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Diablo 3 Dev Talks Multiplayer Options, Long Dev Cycle

AusGamers spoke with Blizzard's Jay Wilson recently about Diablo 3's multiplayer experience. Among other things, Wilson said the developers were making an effort to encourage cooperative gameplay. For example, each player within a particular game will see different loot drops from monsters, which prevents competition over who can click an item the fastest, and encourages trading. He also mentions that a team is already working on methods to prevent cheating, and he discusses why Blizzard games tend to be announced so long before they're completed. "One of the reasons why we actually prefer a really long window before we release a game is because we want a lot of feedback; we want to hear what people like and don't like about it; we want to give them several opportunities to play it before release."

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  1. ahh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've got a massive case of the farts tonight. It feels good to fart, doesn't it? Not "sloppy blowjob" good. Not "I just took a monster shit" good. But it still feels good in it's own way.

  2. The Case Against Barack Hussein Obama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Obama will castrate our military and destroy our nuclear deterrent.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxL8NcNACBY

    He will tax corporations and high income earners that employ the population of the US, which will force them to cut jobs and send the unemployment rate skyrocketing.
    http://obama.3cdn.net/b7be3b7cd08e587dca_v852mv8ja.pdf

    He sees dead people.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=galtZF0nKYc

    He wants to take the guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, leaving us at the mercy of criminals.
    http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/barack_obama_gun_control.htm

    He'll cut and run from Iraq, knocking the legs out from under the Iraqi government as they are finally finding their footing.
    http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/

    He believes homosexuals are entitled to more rights than straight people.
    http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/23/debate.transcript/index.html

    He believes in mob rule concerning criminal punishment.
    The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, p. 58

    He refuses to call terrorists "terrorists" even when presented with evidence.
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15251928

    He will prevent us from keeping sensitive materials confidential, which will place national security at risk.
    http://www.cfr.org/publication/14356/

    He would talk with terrorist countries without demanding that they cease their efforts to murder innocent people and abide by the rule of law.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Oj7Jn9rv4

    He believes we should reward people who ignore the existence of a country's sovereignty and illegally enter the country instead of forcing them to abide by the law.
    http://obama.senate.gov/news/060923-sen_obama_at_to/index.php

    He believes the government should regulate the internet.
    http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060608-network_neutral/index.php

    He believes in making those who have money pay for the healthcare of those who do not have money.
    http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

    He believes we should take corn, a staple food for the US, and use it for ethanol production, which will cause shortages in food supply and produce car exhaust that is more dangerous to humans than gasoline burning cars.
    http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/01/05/new_us_congress_looks_to_boost_alternate_fuels/?p1=MEWell_Pos5

    He believes that parents should have no choice but to send their children to government run schools to be indoctrinated by sub-standard teachers.
    http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/04/041027.obama-ct.html

    In short, he's an anti-American, anti-military Marxist who will destroy the US before he can be voted out of office. I don't like McCain and I have problems with many of his positions, but he will, at the very least, keep the US from crashing and burning within the next 4 years (provided the Dems don't win Congress).

    And no, he's not a Muslim (as far as we know). He's not black (he's bi-racial). He's not a Christian (against everything Ch

  3. Alright - I'll start by spineboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WHAT?! - NO PALADIN CLASS?!
    Now I'm a little disappointed that the Barbarian is (so far) the only class that is returning to Diablo.
    Maybe they will call it something else, but it will still function as a pally.

    OK cue the WHAT NO XXXX class for the other classes now. The only other classes I played were the occasional necro and barb.

    --
    ..........FULL STOP.
  4. Re:Single Player please. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The sound of one hand fapping?

  5. Re:Single Player please. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well someone hasn't fapped to gay porn yet!