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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zybch This so much seems to be turning into "design by committee". Something that kills pretty every product unfortunate enough to be in that situation.Reply
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. -
Shape ^^ It doesn't matter if it disappoints everyone. Everyone is still going to play Diablo III.Reply
Wohoooo! -
zybch Shape^^ 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.Reply -
whitey_rolls 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.Reply
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Shape zybchI'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.Reply
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bd26 Will > WontReply
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. -
memadmax This is what we call in the engineering world "nuking it out"........Reply
Ur thinking too much... just let it out.........