I don't think any Blue posts have been made about gem mines and what they are, if they will even exist. I'm curious to know why they would have this concept art...
Clearly we're not going to be finding pickaxes and mining for gems in Diablo. That would be ludicrous. I wonder what the idea behind this concept art is. I'm going to guess that it was some silly idea that never made it into the game. Any ideas?
During the podcast Force was talking about how Wizards would want to find the weapons with the highest base damage because it would give them the highest spell damage. While this is correct, high base damage does not mean high damage per second.
I want to leave this here in hopes that someone will inform the podcast guys that Wizards and Witchdoctors will not simply want to find the weapon with the highest base damage. Instead they will want to find the weapon with the highest DPS just like the other classes.
TL;DR: Skills perform at a less than optimal level, but increase in *power over time-slotted. Marginal effects are seen by players to allow for casual players (not playing much past Nightmare difficulty) to swap like crazy at little expense, while loosely requiring more progressed players (Hell and beyond) to stick to a build in order to have their skills perform at maximum efficiency. Much balance testing would be likely required, as this would mess with end game damage levels pretty significantly.
There are no passive skills that increase your magic find. There are, however, a select few active skills that can be runed in order to recieve a magic find boost.
How many clicks does it take to get to the center of... oh wait.
I definitely want to see my highest massacre/killing spree/envirokill/objects destoryed etc.
I also want to see my Actions Per Minute (useless in a game like this, but fun)
Total kills
Total deaths
Max hit
Uniques killed
Bosses killed
Legendary items dropped from mobs
Highest gold
Average experience per minute (each time you join a game)
Number of side quests completed
Total hours played (as well as current session)
Most of what I want is trivial stats that are just interesting to look at after a year playing, so you can look back and say "what the hell am I doing with my free time"
I think the idea might be similar to what your first reply was from Tesken. But furthermore, I think Blizzard does not want you to earn new skills late game because the psychology of the gamer is that if you earn a skill later in the game it must be more powerful then the previous. This seemingly holds true for the skills we see. However, Blizzard wants more of your skills to be based on your "style" of play.
If you earn a skill at level 55 and it isn't OMGWTFBBQ amazing you're gonna be pretty ticked off. And if it is amazing, you're going to feel like you have to use that skill. Unfortunately, this would only fuel the "where's my customization, everyone can use OMGWTFBBQ too!" threads that have plagued the official forums.
I am pulling for weapon switch to make it into the D3 release. I like the option to switch between 2h and 1h + shield quickly. Along with some other options that might be available such as the Demon Hunter dual wielding weaker xbows or 2handing a powerful ballista.
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I don't think any Blue posts have been made about gem mines and what they are, if they will even exist. I'm curious to know why they would have this concept art...
Clearly we're not going to be finding pickaxes and mining for gems in Diablo. That would be ludicrous. I wonder what the idea behind this concept art is. I'm going to guess that it was some silly idea that never made it into the game. Any ideas?
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3229384602?page=1#11
I want to leave this here in hopes that someone will inform the podcast guys that Wizards and Witchdoctors will not simply want to find the weapon with the highest base damage. Instead they will want to find the weapon with the highest DPS just like the other classes.
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Main Entry: http://www.diablofans.com/topic/29011-skill-swaping-vote-topic-now-with-more-options/page__view__findpost__p__667220
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I definitely want to see my highest massacre/killing spree/envirokill/objects destoryed etc.
I also want to see my Actions Per Minute (useless in a game like this, but fun)
Total kills
Total deaths
Max hit
Uniques killed
Bosses killed
Legendary items dropped from mobs
Highest gold
Average experience per minute (each time you join a game)
Number of side quests completed
Total hours played (as well as current session)
Most of what I want is trivial stats that are just interesting to look at after a year playing, so you can look back and say "what the hell am I doing with my free time"
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If you earn a skill at level 55 and it isn't OMGWTFBBQ amazing you're gonna be pretty ticked off. And if it is amazing, you're going to feel like you have to use that skill. Unfortunately, this would only fuel the "where's my customization, everyone can use OMGWTFBBQ too!" threads that have plagued the official forums.
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