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[Thursday 16th February 2012] - Patch 13 incoming!
It looks like patch 13 will hit before the weekend if all goes well. There will be a character wipe with this patch and we will also be seeing some of the new skill system in effect.
Below is the original Blizzard blue post explaining this:
"We're currently in the process of preparing the next beta patch for release and wanted to provide all beta testers with a heads-up that a character wipe will be included. Please note that, as with previous character wipes, this wipe will also affect gold, items, followers, and artisans. (Beta Bucks will be reset, as well.)
We're hoping to release Beta Patch 13 before the weekend, but we don't yet have a precise ETA. As always, we'll provide more information as it becomes available, and patch notes will be posted here once the patch is live.
Thanks for your continued feedback and testing!"
[Monday 13th February 2012] - Release date information
Blizzard have recently said that unfortunately there will be no Diablo 3 in Q1 of 2012. This means D3 should almost definitely be released in Q2 of 2012 if nothing else goes wrong. We can't be sure there won't be any more delays though as it was already delayed from 2011 to Q1 of 2012 and then from Q1 to Q2 of 2012.
[Tuesday 7th February 2012] - Graphics, Co-op play, Voice chat
Blizzard have announced 3 main features that will affect D3 on launch:
[Thursday 2nd February 2012] - New Beta Invites!
Over the past few days, it has been announced by Blizzard that over 100,000 beta invites for D3 have been sent out to players who have used the opt in service on their battle net accounts. The full post can be read here.
[Wednesday 1st February 2012] - Reduced Stash Space
With the release of patch 10 beta players have noticed that the stash space available has been reduced. This is actually a result of a problem with Blizzard's infrastructure and they are worried about the swarm of items being stored by players on release night. The full explanation can be read below:
"We reevaluated average character and account storage space requirements, and found it necessary to ensure we could handle what we anticipate will be a large amount of data very quickly after release.
Diablo III has both the benefit and disadvantage of having completely random items. Pretty much everything can roll up different affixes, if not a range of its benefits. That's obviously great because the item hunt is what it's all about, more randomization means you can keep chasing that perfect item, but that means the amount of data needed to describe an item is much, much larger than say, a World of Warcraft item, which is static and only needs a unique number to identify it. For example: http://www.wowhead.com/item=51003 that number there at the end is that item's unique number. That's all we need to store to identify that item no matter where it is. A Diablo III item first has to say the base item, then each individual affix that it rolled up, then the ranges of each variable, and if it has any sockets. And we have to think about everywhere an item can be, an item on the ground is still an item, and so is an item on the auction house.
We obviously have room to grow if our projections are incorrect, or we just find that we eventually have the space. World of Warcraft definitely grew over the years, and that storage space didn't appear out of nowhere (although it does seem rather magical at times). We find three tabs to be plenty for at least the initial release of the game though. Not counting the items you're wearing (assuming they're the best you have), and assuming worst case scenario of nothing but 2-slot items, you'd be able to hold 405 swords per region. That's a lot. We don't expect people to be storing 405 swords... hopefully ever, because that might indicate you have an obsession with swords, but at the very least there should be enough storage to start and then we can continue to evaluate as we go."
[Monday 30th January 2012] - Major changes to Diablo 3 after beta feedback
After a lot of feedback received from beta testers Blizzard have gone about many changes to the game, the full post can be read here but below are the main changes:
Strength
+ Barbarian Damage
+ Armor
Dexterity
+ Demon Hunter damage
+ Monk damage
+ Dodge
Intellect
+ Wizard damage
+ Witch Doctor damage
+ Health from globes
Vitality
+ Health
[Sunday 29th January 2012] - BlizzCon Cancelled
Blizzcon 2012 has been cancelled, according to their statement which can be read here, Blizzard officials have stated "We're also heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players' hands as soon as possible. In light of our jam-packed schedule, we've decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013". This is the second time Blizzard have cancelled their annual conference, the first being in 2006. Since then we have had 5 years of annual mayhem and excitement. Many people seem to be questioning the real reasons why BlizzCon 2012 has been cancelled, some just accept what we have been told by Blizzard but some seem to believe that Blizzard actually have nothing to announce.
In 2005 they had World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. 2007 World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. 2008, Starcraft II and Diablo III Wizard Class. 2009, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Diablo III Monk Class. 2010, Diablo III Demon Hunter Class, Arena PVP. 2011, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. What this year? What could they announce, they have announced most of the information we greatly desire about MoP and D3, Titan will also most likely not be in a developed enough stage for many announcements. Although they could inform us on little things maybe they just don't have anything they deem 'big enough' to announce.
Regardless of this, BlizzCon will continue in 2013 and who knows what will happen between now and then. We should all look forward to an even greater more purposeful BlizzCon in 2013 with all the announcements we missed this year.
It is worth noting that although Blizzcon 2012 has been cancelled, the 2012 Battle.net World Championship will still happen. Blizzard announced this in a statement that can be found here, it read "Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a major global eSports event featuring some of the best pro-gaming competition in the world. Slated to take place in Asia toward the end of 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year’s StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments."
[Sunday 29th January 2012] - Welcome
Welcome to Diablo 3 Area, beginning now, we are starting to write a news feed for Diablo 3, information posted here will include such things as new abilities or builds introduced to the game, updates on the beta or even news on the long awaited release date. As you can see at the top of this page, we are listing all the items in game so Diablo 3 Area will be your most reliable, in-depth source of information for the game. We will aslo be adding builds and other such guides to our already extensive list of information in the near future. Check back daily for these regular updates.
