To be honest, I was mostly lurking because everything people have to say about the game is pure speculation and opinion at this point. Even people with beta keys are only really testing 5% of the game.
The contests are definitely giving me incentives to do more than just read the front page now though I'll jump in the opinion pile!
The only people who are upset by the change to runes and skill progression are people who are upset they won't be able to curbstomp some baddie in the arena because he's got the worst skill setup imaginable.
So I don't have to farm for months to find that rune that makes my skill not terrible, or useful for PvP? Awesome. That's more time I can spend farming some ridiculously rare set, or other nonsense. There's still the same level of customization, they just took out the super grindy aspect of it, which lets face it, is Diablo's entire premise. Hack-and-slash games are a grind by sheer nature, and there's no sense in making them even more of a chore.
If you're concerned about these beta key contests affecting profits for forums and databases, you should take a look at D3DB.com.
They've got people with 40+ windows open hitting links as fast as they can trying to win keys, I can only imagine what that's doing to their advertising revenue.
Also, I like to lurk :3 This is my first time posting on these forums though.
The female barbarian looks exactly as I pictured her to look. I'm not picking out a character class based on how "sexy" I can make my character. Thankfully Blizzard isn't feeding in to the recent trend of female characters looking like something that stepped out of a Japanese Manga.
A barbarian SHOULD look like a bodybuilder, no matter what their gender is. The entire concept of a barbarian is to convey a sense of raw muscular fury.
Also, saying that the female barb looks like a tranny in her 40's is pretty damned offensive.
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The contests are definitely giving me incentives to do more than just read the front page now though
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So I don't have to farm for months to find that rune that makes my skill not terrible, or useful for PvP? Awesome. That's more time I can spend farming some ridiculously rare set, or other nonsense. There's still the same level of customization, they just took out the super grindy aspect of it, which lets face it, is Diablo's entire premise. Hack-and-slash games are a grind by sheer nature, and there's no sense in making them even more of a chore.
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They've got people with 40+ windows open hitting links as fast as they can trying to win keys, I can only imagine what that's doing to their advertising revenue.
Also, I like to lurk :3 This is my first time posting on these forums though.
*edited because I fail at "you're"
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A barbarian SHOULD look like a bodybuilder, no matter what their gender is. The entire concept of a barbarian is to convey a sense of raw muscular fury.
Also, saying that the female barb looks like a tranny in her 40's is pretty damned offensive.