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Is anyone else excited for the release of Diablo 3? It's been a game I've wanted to be released for a long time, ever since I started playing through the Diablo series all those years ago.

I've already watched cinematics and read through a lot of what will be available to do in the game. Here is the trailer:


A list of the classes available to play as:

The Witch Doctor is a new character reminiscent of the Diablo II necromancer, but with skills more traditionally associated with shamanism and voodoo culture. The witch doctor has the ability to summon monsters, cast curses, harvest souls, and hurl poisons and explosives at his enemies. Blizzard has stated that the witch doctor is not another version of the necromancer and that they may incorporate the necromancer in a future expansion if they so desire. To power spells the witch doctor uses mana, which regenerates slowly.

The Barbarian will have a variety of revamped skills at their disposal based on the use of incredible physical prowess. The barbarian is able to whirlwind through crowds, cleave through swarms, leap across crags, and crush opponents upon landing. The resource used by the barbarian is fury, which is generated through getting attacked by enemies, attacking enemies and through certain abilities. Fury is used for certain strong abilities and degenerates over time.

The Wizard is a version of the sorceress from Diablo II or the sorcerer from Diablo. The Wizard's abilities range from shooting lightning, fire and ice at their enemies to slowing time and teleporting around enemies and through walls. The wizard fuels their spells with arcane power, which is a fast regenerating power source.

The Monk is a melee attacker, using martial arts to cripple foes, resist damage, deflect projectiles, attack with blinding speed, and land explosive killing blows. It combines the melee elements of Diablo II's assassin class with the "holy warrior" role of the paladin. Blizzard has stated that the monk is not related in any way to the monk class from the Sierra Entertainment-made Diablo: Hellfire expansion. The monk is fueled by spirit, which has defensive purposes and is slowly generated through attacking, though it does not degenerate.

The Demon Hunter combines elements of Diablo II's amazon and assassin classes. Demon hunters use crossbows as their main weapon and also throw small bombs at enemies. Some of their skills have been revealed and among them are arrow skills such as Chain Arrow. The demon hunter is fueled by discipline and hatred. Hatred is a fast regenerating resource that is used for attacks, while Discipline is a slow regenerating resource used for defensive abilities.

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I'm probably going to go with the Wizard or the Demon Hunter class, you can choose what gender your class is in Diablo 3 as well, as opposed to the fixed genders in Diablo 1 + 2. I always picked the characters that happened to be female, like the assassin and rogue so it will be refreshing to actually choose to be a male Demon Hunter and Wizard now. If a Necromancer class gets released, I'll probably be playing as him as well, since he's always a cool character to play.

One thing that concerns me about the game is this:

On 1 August 2011, it was reported that Diablo III will feature two types of auction houses; one where players spend in-game gold and another where players can buy or sell virtual items for real-world money. The real money auction house will not be available in Hardcore mode.
Blizzard has stated that nearly everything that drops on the ground, including gold, can be traded with other players directly or through the auction house system. Aside from certain quest items, there will be very few (if any) items that will be bound to a particular character and therefore un-tradable.

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I have no idea why they wanted to release something like that, it seems pretty stupid. Unless, of course, Blizzard are making commissions on every sale they make (which I assume is the case).

Anyway, discuss etc.
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Not really. I mean, there's a lot of hype but growing up as someone who wasn't into the diablo series, I just can't be bothered really.
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I have been waiting since 2001 for this, and I swear to god if it's not every bit as good as it should be after a decade and a bit, I will burn blizzard down in a hailstorm of ice and fire.
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Pre-ordered, massive Diablo fan. Do you know if there's going to be a big difference in soundtrack?
From what I have actually taken the time to listen to, there is quite a big change - this personally lowers the level of excitement.
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Not really. I mean, there's a lot of hype but growing up as someone who wasn't into the diablo series, I just can't be bothered really.

That's fair enough, I'd recommend playing Diablo 2 though. The only reason I wouldn't recommend playing number 1 if you haven't played it before is because the graphics are quite old. I don't know about anyone else, but the only time I can live with the graphics being over 10 years old is when I get that feeling of nostalgia after playing a game from my childhood again.

I have been waiting since 2001 for this, and I swear to god if it's not every bit as good as it should be after a decade and a bit, I will burn blizzard down in a hailstorm of ice and fire.

It really better be amazing, they can't go off and do another Dukenukem after all this time and if they do fuck it up, they'd better release a super awesome patch that makes everything fine again.

Pre-ordered, massive Diablo fan. Do you know if there's going to be a big difference in soundtrack?From what I have actually taken the time to listen to, there is quite a big change - this personally lowers the level of excitement.

I just had a listen to a few soundtracks, the only one I liked out of the ones I did listen to was the new Tristram theme. It sticks to the low-key eerie sound that creeped me the hell out as a child playing Diablo 1 on my own. The rest of the soundtrack is more relaxing and ambient than eerie and disturbing.

Also: I have a plan, financially, to get Diablo 3 on time, as well as my new computer. If all goes well, by May 15th I'll have the funds for both Diablo3 and a new, awesome computer to play it on :D Forgetting for a moment I bought the computer so I could study better and use more CPU consuming software to help better a career
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Hopefully they fuck over the PC gamers by turning the entire game into 100% geared toward Console.
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Hopefully they fuck over the PC gamers by turning the entire game into 100% geared toward Console.

They probably won't, thankfully. I haven't owned a working console in years and I use my old Xbox 360 as a rest to put drinks, keys on etc.
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Well overall, I hope they didn't do what Skyrim did, took the entire UI and turned it into a console style UI, which really blew. I think I will buy it though. Witch Doctor ftw
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I think I'll probably play through Monk -> Hunter -> Wizard. My playthroughs in Diablo2 were Barbarian -> a kajillion sorceresses -> a billion necros that i never finished -> an assassin -> a druid. Monk looks like it'll be the most unique character.
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There's a skyrim mod that makes the UI a million times better.
Also I've been waiting for this for about 8 years. My body is ready. Even if it's absolute crap I'll still buy and play the shit out of it.
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1111111111111111111111111111111 DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

That's a lot of days, I lost count at about 111,111,111,111
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<3 DIABLO I don't know if it will run on my PC though :(...
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The server is full, what kind of SHIT is this.
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The server is full, what kind of SHIT is this.

It's insane, my guess is it's going to be like that for at least a week now :(
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It looks better then the other 2 but who knows how good it will be cuz skyrim suck for me personal i bough it cancel it n i was bored with it, it was easy ass hell 4 me.
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Pretty much goes for any Blizzard game, ever
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It looks better then the other 2 but who knows how good it will be cuz skyrim suck for me personal i bough it cancel it n i was bored with it, it was easy ass hell 4 me.

What does Skyrim have to do with Diablo OR Blizzard? Go away.
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