Wolverines

So, yeah.  Other than the 2 characters they have so far looking decrepit and/r severely palsied, I have high hopes.

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3 (http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3)

Sooo, SC2, WOTLK and D3 in the works? I just had an orgasm.

Looks great to me.  I'm all about some Click n' Slash action!

outstanding

It all looks good, the only thing that worries me is that in the FAQs there is a question about male and female character options. That is great, but in the answer it says "Yes all 5 classes will have the option for male or female". That means there is only 5 classes, barb and witch doctor are 2. Seems to leave little room for much more. Pally, cleric, rogue/assassin? Just get the feeling they setting it up for an expansion before it even out so they can add the classes it should have shipped with, specially if it doesn't have a sorc/mage when it comes out. :-(

Why would they have a cleric? Its pretty safe bet there will be some sort of sorc, its a staple Diablo class.

It's gonna be the same as D2 anyways.. witch doctor is just a different looking necromancer. Horrify, corpse explosion, raise dead, bone wall, bone lance.. all of them are there.

The graphics are shiny though. The fights also look really cool and a bit more dynamic.

No Amazon? 

From what I have seen WOW! Just when will it arive???

I'd wager 2-3 years, honestly.

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I can't wait for this game, D2 was my first real crack like addiction in video games.

Pre-Ordered!!

Releases 5/15.


http://us.battle.net/d3/en/

« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2008, 07:32:54 AM »

Holy thread necro batman!

I am so down for this...Release on Christine's birthday...we will be gaming all day!

i am dying for another game to grab me like WOW did,I have yet to find anything that could command my attention for so long.

I will be owning this bad boy no doubt.

On your Wii?

PC biatch!

Newegg has Diablo III (Pre-order) for $60 - $10 with promo code EMCNFJC22 = $50 with free shipping.

http://slickdeals.net/?pno=72656&lno=1&afsrc=1&trd=Newegg (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=72656&lno=1&afsrc=1&trd=Newegg)

hrmm.....trying the open beta. As somoene who never played Diablo 1 or 2 after you run through the game whats after that? Will they keep releasing content like WOW?

I know they do add expansion pack. I never played two but we did play the hell out of one

I played thru on the barbarian, witch doctor and mage. Probably going to pass on this one

No. Well, sort of.


If you are going to play Diablo just for the scenematics and story, most likely your ride is over once you've killed last boss and watched last scene etc.Who this game works for best after end game are the folks who are interested in treasure hunting, gambling, being a merchant, or interested in tweaking character's performance for sake of further treasure hunting or dueling.

In a sense it is kind of like a standard mmo such as WoW, but on a much smaller scale. You get all the thrill of farming bosses for loot, but without the hassle and wait time of a large scale MMO. So if you are someone whom is interested in such a formula as WoW, but have alot less time or ADHD, then this could work for you.


You can solo end game content when you are skilled and equipped enough, though the rewards generally are better in larger parties. Following the traditional formula of the Diablo series, it works as such:


 - Once you have completed the game (Normal), you can then go to a higher difficulty (Nightmare) after which completing you go to the 'end game' difficulty (Hell). As the difficulty level increases and subsequently make the mobs and bosses harder to kill, so to do the rewards increase in value.

 - Bosses and mobs have a certain % to drop items from a loot list. Adjusting game difficulty nightmare/hell etc. can change that loot table entirely to drop different stuff. Obviously the higher the game difficulty will give loot tables for higher player level gear, though you can still often find use from lower level difficulty items as has been the case with D2.

 - You have access to the full loot table of bosses and mobs if you are solo play, though the % chance drop for all items will be much lower in solo. The more people in game, the higher % chance of better items to be dropped. Note that adding additional people makes the mobs and bosses stronger to reflect the increase of player power.


 
Now, what draws prior mentioned gaming types to continue to play is the fact that when they have aquired X item they seek, X item comes with random properties or in the least a set of properties within a variable range. So the quest may continue for the item again in search of the penultimate 'perfect' variables.


Citing D2 as example, In addition to your standard item farming i.e. epic/rare/unique, theres other things to look for such as runes and gems which you can use to create properties on a blank open socket piece of equipment you have. Collecting certain runes and assembling them in specific orders can create a runeword which will give a set of defined properties. Some the D2 staff let us know, and some we had to figure out and some are yet unknown. Just as well there are other things about D2 that are in the game in regards to items, and none of the general public has been able to figure out thus far, so there is a mystic appeal to such things.




As for additional content post release, you can expect further adjustments to classes and skills, additional items added to the game for folks to go after, and 6-12 months down the road an expansion to add classes, dungeons and storyline content.

For D2 there were a few extensive additional content patches (not storyline additions), though these can be counted on one hand with 2 fingers missing. I suspect there could be more attention given with D3, given that Blizzard has become a more powerful beast since D2's time.

TL;DR :P

How big can the parties be?

Four, which is down from D2's eight.

If that was to long to read red, your ADD will kick in to fast to keep playing long term....... Just sayin

What Eveningstalker said. I personally loved making unique non-cookie cutter builds to see how well they did, which required lots of gear hunting. It's much more fun than it sounds.

I'm feeling a Witchdoctor for the full release.

.... wait a minute

I'm Kinda BUmmed that the Open Beta was only for the weekend.    I greatly enjoyed what i played...   Question how are yall buying the game?  Gamestop, Amazon, or someother way?

The Wizard was fun.  didnt get to play much of the other Classes though.

barbarian was sweet. Witch Doctor wasnt bad. Sorc not so much for me at least

What was your barb's name? Wyking? Wicking? Winking?

I bought it directly from Blizzard, but Amazon has it cheaper now.  :(

However, I got into the beta as soon as I bought it and am still in so I guess that's some consolation.

Christine and I played the open beta this weekend...We did have pre-orders, but really we see nothing here that justifies paying $60x2 for a game that already exists, just for the sake of it looking better.

I was also upset at how the WoW easy mode jumped in here...Lock on casting with left click...while this may be better...even after playing 2+ hours it felt wrong...left me thinking:

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I enjoyed the Act1 play through, however I was not as hooked as I know I still can be with Diablo II. I will probably play some of that this week and make my final decision.

Anyone else find it hard not to be squinting at the screen (kind of like second nature from playing DII so much BItD)

It's the same targeting system as the prior Diablo games.

Otherwise the game has a somewhat different feel than from D2, but I guess the same could be said about D2 from original Diablo, so no suprise there.

However, I think most of my time will be invested into GW2 once that is released which incidently is made by the folks that are responsible for the first 2 Diablo games, Warcraft, and initial WoW content.

I'll be going with a monk on release.

I haven't tried the Monk yet.  Played the beta all the way through with the Sorcerer and gave the Witch Doctor and Barbarian a try.  I played 15 minutes with the Demon Hunter and decided I didn't like it.  I like the three others, but not sure which best yet...

Are the skill trees really going to be that watered down? Not sure if I'm totally down with DIII... I liked the massive customization that D2 gave. Think I might stick with D2+Median XL mod

Games out and the servers have been down all day for maintenance.  I'm sick and fucking tired of these single player games coming out requiring online access.  I can't play a fucking single player game because some shitass server in Buttfuck Shittown is down.    I own a $60 piece of cockflap right now. 


FFUUUUUUUUUUCCCKKK!!

stamnes#1467

Troyer#1428

E-mail is Steveg640@live.com  (Don't remember battletag)

Not sure if you can just download trials off blizzard's site but if anyone is on the fence it came with four. Just say something if you want one.

Well, played through this thing finally after the servers were stable enough to allow it. The cinematics were fantastic, but apart from that it didn't feel like a true successor.

Now there were some nice feature additions such as the marketplace, but also some lost i.e. party size, rebranding of items, loss of most party bonuses. Apart from the last bit of the last act, the theme just didn't feel consistent with the series. It could just as well been a game under a different title.

I guess the shock and awe factor wasn't there. Some awe with the cinematics, but otherwise no shock as the bosses failed to provide a challenge, nor were the dungeon themes as intimidating as it's forerunners.

Varg#1535

@Night, your feelings mirror most others that I have read.

I think the "game" really starts on Nightmare mode.

That aside, I like it. Very fun.

Who is stormcrow that added me?

Kastil#1160

man.....playing the monk is a lot of fun

The game doesn't start until nightmare. Nothing does damage to even kill a glass cannon mage until nightmare when he gets one shot. The weirdest issue though is often the rare and gold packs with the random attributes are several times harder then bosses in the game. This is mostly because the bosses can be kited so hard since it is a event in a large open space. For me the replayability isn't as high as D2, but the quality seems just as good. The only class I was interested in was witch doctor which is like the Necro from D2.

JackalMaster#1755

man the servers are pissing me the fuck off....fucking lag.

Enchman#1436

I finished normal mode......I don't think I can play thru it again.

Serenity#1927

Dear Blizzard, I ordered Diablo 3 from you recently but I seem to have been given a copy of your inexplicable smash hit AUCTION HOUSE TYCOON by mistake.


Oh, just a fyi the refund for this goes quite smoothly once you get ahold of a rep. It's just the trying to get into, and waiting on phone for service rep that is the pain.

BCKrogoth#1847