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Quote from "Romak" »

It was long time ago, but I think it was a unique hammer... perhaps 'Bloodtree Stump' or something that looks like it... but yeah, I was shocked although the item itself wasn't that good.

Back to topic, I think what people get confused with, is the loot sharing system... mostly because Blizzard didn't make themselves clear yet. For now there are 2 options.

1. When a monster dies for a party of 2 players and drops 10 items, 5 go to 1 player and 5 go to the other player.

2. When a monster dies for a party of 2 players and drops 10 items, 10 go to 1 player and 10 go to the other player

I'd go for the 2nd option because in the 1st one, it can be unfair if you share loot with a guy who doesn't help alot. In the 2nd option it's like the same loot wether you play alone or with someone... which encourage cooperative play.

i dont quite think it will go like that because if the total loot is randomized thru 2/8 players then 1 player could possibly come up with some great loot while others are left empty handed, however this is the way i imagine will happen.
"2" players
players kill monster and the loot randomizes for the individual players not total random loot then random spread.. get what im saying?
ah yes confirmation! source: click here
quote; "whatever drops, drops individually for each player."
so it is seperate loot drops not an all together drop then spread thru the players so you dont have a player get unlucky with 1/2 grays.(like.. on a boss.)

Quote from "mahamoti" »

Assigned drops are supposed to encourage multiplayer interaction by reducing the grab-fest.

However, I think it will have the opposite effect...why should I settle from 2 assigned drops from a chest if I could get 10 drops without those other people in the game?

Multiplayer in D2 was fun because it was a chance to get better items than playing alone -- having a bunch of people in the game increased the drop quality of monsters, and if I was quick, I could cash in on that by being the one to grab up good items.

That will no longer be the case, and it's not like I'm going to need help from other players actually killing monsters, so maybe the only reason left to do multiplayer is trading and PKing?

um.. no i think it will have a great positive reaction from the players if you wanted to play by yourself then its a good chance you prob wont get good loot like in a full game and the + is after you kill a boss with your fellow players you dont have to worry about rushing to grab loot because your reward is there no matter what!(oh, how i remember assholes stopping combat 10 seconds before the bosses demise just to prepare for the loot grab.)

Quote from "Asynchronic" »

I believe Blizzard said you would have to pick up your loot and drop it again for others to be able to see it. If there was a timer on it there would be people waiting around for the timer to end so they could see the rest of the loot, not exactly the fast paced game they are aiming for here.

yeah that sounds about right, blizzard isnt stupid just look at the games they have made(looking at you haters.) you're dead on there man. gj

Quote from "Robiwan" »

cool animations will be all round.

If we get an aura-based character i cant wait to see how those auras animate!

oh man you're totally dead-on there and i'm sure there will be some type of character that can provide buffs on-the-fly besides the barbarian. daaamn i can't wait to get in s2 and d3 those games were some of my first besides counter-strike tfc and unreal.

yeah they will have some awesome animations and that's just a sample. im also looking foward to the descriptions of the skills maybe describing for instance.. why they show that animation for the bomb.

the looting system works with everything man no matter what everyone gets their own loot(i'm pretty sure not positive.) i wouldn't see why they would have the looting system just for a certain occasion.

btw nice sig romak but we've only seen the starting level basics of what the witch-doctor can do.

here lemme help you with this..

Quote from "mahamoti" »

D1 classes---------
*rogue
*sorcerer
*warrior
* monk
* bard
* barbarian

D2 Classes---------
*amazon
*barbarian
*sorceress
*paladin
*necromancer
* assassin
* druid

haha they are all not gonna be in the game.. but in all seriousness i think there will be some type of full magic user class, a class that can use bows maybe/maybe not as their primary weapon who knows and the last class who knows.. but they will definately not be any of the old classes.

cool some of those i didnt even know were shown up until now thanks!

Quote from "Daemaro" »

Did you happen to notice the supposedly two different angels are in the exact same spot the bottom pictures only an inch higher at most?

The very top picture which is a sketch, yes I think there is two angels, and I think the one shielding it's eyes is Tyrael but the rest of the pictures all appear to be the same angel to me.

you're just gonna have to put it to rest man you aint winning this one didnt i already say that the angels were copy+pasted thru multiple images? so is the backround. the artist did not want to spend alot of time on this piece it was prob something for the storyboard. one more thing to add is that it in the backround just on the left piller(top-left) theres some gold but i know its the same backround.

this is obviously a panel for story and the artist didnt want to spend alot of time on something thats not meant to be seen. oh and by the way tyraels angels hang down and illuminate a pure yellow, the other angels angle upwards, have different colors in them and arent smooth like tyraels.

Quote from "Daemaro" »

Actually to me it looks like the same angel just the shot with the cross on his chest he has his head tilted back.

wow. did you see the very top image by any chance?
im not trying to be a smart ass but if people had just a little more common sense you can clearly see 2 angels if they wanted to show just one then they would copy and paste the top angel through all the images and remove the very top picture. if you're an idiot though then you wouldn't of noticed that its just 2 drawings that were copy and pasted into each image (2 mysterious angel, 3 tyrael) with image alterations around them.

Quote from name="Corn Flakes" »

Does this guy look like he'd be coming out of the meteor in the Cathedral??

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/artwork.xml#35

that's actually 2 different angels as you can see. the one with the hood and lit crest on his chest is tyrael and as you can see he clearly is good. the other one looks like hes dressed for war with the helmet and all.. evil looking hands that are almost like claws.

yeah that's the first thing i did when i saw the update the day it was shown was check out the cinematic video and they do look similar and im sure it is them cause that concept is probably very early stages and the cinematic was done later.. just guessing, so i would say yes they are the same. that uh town dug into the desert though i don't know.. the diablo franchise has never had two "safe-spots" in one act before(towns.) it's always the main town of the act then that's it.. so unless they talk about that concept art more then i think we're left in the dark to wonder.

by the way i just noticed in the concept art of the dug in desert "city" theres a man standing on the rock to the left of the image(overlooking the "city"), looks like a mage so we *definately know there will be a mage(nothin' but magic) type class in the game... looks like an npc though.

bashiok on the d3 forums said prob in the afternoon so you guys should just go watch some movies or find something to do because i believe they are west coast.. ill just check back every now and again.

Quote from "Kenelm" »

Intelligence, Wisdom, and all this stuff just sucks. It sounds like "Sorry, this helmet requires 98 intellect, you're too stupid to wear it"

i dont see what's wrong with it.. it's a good system so why are you bashing it? here give this a try.. try.. really try to create a system different and post it. wouldnt want a magic nuker running around in heavy gear..

the corpses during pve battles sound fine i dont expect there will be any problem with those dissapearing too quickly but im concerned about the blood in a pve situation fighting a boss with 6 players there.. i hope they are able to come to something that will help keep the blood flowing for a good lil bit. should be good looking in pvp i dont see a problem there.

no and even if it was an entrance would it matter? they stated that the island isnt apart of the actual game.

diablo 3 has 50 people on the team right? its hard to imagine with that many people that many people claim the game wont come out until after 2010.. my initial thought would be late 08 early 09 both sc2 and d3 so who knows.. we will see i guess. whens this blizzcon again? because im looking foward to the next diablo 3 character to be shown.