Athene has managed to defeat Diablo on Monster Power 10 with his naked Demon Hunter (only weapon and off-hand equipped). This is likely a world first and is a great achievement indeed! Warning: The video is very long.
Life on Kill
A player on the forums was curious if Life on Kill returns hit points to the player if he only damaged a monsters, but at the end a party member killed it.
Originally Posted by Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
(No, you don't receive a return in HP.
On a larger scale, this is something we've been discussing how to improve. We definitely realize the way Life on Kill works right now isn't very co-op friendly. When you're playing with a group of people and sharing your killing blows, the affix just doesn't have as much value as it does in solo games, and that can be a really poor user experience. We also recognize the same applies to various skills, such as the wizard's Archon ability.
We still want players to feel like they can gear/build their characters differently for solo vs. co-op, of course, and we think there will always be some affixes and skills that are better in one more or the other. But, at the moment, the degree of advantage seems like too much of a swing (I imagine a lot of players would agree). We've been discussing possible solutions for how we can bring LoK/Archon/etc into better balance between the two game types, but haven't settled on the best course of action just yet. This issue is absolutely on our radar, though, and we're certainly open to your feedback in the meantime.
On a larger scale, this is something we've been discussing how to improve. We definitely realize the way Life on Kill works right now isn't very co-op friendly. When you're playing with a group of people and sharing your killing blows, the affix just doesn't have as much value as it does in solo games, and that can be a really poor user experience. We also recognize the same applies to various skills, such as the wizard's Archon ability.
We still want players to feel like they can gear/build their characters differently for solo vs. co-op, of course, and we think there will always be some affixes and skills that are better in one more or the other. But, at the moment, the degree of advantage seems like too much of a swing (I imagine a lot of players would agree). We've been discussing possible solutions for how we can bring LoK/Archon/etc into better balance between the two game types, but haven't settled on the best course of action just yet. This issue is absolutely on our radar, though, and we're certainly open to your feedback in the meantime.
Enemy Hit Points Bug
There is currently a bug going around, that spawns monsters with less than maximum hit points.
Originally Posted by Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
(Thank you for posting about this! We’ve also noticed this issue while we were playing and looked into it. We found there was a bug (mostly with Monster Power) where monster hit points were not always scaling correctly when they spawned and resulted in creatures running around with less than maximum health without anyone or anything having damaged them. We plan to fix this issue in a future patch, but since it’s not a critical bug we don’t have an ETA to share just yet.
Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
(Selling Gold
You are not allowed to sell, trade or somehow transfer Loot, characters or any other Diablo III content outside of Diablo III or the Auction House.
Diablo III auction house terms of use, point 14, c:
http://eu.blizzard.c...d3rmah_tou.html (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
You are not allowed to sell, trade or somehow transfer Loot, characters or any other Diablo III content outside of Diablo III or the Auction House.
Diablo III auction house terms of use, point 14, c:
http://eu.blizzard.c...d3rmah_tou.html (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Blizzard at Dreamhack
Blizzard has announced that the company will be present at this year's Dreamhack Winter in Sweden. There will be contests, rewards and of course meeting some of the team live!
Originally Posted by Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
(We’re delighted to announce our presence at DreamHack Winter 2012, taking place November 22-25 in Jonkoping, Sweden. We’ll be providing plenty of entertainment and hosting various fun activities that you can take part in, and we’ll also have several prizes and goodies you can win, like for an example World of Warcraft Action Figures, StarCraft II Mega Bloks Battlecruisers, Collector’s Edition boxes, and much more. Check out some of the things we will be doing at the event below.
StarCraft Academy
In addition to watching StarCraft II Tournament at the event, eSports fans will have the opportunity to attend StarCraft Academy and learn how to play StarCraft II from professional gamers.
Jade Serpent Challenge
World of Warcraft players at the event will be able to participate in a challenge mode dungeon contest, requiring the highest skill and teamwork. Those who accept the challenge will be able to use their own computers to compete, and we’ll select the fastest groups to battle it out on stage for glory and cool prizes.
Hang Out with Blizzard
All visitors at DreamHack Winter 2012 are welcome to meet up with us at the StarCraft II Tournament Area any time during the event. If you’d like to chat with members of the European Community Team, or simply have some fun with our friendly Pandaren Monk, come and say hi! We’ll gladly spend some time with anyone who wants to hang out with us.
Roundtable Discussions
We’ll host three discussion sessions, one each for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III, taking place November 23 and 24 in a closed conference room at the event. We’re interested in hearing the thoughts and opinions of players on a number of different topics that will be discussed during the sessions. There are only a limited number of seats available, so the sooner you sign-up for these discussion sessions, the higher your chances are for a seat.
The discussions will take place at the following hours:
World of Warcraft:
It will also be possible to sign up for these activities during DreamHack Winter, as long as spots are still available.
The fun takes place November 22-25 at the Elmia in Jonkoping, Sweden, and we hope to see you there!
To find out more about DreamHack Winter 2012, visit the official site.
StarCraft Academy
In addition to watching StarCraft II Tournament at the event, eSports fans will have the opportunity to attend StarCraft Academy and learn how to play StarCraft II from professional gamers.
Jade Serpent Challenge
World of Warcraft players at the event will be able to participate in a challenge mode dungeon contest, requiring the highest skill and teamwork. Those who accept the challenge will be able to use their own computers to compete, and we’ll select the fastest groups to battle it out on stage for glory and cool prizes.
Hang Out with Blizzard
All visitors at DreamHack Winter 2012 are welcome to meet up with us at the StarCraft II Tournament Area any time during the event. If you’d like to chat with members of the European Community Team, or simply have some fun with our friendly Pandaren Monk, come and say hi! We’ll gladly spend some time with anyone who wants to hang out with us.
Roundtable Discussions
We’ll host three discussion sessions, one each for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III, taking place November 23 and 24 in a closed conference room at the event. We’re interested in hearing the thoughts and opinions of players on a number of different topics that will be discussed during the sessions. There are only a limited number of seats available, so the sooner you sign-up for these discussion sessions, the higher your chances are for a seat.
The discussions will take place at the following hours:
World of Warcraft:
- Friday at 12:30 CET – 14:00 CET
- Saturday at 16:30 CET – 18:00 CET
- Friday at 16:30 CET – 18:00 CET
- Saturday at 14:30 CET – 16:00 CET
- Friday at 14:30 CET – 16:00 CET
- Saturday at 12:30 CET – 14:00 CET
It will also be possible to sign up for these activities during DreamHack Winter, as long as spots are still available.
The fun takes place November 22-25 at the Elmia in Jonkoping, Sweden, and we hope to see you there!
To find out more about DreamHack Winter 2012, visit the official site.
As for Athene's thing... yet another "world's first" video. Next they should have "World's First MP10 Azmo Kill Without Using a Keyboard or Gaming Mouse" or "World's First MP10 Diablo Kill Blindfolded with Full NV Stacks" or maybe "World's First MP10 Solo Ubers Using Only Your Tongue and a Rubber Chicken."
did i miss much ?
Are you gay? You want to watch beautiful boys play the game? That's gay, man. Not that I have anything against you guys.
ps. oh forgot - no character skills matter on this, you can do that with just basic attack (which DoucheA not done)
pps. he actually said that he Practicied using sentries, what a m*
It says so in the description of the video. Athene is one giant troll and I am not a real fan of him, but I think games need crazy machos like him who provide stuff to talk about, some trolling and some charity. All three things that I value very much!
Go do it. More than 99% of people will not be able to pull that off for that long.
Point is he spent 2.5 hours ACTUALLY running around clicking and preventing deaths, not just typing one post on a forum saying how easy it is.
You must also think driving in a NASCAR race is easy since you just have to make a left turn.
At 200 MPH.
For 3.5 hours.
Doing the exact same line each time around.
ps. also diablo was never the most hardest boss in game, he's even not in top4, all his attacks are too easy to evade, with any kind of ranged attacks - he just some XX time spent. Skill involved? - No. - Not worthy of mentioning. (Or even more - praising)