I logged about 6 hours on a beta and got a monk to lvl 13, the max level on the beta. Personally, I like it A LOT. I played d1 and d2 profusely, and I am pleasantly surprised with d3.
One thing I did notice was the OPness of the monk and sorc. I played a monk and a buddy of mine did sorc, and I literally didn't need to use a single healing potion once. The two of us basically facerolled throughout the entire beta with little difficulty. It was fun to own everything, but a bit of a challenge would been nice. Also, I would be very surprised if the whole game was actually like that; people here are saying that the beta was only 1/3-1/4 of the first act so I am optimistic.
One thing I really liked was the ability to craft items and weapons. Basically you take any magic items, "salvage" them (see: disenchant for wow people) and use the leftover mats to make stuff. You have to pay the smith 2000-4000 to train him to get to a higher level, and it took about 5 training for him to gain a level. Higher levels mean better stuff obviously.
The looting system is way better. Your character can run over gold to gather it; you are not required to physically click on it. Also, I am fairly certain that everyone in the game can pick up the same item, so there isn't a mad dash to loot the boss / gold / random items.
Overall, I recommend the game if you liked d2. Granted, it's not going to be all nostalgic that a lot of people on these boards demand, but it's new and awesome and it has pretty sweet mechanics and graphics. Hit me up on Zetterbeard on there! I play a lot of SC2 too.
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