so basically you dont like arenas because you wont be able to pimp low level characters and have fun waiting for people to go outside and kill em and collect a lvl 21 ear

You must not have lld or mld. The fun is taking out a 40 with your 19 with one hit. I had a paladin at 19 that was easily hitting almost 4k max dmg iirc. (EDIT: With this build slightly modified with Nokozan/Hotspurs I took out many chanters)

Or watching someone lose a 90 to a 50. That's priceless.

People get overconfident. I did duel a few times in higher levels, it's just not fun. No one trusts anyone. I bet 90% of the high level pvp deaths in hc are from tppk or something.

I killed a few higher levels but it was mostly people attacking me and just having to defend myself. I never really sought that out.

When I played sc I would duel straight up. The dynamic of hardcore makes certain matchups much more compelling to me.

And, just adding, finding a 4 socket heraldic shield with a high +%ed is just so much more satisfying than finding an ohm rune.

19 mins gameplay of demonhunter and arena.

arena starts about halfway through 2nd part (sorc/barb team)

http://www.youtube.com/user/legitrev.../3/bmB140BKPII

Looks good. I don't see myself playing much Starcraft when this comes out.

All I want is a hardcore version and no mutual hostile in game.

demon hunter looks dull tbh, probably gonna go monk

No but seriously I'll write up a real review about how the game plays and feels when I get to a real keyboard.

Nice footage. Would've liked to have seen a detailed HUD. Mostly out of curiosity though.

Okay I'm in line at the diablo q and a. If you see someone ask about wasd movement on tv that's me.

detailed review pls

that's not "click click click"

was it the question about running into a monster's axe? lol

Lol yeah it was. Tried to make a little humor.

I won't be able to type up an article until Tuesday.

Demon Hunter seems slightly fan-fictiony in the sense that it doesn't have the awesome lore the Assassin did and pretty much just seems like an excuse to have an assassin/zon combo, but overall it looks like a ton of fun to play so whatever.

Demon Hunter is a wow'ish name. Looks like a lot of fun tho. Can't wait for hc arena.

not too thrilled about the demon hunter. Depending on how much directional stuff/if the DH can tele through damage, might be a beast at PvP.

I was initially excited for D3, but I don't think I'm going to buy. Not a barb guy, nor demon hunter, nor monk, and certainly not witch doctor (I don't even whan that tardation in my group). Classes seem terrible. ug.

Hard to predict about the chars since game is a year away. Witch doc better have summon skeletons ..

he wont

at this point I'd probably be a wizard or witch doctor, leaning wd for the fact that everyone else seems to hate it. monk/dh seem too assassin-ish and that was the one character I never jived with.

although obv I imagine every char will be great so I'll play them well.

yeah witch doctor is attractive just because its so OBVIOUSLY going to be the least played... (plus giant toad for the win... obv)

ill probably just be the baddest mother****ing barb evar, tho. Wizard does look fun too.

I'm wondering how the monk will work in pvp

I like wizard, barb, witch doc. Demon hunter might be ok too, I liked the amazon.

I don't see how you can't like the classes since they are more or less porting from d2...

barb is barb, wizard is sorc, demon hunter is amazon, monk is assasinish, witch doctor is cooler than necro.

Believe me, I wish they would have just ported. Everything is a lamer version, with two exceptions. I'm not a barb fan. Wizard/Sorc is fine. I don't see how you can think a WD is cooler then a necro.

Witch doctor is fooler than necro, not cooler than necro.

80% of the necro's skills were useless tho... sure he was cuter but w/e.

i think the witch doctor's gameplay will be more interestin as he has a bit of everything

I played DH @ Blizzcon this weekend. DH plays a lot more like a combination of Assassin and Amazon. She's a lot more mobile and stealthy feeling than amazon.

My friend played wizard. As with all Diablo games, casters seem way strong untwinked and anything physical sorta sucks without gear. Hydra is OP and spammable.

The dungeons/mobs/gameplay feel is great, just like Diablo 2.

As far as other tidbits (dunno if they were mentioned), there is a dedicated charm bag (Talisman). There are separate allocations for passive talents and active abilities. The main NPCs are Blacksmith, Jeweler, and something else that I forgot which sound like they follow you around and "level up" with you (their caravans get more pimped out etc).

I'm sure I'm missing a lot of details, but if you have questions about gameplay or what to expect, I went to most of the D3 panels so I can do my best to answer =) (though the demo was only 10 minutes).

holy **** I can't wait for this game to come out!

I agree that the gameplay will most likely be more interesting, but you could have a giant robotic teddy bear with sweet moves and the overall flavor is going to be lame.

I wasn't suggesting a 1-1 mapping of Necro skills from 2 to 3, but just that you could build off the concept and have a much cooler character.