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Random fact: Li Ming's passive Critical Mass was a actual passive for wizards in Diablo 3, it got removed because it was to OP.

Now the passives are not identical. The passive in Diablo 3 reads: "Critical hits have a chance to reduce the cooldown of your skills by 1 second." This passive was broken because with a certain setup of skills and high critical hit chance you could stunlock everything.

p.s.: I'm not hating on Li Ming, just thought it was funny.

Centaurik

Posted 8 years, 1 month ago (Source)

Can you share any more lore-arguments regarding talent or ability names? It's like a cool behind-the-scenes. :)

"Can we call Gul'dan's E 'Hand of Gul'dan'?"

That one went through the ringer.

Oh and should his R2 be "Rain of Chaos" or "Reign of Chaos" or "Rain of Destruction". Oof tough call on that one.

We have amazing writers, who do great work on our talents/abilities/traits/pissed lines (those joke lines you hear)! They care very much about respecting our past, and protecting our future!
Centaurik

Posted 8 years, 1 month ago (Source)

So did Kael'thas learn Arcane Dynamo from Li'Ming?

Oh there was some internal lore-nerd-arguing over that name!!!
Centaurik

Posted 8 years, 1 month ago (Source)

One of the simple joys in making these Heroes is finding fun names to put on abilities, with lots of allusions.

One of the less simple joys is finding our players realizing them and posting about it :-D.

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    <div class="md"><p>Can you share any more lore-arguments regarding talent or ability names? It's like a cool behind-the-scenes. :)</p>
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<div class="md"><p>"Can we call Gul'dan's E 'Hand of Gul'dan'?" </p>

<p>That one went through the ringer.</p>

<p>Oh and should his R2 be "Rain of Chaos" or "Reign of Chaos" or "Rain of Destruction". Oof tough call on that one.</p>

<p>We have amazing writers, who do great work on our talents/abilities/traits/pissed lines (those joke lines you hear)! They care very much about respecting our past, and protecting our future!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/4xtf0q/random_fact_li_mings_passive_critical_mass_was_a/d6ini17">Centaurik</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>So did Kael'thas learn Arcane Dynamo from Li'Ming?</p>
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<div class="md"><p>Oh there was some internal lore-nerd-arguing over that name!!!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/4xtf0q/random_fact_li_mings_passive_critical_mass_was_a/d6ilx4o">Centaurik</a>)
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<div class="md"><p>One of the simple joys in making these Heroes is finding fun names to put on abilities, with lots of allusions. </p>

<p>One of the less simple joys is finding our players realizing them and posting about it :-D.</p>

<p><the circle is complete></p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/4xtf0q/random_fact_li_mings_passive_critical_mass_was_a/d6ijkmk">Centaurik</a>)
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<p>That one went through the ringer.</p>

<p>Oh and should his R2 be "Rain of Chaos" or "Reign of Chaos" or "Rain of Destruction". Oof tough call on that one.</p>

<p>We have amazing writers, who do great work on our talents/abilities/traits/pissed lines (those joke lines you hear)! They care very much about respecting our past, and protecting our future!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/4xtf0q/random_fact_li_mings_passive_critical_mass_was_a/d6ini17">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Oh there was some internal lore-nerd-arguing over that name!!!</p>
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<p><div class="md"><p>One of the simple joys in making these Heroes is finding fun names to put on abilities, with lots of allusions. </p>

<p>One of the less simple joys is finding our players realizing them and posting about it :-D.</p>

<p><the circle is complete></p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/4xtf0q/random_fact_li_mings_passive_critical_mass_was_a/d6ijkmk">Source</a>)</p>
    
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