Ask Blizzard!
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In the name of Zod
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64 bit?
Any chance of a downloadable dedicated server?
How many cores will the engine utilize?
How many expansion packs planned right now?
Will the game be out in a year?
How it the tailsman idea going?
Will it go console?
Will there be pay to play?
How much content will singleplayers lose out on?
Will there be an tool kits provided for the modding community?
Who is doing the music?
Will there be more character classes available with the expansions?
Will singleplayer be supported in all of the expansions?
Where's the cheese?
64 bit?
Any chance of a downloadable dedicated server?
How many cores will the engine utilize?
How many expansion packs planned right now?
Will the game be out in a year?
How it the tailsman idea going?
Will it go console?
Will there be pay to play?
How much content will singleplayers lose out on?
Will there be an tool kits provided for the modding community?
Who is doing the music?
Will there be more character classes available with the expansions?
Will singleplayer be supported in all of the expansions?
Where's the cheese?
SlechtWeerBeer
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*No
*No (Microtransactions on small things that don't influence the actual game maybe?)
*None
*Yes
*Yes (lol?)
*Mouses D:
Might be wrong, but from my perspective, only the last question has a doubtable answer.
My guesses:
*No
*No (Microtransactions on small things that don't influence the actual game maybe?)
*None
*Yes
*Yes (lol?)
*Mouses D:
Might be wrong, but from my perspective, only the last question has a doubtable answer.
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Leord
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Well, it's good you ask/reply like this, as we could potentially make an Unofficial Diablo 3 FAQ out of it as well, filling out on the official one...
In the name of Zod
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Will expansion packs also come with engine upgrades?
Will there be a hardcore mode?
How much time has already gone into Diablo 3?
Who will be doing the voice acting for the 'D'?
Will the engine be used for cinematic scenes?
Will there be a public beta testing? What are the requirements?
Is the first act fully completed?
Where you serious about changing the colour palette?
Will the old hero's make a cameo return?
Will there be another Arreat Summit site for Diablo 3?
Will expansion packs also come with engine upgrades?
Will there be a hardcore mode?
How much time has already gone into Diablo 3?
Who will be doing the voice acting for the 'D'?
Will the engine be used for cinematic scenes?
Will there be a public beta testing? What are the requirements?
Is the first act fully completed?
Where you serious about changing the colour palette?
Will the old hero's make a cameo return?
Will there be another Arreat Summit site for Diablo 3?
visom
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*Usually no, engine upgrades are more for another sequel
*Most likely
*I heard D3 started its development stage in 2005, but has been strapped 2 or 3 times, starting from the ground up again. Otherwise if you're talking about THIS D3, I'm guessing 2 years?
*The same guy? Besides D's voice isn't too hard to imitate IMO
*Don't know
*Almost guarantee, requirements might be to attend Blizzcon for early beta key, or some sort of registration.
*I heard its fully complete, but is still going through some minor fixing/adjustments
*Not sure
*Don't know for sure
*Probably
WARNING: My educated guesses
*Usually no, engine upgrades are more for another sequel
*Most likely
*I heard D3 started its development stage in 2005, but has been strapped 2 or 3 times, starting from the ground up again. Otherwise if you're talking about THIS D3, I'm guessing 2 years?
*The same guy? Besides D's voice isn't too hard to imitate IMO
*Don't know
*Almost guarantee, requirements might be to attend Blizzcon for early beta key, or some sort of registration.
*I heard its fully complete, but is still going through some minor fixing/adjustments
*Not sure
*Don't know for sure
*Probably
Silverfang
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1) Will Itemdrops be determined with generation of the monsters to slay or at the time of their death?
2) If the former, will monsters have the ability to use the items they are bound to drop? Especially, will they be able to use the runes?
3) As you're following the arc of nephalim heritage, will the unanounced characters show more nephalim-/demonpowers?
4) Is there eventually a former enemy getting dressed up in the role of playercharacter (e.g. the knights and/or mages from actIV) ?
5) What is the percentage of quests that are already in the game (although not polished or balanced) compared to the ammount of (edit)quests(/edit) you have in mind for release? Have you eventually already exceeded the ammount you HAD in mind?
So... that's my first post then...
Kallisti! Alexis of Silverfang
1) Will Itemdrops be determined with generation of the monsters to slay or at the time of their death?
2) If the former, will monsters have the ability to use the items they are bound to drop? Especially, will they be able to use the runes?
3) As you're following the arc of nephalim heritage, will the unanounced characters show more nephalim-/demonpowers?
4) Is there eventually a former enemy getting dressed up in the role of playercharacter (e.g. the knights and/or mages from actIV) ?
5) What is the percentage of quests that are already in the game (although not polished or balanced) compared to the ammount of (edit)quests(/edit) you have in mind for release? Have you eventually already exceeded the ammount you HAD in mind?
So... that's my first post then...
Kallisti! Alexis of Silverfang
Phranx
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1. Was the D3 engine created from the ground up or was it loosely based off an engine that Blizzard already have?
This answer could potentially tell us about 64bit support, available screen resolutions, full screen windowed mode and a fair idea of system requirements. Although all of these are nearly a sure thing.
2. Will Blizzard ever sell T-Shirts with the rainbow and unicorn image?
1. Was the D3 engine created from the ground up or was it loosely based off an engine that Blizzard already have?
This answer could potentially tell us about 64bit support, available screen resolutions, full screen windowed mode and a fair idea of system requirements. Although all of these are nearly a sure thing.
2. Will Blizzard ever sell T-Shirts with the rainbow and unicorn image?
Fox VII
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1.) I love muling! Will the shared chest or "stash" be available in singleplayer or just on the new battlenet?
2.) I hate nerfs. Will the repec system be flexible enough to prevent high level character's from becoming obsolete as game balances are introduced?
3.) I love killing different monsters! Can you give a ball park number for how many different enemy types the game will feature at launch?
4.) I hate losing my hard work. Will characters be deleted if inactive on battlenet for X number of days?
5.) I love playing all classes! How many save slots will come with the game for battlenet and can we purchase more if desired?
6.) I hate extra costs. Will there be additional charges outside of the games box price to play online?
7.) I love random quests! What percentage of the total numbers of quests are you aimming to make randomly generated?
8.) I hate waiting on game patches. Will you use streaming technology to update the game while we play?
9.) I love increased difficulty and better loot! Will players have the option to scale the difficulty up to a full party game, when playing with less than a full party?
10.) I hate waiting on this game! How about a small demo before launch...
Thank you for any answers.
1.) I love muling! Will the shared chest or "stash" be available in singleplayer or just on the new battlenet?
2.) I hate nerfs. Will the repec system be flexible enough to prevent high level character's from becoming obsolete as game balances are introduced?
3.) I love killing different monsters! Can you give a ball park number for how many different enemy types the game will feature at launch?
4.) I hate losing my hard work. Will characters be deleted if inactive on battlenet for X number of days?
5.) I love playing all classes! How many save slots will come with the game for battlenet and can we purchase more if desired?
6.) I hate extra costs. Will there be additional charges outside of the games box price to play online?
7.) I love random quests! What percentage of the total numbers of quests are you aimming to make randomly generated?
8.) I hate waiting on game patches. Will you use streaming technology to update the game while we play?
9.) I love increased difficulty and better loot! Will players have the option to scale the difficulty up to a full party game, when playing with less than a full party?
10.) I hate waiting on this game! How about a small demo before launch...
Thank you for any answers.
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Will there be a true world state save available in single player?
Items:
Will there be an adjustable auto-pickup which lets you specify what types of items to autocollect?
Charms: in or out?
New item types besides story scrolls and globes?
Quest related crafting a la Charsi?
Open-ended crafting a la socketing or the Cube?
What's the philosophy on quest rewards?
- Class-specific, unique or random?
- Does the player ever get a choice of rewards?
- Same types of things you can find as drops, or better?
- Items only or stats and points or other perks?
Mercs/followers:
- Will they have inventories?
- Will you be able to keep them for the whole game, or are they linked to a quest or zone or the like?
- Assuming that if they're long-term they level with you... will the player be able to customize their development with skills as well as stats and gear?
- Will there be non-human followers, i.e. pets that are class-independent?
- Will there be non-combat-type followers? Maybe a pack mule type pet, or one that confers other advantages... like a blacksmith, or a mount that confers speed.
Game world:
Is the outdoor world zoned? If so, are zones comparable in size to D2, or bigger?
Any hints as to the types of landscapes we'll see? Anything new and spectacular?
Assuming that we spend some time in Hell... is it essentially the same graphical idea, or something different?
Will we be visiting heaven, and if so, what does it look like?
Will there be a true world state save available in single player?
Items:
Will there be an adjustable auto-pickup which lets you specify what types of items to autocollect?
Charms: in or out?
New item types besides story scrolls and globes?
Quest related crafting a la Charsi?
Open-ended crafting a la socketing or the Cube?
What's the philosophy on quest rewards?
- Class-specific, unique or random?
- Does the player ever get a choice of rewards?
- Same types of things you can find as drops, or better?
- Items only or stats and points or other perks?
Mercs/followers:
- Will they have inventories?
- Will you be able to keep them for the whole game, or are they linked to a quest or zone or the like?
- Assuming that if they're long-term they level with you... will the player be able to customize their development with skills as well as stats and gear?
- Will there be non-human followers, i.e. pets that are class-independent?
- Will there be non-combat-type followers? Maybe a pack mule type pet, or one that confers other advantages... like a blacksmith, or a mount that confers speed.
Game world:
Is the outdoor world zoned? If so, are zones comparable in size to D2, or bigger?
Any hints as to the types of landscapes we'll see? Anything new and spectacular?
Assuming that we spend some time in Hell... is it essentially the same graphical idea, or something different?
Will we be visiting heaven, and if so, what does it look like?
Valmy
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1) Will Vitality points affect the fury regeneration or drain?
2) Will you finally protect the game from ruin banning the hackers permanent in spite of only temporary?
3) Will you include the possibility —with or without payment— of change the color, size or voice of our character to make him unique?
4) Will you eradicate the rush?
5) Will we need a different equipment or build in different zones of the game?
1) Will Vitality points affect the fury regeneration or drain?
2) Will you finally protect the game from ruin banning the hackers permanent in spite of only temporary?
3) Will you include the possibility —with or without payment— of change the color, size or voice of our character to make him unique?
4) Will you eradicate the rush?
5) Will we need a different equipment or build in different zones of the game?
GuardianHadriel
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1.Do you have any info about which class was the most played one (or is) in Diablo II.
2.I´d like to know something about the new classes, are they characters of old frames or do any of them just expand the width of rpg-gaming?
3.As man other ppl i hope for a holy class but can you confirm my suspision that one of the classes will be using some kind of ranged weapon?(i do´nt hope for guns)
1.Do you have any info about which class was the most played one (or is) in Diablo II.
2.I´d like to know something about the new classes, are they characters of old frames or do any of them just expand the width of rpg-gaming?
3.As man other ppl i hope for a holy class but can you confirm my suspision that one of the classes will be using some kind of ranged weapon?(i do´nt hope for guns)
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Ok i dont know if someone hinted on this already but I thought it would be a good question.
the question is: When interacting with the NPC's and taking on quests, will we have a choice (other then to do the quest or not) on what we say or react to the NPC. For instance i remember as a kid i used to read these adventure/mystery books in which you came to a point in the story where you had to make a choice. Depending on that choice determined what page you had to turn to next. As you read into the book you would either quickly find out you made a good choice or it might take a while. Some choices had more effect then others. It made for a very entertaining experience. Just wondering if blizzard was going to do something like this. I know it would be a lot of work but might be well worth it for replayability. depending on the storylines you follow would make each players experience different. You might be a good summaritian or a self serving mercinary.
Ok i dont know if someone hinted on this already but I thought it would be a good question.
the question is: When interacting with the NPC's and taking on quests, will we have a choice (other then to do the quest or not) on what we say or react to the NPC. For instance i remember as a kid i used to read these adventure/mystery books in which you came to a point in the story where you had to make a choice. Depending on that choice determined what page you had to turn to next. As you read into the book you would either quickly find out you made a good choice or it might take a while. Some choices had more effect then others. It made for a very entertaining experience. Just wondering if blizzard was going to do something like this. I know it would be a lot of work but might be well worth it for replayability. depending on the storylines you follow would make each players experience different. You might be a good summaritian or a self serving mercinary.
Kentalicious
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1- will there be addons to change the UI?
2- Will Mercenaries be back in the game?
3- You have two spell casters and a melee person... does that just leave an archer and another person for melee?
4- Will there be people in town that you talk to and you get healed?
5- are town portals going to be in this game?
1- will there be addons to change the UI?
2- Will Mercenaries be back in the game?
3- You have two spell casters and a melee person... does that just leave an archer and another person for melee?
4- Will there be people in town that you talk to and you get healed?
5- are town portals going to be in this game?