As Istreamer mentioned, if you look around Diablo fan sites/reddit, there are a lot of people reporting hacking. And a lot of them have been long time members of the community with lots of previous posting activity before they got hacked, which adds credibility.
Unfortunately, no, it doesn't add credibility.
There are Diablo Fans on this site and there are Diablo Fanboys on this site. There are people who love the games Blizzard makes and there are people who say the sky is only blue if Blizzard tells me it is.
If somebody has built up a reputation over time, they are more credible than somebody who makes his very first posting and has no history. Do you trust somebody more on ebay who has sales under their belt or if it is their first auction? One has a reputation, the other does not.
There are in depth questions and answers with numerous people on other sites who have been hacked and here is the synopsis, based upon multiple q&a with hundreds of people who have been hacked:
Latest update regarding this is that public games have a vulnerability which allows others in the game to snatch a session id and use it to access your account, but there is no official word yet, but I guess you'd want to stay away from public games in the meantime.
Some of the Q&A showed people with multiple characters, but only the characters who played in public games got hacked. There will be more clarity over time, but this is the latest information for now. And having an authenticator made no difference.
Please explain how suddenly tens of thousands of people are being hacked, even those with authenticators, in a very short window, can all be attributed to individual cases of user error.
Few theads on BNET forums = tens of thousands of people apparently.
Blizzard's official position is don't post these concerns in public, please privately e-mail us.
This is from a Blue Poster in response to someone complaining about their account getting hacked.:
5]The forums really aren't the proper place to discuss these concerns; please contact Customer Support.
As Istreamer mentioned, if you look around Diablo fan sites/reddit, there are a lot of people reporting hacking. And a lot of them have been long time members of the community with lots of previous posting activity before they got hacked, which adds credibility.
Yes, they can be lying about the authenticators, but there are a lot of them. And it is interesting how many people insist it is key loggers at work, well then why the sudden influx of hacked accounts? I really doubt the organizations that installed keylogger programs are more interested in stealing your video game gold than your real banking information.
Someone just tried to hack my account just a few minutes ago. I immediately changed my password. Thank God I did it quick enough and signed back on, none of my things are missing. Someone random was added to my friend's list. I reported them and removed them.
Watch out people! I haven't bought any gold or anything else from anywhere, and the only website I've been to D3 related is this one and the official one. So Blizzard needs to check their servers!!!!
I'd recommend removing your B-Net Username from this forum. A hidden door stays locked longer.
If somebody is using an authenticator and they still got hacked, it is a server side issue.
The chances of hacking an account with an authenticator are very, very small. It is possible, but extremely small because the code timeframe is just a few seconds. Let's say you were browsing sites you shouldn't be browsing, and all of a sudden lost your account later that day.. What would you tell people, or tell Blizzard? You are going to say you have an authenticator of course, so that you get the sympathy or empathy you are looking for, and not being ridiculed for trying to download a bot or look at a site with known bugs/hacks.
If Blizzard came out and said that their databases have been compromised and that authenticators no longer work because of it, I'll quit D3 forever and eat crow from you all to the point of no returning to DFans. It's worth betting that the kids with compromised accounts do not have authenticators.
I agree. The only evidence we have is somebody said they were using an authenticator and there is motive to lie, embarrassment. I'd put the odds at 80% in Blizzard's favor that the servers are safe, because there is no proof of server side hacks. Reason for 20% doubt is because credit card companies, credit beareaus, and Sony have all spent more $ than blizzard on cyber security and still have had their data compromised
Pretty crazy though that stuff is getting stolen now, before there is a real $ auction house. I wonder if each item has a unique ID and can be tracked which accounts have "owned" it. Or if Blizzard can find the "mule" account which logged into the compromised account's game to steal its items. Hopefully the Auction house makes Blizzard a lot of money so they have an incentive to play Cops.
I'd like to take this time to pat myself on the back, for being right.
Have you taken a look at how much legendary equipment is available in the auction house on DAY 2?
I'm only level 20, and there are about 7 pages of EACH legendary equipment available. It's going to get worse when you get to level 60, because there will be more level 60 farmers than level 20 farmers (you don't stay at level 20 for very long). You just found a legendary item? In no time, there will be 50 pages of that same item for sale and very few of them will leave circulation.
If legendary items become common, why bother having item rarity?
BTW, tough choice between Jaunt & Honored Guest rune for Spirit Walk. Advantage of Jaunt is it is good for clearing levels. But that 30% mana refill is REALLY nice too.
I picked up Honor Guest once I hit late Nightmare and now on to hell. My current build is rocking it... I didn't even switch up my build on Nightmare Diablo, it took him out no problem.
I will warn you... it's difficult to play well. You need to manage your cooldowns well but if you do, you can spam firebats all day long... even on bosses. Also... Zombie Wall - Pile On is REALLY HARD to aim. It will take some practice but once you get good.... even on Hell I'm nearly 1 shotting unique bosses with it... every time it connects I laugh with glee at how high the numbers are.
Nice job on your build. Bold decision to not go with a standard primary attack. I was wondering how you fit all those cool abilities into your build.
What no positive on Firebomb! maybe because I just got it, but I am loving it...
abit dissapointed in my zombie dogs dying all the time, but I might try that circle of life without Dogs summoned like Khrull777 mentioned
Circle of Life is a lot of fun, but it has to match your play style or it will be ineffective. For awhile, I was wondering why I hadn't rolled a new dog for quite some time. Then I remembered, I was relying on others tanking too much and wasn't getting in the fray (enemies have to die w/in a few yards of you). When I went back to Spirit Walk into the mobs, siphon, then vampire bats, I started raising dogs again. They're pretty consistent. If you're doing it right, you will usually have more than one dog at any given time.
BTW, tough choice between Jaunt & Honored Guest rune for Spirit Walk. Advantage of Jaunt is it is good for clearing levels. But that 30% mana refill is REALLY nice too.
Great Thread Topic! I'm level 20, so keep that in context.
The Gargantuan is AWESOME. Nice to have a powerful tank.
Big surprise was Circle of Life passive w/ NO Summon Zombie dogs.
When approaching mobs, I use spirit walk, surround myself with enemies, Siphon Souls, choose an angle to maximize Firebats AOE, and then hold down the trigger and mow them down. With circle of life, I usually gain a new pup by doing thish. I usually have 2 or 3 dogs at any given time. To get an active trait (zombie dogs) by only spending a passive is nice.
Also I am big fan of Haunt with Consuming Spirit. Against bosses, elites, and others, it's nice to drop a few haunts and I do DOT and heal. The heal is a bit slow so in some situations I have to kite, but for the most part it is sufficient.
Also Blood Ritual does not drain my health, even while channeling firebats. I guess my health regen is too high:)
Not worth starting a thread over this one, but did you notice there is no point of Bad Medicine unless you already have Jungle Fortitude. Jungle fortitude gives you 20% damage reduction unconditionally, where as bad medicine gives you 20% damage reduction ONLY if the enemy is poisoned. So the only point is if you combine Bad medicine with Jungle fortitude. I'm not going to do that, but maybe in inferno it is a good idea. That'll get you 40% damage reduction, not too shabby.
Random question out of topic, but I've got my resident WD experts here so here it is:
Is the crafting different based upon the character class you choose? Maybe it was just Beta, but seems like I had more crafting options before.
All your characters share your blacksmith if that's what you're getting at... so if you start a new character your blacksmith will stay the same level. Also, the items you can make are the same for every class
haha, okay that makes sense. In the beta I buffed up the blacksmith using my WD, then created a Barbarian. I saw all of the choices the Barbarian had and thought, well maybe he's just a natural smither:) Didn't realize it was a shared resource:)
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There are Diablo Fans on this site and there are Diablo Fanboys on this site. There are people who love the games Blizzard makes and there are people who say the sky is only blue if Blizzard tells me it is.
If somebody has built up a reputation over time, they are more credible than somebody who makes his very first posting and has no history. Do you trust somebody more on ebay who has sales under their belt or if it is their first auction? One has a reputation, the other does not.
There are in depth questions and answers with numerous people on other sites who have been hacked and here is the synopsis, based upon multiple q&a with hundreds of people who have been hacked:
Latest update regarding this is that public games have a vulnerability which allows others in the game to snatch a session id and use it to access your account, but there is no official word yet, but I guess you'd want to stay away from public games in the meantime.
Some of the Q&A showed people with multiple characters, but only the characters who played in public games got hacked. There will be more clarity over time, but this is the latest information for now. And having an authenticator made no difference.
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Blizzard's official position is don't post these concerns in public, please privately e-mail us.
This is from a Blue Poster in response to someone complaining about their account getting hacked.:
As Istreamer mentioned, if you look around Diablo fan sites/reddit, there are a lot of people reporting hacking. And a lot of them have been long time members of the community with lots of previous posting activity before they got hacked, which adds credibility.
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https://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5149008932?page=1
Yes, they can be lying about the authenticators, but there are a lot of them. And it is interesting how many people insist it is key loggers at work, well then why the sudden influx of hacked accounts? I really doubt the organizations that installed keylogger programs are more interested in stealing your video game gold than your real banking information.
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I'd recommend removing your B-Net Username from this forum. A hidden door stays locked longer.
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I agree. The only evidence we have is somebody said they were using an authenticator and there is motive to lie, embarrassment. I'd put the odds at 80% in Blizzard's favor that the servers are safe, because there is no proof of server side hacks. Reason for 20% doubt is because credit card companies, credit beareaus, and Sony have all spent more $ than blizzard on cyber security and still have had their data compromised
Pretty crazy though that stuff is getting stolen now, before there is a real $ auction house. I wonder if each item has a unique ID and can be tracked which accounts have "owned" it. Or if Blizzard can find the "mule" account which logged into the compromised account's game to steal its items. Hopefully the Auction house makes Blizzard a lot of money so they have an incentive to play Cops.
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I'd like to avoid account binding too. But how many pages of the same item for sale would you say is too much?
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Have you taken a look at how much legendary equipment is available in the auction house on DAY 2?
I'm only level 20, and there are about 7 pages of EACH legendary equipment available. It's going to get worse when you get to level 60, because there will be more level 60 farmers than level 20 farmers (you don't stay at level 20 for very long). You just found a legendary item? In no time, there will be 50 pages of that same item for sale and very few of them will leave circulation.
If legendary items become common, why bother having item rarity?
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Nice job on your build. Bold decision to not go with a standard primary attack. I was wondering how you fit all those cool abilities into your build.
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Circle of Life is a lot of fun, but it has to match your play style or it will be ineffective. For awhile, I was wondering why I hadn't rolled a new dog for quite some time. Then I remembered, I was relying on others tanking too much and wasn't getting in the fray (enemies have to die w/in a few yards of you). When I went back to Spirit Walk into the mobs, siphon, then vampire bats, I started raising dogs again. They're pretty consistent. If you're doing it right, you will usually have more than one dog at any given time.
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The Gargantuan is AWESOME. Nice to have a powerful tank.
Big surprise was Circle of Life passive w/ NO Summon Zombie dogs.
When approaching mobs, I use spirit walk, surround myself with enemies, Siphon Souls, choose an angle to maximize Firebats AOE, and then hold down the trigger and mow them down. With circle of life, I usually gain a new pup by doing thish. I usually have 2 or 3 dogs at any given time. To get an active trait (zombie dogs) by only spending a passive is nice.
Also I am big fan of Haunt with Consuming Spirit. Against bosses, elites, and others, it's nice to drop a few haunts and I do DOT and heal. The heal is a bit slow so in some situations I have to kite, but for the most part it is sufficient.
Also Blood Ritual does not drain my health, even while channeling firebats. I guess my health regen is too high:)
Not worth starting a thread over this one, but did you notice there is no point of Bad Medicine unless you already have Jungle Fortitude. Jungle fortitude gives you 20% damage reduction unconditionally, where as bad medicine gives you 20% damage reduction ONLY if the enemy is poisoned. So the only point is if you combine Bad medicine with Jungle fortitude. I'm not going to do that, but maybe in inferno it is a good idea. That'll get you 40% damage reduction, not too shabby.
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haha, okay that makes sense. In the beta I buffed up the blacksmith using my WD, then created a Barbarian. I saw all of the choices the Barbarian had and thought, well maybe he's just a natural smither:) Didn't realize it was a shared resource:)