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Elly

20-08-2009, 04:41

Telzen

20-08-2009, 06:15

Things are looking good. It seems the animations for charged bolt, spectral blade, and arcane orb have been improved. They probably all have. Thinking the ice armor is probably a new storm skill.

Risingred

20-08-2009, 07:11

The male wizard looks a lot more neat than I thought he would. That outfit was pretty awesome, and the animation that went along with the flowing cloth was excellent.

LaZeR

20-08-2009, 11:28

I LOVE the male Wizard.

Oh, and I did find an interesting thing:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/54516.html
Did he just dual-wield both a dagger and an Orb? (after something like half of the movie)

stillman

20-08-2009, 13:12

I thought they frowned upon shrines from an earlier Blizzard quote.

konfeta

20-08-2009, 14:03

Maybe they are buffs by quest givers? Either as an additional reward or a helping boost at the start of a quest?

Also, Arcane Orb looks majestic.

Elly

20-08-2009, 15:31

When the video first began to play I'll admit I thought Paladin! Not sure if I was happy or fed up at that point - 'course then I settled down once the skills started and I realised it was the Wizard.

Qwink

20-08-2009, 15:56

I thought they frowned upon shrines from an earlier Blizzard quote.

They weren't happy with most shrines in D2. Like the stamina shrine, has anyone ever made good use of it? Shrines will probably return in a better way.

Jaxxkelly

20-08-2009, 16:51

Pitty there isn't any sound.
The animations look cool and so does the environment with the wind and flags.

Elly

20-08-2009, 19:33

Disappointed we couldn't see the top of the screen either to see the monster names. But it's better than a poke in the eye so I won't moan.

captain

20-08-2009, 20:07

The lack of monster health bar could be an option they left out for now. Its looks great though. I'm counting down till Blizzcon. Ill be working all night and will probobly stay up to watch the internet feed. Its like being 6 y/o on christmas all over again.

bluefly

20-08-2009, 20:17

in the second wizard gameplay footage it seems like health orbs replenish mana (also it differs from health that it's instantaneous), is that by design? I don't remember seeing any reference to that. and that would be kind of silly in regard to wizard skills that increase % to drop mana orbs. the most reasonable explanation I can think of is that they made it work like that just for this demo (maybe because no skill points were given to spread around).

SEANBCOOL

20-08-2009, 22:29

They weren't happy with most shrines in D2. Like the stamina shrine, has anyone ever made good use of it? Shrines will probably return in a better way.

I hope shrines return in some form similar to what they were in the first Diablo game. They affected your characters in a much more serious way... some really good, some really bad, and some were a straight up compromise. It made shrines a much more exciting part of the game.

SEANBCOOL

20-08-2009, 22:38

Wow, the game looks great! It's really no less "dark" than Diablo II, and the 3D, stylized art direction just looks so much better than the first two games. I think the art style really fits well with the franchise. It still looks like Diablo.

Also, I'm LOVING the new inventory. I was pretty skeptical about the one shown in the initial gameplay video. Looks like they found a great way to modify the old system to make it less of a hassle while still keeping the old feel.

I'm so excited.

lone_wolf

20-08-2009, 23:07

Am i the only one that thinks the red outline when the wizard target monsters need to be refined?

Panserborne

21-08-2009, 00:29

Am i the only one that thinks the red outline when the wizard target monsters need to be refined?

I'd say so. Most want it removed.

lone_wolf

21-08-2009, 01:52

I'd say so. Most want it removed.

Me too :thumbsup: it should go to the trash can

MysticDragon

22-08-2009, 05:23

What do Wizard fans think of the new gameplay footage released through GameTrailers?

http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/gamescom-wizard-gameplay-footage/

I couldn't make out the Arcane Orb stats at about 00:09 of the first video. There seems to be two stats on it. First is 11-16 and the second reads 1-2 something damage or is that duration? It's mana 7 but I'm not sure what level it is.

Do you think the 'Ice Armor' buff he has is from a shrine or self inflicted? The 'Fortune' one is from the shrine he has just passed as I can see the word Fortune in the description (despite how blurred it is) but not sure about the Ice Armor.

And yes, you can still namelock in D3.

Fortune = Your chance to find magic igems and gold is greatly increased.
Ice Armor = Slows movement and attack of enemies that attack you.

Just got back from day one. The 1-2 is the aoe damage when it explodes after it hits a target. The 11-16 damage is the initial hit from the orb. When the spell criticals, it can silence an enemy(or enemies?). The stats for this spell is based off of a level 1 out of a rank 5 (I think) spell.

Level 2 gets about 14-19 damage with a 2-4 damage aoe effect and has a mana cost of 9. During the demo, it was my most used spell because it had the best range and was pretty spammable.

The Ice Armor seems to pretty much be a copy/paste job from Diablo 2. It functions pretty much in the same way.

Hotkeys that the game started with:

1 - Ice Armor
2 - The image spell. I can't remember the name, but it makes a single copy of yourself that casts spells on its own. Similar to the Shadow Master of Diablo 2.
3 - Frost Nova - Pretty much the same, but I can't remember if it freezes or just chills. Has a cooldown of 12 seconds.
4 - Blank
5 - Health Potion - I got several of these to start. I think it fully heals now, but has a cooldown.

Left click - Spectral Shard - Sort of a melee / splash damage thing that costs 6 mana at rank 3/5. Deals physical damage. Didn't like using it that much because it got me in melee range.
Right click - Arcane Orb
Tab - Throw wand - Not a spell, just throws like a small and weak projectile at the enemy. When you press Tab, Throw wand switches with Arcane Orb as the right click spell.

Notes:

Pressing alt once reveals all the items on the ground permanently. I don't know how to turn it off. Also, I don't know if there's a /nopickup feature. Some of the bigger monsters were pretty hard to deal with. It took loads of Orb to take out one of those spinning Dune thingies. The female wizard looks ALOT like the Sorceress, maybe even more than the D3 Barbarian resembles the D2 Barbarian.

Overall, I was more excited about SC2 gameplay than D3. Which was a bit of a disappointment, but I'm sure others can disagree with me.

DxAxxxTyriel

25-08-2009, 15:04

Misunderstood the questions....