Who all is in for Diablo III at launch?

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07-03-2012, 09:07 PM
Trunks

I only had access to the game because I was a WoW Annual Pass holder. I let a payment lapse and all my accounts got shut off. From what I've read, my characters in D3 are gone, regardless if I re-instate my membership. Oh well. I hadn't played it for over a week anyway, and was already bored of it. I'm now playing Lineage 2 to tide me over until Guild Wars 2 comes out 8/25.
10-09-2012, 12:17 AM
Kung_Fu_Fighter

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Originally Posted by ImaNihilist

What is "off" about it is that it isn't Diablo 2. People said the same thing about StarCraft 2 when it came out. If you remember all the way back to the before time, people actually said the same thing about Diablo 2 because it was "too hard" and too much of a grind compared to Diablo.

I agree that there isn't really a hook to keep you playing past 60 with the same character. The game, as it shipped, was designed to give you an awesome experience with your friends from 1-60, then maybe try out a different class or two. And that's exactly what it does. That's why the Blacksmith, Jeweler and Stash carry over from character to character.

The motivation for the end game grind may come with the PvP patch. It may not. I tend to believe it will, because otherwise the RMAH is kind of silly. LA PvP system can easily make loot matter. The grind will seem worth it if there's a 1% chance you'll get an item that will let you dominate your opponent. People will grind for that, happily. We know that.

Personally, I'm not interested in an end game grind. That's what D2 was. That's what WoW is. If I want that experience, I'll go play WoW. I'd much rather have a NOX like experience that sits on top of Diablo 3 and lets me play with my own character. I'm probably in the minority here, but I freaking LOVED NOX and miss it so hard. A 4v4 CTF map for Diablo 3 would be awesome.

Loved NOX as well. Loving Diablo 3 so far. NOX is one of two or three games I have ever played all the way through with every option available, with NOX that would be playing through the game with all three characters. The only other game that comes to mind for me is F-Zero GX on the Gamecube. I beat all the difficulty levels on that one.
10-09-2012, 01:32 AM
Snakespy

I don't know if any of you have kept playing, but the 1.0.4 patch is awesome and worth checking out. Since that came out I've put a good 30 hours into my lvl 60 DH and still am not able to beat the game on inferno.
10-09-2012, 01:43 AM
Kung_Fu_Fighter

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Originally Posted by Snakespy

I don't know if any of you have kept playing, but the 1.0.4 patch is awesome and worth checking out. Since that came out I've put a good 30 hours into my lvl 60 DH and still am not able to beat the game on inferno.

What did they change to make the game better?
10-09-2012, 02:18 AM
Snakespy

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/7029...Live-8_21_2012

Paragon, more rares (LOTS more), legendary items are now actually legendary and a few other small little things they have changed. Of course, most of these little extras in the patch only count for level 60's. Like nephalem valor (think that was patch 1.0.3) But hey you can be power leveled real easy then play the crap of it on inferno. I do recommend doing a play through on normal at least once just to get the feel for it though otherwise you will feel rushed and not see the story since we just skip it.
10-09-2012, 09:38 AM
taggart6

D3 is pretty much dead to me at the moment. I find Torchlight 2 to be a better alternative. I regret picking D3 up.
10-09-2012, 11:57 AM
Kung_Fu_Fighter

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Originally Posted by Snakespy

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/7029...Live-8_21_2012

Paragon, more rares (LOTS more), legendary items are now actually legendary and a few other small little things they have changed. Of course, most of these little extras in the patch only count for level 60's. Like nephalem valor (think that was patch 1.0.3) But hey you can be power leveled real easy then play the crap of it on inferno. I do recommend doing a play through on normal at least once just to get the feel for it though otherwise you will feel rushed and not see the story since we just skip it.

Agreed.
10-10-2012, 02:06 PM
Rush

Haven't even logged onto bnet in 2 months. The game was a big disappointment for me. Maybe they'll get D4 right (in 2024).
10-10-2012, 03:15 PM
LiquidCrash

Yeah, I haven't logged in either. Torchlight 2 is holding my interest now for the "action rpg hack n' slash" genre. I was tempted to try out Mists of Pandaria, but have no interest in that either.
10-12-2012, 12:30 AM
Kung_Fu_Fighter

I downloaded Torchlight 2 the day before I picked up Diablo 3 and haven't touched Torchlight 2 since. I will definitely play the heck out of both of them but Diablo 3 has not been a let down for me.
10-12-2012, 12:40 AM
kpxgq

yeah i also regret paying the full $60 for D3 at launch.... hype wins again

all these blockbuster publishers pretty much make $$$ no matter what kind of turd they push out and we keep buying it while lots of great smaller devs go bankrupt... sad times
10-12-2012, 07:50 AM
fastitocalon

I can count on one hand the amount of full priced games I've bought in the last couple years. There are only a couple developers I trust to buy immediately.
10-12-2012, 02:22 PM
flutie98

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Originally Posted by Kung_Fu_Fighter

I downloaded Torchlight 2 the day before I picked up Diablo 3 and haven't touched Torchlight 2 since. I will definitely play the heck out of both of them but Diablo 3 has not been a let down for me.

Be glad you didnt play D3 on release day, week, or month. They have made alot of changes for the better but the early days just burned me so hard that I dont think I can pick it up again.
10-12-2012, 05:40 PM
ImaNihilist

I'm still waiting for PvP to drop. I think it could be interesting.

I'm not "waiting for it" the way people are who are grinding away for gear, but hoping that it might end up being like NOX, which I miss dearly. Probably not going to happen if it's 2v2, but if they can implement 4v4 or 8v8 I will put hours into this game like no tomorrow.

The two games I miss the most are by the same studio, NOX and Red Alert. Westwood made amazing multiplayer experiences. RIP.
10-12-2012, 07:37 PM
kpxgq

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Originally Posted by fastitocalon

I can count on one hand the amount of full priced games I've bought in the last couple years. There are only a couple developers I trust to buy immediately.

well, blizzard was a part of the group of "trusted devs" for me until D3
10-13-2012, 01:25 PM
dyne

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Originally Posted by kpxgq

well, blizzard was a part of the group of "trusted devs" for me until D3

Same here. The only other devs that gets my money day one currently are Naughty Dog, Double Fine and Telltale (when it's an IP I love). I've had The Last of Us preordered for some time,got The Walking Dead and BttF day one as well as all of Double Fine's "mini" projects (and before that Brutal Legend was a letdown simply because of the tacked on strategy that had no place in the game). I wish I had the time to get into Torchlight 2. I've heard the character progression isspectacular. I loved the 1st and will get it eventually, it's just that my backlog is too damn big atm.
10-13-2012, 04:56 PM
fastitocalon

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Originally Posted by dyne

Same here. The only other devs that gets my money day one currently are Naughty Dog, Double Fine and Telltale (when it's an IP I love). I've had The Last of Us preordered for some time,got The Walking Dead and BttF day one as well as all of Double Fine's "mini" projects (and before that Brutal Legend was a letdown simply because of the tacked on strategy that had no place in the game). I wish I had the time to get into Torchlight 2. I've heard the character progression isspectacular. I loved the 1st and will get it eventually, it's just that my backlog is too damn big atm.

I really liked Torchlight 2 but I would not classify any part of that game "spectacular".
10-14-2012, 10:59 AM
Kung_Fu_Fighter

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Originally Posted by flutie98

Be glad you didnt play D3 on release day, week, or month. They have made alot of changes for the better but the early days just burned me so hard that I dont think I can pick it up again.

That's a bummer. What else besides the drops did they change?
05-17-2013, 01:05 AM
Snakespy

Lots of new changes in the last couple months. After a year it is truly fun to play!
05-17-2013, 02:49 AM
Wurm

Currently on pay-through 5 on Torchlight 2, taking a break from it.

Playing the heck out of Titan's Quest Immortal Throne ATM, received vanilla with the THQ Humble Bundle and liked it so much I bought Immortal Throne for it on steam.

I'll pick up Diablo 3 up someday.
05-17-2013, 07:41 AM
James

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Originally Posted by Wurm

Currently on pay-through 5 on Torchlight 2, taking a break from it.

Playing the heck out of Titan's Quest Immortal Throne ATM, received vanilla with the THQ Humble Bundle and liked it so much I bought Immortal Throne for it on steam.

I'll pick up Diablo 3 up someday.

Speaking of Vanilla.... Wurm, do you modify the drop rates or are you playing it "clean"? I remember a lot of discussion here about the fact that the drops were horribly skewed towards junk. A lot of people used the defiler game mod if I remember right. (I was one of them after reading the thread.)
05-17-2013, 11:59 AM
Wurm

Defiler all the way baby!

But even without it in the beginning I was getting nice loot as I went along, it made me feel as I was never overpowered and had to work for it.

With defiler I got rid of broken and normal weapons so no more huge piles of rust waiting to happen everywhere I go, but since the mobs actually use the items they drop, the monsters seem to hit harder since they now all use yellow weapons at a minimum.
05-17-2013, 12:01 PM
Wurm

I'd also liked SACRED back in the day, hack and slash is good mindless fun.
05-17-2013, 03:43 PM
kpxgq

nostalagia is a hell of a drug... i bet millions of fans would buy system shock 3 or chrono trigger 2 even if they ended up being terrible games
05-17-2013, 04:11 PM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by kpxgq

nostalagia is a hell of a drug... i bet millions of fans would buy system shock 3 or chrono trigger 2 even if they ended up being terrible games

I think you put this in the wrong thread, but Chrono Trigger 2 is already a thing! I did not like it, but I do love the soundtrack.

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