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Quote from "Stormcat" »

People dish out positive rep without thinking either. Most of the positive rep that has been dished out lately is undeserving and spammed out in my opinion. But that is the thing about rep...

it is based on peoples OPINION'S of the particular post. Opinions are not right or wrong. If someone likes your post and gives you plus rep - then yay for you. If they do not like your post and give you neg rep - then suck it up. It's one person's OPINION on that post, that is all, just their opinion.

Basically summed up my position on this.

You'd never see anyone bitching about random, positive spam that they're completely undeserving of.
But as soon as somebody neg reps them, they're all up in arms about it.

And with the ultimate random thread, you've got countless positive rep that was given on a moments notice, without any forethought, just because you posted a funny picture of a cat.

"The drinks are in town, which is where we should be headed off to." said Dagon, honestly wishing they had all the time in the world to just sit here on the beach.

Fucking paradise around here...

"I figure if we walk far enough through this forest, there should be a road on the other side." he said to the others, pointing to the woods past the shoreline.

He lowered the anchor, making sure it was secure in the sand before walking off into the woods, hoping his companions were close behind. He drew his dagger and began hacking away vines and tree limbs as he walked through the forest, keeping an eye out for any beasts that may attack them, or beasts that they could eat. Food was beginning to run short, and they needed to resupply.

As if the gods themselves were reading his mind, he saw a dead deer several feet ahead of the path he was currently following. You've got to be shitting me.. he thought to himself, he couldn't believe his luck. The deer even looked fresh, something must have been interrupted after the kill. He bent down, and hefted the deer over his shoulders.

In seconds, he was thrown up into the air, a rope around his ankle. He was left dangling from a tree. "AAAAAAHHHH, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!!?" he yelled, looking around for any companions. The only person he could see was a shady figure looming behind several trees.

Guess this is it he thought to himself, silently cursing himself for not foreseeing this trap.

"Turmobil, I thought I conscripted you to be MY sidekick?!!"

*gasps*
"OR WAS IT ALL A CLEVER RUSE?!"

"Anyways, guess I'll agree to being your sidekick. Do I atleast get some spandex? Perhaps a cape? Or a cool name?"

B, jungles

Lmfao, identity fraud.

I'm half considering taking your avatar right now.

*slams fist on bar*

"HEY, STORMY, I ASKED FOR WHISKY!!"
"I'M SUPRISED THAT BEING A PREFERRED CUSTOMER, IT STILL TAKES YOU SEVERAL PAGES TO FILL MY ORDERS!!"

*sulks*

Finally, a lengthy post by Bashiok!
He's been rather silent as of late, but all is forgiven...

In case nobody has seen this response by Bashiok yet, it's essentially giving us more info on the rune system, which, thus far, has been kept pretty tightly under wraps. What we do know, is that they will be applied to skills, and that they will have a multitude of different effects.

What we don't know, is everything else.

One of his responses in particular, while very short, stood out from the others for sheer potential for discussion.


Now, this can be taken two different ways depending on how you interpret it.

First, he could be saying that rare versions of the same rune will not simply add to the effect, but will add more effects. So for instance, a low quality version of a rune that adds a multiple shot effect, may add a bouncing effect at higher qualities.

OR

He could be saying that runes as a whole, as you move up the rarity tree, will be doing more than just adding a flat power bonus to the skill they are applied to.


Then, we've got this next little gem of information..


Basically, this means runes will be much, much more interesting and complex than simple "adds X damage" runes, such as with the power rune.

This fact is also confirmed by the runes that have been announced so far: Power, Energy, Lethality, Multistrike, and Striking.

The Power rune has not had it's purpose revealed, but by the name, we can safely assume that it simply adds more power. The same goes for the energy rune, which probably makes the spell itself more energy efficient.

Then, we have the Lethality, Striking, and Multistrike runes.

Multistrike is pretty self explanatory, it adds multiple strikes to spells. Basically, this allows you to turn skills into a "chain" skills, such as with the skull of flame, which bounces when this rune is inserted into it.

Lethality, is more open to interpretation. The only skill we've seen it with is Electrocute. When socketed with this rune, Electrocute makes the target monster explode when killed by this skill. From this, we can conclude that this rune adds to the overall killing power of the skill, without adding a flat damage bonus.

Then, we've got the Striking rune. This one, when inserted into Teleport, makes it deal area of effect damage upon teleportation. So far, we've been led to believe that this rune turns non-lethal skills, into lethal skills. This open up an incredible amount of customization options. Imagine adding this to a warcry, would it turn it into a skill that sends rippled of force to knock back any nearby enemies, as well as benefitting allies?

In any case, it seems that we're going to be getting near endless skill customization options. Build-experimenters rejoice, your time has come.

*nudges Temporalsky*

"I'd avoid that 'secret sauce', I've seen him go to the washroom, come back, and miraculously have enough secret sauce for several dishes."

*coughs*

SO!!!

Hows.... that pizza coming along?

*stares in shock as Zhuge tries to undress him*

".... I thought we agreed that we were keeping this relationship in the closet, but no matter, take em' if you wish."

*walks back into the bar, sans pants*

Quote from "Darkkasor" »

Its Diablo not Warcraft

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Character Name: Levi

Playby:
Age: 45
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 180.
Eyes: Light blue with a hint of grey
Hair: Black and long
Build: A little Above average build
Gender: Male

Distinctive Characteristic(s): Lacking upper body strength. Strong lower body strength for speed.

Personal History: The offspring of a black smith and Mother. Levi came From humble beginnings. Levi learned at a young age how to take care and fend for himself. Lacking in Education and communication he decided to set himself apart from the rest of sanctuary and live on his own. Taking the knowledge he learned from his parents he began making shelter and weapons for food. Gathering his own food and Learning to work alone gave him advantages in knowing how to be independent. Years passed by and Levi Began to age.
Feeling very lonely and tired of living on his own he set back to sanctuary to find a wife. But no girl would go out with him. Levi's uncivilized way of living was a turnoff for many people. After many months of no luck. Levi gave up. It was at this low moment that he decided he wanted to do something epic with his life and joined the Knights of the Burning Blade to live a life of abstinence.

Weaponry: Low quality bow and arrow, Dagger
Armour: Cloth covering his groin and a wooden shield.

Goals and Ambitions: To survive and never reach his low point again.

Quote from "DesmondTiny" »

Lol never though of it that way it could happen. All those 12 million people going to see the Warcraft movie (Along with other people who just want to watch it because its a movie from Blizzard.) I can imagine going to the theatre and it being packed!

12 million wow fans, a few million other Blizzard fans and then tons of other people who will be drawn in by it's awesomeness.

I predict an upset, Titanic is goin down and our favorite Company is gonna do it! The master plan has been set in motion! I's time for Titanic to finally sink already!

Yea you really need control over them because like you said they either get screwed up in the corner or you just want them to do something more specific.

You tell 'em Zhar!

And I've tried RTS's on the XBox. They're a pain in the ass and I never got to do what I wanted to do. RTS's on computers are far more efficient and easy to use.

List of everything wrong with Diablo3

-Monsters from Diablo 2 look so much creepier and better then Diablo 3. For instance, the fallen ones. They look like real demons from hell on Diablo 2 but they look retarded and more WoWish on Diablo 3.

-Classes are stupid. They are taking out and already have taken out the coolest classes in any games in video game history for retarded ones. Like they are taking out Necro for the witch doctor. And the wizard? WTF just call it a sorceress and make everyone happy.

-Health is another retarded thing on this retarded game. You pick of red orbs that drop from a demon that you kill and it gives you health instantly. THAT IS THE MOST FUCKING STUPID THING I HAVE EVER HEARD! LIKE SERIOUSLY, RED ORBS, IS THEIR EVEN ANY LORE WITH THESE ORBS!? Guess what that meens, no more potions. Potions have been a big thing for Diablo since day 1.

-Relevance to Titan quest. They tried to make this game like Titan quest with the features. I don't know about you but I like my games rated M and gory. Titan quest copied off of Diablo 2, and Diablo 3 copied off of Titan Quest.

-Death is another stupid thing about this game. When you die you return to a checkpoint. OMFG THAT JUST PISSES ME THE HELL OFF. Another copy off of titan quest.

-Blizzard North isn't making this game. It's completely different developers from the other Diablo games. And you guys wonder why this game isn't dark and scary. Its because it was made by the same people who made WoW.

-Gamma needs to be turned down. Its to bright and their isn't enough gore. On Diablo 2 you could walk around a dungeon and see people impaled with spears, heads cut off, dead bodies with flies all around them, critters going around, but with this its just a dungeon with none of that. The game is to bright to be called a Diablo game. I am really not a big fan of the blue instead of black concept. Its just not scary enough to be called Diablo 3.

Now don't get me wrong guys, I'm going to buy the game and play it. I'm not trolling or QQing. I'm just a die hard Diablo fan and I just can't stand to see this game going the wrong way. I will post more problems if i think of them.

The "Blue Tracker" should be updated to track those forums.

A couple of days ago I was looking for an easy way to get all of the official D3 screenshots easily, and I couldn't really find one so I got them all the long way. Just in case anyone wants the same thing I did, I popped them into a zip file and uploaded them to Filefront.

I realize I'm new around here (new to posting anyway) so I understand if you're hesitant to try it, but I assure you there's nothing shady about it. I just zipped the 88 official D3 screenshots with 7zip.

Link: http://www.filefront.com/14080247/88-Diablo-3-Hi-Res-Screenshots.zip/

Hope this is helpful.

Characters:

- New character classes: the only three that have been revealed are the Barbarian, Witch Doctor and Wizard.

- There will be 5 character classes in Diablo III, just like there was in Diablo II. When the D2 LoD expansion came out, two more characters were added. This is likely to happen with Diablo III, as well.

- Each character class has a male/female option: both look different, have different voices, etc.

- Character-specific quests: all character classes will have some extra unique quests that only that class can complete (not sure if these will be mandatory or not to progress in the game or storyline).


Items:

- More item slots: Shoulders and pants/knee guards.

- Items will drop separately for each player: no more "who can click the fastest or has the best item pick-up hack"; each player will have his own drops from a killed monster or opened chest that other players can't see.

- Runes will play a different role: they will no longer be socketed into items to make "runewords". Instead, they will power-up skills (some of these are included below in the character skills section).

- No more health potions: health orbs will drop from killed enemies which can be absorbed for (wait... for... it...) health. When you fight a boss, health orbs have a chance of dropping every time you score a hit (because boss fights are going to be longer/better). Don't expect many health orbs to fall; they don't want you to be relaxed with full health all the time.

- Gold will be automatically picked up when you come near it and apparently it will have a more significant role than the previous games.

- Stash will be larger. Also, there may be some sort of "shared-stash" implemented where you can share your items between other chars (this would eliminate the chance of losing your items when transferring).

- Larger inventory: each item takes one slot no matter how large and identical items are compilable on one slot. There will be 12 slots to start off with (at least that's how many there were in the video) and you gain more slots by picking up "Inventory Bags".

- Sell value for items will be displayed as one of its stats when you put your mouse over the item.

- It seems as though there will be Scrolls of Identity but maybe not Scrolls of Town Portal. This is because whenever there was a boss fight in D2, players would "TP" into town during the fight. This is a stop in the action Blizzard wants to get rid of; they would prefer continuous action (probably the whole reason why health orbs have been introduced).Skills:


Skills:

- New skill system that involve tiers . Like Diablo II, each character class will have 3 skills trees (for example, the Sorc has Fire, Lightning and Cold) and all trees will have tiers (at least 4 for sure, but may be up to 6). To open up the Tier 2 skills, you don't need to spend any points in Tier 1 skills. However, to open up Tier 3 skills, you must spend a total of 10 points in the first two tiers and so on.

- Skills will start off with a max cap of 5. As you "progress" (I guess that means through the storyline, quests or your character's level) it will be increased to 15 which will be the final cap (might be an interval of a 10 skill cap as well).

- There will be less synergies and prerequisites (with the tier system explained above). This is in an effort to eliminate "wasting" points on skills you don't want to use to open up the skills you do want to use. For example: in Diablo 2, to open up and strengthen the Sorceress' "Blizzard" skill, you would have to put points in Ice Bolt, Ice Blast and Glacial Spike which are all skills that you probably won't use because Blizzard is significantly stronger.

- New skills hotkeys: left click, two right click (swap with mouse scroll or TAB) and four hot-bar skills (default hotkeys are 1/2/3/4 which will replace potions). When you press the hot-bar keys, the skill will be cast in whichever direction your cursor is (it won't just switch your mouse hot-keys like in D2).

- Skills will have "ranks" but the purpose is unclear currently.


Stats:

- No more adding stats: they will be automatically added. Apparently, this is in an effort to eliminate the "enough Strength for items, rest in Vitality" build that 90% of D2 characters used.

- The four stat categories for D3 will be Strength, Dexterity, Vitality and Willpower (the only new stat, replacing "Energy" which was essentially "Mana").

- Stats in Strength will increase: melee and ranged physical damage, armor bonus and block amount.- Stats in Dexterity will increase: critical strike chance and dodge chance. It will also lower the chances of your char being "interrupted" when hit (I'm guessing this has to do with stun or "Faster Hit Recovery").

- Stats in Vitality will increase: life (or HP) and mana regeneration per second.

- Stats in Willpower will increase: spell damage bonus and health orb bonus. This is the first time skills will be improved by something other than skills granted by items and the skill points themselves.

- Characters that use mostly casting spells will have "Mana" and characters that use mostly physical damage skills will have "Fury".

- Fury is similar to mana; it is needed to perform most skills. Fury is built up when your char successfully hits or gets hit by a monster. This promotes an action-packed environment because combat is necessary if the char wants to use his/her skills, because if the character is not in action, Fury gradually decreases.

- Mana is the caster version of "Fury"; it is needed to cast spells. There will no longer be mana pots and it seems like mana orbs will not drop. Therefore, it is probably safe to say that mana will not decrease overtime.

- Blocking has a percent chance to succeed, but unlike in D2, successfully blocks won't eliminate 100% of the damage. Different shields will probably have different damage absorption values, and the various shield skills will apparently boost the amount of damage absorbed per successful block.

- When you level up, something happens where everything around you gets hurt and/or killed (sounds like the Level-Up "Rainbow Facets" from D2 but every character will have the effect naturally).

- If you kill two enemies really quickly you get more experience than killing one and killing the other one a little later (basically a combo effect that increases experience gained)


Environment:

- New interactive environment: use your surroundings (things like traps) to vanquish your enemies instead of just your skills and weapons. Also, new effects will be introduced, such as things breaking or falling down when hit by attacks.

- When you die, you will spawn at the last "Checkpoint" you crossed (it is unknown if you will appear immediately at the last checkpoint location, or if you will first spawn in town). This is to reduce the waste of time running around without your items (no real action).

- Waypoints will probably be included. Also, there may be an option to teleport to the location of any other character (personally, I think this is a really good feature).

- No loss of experience for dieing.

- No more "unwanted PvP action". This means no longer will some douche come into a non-PK game and try to kill you because he can't kill anything in actual PK games. My guess is that there will be special areas where only PvP is allowed. This way, the only way you can kill and be killed by other players is if you go there manually.

- All chests will be unlocked.


Other:

- Although it is not yet official, it is believed that D3 will be free-to-play (not pay-to-play like WoW) because Blizzard has said that Starcraft and Battle.Net 2.0 will be free. Therefore, Diablo III should also be free. There is a lot of discussion going on about this by D3 fans; playing for free would be nice, but some believe that the game will not be maintained as well or for a long period of time because Blizzard will not be making money out of the game after the majority of sales for the actual game have been made.

- Mercenaries will now be called "Followers" and it looks like you can have more than 1 at a time.

*Any of these are subject to change as the game is not done yet and some are just ideas/rumors.

Source D2JSP.com Not my info props goes to the other guy:)

Add Anything New If you Find It.

Edit: Guys name is LuLer

You shouldn't be a mod then.