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TheWanderer
03-08-2011, 00:55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbGeuFkZIMI

Around 2:15.
NobleNecromancer
03-08-2011, 01:20
If I am to guess on what it does I would say it increases the width of the skill... maybe.(unless Blizz decided to change the base skill to that.)
TheMythe
03-08-2011, 07:18
Well, you got 2 hands so why not a duo laser :)
Question is, will they do the same with the icebeam?

Next to that, yeah I tink Blizzard choose this as a new visual for beamspells. As a rune effect it would look silly where the description says: With this rune the wizard will use both hands....
Darkflight
03-08-2011, 07:35
http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=806462

The list of passive skills doesn't seem to include anything like that. Since the skill runes weren't in the beta and that is beta footage, I am assuming they changed the way the skill looks.
NobleNecromancer
03-08-2011, 08:03
Just because there were no skill runes in the beta doesn't mean that some of the skills in the video weren't runed.

Take the Witch Doctor part, at one point it summons all three Mongrels at the same time. Then how about the Monk's Wave of Light? It is supposed to go in a straight line damaging all enemies it hits, but in the video it hits the goatmen and knocks them all back.
konfeta
03-08-2011, 15:37
The real question is, is that a tier 1 rune? If it is, does this mean we get eight lazer beams at once with a tier 7 rune?
ZharTheMad
03-08-2011, 17:53
@konfeta: my eyes bled by just imagining that. o_o
konfeta
04-08-2011, 02:26
Awesome tends to do that.
TheMythe
04-08-2011, 06:34
Oh yeah, with a lvl 7 rune, you'll go KAMEHAMEHA TIMES 8!!!!!

[/drool]
HardRock
07-08-2011, 20:26
It's definitely a rune effect, since you can see the standard disintegrate in the same video. The exact effect is ofcourse unknown, but it wouldn't be a stretch for it to increase the skill's damage, while increasing the AP/sec cost. Maybe it even eliminates the warmup penalty.


The real question is, is that a tier 1 rune? If it is, does this mean we get eight lazer beams at once with a tier 7 rune?

8 is not enough. I want my disintegrate to look like this:
http://www.emphatic.se/I_received_today/dfkblack.jpg
TheMythe
08-08-2011, 06:26
zOMGWTFNOKTHXBBQ *goes blind*
melianor
08-08-2011, 11:21
Oh yeah, with a lvl 7 rune, you'll go KAMEHAMEHA TIMES 8!!!!!


Disintegrate really reminds a lot of Dragonballs Kamehameha.


I am not sure if the damage would increase, but path of disintegrate damage gets wider and already counts for a lot, not making it that necessary to line up targets, but making it closer to an area of effect spell.
konfeta
08-08-2011, 11:32
It also depends on whenever the angle changes. If there are more beams, they might fan out in an arc rather than parallel.

It would be cool to see, especially if it replicates the multishot "spread by cursor distance" mechanism of Diablo 2 in real time. Super 8 blade laser scissors, if you will.

Would be a pain to balance, though. Perhaps as an Archon effect?
Jedouard
13-09-2011, 01:28
To the OP,

The vid isn't of the F&F beta, but from the Fansite gathering a little while back. Several of the effects you see in the video are attached to runes. The the dual disintegrate beam is probably one of them because it fits well with the datamined Indigo rune effect of widening the beam.
Drytchnath
13-09-2011, 04:05
To the OP,

The vid isn't of the F&F beta, but from the Fansite gathering a little while back. Several of the effects you see in the video are attached to runes. The the dual disintegrate beam is probably one of them because it fits well with the datamined Indigo rune effect of widening the beam.

You sir are correct. Heres a link to prove it too: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#UjOkQi!WXU!YZaaZc
themeros
13-09-2011, 21:47
You sir are correct. Heres a link to prove it too: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#UjOkQi!WXU!YZaaZc

It's strange though that it doesn't explicitly say "two beams" in the description of Indigo Rune. The way it's described sounds like the beam gets thicker, but still is just one beam.

Indigo description:

Increases the width of the beam

Blizz and their dodgy descriptions... (aka Wormhole)
HardRock
13-09-2011, 21:48
Blizz and their dodgy descriptions... (aka Wormhole)

Wormhole is much worse, because not even it's gameplay mechanics are clear. :)
Deamon
22-09-2011, 03:28
But Will it be overpowered?
TheWanderer
22-09-2011, 07:14
To the OP,

The vid isn't of the F&F beta, but from the Fansite gathering a little while back. Several of the effects you see in the video are attached to runes. The the dual disintegrate beam is probably one of them because it fits well with the datamined Indigo rune effect of widening the beam.

Thanks. I realised it myself after seeing the skill calculator. Though I still don't get how increasing width equals 2 beams. :alright:
TheMythe
22-09-2011, 07:29
Thanks. I realised it myself after seeing the skill calculator. Though I still don't get how increasing width equals 2 beams. :alright:

Hmmm, so holding one garden hose that spouts water has the same width as holding 2 garden hoses (1 in each hand) that spouts out water?