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I'm with you Kiserai, although I didn't realize that it would be Diablo 2's 10th anniversary... that just makes it seem that much more likely.

Well with 12-15 months (optimistic/realistic) till the release of this Epic game there is a good chance that many will loose interest temporarily. It is possible that the hype will "lull" or "dip" and I'm sure Blizzard would prefer to keep us all lathered in a Diablo Frenzy.

So this thread is to talk about what is the minimal amount, and of what type, of information it would require to keep us all happy till the release.

Granted I'm sure we would all love updates all the time, but we don't want it to slow down their development or interrupt their "flow"... kinda like interrupting someone in the middle of a sentence, train of thought derailment.

What are you thoughts?




For me, I would love a new gameplay video, either every 2 or 3 weeks. These videos would only need to be 5 minutes long and wouldn't have to contain new information everytime. I just want a constant stream of new things to look at.

If we break it down like this, 15 months is approximately 65 weeks. If they were to release a video clip every 3 weeks at the end there would be around 21 clips.

From a marketing standpoint that could be a very powerful tool, and also from a storytelling point of view. There will be 5 characters, shorten it to 20 clips and you could dedicate 4 to each character. These could be use to help bridge any information gaps there might be. Just an idea (not required to keep my interest).

Mostly I just want to see more gameplay material. I'm sure we'll be getting another nice long gameplay video at this year's Blizzcon, but it would be nice to have more than just that to count on.

This is a great idea, thanks for bringing it up DarkMagicc. Its so good in fact, I think I'm gonna go play some Horde Mode in Gears of War 2.

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Everytime the topic of release date comes up, someone versed in the game industry always, very clearly, reminds us that there is still lots to do.

Allow me to remind you, and I'm going to be very clear here, there is still a lot to do.

I hope that didn't come across as Snarky... I had meant it to be Complimentary.

But either way, we should have a better idea of what to expect after Blizzcon.

Nice Find... too bad I can't go this year, just too much going on.

But next year, I'm definitely going... unless D3 is already out, then I'll be at home playing it.

Well, not to worry... I believe that a June-August (Late Q2, Early Q3) is about the earliest we can expect Diablo3.

Everytime the topic of release date comes up, someone versed in the game industry always, very clearly, reminds us that there is still lots to do.

I think it really depends of how much they tell us at this Year's Blizzcon. If they were to do the unthinkable and release both classes, then I could really see a Summer 2010 release.

But if they give 1 class or, I hate to say it, no class, then I have no idea... could be christmas time or even early 2011 before we see the final product.

Just my thoughts, with nothing to back them up.

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I too want a departure of real life when D3 comes out, but I can't yet find courage to tell my gf about it.

Well you have awhile before you need to drop that bombshell, so don't stress out. All in good time.

This was brought up briefly once before and here's what I said about it... cause I agree that it needs to be worked on further.

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If you watch any gameplay of the wizard, all of her/his spells have incredible depth and detail. If you haven't watched the spell effects in slow-mo you really should, there are many subtle details that can be missed. But in regards to Disintegrate, although you can see cool red rippling effects it doesn't seem to share the chaotic nature of many other spells.

You obviously don't want it to look like red lightning or flickering flame, but it still seems to be missing something. To me disintegrate means almost like a targeted Black Hole effect. As if this beam was actually a tear in space that was pulling particles into it. As opposed to a red beam that seems to make monster explode if you keep it on them long enough.

I really like the idea of a "Tear in Space/Time" it would go along with the Temporal nature/flavor that they seem to be giving the Wizard. I'm sure this would be more difficult to implement, but it sure would be cooler than what they have.

I definitely plan on getting my Girlfriend to play D3 with me. I got her to play Guild Wars with me while we were living 3 states apart. By the time D3 is out we'll be living together, and I think she'll be much more interested in playing some LAN games in the same room, as opposed to what we've had to do in the past.

But back on topic, I do plan on quitting all other games once Diablo3 comes out, although I've never played WoW, I definitely don't plan on starting.

I agree, I'd download it for sure... just to have it on my iPod

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1. Install.
2. Read books.
3. Spend seven minutes deciding which char to try.
4. Spend twelve minutes coming up with a name.
5. Get to level ~15.
6. Realize I screwed up something.
7. Spend four minutes debating whether to restart.
8. Decide to try different character.
9. Repeat from step 3 until all chars have been tried.
10. ????
11. PROFIT!

My gameplan is quite similar to this.

My biggest thing is just to quickly try every class. Do a little running around, slash at some bad guys, maybe only go up to level 5.

Then delete them all.

Pick my favorite class and start going through in softcore, probably with a buddy, we'll see how that works out.

@Ftero - Oh, that is a cool idea. I'm totally addicted to buying games for my iPod, that would be totally worth it. Have you heard any rumors of this, or are you just wishing?

I'm not sure if its too early to start talking about this but since we're just over 4 months away from Blizzcon I suppose now isn't a bad time.

-I'm sure we'd all like to see a new Class, that kinda goes without saying.

I would personally like to see a dedicated gameplay demo of each class, much like they did for the Wizard when they announced it.

But instead of just raw gameplay, I would like to see it with their newest UI iteration as well as a Jay Wilson play by play. But in more of a Director's Cut kinda way, talking about how they may have changed certain skills, environments and UI.

That would be my dream scenario, what do you guys want to see?

@LJ16 - Those were just my opinions, and you're probably totally right about E3 its so close to Blizzcon I could totally see Blizzard just skipping it entirely.

@Dimebog - I completely forgot about WWI. But I've been looking for when its going to be held in 2009 and haven't found anything, only that its supposed to be in Shanghai.

Either way I think we can all agree that Blizzcon 2010 will be "High Noon", its definitely going to be a tough ticket to get.

Generally you should plan for large announcements to be given during major events.

E3 is June 2nd through 4th, but I don't think it'll be likely that they will make any major announcements with Blizzcon so close.

Blizzcon is August 21st and 22nd, if they will be planning a public beta (which I won't think they will) they may mention it then. And if we're lucky they may annouce a new Class, but I wouldn't get your hopes up.

Then they'll continue to announce additional informaion on old classes and bestiary stuff till Blizzcon 2010 and if all classes aren't known then they'll probably annouce the last one and hopefully give us a release date for the game.

I'm definitely going to try and go to Blizzcon 2010.