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- Eldritch
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Jul 10, 2008
Eldritch posted a message on Official BlizzCast 5 Q&A SubmissionsRegarding multiplayer gameplay, how much control is the host liable to have over the game? For instance, might the host kick and ban players?Posted in: News -
Jul 9, 2008
Eldritch posted a message on Activision and Blizzard Are OnePosted in: News
The President and CEO of Activision Blizzard is going to be Bobby Kotick of Activision.Quote from "Alcovitch" »Blizzard has said many many times before that they hold complete control over what games they make, how those games are made, how long they take to make, what platform they will release them on and when it's considered "done".
Anyone would be a fool to step in and mess with the receipe that Blizzard is working with. Everyone knows that whatever it is that they do behind closed doors, works. It works better then anyone else in the industry. A smart man who buys out Blizzard would say " Good job, keep doing whatever it is that you do!".
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Jul 5, 2008
Eldritch posted a message on Blizzard Comments On The Classes In Diablo 3Posted in: News
How could it? The Witch Doctor plays the role the Necromancer did.Quote from "AManWhoLikesHisMetal" »I keep hearing and seeing people alluding to the Necromancer not making a return...
I hope this isn't true, but whatever.
I somehow doubt that any of the current concept art depicts any unannounced playable classes -- only monsters, NPCs, and announced playable classes.Quote from "EvolutionXtinct" »I predict there will be a "cleric" class, one of the artworks shows a guy w/ a blue aura in his left hand w/ a long beard. I think this one will be mentioned next. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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The news here is the 'broader appeal.' A lot of us were hoping that since they don't want to cannibalize WoW subscribers, that perhaps it would be a more intricate, serious, progressive game. Not so, apparently. It will be even worse than WoW. Awesome, huh?
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You know, never mind, I'll reread in the morning.
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Not that there's anything wrong with that.
EDIT: What in the world is this? The date stamp on my post is 'Today, 12:04 AM' while all the posts above were apparently posted afterward, from 12:55 AM to 03:24 AM. Surreal.
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And I know that testosterone enables men to build muscle more easily, but I don't know what medical evidence there is on women being 'more agile' (or how agility helps with archery, for that matter, as it's just arm strength and eyesight). They have more flexible legs, yes, thanks to the wider pelvis. But the rest of their musculature and their reflexes are the same as a similarly built male. Unless you cite Robert A. Heinlein as your source.
Of course, it's common today--and has been throughout much of European history--that men are fatter than women, and that certainly makes women more agile on average, but that's a culturally reinforced difference, not a genetic one. Genes actually dictate that we burn fat more easily, but there's little social pressure on us to do so compared to women.
Anyway, what a derailing! Sorry.
Alchemist: Maybe I just read too much Terry Brooks as a kid, but this seems very viable. The playstyle would, of course, be very much like the assassin.
Priest: We've only ever had one 'holy' character, in the form of the paladin, though we encountered the corrupted forms of his robed fellows, the Priests of Zakarum. It would be nice to lay down the Holy Law once again, in a more direct form.
Bard: The Diablo series' first finesse melee fighter, I thought the bard was quite a compelling class that was a shame to leave out of Hellfire. Looking at this thread, it's the sort of thing that people seem to want, anyway.
The Bard would be even less of a 'previous class' than the Monk, since it was never even officially added to Hellfire and could only be activated by editing the command.txt file.
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If you're going with the very sketchy 'males are stronger than females' angle, then they'd also make better archers. Not to mention that females have those troublesome obstacles on their chests--they'd be better with blades than bows for that reason.
There are too many problems down the road of sexually dimorphic game mechanics. Better to keep gender an aesthetic difference only.
Also: nice to meet you, Kyle. I'm Kyle.
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Yet the models are downright Disney.
One wonders if the concept artists and 3D artists communicate.
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Yet the models are downright Disney, apart from the Hound.
One wonders if the concept artists and 3D artists communicate.
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Life elsewhere seems very probable.
However, that even one cell of it is so much as aware of our existence seems very improbable, given the unfathomably vast distances I'd rather not get into, since I'm typing with only my left hand, thanks to injury.
Anyway, it's very important to distinguish between the two. I fear UFO enthusiasts are typically a little confused between probability of existence and probability of contact. Not to mention how to logically seek evidence rather than constantly fabricating it.
If we ever do make contact, it is going to be the most tragic example of the consequences of 'crying wolf' ever.
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'But why?'
'Trust me. Just pretend you're the worst Flash coder ever.'
And so they did. They deserve a medal.