Yeah, they're essentially the equivalent to Glyphs in WoW (+5% critchance, -knockback but +damage, polymorph->penguin) but with much MUCH more variety.
Blizzard Spills All the Beans on Diablo III's Runestones
- Thread starter John Funk
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I just mailed my friend the link and he wrote back:
"Didn't you hear they changed this game's name to Diablo: Forever?"
Seriously, I want this SOOOOOOOOOOO bad! :')
"Didn't you hear they changed this game's name to Diablo: Forever?"
Seriously, I want this SOOOOOOOOOOO bad! :')
hahahaha i feel u son. We used to play this game with all the dudes from my class. best time(wasted)of my life.ChildofGallifrey said:
I dunno if you have much clue of either game but the runes in Diablo II are nothing like the runes in Diablo III, much less fun in design in fact. The runes in D2 don't change your skills, adding unique features to the spell etc. pp.qwerty19411 said:
Hell... those runes don't actually change the skills at all -_-
So you should reconsider your point.
There will be. In fact, somewhere in the past couple years (a couple years ago being the last time I played D2 and this feature wasn't there), Blizzard patched Diablo 2 to allow respeccing. See, that's one of the cool things about Blizzard. 10-year-old game, it still gets updates. I think you're only allowed 3 per character (one for each difficulty, it's offered as a reward for completeing an Act I quest), but it's still a step up.John Funk said:
eh, well in D2 they just did small things like slight increases in stats/damage ect. In D3 it seems that they can drastically change the way the ability is used.qwerty19411 said:
And those ruens affect every skill? yoy that would be awesome. Imagine the depths the PVP will have. Diablo 3 will truly OWN!
I was thinking to roll barbarian but meh Witch Doctor has such awesome looking spells.
I was thinking to roll barbarian but meh Witch Doctor has such awesome looking spells.
Really, huh, never knew that. I guess that game was made back in the day before the internet, and after the internet I never bothered to look up things about it.cursedseishi said:
You realize your suggestion would multiply the work on every single spell for every single character in the game by a factor of five, right? That's completely unreasonable. Not to mention the fact that since runes are dungeon drops, having as few as possible is a good thing. Maybe I want to improve my Wall of Zombies spell but I keep finding these damn Giant Toad runes. The way it's set up now is much more streamlined and convenient.cursedseishi said:
And the game isn't using a talent tree anymore. Passive bonuses will come in the form of "Traits."
I love blizzard it looks really quite cool! The Firey thing the barbarian does with his whirlwind looks sick
Yes, but runewords are still just items. D2 runewords are just another way to get items, D3 runes have real impact on skills and spells.cursedseishi said:
In the end, D2 runewords are just more unique items, while in D3 they provide more spells choices. it is obvious which is better.
Sweet Jebus - I don't know if my wife is going to appreciate Blizzard very much once this game is released. She already has negative views on WoW - and I don't even play that game.
DAMN YOU BLIZZARD!!! Making me spend thousands on a gaming rig...just so I can play this game....and 2 others....one of them made by Blizzard....DAMN YOU AGAIN!!!
But this system of runestones seems so much better than Diablo 2. Sweet socketed armor! Now I will just wait half the game until I find the best runestone....NM found better armor.
But this system of runestones seems so much better than Diablo 2. Sweet socketed armor! Now I will just wait half the game until I find the best runestone....NM found better armor.