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To be fair, I think they hyped it up too much through their ambiguous responses.
When someone tweets 'I really hope this year Diablo gets a huge announcement at Blizzcon' and the official Diablo twitter replies "Blizzcon will be really cool this year :-)", a Necro pack and D1-inspired dungeon isn't exactly what people expected.
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For everyone suggesting buffs, that is the last thing we need!
We actually need NERFS to bring the sets that are far overpowered down to the other sets. Power Creep has gotten out of control, if sets were brought back down to a happy medium T13 tuning, we would see a lot more diversity in games.
Obviously 1-2 sets are ALWAYS going to be the best or "meta" but many people do not care to push leaderboards, instead they simply do the season journey and farm T13 casually with friends. I feel those players should be able to do that with many setups. That being said, I feel that every single class set has a variation to easily do a GR70 and get the journey done. So personally, I feel we are in a good spot.
One legendary item could drastically change the current class meta. For instance, the new grenade item for Demon Hunter might pull the DH into the meta as a DPS, the grenades do some insane damage if used in a proper way when combined with the other damage from the grenade skills.
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Good post, pretty much agree with what you say HanSolo1884 besides the Esports thing.
All I can say is that people who are freaking are obviously very passionate about the game, but a bit too passionate to be willing to attack other members of the game they care and love about too.
Grow some acorns and just wait for the expansion that will come in the future.
Logically speaking we should receive 2 new classes and possibly 2 new acts with a shit-load of content when its made and ready to go.
Diablo isn't dead so no need for R.I.P, not like we just saw our mother died its a video game.
It will come, just hold onto your balls.
PS. Was hoping for more but, in the end I am glad what we got.
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I don't have to make a better game. Grim Dawn and Path of Exile are already there. I just love the diablo franchise and have put in my fair share of time into the game since launch.
For a company like blizzard to not put in the time for one of their keystone franchises is just... really sad to me. Whereas PoE gets major content updates incredibly frequently for a f2p game, diablo and its players get... very very little. It's not about entitlement, it's just an expectation for the biggest videogame company to actually pay attention to a playerbase that has been there for decades.
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Frank Pearce is just not a very good public speaker and comes off as extremely sarcastic especially to a sensitive Diablo crowd. They should have included a trailer indicating these much desired change as well, though I'm sure we will hear more about them in the later panels and that was probably why it might not have been mentioned during the opening ceremony.
Here is a full compilation by a /u/cafeagles on reddit:
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They hired a new art director 11 months ago. He's on the 45 minute panel to help discuss new content for Diablo 3.
Why? Art director's do the heavy lifting, like world design, telling the artists how everything should feel and look, the colors, the mood, high level shit. So he'll probably be up there to say, "Look at this cathedral! Or this entirely new area! This is the feel we went after when creating Skovos."
So D3 is getting something, and it may be as huge as an expansion. Because you don't put your art director on stage to talk about transmogs and season resets, which I keep hearing is the expectation and is getting ridiculous.
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Unless it absolutely kicks ass, I'm going to be bummed if it's JUST a d2 remake. I'm hoping that because both male and female are shown, it's for either D3 or D4. The only thing that makes me tilt my head on why a necromancer isn't because the WD already exists (I'm sure they'd both feel unique), but because ceremonial daggers as well as the iconic off hands already exist, and have WD powers.
Dammit Blizzard how hard is it to NOT accidentally post stuff? Now these couple days are going to feel even longer.
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As Munchen has said, this cycle of "good kills evil, becomes corrupted and the new evil, rinse & repeat" has been driving the entire franchise. I'll just post the D1 ending cinematic because I guess 20 years later, many people have either forgotten about it or never seen it (WHAT A SHAME! ;-)):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGRGxt2-7rc
To me personally it would be a bit odd and almost boring if it would just happen again a fourth time. It wouldn't be all that unusual in this day and age, where reboots of franchises are done quite often and aren't even telling a different story (Spiderman, Star Wars, and a million others come to mind). What I could imagine is a PvP-oriented spin-off. I wouldn't like it, since I have no desire for PvP at all, but I know it would be damn successful because I know that I'm an outlier and PvP is what drives many people. So yeah... I could see something like what you mention, an MMO or Overwatch-style game where you choose sides, either play a barbarian or Diablo. (Not sure who'd choose the Nephalem side though, wouldn't we all like to be evil just once :P)
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jackpot54 on the us forums reminded about the cursed realms. There could be possible connection with Realms of Evil.
Quote from http://us.battle.net/forums/en/d3/topic/20749688406 »If you remember, way back in 2.3, dataminers found strings and text for a new feature for Diablo called cursed realms
Cursed Realms continue to be an internal experiment and will not be appearing in Patch 2.3.0.
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There is no possibility for playing with ppl from different sources, at least for PS4 and PC im sure.
Also there are no seasons on console, only on PC.
So i would suggest to save your $$ and buy a new monitor. The Hype for S8 wont be that high, so it's no Problem when starting a bit later.
PS: Console gaming is based on the offline data (which makes cheating possible) while PC gaming is only-online via bnet possible, which prevents cheating
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Games release on a Tuesday. This needs to be accounted for when you do your math. This only allows for a possible 52 days every year which should help narrow results better. Anyone guessing needs to take this in to account as well.
My guess: May 25, 2021
Blizzard has favored late spring early summer release dates in the last 20 years. WoW is the only fall release date in that time span. May is popular as both Overwatch and Diablo III were released. May also falls in the middle of the games released in that 20 year span.
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It was clear Blizzard was shifting into eSports. It is the future and they will take the risk. The Overwatch League was a huge announcement. We are seeing the future of gaming. Any game that is not eSports worthy will be on Blizzards back burner. It sucks that the focus is elsewhere but eSports means big money for Blizzard.
Be happy we got something as it shows Blizzard is still aware of the game. I hope this Necromancer Pack goes well and they release more packs and continue the free content. If the eSports market takes off we may never see another Diablo game (sales figures mean nothing if it doesn't generate a regular revenue stream)
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A necromancer is different than a WD. Just because they summon doesn't mean they are the. Curses and bone spells to start.
A druid is not the only missing class. A javelin/spear Amazon is not in the game.
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I was not the original poster it was posted on another thready by pipebomb. I looked around and there is no reverse search possible and the original link was taken down by Blizzard. Judging by the artwork it looks similar to the new background on the Diablo III page. Thoughts?
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I have not seen this in so long I forgot about it. What if we either destroy Heaven or Hell
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With all the gear in the store being Diablo III related and not the generic Diablo label it is safe to assume any announcement is Diablo III related. Why push all that DIII gear just to release something else?
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So in "The Book of Cain" "Burning Hells: The Realms of Evil" section and the subsequent sections on the 7 evils of hell, three prime and 4 lesser, there is easily enough for an expansion. So if the book is true Mephisto, Baal and Diablo make up Tathamet's head (the book does not confirm this but speculates this to be true). Each of the 7 evils has its own realm in Hell. They are constantly moving and boarders changing. It is believed each Realm is at war with one another (books theory). In the following sections it gives a brief description of each of the seven evils. In each is a description of the realm that evil possesses. One act alone could be hell and all its realms (Azmodan's realm we played through). Really each Realm could be an act if done properly. We could easily start off in Aranoch and make our way through various places Cain visited (find each realm of evil in a different part of Sanctuary easily 5+ acts in DIII [already cleared Azmodan's and we defeated Belial but Belial or both could be easily reincorporated for a total of 7]) to unlock the secrets of Tathamet (this could also be used as a lead in to another game through content patches).
There is definitely a lot left to explore in Diablo III, story wise, and if they truly want to close out the game that would be the way to do it. Another expansion could end with a showdown against a reanimated Tathamet as the three primes found a way bring him back. We could be distracted by the remaining two Lesser Evils, Duriel and Andariel. We could be tasked to bring down each realm, like we did to Azmodan's realm. After completion we would get and ultimate battle in the realm of Terror against Diablo/Tathamet (I am expecting Diablo to become Tathamet and realm of Terror is mostly empty [Book of Cain] so perfect final battleground).
I came up with this baseline in less than an hour. Easily a lot of content that could be added to the game or made into an entirely new game itself. It would be great to get a massive expansion especially considering all the time we have waited or large content patches over the course of the next few years with the promise of another game!