Diablo 3 Beta [Beta withdrawal underway!]

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KYGB said:
patch 10 is coming tonight:
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Called it! Can't wait!
And I just got through Act II of my Diablo II Auradin run! :D
 
pigeon said:
I think what he's saying is that the whole point of inviting people to PM you is to avoid clogging up the thread with no-content posts, and if you first PM them and then make a no-content post to inform everybody that you sent a PM you are being a Bad Internet Citizen.
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Totally agree and that's how I understood the original message too but by looking at some of other peoples' replies it looked like there was some confusion.

All is good! Nothing to see here...move along, move along!
 
Baron Aloha said:
- The redoing of the stats is fine but the balance is off. Wizard/Witch Doctor are getting the short end of the stick. The main damage stat for Barb, Monk, and DH simultaneously provides some sort of damage mitigation. Meanwhile the Monk and WD get increased health from orbs? WTF? Intelligence should have given them increased resistance or something. The health globe thing makes more sense under vitality.
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Just so you know, it's not like in Diablo 1/2 where you assign attribute points. They go up automatically and are supplemented with items. At least, up to Level 13 this is the case. Not sure if this adjusts your stance on it or not :)
 
Finally got into the Diablo 3 beta today, first thing that caught my attention during gameplay was some mad stuttering... sort of fixed it by relaunching the game, it will sometimes stutter if I click on a friendly NPC or if new monsters spawn.
 
The base damage on slower weapons has been increased. This is because we’re also increasing the potency of elemental damage properties, and elemental damage benefits faster weapons more than slower weapons.
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Awesome. This is exactly what I thought they should do to further differentiate 2Handers from dual and fast single weapons.
 
3 years of no Attributes, and here we are.

Full notes:
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o Attack, Defense, and Precision have been removed
o Dexterity, Intellect, Strength, and Vitality have been added:

+ Dexterity

# +Demon Hunter damage
# +Monk damage
# +Dodge (for all classes)

+ Intellect

# +Witch Doctor damage
# +Wizard damage
# +Health from globes (for all classes)

+ Strength

# +Barbarian damage
# +Armor (for all classes)

+ Vitality

# +Health (for all classes)


o Armor will now supplement Defense, as well as provide +Physical resist
o +Chance to Crit has been added as an item affix
o Player Life per Vitality has been changed:

+ Players will now start out with 10 Life per Vitality at level 1


* Nephalem Altars have been removed and players can now swap unlocked skills at any point during gameplay via the Skills list. This will impose a 30-second cooldown on the newly-activated skill, during which time the skill cannot be exchanged for another.

o Please note that the skills system is still considered a work-in-progress and will be undergoing additional changes in future patches. This iteration of the system is not final.

* Scrolls of Identification have been removed and players can now identify an item by right-clicking on the item's icon
* The Nephalem Cube has been removed and the salvage ability has been added to the Blacksmith artisan
* The Cauldron of Jordan has been removed
* Stone of Recall has been renamed to "Town Portal" and can now be accessed directly via the Skill bar UI
* The fifth quick slot button has been moved next to the Town Portal ability in the Skill bar. This slot will eventually be to dedicated to potions, but can currently be used as a normal slot.
* Skills will now display simplified tooltips by default

o To view Advanced tooltips, press and hold the CTRL key when hovering over skill icons

* The duration of the global chill effect granted by cold damage has be increased from 0.4 seconds to 0.6 seconds
* Achievements have been re-enabled




Classes


* Barbarian

o Active Skills

+ Ground Stomp


# Damage increased from 70% to 110%

+ Ignore Pain

# Cooldown reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds
# Duration reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds

+ Leap Attack

# Damage increased from 70% to 100%

+ Revenge

# Damage increased from 150% to 220%


o Passive Skills

+ Nerves of Steel

# Now increases Armor by 25% of your Vitality



* Monk

o Active Skills


+ Blinding Flash

# No longer breaks on damage
# Duration reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds



* Wizard

o Active Skills

+ Frost Nova

# Damage reduced from 65% to 50%

+ Ice Armor

# No longer increases your Armor

+ Wave of Force

# Damage increased from 205% to 350%


o Passive Skills

+ Temporal Flux

# Slow amount increased from 24% to 30%







Crafting


* General

o Leveling artisans in Normal difficulty now only requires gold

* Salvaging

o Common (white) items can no longer be salvaged and common crafting materials have been removed in all difficulty levels
o Salvaging a Magic (blue) item will always give you a Magic material, as well as a chance to receive a Rare (yellow) or Legendary (orange) material
o Salvaging a Rare item will always give you a Rare material and a Magic material, as well as a chance to receive a Legendary material
o Salvaging a Legendary item will always give you a Legendary material, Rare material, and Magic material





Items


* General

o Attack, Defense, and Precision random affixes have been replaced with Dexterity, Strength, and Intellect
o The base damage on slower weapons has been increased. This is because we’re also increasing the potency of elemental damage properties, and elemental damage benefits faster weapons more than slower weapons.
o The drop rate of Magic items between level 1 and level 20 has been lowered. Single affix-Magic items are now introduced more slowly, and double affix-Magic items won’t appear until later in the game.

* Vendors

o Wandering Merchants now have a 50% chance to sell a limited stock Rare item of any type
o Amulets have been moved from the Collector to the Fence





Monsters


* Electrified monsters no longer spew lightning on death
* Arcane Enchanted monsters no longer cast an extra arcane beam on death




Bug Fixes


* Players should no longer be disconnected from Battle.net when moving a stack of 0 items to their Skill action bar
* Rapidly moving around items in a character’s inventory should no longer cause those items to become unresponsive
* Items that display full durability, but are still considered slightly damaged should now be able to be posted on the Auction House
* Monsters that are killed should now always properly play their death animation rather than remain standing
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Is there any way I can give my brother access to the D3 Beta on his computer? I won't be around for a while, and he would like to give it a go.
 
Argh friend invited me over to see the game in action after work and it has been down all day. One day I will actually get to play this game, one day it will come out. Until then I'll squint really hard at Diablo II and pretend its Diablo III.
 
Spike said:
Is there a check or anything to see what system it is running on?
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Don't think you need to download the system test for it, thought it might scan your hardware?

Hundreds of people have shared the beta so I don't think it would be an issue.
 
Hazaro said:
Don't think you need to download the system test for it, thought it might scan your hardware?

Hundreds of people have shared the beta so I don't think it would be an issue.
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Thanks for the help, Hazaro. At least he can play it while I'm on the road.
 
Update: 11:15 p.m. PST

We're continuing to work to deploy Beta Patch 10 and anticipate that it could take another hour to complete the necessary tasks. We anticipate that the game will be available again by 12:00 a.m. PST, and appreciate your patience until it is.
 
So at this rate there will be 9 hours in between when I need to get ready for class and the new extended maintenance ends.

What ratio of Diablo:Sleep shall there be?

6:3? 7:2? 8:1? Oh the possibilities
 
Negator said:
So at this rate there will be 9 hours in between when I need to get ready for class and the new extended maintenance ends.

What ratio of Diablo:Sleep shall there be?

6:3? 7:2? 8:1? Oh the possibilities
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Hell even I'm getting sleepy and I'm nocturnal, I've ran thru act 2 twice today in Diablo II in the time they've taken, once in SP and once on Bnet.
 
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