2Diablofans has some keys to give away for the beta test of Heart of the Swarm! We will be giving away 2 keys every day (Monday - Friday) for the next two weeks. The rules are simple: post a comment relevant to the news in the comment section below. As long as it's on topic, you've entered.
RULES
- You may post and reply as much as you like, but it will only count once!
- You can enter every day!
- A reply to another user (as long as it is on topic with the news) counts.
- Posting with multiple accounts will get you removed from the giveaway, so don't be naughty!
- You have until the next news post to reply to this post!
- Winners will be announced the following day.
No Holiday Patch Planned
At least it's now official that there won't be a holiday patch. But the PvP blog? Who knows.
Scheduled Game Maintenance - 12/18/2012
There will be a scheduled maintenance this week.
Originally Posted by (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We will be performing scheduled game maintenance for Diablo 3 on Tuesday, December 18th. Maintenance will begin at 5:00 AM PST and is expected to last for 2 hours. During this time Diablo 3 will not be available for play. In addition, many web services will be unavailable.
Thank you for your patience.
Thank you for your patience.
Blue Posts
Originally Posted by
Pickup Radius
I actually recently posted concerning pickup radii here, and I highly recommend checking out that particular thread.
In short: we like that there are different itemization choices, and that players often have to weigh their options when comparing gear in order to be the most efficient, to have the greatest DPS, to find the best loot, etc. We do appreciate the feedback, though! (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Will Invulnerable Minions Ever Return?
We don’t have any current plans for the Invulnerable affix to rear its head and return. We felt it was a frustrating affix for many players, and that it was out of line with the other affixes, which is why we removed it. In a similar way, we feel that the Reflects Damage affix isn’t quite where we want it to be, which is why we’re looking intomaking some adjustments to the mechanics of how it works, as well as fixing a related bug. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Best Songs While Playing Diablo?
It depends greatly on my mood and what hero I'm playing, but lately I find myself playing a lot of Nightwish, Amethystium, E.S. Posthumus, Two Steps from Hell, movie soundtracks (such as the work of James Newton-Howard, Hans Zimmer, and Danny Elfman), and Imagine Dragons when I play Diablo III. :) (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
I actually recently posted concerning pickup radii here, and I highly recommend checking out that particular thread.
In short: we like that there are different itemization choices, and that players often have to weigh their options when comparing gear in order to be the most efficient, to have the greatest DPS, to find the best loot, etc. We do appreciate the feedback, though! (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Will Invulnerable Minions Ever Return?
We don’t have any current plans for the Invulnerable affix to rear its head and return. We felt it was a frustrating affix for many players, and that it was out of line with the other affixes, which is why we removed it. In a similar way, we feel that the Reflects Damage affix isn’t quite where we want it to be, which is why we’re looking intomaking some adjustments to the mechanics of how it works, as well as fixing a related bug. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Best Songs While Playing Diablo?
It depends greatly on my mood and what hero I'm playing, but lately I find myself playing a lot of Nightwish, Amethystium, E.S. Posthumus, Two Steps from Hell, movie soundtracks (such as the work of James Newton-Howard, Hans Zimmer, and Danny Elfman), and Imagine Dragons when I play Diablo III. :) (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Curse Weekly Roundup
Here is this week's Curse Weekly Roundup bringing you the latest in video games.
Comments
#1 DreamWalker
Zealot
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:07 AM
Happy holidays to all tho!
Donnie: Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?
Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
#2 gashtank
Diablo Fan
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:07 AM
#3 Vanish1727
Faithful
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:14 AM
I like to listen to trance because it lets me disconnect from what im doing, which is nice when doing A3 for the 39462492642th time.
#4 Rasoio
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:16 AM
Too bad, I loved it in the beginning.
Oh, and I would love to kill some time in HotS, even though I'm terrible at RTSs
#5 Drewknukem
Faithful
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:19 AM
Oh, and HotS beta <3! My friend just pre ordered for it but I'm broke. >_>
#6 Unrealsiege
Zealot
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:21 AM
beta giveaways what a nice little xmas bonus.
"Then at long last, Azmodan shall reign as the Prime Evil!"
#7 kebapmanager
Advanced Member
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:24 AM
#8 misterwolf
Zealot
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:28 AM
And good riddance to Invulnerable Minions. Hated those guys.
to be honest, it seems like all their diablo resources are directed to 'mildly amusing' things. Actually the best description someone gave for the game in a long time
#9 fyl
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:29 AM
And to react to this news, i would say that i don't play diablo with any music, i like the atmosphere of the first diablo only the sound of crushing skulls
#10 Nitrak
Faithful
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:29 AM
- Mario Andretti
#11 Ferari
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:32 AM
#12 AFARON
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:38 AM
#13 deaddj
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:39 AM
#14 thundersteele
Cantor
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:41 AM
Yay giveaway.
Is that enough on topic?!?
#15 thumi
Faithful
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:43 AM
#16 TidalSnake
Faithful
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:44 AM
Oh, and HotS beta <3! My friend just pre ordered for it but I'm broke. >_>
beta giveaways what a nice little xmas bonus.
My best guess is that they r having problems balancing the over 150k dps toons with the less than 80k dps. Think about it. If they cant do that, pvp will be like it was in D2.
#17 Feleye
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:45 AM
It doesn't mean they bring out HOTS faster. HotS release date is already set in stone (12 March 2013).
#18 omnomnomm
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:47 AM
#19 SpasMaster
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:49 AM
beta giveaways what a nice little xmas bonus.
I think they are just making attempts to balance it out.
I was hoping for patch 1.0.7. when I heard about the maintenance but.. :/
P.S. The HotS beta giveaway is a great idea <3
#20 Xenomas
Zakarumite
Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:54 AM