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also they announced blackthorn.....


that has to be a joke.... I've never heard of it, and from the looks of it, i'm kinda beyond side scrollers of the 90's....

Are they serious? When i first saw the vidio i was struck with confusion... now that i'm reading posts, everyone is saying its an april fools joke. Its already the 2nd, and i'd figure that they'd release that its a joke already....

i hope that the archivist isn't really a playable class.... or maybe have it as a class u can play after beating the game whose sole purpose is to learn more of an underlying story in diablo.

I dunno man i'm still confused... they can't be serious....

if i have to pay monthly for a game, i'm not buying it.

a 40 dollar game has provided me entertainment for years...... i'll be dammed if i have to pay 15 bucks a month for it...


oh, and the diablo universe is not the warcraft universe. So i hope they take that into consideration when designing the art.

I hate anime because its big, flashy, and obnoxious. So far some a bunch of the art leans in that direction, but i hope they fix that.

there was two major changes in art direction in the past. My guess is that they were working on story line in 2002, and art direction in 2003. Then a redirection in 2005, then the move to irving in 2006 where everything was revamped and threw a bunch more ppl on the project.

Quote from "3CXOD" »

They way MF is in Diablo II should be abolished altogether and if it is to come back in Diablo III Blizzard has some major work to do.

It rots the game from the inside out.
I've never liked how MF was and won't unless they do a complete re-hash of the concept.


I agree. They do need to prevent "crap" from dropping so much.

I noticed that the only people that don't mind the diablo 2 mf concept are the serious gamers who devote upwards of 20 hours per week on the game. In all honesty, i never thought much of it.... untill i picked up diablo 1 again a few months ago, and realised how much of a hinderance the mf in d2 was.

I read a recent statistical report on gaming somewhere and noted that the "hardcore gamers", those that spend 20+ hrs a week gaming, only make up around 40% of diablo/wc3 online gameplay. The rest of the population play 0-5 hours a week, 5-10, or 10-15 hours a week.

For the other 60%, the replay value of d2 suffered. Aside from trying out new characters, it wasn't too common to have them try very many skill sets.

Responses on magic find or overall item find would be wonderfull to hear

I s tarted this thread a bout it a while ago
http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13310

I think Magic Find was rather detrimental to the long term replay value of d2.

Also this poster brings up a good point too

Quote from "Mastertim" »

If they get rid of mf, I think they need to get rid of hell being able to drop spiked clubs, because mf was the only way to kind of combat the decreased chance of getting something useful.

In my opinion, the "item hunt" style of gameplay that diablo 2 seemed to gravitate to kinda ruined the long term fun of the game. I still have tons of fun starting new characters in D1 and playing it all through.

When i get the urge to start new chars in d2, i think of the huge hassle it will be just to be able to obtain decent items....

So thinking objectively...

13 years later, and i still enjoy playing d1 just as much when i was 10 yrs old.
A few years after release, and i'm quite bored of d2.

Quote from "rhunex" »

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

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.

dude you kidding me ? THe GOvernator was born for the role of barbarian!!!

I can immagine him now....

"This place is foul with demons..."

hahahahahahaha oh man i <3 arnold

i think angelina jolie would make a better assasin. Thats kinda more her style.

yeah dude carmen electra for andariel

and pamela anderson for Lilith.

billy bob thorton for the necro

MF turns the game into an item-hunt, instead of a slash-fest!!

best quote ever

uhhh..,.... whatever dude


I would just do a female because i'm sexually attracted to them. No reason other than that. Nothing better than a sexy animated character to gawk at. EDIT: UNless its a real female.

I'm a new member so i'll do a short intro of myself. When i found out about the announcement of D3 i became very excited. I purchased diablo 1 over 10 years ago and played the game as a kid and i fell in love with it.

Recently i started playing d1 again. In d1, there is no magic find. In d2, they introduced magic find. I liked the absence of +mf modifiers in d1 because it meant that you could potentially find EVERYTHING. In the few weeks i've been playing d1 again, i've already found a small amount of rare items, including a windforce!!

In diablo 2, they introduced magic find, and even with a mf dedicated character, finding the most godly items in the game can be almost impossible (without the use of bots).

My diablo 2 experience is mainly before duping existed (v1.08). Before duping, even items that weren't so "godly" could be hard to find or expensive to trade for. After duping, good items became almost abundant. People that have only played v1.09 and later probably won't understand where i'm coming from. The introduction of duping really changed the way the game felt/played.


In summary, i liked the absence of magic find in D1 because finding good items, although difficult, seemed tangible. In D2, it seemed like finding the items you want was always out of reach, no matter how good your MF character was. D1 just seemed so much more satisfying in that aspect.


What do you guys think?

Oh, and i understand that having something such as magic find can increase the variety of character builds and slightly increase the replay value. But all i ask is that they make finding rare items a bit less out of reach, which was the overall feeling in to D2

Quote from Equinox »

I don't like MF. Turns the game into an item-hunt instead of a slash-fest.

This is also a very good description of how i feel.