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On the bright side, while D3 isn't the greatest game I've ever played, I'm not disappointed. I'm still playing 2-3 hours a day right now, enjoying the way the Demon Hunter feels, and I've gotten more than 70 hours of game time out of it.
There is a lot of missed opportunity in the game though, especially when I look back and see all the cool things that D2 had than could have been in D3.
LordofHats wrote:On the bright side, while D3 isn't the greatest game I've ever played, I'm not disappointed. I'm still playing 2-3 hours a day right now, enjoying the way the Demon Hunter feels, and I've gotten more than 70 hours of game time out of it.
There is a lot of missed opportunity in the game though, especially when I look back and see all the cool things that D2 had than could have been in D3.
*cough* necromancer *cough*
Emperors Faithful wrote:
metallifan wrote:Maybe it's not the ROFLSTOMP that Americans are used to...
I'm not sure what everybody was expecting but D3 is exactly what I thought it would be, if not a little better. Plus there are always expansions to look forward to.
Does anybody else remember the absurdly dramatic difference the LoD expansion made for D2? The game was bland and mediocre until LoD came along. Try it if you think I'm exaggerating. You don't realize how much it added until you try going back.
For D3 I'm picturing an expansion of equal promise, but a little different. The question is, how do they add content when there's no reason to start the same class over?... They raise the level cap and add more Acts, is my first guess, and then give you new classes to level up through any new 1-60 content.
It would be nice to see a realtime day-night system, and maybe some weather, among other polish.
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Archonate wrote:I'm not sure what everybody was expecting but D3 is exactly what I thought it would be, if not a little better. Plus there are always expansions to look forward to.
Does anybody else remember the absurdly dramatic difference the LoD expansion made for D2? The game was bland and mediocre until LoD came along. Try it if you think I'm exaggerating. You don't realize how much it added until you try going back.
For D3 I'm picturing an expansion of equal promise, but a little different. The question is, how do they add content when there's no reason to start the same class over?... They raise the level cap and add more Acts, is my first guess, and then give you new classes to level up through any new 1-60 content.
It would be nice to see a realtime day-night system, and maybe some weather, among other polish.
Id be ecstatic with a expansion like that, maybe even add in a few things (if they are not allready in the game) along the line of those "organ" runs to get the hellfire torches, heck even add in socketable runes for runewords!
The sequel should build off the games before it. While I'm not going to turn my nose to Blizz adding in cool stuff, I'm still going to ask why some things weren't there in the first place.
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LordofHats wrote:The sequel should build off the games before it. While I'm not going to turn my nose to Blizz adding in cool stuff, I'm still going to ask why some things weren't there in the first place.
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Thank was quite fun to listen to. Keep it up.
Though if ye haven't found it already I would recommend ye play with Elective mode, that way ye can put your skills in any slot you want.
Though it makes less of a difference on early levels.
Church: So it is a sword, It just happens to function like a key in very specific situations.
Caboose: Or it's a key all the time, and when you stick it in people, it unlocks their death.
LordofHats wrote:The sequel should build off the games before it. While I'm not going to turn my nose to Blizz adding in cool stuff, I'm still going to ask why some things weren't there in the first place.
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That was pretty good though I did shake my head in disappointment when you mentioned you liked Azula, worst character in that show...of course I totally named my wizard Azula in the beta...
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
She was kinda of a Villain Sue (I think that's the term) she was a bad girl with like no weaknesses. A child prodigy who was practically a master bender, always calm and cool, easily outplays the earth kingdom minister (the guys with stone fists can't remember the name), hell she pretty much conqeuered the capital on her own and is a better general than the grizzled fire nations vets.
Then suddenly we she was like "lol I'm actually crazy" and so the heroes win. Sure she was unhinged but it was always the flippant, apathetic, socipoath way, not the "mommy never loved" me way, until the end of the show where she suddenly loses it. I will admit I did like the way they handled her relationship Ozai.
I think it would have been cooler if the heroes defetaed her on their own terms rather getting lucky with the whole psychosis thing. Like if Zuko, having learned the true nature of fire from the dragons, uses positive energy to defeat Azulas hate-based bending. That way Zuko actually has grown a bit more and fire bending gets fleshed out. Sure it's essentially using love/creation to beat hate/destrction, but I'm sure the writers could make a non cheesey version of that..
OK done derailing with Avatar stuff and now I'm off to watch some Korra
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
Perkustin wrote:Next up, infinity ward seem to be doing just fine 3 is unaminously lauded as the strongest of the 3 in the competitve/co-operative multiplayer department and the story is widely regarded as superior to 2.
Because MW2 was rushed out the doors by Activision so fast that it almost caught fire from all the air friction?
Perkustin wrote:So yeah scratch that one out, those weiners that left really were just insobordinate douchebags.
Yeah, I mean, those millions of dollars ActiBlizz owes them are pennies, right? No reason to make a fuss. Or the hacking of private emails or digging up dirt on your own employees. I think you might have a skewed perception of who is the douchebag in this case.
The unpaid royalties are another, unresolved, matter, they were fired for breach of contract. They were fired for being 'self serving schemers' . So forgive me if i am not sympathetic. Hacking emails is ermm..... ILLEGAL, so i'll assume thats a typo. Also you are underplaying the amazing work of the decimated remains of infinity ward and the freshman sledgehammer games, they overdelivered in a shorter time scale than IF did for 2.
Mary Sue wrote: Perkustin is even more awesome than me!
Perkustin wrote:The unpaid royalties are another, unresolved, matter, they were fired for breach of contract. They were fired for being 'self serving schemers' .
Without being paid. I know which of those two is the greater offense.
Perkustin wrote:So forgive me if i am not sympathetic. Hacking emails is ermm..... ILLEGAL, so i'll assume thats a typo.
Perkustin wrote:The unpaid royalties are another, unresolved, matter, they were fired for breach of contract. They were fired for being 'self serving schemers' . So forgive me if i am not sympathetic. Hacking emails is ermm..... ILLEGAL, so i'll assume thats a typo. Also you are underplaying the amazing work of the decimated remains of infinity ward and the freshman sledgehammer games, they overdelivered in a shorter time scale than IF did for 2.
Its now apparent that West and Zampala never breached their contract. Activision spent the months following MW2's releases spying on them looking for ways to fire them, cause well, if nothing else they are douche bags. But at the end of the day Activision has lied through its teeth about them breaching their contract.
LordofHats wrote:The sequel should build off the games before it. While I'm not going to turn my nose to Blizz adding in cool stuff, I'm still going to ask why some things weren't there in the first place.
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Nice
Plus everyone we should have a dakka diablo walkthrough
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
LordofHats wrote:The sequel should build off the games before it. While I'm not going to turn my nose to Blizz adding in cool stuff, I'm still going to ask why some things weren't there in the first place.
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Nice
Plus everyone we should have a dakka diablo walkthrough
Id be down to help with that! I can get a buddy to help me jery rig my headset to the computer so i can speak and not type n die. I am only in nightmare act3 (jsut raised the catapults) though so i cant help with a hell or inferno walkthrew just yet
I was getting sick of all the dummies in ME3 this weekend, so I finally caved and downloaded D3. I spent my whole memorial day playing it and most of sunday too. Currently a level 20 demon hunter, just starting act 2
Not to give any spoilers here, but does anyone else think that diablo looked a tad bit like the Alien queen that ripley killed?
I also think that they are leaving/making room for expansion.. wirt's bell and some of the other unsellable items lead me to think so...what are those items' point otherwise?
going to the Blizzard forums during patch days make me appreciate Dakka a whole lot more
on a more related note:
I REALLY like Diablo 3. At least gameplay wise. It distilled everything i like about Diablo (killing mobs) and streamlined the stuff i didnt enjoy (worrying about stats)
I tend to have option paralysis and the new system works for me. and I like being able to try different builds every play time
i thought the always online requirement would bother me because i dont have top of the line broadband but it rarely is an issue as i realize im always online anyway.
Hey, I just met you,
and this is crazy,
but I'm a demon,
possess you, maybe?
I'm loving the game so far, but my only really complaint is the online play thing. I don't always want to play online, and what if I have my laptop and I want to play somewhere where there's no wifii? why should I have to be online to play a single player game? Well, I know why, but it shouldn't be that way.
case in point. I wanted to play last night, but the servers were down so I couldn't play. I had no intentions of playing the game with anyone but myself, but I still wasn't allowed until later that night when the servers were fixed. Just shouldn't be that way...
Maybe I'm just too old fashioned. Back in my day, for copy protection you had to break out your games rulebook and find the 5th word in the 3rd paragraph on page 32, instead of this newfangled interweb crap.
Ensis Ferrae wrote:I also think that they are leaving/making room for expansion.. wirt's bell and some of the other unsellable items lead me to think so...what are those items' point otherwise?
Wirt's bell is a component in the Staff of Herding, which is used to gain access to the secret pony level. If you want to know more, just google "how to find the secret pony level Diablo 3" and there will be several guides.
Ensis Ferrae wrote:Not to give any spoilers here, but does anyone else think that diablo looked a tad bit like the Alien queen that ripley killed?
I also think that they are leaving/making room for expansion.. wirt's bell and some of the other unsellable items lead me to think so...what are those items' point otherwise?
same as Diablo 2...seems theyre following the progression
Hated the D2 desert...will I hate the D3 desert as well?
answer: YES. Goddamn leaping lizardmen.
Just like d2, I HATE the second act of d3. The part where you're looking for homeboys blood seems to always take a little longer than forever. I don't mind the first act, no matter how badly they abused the cathedral template, the third is by far my favorite, what with the pretty visuals and the interactive quests, and act 4 is just kind of...meh. Not bad, not good, but all of my hate belong to act 2.
Blizzard repeated d2 in d3 in more than a few ways, and suffice to say I found the story to suck, and the only cinema worth a damn was the one at the end of act 1, but even that needed far more action in it.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
So, I'm leveling up stuff like jewelcraft.. and now it's saying I have to find pages from some dumb manual to get to the next level .. never ever saw anything like that. Will smithing be the same way? Is that like super rare stuff that you only see at high levels? I'm around 30 now. Do you have to play on the hardest mode to find the bestest stuff?
So, I have to play again through nightmare for pages, then again through hell for the book, then again inferno for tomes? Or would a tome be able to upgrade the levels under it?
I think all thats left to go wrong with the D3 launch now is for D3 to cause hardware failures, just about everything else has already happened.
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RegalPhantom wrote: If your fluff doesn't fit, change your fluff until it does
The prefect example of someone missing the point.
Do not underestimate the Squats. They survived for millenia cut off from the Imperium and assailed on all sides. Their determination and resilience is an example to us all.
-Leman Russ, Meditations on Imperial Command book XVI (AKA the RT era White Dwarf Commpendium).
Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
Warzone Plog
By the time they scream... It's too late. 
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
3 is unaminously lauded as the strongest of the 3 in the competitve/co-operative multiplayer department and the story is widely regarded as superior to 2. 
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