Diablo3 class thread

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Found on Reddit.
"Too Soon™"

[CrazyNomad]

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3552...9_23_2011#blog

We commonly use the term “soon” when referring to Blizzard releases, because we know that no matter how hard we’re working to reach a target, we’re not going to compromise and launch a game before it’s ready. For Diablo III, we were aiming to launch by the end of 2011. As we’re announcing globally today, our new target for the game is early 2012.

While this news might not be a complete surprise, I know that many of you were hopeful that Diablo III would ship this year. We were too. However, this week we pulled together people from all of the teams involved with the game to decide whether we felt it would be ready before the end of December, and we grudgingly came to the conclusion that it would not. Ultimately, we feel that to deliver an awesome Diablo sequel that lives up to our expectations and yours as well, we should take a little more time and add further polish to a few different elements of the game.

The upside of today’s announcement is that we will be running the beta test longer than we initially planned, which will allow us to invite more of you who have opted in.

For those taking on the Diableard challenge, we salute you -- and now fear for your well-being and personal hygiene. We hereby issue an official reprieve to all Diableard participants, including Blizzard employees, if you want to trim or otherwise manage the lower half of your face. We’d still love to see your beardly achievements, and we look forward to seeing more of your efforts as we move into 2012, but not to the detriment of your workplaces and significant others.

Thank you everyone for your support and anticipation for Diablo III. We’re still moving ahead at full pace, and we’ll be keeping you fully informed of any news and developments here at Diablo3.com, including the specific release date when the time comes, so stay tuned.

-Mike Morhaime

wtp?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Dark Link]

Extreme major ultra bump of DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
GET pineappleING HYPE!

Diablo III Launching May 15 – Digital Pre-Sales NOW OPEN

The End of Days approaches…. Diablo III will be unleashed from the Burning Hells on May 15, 2012, and you can be ready to play the minute the servers go live by pre-purchasing the game digitally on Battle.net today.

Beginning May 15, players around the world will be able to return to Tristram to discover the dark secrets of a fallen star and begin their quest to save Sanctuary from the impending demonic invasion. To secure your place as a barbarian, monk, demon hunter, witch doctor, or wizard right now, simply log in to your Battle.net account, and then purchase and download* Diablo III, and you’ll be ready to play when the game launches.

World of Warcraft players interested in getting Diablo III for free can still get in on the World of Warcraft Annual Pass, but the promotion will be ending at 12:01 a.m. PDT on May 1, 2012. When you sign up for the Annual Pass and make a 1-year commitment to World of Warcraft, you’ll receive a free digital copy of Diablo III, an exclusive World of Warcraft in-game mount (Tyrael’s Charger), as well as access to the upcoming World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta test. Learn more at the Annual Pass signup page.

For more details on the May 15 release of Diablo III, be sure to hit the official press release, or head to our new Diablo III game page to learn more about the game and pre-purchase your digital copy.

*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.

[JoeTang]

My cock is wet.

[Malthe]

[CrazyNomad]

already downloading the game to be ready for may 15th!! the US client is 7.06gb, there is a full brazilian portuguese version, but eh, i want the game in english..


too bad CE only come out on july :(

OH, no pvp on the launch, blizzard didnt like the PVP and won't release it till its "done"

[Dark Link]

already downloading the game to be ready for may 15th!! the US client is 7.06gb, there is a full brazilian portuguese version, but eh, i want the game in english..


too bad CE only come out on july :(

OH, no pvp on the launch, blizzard didnt like the PVP and won't release it till its "done"

CE in July? Amazon has the CE set for May 15th

Also, I already have the game fully downloaded and such, too bad you can't install it yet :(

[Duelman]

OMFG MUST GET TO BARONS BAZAAR!!! They are probably going apepomegranate right now about the release.

I KNOW I AM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CANNOT CONTAIN EXCITEMENT!

[Flonne]

-snip-

Welp, TERA is may 3rd, so, sorry blizzard, bad timing. If the game looked a little bit better and followed it's roots a little better, I would buy it first day anyway, but, screw it, I'll just wait for price drop lol.

[CrazyNomad]

CE in July? Amazon has the CE set for May 15th

Also, I already have the game fully downloaded and such, too bad you can't install it yet :(

found the press release:

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...tml?id=4606414

Players in the listed Latin American countries and in Russia will be able to purchase Diablo III at local retail locations starting June 7. Digital availability for the Russian version of the game will also begin June 7. In addition to the English version, Diablo III will be fully localized into Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, European Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian, Korean, and Traditional Chinese.

dam ;/ well if I cant buy it on the release, i will buy the CE when its available here in brazil :(

[Zenkat]

Cant.... wait.....

Been playing the beta a lot lately and the cravings are high.

[Birdie]

I can't decide between demon hunter and barbarian. I typically play melee characters, but kinda want to switch it up for once. Seeing the class preview videos really made the barbarian more appealing though.

[Zenkat]

I can't decide between demon hunter and barbarian. I typically play melee characters, but kinda want to switch it up for once. Seeing the class preview videos really made the barbarian more appealing though.

I found the barb to be difficult to work with. Having to charge up Fury to use skills was kind of annoying (and fury drains when not in battle). I actually really liked the witch doctor when i played it. Odd skills that turned out to be really fun, plus summons and stuff (and what felt like infinite mana supply). My first one will still probably be a wizard, not only because i enjoy the skills, but because the male wizard is voiced by Crispin Freeman, who is in a lot of english dubbed anime i watch.

[Dark Link]

Beta just went Public a couple hours ago.
No one knows if this is a huge bug or not.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comme..._may_be_a_bug/

Yes, it works. Multiple people have reported being able to play the game even if their Battle.net Account was never flagged for Beta.


As a reminder:
Beta ends on May 1st.

[JoeTang]

It's the starter edition. From the one thread I read, players from the beta cannot interact with starter edition unless they download (?) and use the starter edition. It will be available until May 1st as well.

[Dusk]

They took it down now. Oh well, not like there's a whole lot to do in the Beta anyway.

[happylight]

Diablo 3 is in open beta this weekend!!!!

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4963...4_19_2012#blog

[Dark Link]

Oh the Irony LOL

[Olsi]

Played the barb and monk so far, monk is probably gonna be my first character in the full game, just so awesome, barb wasn't too fun since fury goes away when not in battle >.>

[hadriel]

There's a passive that allows fury to regen instead of decaying away over time.

Hadriel