Massacre

2009-09-12T18:35:42Z

Mrmcphee:

The '''massacre''' [[experience bonus]] in Diablo III is bonus awarded to characters who kill a large number of monsters in a single hit, or a very short time frame.

See also the [[killing spree]] bonus, awarded for making kills with a number of consecutive attacks.

==Background==
[[Image:Massacre.jpg|thumb|right|300px|20 monsters in quick progression.]]
The [[D3 Team]] has said that inspiration for Diablo III includes adventure games and action games. In the case of the [[Monk]], they have even taken inspiration from traditional arcade Streetfighter-style games, and the massacre [[experience bonus]] comes from these types of games.

Diablo 3 is set out to be very fast paced, and things like [[Health Globe]]s are added to keep the pace high, while still requiring a measure of skill to play. Killing enemies one at a time isn't very hard, but it's part of the gameplay with "easy to learn, hard to master". If you want the extra added bonuses, you need to figure out how to kill enemies fast and in a rapid progression.

This massacre feature will likely also be tied in to [[Achievement]]s at a later point in the development.

==Experience bonus==
When you kill a series of monsters in a short timespan, you get an one-off experience bonus that follows a very simple pattern: 5 experience per kill.

(A) = Assumed

* 5 Monsters = +5 Exp (A)
* 6 Monsters = +10 Exp (A)
* 7 Monsters = +15 Exp (A)
* 8 Monsters = +20 Exp (A)
* 9 Monsters = +25 Exp (A)
* 11 Monsters = +30 Exp
* 12 Monsters = +35 Exp (A)
* 13 Monsters = +40 Exp (A)
* 14 Monsters = +45 Exp (A)
* 15 Monsters = +50 Exp
* 16 Monsters = +55 Exp
* 17 Monsters = +60 Exp (A)
* 18 Monsters = +65 Exp (A)
* 19 Monsters = +70 Exp (A)
* 20 Monsters = +75 Exp
* 21 Monsters = +80 Exp (A)
* 22 Monsters = +85 Exp (A)
* 23 Monsters = +90 Exp (A)
* 24 Monsters = +95 Exp (A)
* 25 Monsters = +100 Exp (A)

==Development==
The massacre feature was first shown at the [[BlizzCon 2008]] gameplay demo, and has not changed much since then, as of September 2009. [[Jay Wilson]] said in a press conference[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-press-conference-with-jay-wilson/] that the idea came from when the team tried to give the {{iw|Shrines#Experience_Shrine Experience Shrine}} and {{iw|Shrines#Monster_Shrine Monster Shrine}} from Diablo II a new twist, making it more like a game mechanic than the only two shrines people cared about.

[[Shrine]]s have since been re-implemented into the game in the latest [[BlizzCon 2009]] demo.



==Media==
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=all&si=massacre Massacre-specific gallery contents]

<gallery>
Image:Alcarnus.jpg|[[Witch Doctor]] massacring monsters.
Image:Massacre.jpg|Closeup.
Image:Thanks_for_playing.jpg|Thanks for Playing.
</gallery>



==References==
* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-press-conference-with-jay-wilson/ BlizzCon 2008 Press Conference With Jay Wilson]
* [http://www.diablowiki.net/Image:Thanks_for_playing.jpg Gamescom picture of finishing the game]
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3078&cat=644&size=big Gamescom picture of Witch Doctor]

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Talk:Massacre

2009-09-11T23:01:38Z

Mrmcphee:

There will probably be some level dependency for bonuses. Also, the rule checks out for 11-20 kills according to my research but somebody got 67 kills which got them 1500 XP

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