Monthly Archives: February 2012

Feb
20
2012

Diablo 3 Skill & Rune Changes Explained

by Troll-X

If you haven’t already heard, Diablo 3 are making huge changes again including a character wipe in the Diablo 3′s patch 13. The whole Skill and Runes system has been modified and hopefully is to the gamers liking. There’s more information that can be found about each skill and rune here, plus, a thorough explanation on how to use them.

Diablo 3 now divides your skills into 3 different categories, Primary Attack, Secondary Attack and Defensive and also class specific skills such are mantras for the Diablo 3 Monk and armor spells for the Diablo 3 Wizard. The purpose of this change was to provide players with a sense of customization.

“We hope the new, more guided interface will give you an in-game heads up as to the intent of each skill — and maybe even be the way you play through the game in Normal — but if you eventually have a build that simply can’t be accomplished the way we’ve laid things out, you’re free to pop on Elective Mode and take the skills you want,” Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson said.

Take a deeper look into the Skill & Rune System below.

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An online guide has posted up a full walkthrough on how to optimize each skill and rune in Diablo 3. Writing down all the skills and abilities, I think it’s great for players to check out the different and skill combos d3 has to offer.

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Feb
14
2012

Diablo 3 Guide: You Will Die

by Troll-X

A brief overview to how players may get their behinds kicked in Diablo 3 in each challenging mode in the game. Provided, if players are given a guide, the chances of their butts kicked will be greatly reduced to zero. Find out how to survive in d3 with this intense and proven Diablo 3 guide.

As we all know, Diablo 3 was delayeeeeeeeeeed yet again (not sure if there were enough e’s in the word delayed there). Oh well, let’s just take into account that when the game is released, it will be perfect. Here’s a video that made me even more interested in the game. This video was originally posted at BlizzCon last year showing some devs talking about the challenges for D3 and its difficulty levels. They ensure gamers that the game is in no shape or form dumbed down for gamers and that the beta is a tiny fraction of the game – and in Normal level.

“People of the world… you will get your asses kicked, I promise.”

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Feb
10
2012

Diablo 3 Guide: Release Between April & June

by Troll-X

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Post Update: April 18, 2012 – The game has finally launched and i’ve been at it non-stop for a couple of days doing overnighters. Found this extremely helpful Diablo 3 leveling guide and my Diablo 3 barbarian is currently at level 52!

Today’s investors conference call left many saddened again when Blizzard didn’t announce a release for Diablo 3. Instead they provided a more exact estimate of when us D3 diehard fans could expect the game’s release.

Diablo 3 has been targeted for a launch in Q2. Blizzard did mention before that the game would be released early 2012 and Q2 looks just too promising to be true. But lets keep our fingers crossed and hope we see the game before June.

Jay Wilson has noted that they are still making big changes to the game’s features.

“We want Diablo III to be the best game it can be when it launches,” said director Jay Wilson in January. “To get there, we’re going to be iterating on designs we’ve had in place for a long time, making changes to systems you’ve spent a lot of time theorycrafting, and removing features you may have come to associate with the core of the experience. Our hope is that by embracing our iterative design process in which we question ourselves and our decisions, Diablo III won’t just live up to our expectations, but will continue to do so a decade after it’s released.”

Let’s hope for the best and hope we don’t age or outgrow the game yet.

To learn more about the expected release date, refer to this written online guide which contains a variety of Diablo 3 information, especially about the game’s classes and walkthroughs.

 

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Feb
09
2012

Diablo 3 Guide – 4 Play Co-Op and No In-game Voice Chat

by Troll-X

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The blog below presents the diversity of diablo 3 and it’s 4 co-op mode. More information can be read at this website here, providing an overall view how to co-op with your friends to enjoy the game!

Community manager Bashiok revealed last night on his Twitter page, responding to questions from the fans for over an hour. The chat that took place in Twitter revealed a whole lot of interesting things. The first main thing that he told us was that Diablo 3 will not have a built in voice chat system, so gamers will have to rely on third-party softwares liked Skype or Ventrillo to achieve this.

“There is no built in voice chat, at least not for ship,” Bashiok said. “If we try voice chat in another game we want to make sure its worth using.”

Something else that was also revealed was that the game will only support a 4 player co-op system. Diablo 3 has a total of D3 classes but you would only be able to play 4 at a time in game. He also stated that Blizzard is not even looking into providing a 5 player co-op mode.

The last thing was the graphics. Bashiok told us that the graphics seen in the current beta are final. That means, these are the highest graphical quality you will be getting. No ‘ultra’ settings.

 

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Feb
06
2012

100,000 Diablo 3 Beta Invites Sent Out

by Troll-X

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Just so you don’t all get excited, these invites have been sent out for gamers only in North America. So for all you living in the States, log in to our Battle.net account and hopefully you should get a invite notification. If not, Blizzard has also promised to sent out more invites………………eventually. You can also roll classes now!

Here’s a link to their skill calculator and a look into my Barb!

Get the more advanced gaming strategies and detailed overviews at this website and its unofficial strategy book.

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Feb
03
2012

One of the Best Diablo 3 Beta Video

by Troll-X

Just watched this video by Gamespot and I must say, their video is very very detailed and quite amusing. Let’s see if you think the same. Now that you got a taste of the beta, why not learn more about the game and its classes?

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Feb
02
2012

New Stuff in Diablo 3

by Troll-X

This article posses as a starting point to learn about the additions in d3. For advanced content and strategies, refer to this published e-book for an head’s up on d3′s patch changes.

For all sticking closely with the news, you’ll know that quite a lot has changed over these past months. Blizzard seems to still be a little confused as to what would work best and are testing it through the closed beta. The beta is still basically a single player mode where you get to play out an early phase for the game and end it by defeating the Skeleton King. The things that have changed are the stat systems and mechanics.

One of the systems that have changed are the active skills which you could swap in and out at anytime. 6 skill slots and 3 passive skill slots are eventually unlocked. Initially in the beta, you could swap in adn out the skills whenever you felt like it, but Blizzard changed that as they were scared people would just have the skills window opened all the time. The current version of the beta, you can however still swap skills in and out but will trigger a 30 second cooldown phase where skill swapping is blocked.

Check out the video for more info and a link to the full story here, or check Diablo 3 Item Guide to read Diablo 3 item strategies

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Feb
01
2012

Diablo 3 Guide: More Game Features Discarded

by Troll-X

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More changes are now revealed for the game of Diablo 3 where Beta participants and fans have requested for more changes in the game. Thus, setting back the launch date further than it already is. If there was a word further than furthest, this would be the best place to use it. The changes that Diablo 3 will undergo will be to take away the Scrolls of Reforging and the Scrolls of Companion.

Community Manager Nethaera says that they the game should be ready soon are editing out the featured that are underdeveloped. Another reason for this setback is also due to the Companions Pets that do not seem to fit well with the diabolical concept of the game. Simply put, the pets are just to cute for the games dark and evil horrors. These incompatible and underdeveloped features are being addressed by Blizzard to either put in the extra time or dismiss the idea. As of now, Diablo 3 fans are urging Blizzard to come up with a more definite launch date.

For more than just preliminary info, and more detailed insight into the removal of more game features, please refer to this blog post and its presented guides for an overview.

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