Blizzard recently updated their Diablo 3 community site with some important steps to ensure you're prepared for May 15th - when evil is unleashed. Here's a short pre-launch checklist, along with a few other things to note... … [Read more...]
Shared Stash
Diablo 3 will be introducing an amazing new inventory system known as the Shared Stash. Rather than have one item chest that's unique to each character, Diablo 3 players will have access to an expandable Shared Stash that will be usable by all characters on one account. Those of you who played Diablo 2 know what a hassle it was to mule items between characters... not to … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Followers
Diablo 3 will have three new NPC character classes which will assist adventurers on their journeys. These 'Follower' classes will act somewhat similar to the mercenaries from Diablo 2, but with much more depth and customization, along with certain limitations. Diablo 3 Followers will be much more viable and interesting than the D2 Mercs, but they are not intended for use … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Beta Testing
In their May 9th conference call, Blizzard announced that Diablo 3 beta testing is scheduled to begin sometime between July 1st and September 30th, 2011. They've also stated that they're pushing very hard to get Diablo 3 released sometime later this year. Given that beta testing is scheduled to begin within as early as two months, it's pretty safe to assume that Diablo 3 will … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Weapon Animations
No real earth shaking news here, but Bashiok posted an interesting little response to a thread that was begun in the Battle.net forums yesterday. The topic was in regards to the planned animations for various weapon types in Diablo 3, and whether or not they would be unique for each weapon. Someone quickly chimed in to inform the other poster of Blizzard's plans for weapon … [Read more...]
Skill Swap and Keybindings
The other day in the Battle.net forums, Bashiok had shed a little insight as to how keybindings will work in Diablo 3, along with RMB (right-mouse-button) skill swaps. From his post it sounds like players will have access to 8 character functions on the fly. The UI will display 5 action bar slots which will be bound to keys 1-5 by default, plus the left and right mouse … [Read more...]
Blue Notes on Diablo 3 Runes
Some questions were posed about Diablo 3 runes in a recent post in the Battle.net forums. The ever helpful and attentive Bashiok stopped in to shed some light on the subject. Nothing he said was too specific or telling, but there were enough juicy tidbits to satiate a little curiosity. Here's a brief summary of what was discussed... … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Beta NDA
Sounds like there won't be any. For those unfamiliar with the term, NDA stands for Non-Disclosure Agreement. NDAs are usually enforced during beta testing, as Blizzard does not want unofficial announcements made, or testing information (buggy game mechanics, etc) leaked to the public. Beta testers are typically sworn to secrecy during this phase, and may only report bugs, … [Read more...]
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