The waypoints list I posted a few days ago has been updated and now includes the name of all the zones!
- I tried to sort them by Act but I might have missed a few things left and right, feel free to point out errors in comments.
- It's a list of all the waypoints, not a list of all the zones. Don't try to compare zone sizes based on the amount of waypoints you see in that picture, they are most likely not all implemented.
- Oh, yeah, SPOILER ALERT!
More Diablo 3 Beta Invites!
There have been multiple reports that a new wave of beta invites have gone out for those who applied via the Diablo Beta Facebook Initiative. Here's a quick history of the beta timeline (latest to oldest):
- November 21th: Facebook Beta Wave Number 4
- November 14th: Facebook Beta Wave Number 3
- November 9th: Facebook Beta Wave Number 2
- November 2nd: Facebook Beta Wave Number 1
- September 20th: First official Press invites
- September 7th: Beta goes live to Friends and Family
Blue Posts
Official Blizzard Quote:
Blizzard and Innovation
No disrespect to my comrades, but what was the last Blizzard game or feature you'd call innovative?
Personally I'm not sure I can think of any except the currency based auction house and runestone system, and those are both in the game you're criticizing.
In my opinion we make awesome, polished, accessible games that are fun for a huge spectrum of people, but when I think of the word innovative our games don't jump to mind. We make iterations and polish on what are fairly well understood systems and ideas, and that process has created our games and our company.
I realize I'm jumping on one little part of your post, but you ended it with a conspiracy theory Activision|Blizzard boogie-man jab so I think I'm afforded the ability to ignore the rest of it. (Source - Blue Tracker)
Spell/Abilities damage on tooltips
The tooltip on the weapon is a range of damage. That damage is then increased by your Attack stat and any other modifiers equipped to your character. All of the combat math should be in your Character sheet (Hotkey: C). (Source - Blue Tracker)
Gold and Artisans account-bound
Gold and artisans (such as the Blacksmith) are account-bound in Diablo III. This is why you found them on your new playthrough. (Source - Blue Tracker)
Buffs on both players and followers
It is currently intended that all buffs in the game, including shrines, buff both the player's character and follower. (Source - Blue Tracker)
Updated Launcher
This is a brand new change to the Launcher. If there is nothing to patch, it will go straight to the game. If there is ever a new patch, the Launcher will then appear and let you choose to download fully or play when data is available (stream).
Feel free to post some feedback about this new change in the Beta Feedback section. (Source - Blue Tracker)
Wow ACT 1 is certainly huge! It seems that there is no Caldeum waypoint in ACT II so I guess it isn't the complete list.
As always, I think they intentionally leave out "select countries", even if they're allowed into the sweepstakes, not to mention the opt-in.
Or maybe I'm just rambling because I've not seen an invite not even in a friend.
You are doing quite a nice job Boubouille.
I even dreamed about getting a beta invite email last night! It looked so pretty in my dream heh
In other news, I swear Forums should be nicknamed Trollums
Nice thought Iarti - but I don't think you can do that
I got mine on Nov. 14th, but NOT through Facebook.
I envy you.
Here's what I did prior to getting it - went about my regular business. After getting the invite I play only D3 now. The game is everything you dreamed it would be. Since getting in I've gotten every class to 13 (max level for beta) and gotten all the achievements for the beta with the exception of one that's buggy (there's a special series!).
There are a lot of haters out there, and I think these are usually people that didn't play D2 from the beginning nor did they play it consistently although they say they did. The content we are allowed to play is incredibly easy if you are a D2 vet. Basically it reminds me of Classic D2's design. Either way, this game is going to be a big seller. Blizz did the right thing - they kept with the design and feel of D1 and D2 and improved on the stuff that wasn't fun. You'll have a use for everything you find in the game now. Loot is NOT shared and is specific to you (incredible idea there). The graphics are perfect for the genre. I forced myself not to read anything about it until I got the Beta key, which is something I normally do with games anyhow - I like surprises. From the time I logged in it was like opening 500 presents on Christmas morning, all addressed to me.