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POSEIDON #2988
plz let expansion be like this!(1)Category: GeneralApril-27-2013 11:59 AM PDT (10 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
These are the keynotes of Diablo 3’s future Expansion, and will contain:
Ø Battle.Net
Ø Items
Ø World
Ø Crafting
Ø Paragon
Ø PvP
* Keep in mind that the game changes are made keeping 1.0.7 in mind.

Battle.net 2.0+
Ø Game Menu changes to City Hub
Upon logging in and choosing a character, the player will now be placed into a yet to be named Major City Hub. The City Hub is real-time place where players can meet each other. The City Hub will be introduced with Act VI and has a player cap of 100, after reaching 100 players; a new instance of the City Hub is made to ensure a playable environment.

The Medieval City Hub:

Ø Blacksmiths Guild Street
o Your Backsmith and 3 Highest Experience Blacksmiths of players.

Ø Jewelers Guild Street
o Your Blacksmith and 3 Highest Experience Blacksmiths of players.

Ø Mystics Guild Street
o Your Blacksmith and 3 Highest Experience Blacksmiths of players.

Ø Auctioneers Area
o Different Auctioneers for Gems, Crafting, Armor and Weapons.

Ø PvP Queue Area
o Defense of the City
o Endless Rush
o Gladiator

Ø Waypoints
o The City Hub Waypoints are connected to all acts.
o Upon entering a different act; no quests will be present. However, all bosses will be spawned.
o Selecting quests is available through the Gate System.

Ø Gates (Game Selection Area)
o Gate to quest area in ACT VI
o Gate to open game system
o Gate to quest selection

Ø Random Objectives at Random Times.
o Random Objectives, from defending Tristram from waves of random monsters to defeating a set amount of monsters/ elites/ goblins to completing randomly generated events throughout the game. Completing the objective is rewarded with a treasure chest. Higher monster power increases the quality of the treasure.

Ø Guilds
o Guild support has been added

Ø Half of Fame (Ladder)

Items
Ø Item stats are now allocated into 3 main categories and 1 bonus category.
Ø Rare Armor items dropped from monsters now roll 4 to 6 affixes and have a small chance to roll 1-2 sub-affixes.
Ø Legendary Armor items have had their sub-affixes removed, and now have an average chance to roll an extra 1-3 sub-affix. Legendary items also have small chance to roll legendary-specific sub-affixes that are not listed below.
Ø Items now roll at least one primary class attribute

Ø Primary (Affix)
o Strength (Class)
o Dexterity (Class)
o Intelligence (Class)
o Vitality

Ø Offensive (Affix)
o Critical Hit Chance
o Critical Hit Damage
o Attack Speed
o Defense Piercing % (New)
o Bonus Damage
o Bonus Elemental Damage
o Increases damage against Elites
o Mixed Stat, two of: (Crit / Crit Damage/ Increased Attack Speed/ Defense Piercing%), each 45% of max base value.
o Skill Bonus (New) (Specific skill bonus, all skills are available)
o Standard Socket (New).
o Specialized Socket (New). Increased effect if socket and gem match color.

Ø Defensive (Affix)
o Reduce Damage from Elites
o Reduce Control Impairing effects
o Reduce Slow effects (New)
o Health Regeneration
o Increased Healing by % (New)
o Increased Block
o Movement Speed
o All Resistance
o Elemental Resistance (Fire/Cold/Poison/Physical/Arcane) – Double Cap of All Resistance.
o Armor
o Life %
o Reduced Melee Damage
o Reduced Ranged Damage

Ø Bonus (Sub-Affix)
o Bonus %XP
o Magic Find
o Gold Find
o Gold and Item pickup radius increase (New)
o Resource Stat (Barbarian / Witch Doctor / Demon Hunter / Wizard / Monk)
o Chance to Blind/Freeze/Fear/Bleed/Knockback/Immobilize/Stun
o Level Reduced Requirements
o Treasure Hunter (New) Increases chance of finding Treasure Goblins and Resplendend chests and increases the quality of loot received through objectives and PvP.

Ø All items now roll equal primary attributes.
Ø All items now roll at least one primary (class) attribute.
Ø The affixes indestructible and thorns have been removed from the game.
Ø The magic and gold find cap has been removed.
Ø Players are considered Elites as of 1.0.7
Ø Diamond gem has been added.
o Weapon – Defensive Piercing %
o Armor – All Resistance
o Helm – Reduces Damage by %
Ø Wings can now be added to your inventory, and can now be toggled on or off that persist through game switching.
Charm System introduced.
o A dedicated inventory will be introduced with a quest in Act IV.
o Charms spawn in sizes of 3×1, 2×1 and 1×1. Charms are rolled similar to items (affix / sub-affix).
o Each Charm Size has unique affix and sub-affix rolls.

World
Ø Acts
o Players can now switch between acts through the waypoint system.

o All zones should spawn equal mobs and elites packs based on their size. For a zone of 1000m2 meters spawns 100 mobs, and 4 champion packs, and a 2000m2 zone spawns 200 mobs and 8 champion packs. Some degree of randomness will be used to vary elite pack amounts.
Bosses
o Sub-bosses have had their legendary drop chance increased by 300% when killed with 6 Nephalem Valor stacks or higher.

o End of Act bosses have had their legendary drop chance increased by 400% when killed with 10 Nephalem Valor stacks or higher.
Unique Name Monsters
o Health increased by 400% and now have a 200% increased chance of dropping legendary items. Their loot table has also been changed to match the loot table of rare and champion monsters.
o Now roll (difficulty +1) random abilities.
o Upon killing a named monster, the player increases the Nephalem Valor cap by 1.
o Upon killing a named monster, the player gains a Nephalem Valor stack.

Ø Nephalem Valor
o Nephalem Valor stack size cap increased to 10.
o Nephalem Valor now increases your Magic and Gold find and Experience gained by 10% per stack.

Ø “Secret Level”
Treasure Goblins now have a very small chance of dropping a Gheeds’ Treasure Tome when killed. The Tome can be used on other Treasure Goblins, making their portal permanent and enterable by players.

Ø Gheeds’ Exotic Treasure Island:
o Treasure Goblins
o Goblin Gladiators (GG’s)
o Goblin Mages (GM’s)
o Goblin Fanatic of Gheed (GFG’s)
o Uber Treasure Goblin King, comparable to an end of act boss.
o (Very small chance of spawning Gheed himself)
o Many treasures!

Crafting
Ø Mystic has been added as new crafter
o The Mystic specializes in altering armor and weapons.
o Unlockable in Act VI.
o Alter item appearance
o Change to another random sub-affix
o Reroll amount of sub-affix
o Change to another random primary (class) attribute
o Reroll amount of affix
o Craft Rare Dyes
o Altering Affixes require very rare materials dropped from monsters.
o Altering Sub-Affixes require rare materials dropped from monsters.
o Altering Sub-Affixes quality require common salvage materials.
o Altering an items’ appearance requires one of an items with the desired appearance, and it will be destroyed in the process.
o Special items unlocked by achievements

Ø Crafters can now specialize in a certain tree.
o Reducing its craft cost
o Craft time
o Unlocking special recipes
o Gaining unique appearances
o Experience system after maximum level.
o Higher Quality Affix
o Higher chance of rolling a Sub-Affix

Ø Blacksmith
o Off-hands can now roll base damage ranges (Witch Doctor/ Wizard Source)
o Quivers can now roll base attack speed
o Shields can now roll base block chance
o Crafting uses the new Affix / Sub-Affix system.
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Vaneras
plz let expansion be like this!(23)May-2-2013 3:08 AM PDT (10 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
A lot of effort has been put into this, so I am just blue-tagging this thread to acknowledge that effort :-)

Posted by: Tear

Blizzard ... do it, just do it. That will just make all happy. Thanks.

Posted by: Shadowhand

No thanks I do not like these changes.

What I am about to say is not targeted at Tear or Shadowhand in particular, but at people posting on these forums in general; When you take the time to post that you like or dislike something, it would be really great if you would also add a few lines about why you think that something is good or bad. I say this because it is really helpful to us when we are gathering player feedback that we can read why you guys have the opinions you have :-)
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