Diablo 3 - Third character class is wizard

[Shinova]

The only part that worries me is the apparent lack of PvP but as long as cooperative play scales up appropriately in difficulty and is fun enough, I guess I can live with it. And Diablo 2 PvP could get a little awkward anyhow.

[Imperial Overlord]

It's pretty sad that Blizzard saying 'yeah forcing people to trash characters is bad, making people enjoy the game is good' actually makes people ANGRY.

That's actually fairly mild compared to the idiocy of "sprites forever" Fallout fanboys who go on jihad against the maker of respected rpgs for daring to resurrect their long dead franchise.

[Lord Revan]

I wonder what makes people act so stupid.

at I'd replay a game because I thought it was fun to play, not because I screwed up my char and had to replay to respec.

WoW had talent respec for most of it's time (well all the time I've played it at least) and yet I've used it once or twice intentionally

[Ghost Rider]

I wonder what makes people act so stupid.

at I'd replay a game because I thought it was fun to play, not because I screwed up my char and had to replay to respec.

WoW had talent respec for most of it's time (well all the time I've played it at least) and yet I've used it once or twice intentionally

That's because you don't either jump back and forth between Sunwell and Arena . Seriously WoW should've implemented the thought of dual spec well back in it's early nascent days, but money sinks are what an MMO seems to be more about then anything else. But it at least has a way to make sure the only fault of one is either the god class you picked or the retard class you picked because you couldn't read a developer's mind. This is sadly a step up.

And why so many of the Diablo style games need a respec ability? Because the developers change dynamics and then make you responsible for not reading their mind. So not only was it your fault that you picked a pissant weak class, but you picked a useless spec with your pissant useless class. Next time, read the mind better!

As for the wizard class? Hopefully it will have spammable hard hitting AoE. Mana management can be handled, the inability to anything but annoy a group of monsters is poor design. I care not if it's a woman in a pair of pasties with a thong or a man from Frank Miller's wet dreams because Blizzard are the last people I equate any sort of equal tastes in clothing. But when a game equates the terminology glass cannon is someone who can't take a hit with a water pistol the development staff needs to rethink something other then "Patch 8.45 will fix it."

[Stark]

Don't forget even with no changes and clear explanations of skills, you have NO FUCKING IDEA what happens on hard, or past level 50, or whatever. Oh wait, you mean resists matter now? You mean I need life leech to survive? You mean aoe is useless and it's all about spike?

SHIT I GOT TO START AGAIN.

[starfury]

Well some people on those very forums want the ability to play decently with such outlandish builds like Melee Sorcesses, Magic shooting Barb, etc, going to back to Diablo 1 when one can make melee Sorcerrer, or a teleporting, Fireball shooting warrior. that is what the auto attributes removes for them.

[starfury]

another site filled with Hardcore complaints against Auto Attributes

[houser2112]

going to back to Diablo 1 when one can make melee Sorcerrer, or a teleporting, Fireball shooting warrior. that is what the auto attributes removes for them.

I think Diablo1's attribute maximums would affect the viability of outlandish builds than any automatic attribute bumping would. Sure, auto-att would affect the viability at low levels (before you've hit the max attributes for your class), but eventually, the base stats of all Diablo1 characters of a particular class become identical.

[Vendetta]

Well some people on those very forums want the ability to play decently with such outlandish builds like Melee Sorcesses, Magic shooting Barb, etc, going to back to Diablo 1 when one can make melee Sorcerrer, or a teleporting, Fireball shooting warrior. that is what the auto attributes removes for them.

The fact that the predefined stats are less likely to be minmaxed than the average player's means that those builds will still be viable, you just have to choose the skills for them.