I voted good. I agree with pretty much everyone else on the why. Encourages exploration, changes scenery.. its like a hunt within the hunt. You hunt the champion/rare spawn/unique, to kill them while hunting for phat loots. I think maybe on the first boss kill, per boss, per difficulty there should be a little better chance for higer quality loot, but other than that, nah, I like this.
the role of every class is damage in diablo. but im sure you could come up with some crazy tank/damage mitigation set up and try it. thats the beauty of diablo.
yeah, what worries me is the release of star wars, mw3, bf3, skyrim. im not a star wars fan, but if they say diablo 3 will be out in 2012, i will def. pick up mw3, bf3 and skyrim to kill time. if i know that diablo is going to drop in 2011, i might buy skyrim or mw3. one or the other, just to kill that last bit of time. but its likely that i wont buy anything, b/c once diablo 3 comes out, im prolly done with all other games for 3 years or more. i dunno, i really hope its out by the end of the year, i know they are trying, but like kelsper said, even if they knew for sure it was 2012, i dont think they would say anything.
If you were hoping the release date of Diablo 3 might be announced during Activision-Blizzard's Second Quarter financial call today, I'm sorry to let you down: Diablo 3 still doesn't have a shelf-date (although Activision is having a very good financial year). Blizzard head CEO Michael Morhaime reiterated the long-held Blizzard assertion that they are working really hard for a 2011 release date, but it was not confirmed.
Absent any hard info from Activision, I spoke with a couple of industry analysts, Michael Pachter of Wedbush and Jesse Divnich of EEDAR, to get some expert opinions on the likelihood of a 2011 release date for Diablo 3.
"It’s going to be right on the edge," Pachter said. "They’re getting close, but I think that on balance, Blizzard would prefer to launch two titles next year, and three the year after, to show growth."
Divnich offered a compelling reason why it might be better for Acti-Blizzard's bottom line to wait until 2012 to put out D3.
"Given the very tight competitive market this holiday season, I don’t believe it is in the best business interest for Activision or Blizzard to release Diablo 3 this year," Divnich said. "We already have one big PC RPG title, Star Wars: TOR coming out in December* and while I’m sure Activision would love to challenge Electronic Arts, they wouldn’t do so at the risk of losing potential sales to Star Wars: TOR."
"If Diablo 3 was going to launch this year, they would have to announce it by September, as by that time the retail orders for the holiday season are nearly solidified," Divnich added.
My expert analysis: I predict Diablo 3 will be released in mid-March, 2012. When you take into account the value of the dollar vs. the yen, this release window would maximize earnings-per-share for stockholders, as well as increase non-GAAP earnings and diversification efforts vis-a-vis expanding Far Eastern distribution channels. (I don't know what any of that means.)
*an official release date has not been announced
All of the best people are following Stephen Johnson's twitter feed. Also, email me if you wanna.
diablo 2 pvp was fun for what it was, but dont try to defend it. if only i had a Ber for everytime some jackass whirled through a pack of quill rats that was overlooked to gain full life.. alot of time it just came downt to luck, can i hit you before you hit me? or can you peg me with one of those 50 fireballs before i smash you? shit, we could all just teleport around like a buncha... i dunno, shit was broken man, anything they do pvp wise will trump d2, end of story.. lol, im done now.
calm down.. your argument is not valid. every class is going to have what some people consider to be the best build, and some will favor another build type. bfd, its going to happen no matter what. just play what you think is fun, or conform to the cookie cutter build.
skill runes will be the big factor in versatility. you may have a skill you use offensively and i may use it defensively. they will look diffrent too, so maybe we dont even know we are using the same skill.. who knows. rather than you putting x amount of skill points in said skill, you get to decide if you want to use it or not, so hey, you dont even have to waste a prereq point. so you want to use it, now you start to experiment with diffrent runes. then you find the rune effect you like, the one that suits YOUR play style. now you work to get the highest rune to augment the skill, rather than putting skill points into said skill.
dont forget that even the most basic skills are said to be viable in endgame. like the bash example used earlier, shit, who knows how powerful bash will be with a level 7 indigo rune and the right gear/weapon set up. might be a one hitter quitter. then you got whirlwind doin some crazy shit because you got that lvl 7 alabaster rune, for the packs and what not... see what im sayin? so your like stompin and stunnin, whirlwindin, and then bashin the shit out of the stragglers. i might not like that, i might wana go in and open with hammer of the ancients, cept it does some wicked crazy shit because i got the gold rune in there, then im double fisted with some axes so i start cleavin and pop berserkers rage.
i got carried away, but chill before you wear out your fingers in august... the game prolly wont be out until december dude.
it going to be fun trying get to level 60 befor some one bring hacks it to the game and **** it up for all of us that like the game
Im not so much worried about hacks on Bnet, altho i agree it could really ruin the expirence. I wish they could come up with a way to stop people from selling items. Way back when i had that idea where really good items would bind to your account when you picked them up. so like if you had a Barb, but found something really good for a wizard, you could still use it.. ahh fuck it, it was a dumb idea, you get the point tho. its just a game, why do i let shit like that bother me? im rambling now, this is pointless, carry on.
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If you were hoping the release date of Diablo 3 might be announced during Activision-Blizzard's Second Quarter financial call today, I'm sorry to let you down: Diablo 3 still doesn't have a shelf-date (although Activision is having a very good financial year). Blizzard head CEO Michael Morhaime reiterated the long-held Blizzard assertion that they are working really hard for a 2011 release date, but it was not confirmed.
Absent any hard info from Activision, I spoke with a couple of industry analysts, Michael Pachter of Wedbush and Jesse Divnich of EEDAR, to get some expert opinions on the likelihood of a 2011 release date for Diablo 3.
"It’s going to be right on the edge," Pachter said. "They’re getting close, but I think that on balance, Blizzard would prefer to launch two titles next year, and three the year after, to show growth."
Divnich offered a compelling reason why it might be better for Acti-Blizzard's bottom line to wait until 2012 to put out D3.
"Given the very tight competitive market this holiday season, I don’t believe it is in the best business interest for Activision or Blizzard to release Diablo 3 this year," Divnich said. "We already have one big PC RPG title, Star Wars: TOR coming out in December* and while I’m sure Activision would love to challenge Electronic Arts, they wouldn’t do so at the risk of losing potential sales to Star Wars: TOR."
"If Diablo 3 was going to launch this year, they would have to announce it by September, as by that time the retail orders for the holiday season are nearly solidified," Divnich added.
My expert analysis: I predict Diablo 3 will be released in mid-March, 2012. When you take into account the value of the dollar vs. the yen, this release window would maximize earnings-per-share for stockholders, as well as increase non-GAAP earnings and diversification efforts vis-a-vis expanding Far Eastern distribution channels. (I don't know what any of that means.)
*an official release date has not been announced
All of the best people are following Stephen Johnson's twitter feed. Also, email me if you wanna.
Read more: http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/715106/diablo-3s-release-date-still-uncertain/#ixzz1U0naBH8R
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skill runes will be the big factor in versatility. you may have a skill you use offensively and i may use it defensively. they will look diffrent too, so maybe we dont even know we are using the same skill.. who knows. rather than you putting x amount of skill points in said skill, you get to decide if you want to use it or not, so hey, you dont even have to waste a prereq point. so you want to use it, now you start to experiment with diffrent runes. then you find the rune effect you like, the one that suits YOUR play style. now you work to get the highest rune to augment the skill, rather than putting skill points into said skill.
dont forget that even the most basic skills are said to be viable in endgame. like the bash example used earlier, shit, who knows how powerful bash will be with a level 7 indigo rune and the right gear/weapon set up. might be a one hitter quitter. then you got whirlwind doin some crazy shit because you got that lvl 7 alabaster rune, for the packs and what not... see what im sayin? so your like stompin and stunnin, whirlwindin, and then bashin the shit out of the stragglers. i might not like that, i might wana go in and open with hammer of the ancients, cept it does some wicked crazy shit because i got the gold rune in there, then im double fisted with some axes so i start cleavin and pop berserkers rage.
i got carried away, but chill before you wear out your fingers in august... the game prolly wont be out until december dude.
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