Diablo 3 Hero Profiles Now Live
Don't be scared, it's just my awesome Wizard.
Diablo 3 gamers now have a way to show off their awesome heroes thanks to Blizzard's new hero profiles feature. Unfortunately, what's missing is the ability to show the public that you either spend too much time playing the hack-n-slash PC game, or that you're one of the last people on the planet that still hasn't completed Act III in Normal mode using your first character.
That said, the new hero profiles feature is great for looking at the character's equipment, game progression and whatnot on the fly outside the popular PC game. It's also good for showing off your elite slashing skills to BattleTag friends on Battle.net -- the Friends tab lets you check out your BattleTag friends’ characters, so that you can quickly compare notes on gear, skill & rune choices, and everything in between.
"The profiles allow easy sharing, comparing, and refining of heroes as players pursue monster-slaying mastery. We plan to add even more functionality to them as Diablo 3 evolves, including detailed statistics and tabs for achievements and artisans," Blizzard said on Monday.
Players can log in with their Battle.net account (look for the login box in the upper-right hand corner of your screen) to access hero profiles from any page on the Diablo 3 community site. It consists of three sections: Career, Heroes and Friends.
For starters, the Career panel keeps track of statistics like lifetime kills, elite kills, overall progression, and the current status of the Blacksmith and Jeweler. There are also slots for your second and third saved games, and a block that reports the time played by class.
In the Heroes section, players can see what each character currently wields, their attributes, their skills, their followers and progression in the normal to inferno timeline. Hover the mouse over a link in the character's equipment list and you'll see a pop-up window offering additional details about a specific item. A list of gear bonuses lets you see which piece of equipment is boosting the character's current stats.
Although the hero profile doesn't affect the game in any way, it definitely serves as a cool overview of the player's progression in Diablo 3. "If there’s something else you’d like to see appear in a character profile, please make sure to let us know in the comments below or on our website forums," Blizzard added.
I think they missed the one about WoW losing 1.1 million subs last quarter.
I think they missed the one about WoW losing 1.1 million subs last quarter.
Torchlight 2 = ?
Agreed. Small s*** Blizzard updates like this get on here while big news about other games don't even mentioned. If you're going to do this at least don't make it so blatantly obvious.
You'd have better luck on Diablo III - Auction House Wars.
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Whoop
But how would you get any useful gear? You need to use the auction house to find anything decent. You need an active internet connection for the auction house. It may have a crappy search interface, but there are thousands of useful and useless items for you to enjoy spending hours sifting through. It is what the game was built for after all.
Please note, sarcasm.
I guess at this point I'm refusing the AH's in Diablo because I don't want to contribute to the idea that Auction Houses should be a part of single player games - D3 clearly demonstrates that it's a HORRIBLE idea - absolutely horrible. No it's not the specific IDEA that's horrible, but rather the changes that they've made to the game to make the AH integral. They basically make good gear drops so rare that there's no point playing (unless you can do it for a living), you're just never going to find the cool drops that used to be fun to find in the earlier installments.
I will never buy a SP game with an AH again... EVER.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Lyrick-1895/hero/5095810
i thought it was all bots?
why would any one pay to play an online only game?
i got this for my birthday despite not wanting it, i played it to show appreciation for the people who got me this as a gift. 3 weeks and i was so bored i quit playing it after completing every stage with every class.
i was bored with it after being forced by the developer to beat it in easy mode on the first character.
never again will i play an online only game, they just suck as bad as all console games. so easy a 4year old can beat it.
Inferno act tree with significant MF, no good drops with int on my wizard. I have a distinct feeling Blizzard don't want your class items to drop (int for wiz for instance) but rather force the player to enter the AH if they prefer to play solo.
Would be intressting to know how much time the "top geared" players spent in the AH rather than playing the game...
I don't use the Auction House, don't even know what it looks like.