Official Blizzard Quote:
A few more changes have made their way in to Diablo III beta patch 10, including the removal of Scrolls of Companion and Scrolls of Reforging, and we’ll be updating the patch notes to reflect that.
In both cases these are features we felt were underdeveloped and just not quite good enough for the game in their current state. The companion pets felt like they were mandatory to maximize play efficiency and some of the pets were too cutesy for the gritty, dark world of Sanctuary. Neither of those are issues we felt like we could solve without a lot of additional work, and we’re trying to close in on a solid release date for the game, not move further away. When weighing these systems against releasing the game, we decided to cut these scrolls and stay on track for the game’s release.
We think we can make companion pets into a much cooler system (both mechanically and visually), and evolve the reforging scrolls into a more meaningful system at some point in the future. For the time being, they will not be in the initial release of the game.
New Information Coming Soon
Bashiok posted on twitter saying we should be getting some more info soon as it seems some additional changes snuck into patch 10 (Such as the removal of the Scroll of Companion in the beta)
Diablo 3 Hardcore Strings
The hardcore option has appeared in patch 10 along with a few strings.
"You have but one life eager hero. If you should die, though your deeds be remembered, you shall not return again. Customer Service will not revive a fallen Hardcore Hero for any reason."
Diablo 3 New System Tooltips and Options
With patch 10 all system options now have tooltips. There were also a few new additions, such as the LowFX (Click the image to read all system tooltips)
Diablo 3 Current Time
Many users have been asking for a real-time clock in-game. Blizzard has added this in patch 10.
Blizzard CS Beta Key Giveaway Concludes
Blizzard CS has just finished their 5th and final round of beta key giveaways through their Twitter account.
Official Blizzard Quote:
We'd like to thank everyone for their participation in the #DiabloBeta Sweepstakes. All messaging has been sent out; Grats to the winners!
Be sure to use the Beta Opt-in feature too! We are still giving out beta invites through that.
Over 5000 Bugs Reported
There have been over 5000 bugs reported on the battle.net forums!
Official Blizzard Quote:
Hey guys!
I have some really cool news for you. Last night, we past 5000 bugs reported on the Bug Report forums! This is an incredible milestone for the Diablo III community, and one you should be proud of.
Here are some fun stats about bugs in the Beta:
- The first bug was reported on 9/6/11 and can be found here
- The most common bug ever reported was when the Battle.net servers were down during Thanksgiving 2011. It was reported over 200 times.
- 5092 bugs have been reported since 10 AM PST on 1/25/12
- Of the 5092 bugs reported on the forums, 856 unique bugs have been sent off to the developers to fix. (Remember, a bug reported on the forums can be a duplicate or not a bug at all). Thank you again for all of your hard work testing the Diablo III Beta and helping Blizzard make it the best game it can possibly be. Here's to 5000 more!
Sincerely,
Vasadan
Error 3022
People have been getting Error 3022 when using the AH. Blizzard has posted a quick fix for this error.
Official Blizzard Quote:
Hey guys,
If you are getting Error_3022 when trying to use the Auction House, this is to let you know that Blizzard is working on the issue.
For now, here is the current work around to get your account working again.
1. Go to the Battle.net website and log in.
2. Go to your billing address.
3. Click Edit when at your billing address.
4. Do not edit anything and press Save.
5. Attempt to use the Auction House again.
For some reason, people with valid billing addresses are being locked out of using the Auction House, even though the Beta is not using your billing address for anything as Beta Bucks aren't real money. This work around should help you guys out.
True dat! Really looking forward to that week before the conference call!
i suspect nothing will be announced before the call. and they will "reassure" investors that they are definitely on track to release before the summer. which is a lot better then everyone saying its not coming out till Q3+. then a release date announcement sometime in march
edit: also: "we’re trying to close in on a solid release date for the game" and "stay on track for the game’s release" even though they are somewhat opposing statements, the former meaning they are trying to pick a date, and the latter meaning they have already picked a date.
oh well, more things to put into expansions...
The current time. Is there a toggle 12h/24h
If not.. is there a toggle on/off then?
I never get the hang out of american clock/time.
I'm pretty sure it will be region based...since the west/east coast of US's time differs. It will be inconsiderate of them to just have US times...
Don't people ever get tired of setting themselves up for disappointment?
ill go as far as to say i bet you 100k gold on release that we will get a release date announcement by march. all these systems they are omitting in order to "get a solid release date" as they keep saying just screams of an announcement in the next month or so at the latest. it is ONLY january and they dont HAVE to announce it 2 months in advance like people keep insisting.
if you think itll come out in 12-3-12 then why wouldnt you bet me? would be a safe bet to make. lolz. but i was more so replying to that other guy saying were setting ourselves up for dissapointment. just wanted to reference what you said also lol
well i think at the latest beginning of march. but honestly with all these updates n blue posts it makes it sound like next month
Looks, no matter how trivial it/they seem, can surprisingly have a big effect on the game. I do not have the beta, but if Blizzard's post(s) are anything to go by, I wouldn't want utterly cutesy companions. It'd kind of ruin the mood.
Actually, thinking about that reminded me of this.
As far as I can tell it shows your time.
I think it's a simple applet checking your pc clock and showing it, no more.
It's something best handled client side, I dare say.
I don't know if you can toglle on/off the clock, maybe they just added it to beta to test the feature and would add the toggle option later.
I'd do HC, but i know that battle.net will lag at a critical point and kill off my hard work.
It just makes it, not worth doing.
Perhaps a bunch of achievements might sweeten the deal.
I'd check some beta feeds, because I wouldn't have called the pets cutsie by any means. There were snakes, spiders, bats, cockroaches, caterpillars on the 'darkest' side, and then small animals like pigs and chickens. I think there was a tiny bunny, and I could see removing that. But playing the beta, they in no way detracted from my experience. They weren't all bright and colorful (well the chicken was a dark gold, pretty cool). They were, however, realllllly useful, and imo made the gold pickup radius stat useless. Which I was ok with, i'd rather have the companions. W/e I'm still going to roll a DH and use my 2 ferrets to pick up gold. That's what's up =D