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Leah is totally Diablo in some sort of form(in my opinion). The cinematic totally hints at it for me. Azmodan says to Leah(ie Diablo) "You thought you could deceive us all". I think that the "deception" that Azmodan is talking about is Diablo faking his death and drawing out each of the big baddies from hell in to Sanctuary where "heroes" such as ourselves can take them down for Diablo's gain.

Obviously this is all speculation and I really have no proof to back it up. Either way this game's story is going to be epic. Guaranteed.

Yay! And now for the disappointment of not getting in.

A DoT that does 1260% damage over 15 seconds is already quite strong... that's a huge amount of damage for a single cast.

Add on the fact that you can cast Hydra tactically - for example, casting it around a wall so it can hit a boss but the boss cannot hit you - and it is really not bad.

The concept of Hydra is the same in D1, D2, and D3. It doesn't do a whole lot of damage per second, but it does the damage safely, and continues to deal damage even if you are running around, stunned, or otherwise unable to cast.

So, I'll cautiously provide a little insight in the hopes it doesn't make you sad.

09/20/2011 04:58 PMPosted by SenzlolsAre the invites done today?
This is something we aren't likely to answer during the beta test. Ever. I know everyone's aching for a piece of the Diablo III action, but the testing process won't be well served if the forums are flooded daily with questions about beta invite waves. There is no predetermined schedule for the rate at which players get invited to test the game.

The Blizzard folk who are monitoring the concurrency trend of people online and playing, as well as the stability of the game servers, will do waves of invites as needed. When I say "as needed," I mean when the servers are stable and we're comfortable with the room we have to get more people in the game. We won't do waves of invites if we feel our infrastructure at any given time can't handle an increased concurrency.

Beyond that, there's really only an extra morsel of information -- small though it may be -- I can provide as to when invites might go out. They'll go out, as I said before, when we're comfortable with increasing concurrent players online. And they'll typically go out during standard business hours (9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Friday, North American Pacific time).

For those who make it in, I really hope you enjoy it as much as I do. We look forward to hearing your feedback. For those who don't make it in quickly, stay tuned for more information on other giveaways and promotions. Just try not to drive yourself crazy waiting to get in. Ultimately, this is just a test of a very small portion of the game to prepare us for the official launch, when everyone can play the full game!

Looks like we can rest for now.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3226942690