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I have a bunch of info on core issues. I'm having trouble finding on-topic threads to give it out. ;)

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-Bashiok

This makes me wonder just how much info you have you can give out on the Diablo3 forum and Starcraft Forum but nobody has asked the right questions. . . .

Why cant you just post it?

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This makes me wonder just how much info you have you can give out on the Diablo3 forum and Starcraft Forum but nobody has asked the right questions. . . .

Why cant you just post it?

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Maybe a lot? Probably not.

Because then I'd be creating announcements instead of holding open discussions of uncertain in-progress features. Quite different. And posting a bunch of questions in a row in a thread that's aimed at attempting to just get new info isn't going to work!

I think the skill rune system, while not an original concept, is pretty revolutionary - at least for the Diablo series and the way we're implementing it.

Really though I don't think there are any ideas for any games where you're going to say WOW THAT IS NEW! (unless you're just unaware of where else its been used) All game mechanics and ideas are essentially evolutions of existing concepts. The actual changes we see now (in games) are mostly based on interfaces and control systems (motion/touch) but even those ideas are decades old.

Anyway, skill runes. Live it.
Also, I'm not worried. We have so much stuff we haven't talked about yet. I guess it's easy for me to go "Pshaw you so crazay!" and then launch into the Martin theme song. But I have to catch myself. Yes, what we've shown so far is Diablo with new visuals and maybe not much else beyond the skill rune system that's new or exciting. But it's there, and the game will seem familiar but have enough fresh and new going to keep it... fresh and new.

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Industries and art forms millenia old have been revolutionized nonstop, particularly in the last hundred years. Computer gaming is what, 30 years in full swing? Theres so much uncovered ground that theres plenty of "WOW THAT IS NEW!" material, if you know where to look.

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Cool. Your baseless comment combats my baseless comment. Let's launch ourselves into space.