first thing i thought when i read Pg. 1 of this thread: Wow.... liar.
However, you've defended yourself and even given us hope that you could supply hard evidence soon. I believe you, so don't be lying.
hey, a picture is worth a thousand words... if you touch that demo and dont find a way to get a screenshot to SOMEBODY... that'd just be too bad, now wouldnt it lol.
buff the barbs weakon pallys buff necs and bring back leach in duels lol... oo and make def count alot more than it does
back in 1.09 i watched a friend (who always had a near perfect barb) WW duel an almost identical barb. both had tons of LL and ML, with cgrips and all. The duel went on for 45 MINUTES before they gave up and called it off. It was hilarious. With that kind of LL, duels could literally never end, barring lag. I think the lack of that and the lowering of DR has made dueling more possible, but hackers and buggers reign supreme now.
Also, as far as melee dueling goes, barbs have always been the best. No druid or even zealot stood a chance against a perfect barb. I know, because i've tried on multiple occasions to make a good bear dru and my brother has always had a badass zealot pally.
EDIT: to anyone playing currently, def counts TONS now, unlike it used to. make a barb with maxed stoneskin or w/e it's called, and if you fight someone who maxed something else instead, you will most likely win. Probabaly by a lot. def makes you get hit less as well.
how do we KNOW that it's not called World of Diablo, other than rumors and stuff? I don't necessarily think that it WILL be an MMORPG, or even pay to play, but you never know. I honestly hope that it's not. The Diablo franchise could definitely prosper from some innovation, but I'd rather only pay for it once.
dont be too sure its all going to be like Diablo 2. Things changed alot between Diablo and Diablo 2 too. Maybe the game mechanics will change in some way too. Better wait and see what they'll do and then organize a league
they'll announce it a year before release, at least, i think, so there will be plenty of time to organize everything
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I've seen posts on this site where people say: "I hope D3 has tons more items, a longer story, new classes, and more skills!"
That sounds like an EXPANSION to me. Diablo 3 is going to be very different from 2, which was VERY different from 1. That's what sequels are about. Especially 6 or w/e years later.
on WoW im not sure... but d2 lol i have a good comp dsl... so i lack in the patiance depo and i have lagg out the ass... 4k+ spikes... it took me a total of 5 minutes to do a countess run in norm with mh with a lvl 75 sorc... tele 3 times go back 3
If you're talking about recently,then yea, Blizz took a lot out of D2's servers at patch 1.11 and prolly more since. The lag hasnt always been like that tho.. it's a shame... i remember lagless cow games in 1.09 with people spamming multishot and nova everywhere. But then again, that's when d2 lod was in its prime.
o hell yea, static camera angles and d2's hybrid 2d/3d engine looked great, and still do in my opinion. I'm not raggind d2, it's quite possibly my favorite game ever, but I'm just being realistic, ya know? I didnt know that about the mission statement, btw, and that makes sense...
And I didnt mean that d2 started the whole online thing, and mmorpg's had been around for years before diablo (Ultima Online is getting really old now, isnt it?).
and you have a point about lag... along with games like Hellgate: London, Diablo 3 (which I believe IS in development, mostly because of the info on this site) will require MANY people, including me, to buy new computers/ hardware. And broadband... cant forget highspeed internet... I play WoW (which, though not as good as D2 was in it's day, is an amazing game) on full settings (minus AA) with little or no clientside lag. serverside lag is inevitable, but VERY rare, as blizz has put lotsa cash into their servers... so, if you got a decent comp, good internet, and a little patience, lag shouldnt be a problem anymore
why does everyone here hate mmorpg's so much? The way I see it, D2 is the game that launched a thousand mmo's; showing that online gaming can sell very well.
I mean, if you've ever played an mmorpg, you know that D2's battle.net realms are VERY similar to mmorpg's and, though it plays and looks a little different, Diablo 2 is absolutely massively multiplayer. 50000 + players online daily (east) some 5+ years after the game was released? Pretty massive. Oh, and you can bet that Diablo 2 is an RPG (actually, the definition of an action rpg).
So, if Diablo 3 IS an mmorpg, then it could easily feel similar to D2 (of course, without the offline play, and with a possible monthly fee).
on a side note, you can bet that if D3 is in production, the isometric camera angle is not going to be making a return... I mean, seriously, full 3D is just better. It's 5 years later and WoW (and countless other diablo clones) have shown that true 3D can be done very well, and while the static camera angle can make graphics look better, that's only because those textures are a sort of "fake" 3d, in that they're flat and take up less space and performance.
I love D2 the way it is... but World of Diablo would rule... I mean, D2 was basically a mmo (economy, multiplayer, although limited to 8 people per room, and periodic updates from blizz). Think about it... it would still rock hard... probably more than some rehash that looks just like d2 with better graphics and a longer story line. 5 years later... look for a REAL sequel, not another expansion pack with a new number.
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However, you've defended yourself and even given us hope that you could supply hard evidence soon. I believe you, so don't be lying.
hey, a picture is worth a thousand words... if you touch that demo and dont find a way to get a screenshot to SOMEBODY... that'd just be too bad, now wouldnt it lol.
Oh, yea... thankyou thankyou
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back in 1.09 i watched a friend (who always had a near perfect barb) WW duel an almost identical barb. both had tons of LL and ML, with cgrips and all. The duel went on for 45 MINUTES before they gave up and called it off. It was hilarious. With that kind of LL, duels could literally never end, barring lag. I think the lack of that and the lowering of DR has made dueling more possible, but hackers and buggers reign supreme now.
Also, as far as melee dueling goes, barbs have always been the best. No druid or even zealot stood a chance against a perfect barb. I know, because i've tried on multiple occasions to make a good bear dru and my brother has always had a badass zealot pally.
EDIT: to anyone playing currently, def counts TONS now, unlike it used to. make a barb with maxed stoneskin or w/e it's called, and if you fight someone who maxed something else instead, you will most likely win. Probabaly by a lot. def makes you get hit less as well.
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I've seen posts on this site where people say: "I hope D3 has tons more items, a longer story, new classes, and more skills!"
That sounds like an EXPANSION to me. Diablo 3 is going to be very different from 2, which was VERY different from 1. That's what sequels are about. Especially 6 or w/e years later.
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If you're talking about recently,then yea, Blizz took a lot out of D2's servers at patch 1.11 and prolly more since. The lag hasnt always been like that tho.. it's a shame... i remember lagless cow games in 1.09 with people spamming multishot and nova everywhere. But then again, that's when d2 lod was in its prime.
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And I didnt mean that d2 started the whole online thing, and mmorpg's had been around for years before diablo (Ultima Online is getting really old now, isnt it?).
and you have a point about lag... along with games like Hellgate: London, Diablo 3 (which I believe IS in development, mostly because of the info on this site) will require MANY people, including me, to buy new computers/ hardware. And broadband... cant forget highspeed internet... I play WoW (which, though not as good as D2 was in it's day, is an amazing game) on full settings (minus AA) with little or no clientside lag. serverside lag is inevitable, but VERY rare, as blizz has put lotsa cash into their servers... so, if you got a decent comp, good internet, and a little patience, lag shouldnt be a problem anymore
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I mean, if you've ever played an mmorpg, you know that D2's battle.net realms are VERY similar to mmorpg's and, though it plays and looks a little different, Diablo 2 is absolutely massively multiplayer. 50000 + players online daily (east) some 5+ years after the game was released? Pretty massive. Oh, and you can bet that Diablo 2 is an RPG (actually, the definition of an action rpg).
So, if Diablo 3 IS an mmorpg, then it could easily feel similar to D2 (of course, without the offline play, and with a possible monthly fee).
on a side note, you can bet that if D3 is in production, the isometric camera angle is not going to be making a return... I mean, seriously, full 3D is just better. It's 5 years later and WoW (and countless other diablo clones) have shown that true 3D can be done very well, and while the static camera angle can make graphics look better, that's only because those textures are a sort of "fake" 3d, in that they're flat and take up less space and performance.
I love D2 the way it is... but World of Diablo would rule... I mean, D2 was basically a mmo (economy, multiplayer, although limited to 8 people per room, and periodic updates from blizz). Think about it... it would still rock hard... probably more than some rehash that looks just like d2 with better graphics and a longer story line. 5 years later... look for a REAL sequel, not another expansion pack with a new number.