Getting started - Your mindset?

[AniMe]

I'm interested in hearing how you all intend to play the game when i's out.

Personally, I will play it the way I did D2 in the start. I just clicked here and there, trying out all the skills without doing any research... At level 8 I remade my Sorceress after she got owned by the super unique spawn at Inne Cloister Waypoint time after time. I made 2-3 characters a day for a few weeks. Awesome fun!

This is how I will play D3 as well. I do some reading about the game´s features and such but I ain't getting into it too much, I want to look like a big question mark when I have installed the game and named my character "AniMe".

I will probably not be on top of the ladders (I surely do hope there are ladders or my most treasured aspect of D2 classic is gone) but after a few weeks of trial and error, "AniMe MK XXVI" will be grinding non stop 24/7...

This will be achieved by working like a maniac now, then take a year long vacation from work and ladies. Friends? No, they're all going to play D3 with me :D

[Mizantrop]

I am going to start with a melee wizard on B.net, see how far I can get with him. I'll research skills and such before hand because I don't him to be completely useless. After I'll have fun with him I am going to play a more "normal" build of barb/WD/other class.

[chenghao]

I might go either way
1st way would have me play barb without reading anything first. just for fun.

2nd way would be ego based , i wanna be the first barb in the world in d3 to reach level 99
for that , i would probably find another 2 teams in different time zones. and each team grids 8 hour / day.

i would probably go for the 1st way due to working timing constraints

[AniMe]

Sounds good and adventurous :D

Yeah working time constraints does tend to bite leveling ambition in the keister..

[SlechtWeerBeer]

I'd probably start out with a WD and using every skill at least once (well, an attempt to, probably need more than one WD for that ), see what I like.
It'll most likely take me weeks upon weeks to finally finish the equivalent of Act II, unless I quickly find something I completely fall in love with.
Or maybe I'll start with one of the unannounced classes; story stays the same, probably :)

Oh, and I'd make one character (or maybe several) to co-op play with a friend of mine over BNet.

[ill logic]

Completely fill up my account with several pre-planned chars and names after we get a better idea of the skills of each class and how many points we can allocate by natural leveling. Then play each char up to a certain point in the game. The one I have the most fun with up to that point will end up being the main for PvE. Survival of the funnest :) Another will be chosen to be my very first PvP'er in light of my (limited) view of what build will seem to be strong.

[Zarniwoop]

Very seriously concerned about this game.

They have decided to shorten the game life by taking many decisions out of our hands. Gone will be the amazing customization (you cannot have enough items to match stat customization). Gone will be the interesting skill interactions. Want to respecc? No worries, just get new runes and in 15 minutes, you're now a cold wizard instead of a fire one. Game just got shorter and less worthwhile.

I'll play it, but when the Blizzard leads cannot sufficiently answer the concerns expressed, that means they have no answer and they know that their system is flawed. Unfortunately, it's too late to fix it and we just need to hope its a minor inconvenience compared to the upgrade in production values.

But, I cannot imagine playing D3 for years. 3 months max and gone is what it looks like this time.

[stillman]

^Blizzard is just not that dumb. There's no way they're going to make d3 with less customization and playablitiy compared to d2. You're only seeing the bad and what they took away. They're adding so much more.

My theory is we're going to be in nursing homes 40 years from now still playing d3 trying to figgure out all the builds.

[Mizantrop]

Why won't we stick to the topic of this thread instead of turning it into another whine one?

[Valkenheim]

I agree with the poster a few posts above, I always start a game out with reserving names.

Once I get all the names I wanted I start my real char and almost every single time I goto the skill page and start planning my build out on paper so I don't have to stop every level and think about it.

Normally I'd plan out stats too but that doesn't seem to be an issue anymore.

Then I'd scout out the controls and get the feel for the game and then start blazing through the levels as fast as I can the first time, and leave the reading for my second time around.

Also can't forget the Redbull and snacks, how else do I stay up for 24 hours.

[AniMe]

Also can't forget the Redbull and snacks, how else do I stay up for 24 hours.

Coca Cola and then more some before your blood sugar level dips...

In the beginning of Diablo 2 I used to stay awake for 36-48 hours, then sleep 10 or so hours, setting the alarm... I think my max was staying up for a wee bit over 3 days. That's when things started to not make sense and there seemed to be small glitches in reality here and there.. I've heard of people staying awake til the degree they started to indeed hear and see things..

Oh the days... :p

[Valkenheim]

Coca Cola and then more some before your blood sugar level dips...

In the beginning of Diablo 2 I used to stay awake for 36-48 hours, then sleep 10 or so hours, setting the alarm... I think my max was staying up for a wee bit over 3 days. That's when things started to not make sense and there seemed to be small glitches in reality here and there.. I've of people staying awake til the degree they started to indeed hear and see things..

Oh the days... :p

:thumbup: I used to stay up that late for some games, but for some reason I didn't feel the need to for D2 because it was just a hack and slash.

And whenever I drink Coke or pepsi it makes me tired after about 30 min haha

[Telzen]

Will make a wizard first(unless something awesome is in the remaining two) and just base my build on what looks good. Will play in a passworded game so others can't bother me, I want to take my time with the first play through.

[In the name of Zod]

Make good character, get good MF gear, find good dropper, attach milker and begin squeezing.

[AniMe]

Make good character, get good MF gear, find good dropper, attach milker and begin squeezing.

Hehe sometimes's it's as simple as that :thumbsup:

[phool]

I am going to start with a melee wizard on B.net, see how far I can get with him. I'll research skills and such before hand because I don't him to be completely useless. After I'll have fun with him I am going to play a more "normal" build of barb/WD/other class.

Unless melee wizards are drastically underpowered, it'll be at least as normal a build as other classes, there's tons of express support for it in the placeholder skill trees. This isn't D2.

I'd imagine there'll be a rush for builds that were once 'novelty' but are now mainstream and a rush for builds that were once top dog and perhaps still are. Few people are going to be making genuine novelty builds, perhaps a sorceress with a bow for example, for a while.

[Mcwhopper]

Ill be powerplaying from day 1. I will thoroughly research all skills and come up with the first cookie cutter build :)

[Bladewind]

Go and make all characters, power build them and see if they are cookie cutter. Then MF or hunt runes. Then go into some game and hostile PK leveling people. :)

[wodka]

I will start the game, make a barbarian and start hacking and slaching everthing on my path

[Sass]

I will start the game, make a barbarian and start hackingYou worried me there for a sec :S

This go around, I'll start with a caster, so gogo Wizard ;) IDk what build yet, but it'll be fun :P

[chenghao]

Go and make all characters, power build them and see if they are cookie cutter. Then MF or hunt runes. Then go into some game and hostile PK leveling people. :)

and i thought you can't PK anymore :scratchchin:

[Knight_Wolf]

Go and make all characters, power build them and see if they are cookie cutter. Then MF or hunt runes. Then go into some game and hostile PK leveling people. :)

Ahm ... that sounds a lot like D2 :crazyeyes:


Amway .. i got used to that l337 mindset that is still stuck in D2 .. sigh.

Personally i will try out few typical builds and after i beat the normal game with few of them while enjoying the story i'll start making some random builds and try out some crazy skills combination and see how far they will go ... i will probably be solo most of that time but if i found a good party i wouldn't mind hunting in a pack. :yes:

Later after i understand the classes well enough i might do some PvP and HC.

[Bladewind]

and i thought you can't PK anymore :scratchchin:

Hey I can dream can I. :crazyeyes:

At least there are arenas. Cookie cutters exist because they are good for most things and the first thing for any diablo game is to find out the best cookie cutter.

[AniMe]

Oh, it's a bit of a disspointment that PK'ing won't be in. Would've been some awesome early game fun in HC when trying stuff out :D At later level I'm a bit too chicken to engage in PK'ing, hoho :p

[stillman]

I think I'll try really hard to just play the archer and avoid all other classes. I know, easier said than done.

[Srikandi]

I'd guess I'll start as an archer... assuming we get one... although the witch doctor looks fun too :)

First time through in a new game for me is all about exploration. Look into every nook and cranny, enjoy the scenery, do every quest, talk to every NPC that has something to say. Attend to the game's story! And try not to die too much :)

Pick skills that appeal to me or put a few points in everything to get a feel for how stuff works.

Great thing about a new game is there ARE no cookie-cutter builds... it's the only time you're really free ;)

[Doctor Salvador]

Absolute first thing I will do is make a Barbarian named Deathseeker in HC, and just run into the wilderness killing things until I die. Then I'll get serious, make a WD and go through the game super slow, picking up every single quest I find and drinking in the story. I'mma really get my Voodoo on.

[Phranx]

Each time a new game comes out that my friends and I like we take some time out to have a LAN and play together. There will be no exception with Diablo III, so far 5 of us are planning a nice big chunk of time off work the day Diablo III comes out.

We'll most likely finish the game for the first time all together in multiplayer, as for which character I play, I'll play them all eventually so I'll just choose something that my friends don't, this way we can all see the different characters.

Great thing about a new game is there ARE no cookie-cutter builds... it's the only time you're really free ;)

Unless you really research your talents before you start playing. You have probably noticed with games you have played in the past, if you reaseach well enough your build is generally the same as one of the first "cookie cutter" builds anyway :)

[KnS]

well much the same as above, play through the game for fun with 2 or 3 mates.
Then start making more chars depending on what i like :whistling:

[Srikandi]

Unless you really research your talents before you start playing. You have probably noticed with games you have played in the past, if you reaseach well enough your build is generally the same as one of the first "cookie cutter" builds anyway :)

Well OK, but those initial cookie-cutter builds -- based purely on skill descriptions and how things are SUPPOSED to work -- only last until people start to figure out the lil glitches, exploits and inaccuracies in the text that make something godly that nobody ever anticipated ;) So about a week or so.

Doesn't really affect me though since I follow build discussions mainly in order to AVOID the cookie cutters :)

[Nightswipe]

I am going to buy me some dr.pepper and ben& jerry ice cream, maybe some candy :)
Put on my D3-shirt and game on all night long. But I must go to bed sometime, that leaves me wanting more and wanting to get up again.

I want to start off with a witch doctor but also a barbarian because he was the first character the world got to know. I will not try to make the best char from scratch and I won't read about what is good and not. I'll just make 5 or more crappy characters to try out all skills. I will also the first run through kill everything, do everything, visit every place, talk to everyone and see what they have to say and simply enjoy the hell out of it! :D
Gonna be the best night for sure. Haha.

[a black kid]

Hey I can dream can I. :crazyeyes:

At least there are arenas. Cookie cutters exist because they are good for most things and the first thing for any diablo game is to find out the best cookie cutter.

arena's? you got a source for that?

[Tyrone]

I think I'll roll every one of the classes in the first few days I have the game. Won't level any of them past 10 or so then make my decision for someone to stick with. If I had to choose right now I'd probably play the Witch Doctor the most as it seems fairly different from the standard caster/melee of the other too.

Either way I'm sure it will be a ton of fun.

[Fox VII]

Before the game comes out, I'll study every skill description and game mechanic that's released and attempt to plot out a decent character.

When the game first comes out, I'll roll a character for every class, so that I have decent names.

While playing the game, I'll check the web for newly found unique items to see if my toon needs re-rolled in order to handle end game gear. (hopefully the new stat system and respec options will prevent this)

Finally, I'll get mad about not being able to find any of this awesome super unique gear and will start a character who's only goal in life is to magic find for that gear to feed to my other characters.

[visom]

Simple for me... experiment with all characters, try to find out which one is most suitable for PvP ASAP. If I encounter some pugmucker I will own the crap out of him.

Of course, I'll also be making a MF character at the same time to fund my PvP char.

I feel naked and unarmed if my account doesn't have at least 1 PvP character.

[Sedmeriah]

I'm probably going to try to plan out the character names that I want to use (and 'their story' so I identify with them), and create one character of each class to 'test the waters'. I'll try to keep them all close to the same level initially unless I find one that really breaks away from the bunch. So far there isn't any class that's been announced that really jumps out at me as being one that I'd really identify with and enjoy except maybe the wizard class. I mostly enjoy traditional paladins or warriors that are definitively aligned with 'the light'... I've always thought of it as odd that there's mostly 'dark' character heroes fighting the evil forces of Sanctuary (i.e. the necromancer, assassin, etc). The barbarian-type grunt never sat well with me even though it's really the closest thing to the warrior archetype so far, primarily because I view them as dim-witted and generally lacking compassion. If they announce a monk that might work, but I'm not a fan of having to be bald.

[Bluechip]

I will start the game, make a barbarian and start hacking and slaching everthing on my path

Yeah I'm going to do this. I'm a melee guy through and through. With the ability to respec, I'm just going to have at it with a giant mace or something and dole out face mashings liberally with my barb Durnik.

Although I suppose there is likely to be at least one more melee-ish character. For now, make mine barbarian + face mashings = profit.:thumbup:

[shackleton]

I'm going to make my first char a barb and take things nice and slow. Listen to what every townsperson has to say, do all the "side missions" that might be in the game, cover every square inch of each map so that I don't miss anything, etc.

I'll feel guilty if I play through the whole game just to be the #1 person on the ladder first. That's not the point of the any game in my opinion unless you play for money.

[sicilian]

Well, the first thing I'm going to do is probably disappear from these sites for a while. Once the game is out, I don't want to accidentally read any spoilers or things that might make the game easier/less surprising as I go through on my own.

Second, my sister and her husband will be playing too, so I'll see what they choose for classes and choose one of the remaining three to be different. I think I could have fun with any of the available classes now, so it's not a problem. I would have another character that I would play through on my own though, because I generally can only play with them while in person (brother in law is dyslexic, makes it tough to coordinate through chat).

Third, as has been said, I'm going to do everything very deliberately and just soak it all in. Read all the text, try to pick up on any little detail that will reveal the story, or allude to the previous games. I'm going to look for the little things, and just have fun with it, not worrying too much about making the perfect character. When I get too high, I can always start over and rebuild if it's too tough :)

I can't wait!

[raveharu]

Er well when the game's out I will only loiter in the trade sections to see how's the market like for the first few days.
It's been a long time since I played a game that has just begun, I forgot how the market will be like. IT'll be interesrting :)
And perhaps to take a peek at character builds section to see what everyone else is making.

Wizard is cool but I betcha 80% of the population will be playing him/her first so maybe I'll go for the WD (at least, for now) :D

[Bladewind]

Game probably out in 2011. Because Blizz cannot predict equipment specs in 2011 ! Big hint XD.

[AxlStrife]

I'm gonna have fun, as should be the goal for everyone.

Assuming WD makes it to the final cut, say hey to Doogie Howser if he pops by you ^_^