Its been several months since the release of nearly a decade of anticipation towards Diablo 3. I was one of those players who ragequit the game after seeing his Monk and Barb friends ragequit and being forced into Blizzard Venom Hydra. I was frustrated and wrote a destructive review on the game. While wanting to make a post to tell Blizzard how to improve the game, I found myself seeing so many basic game design errors that I simply decided to uninstall and wait for GW2 and HotS to be released.
But times have changed, and so has Diablo 3. Having picked up the game again three weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see the new Paragon System, Monster Power system and Infernal Machine event. Diablo 3 has improved to the point where it's worth playing again (at least for me). Still, all these are just carrots on sticks - we are chasing improved loot, to chase even more improved loot. There should be more to this game, there still is lots of room to improve.
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On November 05 2012 14:24 Cascade wrote:
You first complain that there should be more to the game than chasing loot so you can chase more loot. Then you proceed to suggest changes that mainly involve getting more loot to chase.
Don't get me wrong, imo the game SHOULD be about chasing loot so you can chase more more loot, and I would be happy with most of these suggestions (altough it may not be well spent time from blizzard). I just don't really feel that your introduction matches your suggestions.
You first complain that there should be more to the game than chasing loot so you can chase more loot. Then you proceed to suggest changes that mainly involve getting more loot to chase.
Don't get me wrong, imo the game SHOULD be about chasing loot so you can chase more more loot, and I would be happy with most of these suggestions (altough it may not be well spent time from blizzard). I just don't really feel that your introduction matches your suggestions.
I should probably rephrase it to "other ways to enjoy the loot your took so hard to earn" such as Ironman duel, Competitive 2v2 dungeon racing and Endless Dungeoneering to show of your loot and skills.
In this post I intend to offer these improvements and wish to share them with you, the lovely TL community. Feel free to (constructively) critisize any ideas and add ideas of your own.
The Realm of Greed
Killing a goblin that opened a portal has a 5% chance to drop a Key Fragment to the Realm of Greed. 10 Key Fragments of Greed can be combined by the Jeweler to create the Key of Greed, which can open a portal to the Realm of Greed (in any Act).
The Realm of Greed is a random instance themed in one of the four Acts, depending on where it was opened. It contains at least 5 Resplendent Chests spread throughout the dungeon. The Chests have a chance to drop a Gem-Encrusted Golden Statue, which can have its gems removed at the Jewelcrafter (the obtained gems are graded above Flawless Square) and gives a large amount of gold (10.000 - 100.000).
Each different Act theme has a different Greed boss that can drop a set item for the Avarice Set.
The Realm of Greed Bosses:
-> Lord Scrooge (Act 1 golden Skeletal Summoner): Summon Skeletons, Summon Skeleton Archers, Extra fast, Knockback, Jailer.
- >King Midas (Act 2 golden Sand Dweller): Frozen, Arcane enchanted, Vortex, Freezes on hit, Desecrator.
-> Emperor Montezuma (Act 3 golden Tremor): Poisons the room slowly, hit reduces resistances by 5%, Molten, Waller.
-> King Habsburg (Act 4 golden Nightmare): Nightmarish, Knockback, Illusionist, Frozen, Vortex.
These bosses should be tuned to be at least three times as challenging as the current Key Wardens in game.
The Avarice Set:
-> Midas's Hands (gloves): Increase gold find 25-45%, magic find 10-35% adds 4-8% chance to freeze on hit and adds two of the following stats 50-200 to Intelligence, 50-200 Vitality, 50-200 Dexterity and 50-200 Strength.
-> Scrooge's Mantle (shoulder): Reduces the costs of repairs by 25%, Increase gold find by 25-45%, magic find 10-35% and adds two of the following stats 50-200 to Intelligence, 50-200 Vitality, 50-200 Dexterity and 50-200 Strength, increase cold resistance by 5-10%.
-> Montezuma's Kiss (amulet): Causes physical attacks (arrows, melee, wand shots) to deal an additional (50-200) - (400-800) poison damage over 6 seconds, increase gold find by 25-50%, increase magic find by 25-45% and adds two of the following stats 50-200 to Intelligence, 50-200 Vitality, 50-200 Dexterity and 50-200 Strength.
-> Habsburg's Crown (helm): 0-1 sockets, increase gold find 30-50%, magic find 25-50%, 5% chance to cast Frost Nova when struck and adds two of the following stats 50-200 to Intelligence, 50-200 Vitality, 50-200 Dexterity and 50-200 Strength.
Avarice Set Bonuses: 2 Set: Increases gold find by 50%. 3 Set: Increases all resistances by 100. 4 Set: Resplendent Chests have a 2% chance to drop a Gem-Encrusted Golden Statue.
The Mystic
They should finally add the Mystic, a crafter npc that was kind of promised to us during the beta but removed due to 'overlap with the other craftsmen'. I say nonsense. Look at my suggestions for what the Mystic could potentially do for us.
-> Upgrade items to next tier: (norm -> nm -> hell -> inferno) the item retains its stats but has them increased by a set percentage. The tiers as they were in Diablo 2 are not as clear in Diablo 3, but they are present nonetheless (on the ground when not identified, rare, set and legendary items display a tier name of an item). Set and Legendary items cannot be upgraded to the next tier with this.
-> Add a specific stat to an item: The recipes for these enchants vary per item and high level ones can only be found in Inferno. An item may have only one specific stat added to them, and the roll is random. This stat can be overwritten or removed. Example: Add Minor Intelligence (10-25 Intelligence, requires item level 10). Example #2: Add Grand Gold Find (20-50% Gold Find, requires item level 45).
-> Reroll weapon stats (legendary): For a high price (I suggest 100-250 tomes of secrets for Inferno Legendaries along with a high tier Star Gem of any color) this will reroll the stats on a legendary item (for better or worse).
Endless Depths Dungeon Mode
This mode is inspired by other RPGs. The idea is a infinitely deep dungeon that keeps getting harder, up to a point that no one is able to (theoretically) continue on. This is a perfect way to 'prove your strength' due to the achievements linked to it. "I beat level 14 ED" would be awesome. How should it work?
-> There are 5 levels per Act (themed) with unique mixes of monsters from all Acts.
-> Every 5 levels of the endless depths dungeon has a boss.
-> The dungeon starts hard and gets harder every level (think +mp0.75 per level, but more damage than health).
-> More gold, xp gain and mf is added to characters each level.
-> This mode can be played on any difficulty, but achievements are earned for each boss beaten on Inferno.
-> Beating level 20 will create a new Act 1 themed level again to recycle the endlessness, there is no limit.
PvP
What can I say, this should have been added a long time ago. Ironman is something I used to do a lot with friends in Diablo 2: make a HC char, level it to 9 without telling each other which class was made and then duel to the death. 500% fun.
-> Add dueling arena in each town for 1v1.
-> Add the team PvP that we saw ages ago.
-> Ironman Duel Zone: Allows Hardcore players of level 10 and above to fight a duel to the death. Entering this type of zone fight means only one player can come out alive, leaving the game counts as a forfeit, which kills the character. There is a 5 second countdown to start. Beating a player's character in this manner awards a Trophy which is different per class (Witch Doctor Shaking Finger, Wizard Arrogant Tongue, Barbarian Rugged Scalp, Demon Hunter Paranoid Eye, Monk Sharp Ear). Trophies retain the level and name of the character beaten and are soulbound. Collecting these Trophies grants achievements. One Trophy of each type owned the same player can be combined into a set 'I've beaten them all' Trophy.
Add more content
The game still seems small and has a lot of 'annoying places'. From the people I know, most play a standard set of locations due to lack of reward or due to annoying monsters. Also, the map zones are still quite empty in regards to different types of dungeons and events.
-> Add the chance to spawn dungeons in zones that previously did not, and add new dungeons (arreat crater, tower of the damned and other zones that never spawn a 'side-instance').
-> Add more events to remove the repetitiveness of them always appearing in the same zone.
-> Change event rewards, players don't care about 800-1600 gold on Inferno. If the rewards are cool enough, players will be more compelled to play in different areas instead of grinding the same (for them easiest to grind) zone. The dropping of 3 rare items is decent, but not enough reason for me to hunt the various events as this reward is identical to killing an elite or rare (which is much easier to find).
-> Add a different achievement to finding these new dungeons and events, no need to edit existing ones.
Add Abilities
The number of builds may be large, but the number of builds that are viable still is not (at least for the Wizard, which I play most). Add 2-3 abilities per class that allow new viable and fun builds to arise. Personally not daring to say something about a 'missing ability' for any other class than the Wizard, I only add the Wizard as an example here. If you have a suggestion for your class, feel free to post it in this thread and I will add it to the suggested new abilities.
-> Wizard: Elemental Globe: Very slow moving orb that randomly shoots out small Arcane Orbs (20% dmg), Electrocuting Lightning Chains (8% dmg hits 2 targets), fast high damage Fire Bolts (35% dmg), short range Ice Breaths (20% dmg) and Poison Pool Bolts (12% dmg based on Hydra). Runes can change the Globe into a single element. The sixth rune splits the Globe into three smaller Globes that deal 35% of the original Globe's damage.
-> Wizard: Point Blade: Like the Arcane Enchanted clockwise or counter-clockwise moving beams. Deals 150% arcane damage, lasts 8 seconds, only one can be active at a time. Runes can change damage type, amount of damage, maximum amount of Point Blades allowed.
Add Passive Skills
Also to increase the number of viable builds. My suggestions are based on what I feel the Wizard misses right now in passive skills, and are thus very biased.
-> Wizard: Salvo (There is a 5% chance to cast a second spell at no additional costs after casting any spell).
-> Wizard: Freezing Generators (Causes Signature Spells to deal 20% less damage, but changes the damage type to Cold that slows by 30% for 3 seconds and causes them to grant 1 arcane power on hit).
Change Followers
The amount of viability for a Follower (for the perfectionists among us) is dependent on two things: The frequency and usefulness of their CC and the amount of healing, critical strikes and resource generation buffs they give, as they deal no significant damage themselves. Especially for me, the Templar has proven to be the most useful on all classes I played on Inferno so far (due to intervene and charge, both are stuns).
-> Give the Enchantress and Scoundrel a skill to 'save' their ally (such as the Templars Intervene, which knocks back and stuns monsters around the character and then heals the character slightly).
-> Give the Templar a skill to improve crit / resource gen to be picked instead of his healing for people who prefer this stat.
-> These points will allow players to pick the follower that they like instead of having to pick the one with the best abilities.
Allow Character Customization
In Diablo 1 and 2, the age wasn't there, but almost every recent game with the letters RPG in them has at least some character customization. Why not Diablo 3?
-> Allow characters to change the color of their hair and the style of their hair (or tattoo on head for WD and Barb). Implement with dyes or rewards from achievements.
-> Allow characters to change their age skin (Young (like the Wizards are now), Mature (like the female Barb, WD and DH are now) and Veteran (like the male Barb and Monk are now). The lore in their stories about their age is hardly reason not to add this. Implement with dyes or rewards from achievements.
-> Allow characters to change the base color of their skin / complexion (Negroid (WD), Asian (Wiz), Caucasian (Barb / Monk / DH)). Implement with dyes or rewards from achievements.
Act IV
Act 4 is supposed to feel 'fast-paced and urgent' because the player is attempting to stop Diablo (bla bla). Let's forget the story for a moment and focus on the problem with Act 4: Its too damn small. There are tons of beautiful environment tiles made for this act that are only seen a few times.
-> My solution: Add at least two dungeons and two possible events per zone in act 4, give the player the option to enjoy the content there a bit longer.
Other
-> Allow the Jewelcrafter to add sockets. Add sockets should cost gold and ( 100-300 Tomes of Secrets for Inferno level items) based on the item level, between 5000 (level 1) and 300.000 gold (level 60) for a weapon and half these costs for any other item. This to keep AH prices stable. The amount of sockets added to items that can have more than 1 socket is random. Items with a socket already in them cannot have a socket added to them.
-> Add an event where you have to avoid traps (the Halls of Agony Axes, Fire Pits, Arcane Traps, Demon Forge Breaths, and others) within a set amount of time.
-> Change Meteor Rune: Liquefy from increased duration of the damage zone (5 seconds increased duration) to triple damage on the damage zone after Meteor struck (180% weapon damage over 3 seconds) or at least clarify the tooltip, right now it seems like this rune deals 60% damage over 8 seconds, which is useless (but I'm not sure if it does).
-> Competition Mode: Allows two teams of two players each to compete over beating content. This mode would arrange two random teams in a matchmaking system to beat a dungeon. The teams spawn in opposite positions and have to fight their way to the middle. To prevent run-by, all monsters must be killed in a room before the door to the next room opens. The team winning the race to the middle obtains and achievement and 2 Resplendent Chests.
Poll: Which feature must be added first?
More Dungeons and Events (23)
52%
PvP (8)
18%
The Mystic (4)
9%
Character Customization (4)
9%
Improved Followers (2)
5%
New Abilities (1)
2%
Hardcore Banner Rewards (1)
2%
Add Sockets (1)
2%
New Passive Skills (0)
0%
Other... Post in reply (0)
0%
44 total votes
PvP (8)
The Mystic (4)
Character Customization (4)
Improved Followers (2)
New Abilities (1)
Hardcore Banner Rewards (1)
Add Sockets (1)
New Passive Skills (0)
Other... Post in reply (0)
44 total votes
Your vote: Which feature must be added first?
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TL Suggestions
Non-permanence in items:
To prevent the currently inevitable overflow of the market in Diablo 3, items should have a way to permanently lose maximum durability. How this influences indestructible items is currently not explained, but the goal is to find an alternative for the dredge that slowly makes the game less interesting to play - having solely worthless items when most people have the rolls on items they want.
Personally I feel that a ladder reset is a better way to adress this problem.
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On November 05 2012 10:44 Fireman wrote:
Most provocative changes that are suggested are coming from "Diablo 2.5" a.k.a. Path of Exile.
It's good that there should be more content in the game ( i agree on the possible changes ), but after all, D3 is simple market game. If you want to be good at PvP than you should play the AH not the actual game.
There should be system where Blizzard can limit the items that are in the game. For ex. there is no flush out of any gem made in this game, which with time they'll be cheaper and cheaper with no actual purpose in crafting. ( This is caused by lack of new players in the game ).
Maybe adding items with charges on (5/5, 50/50 ) .... where they can't be recharged and more or less useless afterwards.
Most provocative changes that are suggested are coming from "Diablo 2.5" a.k.a. Path of Exile.
It's good that there should be more content in the game ( i agree on the possible changes ), but after all, D3 is simple market game. If you want to be good at PvP than you should play the AH not the actual game.
There should be system where Blizzard can limit the items that are in the game. For ex. there is no flush out of any gem made in this game, which with time they'll be cheaper and cheaper with no actual purpose in crafting. ( This is caused by lack of new players in the game ).
Maybe adding items with charges on (5/5, 50/50 ) .... where they can't be recharged and more or less useless afterwards.
On November 05 2012 14:24 Cascade wrote:
You first complain that there should be more to the game than chasing loot so you can chase more loot. Then you proceed to suggest changes that mainly involve getting more loot to chase.
Don't get me wrong, imo the game SHOULD be about chasing loot so you can chase more more loot, and I would be happy with most of these suggestions (altough it may not be well spent time from blizzard). I just don't really feel that your introduction matches your suggestions.
- New content is of course always fun, and I'm sure everyone agrees, probably even the evil blizzard devils that want nothing else than eat your children. Guess that is a matter of resources. Not so easy to produce new content that fits in well. Guess more will come in the expansions. More possibilities to create better items through npc will not fix anything long term, it will refresh the AH a while, but it will be back to normal (99.9% drops = crap) within weeks. Sure, go ahead and do it, it'll be fun, but don't expect the game to suddenly be "fixed" by it.
- Regarding skills, you argue that only very few of the very large number of skill combinations are really good. And you want to solve it by adding more skills? How about balancing the ones that are already there, so that more builds end up at about the same power level as the best ones? I think they are trying to do that, but very carefully, because they don't want to create a new build that overshadows all other again. I really don't see the need for more skills atm. They can come in expansions.
- The main part I want to focus on, that has been brought up before, is the endless dungeon. (well, PvP is also main part ofc, but everyone knows that, and it is supposedly on it's way...) This is the place where people will find a challange without end. Once you are paragon lvl 100 and can solo ubers at MP10 (while not a place you reach quickly), what should you aim for? Answer would be (again, apart from PvP ofc) the endless dungeon. While certainly not easy to add, I think an endless dungeon would be a better thing to add than more act 4 content or any other instances.
My suggestion.
Personally I have a weak spot for ways of destroying peoples items, or at least take them out of the economy. To keep the economy a bit fresher. This is of course very tricky to do together with the RMAH, as you don't want to steal the pixels that your valued customers paid real money to get. Maybe some kind of achievements or instances (maybe in the endless dungeon?) could make one of your equiped items
* get broken or
* permanently lose durability or
* bind to account
(possibly with a very small probability) when you
* die in an instance or endless dungeon or
* beat an instance (this should probably be combined with bind to account).
Say for example that the deeper you go in the endless dungeon, the larger the probability that one of your items will lose a fraction of it's durability permanently when you die. So the endless dungeon would be more and more like hardcore the further down you go. Possibly you could buy a very expensive "insurance" against this (that will trigger with 90% probability), that will protect you a few deaths, and then it will not only remove items from the economy every now and then, but it will also be a gold-sink.
For lower level players, it's not a problem, as the probability is so small, and their items are not that valuable anyways. For the top players, it will add some thrill to the game again after they have carrier a noob team through the ubers at MP10 using only their feet hundreds of times. Now they have to pay attention to not die, or they will lose their godly BiS:s that they payed billions for. Also, more likely that their godly gear will stay valuable, as this item sink will make items keep their value better. I don't think most people that buy their items have a big problem with it either. They are aware of the risk when they enter the endless dungeon, and it will give them even more thrill as there now is real money on the line in a way. Maybe the kind of person that has bought all BIS at the RMAH, but yet is 14 years old and too scared of playing with the risk of losing some of his items, feels that he is "locked out" of the endless dungeon as he is risking to lose his real money. But tbh, even though they are blizzards best customers in a way, screw those guys.
I agree with terran though, that posting here will not change anything. Feel free to compile, post and link a thread on bnet though. cheers.
You first complain that there should be more to the game than chasing loot so you can chase more loot. Then you proceed to suggest changes that mainly involve getting more loot to chase.
Don't get me wrong, imo the game SHOULD be about chasing loot so you can chase more more loot, and I would be happy with most of these suggestions (altough it may not be well spent time from blizzard). I just don't really feel that your introduction matches your suggestions.
- New content is of course always fun, and I'm sure everyone agrees, probably even the evil blizzard devils that want nothing else than eat your children. Guess that is a matter of resources. Not so easy to produce new content that fits in well. Guess more will come in the expansions. More possibilities to create better items through npc will not fix anything long term, it will refresh the AH a while, but it will be back to normal (99.9% drops = crap) within weeks. Sure, go ahead and do it, it'll be fun, but don't expect the game to suddenly be "fixed" by it.
- Regarding skills, you argue that only very few of the very large number of skill combinations are really good. And you want to solve it by adding more skills? How about balancing the ones that are already there, so that more builds end up at about the same power level as the best ones? I think they are trying to do that, but very carefully, because they don't want to create a new build that overshadows all other again. I really don't see the need for more skills atm. They can come in expansions.
- The main part I want to focus on, that has been brought up before, is the endless dungeon. (well, PvP is also main part ofc, but everyone knows that, and it is supposedly on it's way...) This is the place where people will find a challange without end. Once you are paragon lvl 100 and can solo ubers at MP10 (while not a place you reach quickly), what should you aim for? Answer would be (again, apart from PvP ofc) the endless dungeon. While certainly not easy to add, I think an endless dungeon would be a better thing to add than more act 4 content or any other instances.
My suggestion.
Personally I have a weak spot for ways of destroying peoples items, or at least take them out of the economy. To keep the economy a bit fresher. This is of course very tricky to do together with the RMAH, as you don't want to steal the pixels that your valued customers paid real money to get. Maybe some kind of achievements or instances (maybe in the endless dungeon?) could make one of your equiped items
* get broken or
* permanently lose durability or
* bind to account
(possibly with a very small probability) when you
* die in an instance or endless dungeon or
* beat an instance (this should probably be combined with bind to account).
Say for example that the deeper you go in the endless dungeon, the larger the probability that one of your items will lose a fraction of it's durability permanently when you die. So the endless dungeon would be more and more like hardcore the further down you go. Possibly you could buy a very expensive "insurance" against this (that will trigger with 90% probability), that will protect you a few deaths, and then it will not only remove items from the economy every now and then, but it will also be a gold-sink.
For lower level players, it's not a problem, as the probability is so small, and their items are not that valuable anyways. For the top players, it will add some thrill to the game again after they have carrier a noob team through the ubers at MP10 using only their feet hundreds of times. Now they have to pay attention to not die, or they will lose their godly BiS:s that they payed billions for. Also, more likely that their godly gear will stay valuable, as this item sink will make items keep their value better. I don't think most people that buy their items have a big problem with it either. They are aware of the risk when they enter the endless dungeon, and it will give them even more thrill as there now is real money on the line in a way. Maybe the kind of person that has bought all BIS at the RMAH, but yet is 14 years old and too scared of playing with the risk of losing some of his items, feels that he is "locked out" of the endless dungeon as he is risking to lose his real money. But tbh, even though they are blizzards best customers in a way, screw those guys.
I agree with terran though, that posting here will not change anything. Feel free to compile, post and link a thread on bnet though. cheers.
Combine item appearance with item stats
For those who played Guildwars 2, this is a known feature. Basically you combine two items, the item you think looks awesome, but has poor stats with the item that looks like you are a poor drifter, which has the best stats and is worth millions.
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On November 05 2012 11:55 Chairman Ray wrote:
I really want decorative item slots! In each slot, you have the item that you want the stats of, and the item you want it to look like. Finally get to dress up my character the way I want.
I really want decorative item slots! In each slot, you have the item that you want the stats of, and the item you want it to look like. Finally get to dress up my character the way I want.
Make all buffs appear on the HUD
Right now the game limits the number of visible buffs to 5. This was probably a design choice, as they did not want D3 to look too much like WoW, as that would have given them devastating comments (not that that didn't happen of course).
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On November 05 2012 18:25 wooozy wrote:
yes you get bonus exp/mf/gf from monster power, but farming/leveling is absurdly more efficient solo unless everyone is stacked in gears and even then it's questionable. there's essentially no reason to play multiplayer except for ubers right now
more than five buff icons means... show more than five buff icons. i don't know how you want me to explain this lol. you can only see a max of five buff icons right now. for a monk, it's usually neph valor stacks, mantra, blazing wrath, and sweeping winds. now let's say you find a shrine - that's five (and keep in mind this is solo), and no more will show. you won't see the duration of your mantra actives or more importantly, serenity duration. in multiplayer it's even more of a mess
yes you get bonus exp/mf/gf from monster power, but farming/leveling is absurdly more efficient solo unless everyone is stacked in gears and even then it's questionable. there's essentially no reason to play multiplayer except for ubers right now
more than five buff icons means... show more than five buff icons. i don't know how you want me to explain this lol. you can only see a max of five buff icons right now. for a monk, it's usually neph valor stacks, mantra, blazing wrath, and sweeping winds. now let's say you find a shrine - that's five (and keep in mind this is solo), and no more will show. you won't see the duration of your mantra actives or more importantly, serenity duration. in multiplayer it's even more of a mess
Make 1-4 Goblins spawn on Boss Death
Imagine the nuke / chase and team coordination needed when a goblin spawns for each player in a game when killing a boss. The extra loot potential is enormous, but good teamwork is required to get them down, and excellent teamwork to get them all down (especially on higher monster power).
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On November 05 2012 23:56 Burrfoot wrote:
I equip my follower with a puzzle ring just to keep me awake while farming xp/loot.
Clearly the only thing D3 needs is more goblins. Like in sonic when you beat a boss small animals came out. If after killing a pack 4 goblins spawned, it would promote group play to beat the living tar out of them!
I equip my follower with a puzzle ring just to keep me awake while farming xp/loot.
Clearly the only thing D3 needs is more goblins. Like in sonic when you beat a boss small animals came out. If after killing a pack 4 goblins spawned, it would promote group play to beat the living tar out of them!
FFA events
FFA PvP or PvE, see the relevant post.
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On November 05 2012 20:03 wkk6813 wrote:
In group play, killing a random elite initiates a special event: 4-players FFA !!!
In group play, killing a random elite initiates a special event: 4-players FFA !!!
Add new gems with other stats or add runes
Basically, the currently available gems to add into sockets are just plain boring. So is their level requirement (max lvl gem in a level 1 item makes the game appear broken, even if it's considered enjoyable by some - it takes away the mp10 challenge at lvling an alt). Runes in d2 LoD were a huge success, so why not add them here? I suppose runewords are the logical next step - but the sheer number of maximum sockets in most items makes this impossible right now.
In other words - a lot of fixes to make and a lot of them can come directly from learning from D2.
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On November 06 2012 17:15 BluzMan wrote:
If anything, their gem system needs a complete overhaul because it's a fucking joke.
- Lower level gems are worthless. Not just worth a little, not worth picking up even on your first character.
- No level restriction on gems is just strange. Gogo radiant star rubies in low level weapons.
- Higher level gems not being droppable is not fun. Crafting them is even worse just due to the sheer time investment (you need immense amount of clicks to craft a radiant star from flawless squares, each with a cooldown).
- There are no options for socketing weapons. 20-40 damage at level 60? Thorns? Even LoH (which is moderately OK) pales in comparison to 100% fucking critical hit damage. Weapon socket says emerald, mind you.
- There are no options for socketing armor. Vitality only makes sense in HC, and you have to be dumb to get non-primary stats on socketed gems. Say, a barbarian will always have emeralds in his weapons and rubies in armor.
- The helm is the only slot with relatively decent choice, but even that is fairly underwhelming since at paragon level 50+ you lose the incentive to use topaz/emerald and at paragon 100 you have no other choice other than amethyst.
- Frankly speaking, the whole system is boring as fuck. Primary stat is the least interestring thing you could theoretically do with gems. There's no way to do anything fun with them.
- Unfortunately, there's no way to fix this shit because putting a stronger emphasis on socketing would require making it accessible to everyone, which, in return, would require making adding sockets a jeweler service. And that would hurt all those manticore owners who paid billions for their guns.
Artisans are a failure in this game, face it.
If anything, their gem system needs a complete overhaul because it's a fucking joke.
- Lower level gems are worthless. Not just worth a little, not worth picking up even on your first character.
- No level restriction on gems is just strange. Gogo radiant star rubies in low level weapons.
- Higher level gems not being droppable is not fun. Crafting them is even worse just due to the sheer time investment (you need immense amount of clicks to craft a radiant star from flawless squares, each with a cooldown).
- There are no options for socketing weapons. 20-40 damage at level 60? Thorns? Even LoH (which is moderately OK) pales in comparison to 100% fucking critical hit damage. Weapon socket says emerald, mind you.
- There are no options for socketing armor. Vitality only makes sense in HC, and you have to be dumb to get non-primary stats on socketed gems. Say, a barbarian will always have emeralds in his weapons and rubies in armor.
- The helm is the only slot with relatively decent choice, but even that is fairly underwhelming since at paragon level 50+ you lose the incentive to use topaz/emerald and at paragon 100 you have no other choice other than amethyst.
- Frankly speaking, the whole system is boring as fuck. Primary stat is the least interestring thing you could theoretically do with gems. There's no way to do anything fun with them.
- Unfortunately, there's no way to fix this shit because putting a stronger emphasis on socketing would require making it accessible to everyone, which, in return, would require making adding sockets a jeweler service. And that would hurt all those manticore owners who paid billions for their guns.
Artisans are a failure in this game, face it.
On November 10 2012 00:12 EntertainMe wrote:
I really like to see Rune word system from Diablo 2 implemented. And it can easily be done I think.
Yes, Diablo 3 can do this even with just 1 socket.
Example:
Runes:
Tir, Amn, Tal = White Runes
Ist, Um, Mal = Legendary Runes
Ohm, Zod, Lo = Set Runes
New Runeword: Ist + Um + Amn + Zod = 1 Golden Rune for Fortitude (Can be crafted at Artisan's shop)
I feel items are too stale already. Runewords will make everything so much more interesting!
I really like to see Rune word system from Diablo 2 implemented. And it can easily be done I think.
Yes, Diablo 3 can do this even with just 1 socket.
Example:
Runes:
Tir, Amn, Tal = White Runes
Ist, Um, Mal = Legendary Runes
Ohm, Zod, Lo = Set Runes
New Runeword: Ist + Um + Amn + Zod = 1 Golden Rune for Fortitude (Can be crafted at Artisan's shop)
I feel items are too stale already. Runewords will make everything so much more interesting!
On November 10 2012 01:33 Terranasaur wrote:
how are you going to have runewords when most items can only have 1 socket? and if you add additional sockets to weapons, your screw the entire balance of the game.
also. whites don't roll sockets.
how are you going to have runewords when most items can only have 1 socket? and if you add additional sockets to weapons, your screw the entire balance of the game.
also. whites don't roll sockets.
Surely the easiest way to fix this is by adding an additional maximum socket to items that currently only have one socket and balancing the gems around that accordingly (halving the stats, but also halving the crafting price - no problem to do this).
Also, make runewords possible on blue items and retain the stat it had, that way finding the 'perfect' blue item for making your runeword would still have that awesomeness the white ones had in d2.
I think the safest way is the crafting idea of EntertainMe where you collect 5 runes, go to the crafter and combine them into a runeword (a single socketable rune which says a word), which you then place into the socket of any item. Thanks for all the suggestions
So for example:
- Find Jah, Ith, Ber
- Combine them at the Jewelcrafter into 'Enigma Rune'
- Add Enigma Rune to any 1 slot item
The only problem for the designers is that they'd have to add tons of different 'Enigma's' (weapon, armor, shoulder). If they'd make them all the same, I'm sure there would be balance issues. "Hey guys I have 8 enigmas" (though I suppose having teleport 8 times makes no difference for the d3 mechanics).
Edit: just realized this is a problem for any items with more than 1 socket... Derp.
I wonder how Blizzard is going to solve this, or maybe they won't add runes at all =(
- Find Jah, Ith, Ber
- Combine them at the Jewelcrafter into 'Enigma Rune'
- Add Enigma Rune to any 1 slot item
The only problem for the designers is that they'd have to add tons of different 'Enigma's' (weapon, armor, shoulder). If they'd make them all the same, I'm sure there would be balance issues. "Hey guys I have 8 enigmas" (though I suppose having teleport 8 times makes no difference for the d3 mechanics).
Edit: just realized this is a problem for any items with more than 1 socket... Derp.
I wonder how Blizzard is going to solve this, or maybe they won't add runes at all =(
Clans
Why can't we coordinate in a group and socialize in D3? I totally agree - this should be implemented.
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On November 07 2012 02:16 jESUIT wrote:
Iagree w/ the bring back the runes. Also BRING BACK THE DAMN COW LEVEL! Also make a clan thing for this game...that'd be great! Also more people then 4....Maybe 8player game would be great!
Iagree w/ the bring back the runes. Also BRING BACK THE DAMN COW LEVEL! Also make a clan thing for this game...that'd be great! Also more people then 4....Maybe 8player game would be great!
Raise Movement Speed Cap
Raising the ms cap would open up a lot of more enjoyable builds - though for PvP it may bring a new imbalance issue before it's even launched.
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On November 07 2012 01:39 Makavw wrote:
QFT I am baffled at why is this even in the game. Running around fast is fun, and it makes more gear options for a lot of chars.
"Do i get the set chest for power or tyraels might for ms?".
QFT I am baffled at why is this even in the game. Running around fast is fun, and it makes more gear options for a lot of chars.
"Do i get the set chest for power or tyraels might for ms?".
Add Shrine Duration Stat
I just thought how annoyingly short those shrines last. Perhaps adding a new stat in the game to increase shrine duration would be nice. It would need to be somewhat significant to be worth taking, so +1 minute +2 minutes or +3 minutes shrine duration is what I think is best (per item). Imagine your MF shrine lasting 10 minutes
New Skins of Abilities
Obtaining ability 'skins' for extremely hard achievements (for example, a giant skull meteor or a wirlwind with blood splashing from the weapon). It would certainly motivate me more to try out some of the more challenging achievements. The banner rewards are not awesome enough for me by far.
Make Solo Games Rejoinable after a DC
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On November 09 2012 23:37 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
make solo games rejoinable. just lost a chantodo source cause i died to torrents etc after the pack died and stupid d3 disced me. -__-
make solo games rejoinable. just lost a chantodo source cause i died to torrents etc after the pack died and stupid d3 disced me. -__-