Will the Diablo 3 PvP Arena be a competitive area of play..? Is Diablo 3 PvP poised to become an eSport..? Not hardly. Diablo 3 is going to be mainly about the co-op experience, with PvP functioning as merely a fun diversion for those interested in it. The reason being, it will be far too difficult and counter-productive for Blizzard to try and achieve some sort of … [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. ;)
Diablo 3 Characters Will Not Expire
Those of you who played Diablo 2 may have been a victim of character expiration at one time or another. Well, happily, this will not be a problem in Diablo 3. Characters in Diablo 3 will continue to exist until deleted. From the Official Diablo 3 Forums... In d2 your characters expire after 90 days of not playing them (or 10 days if recently created). Will it be like this in … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Beta to End as Release Date Draws Near
Blizzard announced today that Diablo 3 Beta testing will end on Tuesday, May 1st -- two weeks before the release of the game. Having been in the beta since October of last year, I am excited knowing this means the game is almost here! Quote from Lylirra We'd like to thank everyone who has participated in the Diablo III beta. You've done an admirable job of testing, and … [Read more...]
Item Farming in Inferno
Not long ago, it was announced that Inferno difficulty was going to scale with increasing difficulty, as opposed to being linear. Previously, Blizzard had planned to keep all of the mobs mlvl (monster level) 61. Now they're saying that only Act I Inferno is going to have mlvl 61 mobs, with the subsequent acts containing more formidable demons and beasts - all the way up to … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Collector’s Edition Dyes
A lot of fuss has been made over what sort of "effects" the Diablo 3 Collector's Edition dyes will apply to gear. Due to the flavor of the tooltip text, players were thinking that the dyes would be adding some sort of "particle effect" to their characters' gear, when in fact, it's nothing more than just a color. However, the dyes in the CE are bottomless, meaning players will … [Read more...]
Demon Hunter Makeover
Seems as if participants in the beta are less than thrilled with the Demon Hunter class in its current state. Blizzard has announced that they will be undergoing a Demon Hunter class overhaul, including a restructuring of the resource system, changes to the talents, and more... This bit of news was first spotted by Loque of Diablogging, over on the EU forums. Given that the … [Read more...]
Guns in Diablo 3?!
Will there be guns in Diablo 3..? It's looking like the answer to that question is, NO. However, some misleading text on the Demon Hunter class character page suggested that guns were to be a part of the Demon Hunter's arsenal in Diablo 3... Quote from Blizzard Demon hunters are able to pepper the battlefield with scores of arrows and projectiles, or snipe distant enemies … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 System Requirements
The system requirements for the Diablo 3 Beta have been revealed. You can view the official posting on the Blizzard support site. As mentioned in the official post by Blizz, these specs are strictly for the beta, and could very well change before the actual release. The minimum suggested specs are fairly modest, but it looks like Diablo 3 has some fairly stiff demands if its … [Read more...]
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