In response to the heated comment he made on Facebook regarding David Brevik's criticism of D3 and Blizzard's dev team (see below), Jay Wilson addressed the Diablo 3 community today with an official apology. The apology itself was a class act - with Jay demonstrating a lot of humility - but even better were the comments that went along with it. In his forum post, Jay … [Read more...]
Quotes and Official Info from Blizzard
These posts include highlighted information from the community managers, developers and head muckity mucks at Blizzard Entertainment. If it's quoted in blue it's probably accurate. ;)
Patch 1.0.4 to Hit Live Servers on August 21st
Due to the late announcement from Blizzard, it was perceived that Patch 1.0.4 was not going to be deployed during this week's scheduled maintenance, but alas...it is. Quote from Lylirra We will be performing scheduled maintenance for Diablo III starting tomorrow (8/21) at 3:00 a.m. PDT in order to deploy patch 1.0.4. We anticipate that maintenance will conclude and that … [Read more...]
Inferno Bosses and Enrage Timers
Blizzard has stated that Inferno bosses will have enrage timers, but that they won't be unbeatable once these have expired. The idea behind the enrage timer is to get players thinking about creating balanced builds that will be able to handle Inferno bosses efficiently, rather than "playing it safe" with very defensive builds. Blizzard doesn't want to encourage situations where … [Read more...]
RMAH Fees
Some players in the D3 community have been a little outraged over what's being viewed as an excessive 15% double-dip Blizzard will be applying to RMAH sales. Of course, the 15% cut only applies when players are looking to transfer the funds to their PayPal account. For players intending to use their Battle.net Balance, the 15% fee does not apply. Personally, I don't think … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 RMAH Update
Blizzard just updated their Diablo 3 site with some official information concerning the auction house systems. This post contains some pertinent info concerning how the D3 Real Money Auction House (RMAH) is going to operate. Placing an Auction on the RMAH When you place an auction (in either auction house), the item will be immediately removed from your bags and placed on … [Read more...]
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