Diablo 3 in a nutshell

[KDR_11k]

Trading the charged bolt for something else would sacrifice my spam killing ability and changing the ice beam means I get worse against heavy targets.

I don't know how it is in Diablo III, but in Diablo II (esp. on higher difficulty levels) enemies with immunities were quite common (very often immune to 1 element, sometimes to more than 1). If that is still the case, some spell variability will be enforced that way.

I haven't seen immunity yet but there's not much elemental variety to my arsenal. Also if you change an equipped slot you have to wait a while before you can use the new skill. Since you don't choose what to unlock, just what to equip you could theoretically always switch to a different set of spells if that's required but the time penalty and clunky menu mean that you don't want to do that if it's not absolutely necessary. E.g. I don't switch my charged bolt to magic missiles for boss fights.

[Pxtl]

I miss '90s blizzard. I miss the Blizzard that made Rock 'n' Roll Racing and Lost Vikings and Starcraft 1. They were awesome.

[rattle]

I miss '90s blizzard. I miss the Blizzard that made Rock 'n' Roll Racing and Lost Vikings and Warcraft 1. They were awesome.

fixed

[smoth]

IMO warcraft III was the best warcraft if you disable heroes and raise the foodcap to 300-400(I did )

but after that.. yeah blizzard went down hill.

[KaiserJ]

damn this game; it has fragmented my fifa 12 pro club

[smoth]

should have kept making maezkraft

[Johannes]

well to me, the game isn't bad, its just not the awesome sauce you'd expect of a sequel to Diablo II.

Its just a regular game, with average quality.

Although im not a big fan of bioware.
Diablo is a bit like Dragon Age II, not a bad game, but not a good sequel.

Hmm, I'm pretty sure Dragon Age II is a bad game.

[rattle]

so is the first game, the entire mass effect series and many other titles from bioware or bethesda that have come out over the last few years.

[rattle]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/ ... -diablo-3/

[KDR_11k]

It's mandatory closed Battlenet. Diablo 2 had the option for closed Battlenet but didn't force it, Diablo 3's theme is forcing things on you so of course that choice is gone.

[1v0ry_k1ng]

getting passionate about blizzard commercialising their games and treating their target audience like idiots is itself idiotic. Many gamers are unintelligent. It's a waste of energy spouting nerdy gibberish about the rights of gamers and how blizzard dont wuv us anymore. Blizzard don't owe the public anything. They are a business selling a product that must make sufficient profits to please their shareholders.

If you have a problem with the game or blizzard, just don't buy it. I certainly wont be.

[PicassoCT]

which i do.. since warcraft 3.

Still, blizzard had some very unorthodox refinement methods.. and it seems it has abandoned them.If a mechanism didnt work in the past.. blizzard would write "when its done" retreat into the fort and do what other companys would call a total rewrite. Not anymore.

[smoth]

getting passionate about blizzard commercialising their games and treating their target audience like idiots is itself idiotic. Many gamers are unintelligent. It's a waste of energy spouting nerdy gibberish about the rights of gamers and how blizzard dont wuv us anymore. Blizzard don't owe the public anything. They are a business selling a product that must make sufficient profits to please their shareholders.

If you have a problem with the game or blizzard, just don't buy it. I certainly wont be.

because if we bitch enough they do hear it. Stinks are made.

[SanadaUjiosan]

I'm enjoying the game quite a bit. I'm going to add some positivity into this overwhelmingly negative thread to keep the universe in balance.

[smoth]

[KDR_11k]

I do appreciate that the game shows detailed stats on damage reductions and such but while it shows active damage boosts it doesn't show the base damage (at least not for me as a mage).

[PicassoCT]

I need some alcohol here to wipe that seat. Vader was dark on the force