Did you just pick up your copy of Diablo 3 and start your
first game? Normal difficulty is the first step on your way to leveling a
character to level 60, and in general it’s not too difficult. However, at
certain points in the game, Normal difficulty might cause you a little pause.
Here are our basic tips to help any class through Diablo’s introductory
difficulty.
Are you, like many people, new to the Diablo franchise? Or are
you coming into the game and are utterly confused by how Diablo 3 differs from
its predecessors? Either way, I’ve come across a lot of people who don’t understand a
few things about how basics of the game work, and others that are unaware of
key features that impact how you play the game. Here are the four things I think
it would help every beginner to know.
So May 15th is finally upon us and we're ready to bite the bullet. Starting tomorrow at 3:00 AM Eastern Time, we will be broadcasting live on Twitch TV for 24 hours straight! We'll be racing to Nightmare and Hell modes as fast as we can, and who knows, maybe we'll even get a U.S. first or two.
We'll be monitoring chat, taking questions, and interacting with the community in general throughout the day. If you're one of the few unlucky enough to be at work, or you're just interested in watching some moderately funny people go balls to the wall at Diablo 3, come check us out before 3 AM on Wednesday morning. You'll be able to watch either in the Stream section of our site or over on Twitch.
“The
wizards. Brilliant practitioners of the arcane arts who deftly wield the
energies of fire, ice, lightning, and even time itself in the pursuit of their
enigmatic goals. Bedecked in archaic charms, clad in runes, and wrapped in
free-flowing robes to allow for the somatic components of their spells, wizards
are a veritable thunderstorm of lethal powers who can strike from close or long
range. There is no safe way to approach an angry wizard.”
Diablo 3’s
Wizard is a much more traditional version of the caster class than the Witch Doctor. Employing well-known spells like Magic Missile, Blizzard and Frost
Nova, the Wizard offers caster-minded players an experience they’ve come to
expect, but with much more ferocity than they’re used to.
“The Wizard is fiercely talented in various
forms of magic. Her broad expertise allows her to manipulate the very fabric of
reality, and bend time, space, and arcane energies to her will.”
Ah,
the Wizard: already my favorite Diablo 3 class before the spotlight video was
released; my ABSOLUTE favorite post-spotlight. Everything that was showcased
just sealed the deal for me. Wizard will be my starting class.
Keeping
this article objective, concise and informative was definitely a difficult
task. Even now, I’m struggling to not begin rambling indefinitely about how
amazing Arcane Torrent is, or how my absolute favorite thing to do (ever) will
be reflecting enemy projectiles with Wave of Force. But I digress.
Tristram Live Diablo 3 Podcast Episode 2 - The Evolution of Diablo
Hello everyone and welcome to Tristram Live!
We've been slaving over getting the site set up for the past few weeks and we're finally ready for people to check it out. We've got tabs set up at the top so you can navigate to each of the different platforms that we produce content for, as well as an about page that also has our contact/social media information and some details about the site's contributors, Zulu and Mcgabe.
As for content, we are planning to bring you frequent posts addressing key happenings in the Diablo 3 community, including blue posts, patch notes and everything in between. However, we're not aiming to be a news source. All of our posts are going to be responses to news or discussions going on in the community, based on our own opinions and analysis.
Streaming is also going to be a big component of the site. We're already planning an all-day streaming event May 15, where we invite you to come watch and talk to us about Blizzard's latest action-RPG. Details on which nights we will regularly stream will be released later.
Last but not least, we have the podcast. The podcast is going to feature strategy discussion, including skills, spell sets, rune selection and everything else. If there's time between all the nerd rambling, we'll try to cover any big ideas people are talking about on the forums.
That being said, we've got to start somewhere, so in this episode we'll be talking about our pre-launch opinions of the game and impressions from the beta. We've included details about the streaming event on May 15 in addition to some great discussion, so we hope you'll stay a while...and listen.
