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Quote from WishedHeHadBeta

lame. oh well. i hate having to click on that many spells. even 6 is too much. D2 had like 2 max. sometimes just one. one and teleport, lol. in wow i HATED clicking that many spells, id often not use a lot of my spells cuz i didnt want to click on them or click on yet another hot key. bleh

That's why you're meant to just faceroll your keyboard.

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These are my two cats. The one doesn't have a name really atm, but I think calling them Herp and Derp would be fitting.
(Farnsworth is on the right)



@StickyDan Your signature pictures always amuse me, but I'm sad that you changed it from the last one. I found this for you though:

I find it interesting that so many people would wish for immortality. It's probably the very last thing I would want.

Quote from AnathemicOne

I dunno I kind of liked having a dude fight with me back in D2, it brought a whole new level of bro-time in the game.

Not only that but now D3 followers are more viable and have a decent/interesting backstory I guarantee I will have alot of fun killing demons with my bro-follower.

Bro-time with your bro-follower, that's awesome!

I just want to be a dragon.

Orignally the followers in Diablo III weren't going to be end game viable, but because the followers were quite popular, Blizzard changed that. So, I believe they put them into the game in the first place, not just to add depth to the story, but also because many people like the idea.

Blizzard has said that if you play solo you won't NEED a follower, that they aren't designing the game to be that way. How they are going to do this, I'm uncertain, as the skills I've seen that the followers have are a really nice addition to any class. I think it would be silly not to have a follower if they can give you buffs. Who would say no to buffs?!

And like Verity has already said, you only choose one skill per tier on the calculator. Every time you're able to pick an ability, you have to choose carefully between the two skills because you can't have both. I think this is a great idea, so you actually have to think about your decision because you can't get both skills on a tier.

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What's not understood in this thread is that there won't be a single character who gets through inferno mode first. It will be a group of people. The ability to solo inferno mode will only come from top end gear, which you get from inferno. The first character to solo inferno will be whichever character is able to get the best drops in inferno mode after playing through it with full 4 player games.

I know I'm contributing to this way off topic conversation more, I apologize, but the statement above is wrong. Blizzard has said you will be able to solo the entire game. Sure, parts of it will be much harder to do so, but it will be doable. I'm quite glad for this as I won't be playing with other people.

Also, about the whole Witch Doctor pet thing, I know nothing for sure since the game isn't out, of course, but I do believe you'll still have to gear up before going into Inferno. Your pets aren't just based off that really good weapon you get, they're also based off the rest of your gear. Other pieces of gear besides your weapon increases your "basic attack damage" on your character sheet, and that number is what all your spells/pets are based off of. So if your gear sucks, you won't be killing anything fast, your pets are going to die, and if they're on cooldown you're going to be screwed if you're relying on just your pets.

Another thing with pets is, there are monsters that will teleport and start beating you in the face while your pet is still off attacking something else. There's also monsters that summon stuff right on top of you. So your pets keeping aggro isn't always going to save you. This is all based on what I've seen in the beta, I'm sure inferno is going to kick ass way more!

She looks fine to me and playing her in game the animations look great. I do like the fanart here, but I think she's too thin for what I feel a barbarian is. I don't think she needs to look super sexy, that's not what the game is about. She's meant to look tough and rugged, as barbarians should.

Quote from Phrayed

But in one of the interviews, someone from Blizzard basically said that the random events in the game right now totally sucked compared to the ones you will find in the actual game when it comes out. I was super excited to hear about that. Just like everything else in the beta, it seems like those random events are just to introduce players to the concept of random events.

That's good to hear! They have said that the content in the beta (and maybe most of Act I) is like a tutorial and not meant to be overly difficult, so I could definitely see that those events are just an introduction to random events. It's nice to know there will be much more challenging/interesting events when the game is released.

In the game there are random events you can find. In the beta there's a couple. One example is the Jar of Souls, where you click it and all these skeletons are summoned, you stay alive however long and keep killing them, when you're done you are rewarded some loot, XP, gold.

I'm hoping they do a lot with these random events, and I hope in the end game there will be events unique to Inferno mode that are really difficult but also really rewarding. Random events sure beats the heck out of farming the same thing over and over.

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I don't think I'd ever kill myself. Although...I have hoped that I would simply not wake up one morning since I was about 8 or 9..

I've thought about it before, in times of grief and laughably in times of pure boredom. The thought comes out when I deeply think about society, and what I'm supposed to do in the eyes of others, and about when I'm older. But (and sure this sounds kinda cheesy) I literally look outside, either at the mountains or the trees, or my favorite; The clouds. And I just get this, feeling I guess you'd call it. I realize that sure one day I will die, but I'm pretty damn positive I'll never come back to life. I want to believe in God, but deep down I know for sure that I'm an animal, just like all the other animals, living on this world just like everything else, and when I die, that'l be it. I REALLY wish there's a heaven, but it just doesn't make sense, ya know?

So what keep me alive and going? It literally boils down for me to this; Since I'll be dying one day, I might as well stay alive as long as possible, doing whatever makes me happy, considering I probably won't be alive again.

Everyone and their dog is making posts about trying to get world's first 60. I'm here to tell you why its not a big deal, and suggest an alternative!

1.) No one remembers who gets the first level capped character, it will not bring you fame or E-peen. There will be many people at level 60 within days of release, and no one will give a shit about it by the end of the month.
2.) No one person will get first 60, because at least a dozen people will claim that they did it. AFAIK there's no way to prove it short of screenshots/video/other easily faked methods.
3.) Thousands of people will hit level cap within a few hours of the first person who manages it. You aren't special, you merely had the free time and perhaps a little more than your fair share of luck (IE XP shrines, finding the right path on your first try in a lot of places, etc)

Being able to invest the kind of time to reach 60 in a few days isn't an accomplishment. This is from someone who took time off work for release--I, like you, could be doing this exact thing. However, my first level 60 will probably be my slowest, since this will be my first time playing the game and I want to experience it fully. If I were to race to level 60, I would ruin the game for myself, enjoying it less in the name of a worthless goal.

Not everyone has to agree with me, but I hope some of you will be dissuaded from this stupidity and avoid ruining your first play through.

If you are looking for something more worthwhile, the first person/group to beat Inferno will probably be much more prominent, seeing as its actually a skill challenge instead of a time investment. Unlike the race to 60, Inferno is something that not everyone can do, and is a real accomplishment.

One component of that WILL be hitting level 60 quickly, but that is not THE goal, and it doesn't require that you do it first--only that you do it in a timely fashion. Skill will be the biggest component beyond that point, and the best individuals and groups will get ahead not by crunching (well, not entirely) but by being tactical and coordinating.

As an example of how this might appeal to people who ARE only interested in e-peen, its worth noting that the important and memorable "world firsts" of games like WoW were not hitting level caps, but defeating big tough raid bosses.

*Prepares for onslaught of hatred for mentioning WOW*

The point is that this leveling mentality is an artifact from the silly ladder system in Diablo 2, and the broken way the level cap operated (IE being far higher than anyone ever had any need to attain). Don't let the flaws of D2 corrupt your first experience of D3!

I ripped all the music from the Diablo 3 beta .mpq 's and converted them to 192kbps.

If anyone's interested I can share a ZIP of all the music. There's about 1h45m worth of music just in the beta alone!

No comment from mods after a day or so - if you don't want this on here just edit/delete my post.

Here's the download: http://is.gd/HwwTLC Enjoy!

Rewarding one person for accomplishing something (even if it's based on luck of the draw like this) is not spitting on the ones that didn't receive the same "reward". It's OK for some people in life to get things that some other people didn't get. You self-centered, entitled people sicken me. Let me guess, your soccer team didn't keep score when you were little and everyone got a trophy, huh?

Doubt this will do anything to make people believe that yes in fact I do have the CE in my hands right now but here it is. Not really a spoiler or anything just a picture of the case with the bottom removed from it.

http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh519/boiler149/c82dfa15.jpg

I'mma be honest, I think this is just blowing up to be more of an issue than it really is. I don't get to go to Blizzcon ever and I'm not upset I missed out on all those feats of strength. I'm an achievement collector so it saddens me a little, but in the end those achievements really don't mean much. I'm even leaving a ton of them behind as I quit WoW last month.

The thing is, this is a minor thing. An achievement. A FoS that doesn't even give achievement points or affect your achievement tracker. Even if I wasn't a tester, I would feel the same way. What value does this really give me? I get a shiny toast or something. Oh yeah, I do get a sigil.. yay. Does it give me an advantage in any way? Does it enhance how I play? Am I even going to see it more than a few moments in the entire time I play the game? The answer to all of these is no. I will probably even move on from it as I unlock newer sigils and only break it out on occasion because it is unique. Truth is, unless I slam it down, I'll only see it in the character select screen.

I wouldn't even care if they decided to take this away. I was happy just to play the game as a tester, and even more happy to share the game online through YouTube. I played to make the game better by finding bugs and I shared it so those who couldn't get in knew what to expect. I didn't do this for baubles or recognition.

It seems unfair because it's based on luck, but that's how things work when you think about it. Items in the game, the lottery, sometimes random chance just falls into our laps and we get blessed with something. It's a form of jealousy and maybe even entitlement over something that's honestly, in the end, not going to even matter. This isn't going to make your game any worse than the person's who got the achievement. Nothing changes at all.

I'm sorry everyone who played isn't going to get one (from open beta) but at the same time I have to say it's not worth crying over. To be honest, I think that once the game finally hits most of you won't even care anymore. It's just that period of time before launch were everyone is biting at any scrap of news.

The wait is almost over, you'll all survive.

Sorry to not always be on the forums... I personally don't click on every new topic so I dont see any spoilers (which worked out quitenwell up to now). I just posted this in case someone like me who doesn't lurk forums 24/7 wanted to be informed of it.

If you have nothing to add on the subject, just don't post please. This is just a warning thread to make people who didn't know yet (that includes me) that spoilers are officially out.

So, is anyone else worried that due to some totally random (or perhpaps, not random) chance, they will be inadvertently killed before Diablo III launches? Brain aneurism, sudden cardiac death, tripping down the stairs? You don't even need to leave your home for something like that to happen.

This is obviously me overthinking something to an extreme degree, but surely I'm not the only one hoping to live for at least a couple more weeks. Anyway, goodluck staying alive for another 6 days, everyone.

Step 1:
Make sure you can find Diablo 3 when the time comes.

Bonus points if you see my pointer above the Barbarian's weapon hand...

Step 2:
That's right, you need something to point with and so why not celebrate the impending Ponyocalypse with your own Rainbow Dash custom cursor!



Step 3:
Get your build ready. You gotta know how to spend your skill points... err stat poi... er... oh hell just pick skills using http://random.org.
http://us.battle.net...VgTb!ceZ!ZcaZcb
Conflag and no fire skills? Min-max at its finest!

Step 4:
You'll need supplies to survive being barricaded inside your room/house/apartment with zombies/neighbors banging on the door looking for a cup of brown sugar/brains. Make sure you have the sustenance to survive the days of isolation.


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