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[Diablo III] Officially coming in early 2012. Beta now live.

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    COAT YOUR BODY IN DELICIOUS SCENTED LEAKS

    THEY ARE THE OILS OF VICTORY

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  • Vi MonksVi Monks Registered User regular
    ronya wrote:
    Game types:
    GameType1 Cooperative
    GameType2 PvP - Diablo III
    GameType3 PvP - DotA
    GameType4 PvP - Arena
    GameType5 PvP - Team Deathmatch

    hmmm

    :shock:

    Do want.

  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    ronya wrote:
    Game types:
    GameType1 Cooperative
    GameType2 PvP - Diablo III
    GameType3 PvP - DotA
    GameType4 PvP - Arena
    GameType5 PvP - Team Deathmatch

    hmmm
    Diablota? Interesting if true.

  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    makes sense

    the control method is vastly more suited

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  • EnderEnder Registered User regular
    What is
    DotA?

  • vamenvamen Registered User regular
    Ender wrote:
    What is
    DotA?
    Defense of the Ancients.

  • A-PuckA-Puck Registered User regular
    Ender wrote:
    What is
    DotA?
    Gametype spoiler
    DotA stands for Defense of the Ancients, it means it's a moba (multi-user online battle arena) like game mode, similar to League of Legends if you want a reference

    Soon... soon I will install you, my precious.
  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    What's the difference between that and what they've shown thus far? Wider areas?

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  • A-PuckA-Puck Registered User regular
    Chen wrote:
    What's the difference between that and what they've shown thus far? Wider areas?

    pvp Game type spoilers
    A larger arena area, and the goal of this type of game play is to destroy an objective that the other team is defending, while they attempt to do the same thing to you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYc8CTtjnZA has a decent 5m overview of the game type

    Soon... soon I will install you, my precious.
  • El GuacoEl Guaco Registered User regular
    Well, since they've clearly lifted the NDA for beta, it's going to be next to impossible not to hear anything about it unless you disconnect your internet.

    They actually have people live streaming beta play!

  • Brooklyn.NickBrooklyn.Nick Registered User regular
    El Guaco wrote:
    Well, since they've clearly lifted the NDA for beta, it's going to be next to impossible not to hear anything about it unless you disconnect your internet.

    What I've heard is that a lot of the actual game client has been datamined, so things like the final boss encounter and ending might be out there. Gabe's Equation predicts spoilers.

    Look, I never had a dream in my life, 'cause a dream is what you wanna do and still haven't pursued; I knew what I wanted and did it 'til it was done, so I've been the dream that I wanted to be since day one.
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  • EnderEnder Registered User regular
    Well at least the spoilers solidified my choice of first characters.

    Gigantic fire-breathing dragons hooooooooooo!

  • tbloxhamtbloxham Registered User regular
    Scosglen wrote:
    Damnit, dataminers. Now I have to choose whether I want to plug my ears and jettison from this thread forever, or give in to the temptation of rubbing my body down in glorious glorious leaks.

    I think we can be pretty sure that the story isn't in the beta beyond act 1, there is no reason for it to be so hopefully the spoilers will be mostly harmless.

    Still, Blizz should hurry up and 'officially' release some more info.

    "That is cool" - Abraham Lincoln
  • WaltWalt Waller Arcane Enchanted Frozen ElectrifiedRegistered User regular
    tbloxham wrote:
    Scosglen wrote:
    Damnit, dataminers. Now I have to choose whether I want to plug my ears and jettison from this thread forever, or give in to the temptation of rubbing my body down in glorious glorious leaks.

    I think we can be pretty sure that the story isn't in the beta beyond act 1, there is no reason for it to be so hopefully the spoilers will be mostly harmless.

    Still, Blizz should hurry up and 'officially' release some more info.

    There are some big time post-act1 spoilers in there, so if you are the type who hates spoilers its definitely a "stay away at all costs" type thing.

  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    Theres a lot of streams of people playin the beta now, from the F&F testers

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/k7atw/diablo_3_stream_list/

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  • wavecutterwavecutter Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    I can hardly wait for d3


    wavecutter on
  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    It's not like everyone didn't hear about the cow level in D2 before they ended up there. You didn't just find out how to get there without looking it up or being told ahead of time.

    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    wavecutter wrote:
    I can hardly wait for d3

    I saw that. :P

  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Henroid wrote:
    wavecutter wrote:
    I can hardly wait for d3

    I saw that. :P
    Yeah, I don't know the password for that username either.

    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • wavecutterwavecutter Registered User regular
    <B

  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    Given the "we can dance if we want to" patch notes, I wouldn't be surprised if the "secret level" was just them fucking with people.

    But I really hope it isn't, because then it'd be fucking with people on so many levels.

    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Sounds like the beta caps characters at level 13?

    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    Yeah, that's been known for awhile now. I think it was in the beta faq they released ages ago.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    There was a beta FAQ? Well, I don't recall seeing it posted in this thread, so I'm calling it news.

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  • JepheryJephery Registered User regular
    ronya wrote:
    So it looks like a lot of uniques made it to D3 (unsurprisingly). The spoilery bit is presumably which:
    UniqueRing2_PvP Stone of Not Jordan

    Totally not that ring.

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  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    Why is Tyrael
    called "Bridle" in many of the files? Odd extraction error by the original Taiwanese site?

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    ronya wrote:
    Why is Tyrael
    called "Bridle" in many of the files? Odd extraction error by the original Taiwanese site?
    he's the tool that leads the player around

  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    hahahaha

    though
    Azmodan is Fetlock and Belial is Saddle...

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    I've been told the NDA was lifted on this mo'fucker.

  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    Henroid wrote:
    I've been told the NDA was lifted on this mo'fucker.

    In order to be lifted, there would have to be one in the first place :P

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Skab wrote:
    Henroid wrote:
    I've been told the NDA was lifted on this mo'fucker.

    In order to be lifted, there would have to be one in the first place :P

    So any and all info from the beta is just up for grabs right away?

  • EnderEnder Registered User regular
    Why on god's green fucking earth did I start watching beta leak videos.

    Now I need this game.

    Even more than I did before.

  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    Henroid wrote:
    Skab wrote:
    Henroid wrote:
    I've been told the NDA was lifted on this mo'fucker.

    In order to be lifted, there would have to be one in the first place :P

    So any and all info from the beta is just up for grabs right away?

    Correct.

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    Haha:
    UniqueRing2_PvP Stone of Not Jordan

    I also liked "The Eye of the Beholder"

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    I've seen less information for the wizard than any other class in the game so far. And the wizard is the only one I've TRIED looking up info on. Everyone is blowing their wads over all the other classes. D:

  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    Henroid wrote:
    I've seen less information for the wizard than any other class in the game so far. And the wizard is the only one I've TRIED looking up info on. Everyone is blowing their wads over all the other classes. D:

    http://www.diablofans.com/topic/27996-datamined-runestone-effects/page__p__649068#entry649068

    This is pretty juicy

  • LorekLorek Registered User regular
    Some of these Wizard rune changes seem odd..
    Wizard Rune Spoilers:
    Obsidian Rune - Body Double
    Increases the Life of your images to [{Script Formula 3}*100]% of your Life.

    Golden Rune - Extension of Will
    The duration of the images is increased to {Script Formula 2} seconds and increases the Life of your images to [{Script Formula 3}*100]% of your Life.

    Why would you ever use the Obsidian Rune here? They use the same formula for Life increase but the Golden Rune also increases duration.

  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    Could be a work in progress

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Lorek wrote:
    Some of these Wizard rune changes seem odd..
    Wizard Rune Spoilers:
    Obsidian Rune - Body Double
    Increases the Life of your images to [{Script Formula 3}*100]% of your Life.

    Golden Rune - Extension of Will
    The duration of the images is increased to {Script Formula 2} seconds and increases the Life of your images to [{Script Formula 3}*100]% of your Life.

    Why would you ever use the Obsidian Rune here? They use the same formula for Life increase but the Golden Rune also increases duration.

    Oh the game must be shipping as it currently stands. I missed that news! ;-)

  • Dropping LoadsDropping Loads Registered User regular
    It's also possible that "Script Formula 3" includes rune color as one of the variables in calculating the output, such that obsidian would return a higher percentage in this case.

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