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Quote from ".KILLING-HAZARD." »

i dont see how u think its gunne be comin out in 2010. THeyve been workin on it since 2004 or somthing. It shud be coming out mid/late 2009.

Quote from "Ferret" »

I'm gonna go with what I generally do in these games: the more macho a class seems, the more appropriate it is to be a male character. Fragile classes such as distance fighters will tend more towards females.

I don't know where I've picked up this habit, and it is very odd according to some of the people I play with, but when I create a character in any game it seems like the choosing is done by itself for me/

Quote from "DemolitionSquid" »

I debated for awhile if I should join this forum to post my idea here. It was originally designed in a Diablo 2 type layout, before any revealing of how stats or skills and bonuses worked in D3.
However, I still feel many of the abilities could work, and some are even already in the game in a way (ex. Covenant = Witch Doctor's summons). Thus, I'm just going to put it out there as it was originally, and maybe it can be adapted into a D3 ready class.

So, we know that Blizzard has already created the classes they plan to use in D3. But that doesn't mean I can't suggest my own class: The Templar. Basically, a holy assassin sent by the church, embodying aspects of the Paladin and Assassin from D2. The Templar would have healing abilities and holy powers, combined with stealth, agility, and a good combination of ranged, melee, fast and strong attacks. And yes, it is totally a ripoff of Assassin's Creed.

Diablo 3 Templar

Starting Stats
Strength: 15
Dexterity: 25
Vitality: 20
Energy: 20

HP: 50
Stamina: 90
Mana: 20

Each Character Level
Life: 2
Stamina: 1.5
Mana: 1

Attribute Point Effect
+ 1 Vitality gives 2 Life
+ 1 Vitality gives 1 Stamina
+ 1 Energy gives 1.5 Mana

Path of Enlightenment (Party Buffs)
Prayer - Mana loss to regain HP
Meditation - HP loss to regain mana
Salvation - Increase immunities and armor
Steadfast - Increased movement speeds and attacks cannot be blocked or flinched
Devotion - Increase overall damage, attack speed, and accuracy
Crown of Thorns - Reflects damage back at attacker or the closest enemy if ranged
Sanctuary - Increases damage versus undead
Shrine - Increases damage versus demons
Shadow - Increases damage versus angelics (if must fight in game)
Eucharist - Steals life and mana from enemies upon their death (can only be casted on self)

Path of Purity (Spells)
Discipline - animation of the Templar flogging themselves in the back, charges up power for next attack
Righteous Light - A blinding flash of holy light that works like Cloak of Shadows, blinding foes in a radius
Covenant - unleashes temporary poisonous animals to tank damage
Heavenly Voice - Passive chance to dodge attacks (as if a guardian angel is telling you where they'll hit)
Sacrifice - Uses HP instead of mana to cast spells
Bloodletting - adds "open wounds" to attacks
Holy Orders - All skill levels increased by 1
Last Rites - creates an "enlightened" area where new monsters cannot enter, and prevents nearby corpses from being used (e.g. for Corpse Explosions or from being revived by an enemy resurrecter).
Seventh Day - temporarily cancels all opponents buffs and abilities
Crucify - causes target monster to be attacked by other monsters

Path Of Retribution (Attacks)
Blade Mastery - improves use of daggers, throwing knives, swords, and shurikens
Halo - send out volley of knives or shurikens in an AoE, dealing lightning damage
Angel Wing - Templar spins around using their sword or knife as an AoE attack
Hand of God - Punch with a chance of Deadly Strike
Divine Intervention - Powerful kick with large knockback
Trinity - Attacks three times in quick succession
Bramble - burning bushes sprout up creating AoE fire and lightning damage
Heretic - Attack designed specifically to counter angelics (if must fight in game)
Knife's Edge - A fast, powerful running charge attack, used against ranged units or to dodge their attacks
Penance - Instantly kills a non-hero/boss unit for a high MP cost and long cooldown

Quote from "AcidReign" »

I heard actual Mercenaries in Diablo III are going to be a lot more useful.

Quote from "AcidReign" »

The Next-Gen MMO is Diablo related.

They are using Diablo III to fully set up the story for the MMO, and they are making sure to flesh out Sanctuary as much as they can. I mean, why draw a picture of Skovos when it cannot be accessed in Diablo III? Sounds fishy...

And by the way, why would they risk putting all this time into a new MMO with a brand new franchise? People might not like it, so it would be stupid to assume a new franchise would be popular enough to have it's own MMO.

Diablo (or StarCraft) is much more likely to get the next-gen MMO title. Both games are proven to be favorites by fans, and they have almost guarenteed success as MMO's. But Diablo seems the easiest to bend into being MMO.

However, they did take Warcraft III, an RTS, and transformed it into an MMO just a few years after it's release, so it's very likely they could do the same after StarCraft II - which I'm sure would be sweet as hell.

Quote from "Septar" »

50 billion?

There's only an estimated 6 and a half billion humans on Earth..

Over 70% probably don't even have computers.. Ones that will be able to run Diablo 3, that is.

Quote from "kaikai" »

1) Problem - High levels praying on low levels. Solution - By default impose a level restriction that's a standard deviation of 5 or something like that and still allow players to choose their own level restrictions if they want to.

Quote from "Daaavid" »

Release date: Jun 29, 2010. Write my words.

Quote from "Daemaro" »

Are you serious? :confused:

Charged bolt, lightning and chain lightning in D2?

It's just for diversity and you gotta start with a few weaker spells. Besides if you hit a group of enemies right with charged bolt you may have more of a chance for stun since it's more than one hit.