Diablo III Wild Speculation and Rumor Mongering Abounds

[01101010]

Will I be required to click on things to kill or loot?  I'm not a fan of that.

Magic 8ball: signs point to yes.

[Yegolev]

Will I be required to click on things to kill or loot?  I'm not a fan of that.

[Threash]

Is there a way i can still try this?

[Merusk]

Not unless you get someone to share their battle.net beta with you. The preview/ open beta was last weekend and it doesn't look like there will be another prior to launch.

[Malakili]

Not unless you get someone to share their battle.net beta with you. The preview/ open beta was last weekend and it doesn't look like there will be another prior to launch.

The closed beta ended earlier this week.

[Merusk]

Well there you go then. I wondered why I couldn't get on last night, and I didn't see an ending email.

[Yegolev]

They must be applying the Magic Patch that will make all this whining go away.

[Phred]

Is there a way i can still try this?

Yes. Send me 60$ for a serial key.

[Outlawedprod]

Sirlin analysis of the ability system.
http://www.sirlin.net/blog/2012/5/3/diablo-3s-ability-system.html

[luckton]

Will I be required to click on things to kill or loot?  I'm not a fan of that.

(Insert Fry "Not sure if..." image here)

[Hawkbit]

Yesterday I remembered a funny story about me being dumb. 

Icewind Dale launched on the same day as D2.  Faced with the choice between the two games, I did what every sane person would do and bought Icewind Dale.  The gravity of my error hit me as the disc tray closed on CD1 of the install. 

Somehow I managed to scrounge enough money for a second $50 purchase that day, rolling into the game store at 8:58pm and bought literally their last copy.  I think it was months later before I actually played Icewind Dale.

[Musashi]

You did the right thing in the end.

[Ironwood]

Icewind Dale was ok.

[Cheddar]

So, like, will there be a forum for Diablo 3?  10 days- I am totally riding the train this go around!

[Malakili]

So, like, will there be a forum for Diablo 3?  10 days- I am totally riding the train this go around!

Schild has mentioned it, so I assume so.  No word on when though.  I'll play it safe and say some time in the next 10 days.

[Ingmar]

Icewind Dale was ok.

If nothing else it had a much better soundtrack than D2.

[Cheddar]

So, like, will there be a forum for Diablo 3?  10 days- I am totally riding the train this go around!

Schild has mentioned it, so I assume so.  No word on when though.  I'll play it safe and say some time in the next 10 days.

How about tomorrow?  Bueller?  Bueller?

I am excited.  Totally gonna role as a Witch Doctor Zombie Summoner of Cheese ^tm

[Sir Fodder]

I'm gonna have to click stuff?    The old wound (joint damage from UO beta, smithing in Minoc for the guild with a shitty hard to click mouse)  throbs at the thought of this.

One thing that seemed to help reduce the strain on my mouse left button finger was to set the move command to also work with the "E" key, reduced the clicky more than half I think. Any other such tips/ interface stuff?

One thing I'm hoping to be able to mod is the relative volume level for different sounds, the picking up loot and picking up coins sounds were WAY WAY too quiet, anyone know if this is possible?

[Malakili]

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/4837103873

So on May 15th, beginning the hour the D3 servers go live, I'll be making my attempt at the current Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon playing a Video Game. Clearly I'll be playing D3.. if that wasn't obvious. The event is set to be hosted at Elysium in Brisbane, Queensland Australia and will be streamed to www.twitch.tv/hzrdirl for the entire duration and beyond 109+ hours.

This can only end well I'm sure.

[Paelos]

It's an event? I don't even like watching a baseball game that goes longer than 4 hours.

[MuffinMan]

I'm getting back from a week vacation the day it comes out. Clearly, I did not plan this well.

[Malakili]

If you're using ATI's Catalyst 12.4 release, you need to revert to an earlier version. 12.4 isn't going to be supported for use in Diablo III.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/4835923564#2


Don't install the newest Catalyst drivers!  They are saying this is because the new drivers borked something badly, so I'm hopefully eventually this gets sorted out from one end or the other.

[Segoris]

FWIW I've been lazy and am still running 12.1, which worked perfectly in the open beta. I can't say about 12.2 or 12.3, but if people are looking for working drivers 12.1 definitely worked

[caladein]

12.3 was working fine in the beta for me.

[Yegolev]

Icewind Dale was ok.

If nothing else it had a much better soundtrack than D2.

[Xanthippe]

I'm gonna have to click stuff?    The old wound (joint damage from UO beta, smithing in Minoc for the guild with a shitty hard to click mouse)  throbs at the thought of this.

One thing that seemed to help reduce the strain on my mouse left button finger was to set the move command to also work with the "E" key, reduced the clicky more than half I think. Any other such tips/ interface stuff?

I don't know, but I'm right there with you on the  hands thing. Frequent short breaks and exercise helps.

I really wish there was a keyboard option for movement (wasd).

[luckton]

If you're using ATI's Catalyst 12.4 release, you need to revert to an earlier version. 12.4 isn't going to be supported for use in Diablo III.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/4835923564#2


Don't install the newest Catalyst drivers!  They are saying this is because the new drivers borked something badly, so I'm hopefully eventually this gets sorted out from one end or the other.

As if I needed another reason to downgrade.  12.4 has a bug with HDMI that causes the audio to get bugged out and forces me to unplug/replug the cable to fix it.

[proudft]

I'm gonna have to click stuff?    The old wound (joint damage from UO beta, smithing in Minoc for the guild with a shitty hard to click mouse)  throbs at the thought of this.

One thing that seemed to help reduce the strain on my mouse left button finger was to set the move command to also work with the "E" key, reduced the clicky more than half I think. Any other such tips/ interface stuff?

I don't know, but I'm right there with you on the  hands thing. Frequent short breaks and exercise helps.

I really wish there was a keyboard option for movement (wasd).

At some point I got the impression they were making an Xbox 360 version so presumably there might be some way to play with controller on the PC, if they made them compatible.  That would help my poor hands immensely, but I am not sure how much of this I just hallucinated or wishfully thought.

[Nebu]

Any suggestions on the best way to buy this to guarantee playing on May 15th?

Brick & Mortar?  Digital Download?  If DD, from where?

[Merusk]

Any suggestions on the best way to buy this to guarantee playing on May 15th?

Brick & Mortar?  Digital Download?  If DD, from where?

Sign in to your Battle.net account, buy it from your games summary page there. You can then download the game client and install already so it's ready to go at midnight PST on the 15th.

While you're in your battle.net account, be sure to add a battle-tag so you can do multiplayer.

[Malakili]

I know what some boss enrage timers are, but to save spoilers I'll transpose it onto the Skeleton King. So, as an imaginary example, in Inferno if you don't kill the Skeleton King within four minutes he starts spawning three times the amount of skeletons. That creates a much tougher situation, but it's one you could very well handle if played right.

People kiting the Skeleton King around for an hour with their level 3 characters is fun to see. It's not fun when it's level 60's at end game and item drops matter. To make these kills and thus a character's progression matter we need to try to fight cheesy tactics that allow people to just flop through the game.

 http://www.diablofans.com/blizz-tracker/topic/222192-lets-talk-about-enrage-timers/#post465


Mehhh.  I don't like the idea of enrage timers on Diablo bosses, hard or soft.  It is only on Inferno, so it isn't a big deal, but it just gives me a moment of pause in terms of their design. One of the things I liked about Diablo 2 was that I could play in extremely short bursts, but the fact that they feel the bosses even need enrage timers might mean they are expecting me to sit down and play for extended periods just to farm end game bosses.  One of the best parts about Diablo 2 was that I could play for 5 minutes and have a chance at the best loot in the game.

Not really dooooom worthy, just meh.

[Paelos]

Oh for the love of gaming, Blizzard. Enrage timers are FUCKING LAZY. At least it's at the level of difficulty I don't care about.

[Hawkbit]

What are the best sites for D3 news/info/strategerie?

[Lakov_Sanite]

Enrage timers is just to avoid cheesing out bosses, something I'm ok with. It's a lot more palpable than some other alternatives.

[Paelos]

Enrage timers is just to avoid cheesing out bosses, something I'm ok with. It's a lot more palpable than some other alternatives.

NNNNNNNNNNNNNT. Sorry that's the old bullshit excuse they give you. It always starts off as "Well we don't want to have 30m fights" and ends up with "Kill this boss in 5m or he wipes you out."