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Alexander
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posted 14 July 2001 20:44     Click Here to See the Profile for Alexander   Click Here to Email Alexander        Reply w/Quote   
I know that diablo has to do with demons and undead but I think there needs to be dragons in it. Big dragons, not like the size of a quill bear or anything. But like 4 or 5 times as long as diablo is tall and as tall as diablo. Also to fit the diablo thing you could make it a dracolich. (undead dragon)

Kinda off the wall but I'm bored tonight and it just came to mind. Anybody else have any kind of thoughts on this?

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GarlicBread
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posted 14 July 2001 20:53     Click Here to See the Profile for GarlicBread   Click Here to Email GarlicBread        Reply w/Quote   
I think it would be kinda hard for the Diablo engine to handle a monster that size, unless it is stationary, like most games in the past. Thing is, when you have a monster that cannot move it's too easy. Now a dragon fully capable of flight and mobility.....now there would be a challenge.

Accually I thought Diablo in the orginal game was much harder. I was kinda disapointed in him when I saw him, espically after the movie when you enter Act4.

On a side note: I just remebered the first time I killed Diablo I found a wormskull. ) And this was way back when SOJ's were not as common as they are now.

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Pharaoh
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posted 21 July 2001 17:33     Click Here to See the Profile for Pharaoh   Click Here to Email Pharaoh        Reply w/Quote   
I think it would be awesome to have Dragons to fight in there.

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Zhoulomcrist
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posted 25 July 2001 21:30     Click Here to See the Profile for Zhoulomcrist        Reply w/Quote   
This would be a pretty cool concept. Although they would likely be real large. If you've seen the dragons in Baldur's Gate II, they're almost the size of the screen and depending on what screen resolution you're using, they can be larger than the screen size.

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CHaKKaWaKKa
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posted 26 July 2001 11:16     Click Here to See the Profile for CHaKKaWaKKa   Click Here to Email CHaKKaWaKKa        Reply w/Quote   Visit CHaKKaWaKKa's Homepage!
dragons would be good as super uniques.. if you can handle lord de seis and his gang in act 4,I don't think dragons,if alone,would lag the computer much more..8 players and all their mercenaries attacking an huge dragons would be awesome..give him 3 times izual's hp so the combat doesn't last 3 seconds.. because most of the superuniques in diablo are way too weak..with my necro, lvl 14 skeleton mastery, 5 skeletons and 3 skeleton mages plus my mercenary from act 2,I killed Duriel in 13 seconds..

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stargazer79
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posted 31 July 2001 13:51     Click Here to See the Profile for stargazer79   Click Here to Email stargazer79        Reply w/Quote   Visit stargazer79's Homepage!
iäve been thinking the exact same thing.. anout dragons... IS IT POSSIBLE... i will make the models.. i will do whatever... if we can get the dragons in there.. i LOVED them in bg2...(btw...have you guyes seen the other monsters in bg2.. ie the 2 headed giant.. there are some NICE scaled creatures in there.. was very impressed.. its a dissapointment when all the creatures ion a game have the same size.. general dimensions..

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posted 08 August 2001 05:35     Click Here to See the Profile for DigiBO   Click Here to Email DigiBO        Reply w/Quote   Visit DigiBO's Homepage!
Hey,CHaKKaWaKKa! :P

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Originally posted by GarlicBread:
On a side note: I just remebered the first time I killed Diablo I found a wormskull. ) And this was way back when SOJ's were not as common as they are now.


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Zhoulomcrist
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posted 09 August 2001 02:44     Click Here to See the Profile for Zhoulomcrist        Reply w/Quote   
Yeap. them dragons in Baldur's Gate II were up to full scale along with most all of the other creatures. You're gonna need to do some DCC editing for them dragons and probably some COF editing as well. Otherwise, those capabilities are not yet available. But, that's certainly subject to change in the future.

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stargazer79
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posted 15 August 2001 03:36     Click Here to See the Profile for stargazer79   Click Here to Email stargazer79        Reply w/Quote   Visit stargazer79's Homepage!
mmmm dragons...only my fave mythical creature... and damn they were a challange for a party of lvl 9 characters... 10 seconds into the match 3 of em have been blown unconcious into wall, lol i wanna install that again now.. just for the dragons.. (i never finished d2.. got halfway thorugh chapter 6.. then started running outta time

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Starwolf
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posted 15 August 2001 16:51     Click Here to See the Profile for Starwolf   Click Here to Email Starwolf        Reply w/Quote   
All this talk about dragons and people not being afraid of Diablo the first time. I guess I'm alone, the first time I fought Diablo, my hairs were standing on ends, and it creeped me out beyond explanation when I heard him say "NOT EVEN DEATH CAN SAVE YOU FROM ME!". Meanwhile, my brother was standing next to me, and merely exclaimed "Uhh, I think Diablo's out" So, since my first barb was designed horribly, he met death after death until the deed was finally done with.

Now, dragons would bring something completely new to Diablo. If someone had the skill and patience to model them right, I think it'd make the mod world shake. They might not be altoghether fitting within the atmosphere, but what the hell, dragons own.

But first, if we are really going to do this (we as in I'm not going to do jack because I have no idea how to program) we should start with something small. Wyverns or something.

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stargazer79
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posted 19 August 2001 03:20     Click Here to See the Profile for stargazer79   Click Here to Email stargazer79        Reply w/Quote   Visit stargazer79's Homepage!
when they figure out how animations work.. believe me.. (and and models) then we will be seeing a new era dawning for the modding community.. character model download pages. with animations for every possible spell ... new monsters (yay)..
thre is already a map editor.. now imagine a mod based on the hobbit... with the dawrwes the hobbit... (dwarf as miniture barbarian, barbarian as a giant warrior, hobbit asa miniture assasin thief.. amazon as the eleves.. the dark mpuntain caves with the goblin horde's-- the big burtes as the rock hurling mosnters... the wolves as wolves.. that the goblins ride on.. the bears as that massive bear dude (forget his name..). and in the end after all that is done.. then you have the dragon!!!!!!!
big scarey dragon... in a nice BIG chamber.. with LOTS of hit points.. (i wonder if it would be possible to set a dragon as having different body parts with different ammount of hitpoints.. liketake out the head.. the rest dies.. but shoothim in the right part in the body with the right weapons and he dies even quicker.. ...like instantly.. lol.. liek the book... and then behind the dragon have the treasure horde.. with rare weapons galore.. some unique weapons.. and that stone that thorin was so intent on having.

and you know what.. we have almost all the tile sets for that story.. and the monsters dont need much changing we just need the map editor and a dragon.. and a some new character models... OH if only.. (goes back to sleep)

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