I'm excited as poo about this game. I don't consider myself a huge Blizz fan, I think Warcraft anything is poo. Hero-based rts? theme park mmo? that's like gimping the two best things about those genres! The best MMO's are like EVE, brutally open and fiendishly cutthroat. The best RTS games are all about the suspense, which kindof goes right into the gutter when THA BEAST UNIT gets fielded.
That said, Diablo and Starcraft do everything, everything right. Having played the open beta, D3 looks awesome. I left the official forums because I was tired of being banned for berating people who, honestly, deserved what they got. This atmosphere is much more mature and without the THE SKY IS FALLING daily panic-posts. So I'll be hangin' around...
Anyway my two minor criticisms are really small things:
1.) Give us some mini-map size options. They weren't in the beta, and the UI felt a touch crowded. I feel like the mini-map could have been 3/4 the size it was and things would have felt better.
With the amount of focus on the ui "layers" Blizz puts, I was really surprised that wasn't a setting, and I bet my butt it'll find it's way into the options sooner or later since it's such a small thing.
2.) Those chat box buttons. Can they fade out when I am not using them? When there's nothing behind them, they just look like clutter; random squares floating above my UI.
3.) Wave-based survival would be fun. I know I heard it was attempted and shot down... try again? I found myself wanting Jar of Souls to never end.
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I'm excited as poo about this game. I don't consider myself a huge Blizz fan, I think Warcraft anything is poo. Hero-based rts? theme park mmo? that's like gimping the two best things about those genres! The best MMO's are like EVE, brutally open and fiendishly cutthroat. The best RTS games are all about the suspense, which kindof goes right into the gutter when THA BEAST UNIT gets fielded.
That said, Diablo and Starcraft do everything, everything right. Having played the open beta, D3 looks awesome. I left the official forums because I was tired of being banned for berating people who, honestly, deserved what they got. This atmosphere is much more mature and without the THE SKY IS FALLING daily panic-posts. So I'll be hangin' around...
Anyway my two minor criticisms are really small things:
1.) Give us some mini-map size options. They weren't in the beta, and the UI felt a touch crowded. I feel like the mini-map could have been 3/4 the size it was and things would have felt better.
With the amount of focus on the ui "layers" Blizz puts, I was really surprised that wasn't a setting, and I bet my butt it'll find it's way into the options sooner or later since it's such a small thing.
2.) Those chat box buttons. Can they fade out when I am not using them? When there's nothing behind them, they just look like clutter; random squares floating above my UI.
3.) Wave-based survival would be fun. I know I heard it was attempted and shot down... try again? I found myself wanting Jar of Souls to never end.
Anybody have anything to add?