on extremely hyped sequels because nothing can ever live up to that hype.

I am sure Blizzard knew this was going to happen and I doubt it hurts their feelings. They should be flattered that people are so fanatical about their game that they have to try to micromanage every aspect of the game because they want something so specific from it.

I think there is going to be some resistance to the change from the grid inventory system but ultimately I think people are going to like it. The grid system is outdated and adds a lot of extra clicking to the game. I did like arranging my inventory but it isn't a deal breaker for me and I am convinced I will enjoy the change.

As much as I wish this was possible I get the feeling it was just the default date in the field and someone forgot to change it.

We have been over this before. It is not a new class. They are not going to accidentally release a new class.

I agree with you. I think the graphics are fine as is but sharpening things up and adding details would be nice. I am willing to just try the game with whatever graphics they release it with rather than decide from a short game play video that I am going to hate the game because of the graphics.
Even in D2 the graphics were the main thing that was criticized. No one cared though because the game play was awesome. It is ironic that people are now swearing they will hate the sequel they have been begging for because the graphics are wrong.

Every video game I have ever read pre release info about has had complaints about it seeming like the monsters are too easy. They always massively buff the demo chars so that they can zip through the levels and demonstrate the skills and environments. It isn't exactly exciting watching someone get their ass kicked in the same fight over and over and it doesn't let you see much of the game either.

This is a non issue, the difficulty of the monsters in the demo vs the demo chars is not a realistic representation of the game.

You should not have a shared bank I think that is what is being proposed here. The idea of being able to see what is on other characters with a tab is intriguing but I still think there should be a price for muling and inconvenience is not a bad price when what your swapping for is a convenience.

No, I also do not think there is any chance at all of this happening.

I voted no but if you had made a third option "Yes within limits" I would have picked that. I do not think you should be able to freely reassign skill points whenever you want but I do think there should be some way to respec one time at a high cost. The respec for 1 minute thing isn't a bad idea either.

I would, and I think even some of the people who said no would. I would rather not though for various reasons.