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Summoner (the corrupted Mage from the second act of Diablo II) was evidently the Sorcerer in the first Diablo game. After you defeat him Cain says he remembered that there was a Vizjerei who fought against Diablo and assumes that he was corrupted.

Huh, I always knew about who the wanderer was, and eventually came to the conclusion that the rogue was Blood Raven. But I never even considered that the sorcerer was the Summoner in the Arcane Sanctuary. What a tasteful way to reference the first game.

Count me in. I'll do my best to contribute in whatever way I can. Then maybe one day, you'll allow me a custom rank.

Indeed. If anyone has some decent Necromancer stuff I could really use some to get through Hell.

I can't wait to read it. Even the cover art looks really cool. I haven't read the fourth Diablo book, however.

So I thought I'd play LOD online for awhile and I totally forgot how much I hate it. I don't mean to be inarticulate, but those jerkstores and their damned hack characters, waiting outside the town to slaughter you the moment you step out.

And they all claim to be legit, but seriously! I'll just be sticking to the single player. If only I can get through Hell, Act V. Still can't beat the Talic, Madawc, and Korlic guys.

I was under the impression that it was after the seeming stalemate of the Great Conflict that the forces of Heaven and Hell realized that the world of Sanctuary, where mortals existed, would need to be the key factor in deciding the outcome of this Conflict. Cause either force could clash with each other all they wanted in their own realms and neither side could hold sway for long. So for the sake of chance, they forsaked the predictability of their methods and turned to the mortals.

The mortals, who had unique qualities about them: being finite in their existence, unpredictable, and easily swayed to either side, made them ideal for shaping the outcome of the war.

And while the Sin War was a new dynamic to the battle as a whole, most mortals did not have much understanding of it all except for just one long Great Conflict. Except of course a minority of mortals who understood things on the greater level, and were convinced or coerced into fighting each other in the name of good or evil (of course, ignorant people were also drawn into the war without really understanding what was really happening).

So I've always interpreted the Sin War as a sort of bet between the two forces to decide the fate of all creation. And both sides would be allowed to infiltrate Sanctuary posing as various things to get mortals to fight in the name of this or the name of that. Then over time as demons and angels came to either admire mortals for what they were or be jealous towards and hate them, both sides began cheating sort of and became more actively involved in the Sin War and began abandoning their methods of subterfuge.

Most importantly, since it was the Three that realized the mortals' potential in the outcome of the Great Conflict, they worked hardest of all to corrupt them. Then I suppose due to the ignorance of the Lesser Evils, the Prime Evils were overthrown and banished directly to Sanctuary. Which is ironic I suppose because this exile is exactly what allowed them to become so powerful and influence mortals the way they did, almost gaining complete victory in the end, except for that your character kills them all and destroys their soulstones.

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is there going to be any new characters like if they bought back the rouge, or you could be like for example a female nercomancer or a male guy called the rebel:rolleyes:??

P.S. I think having a rebel character would be awesome.

By rebel, do you mean like someone who works for Hell? Or do you just hope there will be a generally rebellious character, that's a male?

Hmm, just slightly off topic but I'll never forget the trailer for Diablo 2 how the guy was holding Diablo's soulstone and then he just dropped it and it was all sitting there. Then I'm like, "I thought he drove it into his head?"

I wonder if the soulstones were created from merely chipping pieces off the Worldstone.

Despite some of the holes or loose ends in the plot, D2 had a great storyline. That's what I look for most in a game, plus direction and music. But if D3 has at least the most former, then I'll be satisfied I'm sure.

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I read that there was a petition for Peter Jackson to direct The Hobbit movie. They had 40,000 votes, and New Line Cinema was looking into it now. Hah!

Even then, I doubt a poll of 40,000 votes had any real impact. I'm sure any decision to make the Hobbit would be mostly based on the success of the LOTR trilogy in theaters and DVD sales, merchandise, etc. They know the fanbase already exists, and not just the hardcore fans either.

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no the stone held the balance. with it gone evil can enter the mortal realm even more readily. read the last speeches by npcs in act 5 when you beat baal

Interesting. Then does anyone know for what purpose Baal would corrupt it? Cause surely based on what you said, would allow Heaven to interfere more as much as Hell. Perhaps Baal knowing that Heaven rarely interfered with Sanctuary, but Hell often did, he wanted to make it easier for his minions enter. And was this supposed to allow Mephisto and Diablo to return?

I think there's too many unknowns about the nature of the Worldstone to say for certain.

Yes, while I'm sure a petition doesn't make a huge impact one way or another, I still believe that the people at Blizzard are interested in what fans are thinking about these games. I've noticed a lot of people are cynical about polls, but if it none of it helps, none of it certainly hurts either.

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I want SotC 2 to come out so I can kill somthin big for a change...

SotC? Fill me in on that one.

If there was more to do in the game besides just killing things over and over, then yes, I'd like them to stay dead. But since that really is all you do, yes, keep them coming.

I don't think a prequel would be necassarily a bad thing. I just think it would be appropriate to complete a trilogy, then perhaps in the future do a prequel. But I still know either way I'd more than settle for any new Diablo release.