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This isn't always enough to know clearly just how useful the rune will be; experience or screenshots/information on websites (such as this wiki) will be necessary to really understand the strengths and weaknesses of each rune in each skill.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-skill-rune-names-revealed/ Bashiok forum post] - IncGamers May 27, 2010</ref>
::Pick up a rune and mouse it over a skill and the tooltip will tell you how it affects the skill. The UI does a good job of informing you how each rune interacts with each skill.
These tool tips were in for the Blizzcon 2010 PvM demo, but most players found that runes still had to be experimented with. For instance, one rune in [[Magic Missile]] said the projectile became a homing missile. This sounded good, but when tested the rune just let the Missile change direction, once, and not in a direction the player could control or predict. The effect sort of allowed the Wizard to shoot around a corner, but not very accurately or consistently, and it was not useful to shoot past front row monsters to hit the mages in the rear, since there was no way to make the Missile target the desired enemy.
Not all rune effects are unimpressive, and most are huge ugrades over the base skill, but just reading the description on the tool tip is in no way sufficient for players to make an informed choice. Players will want to read the rune descriptions in this wiki, view movies of the rune effects, and try the runes out themselves, time permitting. Ultimately, the rune tool tips will likely be of most use as a memory aid, reminding players of the rune functions they've seen previously.
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==D3 Runes vs. D2 Runes==
