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Lol, really? That's great. As long as they revamp it like they say they weill, bravo.
I just hope it doesn't spawn more cow rushing and looting, and crap like that.

By the way if you read the interview you'll notice they're not positive if the Cow Level will return.

We don’t really know at this point. I really like the idea of secret stuff that ‘Diablo II’ put forward, but it’s not the kind of thing we would decide this early. But if we have something, I can assure people will be happy with it.

They better go
Moo, moo moo moo. MOOO!! Mooo

Snowee : he's being a little too talkative, you dig? There's going to be something.

Seems like Jay just figured out the secret combination to awesome Diablo games

add more MOOOS :thumbsup:

I hope it will be a more hidden secret this time around though, maybe some sort of secret you can find in the game instead of looking at the list of the Horadric cube formulas on bnet

To me it seems like it is not that the cow level will return, but there will be some type of secret level. Or to be more accurate, that there MIGHT be some type of secret level (but we're all pretty sure there'll be, right? I mean, all of their games have something, this won't be different.).
he speaks mostly of what were the problems he saw with the cow level from diablo2.
I don't agree completely with him, btw, I had no problem with the cow level as it was, but sure there's always room for improvement.

Anyways, I'm pretty sure we'll see the return of the cows at one point or another in the game.

moooo mooooooo

Bring On The Mooo!!!

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actually i agree.. it wont be fun now.. everyone will know...and if no word would say about it..then..someday..if someone would found a way to moo farm..then would be a cheerful surprise to all fans ( by ofc the founders of moo farm wouldnt tell how to get in )

I hate when people find something BIG out and then dont tell anyone else how to do it. *spams* HOW DO YOU MAKE IT HOW DO YOU MAKE IT HOW DO YOU MAKE IT! *gets squelched*

I feel like the novelty of the cow level has worn off at least on me. As ashamed to admit it as i am, i was one of the people who thought HG:L would in fact be ''Diablo 3''. And in my time on their forums there was one particular thread i payed most attention to. This thread was undeniably the COW LEVEL THREAD. At the time i was excited by the idea. ''Old diablo team, secret cow level, heh it doesn't get much better than this''!

WRONG. i don't know if its my disappointment in HG:L that has turned me off to any ideas they touched (cow level) or if I'm just seeking newer secret content.
I feel like Blizzard would want to separate themselves as much as possible from the HG:L failure even if it means sacrificing a classic like the Cow Level. I guess to sum it up, the Cow Level is tainted in my eyes.

I would be more excited if there were more secret entry ways like there are in the catacombs/jail levels in act I. However those doors only ever lead to box rooms with chests/gold that didn't necessarily loot much. I think more things like that would be great.

-Teo

There is no cow level... Why does this cheat code exists in SC since we almost all hope it comes back? =D

Can't wait to kill some cows!

heck yes!!!! cant wait

I actually don't want a Secret Cow level. Why? Because I want Blizzard to be original for once. They haven't had an original idea since SC (you can't count D2 cuz it's a sequel and WoW is everything but original). "Secret Cow Level." Been there, done that, abused it to no end. I'd like to see something else better that is secret and hard to find not to mention, as the guy said in the interview, something that you can't abuse like the Cow Level was (why even call it secret anymore?). And besides, the Secret Cow Level was a joke from the original Diablo and it's lost meaning cuz there's people today who play Diablo 2 and have never even picked up Diablo 1 and even then, they wouldn't be privy to the "inside joke."

So long as there's no Secret Cow level and for damned sure no Secret Murloc Level, I'll be a happy man (though that doesn't mean I don't want something secret in the game for some comedy relief) Maybe a Secret Zergling Level? ROFLMAO! Or better yet, a secret level completely populated by those exploding suicide guys from Act 5 or something stupid like that.

But please, no re-hashed old ideas....be original Blizzard...

Secret levels are definitely a great idea... but be original please. We don't need cows again. Do something innovative. Maybe more than just 1 kind of monster spawns. My idea for the Hellgate:London secret level was the London Zoo. Where all of the animals were corrupt and demonized. Which isn't necessarily innovative... but its a new idea. New ideas are good.

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I feel like the novelty of the cow level has worn off at least on me. As ashamed to admit it as i am, i was one of the people who thought HG:L would in fact be ''Diablo 3''. And in my time on their forums there was one particular thread i payed most attention to. This thread was undeniably the COW LEVEL THREAD. At the time i was excited by the idea. ''Old diablo team, secret cow level, heh it doesn't get much better than this''!

WRONG. i don't know if its my disappointment in HG:L that has turned me off to any ideas they touched (cow level) or if I'm just seeking newer secret content.
I feel like Blizzard would want to separate themselves as much as possible from the HG:L failure even if it means sacrificing a classic like the Cow Level. I guess to sum it up, the Cow Level is tainted in my eyes.

I would be more excited if there were more secret entry ways like there are in the catacombs/jail levels in act I. However those doors only ever lead to box rooms with chests/gold that didn't necessarily loot much. I think more things like that would be great.

-Teo

There was no Cow Level in Hellgate London because Blizzard owned rights to that as funny as it sounds, and FSS probably knew at the time Diablo 3 would have something like a Cow Level most likely, so I don't see why they would have had the rights to put a Cow Level in Hellgate in the first place as much as Roper probably wanted there to be.

blah not another cow level.. figure out something new please. and farming levels there? Please god now. its not apart of the game and story it should be just for fun one time per difficulty.

Yes! Great news, must kill the moo's!

I thought the cow level was cool. But the idea of having more secrets in the game would be better. Maybe it could relate to the story, or just something a little extra.

I remember in Baldur's Gate 2 there was a a house you could only enter with a special stone. Inside was a insanely hard party u had to kill. Killing the guys within and the items they left was very rewarding.

I don't think this is going to make it into diablo 3, if it does it will be something new. Has anyone heard Bashiok replying to this on the battle.net forum? When he talked about it he almost sounded pissed about the entire cow level in the first place. His reasons are good also.

http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?fn=d3-general&t=333975&p=1&#post333975


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Yeah, who doesn't like fighting cows running around with halberds?

I disliked the secret cow level from a design standpoint though. It actually angered me that it existed at one point, maybe it kind of still does.

I'm not a designer, at all, but in my opinion and from a design standpoint I think the secret cow level was a failure. For a long time it was one of the most lucrative ways to level, and one of the best places to MF. For an easter egg, something fun and whimsical, to overshadow the entire rest of the game was a huge problem, and one that existed for far too long. It was a fun idea, a cool nod to the rumors that spawned it, but in execution it was just... game breaking in some ways.

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See i thought the opposite. I was actually angry when they made it a less than lucrative place to MF/XP.

Well of course, everyone wants everything made easier for them, and that's effectively what it was. This barrel of fish that not only acted as cheesy way to pull the slot machine lever, but almost rendered the rest of the game unnecessary.

The oversight, I believe, existed in the requirement for the current difficulty to be beaten as well as the Cow King kill. It's easy enough to avoid the King or just have the level opened by other characters, and I can only guess that the amount of replay potential of the actual game was extremely undervalued.

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We are going to be grinding monsters to get loot and xp, so why does it really matter where we do it?

Because you're playing a game, and it should be respected that you're playing that game. The cow level was not part of the game, it was an easter egg that made leveling and item finding far easier than the actual game. I'm inclined to almost call it cheating.

I'd have to agree with him here. on all points.