Diablo III Wild Speculation and Rumor Mongering Abounds

[Maledict]

And one skill combination per character will be the way to play the game any further than the first difficulty.

Just like Diablo 2.

Wait a second...

[Musashi]

This is me not taking the bait.   

[K9]

The rune system seems pretty awesome.

[Stabs]

The rune system seems pretty awesome.

WTS level 7 Crimson rune, for you special price.

[Hawkbit]

Yeah, but the great thing is that we don't even need to listen to it, with the built-in AH now.

[Malakili]

The Alabaster rune looks like a happy panda.

[caladein]

Depends if you're looking more at the mouth or the eyes really.

[K9]

By the same token, the crimson one looks like a vocal chicken.

[apocrypha]

I'm sorry, but the alabaster one looks like a cats arsehole.

[Murgos]

By the same token, the crimson one looks like a vocal chicken.

I'm sorry, but the alabaster one looks like a cats arsehole.

[RUiN 427]

Am I really going to have to start using the word alabaster?

[Mosesandstick]

Obsidian looks like a dancer?

[Rendakor]

Indigo looks like a squiggly line?
amidoinitrite?

[Threash]

The golden one looks like some sort of gem one would use in order to upgrade the damage of an ability or give it a certain special effect, if one were so inclined.

[Merusk]

Here I am all but ready to boycott them for the Always Online Part, and then they fill that bitter pill up with awesomeness. Damn you Blizzard!

It's a trap.

Get an axe.

[K9]

The golden one looks like some sort of gem one would use in order to upgrade the damage of an ability or give it a certain special effect, if one were so inclined.

Why sir, I do believe

[Ingmar]

Check your battle.net account pages, Beta is live:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3542796

[kildorn]

Check your battle.net account pages, Beta is live:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3542796

The money Blizzard would have made today by putting up a one day only adwords campaign on battle.net...

[Hutch]

Check your battle.net account pages, Beta is live:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3542796

The money Blizzard would have made today by putting up a one day only adwords campaign on battle.net...

Will be dwarfed by the money they make when they add minipets to D3, and put Li'l Deckard Cain on the battle.net cash shop.

[kildorn]

Check your battle.net account pages, Beta is live:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3542796

The money Blizzard would have made today by putting up a one day only adwords campaign on battle.net...

Will be dwarfed by the money they make when they add minipets to D3, and put Li'l Deckard Cain on the battle.net cash shop.

Please tell me Li'l Cain is a nerdcore rapper already. PLEASE.

[Mrbloodworth]

DOOOOOOooooooommmmmmmMMMMMMMmmmm

[Hawkbit]

http://kotaku.com/5842790/diablo-iii-on-a-control-pad-sounds-great

...try not to let the following statement from Blizzard's Jay Wilson freak you out too much. Because it's for the best!

"One of the reasons why we're exploring the idea of a console version of Diablo III because we feel that the controls and the style of the game lend itself to a console", Wilson told PC Gamer. "With some of our early experiments in putting a direct control scheme into the game via a 360-like analogue controller, I've been ‘Oh this feels even better, with direct control…'"

[Paelos]

[Hawkbit]

With limiting to six skills and a potion button, maybe some 'on-use' items, there's more than enough buttons on modern controllers for it.  Seems like it might work well, in my mind.  I hope there's support for gamepads on the PC version at launch. 

[NiX]

With limiting to six skills and a potion button, maybe some 'on-use' items, there's more than enough buttons on modern controllers for it.  Seems like it might work well, in my mind.  I hope there's support for gamepads on the PC version at launch. 

I'd assume there would be so they can track metrics on use and see how many continue using it beyond what most would consider the novelty factor.

[Xuri]

http://kotaku.com/5842790/diablo-iii-on-a-control-pad-sounds-great

...try not to let the following statement from Blizzard's Jay Wilson freak you out too much. Because it's for the best!

"One of the reasons why we're exploring the idea of a console version of Diablo III because we feel that the controls and the style of the game lend itself to a console", Wilson told PC Gamer. "With some of our early experiments in putting a direct control scheme into the game via a 360-like analogue controller, I've been ‘Oh this feels even better, with direct control…'"

[K9]

Uh, sod gamepads...

[Malakili]

Sigh, whatever I guess.  I guess growing up with a controller makes you a wizard with one, but they just feel so imprecise to me, I don't know what I'd want to play a game like Diablo on them.  I'm partially biased because of Hardcore mode, I know I'd die to fucking up controlling my character precisely with a controller, and I guess thats not a major issue for most of their audience.

[schild]

I've wanted a good Diablo on consoles since the early days of time. Anyone who is against this is just... weird.

Malakili, this is Diablo. Not a fighting game. There are no Just Frames in this.

[tazelbain]

Button mashers are better on consoles.

[Fabricated]

I've wanted a good Diablo on consoles since the early days of time. Anyone who is against this is just... weird.

Malakili, this is Diablo. Not a fighting game. There are no Just Frames in this.

Diablo was on the PSX and it sucked. Mostly the horrific loading times and being sloppily ported, but still.

But whatever, the reality is that for any of the shitty publishers we live with today any game that costs over $20 retail when it's new has to be made with consoles in mind to end up being profitable.

[Bunk]

While I generally fear any talk of moving PC franchises to console, I will admit to prefering Torchlight on the 360. The casual nature of the game just suits the console.

[Hawkbit]

Not that it was a good game by any means, but I tried Dungeon Siege 3 demos on both PC and PS3.  The PS3 version controlled a lot better and the controls simply made more sense.  Looking at Diablo 3, I think they will be mildly similar in controller scheme. 

I think there's potential in the idea.  Besides, who doesn't want to crash on the couch and kill shit?

[Ingmar]

I don't really see the harm in having the option, even if I won't use it. My index finger clicking muscles are much more developed than my thumb button mashing ones.

[ezrast]

I like to cast spells at monsters, not just in their general direction. Basically I agree with what Malakili said. I've been doing that a lot in this thread.