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Strange, I'm getting all the different sounds when I move items around in my inventory. The large sharp weapons make a loud clang, while the smaller daggers are a higher pitched metal sound. Gloves sound like leather hitting leather, etc. This is all within the inventory, unless I'm "picking up" (clicking) an item that I have equipped, and placing it directly down where it was already equipped. Otherwise, all the sounds are playing for me.

Anyone in the Beta willing to help me get this achievement real quick? I need to revive all 5 classes, and then I'll have Overachiever. Then I can feel like my work in Patch 14 wasn't a total waste, before tomorrow when it gets wiped haha.
Self satisfaction!

Feel free to add me, prosthesyn@gmail.com

Haha, you guys realize that Best Buy sign says "Feburary" right?
I smell fish.

99 dead fallen
98 dead HC sorceress
97 duped zod runes
96 Stones of jordan
95 baal runs
94 fallens resurrected by that dickhead shaman thats immune to everything youve got, but you are too stubborn to just walk away so you commit mass fallen genocide
93 hell-forge runs before you actually get somthing higher than an "el"
92 Pindleskin farming runs.
91 Duriel is kicking my ass.
90 town portals used when fighting Duriel to go rez my Merc.
89 levels I get before giving up
88 cows killed till level 60
87 summons made by that necro lagging me out
86 minutes spent trying to find one waypoint in Act III
85 hammers the hammerdin is spamming
84 Arctic belts
83 Hiding things in Lut Gholein to self-mule in a public game because you're impatient
82 times trying to re-enter that public game when it says that its full
81 newly created D2 characters under level 20, every time thinking that this will be the one you'll be hitting level 90 with, but only reach level 20 max before creating another new character.
80 spams from bots when u create a new public game !
79 disconnects during a boss fight
78 clicks to break all the vases in an Act 2 dungeon
77 number of unique rings that are actually nagels.
76 ww barbs dying to iron maiden in the chaos sanctuary
75 Skeletons died and Necromancer went "wh00++".
74 Spamming Bone Spear like if there's no tomorrow
73 Ninja looters stealing all the loots
72 Pick-up lines at Jamela, without success.
71 Diablo uses Red Lightning Hose against Barbarian: It's super effective!
70 Years before the fall of Tristram, Deckard Cain is born.
69 The position the Barb was thinking of having with the sneaky female Assassin before slaying Diablo.
68 the level of your merc that keeps dying
67 Full game messages
66 times blood raven runs away from you.
65 Ancient's Pledge fails with confusing order of Ral Ort Tal runes.
64 times the Minions of Destruction rape your character.
63 giant wasps killed when looking for the bird in act 3, for the bird stature fetish guy
62 Charged bolts in the face while fighting scarab demons
61 stamina potions
60 lvl you need to be to do hell ancients
59 Bluemoon-PK hydra sorcs
58 Books of town portal
57 Insectsbite in each Swarm-attack
56 hours spend in the maggot lair because that barb in front of you went afk
55 characters died because of Cow King. (FAILURE)
54 number of ears i just got from you
53 black souls waiting for you in baal's throne room
52 unused skill points
51 Perfect gems for um rune
50 Immortal King pic-ups, but never a full set.
49 playthroughs I heard "Rakanishu" while running to the Cairn Stones
48 loops playing Deckard Cain Rap while running in Act 3
47 Times I died trying to get my body back from Nihlathak's room of exploding corpses.

46 thousand life lost before you realize you're cursed with Blood Mana

Off-Topic: Verity, you got a key! I'm glad, because your avatar introduced me to Machinarium a while back.

Real fans beat Diablo II's Hell difficulty before the release of those ridiculous Runewords.

Diablo III: $59.99
Diablo II: $14.75
Diablo II LoD: $16.75
Average 4GB Flash Drive: $2.00-5.00
Average 24-Song CD: $12.99
Average Blizzard Art Book: $15.99
Average 2 Disc Blu Ray Extras: $14.99
Average Flash Drive Dock: $9.99

Excluding the in-game items, as well as how amazing all of the physical products will look, that already adds up to $148.45. You could even exclude both Diablo II games and it would be worth it, financially speaking.

However, if you don't like music or art or seeing how things are made, don't buy it. Simple.

Look behind you, it's a retro game reference!

Glad I saw this, for a while this was one of the games I was considering buying just based upon the heaps of video content provided. However now I see it's definitely not worth it, even on the PS3, and I'll gladly pass it up for Arkham City, and a month down the road, AC: Revelations.

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Thanks a lot Prosthesy, it was interesting read. I'm also glad we can level mystic from the very start along with BS, curious when we'll get JC.

The JC audio is in the files, including all of his questline and gossip. It's certain we unlock him in Act 1, he just doesn't have any speech regarding the return of Cain, which leads me to believe he is obtained after Cain is rescued.

Fans,
With the countless streams and videos of beta content, new information is slowing to a trickle, and I feel as though the community needs an uplift. As you probably know by now, I enjoy looking through the Beta MPQs for audio files that reveal anything. On my latest dive through the OGGs, I came across a massive amount of dialog that reveals to us how Act 1 will play out when Release hits, as opposed to the way it is constructed in the Beta. In addition, several features that have not yet been implemented can be heard through specific shouts.


First off, I would like to try and ease the spirits of the PvP community: There are recordings of each hero shouting to focus on "an objective." The folder containing these clips is entitled "D_Hero_PvP_Objective" and has each class and each gender yelling either "Take the objective!" or "Test your strength on that objective." From this, we can confirm that there will be more than just deathmatch when it comes to PvP.

It seems Followers will be more useful than just slaying beasts providing buffs. Audio clips contain each of the three followers shouting quest progress, including an exclamation that time is running low, or counting down the number remaining of a particular objective (ranging from "a few," "five," "four," "three," "two," or "one" remaining). They will also point out treasure chests to players, the phrases matching with each follower's personality in a heroic or humorous way. Finally, the Followers, while idle in town, will talk amongst each other, providing precious insight to their origins alongside current lore.

We've known for a long time that the Beta content has been significantly cut to reduce spoilers for testers, but the degree to which it has been changed was a mystery. Based on audio files, it seems one of the first quests beyond fighting at the gate involves gaining the Mystic as an ally. The Mystic will identify items, for a price. She befriends the hero before the Blacksmith has any mention, and offers her insight upon his situation when the quest to obtain him does arise. Both of these artisans are at the hero's disposal before the rescue of Cain begins, and the Mystic is all too upset when the hero explains that Cain will identify items free of charge. Whether the Jeweler is obtained prior to Cain's rescue is still unknown. I will refrain from going into further detail about the specific quests in Act 1, but there are a great deal of them and they all sound very interesting. However, I will provide this one detail: The black mushrooms make a comeback.

Although there are journal entries for each creature encountered in the Beta, there are a great deal more available than we have seen. I'll provide the transcripts of each journal entry in the following spoiler:



I'll leave you with this one thought-provoking audio clip, stated by Brother Malachi, entitled "D_tristram_PriestProphecy3"

What was once one shall become four. Though the three shall become one, never again will the four be whole.

It's been speculated that the new Diablo is a hybrid of the three Prime Evils, and this quote serves to reinforce that theory. What do you think it means? What about the one that becomes four?


I hope this post sates your thirst for some news, and I wish all of you the best of luck for your Beta Keys!

I have two close friends a brother with whom I'll be playing at release, and they playtest while I'm at work/asleep because they love Diablo almost as much as I do. That being said, I have no idea when we will get bored of it as a group! Not soon.

My first playthrough took about 4 hours, listening to all of the dialog that every single NPC had to offer, including the extra "Talk" dialog that is completely optional. There are about 14 of these total, plus every time you re-visit a random Villager while progressing through a particular quest. This was a fresh Barb, and I also made sure to explore every corner of the map, every random dungeon, every body on the ground, and every chest (not quite every destructible...).

I have yet to do another full playthrough with a "completed" character, I instead skipped to Public games and did some Leoric runs to see if I could have any luck with rares. So far, I've gotten nothing apart from the 1 rare from each first-kill (2 on my latest Wizard). I did craft some rare gloves that are originally labeled at Required Level: 12 but with affixes ended up being Required Level: 14. I had to salvage them in the end, but as it stands, I have 5-6 equip slots worth of rares. Not quite a full set!

As for the leveling rate, I don't personally think it's too fast. Granted, many of the videos you have seen probably include pieces of gear that say "+x to base experience per kill" and that can add up very, very quickly on twinked characters. Even with that affix, however, it seems that levels taper off very quickly, and I expect the grid to look something like this:


Assuming the time between Miniboss and Act Boss is about equal across each act, and that King Leoric is in fact the "Miniboss" of the act. Now figure that those first 8 levels, to King Leoric, takes the gamer who is very involved in storyline and immersion ~4 hours. Multiply that by 8 (each Miniboss and Act Boss taking ~4 hours) to make 32 hours for Normal difficulty before factoring in the probable increase of map size, enemy group size, randomization, deaths/repairs, mob AI, and miniboss/act boss difficulty.

It can also be assumed that people will skip the dialog and cinematics in Nightmare and beyond, so cut back playtime a bit there, but throw it right back in with added difficulty. Most single-player games have a story no longer than 30-40 hours, at best. Across the basic 3 difficulties, you've already got nearly 100 hours of gameplay on a single character, before you hit level 60, AND THEN you get Inferno on top of that. In this respect, I don't think the leveling speed or difficulty are a problem in the slightest.

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I am in too, and because I don't think a new thread is need I will just steal this one from Prosthesy. I am sure he wouldn't mind... much

I'll kill you.




Wait no duels FFFFF

Sidenote: Does anyone know Force's info? I think it would be cool to play with him, if he could even spare a minute aside from streaming. I know he hasn't done very many, if any, multiplayer videos.

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Every. Single. Day.