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Bashiok, dont u think all of those "solutions" are exaggerated? Why not, just once, choose the easy way, what about to forbid gear swaping while you are in combat? There have to be some combat status in D3 am i right?? If there is, this is the best solution.

There is no "combat" system in Diablo. There was some issue that came up during beta (can't remember what it was) but Bashiok posted that there is no combat system and in order to add such a system would require them to do a large overhaul of the game.

I agree with chaoslux. These options are absolutely some of the worst solutions I've ever seen... but with that being said, #4 would be the least intrusive


This has become ridiculous. They wonder why their fans RAGE at them?! Because of blog posts like this where it's obvious that they have 0 connection to their fan base. I literally read all of the options and thought "what the fuck are they thinking?"

1 - NO NO and NO. If you cap MF, at "something between 100% and 200%" you take away 200%+ of potential and RUIN the MF game.

2 - Really... so now we have to wait 5 minutes before going to find that first champ pack? No. Try again.

3 - This just sounds like a nightmare - both on their end and the players'.

4 - Best option imo, but still really not effective. "Hey guys, I found an upgrade! Uhhh... let's take a 3 min bathroom/drink break?" *3 minutes later* "You guys are gonna hate me... found new bracers now too..." Kind of kills the whole A-RPG flow of play. Maybe make it 1 minute? It would ruin quick swap goblin kills and would cause issues with elite packs and bosses. 3 minutes just seems like an eternity.

5 - No... Just another reason not to play co-op. As it is I already find myself telling friends w/o at least 150 mf not to join my games. And when they join when I have 5 stacks it's already frustrating. Now I have to rely on them remembering that they can't switch out their gear when they find an upgrade too? No.

Solution? Leave it the way it is. They keep calling it a "problem". It isn't a problem. It's a style of play that honestly most people are too lazy to take advantage of. Let people with 1/2 full inventory of MF gear play that way. They have to make twice as many trips to town and honestly I've learned to gear with str/vit/resist-all/mf on my barb in order to be both viable and have competitive mf.

Pico seems to be cupping something.


PS loot buff!! Can't wait!

Barbarian wallpaper is garbage

They need to make a movie...

EPIC

Definitely to compete with this weekend's GW2 beta

A bit lackluster, but I honestly don't think any class will have as much "WOW!" factor as the Barb. I think a lot of that has to do with the physics and the barb's ability to send enemies flying in all directions. Perhaps they should have saved barb video for last?

WOWOWOWOWOW THIS HAS GOTTEN ME EVEN MORE EXCITED FOR MY BARBARIAN!!!

haha well done fellas. I appreciate the thought and effort.

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Official Blizzard Quote:

Can you guys confirm or deny that the amount of items on the website (legendary and sets) is less then final game?
I can confirm it's far less than the final game.

I found this interesting the most!

This is probably my favorite part about this news post. Great to hear that there will be tons more items than currently listed!

I REALLY hope they reconsider the group shared benefits portion. That sounds 100% retarded. I made another post somewhere that having the buff only affect you would be common sense. Apparently Blizz doesn't have much of that. There are sooooooo many reasons that shared benefits fails. *sigh* Blizz please don't ruin this awesome idea with something dumb.

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Great idea! How do you think this will work when in party with other players? Do you gain a collective buff? If so, what happens if one player respec skills for instance?

My best guess is that each person in the group, in range of the champion upon kill, will receive the buff. If you swap your skills, you individually lose the buff, simple as that.

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My hopes for this buff:

Has no time limit.

Stackable for at least a modest amount. I'll guess 10 stacks as a good round number.

Removed when you die or kill a boss.

I feel this would be the best implementation. A time limit on a buff that is supposed to encourage you to take your time just seems counter productive.

The buff needs to have stacks to be enough of a dissuading effect against fast boss killing by just sniping the closest champion.

It should be removed on death because the penalty for death in non hardcore is already fairly light. Not removing the buff upon a boss kill would just lead to building up your buff and then farming bosses afterward. I prefer the feel of playing a good portion of every act.

Pretty much exactly my thoughts. Except, that I think the stacks should be halved after killing a boss instead of reset. This gives incentive to staying in that game and killing the other packs/bosses instead of leaving and starting a new game to kill that same boss.

Also, 10 stacks seems a bit too excessive. I was thinking something like 5 stacks, with 6 being more likely since it can still be a whole number when halved.

I like that idea (assuming the max stack is 10). If the max stack is too low, it'll amount to just farming the other bosses and picking off 1-2 champion packs on the way to the other bosses.

I see your point. But if the stacks are too high it will require too much time to make it worth while.

Requiring 10, you will be forced to search for champion packs for quite a while before getting to the boss and that really discourages the "quick play" that Diablo games offer. Even 10 with a wipe to 5 requires quite a bit of start up.

Maybe 5 with a wipe to 0 after a boss kill? 5 champions takes a bit of time, but not all that much.

Honestly it really depends on the # of champion packs in the levels before major bosses. Before SK 10 packs might be hard to find in the few catacomb levels, which tbh would be all that I really care to clear with this buff... I don't want to have to play the entire act over, but maybe Blizz does.... 5 Would probably require a full clear of the catacombs but still be manageable.

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My hopes for this buff:

Has no time limit.

Stackable for at least a modest amount. I'll guess 10 stacks as a good round number.

Removed when you die or kill a boss.

I feel this would be the best implementation. A time limit on a buff that is supposed to encourage you to take your time just seems counter productive.

The buff needs to have stacks to be enough of a dissuading effect against fast boss killing by just sniping the closest champion.

It should be removed on death because the penalty for death in non hardcore is already fairly light. Not removing the buff upon a boss kill would just lead to building up your buff and then farming bosses afterward. I prefer the feel of playing a good portion of every act.

Pretty much exactly my thoughts. Except, that I think the stacks should be halved after killing a boss instead of reset. This gives incentive to staying in that game and killing the other packs/bosses instead of leaving and starting a new game to kill that same boss.

Also, 10 stacks seems a bit too excessive. I was thinking something like 5 stacks, with 6 being more likely since it can still be a whole number when halved.