Beta Patch 13
Many things have been changed or added in patch 13. We will be updating this post with more information as time goes on so make sure to keep checking back.
Jay Wilson's Skill and Rune Article
The skill and rune article we have been waiting for has just been posted!
New Unique Items
New unique item names and flavor text have been added to the files, the first one is pretty ... interesting?
DiabloFans Quote:
The Horadric Hamburger - The Horadrim wandered far and wide to gather the finest ingredients for their feast. Only the lone traveler sent to the Moo Moo farm failed to return. Diablo had laid a trap for the Horadrim, the Hell Bovine, who struck the traveler down before he could gather the final ingredient: cheese.
Prism - This fantastical blade is the physical manifestation of unicorn smiles, bright rainbow colors, shooting star wishes, and teddy bear giggles.
Splintered Oar - "From Kingsport to Kurast we sail. From Lut Gholein to Skovos we roam. When the wind's not blowing, we'll row our damned way home!" -The Sea Traders Song
Diablo 3 Trial Version
Diablo 3 will definitely have a trial version.
DiabloFans Quote:
TrialDialogText - Thank you for playing Starter Edition. You may continue to play but need to upgrade in order to enjoy new quests, higher levels, and more challenging monsters and game modes.
TrialBannerDescriptionLine1 - Click your way to 60!
TrialChatMessage - You may {s1} for more quests, higher levels, and more challenging monsters and game modes!
TrialThanksForPlaying - Thanks for playing the Diablo III Trial Edition.
TrialPlayerNotLegal - It is not legal for a Starter Edition player to join this game.
RMAH Currency Cap lower for accounts without Authenticators
The Real Money Auction House seems to cap players without an authenticator earlier than accounts with one.
DiabloFans Quote:
You are approaching the Battle.net Balance limit of {s1} for accounts without a Battle.net Authenticator. - Shown in the Sell dialogs when the player selects an account that is close to the Soft Cap and has no authenticator attached.
Title Rewards
The client strings seems to indicate that some achievements will offer vanity title rewards.
DiabloFans Quote:
RewardTypeVanityTitle - Vanity Title
Hall of Fallen Heroes
The Hall of Fallen Heroes will let you archive your dead Hardcore mode characters
DiabloFans Quote:
ArchiveHardcoreHeroConfirmation - Are you sure you want to move {s1} to the Hall of Fallen Heroes?
DeleteHardcoreHeroTitle - Delete Fallen Hero
DeleteHardcoreHeroConfirmation - You may still archive this hero in the Hall of Fallen Heroes. Are you sure you want to delete {s1} permanently?
ReachedMaxNumOfFallenHeroesWarning - You have reached the maximum number of fallen heroes. Visit the Hall of Fallen Heroes and remove some heroes first.
HeroSelectCantArchiveHardCoreHeroDueToLevel - Fallen Heroes must be at least level 10 before you may save them to the Hall of Fallen Heroes.
Undeleting Characters / 10 Characters Max
The game will apparently allow you to undelete the last character you deleted.
DiabloFans Quote:
UndeleteFlow_RestoreHero - Restore Hero
UndeleteFlow_RestoreConfirmation - Do you wish to restore this deleted hero?
UndeleteFlow_HeroLimitReachedDescription - There is a 10 hero limit for every Diablo 3 account. To restore your deleted hero, you must replace an existing hero.
HeroSelectUndeleteHeroDescription - You may restore your most recently deleted hero.
Public Chat
The public chat seems to be added to the game files and client strings have been added for it, as long with the interface elements.
DiabloFans Quote:
Select a Chat Channel
JoinChannelMessage - Joining Channel: {s1} - {s2} |4person:people; in channel
LeftChannelMessage - You have left the channel
SendChatError - There was an error sending your message: {s1}
NotYetJoinedError - You are not yet in a public chat channel.
WelcomeMessage - Welcome to Diablo III Public Chat. - Join a chat channel by selecting one from the drop-down above.
MemberListTitle - This is the channel name and the number of people in the channel. EX. "Barbarian Chat (25)"
AcceptedInvite - {s1} invited you to a public channel.
InviteButtonTooltip - Invite to Party
InviteToChannelDialogTitle - Select a Friend to Invite
OptionsTooltip - Public Chat Options
DefaultChannelText - Select a Chat Channel
New Runes
It looks like runes, as we knew them, have had a massive face-lift.
Rune UI
It looks like the Skill and Rune UI will have a big change as well.
New Boss Picture - Siegebreaker
A new boss picture has been added.
Jeweler UI Update
The jeweler has got a big UI Update, and may now be tied to our runes in a new way.
Salvage UI Update
It appears how we salvage items might have a small change, along with a nice UI update to go along with it. (click to view full UI)
Public Game Lists
The Public Game List UI has had an update.
Auction House Currencies
The following non-US currencies have been added to the game.
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Euros ({s1}) - Text shown in the Switch Currency dialog (Euro)
Pesos ({s1}) - Text shown in the Switch Currency dialog (Mexican Peso)
Pesos ({s1}) - Text shown in the Switch Currency dialog (Argentine Peso)
Australian Dollars ({s1}) - Text shown in the Switch Currency dialog (Australian Dollar)
Real ({s1}) - Text shown in the Switch Currency dialog (Brazilian Real)
Pesos ({s1}) - Text shown in the Switch Currency dialog (Chilean Peso)
Singapore Dollars ({s1}) - Text shown in the Switch Currency dialog (Singapore Dollar)
A number of significant changes have been made to the character skill and rune systems, as well as to the gold and currency-based auction houses. To learn more about these changes and why they were made, please read the Skill and Rune Changes blog written by Jay Wilson and the Beta Auction House Changes Incoming forum post.
General
All characters have been wiped. Please note that this wipe will also affect gold, achievements, items, followers, and artisans.
Intelligence now grants 0.1 per point to resistances, and will no longer award any bonus to healing from health globes
When dual-wielding, certain skills will now always use your main-hand weapon to determine damage
For example, Cyclone Strike will use your main-hand weapon damage even if your off-hand weapon is set to swing next
An option to permanently enable Advanced Tooltips has been added to the Gameplay Options
Auction House
The gold auction house is once again available for testing
The listing fee for all auctions has been removed
The transaction fee for auctions in the currency-based auction house has been increased to 1.25 Beta Bucks
The minimum listing price for an item in the currency-based auction house has been increased to 1.50 Beta Bucks
Players may now only have 10 active auctions per auction house
Tooltips have been added which will allow players to compare items on the auction house to the items they're currently wearing
Battle.net
Public chat is now available to test
Cross-game support has been added! You can now chat with Real ID friends playing the World of Warcraft PTR or StarCraft II PTR, as well as view their in-game status and current broadcasts.
Skills
The levels at which both active and passive skills unlock have been adjusted for all classes
Skill runes are now available for testing
The first skill rune will unlock for all characters at level 6, and players can unlock additional runes as they level up
In total, players will be able to gain access to 5 skill runes for each skill by level 60
Character skills have been broken down into categories, and each category has been assigned to a specific mouse button or action bar slot in the skill UI
The following categories will be shared by all classes:
Primary Attack
"Primary Attack" applies to skills that typically generate resources and can be used frequently
By default, Primary Attack is assigned to the first mouse button
Secondary Attack
"Secondary Attack" applies to more powerful skills that are commonly limited by a cooldown or resource cost
By default, Secondary Attack is assigned to the second mouse button
Defensive
"Defensive" applies to skills which can be used to escape or control the flow of combat
By default, Defensive is assigned to the first action bar quick slot
Each class will also have three additional categories which are unique. By default, these categories will be assigned to the second, third, and fourth quick slots in the main action bar.
Elective Mode: For players who wish to explore character builds which cannot be accomplished with the provided categories, an “Elective Mode” has been provided. When activated, Elective Mode will allow you to place any skill in any skill category slot, as freely as you could before.
To enable Elective Mode, simply check the corresponding box located in the Gameplay Options menu.
The cooldown on swapping skills has been decreased from 30 seconds to 15 seconds
Bashiok - Blizzard Representative - 08/01/2011 -"So how many skill combinations are there now? Well taking into account 6 active skills, all the rune combinations, and 3 passives we currently expect each class to have roughly 2,285,814,795,264 different build combinations."
"Hey, I thought you'd like the witty irony of grub-on-glowie violence!"
5:30 PM PST- Maintenance has been extended to approximately 8:00 PM. PST.
1:30 PM PST- We will be performing scheduled maintenance beginning on Saturday, February 18th, at 10:00 AM PST and we expect the service to be available again at approximately 6:00 PM PST. During this time the Battle.net servers and any online games will be unavailable for play.
11PM12AM PST.Update - Added Diablo 3 In-Game Tips List
Update - Added Beta Patch 13 Official Patch Notes at the bottom of the post.
Update - Added Jay Wilson's Skill and Rune Article
Update - Added new Unique Items, including the Horadric Hamburger.
Update - Added Hall of the Fallen Heroes
Update - Added Trial Edition info.
Beta Patch 13
Many things have been changed or added in patch 13. We will be updating this post with more information as time goes on so make sure to keep checking back.
Jay Wilson's Skill and Rune Article
The skill and rune article we have been waiting for has just been posted!
New Unique Items
New unique item names and flavor text have been added to the files, the first one is pretty ... interesting?
DiabloFans Quote:
Diablo 3 Trial Version
Diablo 3 will definitely have a trial version.
DiabloFans Quote:
RMAH Currency Cap lower for accounts without Authenticators
The Real Money Auction House seems to cap players without an authenticator earlier than accounts with one.
DiabloFans Quote:
You are approaching the Battle.net Balance limit of {s1} for accounts without a Battle.net Authenticator. - Shown in the Sell dialogs when the player selects an account that is close to the Soft Cap and has no authenticator attached.
Title Rewards
The client strings seems to indicate that some achievements will offer vanity title rewards.
DiabloFans Quote:
RewardTypeVanityTitle - Vanity Title
Hall of Fallen Heroes
The Hall of Fallen Heroes will let you archive your dead Hardcore mode characters
DiabloFans Quote:
Undeleting Characters / 10 Characters Max
The game will apparently allow you to undelete the last character you deleted.
DiabloFans Quote:
Public Chat
The public chat seems to be added to the game files and client strings have been added for it, as long with the interface elements.
DiabloFans Quote:
New Runes
It looks like runes, as we knew them, have had a massive face-lift.
Rune UI
It looks like the Skill and Rune UI will have a big change as well.
New Boss Picture - Siegebreaker
A new boss picture has been added.
Jeweler UI Update
The jeweler has got a big UI Update, and may now be tied to our runes in a new way.
Salvage UI Update
It appears how we salvage items might have a small change, along with a nice UI update to go along with it. (click to view full UI)
Public Game Lists
The Public Game List UI has had an update.
Auction House Currencies
The following non-US currencies have been added to the game.
DiabloFans Quote:
Official Patch Notes
Originally Posted by (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
A number of significant changes have been made to the character skill and rune systems, as well as to the gold and currency-based auction houses. To learn more about these changes and why they were made, please read the Skill and Rune Changes blog written by Jay Wilson and the Beta Auction House Changes Incoming forum post.
General
Active Skills
Active Skills
Active Skills
General
General
Templar
General
For a full list of documented game and service bugs, please review the Known Issues sticky located in the Beta Bug Report forum.
definitely looks better then my pictures i threw together
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Anyway, I'm not certain how to interpret the salvage UI. Then again, I didn't get into the beta until after patch 10.
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here is more info retaining to the new rune system, cant wait to see what they have done with the system
busy is an understatment
Bashiok - Blizzard Representative - 08/01/2011 -"So how many skill combinations are there now? Well taking into account 6 active skills, all the rune combinations, and 3 passives we currently expect each class to have roughly 2,285,814,795,264 different build combinations."
"Hey, I thought you'd like the witty irony of grub-on-glowie violence!"
Official Blizzard Quote:
5:30 PM PST- Maintenance has been extended to approximately 8:00 PM. PST.
1:30 PM PST- We will be performing scheduled maintenance beginning on Saturday, February 18th, at 10:00 AM PST and we expect the service to be available again at approximately 6:00 PM PST. During this time the Battle.net servers and any online games will be unavailable for play.
Yup, it's a patch day alright.
I'm sitting back watching them work on it, it's like I'm looking into the Matrix. They work so fast.