since they are putting severe skills caps will they remove +skills items also?

[machinus]

+skills items are some of the most favorite in the Diablo series, have they made any comments for or against putting them in D3?

[Typoko]

Hi!

This is something i have been wondering also. Tho, first of all you should remember that not all skills are capped to 5. You will have a way to increase it, but it will be limited. But yeah, compared to D2 for example, D3 is pretty limited in the cap size.

One of the problems that come to the game at the start is that if i play WD and don't pick skull of flame i can't have a DD spell untill level 6. And eaven then i will have only an pbaoe spell. My goal is to go with the plague of toads and it's in tier 3 so...

If it's in i would like to see it weapon only modifier so it stays restricted enough. Scaling from stats would make them count a bit more and would be more interesting for me atleast. Gathinring +x skill items is pretty boring.

PS: i don't recall any official word about +x skill items, tho it has been said that they didin't like classes getting other class skills.

[cacophony]

If the skills scale w/ gear effectively, you won't need +skill items at all. However, I don't mind them as long as they aren't so overpowered as to be the only thing people look for on their gear.

[machinus]

+skill items are the most efficient and helpful items because they reward strategic point placement and help you get the most out of your character. changing the tree prerequisites removes a lot of this strategy but there is still much that could be rewarded by +skill items, especially on jewelry and armor.

[Naibchris]

I just hope they get rid of charms, I hated having no inventory space. I know I could have foregone them in PvM, but I would rather have the game balanced around no charms tbh and keep my inv for gear.

[cheapostar]

If they keep this single slot inventory then you won't need to worry about charms. You can hold more then 6 body armours (ball park, i havn't played D2 in a couple of years) in your inven now! :D

[Darkflight]

+skills items are some of the most favorite in the Diablo series, have they made any comments for or against putting them in D3?

I'd say the odds are VERY low for +skills items to return.

[Bandreus]

I indeed think +lvls to skills will return. I only hope they scrape the +x lvls to all skills (or skills in a tree), since they did feel too powerful to me. +1,2 or even 3 lvls to one given skill would be a very good affix to have, while not being as much the kill-all +x to all skills is in D2.



One of the problems that come to the game at the start is that if i play WD and don't pick skull of flame i can't have a DD spell untill level 6. And eaven then i will have only an pbaoe spell. My goal is to go with the plague of toads and it's in tier 3 so...
Which is one of the reasons respec is a good thing. You'll still need to spend at least 5 points in tier 1 and 2 each, but once PoT is available, you'll be able to move those point you put in SoF early in the game into your favourite skill.

[Leord]

+ Skill items will NOT return. This has been confirmed, even if I don't have the link here right now.

[Bandreus]

+ Skill items will NOT return. This has been confirmed, even if I don't have the link here right now.

:''''(

well, something less to think about