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==Resource Pools==
 
==Resource Pools==
 
===Fury===
 
===Fury===
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'''[[Fury]]''' is a new resource pool in the [[Diablo games]] that only the [[Barbarian]] uses. It is similar to the [[World of Warcraft]] Warrior class's "Rage" resource.
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'''[[Fury]]''' is the resource pool for the [[Barbarian]] in [[Diablo III]], although he used to rely on [[mana]] in [[Diablo II]]. [[Fury]] shares several similarities to the [[World of Warcraft]] Warrior class' "Rage" resource in that it generates through damage taken and dealt and decays over time when out of combat, although the details between the two differs.
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* Generated by:
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** Dealing damage
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** Taking damage
  
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* Restored by:
 
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** Fighting
 
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** Taking damage (presumed)
 
 
* Removed by:
 
* Removed by:
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** Using an Ability.
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** Using abilities that requires Fury, generally more powerful abilities.
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** Wasting an [[AoE]] skill on one target.
 
 
** Unknown if some creatures can [[leech]] it.
 
** Unknown if some creatures can [[leech]] it.
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* Fury Related Skills:
 
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** [[Bad Temper]]: Increases/Decreases the rate of Fury Gain/Loss, respectively.
 
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** [[Enrage]]: Increases Fury gained and Damage taken for a short time.
 
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** ''The [[Barbarian]]s [[Savage]] skill increased Fury gained after scoring a [[Critical hit]], but was removed.''
 
  
 
===Arcane Power===
 
===Arcane Power===

Revision as of 19:04, 2 November 2010

A Resource Pool is part of a character's ability to use Skills. It's generally gathered in various ways and expended upon using as skill, where skills have different "costs", and use a different amount of resource from the pool. Mana is the prime example of a resource pool.


Diablo Games

In Diablo I and Diablo II all classes used Mana as their one main resource, but in Diablo III not all classes share the same resource. In all the Diablo Games so far, the resource pool is located in the UI, on the bottom right hand side, usually in an orb or sphere.

Resource Pools

Fury

Fury is the resource pool for the Barbarian in Diablo III, although he used to rely on mana in Diablo II. Fury shares several similarities to the World of Warcraft Warrior class' "Rage" resource in that it generates through damage taken and dealt and decays over time when out of combat, although the details between the two differs.

  • Generated by:
    • Dealing damage
    • Taking damage
  • Removed by:
    • Using abilities that requires Fury, generally more powerful abilities.
    • Unknown if some creatures can leech it.

Arcane Power

Arcane Power is the new resource for the Wizard class, allowing the wizard to cast her spells without running out of the resource any time soon. It is a flat amount of resource, that cannot be increased by items or stats (but maybe by skills) and regenerates really fast. It is akin to World of Warcraft's Rogue resource, which is Energy.

  • Restored by:
    • Regenerating
  • Removed by:
    • Using an Ability.
  • Arcane Power Related Skills:
    • N/A

Mana

Mana is the most known resource pool, having been in many RPGs and is usually represented by a blue colour. The Witch Doctor is the only class to use mana as his ability resource in Diablo III.

  • Restored by:
    • Picking up Health Globes (with a specific skill)
    • Regeneration
    • Killing enemies with specific skills
  • Removed by:
    • Some creatures leeching mana.
    • Using an Ability.
  • Mana Related Skill(s):

Spirit

Spirit is a recently revealed resource that the Monk uses. It is restored by using combo skills, like Way of the Hundred Fists which do not really cost anything, and can be used for his signature skills, such as Impenetrable Defense and Seven Sided Strike.

  • Restored by:
    • Using Combo Skills
  • Removed by:
    • Using a Signature Ability.
  • Spirit Related Skills:
    • N/A


Development

Barbarian

In the first publically shown build of Diablo III, shown at WWI 2008, the Barbarian used mana instead of Fury. The D3 Team never actually intended the Barbarian to use mana and the first build only used it as a placeholder. The second version at BlizzCon 2008 used a fury globe, much like the World of WarCraft rage, but this was changed shortly after the event to the system we see today. The BlizzCon 2009 build used the Fury Orb system, where fury builds up to "orbs" (where the mana container is for casters) and some skills require 1-3 orbs to use.

Monk

The Monk will not use mana but a martial-arts related resource pool.[1] No details have been released, but a system similar to the World of WarCraft Rogue character seems likely.

Witch Doctor

Jay Wilson has confirmed[2] that the Witch Doctor will use traditional Mana.

Wizard

From the first time she was shown, the Wizard has used mana as resource pool. In the BlizzCon 2009 demo, she regained mana by investing skill points in Mana Recovery, making Mana Globes drop from monsters. She was the only one who could see and benefit from them. This changed in the BlizzCon 2009 demo, where she instead has a skill to get mana as well as life from Health Globes.

22nd of September 2009, Bashiok announced the Wizard will not be using traditional Mana, but a resource more specialised for the class. [3]. This was later confirmed on 6th of January 2010[4], when the name of the resource was released: Instability.

Instability caused her to become unstable when she would use a lot of spells really fast, and that would make her take increased damage from all sources but have more chance for a critical strike with her spells. This idea has been scrapped by the Developers, due to not changing the play-style as it should have. It has since been replaced with Arcane Power [5]

Demon Hunter

The Demon Hunter class, which debuted during BlizzCon 2010 used Mana as a place holder. It is unknown what kind of resource she will use.

Reference

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