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Have to say ... the first half of the wait went by pretty fast. No complaints.

Now the grueling second half begins, and will easily be very unbearable, as we all know.

Just hang in there everyone .. we can do it !

If Legendaries are indeed going to be ultra rare (I wouldnt mind), I guess crafting rares are going to be the bread and butter of gear. Maybe the occasional 1 or 2 blues followed by all yellows.

Gonna be interesting to see those first few Legendaries hit the AH tho and what insane prices people are going to ask for them. Probably several hundred ...

I hear that. Used to make tons of 5 min games to xfer items between mules and whattnot. Got screwed over many a time either it not working or game disappearing or lag or just whatever. Thank god we dont have to go thru that anymore.

Have been planning a 24 hour initial run time for awhile now, but most likely Im going with 'until i pass out'.

Happened to me this morning. Started up a game, the downloaded just stuck at 0, and nothing happened. Had to force close agent.Ede and restart. Has been fine since. Just put this bug along with the gpu bug i guess.

I am in total agreement with this idea. 2 things that pop into my mind are first, how much of an increase and for how long, and second, will there be a visual on screen we can click to see what bonus we're currently getting ?

I think it should most definitely stack .. I mean chances are your going to come across at least 1 champ/rare on your way to a boss (if your spamming boss runs), so getting the bonus that way certainly doesnt feel special. But if you get a small %, say 3% for each kill and it can stack, then we are talking something sweet.

*raises hand*

Already pre-ordered !

Was running patches 13 and 14 fine. 15 tho started off very rough for me. I also posted about it in the beta feedback forums and a few others agreed with me.

When starting 15 for the 1st time, I noticed my graphics card was running much cooler than normal, like 15 degrees cooler. At first I was like Oh cool, they stepped up the programming to be more efficient. But my in game fps took a nose dive. Easily 60+ on all max settings before, now stuttering badly and going down to 28-32 once a few enemies came onscreen and I casted spells.

I tried fixing options and lowering settings, especially Shadows. That helped alot, but I refused to play with anything other than max. Couldnt solve it. I simply exited the Beta and restarted it.

Boom. Everything back to normal. Max everything, 60+fps and flawless. My gpu went back to the normal temps and was being used correctly.

My guess -- something a little wacky with the programming. Possibly a gpu bug that doesnt initialize correctly. Just my experience tho, I didnt see or read that its true tho, just my own take on the issue.

Id like it just for collector or reference purposes. I might pick it up after getting to Lv60 tho .. I know ill be tempted to browse thru to the back of it and see alot of stuff that I dont want spoiled.

And yeah, with all the info you can need right here on the web, there's really no need for it.

Might be the most 'expensive' excuse .. but simply get your gf involved in the game. Get a 2nd copy, and throw it on her laptop. Play together. Pretty much what Im going to do. I can now rest easy for the next several months .. great investment !

I agree ... they definitely upped the difficulty of the SK fight. He feels almost like a full boss now,. I went thru with a Lv9 witch doctor and a Lv9 Wizard and both fights took quite a while, and had a lot more moving around, repositioning, and strategy. I think they upped his hp to around 2400 or something around there.

Feels much better, a great change, i think we all agree.

I agree big time with Glitter.

Couldnt stand Monk, had to literally force myself to do a full run with him in Beta. just my opinion tho, i know alot of you guys like him.

Wizard is just full of WIN. So much more fun gameplay, spells, etc .. its really a great class.

The downside is there will be alot of Wizards, so look for some serious competition in the AH for buying/selling gear. Probably the same will hold true for the Barb.

but even with that, go Wizard !!!

Just wanted to add my $0.02 here.

I pre-ordered the CE on amazon very early in the day on the 15th, right when the announcement came. At that time, there was no 'Release Day' option, just the usual saver/normal/2/1 options, so of course, i picked 1 Day for $9.98.

Later in the afternoon, Amazon updated the ad, and now offered Release Day shipping. A ton of people, many of which pre-ordered as far aback as last year, where able to go into the order's shipping options, and change it to Release Day. However, that option was not there for everyone, myself included, it just didnt show up in the menu.

After speaking to 2 reps in Live Chat, as well as an email I sent, I got some weird answers, I'll spare you the details, but they just didnt make sense. I sent one more email afterwards, and then, lo and behold, this morning I received :

Hello,

We wanted to let you know your pre-order copy of 'Diablo III: Collector's
Edition' is now eligible for Release-Date Delivery for $0.99.

We've automatically updated your order to reflect this lower shipping cost – no
action is needed on your part. Your copy of 'Diablo III: Collector's Edition'
will arrive on 5/15/2012.

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

So yeah .. anyone who wants it on the 15th, just keep pestering customer service, either Live Chat or emails, and eventually they will correct it. It had to be some kind of glitch or something, because some had the option and some didnt.

Yeah, he still does them every week. As mentioned, this week it wont be done on Friday as usual, but he said he might try to get one up Sunday if possible.

Easily 3-4 million the first week.

Probably approaching 6-7 million by years end.