d3 Rise of the Necromancer Pack Rewards

[Starym 3,800]

 

We still have no idea when we'll get to play the Necromancer (that is, those of us not lucky enough to get into the beta), but we now know what else we're getting with the Rise of the Necromancer pack! That cute little guy up there is the new "Half formed golem" pet, and we get the usual combo of wings, portait, banner stuff and pennant as well.

Blizzard (source)

The Necromancer is coming to Sanctuary soon, but that’s not all!

Purchasing the Rise of the Necromancer pack gives you full access to the new class — including Necromancer-exclusive Set and Legendary items — plus two additional stash tabs and character slots.

Even better, you’ll get a new portrait frame, a pennant, wings, a banner shape, a banner sigil, and a Half-formed Golem pet! Check out the sweet loot you’ll be sporting as you raise the dead and restore the Balance, and get ready to join the ranks of the Priests of Rathma!

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Half-formed Golem

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Wings of the Crypt Guardian

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Necromancer Banner, Sigil and Accent, Necromance Portrait, and Blood Master Pennant

[Guest]

Wow, that is so great!

We get a great new campain, a new hero and more for FREE?

Best news ever.

Uh, wait, we have to pay 15 bucks or more.

And we don't get a campaign. Or story. Or new content.

But hey, we get a pet and - even better - a portrait! How great is that? Fantastic deal.

Not.

[Starym 3,800]

2 hours ago, WedgeAntilles said:

Wow, that is so great!

We get a great new campain, a new hero and more for FREE?

Best news ever.

Uh, wait, we have to pay 15 bucks or more.

And we don't get a campaign. Or story. Or new content.

But hey, we get a pet and - even better - a portrait! How great is that? Fantastic deal.

Not.

While I agree with everything you said, I'm still gonna buy it :(
I've played all the other Diablo clones to come out since, well, Diablo, and D3, with ALL it's many flaws still has the absolute best combat feel of all of them. And leveling a new class was always the most fun for me in any Diablo-like (even with D3's shitty skill system) so yea. I didn't think I'd care about the Necro but I've been away from D3 long enough to start getting slightly excited about it again.

[HunterGreen 2]

3 hours ago, WedgeAntilles said:

Wow, that is so great!

We get a great new campain, a new hero and more for FREE?

Best news ever.

Uh, wait, we have to pay 15 bucks or more.

And we don't get a campaign. Or story. Or new content.

But hey, we get a pet and - even better - a portrait! How great is that? Fantastic deal.

Not.

To be fair, this isn't like their other games.  Each one makes money a different way, and they should, because Blizzard is not a Charity, they're a business.

With World of Warcraft, you don't get new classes in content patches, you get them in Expansions which cost $50 along with the other content.  World of Warcraft makes most of it's money on subscriptions, and then the bi-yearly release of Expansions, along with some Blizzard Store purchases.

In the case of Heroes of the Storm, you have to buy the new characters with either real money, or grind the game long enough to get in-game currency.  There's also some content which is exclusively unlocked through real money, so even though the game itself is free to play, there are plenty of things that earn Blizzard enough money to support everything related to it.

With Overwatch, new characters being added was part of the sale for the game itself, and they can still make money off of people who buy loot boxes to unlock new skins, voices etc that are connected with the new characters.  They charge for the game and the random loot boxes, but there is no charge for access to new characters.

With Diablo III, there is only one time fees.  No loot boxes, not cosmetic content locked behind paywalls, no monthly fees.  That leaves only one way for them to not be wasting time and resources on making additions to the game: charging for them.  Keep in mind, if you have no intention of playing the Necromancer, then there's no reason to even pay.  All of the content locked behind the paywall is Necromancer exclusive.

[Valks 2,375]

2 hours ago, HunterGreen said:

With Diablo III, there is only one time fees. 

This is the biggest thing that people need to remember. Without things like this, Diablo is basically just a money-sucking black hole that would be shut down pretty quickly. In order to sustain the costs associated with developing it, we'd reach the "once per year" kind of thing you see with Call of Duty and the like. Perhaps not that drastic, but something along the same lines. 

Personally, I'm totally fine with it and will be buying the pack. 

[Alkasar991 12]

3 hours ago, Starym said:

While I agree with everything you said, I'm still gonna buy it :(
I've played all the other Diablo clones to come out since, well, Diablo, and D3, with ALL it's many flaws still has the absolute best combat feel of all of them. And leveling a new class was always the most fun for me in any Diablo-like (even with D3's shitty skill system) so yea. I didn't think I'd care about the Necro but I've been away from D3 long enough to start getting slightly excited about it again.

According to Blizzard, there will be nothing big coming out after the Necromancer update. So it is good to come back for that game and enjoy it again. I currently suit up all classes for GRift 70, complete my wanted achievements and fill the cube completely. The Necromancer should come right in time when I finished the rest.

It is quite sad that Diablo3 has never really been a great hit for Blizzard standards. Patching a Dungeon Crawler into a Hack'n'Slay did not work out well. You get too much gold, "rare items" are not even rare anymore and you slaughter Demons instead of being afraid of the next room of this dark world. I might go back to a more challanging RPG like Path Of Exile after this because they are adding six new Acts.

But this (probably) last big update will be my special time for Diablo3. :) I hope the next Diablo, which is supposed to have a different gameplay, will be awesome and fun. 

[Guest]

10 hours ago, HunterGreen said:

With Diablo III, there is only one time fees.  No loot boxes, not cosmetic content locked behind paywalls, no monthly fees.  That leaves only one way for them to not be wasting time and resources on making additions to the game: charging for them.  Keep in mind, if you have no intention of playing the Necromancer, then there's no reason to even pay.  All of the content locked behind the paywall is Necromancer exclusive.

Well, they COULD make a real expansion, a good one with interesting characters and good story telling. Like Throne of Baal in D2.

I'd be happy to pay my 40 bucks for something like that.

But since they didn't manage to make more then 2 of the 5 acts halfway decent that is probably way too much to ask :(

 

To sum it up: I am very content with the effort they put into D3 in general. They did a lot to the game after the expansion was released. For free.

I am totally unhappy with the horrible story they told in D3 and the pathetic presentation (Act 3 - 5).

I just dream about another add on which brings the story to a good ending, an add on which has the feeling, the atmosphre and the high quality of Diablo 1 and 2.

I am kind of sad, that D3 ends instead with an (IMO totally overprized and quite useless) "DLC".

[Valks 2,375]

3 hours ago, WedgeAntilles said:

Well, they COULD make a real expansion, a good one with interesting characters and good story telling. Like Throne of Baal in D2.

As it stands, I believe they are still recruiting people for an "unknown" Diablo project that is apparently different from D3 due to coding differences or something. This could mean they are putting a huge amount of resources into D4, but didn't want to just leave D3 behind for another year or more. The Necro at least gives people something new to play around with in the future seasons until D4 does eventually release.

I'm guessing in their eyes another expansion would just delay the release of a 4 or 2-remake!

[Maruken 31]

18 hours ago, WedgeAntilles said:

Wow, that is so great!

We get a great new campain, a new hero and more for FREE?

Best news ever.

Uh, wait, we have to pay 15 bucks or more.

And we don't get a campaign. Or story. Or new content.

But hey, we get a pet and - even better - a portrait! How great is that? Fantastic deal.

Not.

It's new content regardless. Having a new class increases the already insane replayability of the game.

Either way, I love D3 that much that I'll buy new content regardless of the value of the pack.

[Valks 2,375]

7 hours ago, Maruken said:

It's new content regardless. Having a new class increases the already insane replayability of the game.

Either way, I love D3 that much that I'll buy new content regardless of the value of the pack.

This is pretty much my thinking on it as well. A new class to farm up, test new builds, push higher GRs on. Also testing it in new group setups should be good fun.

[SaintFu 2]

On 6/6/2017 at 8:52 PM, WedgeAntilles said:

Wow, that is so great!

We get a great new campain, a new hero and more for FREE?

Best news ever.

Uh, wait, we have to pay 15 bucks or more.

And we don't get a campaign. Or story. Or new content.

But hey, we get a pet and - even better - a portrait! How great is that? Fantastic deal.

Not.

If you bought D3 and RoS at maximum cost, you blew $120 max, right? If you've played even 120 hours of game, it's a buck an hour, which as far as entertainment costs go, is pretty thrifty. However, we all know you've put in single weeks with close to 120 hours of play, so I'm betting your per hour cost for all the D3 good times you've had is more like pennies per hour. Though this new massive $15 charge for the Necro pack will drive that back up to close to a nickel per hour for the first two weeks or so! 

[Valks 2,375]

On 6/10/2017 at 4:56 PM, SaintFu said:

If you bought D3 and RoS at maximum cost, you blew $120 max, right? If you've played even 120 hours of game, it's a buck an hour, which as far as entertainment costs go, is pretty thrifty. However, we all know you've put in single weeks with close to 120 hours of play, so I'm betting your per hour cost for all the D3 good times you've had is more like pennies per hour. Though this new massive $15 charge for the Necro pack will drive that back up to close to a nickel per hour for the first two weeks or so! 

That's actually a pretty interesting way of looking at it. In this case, I don't think I can ever complain about a cost in most Blizzard games ever again!