On rune changes:
"Our goal with the rune system has always been to provide additional character customization by allowing players to augment or completely alter their skills in new and significant ways. Originally, we tied this in to the itemization system because it felt like a good fit, as Diablo is all about the item drops. But with around 120 base skills, that meant there were around 600 rune variants; on top of that, each variant had five quality levels each, meaning ultimately there would be something like 3,000 different runes in the game… and we knew we were heading toward a problem."
Great, so now there is really no point to a rune system at all -- why not just remove runes all together and put new skills that work the exact same with the same names as the rune abilities in their place? It would be the exact same thing. Seriously, playing Diablo 3 where your class gets 20-some skills to choose from, each with 5 different extensions to those skills (~100 choices for those who aren't fond of math) is NO DIFFERENT than playing a game with a class that has 100-some skills to choose from...NO DIFFERENT. Granted this still leaves room for a lot of customization on the players part, but this ultimately feeds into people saying "Oh this build is by far the most effective. Let me swap my skills runes so I can match it!" instead of them saying, "Man, I wish I had that rune so I could be that badass!". To me, this is another change that rewards casual gamers...another kick in the teeth for those hardcore or elite types.
Seems that every time blizzard encounters a problem they take the easy road as of late. Their motto is quickly becoming, "If it presents a problem, dumb it down!"
To me, the game will still be enjoyable...just less rewarding.
Edit: Also, this seems to pretty much eliminate the point of using a skill as it were, without any rune. Why not just take those skills out and just use the 80-90 remaining "skill runes" as the skills to choose from? Makes sense, right?
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Feb 18, 2012Nastai posted a message on Jay Wilson - Skill and Rune ChangesPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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Ocram posted a message on Intreresting Jay Wilson's twitter messagePosted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote from Kblavkalash
Vlad Adrian Stefan:
@Angryrobotics any good news from Asia?
Jay:
Asia is not what's holding us back. You'll see soon enough.
https://twitter.com/...639098232061952
Key word here is "soon"
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blizter posted a message on New Site Design?It's really hard on my eyes.Posted in: Site Feedback
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Daemaro posted a message on Is Logo Contest cancelled?I just don't feel like it's a good idea to announce a winner, do you guys really want it THAT much? I mean we could, but what would come of it but some people being upset they didn't win.Posted in: General Discussion (non-Diablo)
Quote from Dryhten
Molster just said that you WILL announce sometime later who the finalists were.. so who is correct?
I am the community manager so things like that go through me, though we do discuss it.
I'm sorry for all the confusion in this but the unexpected change of admins really mucked things up and then a surprise site redesign.
I don't think releasing a list will help things, I'll tell you what though. As a thank you to everyone who entered you will all receive custom titles. Just PM me with a link to your submission and what you'd like your title to be. -
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Dryhten posted a message on Is Logo Contest cancelled?Posted in: General Discussion (non-Diablo)Quote from Daemaro
For the record if you re-read all that, I said if we got more fan invites, which we haven't.
For the record I think that post of yours was before the site got the 5 beta keys that eventually were given out in the other contests.. it would have been nice to save the fifth key for the logo contest instead of doing a double key giveaway on the last one.. but I wasn't expecting to ever get a key for the logo contest, I was doing it for the custom user title which I don't see why at least giving that out would be a problem..
and nobody is saying you have to use the logo of the "winner".. just pick a "winner" and call it done..
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Calavera666 posted a message on Weapon Based SkillsYou probably have already seen this on the main page, but here it is again! PATCH 5Posted in: Fan Art
...no you silly, wizards can't use mighty weapons! - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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