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Diablo 3 Beta [Beta withdrawal underway!]
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I'm more worried about the netcode. I've yet to play a co-op instance that wasn't somewhat laggy.
Well that's probably the major reason they're holding an open beta, so I imagine it'll be fine on launch day.
Quick question for anyone with a general computer knowledge. Technically my laptop doesnt meet the minimum requirements of the game. the graphics card fails the canyourunit website test. and even the game gave me that message. But it runs. not amazingly but its playable for sure. i went through the first 2 quests or so and things are (relatively) smooth.
I should be ok, right?
I should be ok, right?
Wickerbasket
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They had an open beta for WoW and the launch day was still a nightmare. I'm crossing my fingers but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Other than the occasional lag in coop, I'm really enjoying what they gave us. Wish they'd given a bit more but that's just me being greedy.
Talent/skill specs haven't been in the game for years, they were basically replaced by runes and passive skills.
About what it's like with my HP ATI integrated 6480 graphics laptop, framerate gets a little choppy but i can play it.
The new system is better and has been known about for a long time now. Where have you been, under a rock? o_o
Hah, I'm in the same boat. I was kind of frantically searching around the beta wondering why I couldn't assign skill points or stat points. I'm really sad to see those things go
I could take a new skill system, but not being able to put in stats really, really bums me out...I guess I have been under a rock or something. I vaguely remember reading something about them changing the skill system, but I was trying not to read too much on D3, because I wanted things to be more fresh and I really didn't want to hype myself up too much without knowing when the hell the game was going to be released.
Anyway, is there a link to something explaining the new system a bit better?
Let's just say that they must have acquired some experience over the past 10 years.
It's part of the lore. You're the same barbarian as the one from the second game
MagicWithEarvin
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Battletag: earvcunanan#1676
Location: US
Class: Monk
Add meh!
Location: US
Class: Monk
Add meh!
Gaf, this game is absolutely incredible. I'm reliving Torchlight all over again, but this time it's even better!
I played DII for just a little bit a few years ago after Torchlight, but it didn't click too much for some reason. This game, however, is really sticking with me.
I played DII for just a little bit a few years ago after Torchlight, but it didn't click too much for some reason. This game, however, is really sticking with me.
Same here, downloading at 5.3kb/s now. Not sure I'll get any playing time in this weekend if this doesn't change
Diablo 3 Tech ProblemsSame here, downloading at 5.3kb/s now. Not sure I'll get any playing time in this weekend if this doesn't change
Try this and see if it makes a difference. It looks like it does for some people.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Oy, glad people are getting silly questions out of the way now with the open beta weekend. The beta has tech issues, no doubt. Again, hopefully it's much better optimized for the retail release, as I really want to avoid having an excessive amount of tech support questions shitting up the OT. There might be a separate thread made for that regardless, as there has been for some other games (Skyrim, I know for one.)
Your tips solve my situation, now its installing, thanks!
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Something weird happened... I was excited about this all day after hearing about the open beta. Downloaded it this morning and I booted it up immediately after coming home from work. But after an hour and getting level 5 on my Monk... I'm really not feeling it. It was just kind of boring, so I logged out.
Maybe I need to approach it fresh or something. I'll definitely give it another try as a different class tomorrow.
Maybe I need to approach it fresh or something. I'll definitely give it another try as a different class tomorrow.
Hah, I'm in the same boat. I was kind of frantically searching around the beta wondering why I couldn't assign skill points or stat points. I'm really sad to see those things go
I guess I have been under a rock or something. I vaguely remember reading something about them changing the skill system, but I was trying not to read too much on D3, because I wanted things to be more fresh and I really didn't want to hype myself up too much without knowing when the hell the game was going to be released.
Anyway, is there a link to something explaining the new system a bit better?
The basics are that every character of a certain class, at a certain level, is on equal standing with someone in that same class at that same level. The differences between characters will come from what runes they equip (everyone has the same choices at any given level), what spells they use, and what kit they have equipped.
I'm not that bummed about the loss of being able to assign individual stat points, but not being able to level up only the spells I like is kind of annoying. It works fine in practice though.
scorpscarx
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My god, thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much for that sharpen/darken mod link (from the open beta thread), I can't play the default game anymore at all.
It improves it soo much for my eyes it's not even funny.
Now to remove the highlighted monster edges and I'm golden, btw anyway to do this?
It improves it soo much for my eyes it's not even funny.
Now to remove the highlighted monster edges and I'm golden, btw anyway to do this?
Ew.... I really really don't like that at all. Probably the biggest reason I loved Diablo 2 was the feeling that my character was completely and utterly unique. No other character out there was like what I did. It also helps that in no way did I ever follow the normal "builds" that a lot of others did. I always made my characters really unique. That really sucks that they took a large chunk of the customization out.
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bearythebear
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Yup, it plays like Diablo. The graphics are kinda disappointing though. Dota 2 does the whole "painted background" thing way better, and the polygon count on models seems low.
Blizzard to balance the skills/class
Balance PVP. There'd be no way for someone that didn't plan their build ahead to compete with the people that had.
This too.
I also had the same problem and what fixed it for me was setting the Compatibility for both the Beta setup exe and Agent.exe to Windows XP SP 3. Shrug.
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Deleted member 17706
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PVP, huh? That's one of the focuses of this game?
I may be cancelling my preorder if that's so...
it's not pvp focused, also there is still customizations. The runes you choose for your skills make them unique.
It's not at launch, but PVP is what keeps a game like this going. There's no point in getting high level loot if all it does is make getting more loot easier.
(I realize there are loot whores, and I do love dungeon crawling, but you can only run Baal/Diablo/etc so many times)
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Didn't have any problems thoroughly enjoying Diablo and Diablo 2. Did anyone play those games for PvP? Man... I feel like I really should have read more about Diablo 3 before now.
robotzombie
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Anyone else get crazy lag every step they take? I'm hoping its not something to do with my computer/graphics card...
Edit: maybe it was because I started playing when it was at 92% and not fully optimized?
Edit: maybe it was because I started playing when it was at 92% and not fully optimized?
DimmuBurgerKing
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Had a blast as Barbarian earlier today. Very stoked about the game proper, especially when it comes to co-op with some RL buddies. Hopefully we can all be online at the same time at some point this weekend.
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