ETA on Extra Beta Keys
For those looking to get keys now that a patch is out, please be aware that we're still monitoring stability issues and will be releasing keys as needed once the service is a bit more stable.
It's not a real action/reaction situation. The patch is a big milestone for us, the beta, and the game, but keys are still going to be metered out as we feel additional testers are necessary for testing purposes. (
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Annoyance of picking up items
This is one of those user experience issues where some players really want convenience, and we have to sort of fight back against that for the betterment of the experience and enjoyment of the game.
It potentially sounds ridiculous. Of course convenience means you're able to have more fun, right? Actually it can seriously degrade even short term enjoyment of a game.
We maintain that the act of clicking to pick up items is important for a few reasons. It obviously allows you to pick and choose what you actually want to pick up, and that's actually an important player choice. And it happens a lot. You could argue that you want to pick up everything! For gold this is true, there's never a reason not to pick up gold, but for items the reality is that in the long term it's pretty unlikely that you're always going to want to pick up every item that drops. In fact I'd personally guarantee it. And for all of the convenience options we have, all of the streamlining, making the game easy to approach (but difficult to master), and all that junk, the fact remains that Diablo is about clicking, clicking, clicking. It works. It has always worked, and we know that it's integral to the formula of why it does.
In my personal outlook, it's a situation where - and this is potentially getting into the psychology of games a little - your direct interaction with the game, where upon completion of a goal (killing demons) you're presented a reward (phat lewt) it's important that you're involved in actually receiving the reward. Hitting a button to vacuum it all up devalues that system, and ultimately the enjoyment of the game. (
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Griswold's Edge No Longer Legendary
Griswald's Edge is now a blue item that randomly spawns from the Anvil of Fury. It is no longer a legendary. (
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Followers can't die
It is intended for Followers to not die when you die. Followers actually can't die, they can only get knocked unconscious. (
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