In the demo you can see monsters and so on casting shadows away from you like you're a lightsource. So for now I think it's in.Something I noticed during the world & lore panel; they showed some footage where the lighting was closer to D2, with light emanating from the main character (casting dynamic shadows and all) and a dark vignette around that. I really hope they didn't remove the effect, it looks good imo and they should make it toggle-able.
Yeah, and he was saying that this game is at least 2 years away in the beginning -- he obviously doesn't know that, but that's the impression he got from the devs when he spoke with them. So, tons of time to iterate and make changes based on feedback.
I really wouldn't be surprised if they kept Amazon gender-locked, not sure why they would be hesitant either.
Yup, at this point having a thriving economy that stimulates player interaction and item trading is basically best practice for an ARPG. People that hate it so much can simply not participate and treat the game like a solo RPG, which it sounds like the developers will support quite a bit.
Either Paladin or Amazon is a lock, but I don't think we will get both. Being a love letter is cool and all, but having D2 classes exclusively is something I doubt they'd do.
Good question.
Hmmm it's possible. But that lightning trap doesn't have to be based on a class.So, they said that some class skills may appear as a proc on legendaries. The Blizzcon demo had a ring that summoned hydras, which belong to the Sorc.
But there was also an amulet that spawned Lightning Traps..
I don't see them doing vampire, warlock is a possibility I suppose. A psionic class could be cool but it sort of overlaps with monk, maybe some sort of evil knight?
Yeah evil knight/corrupted paladin would work and would fit well with the theme of the game.
Well both D2 and POE you have to to be competitive, so this will need a new system. Currently it's bind on 1 trade which solves it to me and I would actually engage with, also covers all your points about the benefits that I can see, hope they keep it.
Same, I liked the gold auction house. IMO if they fixed the drop rate so that players can farm and target items without necessarily need to buy from AH, sort out all the bugs and potential exploits, and taking out the real money AH, it could have worked. Instead, they went the lazy route and remove all forms of trading post RoS to "solve" the problem.
I dunno, i don't think basically Death Knights really exist in Diablo & if they somewhat do, they are probably on Hell's side, like Oblivion/Doom Knights are. They probably really don't want to draw any comparisons to WoW anymore, I don't think we will see the Demon Hunter back for this reason too even though it's different from the WoW version.
I think Amazon will get in whenever they add Skovos, Blizzard like to add islands in expansion packs, it's their cliche. Amazon being female only shouldn't be an issue either i hope.
Nope, you aren't alone. Loot, on these games, is supposed to be found by the player, that's the whole point. Trading a legendary item from a friend or even worse a shady 3rd party company, is not the right way and will never match the feeling of finding the item yourself. I too dislike trading and was happy it wasn't on d3. I don't feel d3 suffered in any degree due to the lack of trading.
Normal really was for players who are new to ARPGs. Anyone else bumped that up to Hard and beyond within minutes, depending on class/previous gear of course.
Diablo games are not single player story driven games. They have some story and they can be played solo, but thats not their main design.
I would be OK with that only if single player offline characters would never be allowed to connect online. Otherwise rampant cheating.
