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[Molster]

Note: The Monk is now live on the promotional site

The Diablo III Beta Draws to a Close
A very sad day for beta players, but what it means for release is great! May 15th is drawing ever closer.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

We'd like to thank everyone who has participated in the Diablo III beta. You've done an admirable job of testing, and we greatly appreciate all of the feedback you provided during this critical phase of development.

In preparation for the launch of Diablo III on Tuesday, May 15, the beta servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, May 1. At that time, all beta accounts and character information will be reset. Leading up to Diablo's May 15 launch date, players will only be able to create comments and forum posts on the official Diablo III community site if they have pre-purchased Diablo III or have a StarCraft II or an active World of Warcraft game license attached to their Battle.net account. In the meantime, we encourage everyone to stay tuned to this website for exciting news and updates regarding the upcoming release.

Thank you again for your participation, and we'll see you soon on Battle.net!

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Character Wipe & Patch 17

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

We're currently in the process of preparing the next beta patch for release. As part of this patch, we'll be wiping all characters. Items, auctions, artisans, followers, and friends lists will also be wiped, and your Beta Buck balance will be reset to 50.

While we do not have a precise ETA for when Beta Patch 17 will go live, we expect downtime to deploy the patch to be minimal. Please stay tuned to this thread for updates.

[CherubDown]

I am so pumped!

[lorien1973]

The beta has become tedious anyways. I'm surprised they are only giving 2 weeks of downtime, actually.

[Molster]

lorien1973, on 17 April 2012 - 04:38 PM, said:

The beta has become tedious anyways. I'm surprised they are only giving 2 weeks of downtime, actually.

Tedious or not, I will miss it =(

Its been an epic few months. But I welcome what the close of the beta means

[ScyberDragon]

Yeah. It's one thing to chose not to play. It's another not being able to do. Now what to do for those last two weeks.

[BenAlpha]

sign of... meh..

[lorien1973]

Have they announced what time zone the game will be active yet? Is it local time or PST?

[eViL_TOX]

i hoped for another wave of beta
still no key for me

[Molster]

lorien1973, on 17 April 2012 - 04:44 PM, said:

Have they announced what time zone the game will be active yet? Is it local time or PST?

Negative =(

Digital is still 12:01 PDT

servers are still unkown as of last bluepost/twitter

[Valkray]

GOOD, bout time they took that down....

[RedAlkaline]

*Still hoping for a beta key*

[Sikk]

It's been fun even tho there wasn't that much content. May 15 come faster plz!

[Molster]

and now patch 17, hot dang

[lorien1973]

So does patch 17 imply 3 updates on 5/15? I'm curious how long that initial patch download is going to be. Anticipating pretty bad server lag for a while too.

[Molster]

lorien1973, on 17 April 2012 - 04:57 PM, said:

So does patch 17 imply 3 updates on 5/15? I'm curious how long that initial patch download is going to be. Anticipating pretty bad server lag for a while too.

no there will only be a single patch on release

[Forlornz]

Sign of the end of the beta

[Moar]

I hope they do one last wave before it ends but seems unlikely. Can't wait for release!

[Benegesserit]

get a path of exile beta if you need a new ARPG fix until the 15th

[Forlornz]

Benegesserit, on 17 April 2012 - 05:03 PM, said:

get a path of exile beta if you need a new ARPG fix until the 15th

Agreed. That's what I did, it's a really great game to spend time on until may 15

[ansl]

sweeeet - can't wait, it's gonna be awesome!!!