2012年7月23日星期一

What Makes Diablo III Superior to Any Fantasy Game Ever Made?


The gaming industry has known an astonishing development throughout the last decade. A great variety of games have become available, giving fans the option to choose, depending on their preferences, between traditional board games, skill games, mystery games, tactical games etc.

The most popular genre remains, however, the fantasy/skill type, and Diablo game series has reached the hearts of gamers all over the world.
But, what sets "Diablo III" apart from any other games ever made? We could call it a trendsetter, considering that it excels in all aspects, including music, art, writing, graphics, playability and others.
It has also succeeded to set new difficulty standards. Gamers find obtaining the status of dominator in "Diablo III" a real challenge, describing it as far more complicated than what most of the other competitive games involve.
It is very challenging even for the dominators of its previous two editions, who have to develop new strategies and use all of their skills to stay alive, while leveling-up is also a tough deal, especially for new players.
Another impressive feature of the game is the player vs. player (PvP) mode, significantly increasing the game's dynamism. The newest and one of the most talked about feature is the system of the dual currency auction house that enables players to alternate the use of in-game gold with that of real world money.
Since Blizzard does not sell anything within the game, it is up to the worldwide gamers to control the game's economy. For example, the exchange rate depends exclusively on how much money is introduced in the game and how players around the world use it.
Besides skills, the game focuses also on strategy and tactics, so gamers who depended on skills alone are about to be surprised. They have to outthink their enemies and continuously develop new strategies in order to keep up with the dynamics of the game.
As a result, only the very best players succeed to become dominators. In this case, victory has nothing or very little to do with the time one spends in front of the computer screen. One explanation would be the fact that none of the old formulas work in the newest edition of Diablo.
Fans are thrilled too, as "Diablo III" impressed them with its exquisite design, the creation of Jay Wilson, magically complemented by Russell Brower's music. The original combination between the new "Diablo III" legacy and the popular storyline make this game simply irresistible.

Diablo 3 Guide - Leahs Secrets Revealed


Diablo 3 - Prepare for the last stand in Sanctuary

The Barbarian class is oriented towards surviving for extended amounts of time in the fray, trading attacks with numerous opponents at the same time. This is strongly supported by many skills within his ability kit such as War Cry. This skill increases the current amount of fury that the Barbarian has, while also raising his armor and the armor of his allies for a duration. If the enemies are trying to run away, one can always make use of the Seismic Slam skill, which deals damage from range, while also knocking his foes back. A barbarian can survive even the toughest situations, thanks to skills like Wrath of the Berserker - a short duration ability, increasing his Critical Hit and Dodge chances and Attack and Movement speed.
The Wizard class is a spellcaster, based around the use of various magical abilities. As such, Wizards rarely let any monster come near them, by using spells like Blizzard, to rain down gigantic ice shards upon their enemies, dealing heavy cold damage and slowing them in the process. And then, when the enemies are crippled by the attack, a Wizard can make use of abilities like Arcane Torrent and Meteor to rain down even more devastating damage on his foes.
Witch Doctors are mystical magical shamans that come from the deep, vast jungles of Teganze. They are adept at utilizing powerful dark magic, curses and supportive abilities that can easily turn the tides of a battle. By using Firebomb, a Witch Doctor can throw an explosive skull that deals heavy damage to multiple targets nearby. And when there is need to support his allies, a Witch Doctor can make use of abilities such as Mass Confusion and Big Bad Voodoo, forcing all nearby enemies to fight on his side and increasing every friendly target's attack, move and cast speed.
Monks are a class adept at quickly dealing high amounts of damage and supporting their team mates. The combination of these two things makes Monks incredibly valuable as party members. For example a Monk is capable to quickly dispose of multiple opponents nearby, via the use of the Way of the Hundred Fists ability, then shield himself and his allies from all melee attacks by deploying the Inner Sanctuary ability. In addition, skills such as Resonance, which increases the duration of his supportive auras improve his valuable team-oriented abilities even further.
Demon Hunters are professional monster slayers, combining devastating traps and abilities with deadly ranged attacks. In the Demon Hunter's arsenal there can be found numerous skills that make for a very interesting playstyle, such as Granades, Shadow Power and Back to Basics. First, a Demon Hunter can throw some Grenades that detonate shortly after being thrown, to lessen the enemy's numbers. Then, when the enemies are damaged and weakened, the Demon Hunter can make full use of the Shadow Power ability which increases her attack speed for a short amount of time. This can be further supplemented with the passive ability Back to Basics, which increases all the basic damage that is done by a Demon Hunter's weapon.
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2012年7月22日星期日

The Joy of Playing the Latest Online Games


We human beings are usually fond of playing different types of games. There have been different sorts of games played by us in the course of history. With time the modus operandi and the gaming apparatus changed and evolved, but the urge to play alone or with our peers remained intact. As we love to hang out with our friends, we have converted the medium of the Internet into an excellent playing field. The online world is the best place to unleash your fighting abilities and bring your competitive nature into the fore as you can play different types of games with your friends. There are a large number of free games as well as paid games available over the Internet.

You can easily explore the arena of the Internet to scour for all kinds of games that suit your temperament and levels of dexterity. The most interesting thing about online gaming is that you can play there without paying any kind of prices. Unlike its real life counterpart of clubs and gyms, you can flex your muscles and flaunt your playing prowess without paying any hefty membership costs when playing online. The online sphere of free games attracts all kinds of players from different age groups, various backgrounds and economic conditions. In this online world, your gaming capability is all that matters and anything other than that is unessential. The online games offer unlimited joy and excitement that you may not experience in real life. How many times can you shoot your opponents without bothering about the consequences!
Over the Internet, you can find a wide array of games that will cater to all your fancies and whims. You can take your pick from the popular flash, shockwave or the unity games. There is also the 2D as well as the 3D games. With the introduction of the three dimensional games, the world of gaming has undergone a massive change. More lifelike, versatile and colorful gaming options are cropping up every day to the pleasure of the gamers. The worldwide fame of the free games has encouraged the gaming programmers to come up with more entertaining and exciting games.
There are different types of latest online free games available in the virtual market. In fact, there are lots of categories and the games are countless. You can always choose yours from the common alternatives such as mystery, thrillers, adventures, car or bike racings, puzzles, and strategies. All you need is to log into the World Wide Web and discover the world of unlimited fun and gaming.
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Lore Guide: Learn the Background Story to Diablo 3


 For all the newcomers to the world of Diablo, here's a short synopsis of the story so far. Renegade angels and demons who grew tired of the eternal war between High Heavens and Burning Hells created Sanctuary, a realm for their offspring, the Nephalem. The Prime Evils, rulers of the Burning Hells, took interest in the Nephalem, since they are stronger than angels and demons; the Lesser Evils saw this as a distraction from the Great War, which led to the banishment of the Prime Evils, Baal, Diablo and Mephisto.
With the help of angels a group of humans imprisoned The Prime Evils - in soulstones. However, Diablo soon escaped his prison through corrupting nearby humans and finally possessing them. Diablo now free from his imprisonment, went on to free his brothers, Baal and Mephisto. A new group of heroes hunted down and slain Diablo and Mephisto however they were too late to stop Baal from corrupting the worldstone. The Archangel Tyrael decided to destroy the worldstone since he feared for the safety of Sanctuary.
Now, 20 years after the destruction of the worldstone, a meteor plunges into the Tristram Cathedral, setting the foundation for the plot of Diablo 3. A prophecy foretold that once the worldstone is destroyed it will break open the gates of Hell unleashing the forces of the Burning Hells; however the invasion never happened which caused Deckard Cain to seek an answer. Blizzard also released a series of videos through the development stages hinting to the overall plot of Diablo. In one of these videos, Leah can be seen staring at the Black Soulstone when she suddenly has a vision of some kind, where Azmodan declares that he knows that the stone is the key and once it is in his grasps he will rule as the Prime Evil of the Burning Hells.
Much of the story of Diablo will focus on Archangel Tyrael and he's influence on Sanctuary. It will also be the first time that Belial - The Lord of Lies, and Azmodan - The Lord of Sin, will appear in the Diablo series and with the return of Diablo confirmed it will presumably be two all-out wars, one will be the ongoing and eternal war between Heaven and Hell and the other war could be between The Great Evils as they battle it out to rule as The Prime Evil. The story is set to continue soon with blizzard announcing the launch date of the game.
Learning the right strategies and skills in Diablo is the key to become a top ranked player.

2012年7月19日星期四

Fun Ways to Get World of Warcraft Gold


I have to start off by saying like any gold guide in Warcraft there is no quick ways to suddenly become rich. I really am sorry but these simply do not exist and any guide that promises this is not being very honest with you.
But with that unpleasant fact out of the way, here are some fun and often silly ways to speed up the boring gold job.
Make Money from Events
This is something that a lot of people miss out on but it can be quite profitable and of course fun.
What you do is find out when the next event is happening such as the New Year's Eve event and find out if there are any rare drops, rare patterns or other rare things for sale only that that event for you to make a great profit on.
Using the example of the New Year's Eve event, this is one of the few times you can buy fireworks and there are some quite impressive fireworks for sale as well!
But the trick is these fireworks are always in demand with the price selling for much higher in the months furthest away from the New Year's Eve event.
So what you do is buy lots of these fireworks, wait for at least a couple of months then start selling them for a very healthy profit margin indeed.
And it can be quite fun as you start to be known as the fireworks guy. You can even turn it into a social role playing even yourself if you like that kind of thing.
Mage Taxi Service
This is an idea which I picked up from another guide.
If you are a Mage then you have a unique ability where you can port people to various locations. Hopefully if you are a Mage then you already know this!
But the cool thing is, hardly anyone likes to wait around and travel to whichever dungeon they want to try on a given day.
So what you do is offer yourself out as a taxi service.
It can be quite fun as you role play the taxi driver. I've had lots of fun doing this.
Do Daily Quests
Alright, this one isn't purely 'fun' but I had to mention it.
These daily quests are superb for making a regular amount of gold each day.
They usually will not take you that long to do as well.
An example of a daily quest is the six daily quests in Tol Barad where you do some simple quest steps for quite a nice amount of gold. Just remember to keep doing them once a day and you should find it helps a lot.
For other gold tips for World of Warcraft check out which holds various posts about finding easy ways to make gold in WOW.


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Diablo 3 Monk Class Guide


Spirit:Monks have perfected the ability to tap into the wellspring of Spirit within, and can unleash this limitless force in an undivided chain of attacks. True masters of Spirit have learned that the secret to replenish this overwhelming energy is the very same reason that they learned to harness it; to unleash and string together Spirit in a series of explosive attacks.

Through years of training they have built up their physical and martial prowess to harness and embody the invisible, which in turn gives them the stamina to endure countless battles and deliver as much fast-paced strikes as their gods will allow. Just as monks can harness Spirit to surge through hordes of enemies, they can also concentrate and gather Spirit for effective defensive maneuvers or potent finishing strikes.
Armor:
All apprentice monks wear the standard Sahptev garb, however as monks progress on their journey to become holy warriors they start to wear full armor sets specifically to design to uphold their fighting style; armor that can withstand powerful blows and at the same time remain light and flexible to ensure swift movement in battle.
Equipment:
The Monks incorporate spirit stones, daibos and fist weapons to enhance their fighting style. A spirit stone allows monks to channel and focus Spirit to harden their skin and armor. A monk's iron fist is their main weapon, however they can equip fist weapons, hand wraps, knuckle spikes and knife blades to enforce their iron will in hand-to-hand combat. Through years of training monks have learned to use diabos as extensions of themselves, allowing them to keep their enemies and range and deliver whirlwind strikes.
Features:
Spiritual Power: Devoted monks have learned to master the forces of Spirit; through years of training they have learned to replenish and unleash Spirit simultaneously. As they allow this energy to flow through them and take form they can direct Spirit into explosive attacks or utilize it to move swiftly in combat.
Mantras: Although monks can embody spirit they can also materialize spirit into waves of concentrated energy through mantras; mantras allows monks to surround themselves or their comrades in a layer of healing and empowering energy.
Combos: When monks focus their Spirit energy - concentrate it, align it and reinforce it, it multiplies in force. With each consecutive strike they deal increasingly powerful attacks, build up additional Spirit energy and produce results that are extraordinary and seemingly supernatural.
Learning the right strategies and skills in Diablo is the key to become a top ranked player. 

RMAH will ruin the diablo3?



Another day and another one of these articles that were clearly written by someone who has played way too much WoW and not nearly enough Diablo. And as usual,the author was way too confident about their knowledge of the game and/or in-game economies. A warning to readers: Reading his article may reduce your IQ by a few points. But if you enjoy watching someone humiliate themselves, it’s a great read.
In the article, the author states 4 “big problems” with the RMAH and why it may cause it to fail. Myself and Flux both struggled to find any validity and any worthwhile content in any of the 4 points he made.
In his first point, he basically makes the argument that Blizzard should’ve sold all items themselves in some kind Blizzard-run item-shop, similar to those found in Pay 2 Win Korean MMO’s, and alludes to them making a big mistake by not doing this and allowing the players to drive the economy. He cites that the sole reason Blizzard didn’t do this is because they were afraid of people thinking they were cashgrabbing. Unfortunately for the author, he fails to mention the glaring reason why Blizzard would never do this, and that reason being it would break the entire game from top to bottom and result in the worst Blizzard title in history.
Worse yet, he continues to make terrible arguments on why not having a Blizzard item-shop is bad for the game: It also opens up some fairly big loopholes in the system. A seller could, for example, use bids from alternate accounts to force prospective buyers into an artificial bidding war and drive the cost up above reasonable market value. A dedicate group could also work to corner the market on some rarer, more valuable items, then use their monopoly to drive up prices. I have the utmost faith that Blizzard will work hard to diminish this sort of behavior, but it seems a bit silly to spend so much time regulating the system when they could save themselves and the players a lot of trouble by simply offering an static alternative to the auction house
For starters, all Commodities in the Diablo 3 RMAH are sold in a pool, not an auction, so shill-bidding would only “affect” equipment, which is highly randomized. Market value refers to the value the market as a whole gives an object, so if some guy decides to “shill-bid” on his own item, and than someone else comes along and outbids it, than that player is happy and willing to pay for the item at that price. This isn’t a “loophole”, this is economics. An object is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Simply jacking up the bid with another account does nothing but risk you winning your own item and paying an additional fee on top of it, and certainly doesn’t increase its “market value”.
Shill-bidding has been around since Ebay started and does not cause any significant issues. In fact, it can cause the malicious user to lose money more often than not from having to pay a fee for bidding too high on their own item. The cornering the market thing is even funnier, considering that items always drop at the same rate, hence this will never work, not to mention the sheer amount of capital you’d need to even dent the market value of commodities.
In his second point, he slams the use of fees by Blizzard for item sales. But interestingly, offers no alternative form of monetization, but instead goes on a anti-capitalist rant about the ethics of capitalism and businesses making a profit. (How dare they!!!1)
And it gets worse. In “problem 3″, he goes on to criticize the ability to buy and sell gold in the RMAH. The most staple feature of the RMAH, and the most obviously-needed feature in the RMAH.
And finally, in his last “problem with the RMAH” point, he criticizes PvP’s role in the RMAH. I should point out that it is utterly hilarious, because he unknowingly contradicts his first point about the “Blizzard should have an item shop” in this last point, by saying that the ability to buy items breaks PvP and makes it unfair and leads to the RMAH “failing”. Yet, in his first point, he says Blizzard should sell items in infinite quantities to everyone.