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2012-03-15, 04:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
There will be a pre-download started days/weeks before, which will probably get 3/4's of the game downloaded. However, the night of the release, bandwidth is going to be jammed for a while I'm sure, so that last 25% might be slow.
Thanks for the offer of name reserves there Bodez.~~Courage is not the lack of fear~~
"In soviet dungeon, aboleth farms you!"
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Ask your DM if Aboleth Mucus is right for you.
Side effects include coughing, sneezing, and other flu like symptoms, cancer, breathing water like a fish, loss of dignity, loss of balance, loss of bowel and bladder control."
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2012-03-15, 05:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
Are you sure about that download part? Because I've read on Battle.net on their preorder page that they are going to release full game, but encrypted, and they will send unlock keys (or .exe files) on midnight. At least that's what I got from their website.
"*When you pre-purchase Diablo III, you will be able to download an encrypted version of the game that will be unlocked upon release on May 15."
LINK"Don't make me go all Darth Vader on your teddy." - BBEG of the month
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2012-03-15, 05:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
No need to worry about reserving names. You can have any number of characters with the same name, even on the same account. For example, I have two characters named "Swift" on the D3 beta right now.
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2012-03-15, 06:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Don't make me go all Darth Vader on your teddy." - BBEG of the month
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2012-03-16, 05:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
Indeed! Although, "Realm of the Mad God" was tedious for me. I (like many) play for the solo experience, but you really can't level to 20 solo in Realm, in my experience. One bad fight, and you're completely blown away. This made the "hardcore" nature much less appealing, and mostly just an exercise in frustration.
Spelunky is brilliant though.
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2012-03-16, 09:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
~~Courage is not the lack of fear~~
"In soviet dungeon, aboleth farms you!"
"Please consult your DM before administering Steve brand Aboleth Mucus.
Ask your DM if Aboleth Mucus is right for you.
Side effects include coughing, sneezing, and other flu like symptoms, cancer, breathing water like a fish, loss of dignity, loss of balance, loss of bowel and bladder control."
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2012-03-16, 12:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
That...doesn't sound like something that is true. You're downloading the encryption code, which takes all of 64 bytes or whatever, and then you just have to de-crypt your game. You don't have to download any of the game itself, unless you didn't finish it or something.
The only downloading you will have to do on release day is a small patch with a few bug fixes for stuff they missed before shipping.5e Homebrew: Death Knight (Class), Kensai (Monk Subclass)Excellent avatar by Elder Tsofu.
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2012-03-16, 12:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
I'm speaking from experience with every other digital download that Blizzard has done so far. From WoW expansions to Starcraft 2. Why would this be any different?
~~Courage is not the lack of fear~~
"In soviet dungeon, aboleth farms you!"
"Please consult your DM before administering Steve brand Aboleth Mucus.
Ask your DM if Aboleth Mucus is right for you.
Side effects include coughing, sneezing, and other flu like symptoms, cancer, breathing water like a fish, loss of dignity, loss of balance, loss of bowel and bladder control."
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2012-03-16, 05:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well I had the same deal with WoW and SC, but from that text I linked about Diablo 3, I figured they are going to release the full game, and then just give you the key. That's why I was asking can you confirm that about them giving only part of the game. Oh well, I think we would see how it goes soon enough.
"Don't make me go all Darth Vader on your teddy." - BBEG of the month
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2012-03-16, 05:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
Because that's not how they did it for Starcraft 2, they did the encryption thing, I remember since I had to wait for like an hour for it to finish decrypting.
The way you're talking about sounds like what they do for WoW patches, where the game pre-downloads stuff in the background before the patch comes out. I don't know how they handle expansions, but they definitely haven't done any full games like that.5e Homebrew: Death Knight (Class), Kensai (Monk Subclass)Excellent avatar by Elder Tsofu.
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2012-03-19, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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~~Courage is not the lack of fear~~
"In soviet dungeon, aboleth farms you!"
"Please consult your DM before administering Steve brand Aboleth Mucus.
Ask your DM if Aboleth Mucus is right for you.
Side effects include coughing, sneezing, and other flu like symptoms, cancer, breathing water like a fish, loss of dignity, loss of balance, loss of bowel and bladder control."
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2012-03-19, 01:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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5e Homebrew: Death Knight (Class), Kensai (Monk Subclass)Excellent avatar by Elder Tsofu.
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2012-04-21, 12:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
What are the actual system requirements for this game? Battle.net just lists recommended parts like NVIDIA® GeForce® 260 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 or better. I tried playing the open beta with everything except resolution turned all the way down and the game plays like I'm running in mud.
My system:
Windows 7
AMD Phenom II 2X 511 Processor ~3.4GHz
5120MB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4200
I am considering upgrading my graphics card, but I before I go spending money on something I don't really need, I want to make sure this game is running slow because of my system and not something stupid like lag caused by blizzard.
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2012-04-21, 01:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
Well, you *are* trying during a stress-test period for a highly-anticipated major release, so I can't completely rule out that the game is just overloaded right now.. but I'm betting it's your graphics. 4200 is the part number of a motherboard-integrated graphics system, and while it's better than its Intel counterpart there aren't all that many big-name releases that can really run on those things.
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2012-04-21, 04:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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~~Courage is not the lack of fear~~
"In soviet dungeon, aboleth farms you!"
"Please consult your DM before administering Steve brand Aboleth Mucus.
Ask your DM if Aboleth Mucus is right for you.
Side effects include coughing, sneezing, and other flu like symptoms, cancer, breathing water like a fish, loss of dignity, loss of balance, loss of bowel and bladder control."
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2012-04-21, 06:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
I think it's the graphics card, I turned the resolution down and it ran faster. I just can't play right now because the servers are so full.
Edit: What would guys recommend for a graphics card in the < $200 range?Last edited by leafman; 2012-04-21 at 07:27 PM.
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2012-04-21, 07:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
It's pretty laggy out there at the moment. The game seems enjoyable though, and reminded me a lot of the earlier Diablo games. The game play itself though seems more reminiscent of Torchlight. I wonder if the D3 team cribbed anything from them?
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2012-04-22, 09:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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So how many times would I have to kill the Skeleton King to max out my level?
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2012-04-22, 09:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
I'd have to get your full system specs for a better recommendation, but what you've posted sounds a lot like a more entry-level OEM system. That means you likely have both space and power supply limitations, which means you're either going to need to do two upgrades (PSU and video card), which will eat between a quarter to half of that budget in getting a better PSU, or you're looking at the best performance you can get in a good efficiency card.
Assuming you go with the efficiency route- something you can snap in and go without doing the more involved work in doing a power-supply upgrade- take a look at the Radeon HD 7750s. There are more powerful cards at that price point, but none that will give you as much performance for so little power and case-space used.
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2012-04-22, 09:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
Alright, being a lanky witch doctor who throws jars of spiders at people has won me over. Doing that for a few hours is totally worth $60.00 and no one can tell me otherwise.
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2012-04-22, 11:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
I only have a 250W PSU I bought a Radeon HD 6770 (should do the job) and a Corsair 500W supply, still under budget, just have to wait for them to arrive.
In other news, after 4 or 5 attempts I beat Leoric with a level 9 dual-wield Barbarian, really makes me want to bust out D1 to whip him AND wear his crown as my prize. Also who's this Aiden kid they keep saying vanquished him? Is that supposed to be the warrior from D1 that almost beat Diablo?
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2012-04-23, 12:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Got the beta. Runs great on my laptop, though I can't tell if it's supposed to be that foggy...
Quick question - how much freedom are you given in remapping the keys? I'd love for my wizard to have Frost Ray and Arcane Orb on separate mouse buttons, but they're both "secondary skills." Despite a BEAMLAZOR! being a perfect fit for a primary, at least to me.
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2012-04-23, 01:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
Man, I always thought I was a Diablo fanatic, but my best friend not only has the CE pre-ordered, he is always going to buy it off of steam the moment it's released, because he won't be able to pick up his CE for a few days after it's release. I'm kinda sad, I wish I had the money to buy the CE as well, but such is life I guess ^^ At least I'll be able to pick up my copy the moment the store opens(which I will be there the moment the store opens. I'm hoping they do a midnight release though).
Any news on any possible first-day patches?
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2012-04-23, 01:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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*checks CE*
The one thing I'd maybe be interested in would be the angel wings, and actually there's no paladin in this one so I won't even be too upset about that.
Any help for my keybinding question? Not much time left in the beta...Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2012-04-23, 05:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Not Just a Vitality Race!
Prince Aidan was Leoric's oldest son, who defeated Diablo in D1, then became him for D2.
Not really. And yes, I'm aware that Torchlight was made by the Diablo team. But the basic control set up and the gameplay I encountered reminded me much more of Torchlight than the earlier Diablo games (Except all the running away. That's very much D1)Last edited by Aidan305; 2012-04-23 at 05:56 AM.
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2012-04-23, 05:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Edit: Double Post
Last edited by Aidan305; 2012-04-23 at 05:56 AM.
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2012-04-23, 06:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Three are the paths of soul:
One out - roam across the plain,
One back - dwell with the tribe and tent,
One in - turn an enemy's hate.
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They say people do crazy things for love...unfortunately, I'm not in love, and I'm still crazy!
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2012-04-23, 06:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks to Veera for the avatar.
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2012-04-23, 07:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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It does actually. According to D1 manual Albrecht was Leoric's only son
Three are the paths of soul:
One out - roam across the plain,
One back - dwell with the tribe and tent,
One in - turn an enemy's hate.
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They say people do crazy things for love...unfortunately, I'm not in love, and I'm still crazy!
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2012-04-23, 09:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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