Who all is in for Diablo III at launch?

[Trunks]

My release day shipping order hasn't yet shipped from Amazon, but it still shows the estimated arrival date as tomorrow. I guess we'll see what happens.

Kind of a misleading graphic. 25 of those rows on the right look awfully similar to each other, so without having played the Beta myself it looks like each of those are really the same skill but with progressions in power. Seems cheap to count them all as individual.

30 total skills on the left, and if you count each of those similar rows on the right as one skill + progressions you can add the 15 or so dissimilar ones on the bottom rows and you only get about 40 for D3. D3 still comes out on top, but not really all that big of a difference IMO.

No, that graphic is accurate. Each skill has I believe 5 runes that you can apply to it that change the effect of the skill (ie. skill modifier). There are no increasing levels of skills, only additional modifiers that you unlock as you progress.

[Kamakazie]

Due to me being in Korea, and Korea pretty much being a massively huge market for Blizzard I get to play D3 hours before the rest of the world

Awaiting the install to finish

Installs are active right now, but I thought I read that US gets to play first.

[ImaNihilist]

30 total skills on the left, and if you count each of those similar rows on the right as one skill + progressions you can add the 15 or so dissimilar ones on the bottom rows and you only get about 40 for D3. D3 still comes out on top, but not really all that big of a difference IMO.

Feels like a huge difference to me. The runes make a pretty big difference in how the spell actually works. A lot more so than throwing 5 stat points into STR might.

The other thing to keep in mind is that with D2, most of the early spells were useless beyond a certain level. Everything in D3 is supposed to have a place later on. And while there will no doubt be "optimal" builds, you'll still be able to create unique characters. I suspect there will be some really interesting combinations in small team PvP.

[proxops-pete]

I got UPS shipped notification e-mail from Newegg just now!!!

[flutie98]

I got UPS shipped notification e-mail from Newegg just now!!!

Me too! Mine shipped from NJ so I have a decent chance of getting it tomorrow.

[monroeski]

My Amazon order just switched to shipped as well.

[Nik00117]

Installs are active right now, but I thought I read that US gets to play first.

Nope, although I didn't get to play since I had the US region locked verison of the game my friend who bought the Korean edition did.

[Trunks]

Apparently in Asia, all of the people who digitally pre-ordered had/are having issues logging in. For some reason, they system didn't activate any of the accounts used to purchase the game digitally. I hope that doesn't happen here.

[monroeski]

Excited for Tuesday. Picking up some Rogue Chocolate Stout and playing Diablo III all day. Epic fun times. Also have an Abita Party Pack sitting in my fridge, but I think most of it will be gone by Sunday.

Didn't see this post originally, but I saw your picture on Facebook and I approve of your beer choices.

[Nik00117]

http://www.koreaherald.com/national/...20120515000795

See, some Koreans have already beat the game we have true gaming fanatics here. A guy I played BF3 with was texting me all night long on how awesome D3 is, he called in sick to work and is still playing 11 hours after launch. (it's 1 PM and he's been up since 6 AM the previous day)

[kpxgq]

i just read about aimee copeland and decided to spend the $50 i was saving for d3 to help with her medical finances.. ill probably buy it eventually but the story was pretty much on my mind all day and i wouldnt be able to enjoy any games

[proxops-pete]

i just read about aimee copeland and decided to spend the $50 i was saving for d3 to help with her medical finances.. ill probably buy it eventually but the story was pretty much on my mind all day and i wouldnt be able to enjoy any games

That is very honorable and kind of you... did not know of her story till you brought it up... I'm now glad the game won't get here till Thursday...

[[PinPals]Apu]

My CE is out for delivery, should be waiting for me when I get home from work. Hopefully they have the server/login issues resolved so I can play tonite.

On a side note, I've found it humorous at all the people who took off work and are whining that they can't play because of server issues or haven't gotten their copy delivered yet. Who still takes off work to play a game? Not only are you paying $60-$100 bucks for the game, but you're also giving up a full days pay or a vacation/sick day. I realize people are excited to finally play but come on, the game isn't going anywhere.

[Nik00117]

I put 4 hrs into the game tonight and I can honestly say it's a good game

[ImaNihilist]

I'm probably going to buy it tonight, although I doubt I'll be able to play on this MacBook. It was kind of a slideshow during the beta, even on all lowest settings.