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this ridiculous amount of time and ridiculous timed release of information has made my expectations way too high. it's been 10 friggen YEARS, and they can't get us a game. they can't even give us a beta for the game that's going to be released first before diablo! blizzard this is TRULY sad.

i predict 3 more expansion releases of World of War Crap before we even get a beta on SCII, let alone an estimated release date for D3. i'm done waiting. last time i check this site for a while. enjoy the empty void blizzard keeps giving us, when promising so much more.

diablo 2 had a GREAT system! however, bots ruined the economy.

So, put those scrambled letters before joining each game or some mundane bot-proof task to keep bots from entering/exiting games on their own. main problem solved

More Content = Better Game

simple

people, put some friggen faith in the D3 team.

if any of the D3 team played D2, they will KNOW how unbalanced it has become. they could tweak this idea in so many ways rendering auras "as we know it" to be something completely different.

or perhaps they will distribute team boosting skills to all members. eg. battlecries
or a 5 ft. radius.
or whatever.

it's fun to speculate, but stop crying before you know anything that's NOT relative to D2

EDIT:
crap... already said on page 2
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Originally Posted by Sanctus
I don't see what all the hubbub is about.

So they want to add support to a class. Big deal? If you're not already aware the Barbarian has retained his combat shouts from Diablo 2, such as battle cry which increases the defense of the party.

They never said how the auras would work, or how instrumental they would be in a particular class design.

Every class will have some sort of support. If it's not auras and battle shouts, it's buffs, debuffs, or area of effect support like a wizard's slow time ability.

Relax."

i always try to find servers that say "Humiliation!!" when you knife somebody in the back. Then, when those have filled my 'favorite servers' list, i just hide in as many messed up places as i can and knife people.

when i'm not bored with it though-
awps are retarded
love buying deagle + flashbangs and stealing other peoples weapons. that way i always have tons of $.

again, $ and knives aren't the purpose of the game, but i get really bored playing it normally now-a-days

I only pre-order if i get a good deal.
(eg. Left 4 Dead 2 4-pack divided by 4 people = $33.75 for a brand new game)

I'm too friggen poor, but can muster up some money around the release date to get a copy. Whether that be digital or authentic.

has blizzard attempted to put some deal together with valve/steam? it would be an AMAZING collaboration to put the two together somehow =)

Hardcore fans VS. General public.

General public will see TV ads, posters, online reviews, metascores, etc.
Hardcore fans will give word of mouth

eg. My cousin comes over and sees my D3 background (downloadable image from main page) and is like "There releasing another DIABLO?!"
Now it's my turn to say:
a) Yes! It'll be amazing, but you'll have to wait another 2 years. I mean check out how dark and evil tristram looks with crows and shiz. Srsly.
or
yeah, but this background is misrepresentational because they're taking shortcuts and making it basically a WoW mod. tristram in game will actually look like Candyland

now i don't believe it's going to be a WoW mod, but some people here really really do believe this. and from what i've seen, it's a legitimate concern. so you sit there and you tell us you're tired of this argument and you're finding some middle ground. a hardcore friend of mine hates WoW, but i almost have him convinced that he'll want Diablo 3. But what should I show him to convince him? Screen shots? Skill trees? Armors and Weapons?

You're tired of the same old comments, but there is a reason that we are here still posting the same stuff! Because we need to feel that Diablo 3 is truly different in art style and gameplay, and you're not taking shortcuts because of the success of WOW.

Do not underestimate the importance of word of mouth...

Quote from "Soul" »

I agree, I may buy another box in the future just to hook up to my 37" lcd with wireless mouse + keyboard and play games from my bed hehe.

You can do that with a computer... at better settings depending on your TV and PC.


Protip: PCs can and will always do everything more, and everything better than consoles ever will. Not a fanboy, just a hardware specialist...

USB Keyboards and USB mice both plug in to PS3s and Xbox 360s

Compared to other peripherals (Rockband, that donkey kong bongo game, etc.) I think a K/M combo would be a cheap addition to the XBox and PS3.
More gamers the better - just give PC gamers a little more love

I never cared much for the druid. I wish this new character would be called a "Hunter", being shield/sword character in one tree and a bow character in another tree. I dislike javelins, and think bows have always been way cooler. I suppose adding a 3rd tree for elemental druid type shit would be cool.

Diablo 3 Now
Seriously give it now
Kamayamaya!!!!!

Quote from "SFJake" »

If you don't enjoy the sound, I say you are not even enjoying the game.

What? ... It's like saying if you put an iPod in you're incapable of enjoying life.
Added music, and added options, won't hurt you or your 2 speakers. It gives opportunity to listen to music in game. To hear both sound and music, as suggested in my initial post, is an option that i want to have easily - preferably hosted by the game. Because it's not important to you doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't like these options

One of the most differing aspects of PC rigs is the audio equipment. Diablo and Starcraft, due to their styles of play, have many people killing the volume and listening to music. I'm also guessing that Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 will implement some kind of real-time voice communication. So I have some proposals that I believe will make these games STAND OUT to people that care about their audio, and request other people to offer input too.

1) Multiple Audio Device control
Reason: Allow game input to channel through speakers, and 'voice' to channel just through a headset (USB headset, for example). Like halo. Halo has the BEST voice communication because of the through-the-headset voice only action. Makes halo feel more real. Also, I have never seen this in PC gaming, and it just confuses me. I hate voices through speakers.

2) Battle.net music library
Reason: Why not?!?! Listen to music and not Alt+Tab out and crash the games sometimes. Plus, MANY people don't like the repetive noise of Baals laughs... (but i hope baal runs are own3d by 1.13, and hope to god no one in D3 lafs like baal)

3) Separate speaker control options.
Reason: Many people, especially hardcore gamers like myself, have multiple channels of audio. I'm guessing 5.1 is pretty common. For example, implementing my #2 suggestion, why not stream MUSIC out of the rear 2 speakers, game noise out of the front 3, and share the sub. or put the sub with the music. don't really care

Ok so any suggestions please post! I'm curious to hear what you have to say!

(and if i did this wrong or this post has already happened i'm sorry. i'm REALLY new to this)

I would not buy games that have hidden fees. Some FANTASTIC DLC is worth it, but otherwise, no