Diablo III Options

[Crushinator]

I was suprised we don't have a thread for this yet, but I guess since blizzard is so stingy with the news its not unexpected.

Anyways, straight outta GamesCom we have details on the crafting system!



Looks fast, slick, and unobtrusive. I love how you can break down the "big loot" into crafting shit so you don't have to TP to town constantly to sell big things like armor.

Update with some details on the caravan:

Diablo III Caravan FAQ
Q: What is the caravan?
A: The caravan is a persistent group that follows the heroes across Sanctuary, providing a centralized hub for players to find quest givers, crafters, and other important NPCs. As your character moves through the world so too will your loyal band, setting up in specific locations to remain close by should you need them.

Q: Who are the artisans?
A: In order to access the professions in Diablo III, you’ll need to gain the loyalty of various artisans through your travels in Sanctuary. The blacksmith, mystic, and jeweler will each provide unique services over the course of the game.

Q: What do the artisans offer?
A: Skilling up your artisans will unlock unique recipes, granting your character access to benefits that may not be found anywhere else in the world. The blacksmith crafts weapons and armor, and can add sockets to some items. The mystic creates scrolls, potions, magical weapons, spell runes, and charms, and can also enchant items. The jeweler crafts gems , amulets, and rings. The jeweler can also remove gems from socketed items and can combine gems to improve their quality.

Q: How do I find the artisans?
A: Finding the artisans will be part of the main quest. Each artisan has been fleshed out to include their own story and quest line.

Q: How do I use the artisans?
A: You’ll collect loot as a reward for slaughtering the forces of the Burning Hells. Unwanted items can be salvaged in your inventory, converting these goods into raw crafting materials—higher-level items are salvaged into higher-level materials. You’ll then take those raw materials and hand them over to the artisans, putting them to work crafting or enchanting for you. Upon returning to the caravan after a lengthy foray, you may also find that the artisans have been hard at work plying their trade for your benefit.

Q: How do I salvage my items?
A: Players will find an item while progressing through the main quest that will allow them to convert unwanted gear into crafting materials from the inventory. This item will not take up any inventory space. This should be a more satisfying option for offloading unwanted loot than the alternative—dropping things on the ground or making frequent trips to a vendor.

Q: Why are you including crafting professions in an action game?
A: Professions add depth to the item collection gameplay that drives the action of Diablo III. We want to provide players with an alternative way to acquire gear, potions, and other randomly found items. We also want to provide additional forms of customization for players—adding jewels, enchants, or sockets to existing gear allows players to further tailor their characters. Many rare crafting recipes and materials are only found as world drops, enhancing the item acquisition process by increasing the diversity of items dropped by monsters.

[Crushinator]

Expansion pack was announced officially today (after being rumored for a week or so with a teaser site).

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/reaper-of-souls/



Gameplay vid:



The deets:

• New class: The Crusader, meele character with shield and swords / hammers / flails (i.e. Paladin).
• One new Act: "western gothic setting" looks much more reminiscent of Diablo 1 and D2 Act 1.
• New level cap (70): new skills and runes for all classes.
• Loot runs: Entirely randomized dungeons that take 15-20minutes to complete (for endgame).
• Nephalem Trials (any idea what this is?)
• Expanded paragon system: Paragon levels are now account wide (applies to all characters), unlimited cap. I have no idea how this is going to take paragon levels you've already earned into account.
• Loot 2.0: Modified loot-system, multi-level legendaries and a new system called "smart drops", loot will drop less but the drops will be better and more meaningful for you.
• Transmogrification: Change the look of your stuff but keep the stats
• The Mystic: Artisan that allows you to re-attribute the stats of your items (basically the shit they moved

I love the character design of the Crusader. Looks like something from Dark Souls!


With the new loot system, loot will drop less frequently but be "more meaningful", meaning you'll get drops more tailored to your class, and drops you will actually want to use. Legendary drops will happen more frequently too, and each legendary will be a "Build Changer", something you'll want to adapt you playstyle to so you can use it.

It sounds like this expansion is going in the right direction for Diablo, the endgame content sounds like something way more appealing than the "crank monster level 10 and run inferno over and over" going on now. I really hope they add more than just the 1 class though, otherwise everyone is going to max out their Crusader on the 1st or 2nd day.