Blizzard Makes Even More Changes to Diablo 3
After releasing a long list of changes, Blizzard has revealed even more edits it will make to the upcoming PC game Diablo 3.
After announcing a long list of changes that were made in Diablo 3, Blizzard has announced that a few more additional changes are in order. The team stated on Friday that both the Scroll of Companion and the Scroll of Reforging will be removed because they "weren't good enough" for the upcoming PC game in its current state.
"The companion pets felt like they were mandatory to maximize play efficiency and some of the pets were too cutesy for the gritty, dark world of Sanctuary," wrote the community manager. "Neither of those are issues we felt like we could solve without a lot of additional work, and we’re trying to close in on a solid release date for the game, not move further away. When weighing these systems against releasing the game, we decided to cut these scrolls and stay on track for the game’s release."
Before its death, the Scroll of Companion allowed players to summon a random non-combat pet to pick up gold within a short radius. The list of pets included a bat, a chicken, a pig, a rat, a scorpion and more. As for the Scroll of Reforging, it transmuted all properties of a single magic item into an entirely new set of properties which in turn permanently reduced the maximum durability of the item by 10-percent.
For those currently in the closed beta who were particularly fond of these scrolls, they're not quite completely dead just yet. "We think we can make companion pets into a much cooler system (both mechanically and visually), and evolve the reforging scrolls into a more meaningful system at some point in the future," the blog reads. "For the time being, they will not be in the initial release of the game."
Diablo 3 is currently at v.0.6.0.8296 (patch 10). As previously reported, the team already made changes to the core character attributes: Attack, Defense and Precision have been removed, and Dexterity, Intellect, Strength, and Vitality have been added. Armor has taken the place of Defense, +Physical Resist has replaced the original Armor, and +Chance to Crit has replaced Precision.
To see the full list of changes, check out the Diablo 3 blog here. Nope, it doesn't look like Diablo 3 will be out anytime soon...
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This so much seems to be turning into "design by committee". Something that kills pretty every product unfortunate enough to be in that situation.
Besides, D3 is destined to disappoint. Its had so much hype and players of D2 simply won't be wowed enough to stop the inevitable criticism.
^^ It doesn't matter if it disappoints everyone. Everyone is still going to play Diablo III.
Wohoooo!
Release date: 2020
^^ It doesn't matter if it disappoints everyone. Everyone is still going to play Diablo III.Wohoooo!
I'm not, and neither are the millions of other gamers who despise that god awful 3rd person isometric view that was already old and tired when D2 was in its prime.
At this point doesn't it seem like the game is being 'over produced'. These guys are so worried about putting out the perfect game I wouldn't be shocked if they make so many changes that they just screw everything up.
I'm not, and neither are the millions of other gamers who despise that god awful 3rd person isometric view that was already old and tired when D2 was in its prime.
Ok
Will > Wont
The game will sell and people will enjoy it.
Even if its just mediocre upgraded diablo 2, A goodish game... Lots of content/updates/and top down camera without a monthly fee.... It would be hard to not get your pennys worth, over a period of a year.
Even just playing the game on and off.
Waiting for GW2 instead.
This is what we call in the engineering world "nuking it out"........
Ur thinking too much... just let it out.........
crit rating? So original...NOT. so boring.
Starcraft II came, Diablo III is coming, and we are expecting Warcraft IV....
I'd rather wait impatiently than have them release another Duke Nukem Forever flop.
Maybe the marketing guys said, "hey we missed a Christmas release, can we fix something and release it next Christmas?"
Hopefully the next change will be an option to play the game offline. I don't care about having a character I can use to play against other people otherwise I'd buy WOW. I just want to play a game for a while and turn it off.
I also like to use cheats and hacks. To me that is what makes a games fun. Having a suped up character that can womp the enemies (without having to play a game for 50+ hours or in linear games only reach that point near the end). Some games I like to beat once then replay with cheats and hacks on. Others I get bored with and turn on the cheats and hacks.
I can understand why in MMO's they don't want cheats/hacks. But in games with single player options I don't see a reason not to allow it. It's your copy you should be able to do whatever you want.
I prefer Isometric view over the retched WoW-like first person view. Iso or bust.
Screw the people who don't like it. 99 percent of them live with their mom. FACT.
So tired of waiting for this shit. Heard and read news about it since 2009. Blizzard's market strategy of prolonging releases are a big turn-off. I bet Starcraft II exp is also going to be delayed over and over. For people who do not mind playing offline RPGs just get Kingdoms of Amalur or Dragon's Dogma.
Please provide a link to the FACT that 99 % of these people live with their mom.
Pet? While nice to not have to click EVERYTHING to pick it up, find some other way.
As for the other scroll, I kinda like that idea. I say kinda because D2 gave you the ability to use gems and the cube to "re-roll" an item and you didn't lose anything other then the gems. Not sure why giving up durability is a better idea unless they removed the re-roll option from the cube recipes.
A shame to hear about the pets. I would have loved to have a cute looking pet kill Diablo.
Just imagine the king of hell dominating the world only to be stopped by a care bear.
Toms, are you planning to report every incremental D2 change?
Is this a mirror of morhaimeshardware.com?
This is so awesome! So when is Diablo 3 coming out? 2016?
I couldn't get into Diablo I/II, not because of the viewing angle, but the consequences of that coupled with a really low resolution monitor. Too far away to see any graphical detail... The gameplay was ok I suppose. Due to a system crash, and poor backup habits, I lost my main push into Diablo II's campaign, so there was no way I could start over and have it feel fresh, so I abandoned it. It's obviously been a long time but if those were my main concerns, then I might enjoy Diablo III (albeit in small doses). Due to my tastes and preferences, I'm 99% sure that I won't be purchasing this title before or during the initial release. I'll be looking for a bargain in 2013.
It's interesting how they seem to be taking two steps forward in development, then one or two steps back, with the intention of taking three to four steps forward at a later date. Two steps forward to create something. One or two steps to take it out, and plan another three to four steps forward to A) put it back and B) make it better. I bet there's some suits somewhere who are really frustrated and don't understand what's going on. Some employees might also be frustrated trying to determine who really is in charge of the development (behind the scenes).
I hope it turns out to be a great game, but if doubt hits a critical level, presales and release sales will suffer, and pirating may also increase above normal levels for a time until the dust settles and everyone decides for themselves if its worth picking up. We may be reading in December of 2012 the top 5 pirated games of the year, and this one may be on the top of that list.
So the Mass effect trilogy will come out before D3?. I wish the WoW would just die.
"^^ It doesn't matter if it disappoints everyone. Everyone is still going to play Diablo III.Wohoooo!"
No thank you, there's still people with principles who will not support customer shaggery in the form of always online single player DRM, or megalomaniac companies like Activision.
And after what they did to Warcraft and Starcraft?? nah, blizzy and shove it up their collective rears.
The game will be out SOON.
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"^^ It doesn't matter if it disappoints everyone. Everyone is still going to play Diablo III.Wohoooo!"No thank you, there's still people with principles who will not support customer shaggery in the form of always online single player DRM, or megalomaniac companies like Activision. And after what they did to Warcraft and Starcraft?? nah, blizzy and shove it up their collective rears.
I am one of those other people who will REFUSE to buy any future products by Blizzard for those reasons you stated. The more changes Toms put up The more I hate d3.
"A chicken, pig or rat", really?? What gives? You couldn't think of animals that would fit? A bat i understand. But how about a wolf / dog, some sort of wildcat or even a bear..A freaking Thylacine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine) would be AWESOME and fit just fine...but a chicken??
And what's with the attribute names? If you're going to use the classic strength, agility, intelligence (that has been used to death) then use the classic names. If you're planning on changing the names, then revolutionize the effects!
i don't get it blizzard... make D2 again with better graphics and a different story. stop adding WOW crap to make it "better".
Actually it seems they are in serious "consolization" of D3 by the number of things cut from it. But I do think the scrolls will be back...on the Blizz pet store.
But yes, I am one of those who will no longer buy WoW products, as long as Kotick is in charge of Activision Blizzard. Blizzard has gone down a dark path, totally 180 what they were pre-merger. I don't blame the Blizzard people. The changes made seem quite clearly to be from the Kotick style of game development so my blame goes to him and to Vivendi for placing someone with his reputation in charge.
I can't help but think 6 months into D3, few players will be playing just to play the game, but imagine it will be more a wasteland of botters and farmers trying to turn a quick buck on the RMAH. Hopefully the South Korean decision over the RMAH will catch on to other parts of the world.
Reading between the lines, "We will add the companion scrolls in after game launch as a purchasable item from battle.net"
Maybe its me but the changes seem to be taking the game into a extremely casual realm. That's my biggest gripe with World of Warcraft its more a social simulation then a action game. All aspects of World of Warcraft have been dumbed down to the point where its pretty much impossible to fail. I have not played D3 beta but with core attributes being removed I have to wonder how simple stats are going to be. I know with Mist of Pandora bliz is taking away talent trees. At certain levels the person picks 1 of 3 different skills that do kinda the same thing in different ways. I really hope D3 is not following suit. The game is dumbed down for the mega causal facebook player I will be looking else where for entertainment. I am so tired of blizzard causal crap they keep releasing. I am just waiting for them to put a "I win button" into world of Warcraft so if your having trouble beating something it will auto kill it for you. What I remember of playing Diablo and Diablo 2 (its been many years since) both where challenging fun games that had good stories.