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I'm male and I always create male characters if I'm given the choice. They do call them avatars, so the way I see it, the character I'm playing is a reflection of myself.

I know some people say that if they're going to be starring at something, at least make it something pretty. Well, I rarely if ever stare at my character, I'm usually focused on the action. The only time I look at my character is if I'm inspecting my armor, in which case I think to myself "damn, that looks bad-ass" and then I get on with the game.
Also, in games where ther are relationship options, I prefer having a male character so I can explore the relationship storyline in the game. If I play a female, then I need to woo a male npc and that just freaks me out.

Oh no, not this again. Can people please stop going on how disappointed they are in the beta, it got old back in 2011. You're not getting anywhere, and we are all getting a bit jaded waiting for a release date. Excitement is waning, and we are all in waiting together. Can we do one another a favor and just relax already.

1. The general consensus has been that this is a good step, except for a few deluded individual, that is. The old system was anything but creative, you were forced into decisions that came with a finality of wrong choices made. The new system is 100% item driven and that is far more in line with the Diablo 'item hunt' mentality, plus you have gems to customize your build even more.

2. And another moot point. Have you heard about runes? Yes, basically they are itemized skill points (which may not be refundable if they are locked into a skill). You use runes to build your selection of skills. So what if you have all of the skills available to you, you still need to build them by 'spending' runes, which is a limited resource. Basically the game is using items to build skills, and again, that is far more in line with the Diablo 'item hunt' mentality. Get it?

3. That is called a technical error, and I fail to see how that reflects negatively on the game.

4. Latency, stuttering, error codes... damn, I wish they had some way of testing the game so they can flesh out all of these problems, at least then the release wont suffer the same issues... If only there was a way...

5. Deja Vu!!! Were you in suspended animation over the last few months? The RMAH is good for the game, it will make it very difficult for outside influences to create third party crap. It's actually good for the player. Plus, its run by the players, for the players. I really fail to see the issue people have with it.

6. No single player option, not even an option.................. Yes, there is a single player option. Or are you referring to online only? The only expectation I have with this is for Blizzard to be constantly adding content and patching bugs. Plus, I played Diablo 2 constantly with my friends and I'm intending to do the same in D3. Since this is a co-op game, I think a very small minority will have issues with this.


Good luck fans!!!
Thanks, can't wait not to see you in game.

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you say its like wow, care to draw some key points? other than "Good bye Stat point originiality......Goodbye true character diversity" which is not the case.

Exactly! I keep hearing people say this, but I'm still waiting for these people to make a ligimited claim other than, "are you blind, it's so obvious, stop trollololin!!!" which isn't a very good answer.
The art looks the same?
Well, it is one company with artists all over the board.
They dropped stat points?
Some other games don't have stat points either, is Blizzard copying Final Fantasy now as well?
No more diversity?
How is that even WoW related? Because WoW constantly simplifies the talent system? That has nothing to do with D3! You can still pick what skills you want (just like you were forced to do in D2), and now you can diversify the functionality of your skills through runes. Could you do that in D2? No.

I noticed this as well a few weeks back. Not sure what was changed to have caused this, but yeah, it can be a bit annoying.
Also, for some reason the spell checker doesn't work for me either. Not really an issue, but it was convenient since I have this strange tendency to switch some of the letters in my words around.

For the first few days I will probably spend more than 6 hours a day playing, After a week probably around probably 4-6. And after two to three weeks it will most likely fall to 2-4 hours, depending on what else I'm playing, or what projects I am busy with.

They don't exactly look all cuddly and cute to me. They pretty much represent the whole demonic minion, lowest of the food chain, archetypal henchman role quite effectively. Plus, the fallen do look very bass ass, so I can't understand how in the world you can possibly perceive this as cute and Disney:

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if you think im projecting my life upon this, which obv im not between work, family, kids, etc, look what you just did? you think since you wont buy it if it comes out q4 that nobody will, you consider yourself the masses, the unpaid boss of a company. kind of hypocritical. maintenance has everything to do with birthing, you have to take care of it, nurture it as it grows, take your lumps because life isnt always smooth sailing. not that i would expect such reflection from a irate fanboy such as yourself

Yeah, it's odd how a person who screams for release and threatens to bail on the game, claims someone else is projecting obsession. No, I am a fan, but I can wait. Whenever it comes, it will come, doesn't matter because I know I'll play it eventually. But clamoring to play, screaming 'I want a cookie or I will ignore you' seems more obsessive than someone who is taking it as it comes.

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Skyrim took only 3 years to release.
So riddle me this. Why is it taking longer than Skyrim (which is massive by comparison) to make D3?

Sadly, Skyrim is very limited, only it's deception is limitless.

For instance, few of your choices have real impact on the world, and I don't mean you kill an NPC and he stays dead, I mean impact. For instance, when you become Thane it's promised to you that you are of a higher standing, and people (especially guards) will look at you in awe and give you respect. But they don't they treat you like they did every other day. When you do things, like cause almost an entire town to die, people will just go on with their lives, no repercussions will come of it, except perhaps a guard may stop you, but they can always be bribed, no matter how severe your acts are, and they have no moral compass.

Secondly, Skyrim swims in an ocean of bugs, it sometimes even renders the game unplayable. The PS3 version is almost unfixable. The game is a mess, and pretty shallow at times. A rushed, squandered opportunity. It was far from terrible, but I'll always look back at it and shudder, it just left me wanting.

If I want a game where the world feels vibrant and my choices have consequences, then I'll rather play Mass Effect.
And hopefully Diablo 3 will have a lot fewer bugs, it certainly can't have more.

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We are the boss, end of story. Without the masses to buy the product, then they COULDN'T stay in business. The birthing of the Blizzard has NOTHING to do with the maintenance of Blizzard. There is no correlation. We are the boss.

That doesn't even make any sense.
In the end they will still make the game they want to make, according to how they want it to be, and develop it for as long as they see fit. If you really were the boss, then e-mail them and tell them to release the game tomorrow, and we'll all see how they ignore you. Some boss you are...

We are not their 'bosses', this is more of a symbiotic relationship. We buy their product and they make it playable for us. We don't command them, but they are still dependant on our feedback. But we still use their product for entertainment value. You see, symbiosis.

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I'm still somewhat bitter about the whole change. As much as I hate to admit it however, the change from patch 9 to patch 10 doesn't really have a big impact from a player perspective.

Agreed. From the videos I've watched, I get the feeling that even though so much have changed, the game didn't take a step forward or backward, but took an odd step to the side. I'm not sure how all of these changes has a larger impact on the game, I guess we'll just have to take Blizzards word for it that it's all for the betterment of the game.

I'm noticing more and more that people are being such drama queens about this. White items are baseline items, from them blues, rares and legendaries are spawned. At least you can still sell them, at the first levels you can get about 100 gold for a full inventory of whites, and that's a lot at low levels.

http://www.diablofan...rno-p2/#post227

Lol@Those of you saying it was made easier




Edit:

Bashiok has said the following via Twitter as well:


https://twitter.com/#!/Bashiok/status/187421452549636096

Usually when they either die or get better.

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Awesome stuff

You are brilliant and intelligent

maybe if you had a good argument people would take you seriously /sad face

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Check out this logic guys:
Nov 8 is blizz quarterly conference call. My money is on them giving a release date for the investors. And like SC2 & Cata were both released 10 weeks after their announcements that puts D3 release Exactly on Jan 17!!!

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Stick to the topic subject instead of drifting into pointless and highly speculative side discussions and flaming.

Com'on guys, you can do it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fEjJ4Ecy9Q

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Quote from Dolaiim

If it weren't for the unethical hackers out there, who exploit source code left exposed for ill and personal gain, the modding community, which is full of brilliant coders and loyal fans, will have to suffer. It's a damn shame.

But don't blame Blizzard. Blame the crooks and assholes who abuse open source.

That's a mighty slippery slope you're standing on, mate. Slopes like those can lead you to things like warrant-less wire tapping or illegal searches. But hey, don't blame the cops/politicians...blame the "crooks and assholes" who abuse free society.

While we're on the topic of fallacies, you've managed to include several in your rebuttal:

1. False dilemma: "If you support private enterprise protecting their products from theft, then by definition you also support governments violating your rights." It sounds ridiculous when you repeat your argument without using the second fallacy you employ:

2. Appeal to consequences of a belief: "I believe that a private company protecting their own intellectual property is a violation of my rights, therefore if I support Bliz protecting their intellectual property, I also support the government violating my legal rights." You're assuming your belief is true and using the consequences as the reason. Circular.

There's some old wisdom that I follow: If you set out your wallet in plain view and leave, someone is eventually going to take it. So don't leave your wallet laying around.

Is it legal to steal a wallet? Nope. Do I support stealing wallets? Nope. Do I leave my wallet laying around? Nope.

Bliz is keeping their code server-side for the same reason that banks keep money in safes: Because if people are provided no restrictions or restrictions without meaningful consequences, then the greedy and immoral, selfish, power-hungry crooks will fuck things up for everyone.

Need proof? Have a look at Wall Street.

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You're such a silly goose Proletaria. I like you.

You are the Mr. Slave to my Al. <3

Here are a few pictures I found elsewhere. I have not seen them (after searching around) on this site, and I thought they were good pics, so here ya go.





4th difficulty reveal/confirmed


Below is a Wizard armor spell breaking up...unsure of what it is


Below is the Monk's Blinding Flash skill


Below is the Wizard's Blizzard skill






























Below picture is of 'Slaughtered Calf Inn'

Good lord people! Why are so many of you so opposed to change? You know, in an evolutionary sense, you would be the ones to die off first because you can't adapt to dynamic environments. ALSO, D3 isn't a MMORPG, and if you think it is, you clearly don't understand the definition thereof.