http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/ World of Raids Blue Tracker en http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21042560715-tweets-of-interest-for-the-week-of-nov-16th.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21042560715-tweets-of-interest-for-the-week-of-nov-16th.html Bashiok : If you don't happen to follow us on Twitter, and you should! here are some of the things that have gone out this week. The original Keith Parkinson "Final Stand" painting gracing our hallway. http://twitpic.com/q2c88 The skill system revision is in full force. Trees begone! I think it might be a winner. Jay says hi. My new Diablo calender. Just wa...]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:43 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21043890535-bashiok-tell-me-what-this-is-please.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21043890535-bashiok-tell-me-what-this-is-please.html Bashiok : Yup, male wizard. He wasn't playable in the '08 BlizzCon build so we gave him a ghostly appearance on the character selection screen....]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:39 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21048551072-walk-through-characters.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21048551072-walk-through-characters.html Bashiok : For the co-op game allowing players to clip through each other just makes for a better and more enjoyable experience. You're already dealing with enemies surrounding you and blocking movement, there's no reason for your friends to do the same. Of course clipping wouldn't be able to work the same way in PvP situations, but we're not talking about t...]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:47:06 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21038229512-diablo-3-could-have-samurai-or-ninja-class.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21038229512-diablo-3-could-have-samurai-or-ninja-class.html Bashiok : http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7837/iamdisappoint.jpg...]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:31:24 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21048550671-d3-color-blind-friendly.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21048550671-d3-color-blind-friendly.html Bashiok : There are people on the development team that are colorblind so it's something we're constantly aware of. Aside from that though as a company we're always interested in making our games as accommodating as possible. World of Warcraft for instance added a color blind mode which helps clarify item quality levels through text and not just color, wheth...]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:27:18 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20861005722-chance-to-block-with-two-handed-weapons.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20861005722-chance-to-block-with-two-handed-weapons.html Bashiok : Funny enough right now two-handers on the barbarian are much stronger than dual-wielding because most of his skills are based on weapon damage and the game doesn't add up the damage on both weapons while dual-wielding (yet). So actually we're trying to make dual-wielding better right now, but, that of course means two-handers will probably then fal...]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:59:25 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21038225394-skill-tree-icons-should-have-demos.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21038225394-skill-tree-icons-should-have-demos.html Bashiok : StarCraft II is doing this to a degree in the single player game, or at least was last I saw. Before you pick a unit upgrade in between missions it shows a little video of how the unit or ability works. Pretty cool stuff. I think that more than anything it comes down to usability in our UI goals. We don't pause the game when the skill tree is open...]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:22:24 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21042557728-tal-rasha-baal-pillar-in-gameplay.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21042557728-tal-rasha-baal-pillar-in-gameplay.html Bashiok : This place seems to have mechanized and magical defenses, still working, despite the place looking like it could collapse in on itself at any moment. The question truly is then, what is this place, and for what purpose was it built? We'll likely never* know. *Never is defined as the length of time before the game is released....]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:42:03 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21043888011-omg-witch-doctor-s-teleportation-skill.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21043888011-omg-witch-doctor-s-teleportation-skill.html Bashiok : That looks like he just rubber-banded a bit. A slight desync between the client and the server and when the character position updated correctly made it look like a teleport. He doesn't have any abilities like that....]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:21:16 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21034435698-a-major-problem.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21034435698-a-major-problem.html Bashiok : Huh... aside from friskydingo just being ... himself he does sort of bring up a good point. We haven't shown a whole lot of demons yet have we? Maybe just about enough to count on one hand. Well, we'll get there. Fire breathing seems a bit dragon-y though, right? I don't know, we'll see....]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:24:20 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21048546585-deformed-fallen.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21048546585-deformed-fallen.html Bashiok : Quote: So if you guys know your lore about the fallen then you know they were once great monsters who were deformed to be punished for failing to complete some task. . . Well I was wondering.. its pretty possible we will see a true fallen.. which would be much like a smith or something but also.. I wonder if there is a true form of a lunatic.. and...]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:12:50 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21035176593-blizzard-holiday-card-contest.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21035176593-blizzard-holiday-card-contest.html Bashiok : ‘Tis the season for our inaugural Blizzard Holiday Card Contest! Every year, Blizzard creates a unique holiday card to send season’s greetings to little murlocs, zerglings, and imps everywhere. This year, we’re inviting you to catch the spirit by creating an original Blizzard-themed holiday card of your own. To participate, just ...]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:08:15 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21048546843-diablo-iii-coming-in-next-few-years.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21048546843-diablo-iii-coming-in-next-few-years.html Bashiok : You're all true fans. You're posting in a forum, a lot of you daily or at least weekly for a game that most of you already expected was at least a year away. You're the passionate core of our community. Don't lose sight of that. We're working hard to make a great game - and we announce as early as we do because we want you along for the ride. It's...]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:01:22 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21043886854-looks-like-i-ll-be-going-to-las-vegas-in-july.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/21043886854-looks-like-i-ll-be-going-to-las-vegas-in-july.html Bashiok : We haven't announced any plans for future BlizzCon events, but we're clarifying that it won't be in Vegas....]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:09:36 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20861000910-d3-team-looking-to-movies-for-inspiration.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20861000910-d3-team-looking-to-movies-for-inspiration.html Bashiok : The last two movies the team watched in our theater here were Lone Wolf and Cub and John Carpenter's The Thing....]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:23:26 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677777513-diablo-iii-warcraft-v1-19-release.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677777513-diablo-iii-warcraft-v1-19-release.html Bashiok : Awesome! Thanks for the update Cloudwolf....]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:21:04 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677336091-gamplay-over-graphics.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677336091-gamplay-over-graphics.html Bashiok : It's our companies first core value. http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/mission.html...]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:37:52 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20860799391-torchlight-trailer-drums-straight-from-d2.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20860799391-torchlight-trailer-drums-straight-from-d2.html Bashiok : I know there have been two very good games recently released that are in the same genre or feature some of the same mechanics as Diablo, but I'd like to keep the threads here on topic. If you want to discuss Torchlight or Borderlands please take it to the off-topic forum. If you want to bring up specific ideas or features that come from those gam...]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:35:32 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677675933-talisman.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677675933-talisman.html Bashiok : We've never said anything about it because it may not even end up being a feature in the final game. It could just get cut....]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:33:55 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677775189-so-about-that-fifth-class.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677775189-so-about-that-fifth-class.html Bashiok : Quote: I was just curious as to why they only waited like 3 weeks after blizzcon 08 to release the wizard, and yet they've only released one class (the monk) in the past 13 months. !? Well the game was originally announced with the barbarian and witch doctor. BlizzCon '08 saw the announcement of the wizard (at BlizzCon, not three weeks after), an...]]> Diablo 3 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:50:12 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677234788-interface-to-accommodate-bottom-screen.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677234788-interface-to-accommodate-bottom-screen.html Bashiok : It's a fixed camera. Back when we announced the game we had our dialogue interaction set up where the camera would zoom in, and you'd see the characters up close and they'd talk to each other in this zoomed in view. We threw that out a long time ago though just because it was too intrusive, it stopped the game, pulled you out of the action, and jus...]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:21:57 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677671089-torchlight-featureset-in-diablo3.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677671089-torchlight-featureset-in-diablo3.html Bashiok : We all play a lot of games so it's without question that if someone finds a feature in some game they enjoy, or encounters something especially cool, we'll see if it could work for us. Regarding mercenaries, the most we've said is that for Diablo III we have them and we're calling them followers... and that's all we've said. So I couldn't comment ...]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:24:47 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20860997815-exp-globes.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20860997815-exp-globes.html Bashiok : lolwut...]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:46:30 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677352448-my-views-on-pvp-in-the-diablo-world.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677352448-my-views-on-pvp-in-the-diablo-world.html Bashiok : You took "treating PvP better" as "providing progression-based rewards for PvP", and that's really just too specific a leap to make....]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:36:12 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677669900-female-narrator.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20677669900-female-narrator.html Bashiok : Quote: Based on the only real cinematic so far(the official cinematic trailer) can we deduce that the narrator throughout the game will be the girl presented in it? You may not. Quote: If so, do we know her true identity at this point? It's Leah, and nothing is known about her except that she knows Cain and was said to be worried about him while...]]> Diablo 3 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:13:18 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20432625063-how-did-the-barbarian-survive.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20432625063-how-did-the-barbarian-survive.html Bashiok : The barbarian surely wasn't the only one to survive. Cain was there as well, and he obviously made it off the mountain - rickety legs intact. Tyrael did give fair warning before destroying the worldstone, so I'm sure there were others that escaped with their lives. But not Larzuk. That dude is dead....]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:17:55 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20442617554-damage-output-details.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20442617554-damage-output-details.html Bashiok : Well good news then, this has been part of the character sheet for a long time now. I don't foresee any reason why we'd remove it, but in any case just the normal disclaimer of this being a work in progress. An example! I have a barbarian with a halberd that adds 1-9 lightning damage in addition to its other stats. I mouse over his attack in the ...]]> Diablo 3 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:04:12 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20566569260-we-should-learn-with-cod-mw2.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20566569260-we-should-learn-with-cod-mw2.html Bashiok : I guess I'm stupid then. But I know how to spell anticipated! ;)...]]> Diablo 3 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:21:41 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20566357029-i-highly-suggest-lurking-twitter-com-diablo.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20566357029-i-highly-suggest-lurking-twitter-com-diablo.html Bashiok : That was an interesting interpretation of the tweet. We're not looking for ideas, just general thoughts on the fact that we're planning on multiple resource types. Oh well....]]> Diablo 3 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:00:58 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/19820514548-automatic-gold-and-item-pick-up-command.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/19820514548-automatic-gold-and-item-pick-up-command.html Bashiok : Inventory management and the systems that surround it are something we're obviously interested in, but not something that can really be tuned until we have more of the item game fleshed out and tuned itself. It's hard to know exactly the best way to handle inventory management when the items, types, pickup frequency, and removal frequency can't rea...]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:54:18 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20462446041-horragoth.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20462446041-horragoth.html Bashiok : It gots blowed up....]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:43:21 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20140810811-what-would-speed-up-d3-release.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20140810811-what-would-speed-up-d3-release.html Bashiok : Time machines Removal of electromagnetic forces as they relate to friction Small rocks Cider Space-Sleep or hyper sleep or deep space neural inhibitors Lack of desire to release a quality product Global enlightenment (might remove desire to play video games at all) Corporate recognition and inclusion of Time Cube theory in work days Infinite resour...]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:06:12 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20131900579-purple-crystal-on-the-diablo-2-server-page.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20131900579-purple-crystal-on-the-diablo-2-server-page.html Bashiok : While I cannot divulge the true purpose of the gem, I can say that it is working as intended....]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:47:17 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20131899602-i-wonder.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20131899602-i-wonder.html Bashiok : We're not in competition with ourselves. If people want to stop playing World of Warcraft to begin playing Diablo III, awesome. We're happy to have them stay as customers....]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:05:30 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20133927395-where-s-the-paladin.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20133927395-where-s-the-paladin.html Bashiok : Quote: Where's the paladin? In Diablo II....]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:25:41 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20133930727-message-to-the-diablo-3-team-about-economics.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20133930727-message-to-the-diablo-3-team-about-economics.html Bashiok : This thread is weird. OP where are you getting your info or what post are you referring to? It seems like you missed something somewhere....]]> Diablo 3 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:03:43 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20126979327-tweets-of-interest.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20126979327-tweets-of-interest.html Bashiok : Thought I'd remind everyone that we have an official Diablo twitter feed, we've already run some cool contests, we have daily questions and interactions, and we're also making mini-updates that talk about current work as it progresses on the game. The best way to get involved in everything we're doing is to sign up and 'follow' the Diablo feed. So...]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:02:16 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20133929732-tweets-of-interest.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20133929732-tweets-of-interest.html Bashiok : Thought I'd remind everyone that we have an official Diablo twitter feed, we've already run some cool contests, we have daily questions and interactions, and we're also making mini-updates that talk about current work as it progresses on the game. The best way to get involved in everything we're doing is to sign up and 'follow' the Diablo feed. So...]]> Diablo 3 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:04:56 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20133927754-make-gold-more-valuable.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/bn-forums/20133927754-make-gold-more-valuable.html Bashiok : Quote: Gold will continue to be worthless as long as players have an option to drastically increase the size of gold drops. Gold will continue to be valuable as long as we have the option to drastically increase the amount needed to buy a desired item/feature. c how that werk?...]]> Diablo 3 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:44:03 +0000 http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20122258279-bashiok.html http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/20122258279-bashiok.html Bashiok : Haha, nah. I don't drink my coffee out of a Blizzard mug... >:|...]]> Diablo 3 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:09:56 +0000