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Oct 17, 2018Zooheaded posted a message on Diablo At BlizzCon 2018Posted in: News
They told us the same last year.
Nevalistis said for Blizzcon 2017:
"This year, we want to give you a heads-up that while Diablo will be on the show floor, we won’t be making any new Diablo announcements. There will be a time for that at some point in the future, but that time is not now."
So what do we get now? We know they work on Diablo4, but they are not ready to announce it. So hopefully we'll get an Diablo2 Remaster for the time we have to wait. That would be my last hope.
Last year they said they had no new announcements, this year they are saying they're not gonna announce everything they're working on. Those two statements seem pretty different imo.
They'll announce something other than switch, but who knows what it will be at this point. I'm just hoping that D3 will at least be "completed."
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Sep 12, 2018Zooheaded posted a message on What Could the Rumored Netflix Diablo Series Look Like?Posted in: News
I like the story and characters, and I don't think the story was bad, however, the way it was handled in game left much to be desired: many characters were used as quest exposition vehicles, rather than given more character development (cough, Leah) and Belial was.....not clever at all? Despite being a mastermind and the lord of lies? Most of the dialogue was achingly bad, especially from the demon lords. There were a lot of great characters and a lot of fun lore exploration, fun items with flavor text, and interesting references to other pivotal characters, but they ruined an interesting story with VERY BAD cheesy-ass dialogue that still hurts me to listen to. Worse than World of Warcraft dungeon bosses, like...come on lol.
I actually didn't even care about Leah until after I read the book 'The Order' as it does a much better job making you love and feel for that character, and consequently, her fate becomes more painful.
D2 had a story of similar caliber, I wouldn't call it better, and I'd say that a lot of people have rose-tinted glasses for D2 (myself included but I digress lol) but because of how the story was handled in game, and how it was presented to us, it is much creepier because you aren't beaten over the head with bad dialogue. It was usually delivered in story chunks from characters, and then you'd go there and see the horror for yourself.
That said, the writing and direction/character development improved 3 fold in the D3 expansion, as Malthael was a much more scary villain than Diablo, Act V more interesting and better handled overall. I can only hope they have some great writers for their next project.
Also wasn't the netflix series dis-proven? Or is there new information?
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Sep 6, 2018Zooheaded posted a message on Lore Loose Ends: Mephisto, Lord of HatredPosted in: NewsQuote from CrownedSun»
I've been kind of wondering if Diablo really was the Prime Evil lately, to tell the truth,--
--mostly because of the whole episode with Belial.
I mean, by the time we get to Azmodan, he very clearly knows what Diablo's plan is and is fully aware of what's at stake. He tries to stop us but ultimately fails before the full power of a handful of Nephalem who he simply cannot stop. Belial, meanwhile, obviously knows... more than most... knowing about the Black Soulstone and having at least some inkling of what is going on. The fact that Azmodan knows so much suggests that, if nothing else, Belial should have been able to guess what was going on.
...so how come the Lord of Lies deceptions were so horribly bad..?
Most tellingly at all, at the end of the fight with Belial, the "illusion" vanishes and reveals that there was never a battle in the first place. The throne room is completely untouched, there's no signs of any struggle or conflict at all, and the entire battle might as well have not happened at all. Instead, there's a conveniently placed little soul for us to suck up with the Black Soulstone and some loot. We "defeat" Belial and move on.
It simply MAKES MORE SENSE if we never actually defeated Belial and his soul never actually made up the Prime Evil. Instead, we 'defeated' a Fake-Belial and gave Diablo a Fake-Belial-Soul which resulted in a Fake-Prime-Evil. Which'd explain why first Diablo and then Malthael were surprised that their power-up wasn't quite as impressive as they'd hoped it would be.
Anyway.
Probably not what actually happened but it lines up perfectly as far as I'm concerned. :-)
This is actually a pretty neat theory which would be cool if carried out correctly.
Unfortunately, it very much feels as though bad writing and implementation was ultimately responsible for Belial being such a lackluster villain (despite being kind of a cool fight). There was so much more that could have been done to convince us that the child emperor was telling the truth, but they even had the same voice actor, and we never get to flesh out our time there or even go inside the palace other than a single "throne room" with lazy design. We don't even really go into the city. In the book The Order, Belial is the puppetmaster to the book's villain, and at the end they make mention of the child that is to be crowned emperor of caldeum. So it seems like this was in Belial's future plan.
I'm hoping the writing will really improve for the new game, even more than it improved for Reaper of Souls.
That said, Mephisto is my favorite Lord of Hell, and I really hop we get another chance to fight him, and I very much enjoy these little lore write-ups :>
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Aug 8, 2018Zooheaded posted a message on New Video Released: The Future of DiabloPosted in: News
VERY excited! Would have been more comforting if this vid had come out a year ago lol, but still VERY excited! Looking forward to Blizzcon and Gamescon!
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Jul 28, 2018Zooheaded posted a message on BlizzCon Contest Registration Now Open!Posted in: News
Most looking forward to? Pretty much gonna need some kind of Diablo announcement or I'm gonna be mad for another year lol. But I'll probably be buying a virtual ticket as there's always some fun to be had. :>
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Jul 24, 2018Zooheaded posted a message on Diablo Beastiary Book & Challenge Rift - Week 57Posted in: News
That's a placeholder cover lol.
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Jul 22, 2018Zooheaded posted a message on Diablo Comics Coming Soon!Posted in: News
Slice me off a piece of that LORE!
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Nov 1, 2017Zooheaded posted a message on Virtual Ticket Giveaway & New Diablo Fans Community ManagerPosted in: News
Welcome to the fold! I'll probably be playing either Demon Hunter or Necromancer again because I'm grimdark trash.
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Oct 19, 2017Zooheaded posted a message on Top Lore Locations Yet to Visit In-GamePosted in: News
BY THE LIGHT OF AKARAT ALL IS FORGIVEN
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Oct 13, 2017Zooheaded posted a message on Top Lore Locations Yet to Visit In-GamePosted in: News
Very nice!
A minor correction though: we do NOT visit Kingsport during the events of Reaper of Souls, it is stated by a guard in the square that Kingsport's prisoners had been transferred to Westmarch due to current events. We only visit the Westmarch prison to find Lyndon's brother unfortunately already dead. However there was some patch notes that spoke of a yet-to-be-implemented follower quest where we DO visit Kingsport and confront Rhea about her supposed crimes.
Great write-up! And I hope to God we get to see some of these places someday...
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Oct 27, 2015Zooheaded posted a message on Diablo 3 Halloween, Diablo Lore In-DepthPosted in: News
It would have been great to be a real event but since it's fake it feels more like a middle finger lol. What was the point.
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Feb 20, 2015Zooheaded posted a message on Micro Transactions likely coming to Asian serversPosted in: News
If this ever pops over to Europe and the US PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep it cosmetic only.
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Feb 7, 2015Zooheaded posted a message on Season 2 Conquests Preview, Seasonal Transmog Set, Crafting Materials Manager, Deadset Condemn CrusaderPosted in: News
I agree, not a HUGE deal, but it kinda removes the point of season exclusive. Just as WoW raid achievement mounts never being taken away removes the real significance of getting them (even though it's great to still get that bone dragon from ICC and etc) some things should stay exclusive no matter how much people cry.Quote from MeatHeadMikhail»
Can you imagine the outrage from players who knew all about seasonal transmogs and refused to play seasons and don't even like the transmogs? Psych 101. People want what they can't have, even if they'll never make use of it. Blizz knows this. People STILL rage over the Blizzcon transmogs, despite knowing that people paid for them.
Also, since most of us likely have not memorized the precise requirements to get each season conquest, it would be great if when you view them on the D3 site it has a quick blurb of what they actually are so we don't have to look up every single one separately. uNLESs it says somewhere and I missed it? -
Sep 5, 2014Zooheaded posted a message on Changes to Leveling Bounties, Major Hotfixes!, Fresh Meat N' Greet, Round 3 Livestream VOD, Vita UEE Off-Screen GameplayI'm pretty disappointed that the changes to these specific bounties was not made until after seasons had already started, it seems pretty obvious to me that they should have been fixed long before this. That said, I'm glad that the devs are paying attention to issues like this that cheapen the game, but I wish there was a better solution than just removing them entirely, it harms variety. Perhaps a better solution would be to change the bounties to make it so it require the killing of a spawned elite to complete.Posted in: News
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It was purely based on comments earlier in this thread stating the game "should be FTP" or that it could "go FTP and still be successful" and this kind of implies that it ISN'T going to be FTP, lmao, that's where my confusion came from, because I assumed it would be a one time purchase with expansions as you stated, do people think microtransactions make a game NOT FTP?
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I'm a little confused by the implications of d4 not being FTP, this implies that there is some sort of subscription fee after purchasing the game. When was this mentioned?
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I want both of these games. I'm afraid to hope for anything so I'll wait til Blizzcon and believe it when I see it.
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They should have announced their progress on their other diablo titles instead of expecting people to eat their shit and love it for diablo immortal.
I honestly assumed they weren't going to make this game anymore since I haven't heard a peep since it was announced.
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Just right off the top of my head, other than generally improving the story writing, Get rid of sets, or make them just 2 or 3 piece and be less powerful. Make crafting and random chance important again, gambling for a suitable griffin eye or finding the perfect ethereal weapon while collecting the necessary runestones made the items feel that much more important and special when you finally had them. Nowadays you're salvaging 90% of what you find. They aren't even cool anymore.
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My expectations are pretty low. I absolutely love this series, but I'm very hesitant to hope for anything that I'd really enjoy playing (a very lore heavy game with all of the elements that made D2 and D3 enjoyable, but modernized). I'm cautiously optimistic for something new being announced at Blizzcon, but I'm annoyed by the Diablo Immortal debaucle, and the "multiple diablo projects in 2019" blurb with absolutely zero news.
Honestly, I'm Diablo trash, so I'll probably play whatever is put out, but I'll see what comes up in the future before I start getting hyped for anything.
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Hello! If you download MPQ extractor you can rip audio files from the game itself, but if you mean the animated CGI Demon Hunter intro when they introduced the class, that's not actually part of the game installation and the music for it alone may be impossible to obtain. It may be possible that the music exists in a game file, but you'd have to search for it with MPQ extractor.
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First good Diablo news of 2019!
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Check out the art section on the official diablo site to get an idea for what the official art looks like and what's been available. Other than posters sold in the blizzard store, you're probably not going to find much else. Diablo historically doesn't get much merchandise.
You might be better off getting high res art printed yourself.
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The blue warpaint is very reminiscent of scottish warpaint (famously seen in the move Braveheart) but seems like that block color style was used more for the D3 Barbarian, rather than D2. The D2 Barb looks like he is wearing something closer to viking or norse paint/tattoos. Since it might be difficult to recreate exactly what you are looking for, a nice compromise might be an enlarged rune tattooed on your forearm in blue. Then it will be recognizably Diablo, and also have that Barbarian blue warpaint style you are looking for.
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I feel that this is the most accurate. I don't trust Activision Blizz, even tho I'm very hopeful for Diablo 4, any other new Diablo title, and even a tiny bit for immortal being fun to play. I used to expect top quality from Blizzard games and a dedicated team who valued gameplay and story over pushing microtransactions and money. Those who keep their integrity might make it to the other side, but AAA developers are already going down the shitter because people are tired of the predatory money grabbing and unfinished game releases.
Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised by more news this coming year, maybe not, but I'm hopeful because I really love the Diablo series. I have loved it since I was ten watching my best friend play on her old shitty mac computer before I was able to purchase it for myself. I'm not willing to give up on it just yet.
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I would guess it to be Khanduran or "common western kingdoms" but some of the Diablo books might get more specific.
The wiki has some info about languages also https://www.diablowiki.net/Sanctuary#/editor/4
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Not only would I love an open world like that, I'd love it even more if it was in the style of Witcher 3 or similar.
But it seems as tho they're using the MMOARPG label to tell people that you can play with multiple individuals and the game is ARPG, but doesn't necessarily resemble the traditional MMO that we're used to. I assume this is because of Mobile limitations or an unwillingness to develop in between spaces.
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I think if they had announced or said ANYTHING else about the "other projects" while also having diablo immortal it would have done a lot to stem the flood of disappointment. They started a hype train and got people excited for a game no one really asked for.
That said, while I am disappointed that it's a mobile game with D3 assets, I'm always interested in more lore/stories and zones to explore. I think there will be things to like in DI, but the platform is not ideal.
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I'm not happy. Hopefully they realize how upset everyone is and pull something out of their ass at the panel.
I'm still gonna play the mobile game, because I love Diablo, but it's pretty disappointing....