Diablo III

[Mabs]

Got mine on amazon for £21 yearssssssss ago.

mint

i was looking around for it as i was fucked if i was paying blizz £45, then i got that email this morning so

 

[CorNokZ]

No potions? How will one heal himself then?

 

[Raven]

Mobs drop orbs of health once you have killed them, these top up your health (you just run into them and it gives you some HP back)

It keeps the action running so you aren't stopping all the time and worrying about how many pots you have. You also have to actually have a brain to kill bosses rather than just spamming the pot button.

I only had a quick go on the beta but I am pretty sure there were pots, but they were on a long re-use timer.

 

[BloodOmen]

No potions? How will one heal himself then?

There is potions you just can't mash them like D2 and as Raven said monsters drop health Orbs frequently.

 

[TdC]

looks like this is what I'll be playing this summer then

 

[CorNokZ]

There is potions you just can't mash them like D2 and as Raven said monsters drop health Orbs frequently.

So the potions have like a cool down on them?

And how does the health orbs work? Sorry if I am asking too many questions, I just never really god the chance to play the beta

 

[Poag]

Mine free(*)



*I play WoW so it costs my soul

 

[BloodOmen]

yea, once you use a potion it has a short cooldown on it (can't remember how long exactly but its long enough so you can't rely on mashing them to survive) as for the Orbs they literally just appear after some monsters die (some classes have an increased chance to spawn the orbs like Baba for example) you just run over the top of the orb to pick it up automatically.

 

[old.Tohtori]

And it sounds a lot better. In some games, like skyrim for example, i enjoy the "stock up on water, food, potions and prepare for a day or two adventure in the wild", but in Diablo style games it's better to keep the need to restock to a minimum.

And as Raven said, no more bigbottlebash for bossfights. Sounds harder, sounds awesome

 

[LordjOX]

You also have lifesteal, both fixed hp on hit and % based iirc

 

[BloodOmen]

it will be harder yea but not impossible if all bosses are like the skeleton king and spawn some form of add there will always be more than enough health orbs around.

 

[old.Tohtori]

And as long as there's stairways, you can always jam the boss in there and bow away

Or as we in the industry like to call it; butcher bating.

By we i mean me and by industry i mean my mind.

 

[Raven]

You can also develop your tactics accordingly The boss doesn't special abilities that you have to avoid so just standing there mashing keys will not mean you kill him but end up dead. That particular boss required a fair bit of hit and kite iirc.

 

[MYstIC G]

*I play WoW so it costs my soul

You don't have a soul, nice try though

 

[BloodOmen]

You can also develop your tactics accordingly The boss doesn't special abilities that you have to avoid so just standing there mashing keys will not mean you kill him but end up dead. That particular boss required a fair bit of hit and kite iirc.

yup, i'd imagine bosses on inferno will likely 1-2 shot you with most special abilities aswell

 

[Aada]

Hope retailers start sending them out tomorrow!

 

[BloodOmen]

not one fuck was given that day... i has digital xD

 

[old.Tohtori]

Hope retailers start sending them out tomorrow!

I'm kind of torn about that. On one hand i'd like for all my friends and family to ahve the copy as SOON as humanly possible so they too can enjoy it, on the other hand *pulls plug on brothers net cable* Off my queue b*tch!

 

[BloodOmen]

 

[Mabs]

mines just been shipped
god i feel so retro, box n all

 

[LordjOX]

Yup mine shipped today aswell

 

[Shagrat]

coo its like Christmas in May

 

[pikeh]

fucking caved and did pre-purchase on Blizzard. No, I can't wait until the day after to get it.

 

[pikeh]

SO what you all playing anyway? I'm rolling Monk first off. I havn't looked at any builds or anything like that, kinda looking forward to finding out for myself. Im pretty sure dual hammers looks fucking awesome, so I'll be doing that!

 

[Mabs]

im probably playing the "FFS WHY IS BATTLENET DOWN " game to start with
followed by "FUCKING SLOW PATCH SERVER"

after that, who knows

 

[Deebs]

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Nice to see the green

 

[CorNokZ]

Barb or bow-thingy without knowing anything about them

 

[pikeh]

I thought that might be the case tbh, but they are the team running the largest MMO in the world and the stress test was apparently quite succesful, so here's hoping.
Im sure my daughter is going to be up all night anyway, just because.

 

[Mabs]

WoW launch was shite tho
maintaining, yes.. big splurge on release, not so much

 

[BloodOmen]

Nice to see the green

green fo life bra