Diablo III

Diablo 3 Auction House Patch 13: Market Challenge

Ray — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:51:52 +0000

Currently, there is no real measure of financial ‘success’ in the Diablo 3 auction house in beta. Those of us buying and selling there are not really earning anything. The sole purpose of our arbitrage and bartering is to train for the real thing. In the beta so far, I’ve hit the test currency cap twice – [...]

Diablo 3 Auction House: Times to Buy and Sell

Ray — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:00:20 +0000

When Diablo 3 launches there will be players (perhaps myself included) who will play for hours and hours, days even on end. It’s the kind of game that generates this kind of excitement. For those of us who are looking at those early days as times of potentially great profit in gold per thousand and [...]

Diablo 3 Auction House Beta Patch 13: Gold & Subtle Essences

Ray — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:10:11 +0000

Beta patch 13 marks the first time that the real money auction house and gold auction house have been run together as one all powerful Diablo 3 auction house. As a result of this and a few more tweaks to the economy brought by patch 13, the market is changing. I’ve been paddling in these [...]

Beta Patch 13 Introduces Diablo 3 Rune System

Ray — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:55:59 +0000

Diablo 3 beta patch 13 has introduced a lot of exciting changes. I mentioned some of these in my previous posts Diablo 3 Patch 13 Incoming and Diabo 3 Auction House Beta Changes Patch 13. There is a lot more than auction house changes to to get used to and I don’t want to overload [...]

Diablo 3 Auction House Beta Changes Patch 13

Ray — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:31:38 +0000

I mentioned previously in Diablo 3 Patch 13 Incoming that we are expecting a new beta patch. Well there is some extended downtime ongoing at the minute and I’m pretty sure this is it! Patch 13 sees some very interesting changes to the Diablo 3 auction house in beta. They also seem to be messing [...]

Diablo 3 Patch 13 Incoming

Ray — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:31:36 +0000

Another dose of good and bad news in the form of a new Diablo 3 Patch! Patch 13 is incoming and will include wiping of characters, items, beta bucks and so on. It’s just as well I got some level 13 action filmed for you guys (Diablo 3 Experience Bonus) and finally put my achievement [...]

Diablo 3 Experience Bonus

Ray — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:24:15 +0000

There are lots of reasons why a player wants to level fast in an RPG (not just an online RPG): Your character grows more powerful; you get better items; you see more of the world you are playing in; and so on. Leveling in Diablo 3 will prove desirable for the same reasons. But it [...]

Diablo 3 Obsession

Ray — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:49:02 +0000

In the past week I’ve touched upon my progress in chasing a personal goal that I’ve set myself in articles like Diablo 3 Release Update and Diablo 3 Achievements. I’ve become so engrossed that my Diablo 3 auction house work has suffered! I’ve been the personification of determination in my goal to reach full completion of Diablo [...]

Diablo 3 Farming Decisions

Ray — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:29:25 +0000

Today we’ll continue on from yesterday’s post – How To Get The Most Diablo 3 Gold – and we’ll assume that a decent chunk of the Diablo 3 user base will opt for farming as a method for earning gold, cash and the best gear. But once a player makes that decision they then face [...]

How to Get the Most Diablo 3 Gold

Ray — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:21:41 +0000

Blizzard have told us that when playing Diablo 3 on higher difficulties we can expect to die, lots. This is great for those seeking challenge and reward but what does it mean for our character’s gold balance? Well it means more repair bills and gold spent as a result. It’s important to realise that for this and [...]

Diablo 3 Release Update

Ray — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:43 +0000

After last night’s listen to Activision Blizzard’s Q4 2011 Conference Call I thought I’d use today’s post to take stock of where Diablo 3 is right now – on a personal level, for myself as a tester; on a grander scale, as a game nearing the end of its development cycle (which was confirmed in that call); [...]

Diablo 3 Release News – Activision Blizzard Q4 2011 Conference Call

Ray — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:21:44 +0000

I’ll be listening to the Activision Blizzard conference call this evening. I’m prepared for it to be very dry material. What I’m hoping for (what lots are hoping for) is a little bit of Diablo 3 Release hinting or information. It’s unlikely (not impossible) that a release date will be revealed in this call. It’s [...]

Diablo 3 Achievements

Ray — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:46:27 +0000

Recently, I’ve been trying to complete every achievement in the Diablo 3 beta. There’s an achievement for doing so. The way that I’m playing the game (trying to drag every bit of information and play every class fully) has meant I’ve gained a lot without trying. Those were the easy ones. Some are more difficult – [...]

Battle.net Balance Live EU

Ray — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:24:31 +0000

Some confirmation following last night’s late news post Battle.net Balance Live? that the balance is now active in the EU. What I can’t do at the moment is add PayPal as a payment option. I’m going to research further and try to find out why there’s this difference between the US and EU versions of [...]

Battle.net Balance Live?

Ray — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:47:54 +0000

A few sources indicate that battle.net accounts are seeing a live battle.net balance feature. I’m having a fiddle around myself with my own account to see if I can confirm this but so far I am not able to add PayPal as a payment method (PayPal and Diablo 3) or see a balance of £0.00 [...]

Diablo 3 Botting (It’s Bad)

Ray — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:08:35 +0000

Botting in Diablo 3 will be a serious concern for users. Blizzard won’t ignore this as those of you who remember World of Warcraft and Glider might already know. Furthermore, this particular war hasn’t stopped. Recently Jagex took a stand against bots in the Runescape economy. Some of you may be interested in knowing what the issue [...]

Diablo 3 Battle.net Account Balance Daily Limit

Ray — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:07 +0000

I recently posted some news about Paypal and Diablo 3. In that post I look at support documents released by Blizzard that focus on how Paypal will connect to your Battle.net balance. These changes necessitated a change to the Blizzard Terms of Use which at the time I treated like all Terms of Use documents [...]

Diablo 3 Replay Value

Ray — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:43:24 +0000

The Diablo 3 is a microcosm of the full game in various ways. The level cap is lowered (from 60 at launch to 13 in beta) and you only access 1 act. So I’ve repeatedly played through the game in much the same way I will when Diablo 3 launches. The beta is just on [...]

Diablo 3 Item Duping

Ray — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:54 +0000

There have been rumours, covered up whisperings on Blizzard’s official forums, relating to the controversial subject of Diablo 3 item duping. I would link you to the sources on IncGamers, Diablofans, the main boards and so on but Blizzard is very keen to remove any mention of the process on their sites (you are to [...]

Diablo 3 Beta Invites

Ray — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:06:22 +0000

Blizzard have just announced in a Diablo III Beta Invites post that they’ve sent out 100,000 new beta invites to US beta testers. That’s a phenomenal number of testers. Hopefully a lot of these guys and gals will give the Diablo III RMAH a try. This influx of users will hopefully give us a [...]