Diablo III Warcraft Beta v1.19b

[saphiree]

Okay guys. i played v1.18 in single player, and i noticed a few things. Unfortunately i dint write a review while i was playing, and i dint take screenshots when i was playing. So i'll come with more info later.
But here are some things you could improve.

1. I know you might already be working on this. But some more items would be great. It gets kinda boring with the few ones there are now. Although the inventory system is so nice, so its not that bad ;D

2. You should really fix some items, as it says you get bonuses for them which aint always the bonuses you get. (wish i wrote this down while i played but Thinking of an item which gave 20int and +20 dmg. It dint give +40dmg (i was WD) as it should. Think it gave 37 or something.

3. The terrain looked really nice as always. But dont you think you should find a new model instead of blizzards ordinary lordaeron fall tree wall?

4. The mouse can be quite annoying sometimes. Its hard to see if you have it so you would click soemthing or not.

5. The inventory key is "esc". But also to exit a spellbook, which the WD has, you need to press "esc". This is quite annoying, i actually died once because i wanted to exit spellbook and use heal. But instead it entered inventory. Maybe you should consider finding another key than esc for opening inventory. But as far i recall you can only use esc, arrow up, arrow down, arrow left, arrow right and maybe enter.

6. I got a bug when fighting the siege breaker. (like the new skin btw.) When he was charging and than war stomp effect came behind him, he suddently got stuck OUSIDE the arena, and i think some pathing blockers were blocking him because he couldnt enter again. So i just stood and fired shots at him, and sending mongrels in to dispatch until he died.

7. Now i defeated siege breaker because of bug. But i think, that if that bug wasnt there, i surely had died. The battle was way too hard! Also, its kinda weird he keeps running back to inside the gate...

8. When in inventory the mana potions have the healing potions icon. Looks dump.

9. I still had the bridge bug one place (dint look if i had it other places). When you've just finished the first group of ghouls at the start, you walk further and gets ambushed. The bridge in the upper left corner where the ghouls come are bugged, and still dissapears. Btw regarding this area. If you just run forward, and then back again, you can take ghouls from the first bridge down without the other ghouls come to rescue. And then you can go take the rest of them. This makes it kinda easy to take down the ghouls at this point, where it should have been a bit harder.

10. (EDITED) Why is it that WD and i guess Wizard too cant carry ANYTHING in their second hand? I mean in D2 all races could atleast have a shield in their other hand...

Hope that will do for now. Next time i play it i remember to take screenshots. And you may post here if you are working on the items

 

[Skull Master]

i've seen another bug with the Ritual of death, if you have your bags full you can pick up the ritual gain, the life but does not expend the ritual

 

[Mr Prozak]

Hey everyone. I just registered so I can say this. I've been playing your map for a while and I thought I'd throw my 2 cents. The map is great, but I have a few problems with it. For 1, why is there a cool down for ANY spell? And also, why is the Barbarian running on the "Fury" system? Thought it would be more like Diablo, because you know, that completely changes the game. A bunch of other stuff, but that's for another time.

 

[screamosilence]

dang this game is rockin nice! hopin for the next upd8..

maybe u can add some more hero classes ^__^ like an assassin or something

 

[leet.firefox]

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I think they are doing what blizzard says will be in Diablo 3.

 

[arthas_king]

They wait for Blizzard to reveal heroes, not custom ones.

 

[-Marathon-]

the game is Fantastic as far as i can see at the moment but, the Camra on the Hero's is kinda Wobly and some times it can wonder off the hero and be a Pain to get it back in place...but other then that Great Job so far!

 

[ZiborG]

What can man just say?
Thats the greatest map i`m played very good work and keep the good work

 

[VampireofBlood]

Problem with the Barbarian:#
His skin is great no question, but if you look on the Blizzard D3 Barbar he has 2 Axes and a stronger body.
I would try to change a rexxar model and give him a new skin, that would fit better

 

[redmarine]

Problem with the Barbarian:#
His skin is great no question, but if you look on the Blizzard D3 Barbar he has 2 Axes and a stronger body.
I would try to change a rexxar model and give him a new skin, that would fit better

If I'm not mistaken someone is already working on a new barbarian model.

 

[Super-Sheep]

You can stuck Siege Breaker with knockback effects, so I think that he can block you too. (Screen)

And I was wearing two two-handed weapons at the same time. And having 2k mana with Barbarian doesnt just feel right..

Also, when you play alone most of the creeps have only 10 hp, this means that one aoe and all dead. You could try to modify the number of the creeps spawned instead of their hp. And Barbarian's Whirlwind makes you immune to all spells and magical attacks, so that all ranged enemy casters start running away from you, because their attack type is magic, and Witch Doctor cant heal you because of the magic immunity.

 

[AXN]

Very impressive and the scenery... WOW it's feels like I'm playing Diablo III!

This is very good! Even though there a some bugs and UI problems that needs user familiarization like:

1.) Normally user can click in inventory then replace an item with the one we want to equip --> here we need to select the item, place it back in the inventory then equip the one we want.

2.) The spells are good and the effects are impressive (this is for barbarian since that's my initial test)

Keep it up and I hope you finish this map! I give it a 5/5! Great job here!

 

[CloudMax]

You can stuck Siege Breaker with knockback effects, so I think that he can block you too. (Screen)

And I was wearing two two-handed weapons at the same time. And having 2k mana with Barbarian doesnt just feel right..

Also, when you play alone most of the creeps have only 10 hp, this means that one aoe and all dead. You could try to modify the number of the creeps spawned instead of their hp. And Barbarian's Whirlwind makes you immune to all spells and magical attacks, so that all ranged enemy casters start running away from you, because their attack type is magic, and Witch Doctor cant heal you because of the magic immunity.

I have already reported the siege breaker issue, you can do the same thing at many other places.

 

[Ralle]

I played it a few weeks ago and it was pretty good I must say.

On the other hand, I am working on the rating system, so I have to have a comment in order to rate.

 

[Racoon]

7. Now i defeated siege breaker because of bug. But i think, that if that bug wasnt there, i surely had died. The battle was way too hard! Also, its kinda weird he keeps running back to inside the gate...

I just played - 2 witch doctors, 1 barb

was able to defeat siegebreaker tho it was a bit challenging(not too much) died 2wice.

all the other bosses were basically rlly easy cept for skeleton king. maybe the difficulty of the "Abomination- Thousand Pounder" should increase?

amazing map tho, luv the new skins and the inventory system. terrain far surpasses any other terrain i have every played. ive only tryed witch doc so far, but maybe more triggered abilities would make it nicer- the spells were good but would have been nice to have some more triggered ones.

5/5

 

[Mr Prozak]

If the 'cool down' to all the spells were removed, or drastically reduced and the Barbarian was to run on normal mana, and not "fury", this game would be a masterpiece.

 

[VampireofBlood]

Some other bugs i have found.
The most weapons are not clasified.
I played as a wizard but could use all weaponstypes, even the ones of the Whitchdoctor and the barbarian.
The potions look all the same in the inventory.(minor bug)

Tipp:It would be cool that if you use a potion from your normal inventory, another potion from your big one is moving to it, because i allways had to open the big inventory during a fight with a boss and that sucked alot :/

The creep hps are way to small because with one AoE Spell you can kill them all instantly.
Try to give them spelldamagereduction by 50% or stuff like that
There are also some tooltip bugs.
As i got an item that gave me +damage aura, i got a special abillity for my hero that said:Tooltip missing

I will search for more bugs and report them later

 

[Vercas]

Wizard seems a little bit too powerful to me.

I won the game in Single Player with a Wizard.

 

[lovelyangel]

This is my first time playing on a terrain like this. I was just amazed by the beauty of it. The gameplay was wonderful. The map is just so intense. Very lovely indeed.

 

[VampireofBlood]

Wizard seems a little bit too powerful to me.

I won the game in Single Player with a Wizard.

i've won it with all races.
It is really to easy :/
Ans still to less item variety.
I never got all slots filed

 

[Vercas]

There aren't items for all the equipment slots indeed, but I've got my inventory slots filled many times and had to throw everything.

 

[VampireofBlood]

yea.
My package slots were filled all the time, but with stuff i didnt need.
I allways just used 5-6 slots of the useable slots

 

[CloudMax]

Hell ya, CloudWolf made all the items in a rush, he made them in like two weeks :S
Bad cloudwolf
He didnt tell us that the item descriptions was in a very early stage, we need to rework it later, maybe i will come up with an entire new layout by then.

 

[Vercas]

How about using the BX-TRS II?

 

[CloudMax]

How about using the BX-TRS II?

No, we will not use that.
We will use our own one its just that it need its time to get into a stable version. And currently, it looks pretty good, but it will need some fixes and changes.

 

[noob134]

found a bug!
if you have your inventory open when someone opens gate to skeleton king, your camera pans over to him in a bird's eye view after the cinematic happens it goes back to your inventory, it doesnt affect gameplay though.
Great game!
-noob134

 

[CloudMax]

found a bug!
if you have your inventory open when someone opens gate to skeleton king, your camera pans over to him in a bird's eye view after the cinematic happens it goes back to your inventory, it doesnt affect gameplay though.
Great game!
-noob134

That is not really a bug.
The thing is that your camera is suppost to pan from where you are looking to the skeleton king and when your in the inventory and destroy the gate, you pan from there. I know how to solve it easily.

 

[lolzinyoface]

I've played your map yesterday with 6 people. The map seemed perfect, although when people left the Auto balance maybe made the map easier than original? Not sure but after 2 people left it seemed to become alot easier. we ran through it with 1 barb a wizard and 2 witch doctors. which only 1 was healing cuz the other was a jackass and just ninja'd items and spammed Fire summons and Locusts.

I must say I was extra sad when I reached the end of the beta, great ending though .

My review in my opinion. IS that moderator who rated you? Yea, he can kiss my ass. This map is great, The inventory system is well thought out. The terrain is breathtaking. I mean, I've never seen it used so well before. Keep up the good work. The models are used greatly. The bosses, wow. Item drops are just enough. Half the map I diddn't equip half the stuff i had cuz it said Recommended and i thought that was required class. And I can't wait for future releases of this map. Im going to be playing this beta till i Pro it.

Also, it says to seek legendary items, are there any in this version i've found nothing, except 1 time a xtra Life dropped. Other than that nothing special. Also, I do understand it's beta and theres much your working on. But at the end of the game, my inventory consisted of me only having a helm a weapon a chest and legs. Leaving much of the inventory unused. It leaves much to be hungered for .

The game made we want to put in Diablo 2 and play through the game once again.

 

[JakeCake]

Somekind of looting system would be nice, especialy when more than the Weapon, Chest, Legs and Hemlet is used.. So one person cannot loot everything .. I belive Diablo III will have one two, the one in Diablo II was at least stupid in every way.

 

[Oziris]

Um, yea. I found some really strange bugs.
Here are the screenshots:

First bug:
http://img262.imageshack.us/i/bug2f.jpg/
When i used the spell to slow down enemies, i couldn't use orbs on the ground.

Second bug:
http://img136.imageshack.us/i/bug3r.jpg/
The Siege breaker always goes back in, kind of annoying. He didn't use any spells, only when he got a chance to attack me, i was always out of his range and zaping him with spells.

Third Bug, more of a suggestion:
http://img148.imageshack.us/i/bugeqb.jpg/
He used the ghosts and the inferno on me, kinda imba when together! it's a bug i think, he didn't use any spells until he got a chance to attack me like the Siege Breaker.Weird.
http://img148.imageshack.us/i/bug1a.jpg/
then he died suddenly, :/

Fourth bug:
The boss of Thousand Powder if i'm right with the name. He doesn't use any spells when he doesn't attack me, i always run away and zap him, and when i get out of his range he goes into the corner and stands there every time!! :/

 

[CloudMax]

Um, yea. I found some really strange bugs.
Here are the screenshots:

First bug:
http://img262.imageshack.us/i/bug2f.jpg/
When i used the spell to slow down enemies, i couldn't use orbs on the ground.

Second bug:
http://img136.imageshack.us/i/bug3r.jpg/
The Siege breaker always goes back in, kind of annoying. He didn't use any spells, only when he got a chance to attack me, i was always out of his range and zaping him with spells.

Third Bug, more of a suggestion:
http://img148.imageshack.us/i/bugeqb.jpg/
He used the ghosts and the inferno on me, kinda imba when together! it's a bug i think, he didn't use any spells until he got a chance to attack me like the Siege Breaker.Weird.
http://img148.imageshack.us/i/bug1a.jpg/
then he died suddenly, :/

Fourth bug:
The boss of Thousand Powder if i'm right with the name. He doesn't use any spells when he doesn't attack me, i always run away and zap him, and when i get out of his range he goes into the corner and stands there every time!! :/

Two: That should not happen if you do not run away and hide by purpose.
Three: Yes he can use many spells together depending on how you battle him. Thats not really a bug. And i have no idea about the instant death thing.
Four: Thousand Pounder. They walk back when you run away and hide, and thats not the purpose of the game.

So Two & Four should only happen if you play hide and seek with the bosses and that is a default system in wc3, it has nothing to do with our map.
Also, Your not suppost to play this map single player, and its when you play single player and play hide and seek that most of the stuff happens, and whats the fun of playing if you just run away, attack, run away over and over? :S

 

[Oziris]

I was a wizard, not a barbarian btw :/
You should make the boss go around the battle area if not attacked, that would fix it good.

 

[CloudWolf]

My review in my opinion. IS that moderator who rated you? Yea, he can kiss my ass. This map is great, The inventory system is well thought out.

Dont worry too much about that This map was rated when it was at version 1.00, so 18 updates ago It fully deserved the 3-star rating at the time

 

[Joss]

That is probabably the most noble thing I've heard someone on this site say about their own resource. Good show!

Very good map, played it a few times, bugs are very few at this point.

Full Review

I recently played this version for the first time, and now I'd like to point out a few things:

I played in a nearly full party. We had 2 witchdoctors (1 havign been myself) 2 barbarians, and a wizard. We went through the first half of the game without any problems. 1 of our barbs left, but I kept us alive quite well with a maexd out heal spell. 1 of the problems our wiz encountered was the hotkey for pulse was bugging after using other spells, and wouldnt work for a short while. We also collectively discussed improvements after he had beaten the game:

1. The graphics were astounding, and mostly true to Diablo 3.

2. The lack of a merchant is a bit of a let down. Even though one does not exist in the gameplay trailer, it would be very nice if you put one in, as there is a bit of an overflow of useless items, which could be ver successfully pawned to get better ones. (not expectign this oen to get implemented, we had just discussed it, and we felt it could be a nice addition)

3. There is a lack of item variety and high-level items. At one point, in the end jungle area, nearly every enemy was dropping Kinght's Armor or a Basic Sword.

4. The hotkey bug, as described above.

5. The spell choice was very good, if a bit hard to get used to when you have to open several different menus to get at certain spells, such as Summon Mongrels, but, this is a necessary evil.

6. The inventory system was very good; however, we all felt it should not be the esc key that opens it. There should also be a tooltip over each empty item slot telling you what the slot is for. People also had trouble figurign out how to put potions in your potion belt, as they went straight to your inventory. Perhaps have them automatically be sent to the potion belt?

7. The enemy variety was very good, and kept us on our toes.

8. There is a bit of leak within your triggers, I believe. We had a bit of lag at certain points where normally there would be no lag, and a very long black screen after the game has ended.

9.The bosses were mostly just a hack 'n' slash. I noticed that you added phases and minions and unique spells to each; however, the only boss where we really had to think and form a strategy was the Skeleton King.

10.All of the cinematics were bugged. The cameras went to totally wrong places, and often just plowed straight into the ground.

11.The voice acting was very well done, and gave the Skeleton King a very good aura of evilness (if you hadent noticed, we agreed that the Skeleton King was one of the best instances of the game).

12. The end boss seemed rather bland, and seemed to be lackign the explosive power he had in the Diablo 3 gameplay trailer.

Overall, an amzing game from beginning to end, and because this is only the beta, these minor bugs arent that big a deal
5/5 and +rep!

 

[Vercas]

Well the icon of the mana potion seems to be like the healing potion's.
Orb of darkness seems to give either 17 damage and 20 intelligence or 20 damage and 17 intelligence.

I saw some possibly interesting areas, but I guess they are not complete or they just aren't playable...

The hotkey of the "Pulse" ability of the Wizard after casting the shield is jammed. No hotkey...

I suggest rising the mana cost of the Wizard's third ability and probably increase the stun duration a bit.

 

[VampireofBlood]

is the playable area going to be larger in the next few updats or the final vs?
Because there still is alot of space left and it would be a pitty if the game is this short, like now, because its still very easy and needs more "quests" ^^
but you have time
wc4 is far away from being produced^^

 

[CloudMax]

is the playable area going to be larger in the next few updats or the final vs?
Because there still is alot of space left and it would be a pitty if the game is this short, like now, because its still very easy and needs more "quests" ^^
but you have time
wc4 is far away from being produced^^

This is suppost to be a hack & slash map, not a run around and quest map :/
And it really isnt that short, its not often i see maps that takes as long as this to complete.
And if we add more stuff into the map, it will start to lag, but we will make more maps insted of having a huge one that lags.

 

[saphiree]

Im finally allowed to play computer again!
So i'll be playing the map again, think i'll try with the other races too And im gonna come with more feedback.

 

[Vercas]

They are classes not races...

 

[saphiree]

Ooh sorry XD I knew that

 

[VampireofBlood]

This is suppost to be a hack & slash map, not a run around and quest map :/
And it really isnt that short, its not often i see maps that takes as long as this to complete.
And if we add more stuff into the map, it will start to lag, but we will make more maps insted of having a huge one that lags.

Yea that is a truely better then a lagging map.
But poor you guys that will take long^^

 

[Skull Master]

there did you get those chain models?

 

[CloudWolf]

Yea that is a truely better then a lagging map.
But poor you guys that will take long^^

New maps won't take as long as you think We have most of the base systems etc made in the existing map, so all we have to do is CnP then across and make a new level So basically, we could make new maps in a fraction of the time as over half the work will already be done

Before we can start on another map though, we need to make sure the current one is 100% finished

 

[Super-Sheep]

I run max 20 fps on this map. :<

 

[Vercas]

I never had lag on this map. It worked very smooth and the inventory system answered my commands very fast.

 

[saphiree]

I've had a little lag. But thats cus i run a 1600x1200 resoulution

 

[Oziris]

I've had never lag. But thats cus i run a 1920x1080 resolution

 

[VampireofBlood]

New maps won't take as long as you think We have most of the base systems etc made in the existing map, so all we have to do is CnP then across and make a new level So basically, we could make new maps in a fraction of the time as over half the work will already be done

Before we can start on another map though, we need to make sure the current one is 100% finished

No question
But would it be possible to add them like a campaign, so if you won the game with your team you will be lead to the new map?^^

 

[Vercas]

Campaigns are singleplayer and new maps cannot be started like that in multiplayer.
Plus, all the players need to have the next map downloaded.

For an example of multiplayer maps network, see Ragos ORPG or something like that.

A RPG version of the D3W would be nice after the map is out of Beta.

 

[VampireofBlood]

Yop i think so too