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I'm not going to miss failed builds and missed clicks on a skill tree. Not really going to miss skill trees. Not going to miss leveling a ton of characters to try out new builds.

Don't get me wrong. I do love leveling. But sometimes, I just want to try out a new thing without going through the entire same process.

lolwut.....

No, but really, I don't understand the question, I guess.

I'm excited for the game. But I'm not really waiting for it, truth be told. I have real life things to do; trying to further my film career, writing, being a dad. This is just a game that I hope to eventually play.

Again, I don't know what's being said here. Hope that answered it.

The irony of this post is that there are people who accuse the game of not going back to the past enough.

That said, this is an honest post and I won't flame or troll.

Instead, I will answer that I think Blizzard has the challenge of balancing the retro with the new in trying to release a product that can't be a rehash of the predecessors, but still needs to feel like them. So far as I can tell, and mind you, I'm not in the beta, it looks like they've managed that balance. So, while it is fairly retro, I don't think it's overly so.

I feel like pet builds will be less about using the pets for damage and more for protection, so that the WD will be able to cast his spells and attacks. It will be interesting to see if they can balance the pets to not be killed immediately after normal difficulty, because that's a lot of the problem that Druids and Necromancers had in Diablo II.

That said, I think they'll pull it off. It will also be the first Witch Doctor build I try.

Oh, the insanity!

Haha. But seriously, this should be interesting to see the effect on these forums. I've seen such an increase in traffic here since the announcement, and an awful lot of oddly constructive posts since the contest started. It's been fun!

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I think it's still is the "oh shit!" moment when I entered the Butcher's room and realized I wasn't ready for him at all!

That has to be everyone's #1 shared best moment! I used to refuse to play a new character online until he could kill the butcher in single player first. It was a rite.

Yup. *tear* The sheer terror the Butcher inspired was legendary. The lengths that people would often go to in order to kill him were impressive.

I think my fondest personal memory, though, was finding a King's Sword of Haste that wasn't duped. I felt pretty legit then.

It's hard to know what they are about to do. I do think they will shift towards something more akin to attuning skills, or having something easier to check in and out of, much like the skills. It will be interesting to see how affixes are incorporated into this, but I'm pretty excited the direction they will take.

The only concern is making it too customizable or adding too many options that might start to unbalance things. Oh well. We'll see.

Apart from the joy of participating in betas, I enjoy the process of testing content, hunting for bugs, and seeing the progression of how the content changes based on feedback firsthand. I like being a part of that process.

In addition, there is something cool about being apart of the game before it's actual release.

Depending on build, of course, they seem completely worth the skill slot, simply given the fact that the witch doctor is designed to be away from the enemy. While the little bit of damage the doggies do doesn't seem particularly great, they will serve as an added layer of ablative defense against enemies as you adventure.

That said, if we get to Inferno difficulty and they are being one-shot by basic monsters, I can see them disappearing from people's builds.

This might be a different reason from others, but I find that the skill, even runed, simply doesn't have quite that much aesthetic appeal. Yes, I pick skills that are the best and most efficient for the build, but I do like to have a little bit of style behind my play as well. Sometimes, you just want something to look cool.

For example; the theory behind the Barbarian's play is completely contrary to what I usually do in Diablo. But the way the character plays out in Diablo III is so visceral and cool looking that I'm going to be forced to be spending a lot of time with that class. With the Witch Doctor having so many other visually appealing abilities, poison dart is sort of... blah.

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So now NA favoritism... figures.

they DID kinda start as a NA company, can you really blame them?

This.

They are an American company, even when they were owned by Vivendi. I'm not that shocked. Why wouldn't a British company start their beta in Britain?

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100,000 invites and i still didn't get one?? **** this game... this is making me not even care about getting it anymore.. =(

Unreasonable much?

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totally fine by me, as a developer i totally understand how things work on database queries.

It might annoy people that want to complain that you said that... But to me, it just makes me think you're a bad ass. Haha.

Nothing. *weep* But, for Diablo Fan solidarity..... Grats to those who got in!

I get the impression that at this point they are simply crunching data on runes and the like. I too feel that a release date is coming shortly. Can't wait for this game!!!!! *weeps*