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Aug 8, 20184
Bagstone posted a message on The Future of DiabloPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
Aug 8, 2014
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Bagstone posted a message on Forum GuidelinesPosted in: Diablo III General DiscussionForum Guidelines
In addition to the rules below, we also abide by the Twitch Community Guidelines
Index
- Reporting Posts
- Site Guidelines
- Staff Discretion
- Warnings and Infractions
- Trolling & Flaming
- Off-topic/Derailing/Hijacking
- Videos and Streams
- Advertising
- Vote manipulation
- Bumping
- Signatures/Avatars
- Language Barrier
- Illegal Activities and Violations of the Terms of Service
- Staff Guidelines
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Reporting Posts
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Site Guidelines
Staff Discretion
We operate on a basis of staff discretion, what this means is not all moderators or staff members will act exactly the same to certain situations. We are not machines and for the most part are volunteers. These are the site guidelines, they obviously cannot cover every situation, but if you post something not directly covered here and we still feel like it's against the spirit of the thread or the forums we can and will remove it.
However if you do feel that it was wrongly removed then PM our moderation team about the situation and we will review it.
Warning and Infractions
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Off-topic/Derailing/Hijacking
Sometimes discussion steers threads into a different direction than the original post. That is fine. What is not fine is purposely entering a thread and steering it in a different direction to derail it. If you enter a thread about how great kittens are and start telling everyone kittens are terrible and puppies are better, that is derailing. On the same line of thinking though, if you enter a thread about how bad a puppy is and you wish it would stop making messes in the floor and someone comes in and says puppies are fine you're a moron, that's also not okay.
Remember to not take part and report it instead, it will keep you out of trouble.
Videos and Streams
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If you have created a video about any Diablo 3 content, be it a class guide, footage of you killing monsters, or a discussion about the game's features, feel free to post this on our forums. However, please note the following rules:- A user is allowed to post a video, only if the video is used to to start up a topic with a meaningful and constructive discussion.
- The post that contains the video must have all the important information in text form as well, such that members who can't watch the video can participate in the discussion as well. In particular, if you're showcasing a new build, make sure to post a link to your build (for example by using our Build tool or the official build calculator).
- The video and its contents must be in line with the forum rules as well as Blizzard's Terms of Service.
Video threads that we feel are just about advertising your channel and do not provide basis for a constructive and meaningful discussion will be deleted without a notification.
Also, please note that our forum is primarily intended to be a platform for discussion - so even if you're a content creator, make sure to also participate in discussions when you're posting videos. We do not have an official rule or ratio of "threads vs posts" or "video vs discussion posts" numbers, but we do keep an eye on this and will notify you if we think the ratio is getting out of hand. If you want to post multiple videos please make a thread and reply to add new videos (or edit the last post - see our bumping rules).
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Vote Manipulation
Builds in our builds section can be upvoted or downvoted, and you're free to share the link to friends (outside of Diablofans) and ask them to upvote your build. Note however that we have a close watch on potential issues of vote manipulation - i.e., attempts of any kind to artificially inflate (or lower) the vote count on any given build. Vote manipulation will result in 2 infraction points, removal of all associated votes on the build in question, and a ban to accounts who have been identified as being abused for the purpose of vote manipulation. We cannot reveal the specifics on how we go about identifying acts of vote manipulation - but rest assured that such actions will not go unsanctioned.
Bumping
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Language Barrier
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Illegal Activities and Violations of the Terms of Service
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Mar 26, 20136
overneathe posted a message on Proper Post Formatting on the DiabloFans ForumsSince a few users requested this - here is a topic to explain how to post properly on Diablofans. It's meant to give you a general idea of how to format your posts and make them work nicely with our forum. If you have any specific questions you're free to ask. This post may get updated if new things are requested.Posted in: Site Feedback
Table of Contents:
- Pasting
- Quoting
- Inserting Videos
- Linking to Another User
- Tooltips From Battle.net
- Separation Line
- How to Make a Table of Contents
- Spoiler Tags
- Adding Tables
Pasting
When pasting things the forum tries to keep the old formatting intact, which sometimes makes the post look quite ugly. Here's an example:
Gather your gear, heroes, and get ready to face down the Burning Hells on the PlayStation 3!
Our action-packed single-player hands-on demo will showcase several key elements that make Diablo III on the PS3 so much fun, including a reimagined interface and inventory system, direct character control, updated camera, and bosses and monsters specifically tuned for console. Players will also get to experience gameplay from Act III of the campaign where they’ll get to test their mettle as either the cunning Demon Hunter or mighty Barbarian.
In order to avoid these things you should use the "Remove Format"
button, which, believe it or not, removes all formatting from the selected text. To straight out paste things without the old formatting you can use the key combination ctrl+shift+v. A fair warning is that all other formatting, like URLs, bolded text and other such things, will also be removed. To see how to properly post a Blue Post check the Quoting section below.
Quoting
Quoting text generally has no issues, but here are some tips that might help you make your quotes a bit more more elegant. Quoting Blizzard posts happens with the "blizzquote" tag. Inside it you can also use a few more lines of code that could make it more complete. Here's an example:
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
*Text*
In the example "author" is obviously the author of the quote, while "blue" is the source of the quote in our Blue Tracker. You can also use "battle" to link to the official forums, the same way "blue" is used. In all cases the information must be surrounded with an apostrophe and preceded by an equal sign coming from the code as is shown above.
This is how it looks like when I pull the example out of the code tag:
Originally Posted by 'Blizzard' (Blue TrackerOfficial Forums)
*Text*
There is also a "dfansquote" tag, which is meant for text that isn't a direct Blizzard code and might not have a "quote" button associated with it. It is used in exactly the same way as "blizzquote". Here's an example of how it looks like:
The way we use "dfansquote" is to quote things involving the game or the forums without it being attached to a blue poster. Using the normal quote tag usually signifies a quote from a forum member, so "dfansquote" gives it that "slightly more important or unusual" vibe.
DiabloFans Quote:
*Text*
Inserting Videos
Proper inserting of videos, with displaying the actual video on the site instead of just linking to it, is made with the "media" tag. Example:
http://youtu.be/ktCZAygSxgI
Note: it is very important to first remove the actual link from the pasted text. You can do this by pasting the link unformatted with ctrl+shift+v or by selecting the text and using our "Unlink" button
, which is located right next to the Link button.
Linking to Another User
You can link to other users with this:
[member=overneathe]
This is the result - overneathe. The positive thing about this and not just pasting a URL on top of the text is that our user tooltip works with it when you hover above the name.
Tooltips From Battle.net
A nice feature of the site is that you can link straight to Battle.net items, spells and builds and on hover you can view their tooltips. Like this. To make users more aware that this is likely an item link with a tooltip it's preferable if you type out the actual name of the item, like Mempo of Twilight.
Absolutely the same works for spells and builds.
There is no code associated with this feature. Simply select the text you wish to link, press the "Link" button
on your post and paste in the address for the item. The tooltip is automatic.
Separation Line
The code for the separation (or "horizontal") line that is used in this post a lot (the long red one) is:
[hr]
How to Make a Table of Contents
To be able to do this you need two tags. One is "anchor" and the other is "alink". "Anchor" is attached to text you wish to be linked (like a paragraph in your text), while "Alink" is used in the table itself and tells the code to go to a specific "anchor". Here's an example:
Table of Contents [alink='items']1. Items[/alink] *lots of text* [anchor='items']Items[/anchor]
In the example your anchor is named "items" and the link tag from above is also named "items" which prompts the code to send you to the anchor of the same name.
Spoiler Tags
Spoiler tags are generally used in two ways: to hide spoilers or to hide huge amounts of text that are not critical but are useful in context. The code for them is pretty straight forward:
*Text*
Here's the result:
*Text*
Adding Tables
Adding tables on Diablofans is a bit tricky. Sometimes they break and it's not pretty. It takes a few tries to get the table going, but when it's done it looks quite nice. There's almost nothing in terms of code that goes into them. The only important part is to add the "|" symbol to let the code know where your new column begins and linebreaks for a new row. Here's what you have to do:
[table]Item | Explanation | Summary Mempo of Twilight | | Link to Item | Helm with horns! | This helm is good because it has horns. Inna's Radiance | | Link to Item | Helm with a gem! | This one on the other hand has a gem in it![/table]
(don't mind the different colors)
And here is the result:
Item Explanation Summary Mempo of Twilight Link to Item Helm with horns! This helm is good because it has horns. Inna's Radiance Link to Item Helm with a gem! This one on the other hand has a gem in it!
Updates:
04.07.2013 - Added some more info on "dfansquote"; added "Spoiler Tags"; added "Adding Tables". -
Dec 20, 20131
Enkeria posted a message on Enkeria's Ideas (both old and new)Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
Dec 16, 201321
DamienJohn posted a message on "Advancing" Advanced TooltipsPosted in: Diablo III General DiscussionSo I've been compiling a list of feedback and bugs to report for the Beta, but I just wanted to quickly share this as a QoL suggestion.
Cooldown Reduction, Resource Cost Reduction and +Skill% are all fantastic additions to the game, but I feel their benefits need more succinct representation in the UI. I really love that we can now view stat ranges on items when holding CTRL, so I thought, why not apply a similar function to Skill tooltips that shows their effective values. I made this quick mock-up as an example of how this display would function and what it would look like.
I feel this type of direct presentation makes those stats feel more tangible, while allowing for much more efficient theorycrafting.
Any thoughts on this? Or perhaps alternatives?
Edit: Dude, terrible spelling. -
Dec 16, 2013
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Enkeria posted a message on Minuscule Monster Affix. ... Barty the MinusculePosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Haha, lol. Nice to see you are stil around! XDQuote from pikke
It would be fun to have a "minuscule" affix which could miniaturize our heroes or pets. At the same time reduce both damage and defense but increase movement speed and dodge chance. Look, I'm a mini barbarian! 😄 -
Nov 25, 20132
RasAlgethi24 posted a message on Stash tabsIn addition to extra space, I'd love a way for us to access our other character's gear through the stash. So if you wanted to switch gear from one to another, you can just go to your stash instead of switching to the other character, moving the item to stash, and then switching back.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
Nov 25, 20131
itirnitii posted a message on Stash tabsAs a player who will want six level 70 softcore and six level 70 hardcore (one for each class) leaving zero slots for mules; I really really really have to insist on more stash space. Especially if legendaries are BoA. In Vanilla now I just buy whatever legendaries I want off the AH so I never hoard things. But I am going to want to stash legendaries a lot now with this change.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
Oct 25, 2013
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Bagstone posted a message on Good reasons to play right now?There might be another reason for playing now. You know, just for fun.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
Oct 12, 2013
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Enkeria posted a message on Torment DifficultyPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
This.
Also,. Why do you call characters for "toons", this is not WoW and nothing like Bugs Bunny. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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Gonna read it over the weekend.
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I play self found single player since release and like it that way (give me offline and I'd explode of joy)
Yet I can see that a safe trading envyronment would add to the experience for those players who likes it and I wouldn't have any problem with an AH which does not affect the game so much (like items drop ratio, just to make an example).
Unfortunately AH in D3 was also a great limiting factor when it came down to development and new features: every time Blizz thought to implement something they had to ask themselves "will this work well with the current AH system?".....most often the answer was no.
So BoA made its comeback.
Now they have more freedom in what they plan and this is a good thing in itself.
For all the guys who likes to trade I hope Blizz come up with a reliable trading system, just one that's not mandatory to play the game at its fullest.
To Maka and the other fellows who, alongside my humble self, since before release were sayng "this AH system will ruin the game!":
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I like the game, I've been playing it with no breaks till I got my hands on it, about a week after release.
I play almost 99,99% alone, I've tried to play with friends at times, but I just love to play solo.
I have 10 characters, all of them levelled at the same time, 2 out of 10 killed Diablo in Inferno
The game has improved.
A lot, I dare say.
But.....this game has some built-in flaws that you cannot fix, at least not without a complete change of some core mechanics.
Some of the decisions they took while developing the game didn't feel like a good choice to me at the time (arrogant of me, I know)
Since before beta I thought they were starting from false premises (example: Blizzard seems to think that solo playing is some sort of weird behaviour they should help you to get rid of....why?) when planning this game, I still think so.
At least I've seen a some steps in what I think is the right direction.
But I'm just a Diablo addicted who still play the game almost each day, so what I know?
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Like two or 3 missions earlier, that would force players to run at least a third of an Act.
Es. if you want to run The Butcher you need to start from Leoric Manor otherwise no act boss or no drop increase.
Add that to minibosses like Skeleton King (you should be forced to start from, say, finding the crown in the cemetery) and players will need to run most of act 1.
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I cannot comprehend why this gamestyle is considered "stupid".
I don't rush things, I experiment a lot, I enjoy the game and have fun.
Should I say people who rushed towards the end playing just one single class out of five are playing in a stupid way?
No, they are just playing the game the way they like it.
Paragon levels take too much time? I played D2 for years and I hope to play D3 for a long time too.
Also PLs have been added mainly because a lot of people rushed to the end and then started complaining because there was nothing else to do.
They may not be the best solution but they should last till PvP is out.
Be patient and enjoy the game.
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Can we have the achievement "I told you it was not my fault" now?
At least we can hope for some fix.
As soon as patch will be up & ready here in EU I'll try out how this lot of changes work.
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http://www.diablofan...mouse-annoying/
but since that topic was referring to the use of left click mouse button and I don't want to steer the discussion I thought to open this one.
Some people says "hitboxes" are too big and create issues (I'm one of these complainers), others say they are not so big.
edit: a very short video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=a0Ebp4IAIMI
I played a bit and took some screenshots (1280x1024 is my screen resolution)
The first three screenies shows how far on the left, top and right of a ravenous dead the hitbox extend.
this one above and the one below show you that hitbox is almost the same be the target close or far
Right and left of an Hungry Corpse
At last two screenies showing target highlighted even if the mouse icon is NOT in attack mode:
I dare say they are too big and I'd like to know why it is so, if there is a technical reason or what else.
Ideas? Opinions?
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and here is imprisonment wearing off (it died too quickly)
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Maybe a camera to check who it is.
Should be fine.
My parents and my bro will soon learn to keep keys in their pockets.
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I'm serious and I appreciate your explanation
I believe videogames have great potential as medium of instruction.
I know people who never spent a minute on math while at school who spent hours or even days trying to grasp the math behind games or even graphic (something beyond my ken)
To me each thread, each post, video or interview is good practice as well as info about the game I like the most.