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I don't think leechers will be a problem but people maxing out their MF and joining games fighting but not doing a lot of dps will be. Can't say they are leeching when they are fighting like you are - just they are purposely bringing less to the team by focusing on themselves. I am positive you will see a lot of that happening because of the AH, which = greed.

I'd rather have a polished game later in the year than one full of bugs/balancing issues now. I was trying to hold onto SWTOR until D3 got released but I couldn't deal with the lack of content @ 50 and the imbalance of pvp - unsubbed. Give me quality over rushed beta-stage software any day of the year.

My impressions so far:

I am having a blast playing it though normal mode is what they intended it to be - way too easy - so that average gamers can get into the game and complete the difficulty with no problems.

The graphics are great, I love the random crumbling buildings, mobs coming out of wholes in the ground of out of caskets in the walls.

Shadows and fog add a lot to the feel of the game.

I love the artisan and being able to craft useful items - which so far are way better than any magic/rare I've found.

Combos for kills, items broken, and kills in one hit are nice

Going afk in your game doesn't dc you after several minutes; took my family to a birthday party - 5 hours later I come home to find my character still in game where I left him. - I like that.

Shared stash = win even if you have to buy extra storage slots.

Random events I really like - makes me want to run around and explore - you never know what elite mob you might run into or random event.

The music is good - fits the game

Books are back but so far are only for Lore - but it's nice to hear a small story while you game

I like the Teleport button, though it takes away the challenge of grinding out mobs incase you didn't keep track of how many portal scrolls you had on you (D2). So having an infinite way back to town is nice, just takes the challenge out of it.





I don't like the timer between swapping out skills but I understand why they did it.

So far some of the voices don't fit in to me, my wizard sounds russian while my companion sounds like he's irish. Still not sure how I feel about the small conversations the companion has with you as your fighting.

I find it funny during one of the missions (can't recall the name) where you take a guy to a basement to kill his wife. She stands there while all the humans turn into zombies - doesn't move. Later he talks to her as she's apologizing then she spews green and red puke all over the place - yet the husband just stands there getting spewed on lol - it doesn't phase him.


Overall I give my experience a 9/10 - I had so much fun in the short time I've played it that I cancelled my SWTOR sub (was going to cancel when D3 came out). Playing that game feels like a chore; I actually had fun playing D3 beta. I will be purchasing D3 for myself and my son since he's enjoying it as well. I am very thankful that I got a beta and I really think it's been worth the very long wait.

That's all I can think of right now (at work) - not sure why others are being critical, but so far I am having a blast and I look forward to the challenges the higher difficulties pose.

BTW - how old is Deckard Cain and how can this old man survive when countless others have died? Not that I mind seeing him in D3 - just makes me wonder what this guy is taking.

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give the guy a break this will be lots of peoples first Diablo experience considering the last one came out over ten years ago.

Yeah.... I'm still one of the elitists that get annoyed at how blizzard lets anyone with a battle net account get beta. I really think you should have to have diablo 2 tied to your account for beta access (or at least a preorder).

I'm even more annoyed at all the forum noobs that came on this site just to gloat about getting beta (and have < 10 posts).

Because no of posts = being uber pro... right?

If you have Less than 25 posts and you come to this site within the last 3 days and mention that you got beta... get the fuck off this site. You do't ned to salt in our wounds. Alot of us having been checking this site daily... checking the oldtime blizzard.com site daily for diablo 3 news ... yet we don't get in because blizzard lets people that have never played diablo 3 opt in and get randomly selected (diluting the pool for thoe of use that have been truely obsessed with the game).

Its 3 seperate factors:
1.) You (not you specifically) never played diablo 1 or 2.
2.) You get beta and suddently you are on here talking about.
3.) All these beta wave noobs are spamming the forum with new threads asking the questions that have been answered repeatedly for the last 3 years.

I laugh at people like you.

I barely post, mostly browse to see whats going on every now and then. And YES, I finally got my copy of Beta today and I will rub it in your face. Does it mean since I barely post that I haven't played since Diablo 1? I've been gaming over 25 years - if anyone is a noob - it is you. I've been there since day one with Diablo 1, Hellfire, Diablo 2, and LoD - does that make me any better than the OP? No. Grow up, take a walk outside and calm down and show people common courtesy.

Oh and BTW, I am Loving Diablo 3 beta so far - just wish I didn't have to work 14 hours today but glad I got some time in before the maint. Even more glad knowing that you are raging that other people who you feel don't deserve to test beta have it and you don't. I'll name my next character after your forum name.

I will most likely go Wizard since I've always been a fan of projectile characters. I am interested in trying out the Monk since he's something new compared to the Barb and Witch and seems to take out a crowd pretty fast.

The demonhunter is the char type I am least interested in, just isn't appealing to me for some reason.

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Giving the fact that beta is only 1/3 of act one, I'm sure there must be some incredibly bored beta testers out there. If you're done with the beta and/or waiting for retail. I would absolutely love a go at it, even just for one day

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Lock this thread please.

I am a QA Analyst but I test web applications not games. Deadlines ALWAYS change and sprint plans get pushed back, could be because certain features aren't working or need to be reworked, removed, added, etc. Beta can go smoothly with very few defects or game-changing issue can be found - you never know until your clients get their hands on your product.

While I am holding my breathe for a Q4 release of this year, I am not getting my hopes set because I know how this process goes. The company I work for, if a client is really pushing for something to be done, we have to work our tails off to get it done ASAP. Blizzard likes to take their time to get an absolute polished product out the door, so a delay is almost certainly plausible.

Lets hope a 2 month beta-phase has limited defects and Blizzard is happy with the finished product. I'd rather have a bug-free game than one ridden with them.

Future > Games; even if it is D3. Best of luck to you, hopefully you'll get your priorities straight.

This doesn't stop D2JSP or other 3rd party sites from selling Hardcore items. All Blizzard did was cut half of their profits; I think Blizzard should still have an AH for HC. People will still use these 3rd parties if they want to buy their items with risk of losing items upon death or not. It will be like D2 HC then, everyone would want FG and trades would rarely happen. I think Blizzard is underestimating how many people do play HC and how many do buy items or trade of D2JSP despite any risk of death.

And yes, I still am 100% for the RMAH - it's about time it was done and if successful, I can see other gaming companies adding this to their games. Wait and see how much profit Blizzard makes from this, $$$ will be in all the developers eyes.

Maybe they would make inferno so that it's so difficult, you can only beat it with a team, thus forcing players team-up. This is very exciting if true, great find OP. I'd imagine this difficulty is where you'd find the best of the best gear, runes, gems, etc. Lets keep our fingers crossed on some good news for a change.

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Dont get me wrong all my wining will not stop me from buying the game and playing the s$*t out of it. 10 years of wait will not go to waste i tell ya.

That's what I like to see!

I like the idea of having all skills; they are put in place and used for different situations. I highly doubt Blizzard would put this in place or put skills in place that have no purpose.

Do you guys remember the original D3 pics someone uploaded looked like before they were scrapped? Be thankful we didn't end up with something like that.

I haven't played SP Diablo 2 ever, my life still went on as normal. BRB going to cutup a block of cheese to go with all the whine.

In all honesty, who doesn't have decent broudband now-a-days? Most online games now require you to have internet to play, it's a poor reason to complain about. If you honestly have internet that is that bad, then you might want to look into upgrading if you want to enjoy any online game or just internet browsing. If anything I'd hope it to ween out those with poor connections, who wants to play with someone who is laggy and slows down/ruins the party experience any ways?

If you don't want to use the cash AH then don't; if you want an environment without the AH then play HC or don't play. Picking one decision out of 3 isn't a hard choice, you either play SC, HC, or don't play at all. Give it a chance, worst case is you play until you make your money back in the AH for what you paid for the game and quit. I'd rather see any extra revenue going back to Blizzard and the players rather than see njaguar, botters, and hackers make another cent off Blizzard personally.

Skill point customization doesn't affect me; hell all of us made cookie-cutter builds. This just eliminates setting everything up perfectly for the same result.

Not to offend anyone directly, but whining like this makes you seem very immature and reminds me of my kids. It's a game, you play it for fun. If it's not fun you quit; if it's not for you then don't buy the game. If you don't like change and progress then continue to play D2; in all I bet 95% of you complaining will still buy the game. D2 is an eleven year old game, you can't expect it's next installment over a decade later to be exactly the same with upgraded graphics. End of rant.