CarbonatedFalcon
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Well even the databases aren't much help as the affixes and stats on items are all random to at least some extent.
But I probably won't be looking too much up anyway.
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Diablo 3 Beta [Beta withdrawal underway!]
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Well even the databases aren't much help as the affixes and stats on items are all random to at least some extent.
But I probably won't be looking too much up anyway.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
at least visit us in the OT someday... I'll miss you!
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
* We didnt put the beta out there to test game difficulty, we put the beta out to test our hardware.
* I can honestly say, that the end-game of Diablo III is way more challenging than Diablo II; way more.
* When you get into Inferno for the first time, if you havent spent time in Hell, just farming for gear, you will get crushed.
* We have encounters in the Inferno mode, where we will die a dozen times trying to take a rare down.
* The level of difficulty on Inferno is so high that a lot of people on the dev team cant test it very effectively. So weve actually had to use a specialty group within. We formed a specific strike-team, just for end-game. And their goal was to tell us that this was a challenging and compelling experience.
* I can honestly say, that the end-game of Diablo III is way more challenging than Diablo II; way more.
* When you get into Inferno for the first time, if you havent spent time in Hell, just farming for gear, you will get crushed.
* We have encounters in the Inferno mode, where we will die a dozen times trying to take a rare down.
* The level of difficulty on Inferno is so high that a lot of people on the dev team cant test it very effectively. So weve actually had to use a specialty group within. We formed a specific strike-team, just for end-game. And their goal was to tell us that this was a challenging and compelling experience.
Interesting that South East Asia was lumped into the Americas region. I hope they'll accommodate the servers so we don't have too high pings (which seems to be OK judging from the beta).
Also means I'll get to play with GAF people so should be pretty good
I definitely won't be happy with the ping I had in the beta. It was really noticeable with skills that generate projectiles.
It was like ping 150 ish, Ping 150 in a singleplayer experience? GTFO
Ill read this thread except if I see posts that do shit like boss names etc
FrontalMonk
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I know that for me, I'll be reading every scrap of info I can find until release day, at which point I'm blocking out the world for a couple days.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I called my friend and asked him if he had read about the Inferno stats... I got shocked when he told me that he had ditched his girlfriend (literally broke up with her because of D3) and took a two week vacation from his job.
Holy crap.
Holy crap.
Shit's getting real! I'm supposed to go with my wife to my mother-in-law's retirement party on the 15th. She sprung this news on me just a few days ago. I might just flat out refuse to go. I'm still on the fence. I love my wife and her mom, but damn I really just want to stay home and play. We will see...
Now that's commitment. Misguided, but committed.
I have a real vacation to Puerto Rico planned for the week following the 15th...never been so lukewarm about heading to a resort.
That was a great interview indeed. Thanks for posting. I'm legitimately hyped.
Keep in mind that D3 on launch day may turn out to be a harsh mistress.
fluffydelusions
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It's crap that I will be abke to have this midnight but not play until 3am ><
I need more Diablo friends too.
sazzy
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High five!
I'm planning on getting everything done and sleep before 5pm launch day. Then its Diablo all evening, night and next day.
sankt-Antonio
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Worst fucking usage of a noisegate in that interview... god.
I have to agree! The sound sucked, but the interview was good.
Oh and for the love of god, give that man a chair next time! 24 minutes standing up!
Heard that line before about difficulty. Typically speaking, I just assume they're actually terrible at playing the game. Difficulty is like the one thing that never gets met by any game ever
Heard that line before about difficulty. Typically speaking, I just assume they're actually terrible at playing the game. Difficulty is like the one thing that never gets met by any game ever
Within the first few weeks, people will by crying and moaning to Blizzard and they will nerf it. Happened all the time in WoW and the rest of their games, so Diablo 3 won't be any different.
Except that this time, it wont happen.
Why? Because WoW has new raid content introduced every few months. With Diablo 3, the next year's endgame IS Inferno.
They will not nerf it. Not a bit.
Joe Shlabotnik
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Heard that line before about difficulty. Typically speaking, I just assume they're actually terrible at playing the game. Difficulty is like the one thing that never gets met by any game ever
They can't test it with five million people until launch, and when they launch it's guaranteed at least one of those five million people will be way better than any of the testers. Not really anyone's fault, just logistics and probability.
fluffydelusions
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IGN: Diablo in 5 minutes video:
http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/05/04/diablo-in-five-minutes/
http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/05/04/diablo-in-five-minutes/
I seriously hope they don't but you know what gamers can be like.
Oh of course. But it's still why I don't put much stock into developer comments on difficulty. So, I just assume that they're terrible at it to lowball my own expectations.
Heard that line before about difficulty. Typically speaking, I just assume they're actually terrible at playing the game. Difficulty is like the one thing that never gets met by any game ever
I think it's more like in order to survive in act 1 inferno difficulty you need to have farmed a high-end hell difficulty drops, and obviously the developers don't have enough time to do that (notice how he specifically said dev team). The testers are probably capable of getting through it with enough time spent farming or by using debug cheats to equip themselves with inferno-level gear. And they would try not to use cheats since that wouldn't test the drop rates/farming process.
Please dont kill yourself Yoshi
9days 5h 10m to be precise - don't make it longer than it is ;-)
Well, yeah, that whining happens in just about every game. It honestly seems like it will be a game of gear checks to highly skilled players, though.
That just made me more sad because I know EXACTLY how long I need to wait. THANKS ALOT FREKI lol
No LAN party, only bnet. You can make private games in there.
krameriffic
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SC2 did not have serious server issues, so I don't expect D3 to.
Enrage timers are cheese-checks. A lot of Diablo bosses can be slowly whittled away by cheesy tactics that exploit stupid pathing and high player speed. Mephisto is the best example in D2. People would attack him from across the pit of blood with ranged attacks if they couldn't take him head on. Took forever, but it worked.
Yeah, there's been topics on the battle.net forums already about how they should make Inferno more 'accessible' so everyone can see it. It's worrying, but hopefully they stick to their guns.
GAF: Velocity
battle tag: Kreeze#1805
Region: North America (USA)
Class: Female Wizard
Figured I'd finally add my info to region and class. I had a really, really hard time deciding which class to start as. Once I get through normal I'm most likely going to make a WD or Monk and go through it again.
krameriffic
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I suspect reviewers don't have playable copies of the game because of its connection to an autonomous Battle.net. I don't think reviews will come until after the game's release.
SonicX_Zero
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GAF Name: SonicX_Zero
Battletag: SonicXZero#1385
Region: Asia
Class: Wizard
I've already decided on my class ever since they were announced and I hope I wont have to wait that long when the game arrives in our country.lol
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
._. we will see...
Really hoping this will hold true. I mean they made Inferno for the hardcore audience, why would they tune it down just to appeal to more people? But still, seeing some "balance changes" Blizzard's done in WoW to the places/events that were meant for hardcore audience I wouldn't be too surprised if they at some point watered it down. That would suck hard, hope they have some balls and stick with the plan to make it a bitch to get through and to actually keep that feeling of great achievement reserved only for the most dedicated Inferno players.
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