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20 Years of the Eternal Conflict - Diablo at Blizzcon 2016 - Diablo 3 - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited November 2016 in News & Features Discussion

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Diablo 3 News - The Diablo team is getting ready to start up the 20th Anniversary panel at Blizzcon. We'll keep you posted on all that's said so hop through the jump and keep refreshing the page for the most up-to-date information straight out of Anaheim!

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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    edited November 2016

    The Diablo team is getting ready to start up the 20th Anniversary panel at Blizzcon. We'll keep you posted on all that's said so hop through the jump and keep refreshing the page for the most up-to-date information straight out of Anaheim!

    The panel begins with a retrospective interview with the minds behind the original Diablo. Who doesn't remember some of their best boss fights. The core of the experience is the terror and the horror.

    We're celebrating 20 years and people are still playing this game.

    The Diablo team takes the stage.

    The Diablo Anniversary

    • Released December 31, 1996 and in one language.
    • Diablo came out on Battle.Net
    • You learned skills from books
    • Diablo II came out in June 2000 in nine languages
    • Lord of Destruction came out in June 2001
    • Diablo 3 launched in May 2012 in twelve languages
    • Console release in September 2013
    • Reaper of Souls & Ultimate Evil Edition in 2013

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    Darkening of Tristram Event

    • Classic music tracks
    • 16 dungeon levels & boss level
    • All 4 bosses
    • Character animations and pixelation included!
    • Retro UI
    • Adjusted retro movement for monsters
    • Lots of easter eggs and nods to the original game
    • Portrait frames
    • Banner & sigil
    • Pets (including Baby Butcher!)
    • Legendary Gem & Transmog - the Red Soul Shard
    • Butcher's Cleaver & Wirt's Leg transmog items
    • Simplified art to more closely match the 90s version
    • PTR next week with patch 2.4.3
    • Event goes live in January and will last a month and become an annual event

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    Armory (Wardrobe!)

    Players can save five loadouts with skills, passives, all items, Kanai's Cube abilities and armor. Sets can be named and saved and inspect it. To retrieve it, go to the wardrobe and with a single button and click, BOOM!

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    Unsocketing costs will be removed for both normal and Legendary gems. This will be available for both PC and console.

    Necromancer

    The Necromancer is the Commander of the Dead. 

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    How will Witch Doctors and Necros work together?

    Witch Doctor Themes: Zombies, creepy crawlies, jungle culture, more light-hearted. Pets are passive.

    Necromancer Themes: Skeletons, corpses, reanimations, curses, blood & bone, deadly serious. Pets are active / passives.

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    Necros will utilize Essence and Corpse resources to power up skills. Corpse Explosion is back and it's better. Necros can blow up 10 monsters at a time. Bone Spear, Decrepify both make a comeback. Siphon Blood recovers Life & Essence. Blood Rush increases movement speed. 

    Coming in the future: Blood Golem and Army of the Dead - 100+ skeletons summoned for a gigantic hit.

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  • TheDarkrayneTheDarkrayne Member EpicPosts: 5,297
    edited November 2016
    I don't like this. Instead of making a good NEW Diablo.. they've given in and just taken the loser's approach. The fact they have to go back in time doesn't bode well for the series future.

    "Yearly" events suggest we won't be seeing a new game for a long long time....

    They aren't being forward about the price of that Necromancer either.. which suggests it won't be a good deal. Should be about $10 max.. it'll probably be $14.99 or $20. I am looking forward to playing the class though.

    Any extra Diablo is a good thing I suppose.. but they could have done better.
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  • SlyLoKSlyLoK Member RarePosts: 2,698
    ^^^

    Well we still know there is a new Diablo project in the works.. Just no idea when we will hear about it.
  • MyrdynnMyrdynn Member RarePosts: 2,483
    damn so they are purposing making graphics bad on D1 implementation

    love the Wardrobe, about damn time, Monks rejoice!!!
  • ZzadZzad Member UncommonPosts: 1,401
    Total Dissapointment.
    Diablo 3 sucks.
    Move on ffs.
  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    It's better than a mobile game announcement, I guess.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,060
    Diablo 3's big problem is a lack of content longevity. If a Diablo 1 remake being surgically attached to the game will alleviate that, then so be it.
  • PiscorePiscore Member UncommonPosts: 263
    No one talk about Necromancer is a DLC character ?? ($_$')

    l2p

  • Dewie117Dewie117 Member UncommonPosts: 4
    you gotta be shitting me. thats the big announcement? very disappointing! lack of content will go on!
  • fivorothfivoroth Member UncommonPosts: 3,916

    TheDarkrayne said:

    I don't like this. Instead of making a good NEW Diablo.. they've given in and just taken the loser's approach. The fact they have to go back in time doesn't bode well for the series future.



    "Yearly" events suggest we won't be seeing a new game for a long long time....



    They aren't being forward about the price of that Necromancer either.. which suggests it won't be a good deal. Should be about $10 max.. it'll probably be $14.99 or $20. I am looking forward to playing the class though.



    Any extra Diablo is a good thing I suppose.. but they could have done better.



    "yearly" events doesn't suggest anything. You are just reading too much into it. They are supporting Diablo 3. There's nothing stopping them from developing Diablo 4 and releasing content updates for Diablo 3.

    You are one of those grumpy people aren't you? Always looking at the bad side of things?

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  • fivorothfivoroth Member UncommonPosts: 3,916

    Gorwe said:



    DMKano said:




    Aeander said:


    Diablo 3's big problem is a lack of content longevity. If a Diablo 1 remake being surgically attached to the game will alleviate that, then so be it.








    Lack of content is a problem for any ARPG, so this is a genre problem IMO. I am yet to play an ARPG where you dont feel a lack of content at end game.









    Because ENDgame is a silly concept to begin with. And every thing that tries to prolong its natural life expectancy ends up the same: as a bloated abomination of say Nurgle. Games should've a well defined end and a mode named "play for fun"(Rifts etc) that is fun, but ultimately a secondary objective(meaning completely optional). Endgame is silly, make games end actually.



    I completely agree. It's been a while since I've been to these forums but this whole concept of endgame is purely an MMORPG thing that I don't see in other genres. It's artificially extending the life of a game with meaningless, boring and repetitive content. There is no need for that. Just focust on making the game fun. But yeah Kano is right, lack of content is a problem for ARPG as they are over quite quickly. But then again MMORPGs with their design drawing so heavily from ARPGs also suffers from a similar problem. Only difference is MMORPGs force you to spend 10 times longer to level up and do meaningless fetch tasks.

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  • FelixMajorFelixMajor Member RarePosts: 865
    Wow, I never thought I'd say this...

    I would have preferred a mobile game announcement xD.

    This is a womp womp moment.

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  • TheIdealistTheIdealist Member UncommonPosts: 50
    and again! PVP?????
  • kilunkilun Member UncommonPosts: 829
    My only issue is that the D1 portion is only a limited time event?  I hope they reconsider that.
  • CygiCygi Member RarePosts: 257
    Make the D1 campaign available all the time and graphic filter/8-directional moves as an option - i'll be happy.
  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    I was hoping for a WASD support announcement for PC. I guess i'll have to buy the PS4 version. /sigh




  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,060
    DMKano said:
    Aeander said:
    Diablo 3's big problem is a lack of content longevity. If a Diablo 1 remake being surgically attached to the game will alleviate that, then so be it.
    Lack of content is a problem for any ARPG, so this is a genre problem IMO. I am yet to play an ARPG where you dont feel a lack of content at end game.
    This is true. I'll admit that even my preferred ARPG (Marvel Heroes) is relatively content-lite. But I feel that the endgame raids at least give it some edge over Diablo 3's group content. 

    Here's hoping that Lineage Eternal and Lost Ark have a greater scope of content. This genre could use some stiff competition.
  • RobbgobbRobbgobb Member UncommonPosts: 674
    The learning skills from books is still a fun memory for me about Diablo. That is only thing in that whole list that made me smile.
  • RukushinRukushin Member UncommonPosts: 311
    That was the saddest excuse for an announcement. I laughed cause THIS is the best we can expect from a company that nets revenue in the 5 billion dollar mark. Blizz is such a disappointing piece of shit
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