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Quote from "kefka666333abc123" »

Who the hell cares if theres a paladin as lonlg as its balanced this time around? duuuuurrrrrrrr.......It hardly matters if theres no pally or not since something will eventually come out on top and be overpowered....

Exactly.

Blizzard has recognized the flaws in D2 since it was released and has tried somewhat to fix the problems. However, there's only so much to be fixed before a complete rewrite is in order. Might as well just make a new game and learn from previous mistakes(Diablo 3?). It can be called a pally or any other name but the underlying change that fixes the problem isn't going to by naming it "not a paladin," but by changing the way that kind of character progresses. I.E. not overpowering a class designed to take and receive massive amounts of damage(which by definition is overpowered? implementation is key and that's Blizzard's problem to figure out)

Quote from "Daemaro" »

I think the "against graphics" people realized Blizzard wasn't going to change the graphics after they told everyone so.

I believe that's more of the cause of the "against graphics" quieting down rather than penny arcades picture. I guess penny arcade is cool(I saw a few comics and decided they're not worth my time), but seeing their comic(s) doesn't change the way I think, unfortunately for Atlas.

I think he just missed the whole debate because he didn't think it would turn out to be a big deal, and after he did miss it he wanted to make up excuses for not being part of the "in" crowd(both those for and against the graphics). GG Atlas.

The debate was more for people saying their opinions and then letting it go. Not reminding Blizzard every few days they don't like the gameplay trailer, which from my calculations...hasn't changed.

I'm thinking the angel there is Inarius. The portal behind him is clearly red, and red portals are known to maneuver beings to and from the Burning Hells. In the game, the cinematic indulges on the red portal by having faces and a tar-like consistency in it, but this picture isn't rendered using the games graphics so I'm sure many details are missing. So, since we know Inarius was taken to the Burning Hells, is it not also possible the Three wanted him there for a reason? They've had time to "coerce" Inarius to do their bidding, and demons are fans of getting other people/things to do their bidding.

Am I the only one noticing the three figures on top or am I making stuff up by seeing them there?

Quote from "FormulaJuan" »

you kidding me? Whats your major.... art or something??

First off, i don't pay for my own music, or my own movies. 40 dollars is way steep, and people are right, why pay for something when you can get it for free. THere will be tons of online gaming magazines with video's and writeups. 40 dollars is def not worth it.

I'm doubling in Computer Science and Computer Engineering

As for what I get out of it, I get to ride one of those shiny airplanes(gas would be much more expensive, I figured by about 300-400 more). I get to be in one of the USAs largest cities, I get to see California, it's a good way to blow off steam(and by that i mean vacationing), plus lots of other things, and it's always possible to download a video and music file for a concert, but the two will never replace actually being there in person.

I don't doubt the power of torrents at all, but one thing torrents cant do just yet is give great life experiences.

And besides all that, I've always wanted to visit a Blizzcon, and what better year than the revival year of the Diablo series, which is the series I've played the most, second only to Final Fantasy(Final Fantasy will hold the gold medal on that for a while, I started that back on the SNES ;)).

Just my thoughts. I've lived in stupid Wyoming my whole life and I've never traveled much other than by car, so there's a lot more in it than just reading/watching highlights for me anyways.

I put yes to going, but I'm still not too sure. Overall it's going to be 800-900 for round trip, food, etc. for me and I'm a college student. I can be there without interrupting classes too much(or at all if I remember correctly), so school isn't too much of a deal.

I'm stoked though, I've been waiting for this and just to be able to travel, see new things(never been to California), and be one of the few to see the new Diablo 3 stuff live would be awesome.

Fun Fact: I might bring my mommy if she's willing to pay for some of it

Quote from "SlickSTi" »

Are you kidding? How is it NOT going to help against keyloggers? Is the keylogger going to magically find your keychain and read your token? So what if it gets your username and pin? Its still not going to have the third piece of the puzzle.

The keylogger will get the password when it's typed in, not from the authenticator. A person who wants in to your account will be patient enough for the keylogger to report the authenticator password.

Quote from "SlickSTi" »

Complex password vs keylogger? Do you even understand the concept of a keylogger? You could have a 200 character password case sensitive with special characters and the keylogger is going to record it and send it back to the author.

Why yes I do understand keyloggers I have edited and used them in the past. When I said it wouldn't help complex passwords I meant this: Brute forcers will crack easy passwords in seconds, if not sooner(words, numbers[like the ones on the token], simple things). A person with such a simple password would be the only person to benefit from the authenticator simply because their password wouldn't be a static, easily crackable sequence...it would change often. If you use a complex string for a password, the authenticator adds nothing. Cracking a difficult password without a quantum computer could take seconds(theoretically, if the password was guessed quickly) or centuries. I already said the device wouldn't help protect against keyloggers, so when I went on, I went on the assumption the reader would understand the rest of it wasn't conditional on whether a keylogger would be stumped or not. Sorry to confuse you.

Quote from "SlickSTi" »

You don't sound like a "hacker" to me. You sound like someone who runs kiddy scripts or maybe dabbles with scripting utilities to compile simple keylogging scripts and posts them up on a website as a wow addon or new version of maphack.

Keylogging "scripts" by nature are simple. You can make it look purdy. But all you really need to log is the active window and the keys being typed, the extra stuff just keeps the keylogger from being viewed as an active process easily...and the code for that isn't specific to any one program(as in...re-useable code). I don't write hacks for games. I don't post hacks on the internet(edit yes, but I don't start from scratch and post it). Sorry to disappoint you. I can hack, but that doesn't mean I'll find a system and search for XSS exploits, buffer overflow potentials or DDoS it. Not everyone who understands computers is a malicious user.

Quote from "SlickSTi" »

You can take apart as many RSA tokens as you want. The problem is that they are ALL unique. Obviously if you get your hands on someone's token you aren't going to need to dissect it when you can just read the screen. You don't think RSA already though of that?

If someone were to crack the code on a single RSA token, and write a program that could replicate the process for another(the process of getting the code from the RSA token), then all they would need is a brief moment with the token. If you were to get your hands on a token and STEAL it, the original user would most likely call Blizzard and get the device deactivated(or do it online or what have you). If someone is capable of ripping the algorithm quickly and crack it later, it would be beneficial to merely touch the device for a few moments, and leave it looking as if it were untouched(thus not alerting the user to knowing they're vulnerable). I'm not spelling out every little detail though because that isn't necessary. I was just pointing out where some of the vulnerabilities of the system arise(I assure you there are plenty more). Many of the places these things are used are for business who probably have few, if any, hackers trying to get in to their systems. Blizzard on the other hand will need to fight against thousands, if not millions, of people trying to break through. As it is currently only optional for WoW, it didn't draw much attention yet. I was saying if it was MANDATORY, then the amount of focus hackers would have would be unrivaled for the given technology.

The tokens will stop basic hackers from getting basic information and getting through basic passwords, but if the device is mandatory for every, then eventually someone is going to find a gaping hole in the process and passwords will be cracked through the authenticators left and right. Unless you believe this is a flawless system?

Quote from "liquid" »

... Blizzard which could afford to hold back a release date for even a year or more. ...

I seem to remember that announcing Diablo III pushed the Diablo games back up to #1 in North America(perhaps just USA?) and #4 in Europe. Even if Blizzard didn't have money before, they sure as hell do now.

I think the only reason the hype/hipe/hippie has died is because the people who saw the D3 banner on the blizzard site who play WoW were all leik "OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG" and how they're back to playing WoW and not being all leik "OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG" anymore.

Doesn't mean the people who actually care about Diablo 3 are any less excited now as they were when Diablo 3 was announced. And in anticipation of Blizzcon in October, I have a hard time controlling my excitement(if you know my friends I'd tell you to ask them...I made them all buy D2 and beat it and now I never let them forget D3 is on the way)

If it does turn out that Blizzard is doing this to respond to the fans who petitioned against the art direction, I think Blizzard is making a wise decision.

Just looking at the petitions you could easily say there are doubles in both(for and against the art), but either way the petition against the artwork has nearly 55,000 signatures, whereas the one for the artwork is just shy of 2,000. Numerically speaking, it behooves Blizzard to reconsider the art direction and changing it accordingly. Keeping the current artwork would be ignoring 55,000 fans(duplicates blah blah, i know...I'll treat them as individuals though) and just because they want a saturated colorful world doesn't mean other aspects of art can't change. Lighting/Shading plays one of the largest roles in creating mood, and is highly susceptible to change in any game.

Hopefully the art director from a game like Doom will take up the mantle

I didn't expect D3 as a christmas release, and I've been waiting 8 years for D3...so I can wait a little longer if Blizzard wants to reconsider the look and feel of Diablo 3 as it is.

Off topic: w00t w00t I used 'behooves' in a sentence!

Making it mandatory for D3 would be suicide for the technology. Enough hackers are going to get their hands on these simply to dissect them and see how they work(me being one of them, sorry everyone...). If it's MANDATORY, then cracking the code(so to speak) will also be mandatory. The blizzard site says it helps vs. keyloggers...except keyloggers will get your password...or your Blizzard Authenticator password...and your account name. It won't do anything against keyloggers.

This will only help people who use basic passwords like 'baseball981' that can be brute forced in seconds. people who use passwords more akin to !K293Q><32udH))Cc would only be wasting their money, especially if they had an easy way to remember such a string.

Quote from "Sandman53" »

In the end this came out as rambling, but I hope you get my point

All I got was a bunch of garbage

I imagine the Prime Evils Mephisto, Baal, and Diablo, will be in the main story of D3. For an xpac I would expect the ending bosses to be some of the powerful demons that aren't of the original 7 evils. The books lay out several potential bosses, such as Kabraxis, who also comes with the bonus package of perhaps bringing the shell of Cholik Buyard along with him as a mini boss half way through the act perhaps(assuming the xpac is 1 full act). Other possibilities could be the return of Bartuc and Horazon(I highly doubt it, but I'm just putting out ideas), Lilith, Lucion, Tyreal, Imperius, Inarius, other unannounced angels(they don't have to be "corrupted" to not like humans). And it's always possible the xpac doesn't have demonic or angelic bosses either. Sanctuary will be fully fleshed out if the maps give us any indication what Blizzard has in its sights. And it's very likely our hero will end up fighting factions that lean heavily to the High Heavens or Burning Hells, or even neutral parties such as the mage clans...for what they're worth.

Just a bunch of ideas. I haven't really contemplated any of them seriously though so I'll let forum goers take it from here

Rushing is one of the main reasons people still play D2. If you want to see the story, go ahead and see it. I want to see the story once, maybe twice. After than, I want to make characters of each class for every cookie cutter build I find posted online and then I want to make 2 of each character type using my own builds and after that, we'll see if the xpac is out yet.

If you take out rushes, you take out build experimenting. If you take out build experimenting, you need respecing. Respecing has been commented on by the devs and they don't want it in D3. Thus, rushing is needed.

If you want a game you have to play through with each character, Blizzard also makes a fairly decent(and kinda fleshed out) game known as WoW(World of Warcraft). It's a decent game, according to a couple million fans so maybe it's worth looking up.

You're right about the 1.10, that's where runewords gained their power. I personally liked 1.09 over all else they have now.

I think if they just didn't overpower runewords in D3 they'd be fine. BotD was/is ridiculously overpowered, as if Blizzard wants to reward people who run bots.

I'll /second you simply because I liked my 1.09 sword that had a P emerald, topaz, sapphire, ruby(spectral hit ;)) and 2 Amns(14% LL) I also had one with a jah and mal in it which prevented monster healing and ignored defense, which was more for bosses n such. the jah cost me 3 arms and 19 legs though

As it is though, I guess runewords can sort of be said to be psynergies of their own, between runes. I dunno though, it's kind of hard to say much on a system they haven't really revealed yet :/

I'm old school and I dunno if it's still a valid MF place but I used to run the Pit in Tamoe Highlands, it used to be able to drop every item in the game and had tons of unique monsters throughout. Even in a solo game it had decent yields(shakos, , vamp gazes, ls, ss, and a jah from what i remember...there was a lot more, thats just a sample of things I found).

Hell baal never disappoints though, as the highest monster levels are in said run. I wouldn't suggest teleporting past floors 2 & 3 though, back in 1.09 I found a grandfather sword while running a zealdin down that way(and sent a tp once in the throne room). And back in 1.09, grandfather wasn't such a bad find as it is now(with all your new aged botds and rabble rabble rabble)

Overall I'd suggest doing countess as a supplemental run. Usually when I would go mfing, I would visit meph(he dropped a string of ears at least once a day for me), diablo, baal, do the pit(it was valid then), and then finish off with countess and pindle.

Basically though, as long as the monster level is high enough to drop the rune, there's not much more you can do than kill that monster a lot. Bosses are inherently higher in level than their nearby buddies but Act 5 is packed with high level monsters if you're willing to kill them. If you DO teleport for baal runs, then keep an eye out for easy to kill unique monsters. they have a good chance of dropping good stuff, especially with 7 people sitting in town and 0% theyll pickit your goodies.

I've personally used my PS3 more than my Xbox. Regardless of mindless battling between Microsoft and Sony though, they both got whipped by the Wii. Wii > both imo. Brawl, Fire Emblem, Zelda...it's all good as far as I'm concerned. That's not to say I don't anticipate resistance 2, or FFXIII, but until those come out, Wii is top dog.

The Wii is also the best con of the three ^^ Wii...$250! Wow how cheap and affordable for casual gamers. Wii = cheapest, yes, but they nickle and dime you to death GG Nintendo

I'm happy with my Wii and PS3 so far, the XBox is losing what it had though. While the PS3 remains a glorified Blu Ray player in the near future it'll be worth the initial investment. Plus I've been doing sciences! Folding proteins ftw. Wii has been nothing but fun, I just wish Wii Fit was more available so I could blow more money on that and see how out of shape I am.

I say none just because I dislike censorship in any of its manifestations. I think there could be varying degrees of name restrictions to different servers. For example, RP servers would have you follow strict rules to names. Whereas other servers may have no requirements and you can be RoFlCaUsT6000000 all day long(that's a 6 million)