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Gamescom is in two weeks, I really hope they'll announce the Beta start date there!
I'm not going to say it's impossible, but I doubt it. They usually save major announcements for their own event (Blizzcon), for major interviews, or for their own news feed on their site/through Twitter/forums, which instantly is picked up by hundreds of fansites across the web.
It would certainly fit the time bill, though, I'll give you that.
The beta isn't a major thing.
Quite the opposite, it is a major thing. It's their chance to test out their hardware and software infrastructure to make sure when the game goes live that millions of players aren't going to be without a game. As for it being announced at Gamescom, it's certainly possible and fits into the Q3 time frame they established for the beta. For a major announcement like the release date I'd expect that to be at Blizzcon.
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Gain bonuses based on weapon held:
Bow: +10% increased damage
Bonus with crossbows: +100% critical damage
Bonus with hand xbows: +5% chance to critical hit
What I'm uncertain about is if the 100% critical damage and the 5% chance to critically hit interact, I.E. while using hand crossbows I receive +100% critical damage and +5% chance to critically hit. How did everyone else read this passive?
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Edit I just read that now, guns wouldn't be out of place with all the gunpowder we have going on.
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The molten and frozen champion/unique explode a few seconds after death and the arcane are evil.
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As to tessellation, if they're going to be supporting DirectX 11 in the future there's no reason not to include it. Now it might not be ready for release but honestly who cares? If I get prettier eye candy in a patch a couple months down the road I'm not going to complain.
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Exactly, people will quickly realize this when Diablo drops a couple blues for them on subsequent kills (just an example of loot, don't shoot me.)
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Edit: For those that don't play WoW/SC2 you wont even get those references if they smacked you in the face.