Loaded up a save in single player, my now level 35 amazon. Playing on lan with my little bro with his werewolf focus druid. His druid is a beast :| He was an act behind me, and yet 3 levels ahead of me because he's been playing most of the game on players 8 no worries. He has about 1000000% lifesteal so as long as he keeps hitting nothing takes him out and then he has high level wolves to keep them busy if he does need to back off for a moment.

i signed up for a battlenet and yes i have lod and d2 in there and i can download the client...big download though :)

reason i did it was to optin to the beta testing :p

D3 needs moar Baldur's Gate.

when you say optin to beta testig are you talking about d3 beta testing??

Yes

10Char!

And Starcraft 2

damn im going to have to read a bit more into this, i would be very interested but im gueesing its going to be extremely hard to beta test. Be like wining the tatslotto?

Bashiok, Blizzard's D3 Community guy had a quick word about loading screens in D3

There aren't any loading screens. Personally I think it's amazing and I don't understand the magic the programmers have worked, but the game is instant or near instant. The same is true for initial game load. Start up the game, create a character, click a button and the game world shows up. No waiting and no real discernible pause. Mileage may vary slightly of course, but it would (from what I've seen) be in the realm of a second or two second pause at most.

thats cool

Want NOW

Edit: After going through and looking at some new stuff, ive seen that they arent implimenting lan with D3, just as with SC2

this.... annoys me

ive got adsl, so im in alot better possion than others, but the thing with blizzard is that their servers are all located outside australia. This means that we will be playing with a ping of 250ms at BEST....

this is a touch of serious fail from blizzard, and i will be looking forward to the point in time when someone hacks this so that point to point and lan games can be played without logging into a 250ms away server.

Blizzard still haven't confirmed (for either D3 or SC2) that players won't be able to host servers themselves. All they've said is that direct LAN play (ie no internet access) isn't planned/supported. I'll be annoyed if it turns out that I have to play on US servers, yes. But if it turns out that I just have to sign on to Battle.net before starting my server, then I won't care. Also hoping for the chance to host dedicated SC2/D3 servers, my server is bored :)

Hopefully (big, big hope) they'll talk to a provider in australia ie Internode, Bigpond (No i don't wanna hear anything whinging about them) to setup an Oceanic cluster :weirdo:


Highly unlikely, but you never know

Ah to live in a perfect world. :p

wow thats quite crappy, if they dont have a server located in our around australia i will most likely not be paying for the game... playing games with 500+ latency is just retarded

Sounds like a few of you havent played diablo 2 exp??

As we already had to put up with these crappy pings in D2..

I use to PVP all the time, these american teleport in .01ms and your there chasing them teleporting at 0.9ms.

I would be teleporting around, THEN all of a sudden i die... i go to pick up my body and i had died at least 5 teleports away from where i actaully was on my screen....

But i know there not going to look after us, as our population is so small, why would the bother?? and even with our small population , how many people are actaully going to be playing D3 or even know how good it is!!!

yeh i played d2/exp back in the day, i dont play any games these days online that dont at least have an australian server the delay royally p's me off, i'll play the games single player/ lan but not online, but yes lan for d3 is a different question.

ok without reading the 40+ pages whats the latest on this title, i check the Website every few months and nothings changes, me and my mate at work blew our load when the wizard was added then she all went quiet for like 6 months!

Any news?

I'd be hell happy with 0.9ms ping!
(I think you have your milliseconds and seconds confused)

theres also http://www.blizzplanet.com/ and http://www.diablofans.com/

They won't announce anything til Blizzcon, which is soon :)

I wonder if they'll announce anything to do with the new trademark of 'Cataclysm' that blizzard got recently.

hehe na i was talking about pings when i said that, i was talking about how quick teleporting should be.

offline as soon as you teleport you character teleports instantly(with a blink of an eye) but on battlenet US West it was that laggy that when u teleport your guy wouldnt move there instantly.

offline .1ms basically instantly

Usa servers .9ms + to actaully see your guy teleport.. you know somethings wrong when a barbarian can run faster then you can teleport:upset:

This man is correct, you have your numbers mixed up reliancex.

If you had a 0.9ms delay you wouldn't be complaining in this thread.

i believe that instead of talking about 0.9ms, you are in fact talking about 0.9s (seconds), as in a 900ms ping. a 0.9ms ping would be 0.0009 seconds.... which is rather fast.

to give you an idea of lag. generally, when you would connect to a server you sit a couple of hundred clicks from, you would connect at around 50ms, or 0.05 of a second.

I cant bloody wait!!!!!

Put us out of misery

If they force multi players at LAN to go through the one internet connection, they better not ban the cd-keys like they do now with D2. The last ban wave, where prople were playing more than one copy (with different legit cd-keys) through a router were banned since battlenet detected multiple games from the same ip address.

Why would they mass ban on IP addresses? What about all the internet cafes?

I dare say the people with multiple legit accounts were botting....

Ahhh memories....

I forgot how hard Hell difficulty is. I cant even beat the Den of Evil quest with a lvl 70 Hammerdin. Gay game.

lol

:lol:

yea sorry your spot on

lol yea hell is much harder, not sure if you have just gotten back into diablo 2 or not? but yea since the patches came they changed the difficulty to make it much harder , so that PVM is better and you need to actaully work as a team not like when diablo 2 exp first started, you could kill everything by yourslelf and cows runs were so easy lol specially will sorc teleport and nova everything!!

I remember when i was a bum and sitting at home, i would join this irc channel to chat and try to join games with specific IDs to get the Annihilus charm.

Does this still happen?

i'll need a new prescription when im done playing it for my eyes. :D

i can't play it any more

it wasn't just post expansion

it was when they introduced synergies

you were immensely OP

now they're buffed enemies into space... and it's hard enough solo let alone with players8

hehe yea i use to do the same thing i havent played in at least a year and half now, last time i checked it(6-7months ago), it was pretty dead, nothing like it used to be..

all my account expired so theres no way id go back, i have heaps of forum gold from D2JSP or watver its called, so i could easily trade the gold for the best weapons again, but the game has had its time.. BRING ON DIABLO III !!!!!

If you unsure of something, you can check out battle.net for it.

http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/cube.shtml
I <3 upgrading the base items on uniques.

http://www.zest.co.th/www/main/detai..._id=GME0001528

31-12-2009

????????

Was in one of their catalogues.

lol seems too soon, starcraft 2 aint even gonna come out by then

As if a company is going to release a game a week AFTER christmas.

Blizzcon soon!

Blizzcon = new class

Yay :D

Self explanatory
 

Starcrafts move not to include LAN play is bad, but i think diablo 3 without LAN play would be worse. All of my friends have D2 and not one of us has gone through even the first difficulty setting through battlenet, prefering playing each other so as to avoid ninja looters and tosspots ruining the gaming experience.
Notch out no local servers and you've got a recipe for poor sales and a disgruntled fan base.
On the other hand perhaps it will be an opportunity for the industry to learn again where the line is they shouldn't cross when harassing their own consumer market, what do you think?

I'm sure there is a number of reasons why they'd potentially not include Lan play: as an anti-piracy measure (need to authenticate on BattleNet using a legitimate key and unhacked version of the game), too much development time for something that is increasingly unused, not many lost sales by not including it. These are just guesses, but the potential is there.

It might be a sign that Blizzard are more dedicated to the $$$ rather than the game itself like every other developer these days. I don't know if I'll buy it if it doesn't include LAN play.

Fragfrog and his party (8 in total) has completely Uber Tristram hardcore with no equipment on the Europe battlenet server. So teamwork wins all.

And he has the youtube videos to prove it.... XD

I won't be buying it with no LAN play. Sorry blizzard, killed the only reason I would've bothered.

Holy shit, I'm pissing my pants and I haven't even watched the vid yet ! :wired:

Edit: More stuff here in the first post http://forums.battle.net/thread.html...59806&sid=3000

i think we need to wait until the new Blizzard.net is released before i go making decisions about the game.

As promised, http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/na...uber-tristram/

Yay + 1 ... I cant wait for the announcement

EVERYONE VISIT THE D3 PAGE NOW


Edit:

Some extended gameplay trailers

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPjB67gSPxk
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QXbrEgupVM

Courtesy D3 forums :)

Yay for the Monk-ey!

monk.....


yes

That Seven sided attack is cool

the class seems very melee, I would have thought it would have quite alot of casting spells too, wait and see I guess

No lan play will be a fail if there is no way to use your single player characters to play with friends. Open battle.net was always a fail due to the hacked characters though I guess you could always password your server. No lan is dumb, think about lan parties etc, want to have a quick lan of D3, well you can't you have to go online to play it MP.

EDIT: I should say I am quite looking forward to the game and will probably buy even if it doesn't have lan features but there better be some decent way of playing with your single player character online with your friends otherwise that will be a big negative for me as that was what I did the most of.

can they stop working on the world of fail ffs and get d3 done?

i guess amazon will b 5th class then?

Yup, I will still buy it too.

The single player for D2 was so good that I still occasionally play it.

Agreed :lol:

Totally AGREE! Cant they make an exeption and just quickly make the pc/english version first? not realse it on PC/Mac and in every stupid language..... ARGH

Well the thing I loved about D2 is I could play single player then I could play with my friends using that character so I didn't always have to be online to play and my efforts weren't split between an single player and b.net character. I still remember my days playing D1, there is just something about the atmosphere that got me, yes its mindless clicking but for some reason they have managed to make it fun?

From the videos I have seen of D3 it looks like its really going to be something, the story sounds good and the environments look way bigger and have more to explore.

I agree also lol, WoW just got an expansion they don't need another one they will keep paying their $10 a month regardless because they are addicted to pooh.

Each game would have a different development team, so it would have no effect on D3 for Blizzard to 'stop working' on the next WoW expansion.
Personally I don't mind the wait. Although when it's finally released I do expect the game to be so polished that it shines.

I assume by "PC" you mean Windows? Anyway, will the PC version utilise DirectX heavily? It may be that they're using a wrapper library that's compatible with more operating systems, meaning that the difference between Mac and Windows releases isn't actually that big.

At least, that'd make sense if you are actually trying to develop for multiple platforms, use the most platform independent libraries where possible.

I can't wait for this game comming out. D2 and LOD is the only game that i still play now.

i recon the 5th class will be either a amazon type or assassin type class, seams like the monk took over the paladin class.

Man i cant wait till its released, I wonder if tomorrow blizzard will announce there new MMO (not WoW: Cataclysm)

World of Diablo would be nice'ish.

I really dislike MMO's they all end up the same repetative quests and don't really offer enough in return to keep me interested in playing and PAYING long term. I played WoW for about 6 months before getting completely bored of it. The only reason people are making so many MMO's these days is because of the easy money.

Not that many developers are making good games which means they are selling less games meaning they make less money so they blame it on piracy rather than not producing a good product.

How can you call WoW a failure at all? Have a look at the amount of people playing it, and the coin it's brought to Blizzard.... I'd hardly call it a failure!!! :wired:

You know it's going to 'shine'. Can you name a Blizzard release that doesn't? :D

Hmmm, the whole fantasy theme has been done in WOW though. World of Starcraft would be alot more varied than World of Diablo.

A new franchise altogether would be even better, but all I really give a shit about is D3.

World of Diablo wouldn't work in my opinion. There's no opposing faction.

But World of StarCraft. That could work. 3 opposing factions could make it very interesting.

looks dated, this game will only be a hit because of the hype they are generating with the slow release. I predict when D3 is released it will start a decline in the quality of games released and therefore the viability of Blizz. :)

I think he ment WoW itself is a fail as a game, by all profit fronts etc its a gold mine but the only people playing it don't have a life and most of the people that played it as a casual game have left. The new content is pitiful and overall I think its just too much of the same but quite a few people like it and are willing to fork out monthly to play it.

World of Diablo or Starcraft would be rubbish imo, Diablo is not an MMO style game in anyway and the same goes for starcraft. They only reason blizzard is working on another MMO is because the money they bring in. I hope whatever the unnamed game is that it is a new creation and not based on one of the three mainstays of blizzard.

Doesn't matter if a game looks dated or not its how it plays, if it plays awesome and has a great story line and people enjoy it then it will be a hit, if it plays like poo and isn't fun at all then it will flop. I honestly play more old school games than new games because 95% of new games are utter crap. Considering the time they are spending on developing D3 I would say that it definately won't be a decline in the Blizzard name. What do you mean by decline in viability, blizzard is one of the biggest cash cows in the gaming industry, it was good before WoW but since the release of WoW they can spend as much time and money doing whatever the hell they want and if that helps them make good games then they can take all the time they want, i'd rather play a good game then a game that was rushed and didn't reach its potential.

It depends on far you want to delve into Diablo lore. There's opposing mage clans, these new cultists, different cities/nations like Westmarch and Kehjistan (there's many more in other exotic locations), necromancers and that's all besides even looking at angels and demons. It just depends on how creative and how thin you want to draw the line between each faction.

That said, I doubt there will be a World of Diablo anytime soon.

I expect an extra layer of shine on top of the usual. I expect it so shiny that I have to sue Blizzard because their game caused my eyes to rapidly deteriorate :leet:

i just really hope we dont get left behind in regards to being aussie players.

we cant change the fact that we are physically half the world away from many of the previous/current bnet server locations. The confirmation of the removal of LAN and the dependence on BNET 2.0 turns this issue into a bigger one.

There hasnt been great support for aussies across any of their games. Not that i play wow or read the forums, but even a game of this scale with probably australias biggest number of gamers (fact? pulling outta thin air here) doesnt have an aussie server.

hopefully there is some sort of 'local' hosting available, whether that is on a national level and having an australasia server seperate to westfall/lordaeron etc. or at a software level where servers can be locally client based.

just imagine trying to play with someone in the next or same room and having ping of 150-180ms minimum :S

Probably will be left behind. If there's an Australian realm then naturally only aussies will play it. Because of that the trade values on all items will be considerably more expensive. there just wouldnt be enough players to keep up the in game economy.

Who knows though, maybe the game will be truly big and there will be enough players. just me $0.02

Monks use fist weapons, so I think that takes over the Assassin. My guess would be Druid/Amazon.

The fact that there isn't a class that uses ranged weapons yet, I think it would have to be an amazon. Plus that would make the original 3 complete :D

It wouldnt be hard to have Heaven V Hell as the factions

races would be cities for heaven, Eg, Westmarch, Kehjistan etc

for Hell, it would be which lesser Demon you belong to, eg, Durial

It won't be called Amazon as the Barbarian is the only 'returning' class, but it looks like it'll be someone with a bow. Rogue, Ranger, whatever. Everything else from D2 is covered by the current four classes. I'm a bit disappointed though that the Barbarian is the only option if you want to swan around and hit shit with a sword.

I definately would like to see a ranger/druid style character but as there is only one place left I would guess it is going to be some form of mostly ranged character. I liked my druid in D2 haha. I wonder how versitle the characters will be, ie if you can do a bit of cross class armor and weapons using. I hope it really delivers and expansive detailed game with a good story.

The monk in DiabloIII reminds me so much of a young Gouken from SFIV. Haha.

It would definitely be a class that's a combination of melee/magic since they have two meleers and two casters already. What form that would that is anyone's guess.......

Why would there have to be factions for an mmo, just because wow is set up with two opposing factions doesn't mean anything. They could quite easily make a Diablo MMO and I wouldn't be surprised if they do in the future but right now they are probably going to make D3 to build on the existing lore so they actually have enough material for an mmo storyline. That's what I think anyway >_>

Monk movies :)

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/49...Gameplay-Movie

Yeah, there should be a paladin type class, I dont see any resemblence of any of the classes so far in D3, I loved the pali in Diablo 2, my second favorite class after sorc.

Awesome video Rubberband :) great new class.

Monk is sort of a paladin + assassin. if they're only having one more character it's going to be a javelin/bow character.

Does the monk have auras?
No auras means not paladin in my books.

hmmm would be nice to get some more info off Blizzard on the characters. Its so shallow what they have currently released. You expect the monk to have a few auras of some sort. Like shielding or reflect damage with increased defense with every hit dealt etc....


Ive picked up titan quest because i cant wait for this game any longer, i needed something to turn my attention till release.

Play more Diablo2? Play it naked (ie. no equipment except potions and the Horadic cube) XD

Lol.

How is titan quest, it looks a bit unfinished from what I saw. Im so keen on a good game to play right now, nothing I want comes out until october onwards.

If you guys want info on D3 head over to www.diii.net, big community there of D3 fanatics but well run and orderly like here with no trolls (so far) we have compiled a lot of information about D3, more than any other community or site i believe and your welcome to check it out and come have a chat on the forums :)

Titan Quest is great, but the MP is really not up to snuff in comparison to the diablo series. Reason being is that item, and stat hacking is riot in TQ, you can usually tell by logging into MP and seeing the player characters and their gear. And the classes are more imbalanced than Diablo could ever be.

But still, it's a fun run through with friends in campaign mode. I still think TQ is severely underrated though, cause it did a lot of things well and I really enjoyed the mythology behind TQ no matter how off the trail it was. Definitely recommend it to anyone who is sick of wasting their time trying to pick up bread crumbs of D3 and is after a click-a-thon for now.

+1 for Titan Quest, dont bother with the multiplayer as Suntorytime said.

Also add Sacred 2 to the games that can be played while waiting for D3, Its the same kind of game except you can can freely move the camera around. And like D2, it has closed online servers.

It's fun if you play with friends. At least you know they're not cheats...I hope!

Yep im getting right into TQ atm, i have a few mates who i can play Co-op with which is great. Im only Level 13 but the gameplay is smooth and the visuals are sweet for this type of game....D3 is going to blow my mind! :)

TQ is awesome
assassins are op
that is all :)

Kickssasin or Trapssasin? Not asking about Shadow skills because they are a must skill-tree.

Haha

Anyone here played both Sacred 2 and Titan Quest??? Which do you think is better?

I'm looking for something to pass the time until this is released and was looking at getting Sacred 2, (just haven't seen it for a decent price yet) but most of you seem to be talking up Titan Quest.... ah decisions.

played both, TQ is more of the "next step" from D2

found both games buggy at times

i like titan quest alot better than sacred...that game did nothing for me but then again sacred gold on steam is like 5 bucks :)

I found sacred 2 alot better than the first sacred :)

talking about titan quest assassin (so dual wield poison aoe melee attacky assasin)


but D2? i'd go trapssassin

nothing more op then being able to kill most bosses without taking a single hit of damage :)

i just started reading thru this thread again, i cant believe the posts are well over a year old now haha and people were like 'omfg i CANT WAIT for this!!' and a year later we are still OMFG i cant wait for this game!!! lol i love blizzard:shock:

A year? I've been eagerly awaiting diablo 3 for almost 10 years! I'm sure most people are on the same boat!

And i can honestly say, in a years time from now if it still isn't out, i'll still be like OMFG I CANT WAIT!

and I'd be surprised if it out in a years time.

Considering they weren't expecting to release SC2 and D3 in the same year, I don't know if we'll be seeing D3 any time soon. Then again, the most recent SC2 delays have been because of BNet, which shouldn't delay the D3 release, so maybe 2010 will be a very happy blizzardy year :D. Is that new WoW expansion coming out this year or next? Be pretty crazy if 2010 saw WoW expansion, SC2 and D3.

the next WoW expansion is due next year at the latest

Is her name Laura X-23? Haha


No offense but the sorc does that strategy better.. XD

Blizzard has already stated that we won't be seeing D3 in 2010.

On a sidenote decided to play through D2 again (hi-res patch ftw). Started up an Amazon, being the only character I never played, and opted to go down the bowazon path. Pretty fun so far, just running outta mana too quick :upset:

currently playing through the Valhalla mod for d2.

sif bowadins arent overpowered =P

bow + explosive arrows.

fire shock aura.

stack +fire damage.

= dont even need to shoot.. lol.. 56yd range boom..

Thats shite imo, already been ages, I'll be angry if its not out next year.

Meh...

It's just like waiting for 1.10 :Pirate:

You need Mana and Life steal :D

Always had a bow with skulls in it. Best combo

Blizz can take as long as they want on D3, I don't want some rushed piece of shit.

yeah true, but bliz are so hardcore with polishing games. Its taking ages to release SC2 and D3, its just frustrating i guess. But still, at least it will be so shiny we might go blind looking at it. Its what they do best. :leet::leet::leet:

Thats always been part of the reason the games are so damn good. So like I said they can take all the time they like :D

What shits me more is that they announce a game and then it takes 3 years to come out. FFS, announce the game a year or less before it comes out.

That's the way I'm thinking as well ... if it take s a little longer to come out fine, it will make it a better game.

I've got better things to do than whinge about a game not coming out earlier.

can a sorceress stand beind a piece of terrain <level 30 and kill mephisto/diablo/baal without actually moving or taking a hit of damage, just chugging mana pots? :P

and yeah, i've been waiting for d3 a good 8 years, i can wait another 1-1.5 :P

though, i'm STILL waiting for the next d2 patch, it was meant to be released with a ladder reset a good 3 or 4 months ago now

wtf blizzard :(

mmmm yeah now i wanna play D2 again, damnit, can someone lend me a cd key for d2 and lod for a couple of weeks? Cant get a hold of mine, its at my parents house and theyre on holidays haha :p:p

bah, still no news, anyone heard anything

i just want to kill things damn it

I've been playing it for 3 weeks now.

Where have you been?

Meh people need to be more patient. There's plenty of games to keep us occupied and plenty more that will be announced before this.

Take your time blizzard.. do it right :D

Interview with one of the lead developers here:

http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/...Boyarsky/page1

Probably my most anticipated game by far but I am more than happy to wait for as long as it takes.

This is the answer to pretty much every question on the above page sigh. They are soooo far away from release, should rename to "diablo forever"

I think Diablo II took nearly 4 years from announcement to release, so this is not even close yet. Just take a chill pill folks and wait for it. It will be worth it.

From what i've read they seem pretty confident for a Q3/4 2010 release. While it seems they have a long way to go it seems the engine is mostly done and the story and many of the environments are already done. They are just kicking around abilities and doing the hard yards of finalizing some things and really refining it as well as finishing it off. If they don't get it out by the end of 2010 I would be very surprised.

Its blizzard come on, how many times have they seriously let people down with sequels? My only issues with D3 so far are the character classes don't seem anything special overall and the setting seems too vibrant, even in the dark labyrinth type areas in the videos it still looks too colorful and not as 'evil' and cold as things did in the previous two games. Fair enough if thats the setting but its suppose to be diablo so I hope there is a bit more atmosphere in the colors for final release.

It wont be 2010, they announced the only two games going to market in 2010 were SC2 and the new wow x-pack, D3 is 2011 sorry.

I think there new battle.net system would also have alot to do with it.

Battle.net has its own development team and isn't a delaying factor for D3, it will be up and running well before D3 comes out because SC2 will be using it.

I think you'll find both SC2 (Wings of Liberty) and WoW: Cataclysm will be released in Q1/Q2 '10, there'll be plenty of room for Diablo III at Christmas.

I thought they said at Blizzcon/Gamescon that it definitely won't be out in 2010?

This is correct.

At the very earliest I would say a Q2 2011 release but that might also depend on how frequently they plan to release the Sc2 expansions.

Ah, fuck. Google sez you folks are right.

Hopefully we'll get WoW: Cata in Q1, SC2.1 in Q2 and SC2.2 in Q4 then.

WHAT! thats insane. Wish they never mention D3 will 3 months before release, so annoying.

Blizzard only do games their way. Right. Like they have always said with every game, it will be released when it is finished. And they think they won't be able to finish it until 2011, the team making it isn't big at all when considering the calibre of game they create, and the size and depth of it.

Consider starcraft ghost, 2 years of work, blizzard had a look, decided it was crap and scrapped the entire project. They will release it when its up to their standards, which are very high.

Haha I agree release info and pic and vids when its like 6 months off not when its a years off.

But that is true, I haven't played a blizzard game that wasn't ace for what it was and really done right. They make sure it is good rather than just worrying about release dates and if they can have an online store with stupid skin ad ons for $10 a pop to make some extra cash which seems to be the way of many these days.

Yeah it is depressing waiting all this long, i might freeze myself (South Park) so it goes by faster hahah.

But if you look at the info they had at the start, it was like a couple of drawings, a map, some gameplay footage and that was it. Constructing a game this size is difficult, have enough time to test the entire game to be flawless and balanced, well i would honestly hate that job of attempting to balance game mechanics, let alone PvP

Plus it has to be better than D2, that is no easy task.

As an avid armchair developer, I'd love it :p

Playing around is fun, but spending weeks trying to balance millions of possible combinations to some degree of fairness.. that would take ages! And it would become so boring!

Although having said that i'm really interested to see how the game mechanics work. Hopefully its very updated from the old 25 frame mechanics of D2.

Which doctor?
 

http://www.capcom-unity.com/s-kill/g...e?pid=92095771

I hope the game is as good as this figurine. ^^

For all those people hanging out for D3, check out Torchlight

Its very similar to D1\D2 but with better graphics

Ive found it very enjoyable and it should keep my Diablo fix for a while

Casters > Meleers
 

Are ranged and casters still better than meleers? XD

Now activision owns them don't be so sure.

Pretty much even i'd say

My bet is they get greedy and make this a pay to play system like MMOs :(

I doubt blizzard would do such a dirty profiteering move. If it was an MMO thats to be expected but not a game like D3.

im pretty sure they have already stated they wont

they will do what ever activison tells them to do.

Ding ding ding.

Blizzard have already said multiple times that it will not be subscription-based. Certain administrative functions will require fees (akin to name/sex changes or server transfers for WoW) but to actually pay the game, will not require a monthly fee.

But that won't stop the conspiracy theorists. :lol:

For what it's worth, if I can console some fears, I recall speaking to the head Marketing guy at Blizzard AU and he said it wouldn't be pay to play on B-net :)

Was that before or after Activision took over?

I thought blizzard took over activision lol

I think it was more of a merger. After the Activision CEO comment regarding charging through the arse for DLC, I kinda thought Diablo 3 might suffer too.

in the latest PCPP mag it says release is Feb 2010. is that a missprint?

Yes, Mike Morhaime specifically said D3 wasn't in Blizzards 2010 pipeline.

Copied from GameArena News: http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/rea...34977?latest=1

Cheers for clearing that up, give me time to play Bad Company 2. :D

i,ll be dead before its released ...stupid mumble grumble game

haha ns, i'll probably have lost interest in gaming by then

If EA were publishing it we would already be playing it;)

and complaining about the bugs, length and general half finished feel

I just noticed CDWOW has D3 up for pre-order at $52...

Think they might be jumping the gun a bit?

There have been pre-orders up for a while, EB in America have shelves with D3 banners on them while they wait for stock :)

I doubt the price will be $52, i think about $110 Australian is more accurate.

told you it was coming in 2010. If you pre-order now they cannot change the sale price once you have paid.

Jesus fucking christ, it's not coming in 2010. They have said this multiple times now!

LOL

There were preorders for DNF as well. :lol:

yeah i know settle dude. its a fools hope i know.

Proof of no 2010 release date: Taken from a November 2009 Blizzard conference

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The release date shown on CDWOW is in no way certain or even approximate, but if I pre-order at $52 ($48 with the $4 voucher I have) then I expect them to honour that price.

It could be released in late 2010 but I doubt we will see that. The engine and characters seem well on the way and knowing blizzard the story was done ages ago but I would guess they still have a good half the game to build not to mention balancing the classes etc. Obviously I would like it two weeks ago but we have to be realistic here. Late 2010 possible but 2011 more likely.

Maybe I can find a SoJ by then... XD
I been having no luck finding a SoJ in the Diablo2 1.12

Indeed I have a mate who still has it preordered. Suspect he should probably go and collect his $10 back :P

Anyone heard any news about the D2 update they were working on ?

I have played some serious hours in D2 and only ever found one SoJ :( then you always get a friend who randomly has 2 + some crazy amulet and weapons... hack much lol.

My Druid who was 100% legit had some crazy items though, to the point many may as well have been SoJ, giving +1 or +2 to all druid skills etc so its not too bad.

was meant to be released with the ladder reset sept 21 iirc

seems they've abandoned D2 finally?

Ok i found this : from here : http://forums.battle.net/thread.html...Id=16474108701

It also says there was a delay due some warcraft stuff

People have been waiting for this 1.13 patch for quite some time.... :(

anyone heard anything new?

Only that the starcraft Beta has been released, so everyone is focused on that :p (news wise)

I heard release of 2012 for D3, dont know how correct it is

The most recent news was reveals of the female versions of the Barbarian and Monk. Nothing exciting really, I'm guessing the 5th class reveal will be at blizzcon this year.

Asked at GAME about release date... On their system it says 30 Nov 2010.

I did ask about star craft 2 - They have no date at all for that...
I wonder if diablo 3 will come first?

Either way i wish it would hurry up!

If it is released then I will eat my hat.

Not that I have a hat to eat, but still.

I'm surprised they even knew what you were talking about. The PC section in any GAME store takes up about 3% of floor space.

Is this game DX11 or anything?

Blizzard already confirmed it won't be out this year but I'm holding out for a December 2011 release :D

Ive stopped caring about Diablo 3.

Its going to turn into like WOW, waste of money and time.

BLASPHEMY!

:lol: Right. Might want to check with every other PC gamer in existence on that one.

you really are a noob.

For current info head over to diii.net
the main page has all current info on D3 and the wiki section has a lot of information and we also add to it when new data is available.

Forums are also good fun, just watch out for people whining that it looks like a wow clone, and that it won't be successful because its a sequel and because they wan't to make money.

Also we will be handing out beta-keys when they come around to prominent members, so enjoy :)

What date was the latest piece of news on the main page released about the game?

Not including fan art or stuff about Diablo 2..?

FYI - Diablo 3 isn't pay to play.

18th of February, Bashiok (blizzard employee) mentioned that the choice of gender was purely aesthetic and has no effect on attributes, skills or any game affecting mechanic.

Obviously we can't continually report about D3 because well, its a Blizzard game and they are tight lipped, but if something new comes out you will see it there within hours, and will be added to the Wiki asap.

Since it is a D3 fan site we obviously have a lot of coverage of D2, Starcraft2 and Torchlight was reported heavily on the main page because of its relationship to the Diablo franchise.

It seems most of the stores are like that now, The EB near me doesnt even really have new games, maybe a shelf 5 boxes wide for each platform, all the rest is preowned

site bookmarked, ill keep an eye out on the news, thanks

Just spotted the archive thing list at the bottom.. ta. :)

Just came across this,
http://www.cdwow.com.au/games/diablo...838959#bc=8ce6
Is it true? 17/09/10

Nope, as blizzard says "when its ready" it will come in 2011

I think that of all people I'd expect to know, CDWow would be lowest on my list. Take that with a grain of salt :)

Well there is meant to be "new feature" being revealed tomorrow at Gamescon but no info on what it is or how big a thing it will be.

But Bashiok did say this is the beginning of the information ramp towards release.

*oh my god* Thanks for the heads up !:)

New screens

The 'Artisan' in action

And no console version planned

HC mode also means permanent death.

Ahh was wondering about the updates on this. I'm currently building my sister a rig which she wants to "play diablo III on"

Thanks Philll

and fuck yes! HC mode with my friends and we'll laugh at whoever dies :D