4th difficulty reveal/confirmed
Below is a Wizard armor spell breaking up...unsure of what it is
Below is the Monk's Blinding Flash skill
Below is the Wizard's Blizzard skill
Below picture is of 'Slaughtered Calf Inn'
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DKR_87 posted a message on Pics I Found-UpdatedHere are a few pictures I found elsewhere. I have not seen them (after searching around) on this site, and I thought they were good pics, so here ya go.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
4th difficulty reveal/confirmed
Below is a Wizard armor spell breaking up...unsure of what it is
Below is the Monk's Blinding Flash skill
Below is the Wizard's Blizzard skill
Below picture is of 'Slaughtered Calf Inn'
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Aug 12, 20113
snowhammer posted a message on So, this was kind of funSo while passing the time.. I tried somthing kind of fun while playing TorchLight. (Im sure its been done before)Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
In TL, there are 3 skill trees for each class. There are 5 "active skills" in each tree for each class. That makes 15 active skills per class.
What I just did was level up a Vanquisher to level 30.
I Saved up points to put a new point into each skill when it became available. There are generaly 3 new skills ( 1 in each tree) to grab every 5 levels. In all, there are 15 active skills ( about 8 less than D3 will have per class )
By level 30ish go for somthing like this:
I put 5 points in each of the level one skills (15 total)
4 in each of the level five skills (12 total)
3 in each of the level 10 skills(9 points)
2 in the level 15 and 20 skills (12 points)
and 1 in each of the level 25 points (3 points) TOTAL (51 points)
**Important: make sure you have enough points (at least 3) going into each 5th level. So at level 5, make sure to have 3 unspent points, at level 10 make sure to have 3 unspent points (so you can get all 3 of the new skills). In between, use your fame points to keep the lower level skills viable. Play the game on Hard (instead of very hard) so that the lower level skills stay viable.
Basically I ignored the passives, and it kind of simulated the way the skills will unlock in Diablo 3.
By the time I had all the skills unlocked I started expirimenting trying to find fun combinations and "limited" myself to 6 skills (left, right Mouse Buttons and 1-4).
So really not a brilliant idea or anything, but it was alot of fun. I found quite a few fun combinations of skills that made the Vanq play totally differently.
So doing this was a blast, even with just 15 skills to chose from, its alot of fun swaping them in and out. Now, when you think D3 has 23 active skills (instead of 15) and 5 rune changes for each skill.. the same thing that is really interesting / fun in TorchLight is going to be insane in D3. Can't wait.
Doing this from last night till this morning some how (didn't think it was possible) hyped me up even more for D3. -
Aug 11, 20114
theSkaBoss posted a message on online only?I've got a good idea. Let's all pretend that Diablo 3 is going to be a brand new game that never existed before. Let's pretend for just a second that no one has ever played the complete version. Now we--- oh, wait. I've just been informed that Diablo 3 IS a brand new game that never existed before and no one HAS ever played the complete version. Okay, um...Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Alright, um. Okay, let's pretend that players can't "miss" features of a brand new game since a brand new game never had them. Let's pretend (just pretend, mind you) that a brand new game can't really be expected to have every feature that every gamer wants. Let's just PRETEND that if all brand new games were expected to cater to the needs of everyone, then every new game would be the same as every new game. So that means----- oh, no, I've been informed that all that was actually reality as well.
Look, people, Diablo 3 is an online game. I guess if you're not an online gamer, whatever reason may be fueling that, you won't be playing Diablo 3, because it's an online game. The game's architecture isn't so "box-o'-legos" that Blizzard can just slide in an offline mode. It's not like they have an on-off switch. "Okay, D3 team, looks like about 14% of the internet is angry. Better flip the offline mode back on." I daresay that implementing an offline mode would push this game back 3+ months. That's even optimistic. Because aside from rewriting the entire game engine... aside from rewriting the game so that all the important data that is kept server-side can be kept client-side... aside from rewriting their ENTIRE security system to account for the reality that everyone can possibly access every bit of information that they got from their client-side game... Now Blizzard has to atmospherically rework the game so that it accounts for the fact that now everyone is not necessarily part of the D3 world if they're playing D3.
I'm sorry. I understand that you hoped it wouldn't be an online game. But it is. It's a game you must get online to play. I know, I know, reality sucks. I guess a particular video game has been proven once and for all to NOT be an inalienable right of soldiers, people with crappy internet, and people on the go. I don't know about the rest of you, but MY whole world is crumbling in the face of that revelation. -
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ErU posted a message on Hardcore ArenaHardcore isn't for pussies, if you can't handle it, don't play it. HC duels = Loot duels. Anything less than that is unacceptable.Posted in: PvP Discussion
The last thing we need is Blizzard tainting the last piece of diablo we have just because some carebears wants some risk, but not too much risk. -
Aug 11, 20115
RokkitSerjun posted a message on online only?When D2 was released over a decade ago, one of it's cutting edge features was the client-server online protection. At the time of release this was top-shelf security and it took quite some time before any real cracks appeared in it. However, with enough time and effort everything can be cracked and now we have to current botfest of D2.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Now they wish to make D3 as secure as possible at release. If to get a high level of security so that bots/hackers/dupers/asswipes don't ruin my gaming experience I don't care if they force you to breath into a tube to get the program started. If it can keep my playing experience fun for as long as possible I say do it.
Whats even more ironic/moronic is that I bet 90% of the people who played D2 did so online or at best played offline only when forced to. Lets get real, in todays broadbanded world will being connected to play really be a problem? The only time I'm not connected is during a power outage, which tends to cause a serious degrade in gaming experience by itself. Get real and find something realistic to bitch about...
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Aug 10, 20112
soulzek posted a message on Resource OrbsI just love the way the new resource orbs look. They are highly detailed and aren't one solid color. In some videos you can see it swirling within the orb. My favorite is easily Arcane Power. It's simply pure awesome in energy form.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Spirit (Monk)
Fury (Barbarian)
Arcane Power (Wizard)
Mana (Witch Doctor)
Hatred & Discipline (Demon Hunter)
Compare to D1/D2 orbs:
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Aug 8, 20113
zeldarules28 posted a message on New Video?Hi guysPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Not sure if you guys have already seen this, but.. yeah
http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1186681p1.html
IGN interviews Jay Wilson about the 5 classes. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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Each is a successful metagame in it's own right, I don't see a reason to criticize one over the other. We're talking about apples and oranges. Clearly a raid paradigm isn't for D3. Clearly such a casual approach to endgame doesn't work for WoW.
Endgame is ultimately what you make of it. Blizzard has provided 100x more "endgame," content than they had with D2 and yet I spent years playing D2. Personally, I don't see a negative. Yeah, ultimately every gear-driven rpg is a hamster-wheel that you run over and over again. What's new? Where is the cause for concern or debate?
I feel as though i'm being presented with a blue sky and have been told it's somehow gone wrong.
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Gear, but in a traditional diablo sense, no.
See above.
In the sense that loot is random, sure, but given the fact that you're going to ultimately tailor your gear to your chosen active and passive skill choices: I think not.
Achievements?
You'd gear for damage, use nothing but damage active and passive skills, yeah.
If you refuse to acknowledge skill choice and how you utilize the gear you have, sure.
You're right, it's a significant departure from D1-2 in some ways. That being said, Jay (the lead dev) has made some really compelling arguments to the effect that choice is still very much in the game and that the major losses we're incurring here are not in fun/choice/customization but tedium from the old system(s) that are being phased out.
Hope this helps.
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