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[overneathe]

Expansion Confirmed On Activision Blizzard Earnings Call Q3 2012
Activision Blizzard had their Q3 Earnings Call today and made a few announcements, some of which, of course, relating to Diablo 3. You can check the entire report over here and also look at some data concerning the company's financial situation here. Now for a quick summary:

• Blizzard are working on the first Diablo 3 expansion, but no details have been shared
  
• Diablo 3 has sold over 10 million copies in North America and Europe
  
• World of Warcraft still has over 10 million active subscribers
  
• StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has sold over 6 million copies to date
  
• StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is scheduled to be released sometime in 2013
  
• Blizzard are also working on their DotA project, but have no news to share

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3.8 Million DPS Monk
Forum member invis has managed to kill Azmodan in 36.5 second on his Monk. While there are certainly some faster kills out there this seems to be one of the fastest Monk kills. Invis has a Twitch channel that you can visit by clicking on this link where he shows his playstyle and answers lots of questions. You can also check out his thread on our forums located here.

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Blue Posts

Originally Posted by Blizzard

EU Not Able to Write on US Forums
Hi there,

We've had a report of this happening before, and it does seem that over time it should resolve itself, but in the meantime, can you try resetting or changing the password on your account, then see if that lets you post on the US forums?

Resetting/changing the password forces all your account related data to refresh, so hopefully that should help.

Let us know if it doesn't. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

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Anúna Perform Music From Diablo 3
Irish choir Anúna has gotten in touch with Diablo 3 composer Russell Brower and performed this incredible concert.

[Benegesserit]

getting tired of the same head, shoulders, bracers, and pants on everyone...nice itemization blizzard

Edited by Benegesserit, 08 November 2012 - 04:52 AM.

[mo_lmr]

[quote name='Benegesserit' timestamp='1352350345' post='1078727']
getting tired of the same head, shoulders, bracers, and pants on everyone...nice itemization blizzard
[/quote]

Not saying that it isn't a problem, but the whole "legendaries aren't the best items" philosophy that Blizzard initially took was to counter exactly this. But everyone knows how that turned out.

[egg3rs]

finish the goddamn original game before you start working on expansions or no one is going to be playing by the time it comes out a decade from now.

[rav]

[quote name='egg3rs' timestamp='1352352595' post='1078735']
finish the goddamn original game before you start working on expansions or no one is going to be playing by the time it comes out a decade from now.
[/quote]

Fuck oath. 6 months after release and its still missing a major part of the game play (PvP anyone?).

Not to mention they're gonna need a ladder system with resets to get players back when pvp comes out.. its quite clear blizzard are looking at sales figures on paper to determine if a game is successful or not these days... real shame, quality slowly goin out the door for quantity

[Bleu42]

DROOD, calling it now. One of the new classes is going to be a druid type. Just sayin.

Also WTF is up with people complaining that they are working on an expansion?! I'll bet you complain when there's a sunrise too, because  it's too bright, ffs.

[Puttah]

Blizzard are working on their dota project? What?

[UberMey]

expansion? is the current game finished already? lol

[phatosen]

[quote name='Bleu42' timestamp='1352355116' post='1078746']
DROOD, calling it now. One of the new classes is going to be a druid type. Just sayin.

Also WTF is up with people complaining that they are working on an expansion?! I'll bet you complain when there's a sunrise too, because  it's too bright, ffs.
[/quote]
That's a VERY poor comparison. Fact is, I actually agree (kinda) with the complaints. First off - there are several factors we don't know about. How many people are working on the expansion? It might just be 10 guys in the Blizz HQ basement coding away. It might be the arts and modelling crew who have nothing to do now the original game is out. We don't know.
When that has been said, it seems off that we get word on an expansion before we hear anything about 1.1/PvP Patch. However, we are in the dark about all this. My guess is the expansion is still 12-18 months away anyways.

[Maerlimi]

Expansion? The game itself isn't finished yet.
Not gonna buy anything from this Jay Wilson team. Bring Blizzard North folks back to diablo to make it as it should be.

[BeRse]

everybody who complains about the main game not finished should realize that Blizzard has multiple teams working on different aspects of the Diablo 3 franchise ....

[Maerlimi]

[quote name='BeRse' timestamp='1352371631' post='1078837']
everybody who complains about the main game not finished should realize that Blizzard has multiple teams working on different aspects of the Diablo 3 franchise ....
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[img]http://deutscher-verein.union.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/monkey_computer111.jpg[/img]

[Molster]

[quote name='Puttah' timestamp='1352355636' post='1078749']
Blizzard are working on their dota project? What?
[/quote]



Blizzard Dota, now named Blizzard all stars for sc2. Been talked about for a while

[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O67eH9ztv6E[/media]

a lot has changed since this however

[Bleu42]

[quote name='phatosen' timestamp='1352365710' post='1078812']
[quote name='Bleu42' timestamp='1352355116' post='1078746']
DROOD, calling it now. One of the new classes is going to be a druid type. Just sayin.

Also WTF is up with people complaining that they are working on an expansion?! I'll bet you complain when there's a sunrise too, because  it's too bright, ffs.
[/quote]
That's a VERY poor comparison. Fact is, I actually agree (kinda) with the complaints. First off - there are several factors we don't know about. How many people are working on the expansion? It might just be 10 guys in the Blizz HQ basement coding away. It might be the arts and modelling crew who have nothing to do now the original game is out. We don't know.
When that has been said, it seems off that we get word on an expansion before we hear anything about 1.1/PvP Patch. However, we are in the dark about all this. My guess is the expansion is still 12-18 months away anyways.
[/quote]

Meh idk I like it. The sun = D3 exp pack, and it being too bright is people finding something to complain about.

All that's left for D3 atm is pvp and maybe a couple tweaks, so it makes perfect sense that they are already working on an expansion. ALAS, people must complain, becuase this is the internets.

[Wakka9000]

There only 1 team in Blizzard, that makes all games, posts and modeates forums, runs bnet sites, makes patches and expansions. They betah drop al tis and work on d3 for fre 4 me forewah!

[pikke]

...mmm...it's good to know they plan an expansion but there are some things which need to be fixed in the current iteration of the game.
I like this game and spend 99% of my gaming time on it, yet I'm fully aware there are problems, both in terms of game mechanics and performances (stutter, my archenemy! ).

[venom1stas]

"While there are certainly some faster kills out there this seems to be one of the fastest Monk kills."

Umm no thats the fastest mp10 azmodan kill out of all classes, its world record.

[venom1stas]

BTW funny how none of these top dps guys has the new "uber" ring. Fail much itemization and new content.

[overneathe]

[quote name='venom1stas' timestamp='1352396876' post='1079035']
"While there are certainly some faster kills out there this seems to be one of the fastest Monk kills."

Umm no thats the fastest mp10 azmodan kill out of all classes, its world record.
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If you look around our forums I'm sure you'll notice some faster kills.

[Medea]

[quote=overneathe]Irish choir Anúna has gotten in touch with Diablo 3 composer [i]Russel Bowder[/i] and performed this incredible concert.[/quote]

The composer's name is Russell Brower.