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If those were all I had to choose from, I'd choose the Witch Doctor. I never really liked melee combat: i want range. I had an Amazon, Sorceress, Necro, and Druid. The Amazon was my favorite, but I must admit that I had tons of fun with the Necro. I don't have a sex preference (take that any way you like) when it comes to my player characters.

Hello everyone! I'm not really new to the Diablo community but I think now is a good time to get involved. Days of peaking in on rumors of D3 are over, for a while at least. I've been around Diablo commuities since the release of the original Diablo game, which I thought was excellent.

I have been playing video games since... well... does anyone here remember the Intellivision? My first computer was a Tandy TRS 80. We finally got a Game Stop store out here in the country where I live. Uh-oh! I've played many games over the years, but I find I liked games like Quake, Doom, Diablo, WarCraft, StarCraft, Mech Commander, Mech Warrior, Medieval Total War, EverQuest, Outpost, and a host of other games of their genres. I do have a particular taste for the RPG type.

I would really like to thank Blizzard for taking on a new challenge with the Diablo series. With all the problems on bnet's Diablo servers, most of which were the fault of the players themselves by their relentless hacking, duping, and bot production, there were times that I was surprised they didn't just shut down the Diablo servers. I would not have blamed them either. I had to straighten out my own computer three times after rude encounters with players on bnet. I can only imagine the frustration of the technicians that had to constantly be removing these things and innoculating the servers against their presence.

Again, thank you Blizzard...

I say Diablo II because that is what was pervading my thoughts at the time. But I also thought of the Quake series which I really loved. Duke Nukem doesn't seem to really match IMO. When I thought of Quake, though, I also thought of all the seals and switches, which the Diablo series used somewhat sparingly. Personally, I'd like to see more of those, with artifacts and more powerfull enemies behind them, and clues that lead you to them. I thought the graphics were perfectly fine, though I am having trouble getting it to play properly on the connection I'm having to use right now.

Oh my! Now this is a thread to behold. Did you do this research yourself, make it up, or is it all just hearsay among you and yours? WoW is far from dying. One of my top friends on MySpace has a video where he talks about being a spokesperson for WoW. His name is William Shatner - someone I've admired for many years. I'm fairly certain that his word alone could influence someone, somewhere to at least try the game. I have no doubts that as long as Blizzard is making a fair profit from WoW, they will continue to support it even after any said five years. Only a fool would poison his own wells.

I play several different games. I have an account with Sony's Station.com. I enjoy playing EverQuest. I pay $15/mo for the account and I don't have to worry about losing my characters if I don't log in within a certain amount of time. If I wanted, I could pay $30/mo for a station pass and have access to all their games - mostly ferrett free. There are always amenities to a subscription account. One of the best I can think of is that people tend to take better care of those things that they have paid for. I also have Ascheron's Call, though I let the account expire after my husband expired. I paid for the game, then I paid for the service. I did get a reprieve on the cost of the game in free months of initial playing time with both Ascheron's Call and EverQuest.

The problems with the Diablo II servers had nothing to do with Blizzard or bnet. It was the general population of D2 players that was the problem. People bitched and moaned about the length of time it took for the technicians to have the servers running properly after a major bout with server instability. No one ever stopped to think about the mulititudes of hacks and bots that these people had to deal with ALL THE TIME. People were creating hacks that would steal other people's items - and people were using them. A lot of people were using them. Open games became a real problem. We always liked our games open so someone who needed help could drop in and ask for it. That became impossible because some dork with a power-leveled 99 character, that they'd had for two weeks and was dying to test, would drop into your game, screw it up, or screw you up, then exit. I played primarily with a guy from Hawaii, one from Michigan, one from Seattle, a couple from the east coast, a cat in Germany, and a chick in England. We were all in our 30s and 40s. They others trickled away from bnet because of all the bullshit, not from Blizzard, but from the other game players' ostensible behavior, as well as all the hacks and bots that kept it screwed up. It got to the point that it was impossible to have fun. The servers were down half the time from all the hacking. Then there was the bot that used a teleporting sorceress with good mf to attack the entryway to Nilathak's Temple, over and over and over. It ate so much resource that you couldn't play a game and the servers would go berserk because so many of the bots would be running simultaneously. The people I had played D2 with went to EverQuest, which is how I ended up there. It was sad. What's worse is that everyone blamed the kids. It wasn't always the kids. Sometimes the adults were more despicable than any of the kids I met. And because of all this, I would be more than happy to pay a monthly fee for a secured server. Is it really any wonder that it has taken so long for them to cater to Diablo fans? I would be rather disgruntled myself.

And why is it so foolish to entertain the idea of a completely different MMORPG at the same time that WoW is running strong? WoW was started back when I was migrating to Sony; so it's been around a while already - four years or so, I think. Sony caters to at least 4 EverQuest titles, and 5 other titles - including Star Wars Galaxies - and it's not hurting them. The games don't really seem to be in competition with each other either. Sony also keeps their EQ PVP players on their own servers, separate from the regular RP groups.

I think the Diablo theme would make a fascinating MMORPG without taking away from the magic or fun of Diablo. You could still hold to the theme. Some things, though, would have to change. In particular the zone setup, monster respawning, and items dropping on the ground (a major resource pig) to name some major ones. Why can't everyone be on the same world? It provides for much more interaction between players, makes help easier to find, and provides for much greater expansion. Heaven and hell, or rather good and evil, can be found anywhere.

When he gave us the quest, Deckard Cain said it was clear that we were facing the Demon Queen, Andarial. Her royal status should count for some sort of character salvation.

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a. an indefinite but small number;

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b. a number more than two or three, but not many.

Calendars are handy things. The one on this site ran its course on December 31, 2006. I thought I could fix that by playing with the drop-down lists, but December 2006 is as late as the drop-down lists will allow. Do you suppose someone could upgrade the year selection on it so it is functional?

Thank you

I'm actually still in shock! Someone pinch me! Please! Really, really hard - so I'll wake up if it is just a dream...

I've been wishing for D3, or at least another expansion, since 2001 - not long after LOD was released. I loved Diablo, was mesmerized by D2, and got off on LOD. I had honestly given up hope on ever seeing D3. After all, look at the vast time span.

Now I'm elated. It's like getting laid for the first time in over six years. I am now hoping very hard that my Amazon didn't get lost in the Spider Forest or the Flayer Jungle with this new development. I'm very anxious to see if it is going to be worth these past few years of waiting and hoping. And waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

I really wish D3 would go to paid servers, or at least offer a subscription service. Paid servers are far less cataclysmic than what I experienced on the open servers. I play Everquest as well, and I enjoy the peaceful gameplay without all the hacks and bots that send the servers into resource arrest.

Thank you, Blizzard, very much! You've made an old woman happy!