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Blizzards' Diablo III has a unique way of pulling you in, and not letting you go.

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May 15, 2012. , the first incarnation of Diablo III, you're playing through that story narrative. That was the paradigm they created back then, and one of the challenges for making Diablo III was, 'What do we hold on to from previous games and what do we change?'" That focus on just the story campaign "made the game feel smaller than it should have," says Mayberry. "Because you're always being driven--go there, and now go there."

Those who have been avoiding Diablo III because of its less-than-stellar loot variety might also find enough new loot to warrant another look. Items are now designed to synergise with one another, Mayberry explains, and there are way more combinations for interesting character builds. "I had something drop that, when I got a Massacre bonus, it caused gold to rain down. Then I found something else that boosted my gold drop by 35 percent or something, so that made even more gold. And then I got something that, when I picked up gold, depending on how much I picked up, would temporarily increase my toughness. So gold became a powerup for me! With my Wizard I would squeeze as many guys together as I could, burn them down, they'll all spit out gold and then I'd pick up the gold and my toughness, temporarily, would spike by hundreds of percent."

Mayberry says that he feels like he's missing "half a game" if he now goes back to vanilla Diablo 3, but does that mean that players will have to shell out extra money to get the experience they deserve? "You don't have to. We made it so that you don't. Patch 2.0.1 is perfectly viable for anyone that doesn't want to buy it. But it would be a shame to not buy it, because we've added so much more to the game. And I feel like, you know, Reaper of Souls really pushes Diablo down the path it needs to go."

And what is that path? What comes next for Diablo 3? Is it ladders and tournaments, a real PvP arena, or bringing these updates more regularly to the console versions of the game? "These are all things we're talking about now. We're not making definite plans yet. We have our first content plan figured out. First update. But after that, Josh really wants to wait and see what the community says. What the reaction is. There's a million different things we could start doing. We really want to see what, based on the players' reaction to Reaper of Souls, what should we do next. That's the approach we're taking right now."

Added: 24.03.2014 19:21 | 3 views | 0 comments

May 15, 2012. , the first incarnation of Diablo III, you're playing through that story narrative. That was the paradigm they created back then, and one of the challenges for making Diablo III was, 'What do we hold on to from previous games and what do we change?'" That focus on just the story campaign "made the game feel smaller than it should have," says Mayberry. "Because you're always being driven--go there, and now go there."

Those who have been avoiding Diablo III because of its less-than-stellar loot variety might also find enough new loot to warrant another look. Items are now designed to synergise with one another, Mayberry explains, and there are way more combinations for interesting character builds. "I had something drop that, when I got a Massacre bonus, it caused gold to rain down. Then I found something else that boosted my gold drop by 35 percent or something, so that made even more gold. And then I got something that, when I picked up gold, depending on how much I picked up, would temporarily increase my toughness. So gold became a powerup for me! With my Wizard I would squeeze as many guys together as I could, burn them down, they'll all spit out gold and then I'd pick up the gold and my toughness, temporarily, would spike by hundreds of percent."

Mayberry says that he feels like he's missing "half a game" if he now goes back to vanilla Diablo 3, but does that mean that players will have to shell out extra money to get the experience they deserve? "You don't have to. We made it so that you don't. Patch 2.0.1 is perfectly viable for anyone that doesn't want to buy it. But it would be a shame to not buy it, because we've added so much more to the game. And I feel like, you know, Reaper of Souls really pushes Diablo down the path it needs to go."

And what is that path? What comes next for Diablo 3? Is it ladders and tournaments, a real PvP arena, or bringing these updates more regularly to the console versions of the game? "These are all things we're talking about now. We're not making definite plans yet. We have our first content plan figured out. First update. But after that, Josh really wants to wait and see what the community says. What the reaction is. There's a million different things we could start doing. We really want to see what, based on the players' reaction to Reaper of Souls, what should we do next. That's the approach we're taking right now."