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I would think that the wave of force would have a lot different animations even with all of this from the beta. Difference in color just makes it seem a bit lackluster considering how many wave animations you could put out there. IMO, I hope some of the animations on it are changed before release.

yeah but the teleport monsters one is awesome!!

I wouldn't mind seeing that one in action against monsters. By the way, are all of the skill rune videos from the same person or are some of them made by different people?

jeez, the curse video girl is horrible.....

The teleport monsters one is odd. If he goes too far away; will he aggro other mobs to you?

Teleport is going to be horrible! You are going to teleport enemies into your friends just like the occy teleported you into hordes of enemies in D2

yeah wave of force definetly seems like one of the more lackluster abilities. wish these videos would come out faster though, its fun to see the new effects

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yeah but the teleport monsters one is awesome!!

then let's actually see it in action, please

in some of the other videos mobs were spawned to show the effect

Someone is getting lazy

yeah the jumping bugs me as well

i'd rather see the wizard putting his arms slightly up then slamming them down through the air, but not actually going low enough to hit the ground or anything like that. that would just turn it into a barbarian style move.

Wave of Force isn't meant to be an impressive, kill it all spammable spell. It's utility.
The last rune that adds further knockback and smaller damaging waves seems like the best.
The stun may come in handy as well, but if it's highly reduced in higher difficulties, it won't be very good.
If you want the damage-kill version, just put in that gem. Looking here, it's almost 300% bonus damage. But honestly, I think the Wizard will have other options for kill spells.

I really don't get why people think D3 is D2. Spells are going to have cooldowns to help balance their effects. This is one of them.

Wave of Force isn't meant to be an impressive, kill it all spammable spell. It's utility.
The last rune that adds further knockback and smaller damaging waves seems like the best.
The stun may come in handy as well, but if it's highly reduced in higher difficulties, it won't be very good.
If you want the damage-kill version, just put in that gem. Looking here, it's almost 300% bonus damage. But honestly, I think the Wizard will have other options for kill spells.

I really don't get why people think D3 is D2. Spells are going to have cooldowns to help balance their effects. This is one of them.

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Why must he jump...

To better release the pressure

Since the new design went online to public, Dfans news have had "surprise" poll results, but where do you find these?

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jeez, the curse video girl is horrible.....

Amen to that. She could REALLY use some lessons in broadcasting. Or just get a decent host instead.

On that note: Isn't it funny how EVERYONE suddenly has female casters for videogames? Curse does it here, LoL has it on their Summoner's Showcase, HoN has it in their Champion Spotlights and that's just to name a few.
What's your take on this trend? Are gaming sites and games trying to lure in their male ordiance by displaying a cute gamer female? Personally I don't particularly mind as long as they can deliver, but when I see one such as the curse one, I can't help feeling that they are sacrificing quality over *Sexyness* which in my eyes are bad.

Isn't it obvious? Sex sells, always has and always will. But I fully agree, she is a terrible broadcaster and doesn't even have the "sexyness" to make up for it.:P

OT: I don't find Wave of Force lackluster. It may not look as flashy, but looks very, very useful. It is also clear how you can use the runestones to turn it into a more defensive or offensive ability. I like it. I do wish they had added mobs to better demonstrate it in the video, though.

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Since the new design went online to public, Dfans news have had "surprise" poll results, but where do you find these?

Was wondering the same thing, Enkeria!

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Wave of Force isn't meant to be an impressive, kill it all spammable spell. It's utility.
The last rune that adds further knockback and smaller damaging waves seems like the best.
The stun may come in handy as well, but if it's highly reduced in higher difficulties, it won't be very good.
If you want the damage-kill version, just put in that gem. Looking here, it's almost 300% bonus damage. But honestly, I think the Wizard will have other options for kill spells.

Wave of force is still listed as an offensive spell, not utility, eventhough I would agree that it is a really useful spell for other purposes than dealing damage. Depending on how the time of stun effects translate into PvP (be it 1:1, 1:2, etc), I really think the WoF with 5 sec stun will have its uses.

Yeah.. and curse that curse girl....

Will Polls return then?

If you watch people playing beta with this ability; you wouldn't call it lackluster. It's pretty cool looking in action. Probably looks best on a female caster, though. A guy jumping during a spell cast just isn't too manly.

The wizard jumps during the casting of that spell, as if blizzard is laughing at you that you can't normally do it.

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A guy jumping during a spell cast just isn't too manly.

Clearly you've never seen Dragonball Z