Because information doesn't translate into having the mechanical ability to do something.
Points one, three and four are all applicable to Diablo 2. Define "more aggressive".
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Diablo 3 Open Beta starting this weekend
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Doctor's skills are terrific! Upgraed spiders on a jar are hilariously useful as they actually jump from one victing to the next if the target dies, the bats are great for straight damage and the aoe snare / dot gives you total field control. The doggies are a little underwhelming on the damage department tho =/
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I don't feel like spiders were stronger that the splinter Poison Dart.
All I used was poison dart and bats. I didn't even use the runed Bats because it became useless if I did. They really don't have enough early spells to interact with the summons.
But everything you post is framed by the fact that you haven't played it. Also, having to farm more to progress to the next difficulty doesn't make the game more difficult, it just makes it slower for hardcore players.
Ah I see - With 6 skills I think it will take time to get off perfect combos. Just like getting perfect centered frozen orbs on bosses in D2 for example.
-faster
-chase you for a longer time
-attack more often
-aggro earlier
you can hear Jay Wilson on this topic at the 40minute mark here
I think the difference between the both of us is that for you difficulty is only skill based - for me theres also the aspect of something being difficult because I'm underfarmed.
You probably can make up for some gear by being skilled - avoiding mob attacks by reading tells for example (the "bulls" in the area after the beta give you some hint that you should move out of the way for example). But there will always be a gear check - you won't survive nm naked - period - that's one of the points of a lootwhore game like diablo.
I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.
That stuff certainly has the potential to make the game more difficult than it is on normal (a statement that I do not doubt is true) but it still doesn't speak to the difficulty of the game itself. I cannot over-emphasize how much I only responded to that poster because I thought he had actually played the game on a harder difficulty.
You're right about the lootwhore stuff though, and that's always going to be a more important component in a game like Diablo than the actual executional difficulty involved in playing the game. But I'm not worried about that.
EDIT: Some of these points are silly. 70% of the items don't show up past normal? Well duh.
Also, it's funny to me that Jay Wilson doesn't know what an Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac is.
That stuff certainly has the potential to make the game more difficult than it is on normal (a statement that I do not doubt is true) but it still doesn't speak to the difficulty of the game itself. I cannot over-emphasize how much I only responded to that poster because I thought he had actually played the game on a harder difficulty.
You're right about the lootwhore stuff though, and that's always going to be a more important component in a game like Diablo than the actual executional difficulty involved in playing the game. But I'm not worried about that.
EDIT: Some of these points are silly. 70% of the items don't show up past normal? Well duh.
Also, it's funny to me that Jay Wilson doesn't know what an Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac is.
I'm not - how do you get this impression?
they don't show up until past normal - which makes sense as normal is 25% of the game
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Could be, could be.
To be honest, I enjoy crafty playstyles like the d2 necro. So yeah, I was bound to enjoy the witch doctor.
I installed the beta mid Saturday, after originally not being interested. I figured, why the hell not?
I log in, servers are down.
I try again 1/2 hr later, servers are down.
I lose interest, again, and don't try to log in for the rest of Sat or all of Sun...I guess I should uninstall this waste of space?
edit: Hot damn! I love quick uninstallers. That took less than a second!
I log in, servers are down.
I try again 1/2 hr later, servers are down.
I lose interest, again, and don't try to log in for the rest of Sat or all of Sun...I guess I should uninstall this waste of space?
edit: Hot damn! I love quick uninstallers. That took less than a second!
speaking of waste of space!
Wow, really? That's kind of lame - there's really no encouragement to switch out your skills if you're going to lose a buff at end game.
EDIT: Ok, apparently only kicks in at Level 60. I can deal with that.
http://www.gamezone.com/products/di...details-diablo-3-end-game-nephalem-valor-buff
Half the fun is switching out skills, so I'm glad that the game won't penalize you for this (at least initially).
That's the exactly what they're going for. They want to encourage you to stick to one build.
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?
Then they've succeeded.
EdibleExplosives
Member
I was expecting to hate the beta, but I actually really enjoyed it. Almost everything I'd seen and heard about the game had completely put me off.
JohnnytheFuture
Member
I post this badboy often in the main beta thread, I think CarbonatedFalcon said he would put it in the DIII |OT|
I'm up to play anytime: IceMarker#1172
Please add me!
JohnnyFuture#1637
JohnnytheFuture
Japan
Barbarian
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?
Obviously ♥ 98 jav, 97 hammer (dead), 92 frost (dead), all on hardcore in D2. Will be going for hardcore as soon as my "main" gets to 60 and starts getting geared.
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?
Ffffffuck man. That sucks.
On any character there are four difficulties: Normal, Nightmare, Hell, Inferno. Think of them as a newgame+. When you beat normal you advance to Nightmare where the game becomes magnitudes more difficult.
In addition to these difficulties you can also select hardcore mode, where yes, your character becomes an unplayable ghost upon death (basically deleted). There is no real money AH for hardcore characters (only in-game currency) and hardcore and normal characters can not trade or play with one another.
FieryBalrog
Member
No. This is how it works.
"regular"- your character can come back to life as normal. RMAH exists.
"hardcore"- your character has only one life, once you die, it's dead forever. No RMAH.
No matter which type of character you make, regular or hardcore, you progress through the game doing normal difficulty first, then nightmare, then hell, and inferno is the end-game.
Anyone have a screenshot of an unidentified item? I keep trying to remember, but I dont recall finding any at all throughout my playtime in the beta.
It was only rares (yellow item quality).
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
I like the idea of rares being better than uniques/sets, if you get the correct permutations for the item. I never went hardcore in diablo 2, but no RMAH? hell yea, I'm definitely thinkin about it.
neoism
Member
I figured about hardcore not being able to play with Normal. I don't know how some of you guys do it. If one of my character died I would go insane thinking of all that time wasted. Glad you can use your character from easier difficulties though No Hardcore for me.
neoism
Member
jesus no wonder you guys played D2 for so long. I played it a few years ago. don't thing I got past Act 1 though. I guess the BOSS equipment is on Inferno hum.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Act 1 normal difficulty? You barely scratched the surface of the game, dude. Think of the tip of an iceburg; act 1 normal is pretty much the foreskin of the tip of that iceberg.
Wickerbasket
Member
I'm still able to log in and play. Says there are 1000 people on the end quest.logging in to find the open beta closes was the saddest thing.
Oh well, this beta did it's job though, blizzard ironed out some issues and I per-ordered their game.
Yep I was devastated to be rejected this morning and told I don't have a licence to play the beta
I don't want to go back to my extensive backlog!Wickerbasket
Member
I got all the achievements over the beta weekend so there's not much more I want to do with the beta, played every character to max. I just want the game to come out already so I can play more of it.Yep I was devastated to be rejected this morning and told I don't have a licence to play the beta
I had 1 each of the characters each levelled to 13 as well, no idea about achievements though - fuck them lol.
I just needed my fix, man *gets shakes*.
theinfinityissue
Member
Eh, I really wish I was still in the beta. There was some more stuff I never got around to doing, especially the lvl 10+ Witch Doctor stuff. Still got a couple dota 2 keys to trade for diablo 3 keys, but I guess I should probably just accept defeat this close to the finish line.
krameriffic
Member
The D3 beta does not have keys, it just shows up in your account when you get it. Someone would have to give you access to a B.net account, which is both against their TOS and risky for a player to do.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
The weekend was enough for me; game was too darn easy to keep playing over and over. Don't know how some of you in the closed beta did it.
In other news, thousandth post
In other news, thousandth post
Torchlight is significantly shorter, though closer to D2. Titanquest isn't as replayable imo, but it's longer and it's satisfying for sure the first time.
It's over, unless you're actually IN closed beta, the open one is done.
kever0nicas
Member
Weekend beta is over. Only people that got a beta invite from Blizzard can continue to play.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
TQ:IT is a fantastic game.
AndersTheSwede
Member
Synless
Member
Shit!
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
I don't think what we were allowed to play really gives the player enough of a challenge to really worry about a HC character. With that said I think I'll attempt a HC secondary character in the retail. The thought of making a HC character my primary and losing them after 80 or so hours of gameplay is scary.
All of the excitement from hardcore stems from the fact that you can lose all of your stuff at any time. If that doesn't do anything for you, then don't bother.
I can't really imagine playing softcore Diablo anymore, personally. It's just not as exciting.
Same! Having recently completed Torchlight I can vouch for it, however I doubt that I could go back and play it ow after that brief taste of D3.
I see TQ is only $15 for gold edition on steam (not sure of gog/gamers gate etc), but I'm thinking of going that way.
Or finally finishing Sacred 2.
Damn, I need my fix!
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