**Official Diablo III Thread**

[RAMBO316]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i used to play d2 lod for hourssssssss every day of the week no joke. if there wasnt a basketball or football game going on outside i was playing diablo as soon as i stepped foot in the house! that was 8-10 years ago.... now im 25. CANT WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN lol

[RAMBO316]

i just hope its a lot like d2.... the gameplay that is. i know there is tons of differences but hopefully the feel is the same!!!

[bronze34]

Leap takes care of that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHUlwG4YJxE

brb teleporting into the barb's ww
brb no BO
brb couldn't corner for shiet
brb he had him cornered at 1:00 and decided to run away lol

i just hope its a lot like d2.... the gameplay that is. i know there is tons of differences but hopefully the feel is the same!!!

doubt it but hopefully it somewhat feels the same

[tambn22]

witch doctor reporting in. Can anyone confirm/deny the 4 player max BS? I've got around 7 mates that are keen as, 8 player would have been perfect :/

[koksy]

witch doctor reporting in. Can anyone confirm/deny the 4 player max BS? I've got around 7 mates that are keen as, 8 player would have been perfect :/

http://www.diablowiki.net/Multiplayer#Cooperative_Play

The maximum players per game has been lowered from 8 to 4.

[lod254]

I'm in beta and we currently only get 4 people max per game.

Beta only goes to lvl 13. The initial levels own the hell out of D2. You have free or generating spells for when your power moves are down. I like that change. You only have 6 spells of different types available at a time, that changes the feel a bit. I liked instantly switching from AoE to single target for champions/bosses. You can basically respec at any time, it isn't a real respec though, you just swamp one move for another. This initiated a cooldown of ~10s so you can just change at will. You can swap easily for boss fights.

Wizard
Seems very cool to start. I'm not a huge fan of the disco ball at the moment because of the 35 arcane cost. My preferred spell at 10 was cold ray with a rune to make it a PBAoE. It was awesome for trash. So far magic missile is boring as a free spell, but the lighting spell is terrible. It is a short range V and hard to hit.

Monk
My monk is almost 13. The damn beta server was down all last night. I'm not a fan of the 3 hit combo moves. It is like a forced assassin charge from D2 and powerful on the 3rd hit. The roundhouse kick has a knockback which is annoying in 90% of the cases. The charging wave move seems completely useless at its current state. The giant bell move has a huge spirit cost and doesn't seem worth the spend, but it's competition is weak. I'd prefer the roundhouse kick at this point.

Assumptions - I haven't played these chars yet, but I've seen them in game.

Barb - So far, the most powerful up to 13. a 13 barb can almost double my damage. Leap is very nice for jumping down levels, past objects, etc. The Monks charge won't allow you to target mobs around corners or down levels. I assume the wiz teleport could allow similar movement.

Demon Hunter - Rapid fire looks like pure rape up til 13. I can't wait to try it. The DH was killing things before I could get to them.

Witch Doc - Supposed feels a lot like a wiz. I'll try this class last.

They're tinkering with odd things now like weapon damage being applied to skills. Supposedly if a skill says 160% of wep damage, it bases that off your main weapon (2h weapon or 1h slot, if you dual wield, one slot specifically says off hand). I'm hoping there is normalization, or it won't make sense to not use a 2H weapon v dual wielding since you essentially never use a normal attack.

I've only seen 1 rare item on each character, and that came from my 1st kill on the mini boss. I'm not sure if they're actually going to be that rare or not. I haven't seen anything like sets or uniques, but that is likely by design just for beta. I haven't actually read through all patch notes.

[Stramak]

I am looking to try the Diablo 3 Beta for a few days, I am willing to let you play on my Tera beta (I preordered)
Here's a thread a made: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=143331613

Pm me if interrested

[lod254]

I am looking to try the Diablo 3 Beta for a few days, I am willing to let you play on my Tera beta (I preordered)
Here's a thread a made: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=143331613

Pm me if interrested

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Sorry man, but it's my buddies account, so I can't. It has all of his WoW stuff on it.

Is Tera completely soloable like Diablo, or more WoW like?

[Stramak]

Your PMs are full. Empty your inbox.


Sorry man, but it's my buddies account, so I can't. It has all of his WoW stuff on it.

Is Tera completely soloable like Diablo, or more WoW like?

Oh you're right, just deleted a bunch of messages.
Tera is solable but some quests require help from buddies, like theres this world boss named Budda or something like that that was literally 3 shotting me, no way I can solo this.

I couldn't care less about the WoW stuff lol, if you look at my threads you can see I have 1.2 million gold and I don't even know how I'll sell it.

[lod254]

Oh you're right, just deleted a bunch of messages.
Tera is solable but some quests require help from buddies, like theres this world boss named Budda or something like that that was literally 3 shotting me, no way I can solo this.

I couldn't care less about the WoW stuff lol, if you look at my threads you can see I have 1.2 million gold and I don't even know how I'll sell it.

I'd consider playing if I could solo the final bosses etc. I'd hate to get trapped into WoW type raid scenarios again.

[Stramak]

I'd consider playing if I could solo the final bosses etc. I'd hate to get trapped into WoW type raid scenarios again.

There isn't raids in Tera but there are 5 man dungeons.
Theres open World PvP too, you can kill anyone anywhere, the other player doesn't need to flag for pvp like in WoW.

[laxster]

Played the beta recently, and I know I'm going to love this game. Tons of loot, same D2 look and feel...it's gonna be sick. Demon hunter checking in btw.

[reF0rm]

Anyone know of a way to get D1 working on Windows 7?

[Lanny14]

Just announced today, the Nephalem valor buff.

We’re working hard on balancing and testing Diablo III, and one of the major components is making sure that the end game experience is fun and exciting. We’d like to share a few of our goals for end game:

We have an enormous number of skill build combinations, and we want a lot of those skill builds to be viable and interesting
While there are millions of skill builds available to players, we don’t want players swapping skills regularly to beat specific encounters as they come up
We don’t want repeatedly running specific three-minute chunks of the game to be the most efficient way to acquire gear for your character
While a three-minute run shouldn’t be the most efficient, we also don’t want you to feel like it’s a two-hour commitment every time you sit down to play
Bosses should still feel worth killing


Nephalem Valor is one of the major new systems in Diablo III and it kicks in at level 60. Keep in mind that this is still in testing and we’re still working out the details. Here’s how it currently works internally: Rare and Champion packs already have great loot on them. By killing a Rare or Champion pack, not only do you get their loot, but you’ll also receive a buff granting you increased magic find and gold find. However, if you change a skill, skill rune, passive, or leave the game, the buff disappears. As an extra reward, if you kill a boss while this buff is active, you’ll receive extra loot drops from that boss.

The exact amount of magic find and gold find provided by the buff is still being reviewed, as is the amount of extra loot you get from a boss while the buff is active. We’re also playing around with whether or not the buff stacks, what the duration should be, and whether or not it should persist through death. We want to make sure the buff is strong enough to make staying in your current game more rewarding than creating a new game. At the same time, if the buff is too strong, it risks making shorter play sessions feel not worthwhile.

We expect this system will encourage players to stick with a skill build of their choice, select an area of the game they enjoy, and sweep it for rare and champion packs on their way to a boss, finishing off a run with a boss that’ll be worth killing. If you wanted a shorter play session you could be done at that point, but if you have more time, the path of least resistance would ideally be to stay in the same game and make your way towards the next boss.

Awesome! Moving in the right direction IMO.

[Lanny14]

Bump so people see this. ^

[Stramak]

Still need a beta! :

I am looking to try the Diablo 3 Beta for a few days, I am willing to let you play on my Tera beta (I preordered)

Pm me if interrested

[DartBoard]

Good working on the Valor imo

[bronze34]

nephalem valor buff is good news, i'm at the same league with Stramak, if anyone has beta d3 i'm willing to let you play on my TERA beta acct lol

[cL63]

cant wait for this game .. wow
im still confused about a few things, so i hope someone can clear them up (reps)(srs)

1. how do i obtain "legendary" items (magefist, goldskin, etc.) ? do i have to find/trade to get them ? or do i have to give my blacksmith materials to make it ?

2. how does mf work ? does my mf only count for me ? or my whole team ? and does it depend on who kills the monster last ?

3. the loot system is kinda confusing to me still .. can someone give me a detailed explanation on it ? i know that its private loot now and you cant see or take other players loot .. but explain the mechanics of it

4. i also seen on some of the gear that it says for example, "+1 random magic property" .. can someone please explain ? does this mean you get a higher chance at finding magic items ? if not, then what ?

will rep anyone who gives any answers

[cL63]

bump

[DartBoard]

cant wait for this game .. wow
im still confused about a few things, so i hope someone can clear them up (reps)(srs)

1. how do i obtain "legendary" items (magefist, goldskin, etc.) ? do i have to find/trade to get them ? or do i have to give my blacksmith materials to make it ?

You will find unique items (bronze lettering and rarest) by defeating enemies and bosses. They drop randomly when you kill someone/open a barrel and it all depends on luck or your magic find (mf)

2. how does mf work ? does my mf only count for me ? or my whole team ? and does it depend on who kills the monster last ?

MF works for you.. I dont believe it affects teammates as each person has their own MF. Last kill determines MF
3. the loot system is kinda confusing to me still .. can someone give me a detailed explanation on it ? i know that its private loot now and you cant see or take other players loot .. but explain the mechanics of it

I only played d2 I have NO clue about the loot system now, sorry brah :/. I think its more like wow now where you roll for the uniques?

4. i also seen on some of the gear that it says for example, "+1 random magic property" .. can someone please explain ? does this mean you get a higher chance at finding magic items ? if not, then wh
+1 magic property would be a blue item.. these usually have to be identified by scrolls or cain. the random property can be anything from extra damage, defense, magic find, light radius, gold pick-up, gold drop, experience etc.

will rep anyone who gives any answers

^^^

[seanb1979]

god damn it this game will take up so much of my time... im tempted to not buy but the other 2 were literally my favorite games, ever... diablo 1 was the first game i played on a pc, alongside starcraft

[seanb1979]

Anyone know of a way to get D1 working on Windows 7?

virtual pc

[reeses007]

^^^

No they changed the mf so it is spread throughout the party. Everyone has their own individual loot that will drop and no one else can see it.

[koksy]

Anyone know of a way to get D1 working on Windows 7?

works for me. whats the problem?

[liftTENhard]

i wonder if we actually fukin kill diablo this time for good or will we have to wait another 10 years for diablo 4?

im hoping for the latter

[w00tasaurus]

I'm worried about this game, but I have some faith that blizzard must SURELY know what made the past 2 games so popular, and maintain these elements. Even if some of them are already gone..

Anyway, I am excite. I think this is the first major game that hasn't released at a horrible time for me. I'll be done with school a week before

[Stramak]

I'm worried about this game, but I have some faith that blizzard must SURELY know what made the past 2 games so popular, and maintain these elements. Even if some of them are already gone..

Anyway, I am excite. I think this is the first major game that hasn't released at a horrible time for me. I'll be done with school a week before

I was losing faith in blizz for this game until they added patch 15. Now the monsters are much more stronger, it isn't a faceroll game anymore.

Still need a beta key or account, I can trade Firefall, Tera or rift account

[invain]

I started playing the beta last night. Thought it was pretty epic. Seemed a little too easy in the beginning, though the skeleton king was a decent fight. I'm sure it gets more difficult as you move through the acts (and harder difficulties obviously).

I understand how the new "rune" system works, but I'm confused as to gear/items and crafting. Is crafting really worth it, seeing as there aren't rune words anymore? I'm assuming there will be top tier items that can only be crafted, and which require rare items that are hard to find? Are gems and stuff gone as well? It seemed like the only things that drop in D3 are gold and equipment.

[seanb1979]

is deckard cain in it? will I have to stay a while and listen?