Diablo 3 Beta [Beta withdrawal underway!]

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I got a key yesterday, played off and on but enough to beat it once with my Demon Hunter. I was giddy the whole way through.

DH didn't feel really fun to play until I got towards the end of the content, at which point I was flipping around enemies and blowing them away with my crossbows. Rapid fire is cool, but the throwing daggers were just so much better imo.

The only other class I tried was Monk, who I loved right from the start. Melee just feels so satisfying.


Can easily see myself hopping on to play the beta a few times a week until release, got characters to max out anyway! This made me way more hype for a release announcement.
 
So did anyone get a chance to see it?

TH said:
VIDEO: Diablo 3 Beta Bug Opened 3 Secret Retail Areas
There's nothing like a backstage pass.


Want a sneak peak at three previously unseen areas in Diablo 3? A "harmless" bug in the current beta reportedly allowed testers to explore three areas of Act 1 that were locked away for the full-blown retail version: Festering Woods, the Fields of Misery and the Drowned Temple.

For a while, all three were mostly playable and possibly not fully stocked, featuring larger, more diverse beasts than the official beta levels including goatmen, violent trees, carrion bats, ghouls, ghostly spirits and more. Unfortunately, Blizzard caught wind of the trespassers and pulled the beta servers to fix the issue.

"It’s a few levels higher than any previous beta content, and while my Wizard wasn’t in any real danger of dying, I was constantly out of Arcane Power, as the monsters had more hitpoints, plus I was playing a three-player game," writes IncGamers. "I could instantly see why using at least one Signature Skill will be necessary for Wizards long term."

The new territories were discovered by moving past the fence in the cemetery. No one actually knows how it happened, but it's speculated to be an unrepeatable event having to do with a partial disconnect. The original player who came across the Festering Woods merely shared the waypoint, thus granting others access to the new areas.

"You don’t see any plot or story info in those areas (the quests aren’t working; just some of the events), and it’s almost like an end game for beta characters, since the monsters are a few levels higher than anything in the Cathedral or the Leoric fight and with their different/new tactics they’re nasty," the site writes.

IncGamers and others managed to capture screens before Blizzard kicked them all out, but someone managed to capture the whole process of accessing the Fields of Misery in a nearly 24-minute video, as seen below.
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Fixed1979 said:
So did anyone get a chance to see it?
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You can still do the exploit yourself. You will only get as far as the bridge north of the Cemetery of the Forsaken though.

The trick was to disconnect from your router briefly in a timeout window stopping your client from rendering a gate north of the Cemetery of the Forsaken way point, walking past the non-existent before reconnecting a syncing your last known position with the server. The reason you can't actually get there now is because Blizzard either deleted or moved the WP that you could get to before the timeout window ended, therefore allowing you to access the area legitimately through a way point.

I didn't get a chance to access the area myself, but I have purchased some dyes available there with "betabucks" on the auction house. They typically go for 20 BB!
 
MrMister said:
You can still do the exploit yourself. You will only get as far as the bridge north of the Cemetery of the Forsaken though.

The trick was to disconnect from your router briefly in a timeout window stopping your client from rendering a gate north of the Cemetery of the Forsaken way point, walking past the non-existent before reconnecting a syncing your last known position with the server. The reason you can't actually get there now is because Blizzard either deleted or moved the WP that you could get to before the timeout window ended, therefore allowing you to access the area legitimately through a way point.

I didn't get a chance to access the area myself, but I have purchased some dyes available there with "betabucks" on the auction house. They typically go for 20 BB!
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That's a pretty smooth trick. Imagine the feeling the fella had when he realized he had uncovered a new part of the beta, and he was the first to play it. Dayum.
 
Heavy said:
I hope this router trick doesn't lead to some kind of duping exploit in the future.
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Well if you've tried the trick like I have, your position is reset to the last known position you were located on the server, same with items and such. There have been duping methods in the beta, but Blizzard has squashed most of them I hope.
 
Deadly said:
That was Blizzard? Holy shit even the D2 one was better
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Yeah. I definitely trust Blizzard that they'll improve how it looks sometime after release. They usually do a lot of graphical tweaks to their games - and Blizzard looks really bad :lol
 
Fixed1979 said:
So did anyone get a chance to see it?


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Only linking the dual WD video? Who wants that? WD is awful.
Another checkmark to not use TomsHardware.
Hazaro said:
Hour of secret gameplay, starts at 13:40.
'Highlight' video of it once it gets processed. Just starts at the time I said.

I'm really bummed my mic was on the wrong input. I was enjoying myself a good deal. Lots of cursing too.
First time seeing those giant boars. OH man.

Grove @ 31:00. Wallers 53:50. Tinker 55:00. 57:50 Farmer. 1:13:30 Rathe. 1:19:00 Vortex. 1:23:00 Jailer (Non-Highlight Times)

Some notes:
I died
Trees are good at hiding
Poison from trees deals a ton of damage
Vortex mob (Swings you around)
Wall mob (Makes walls)
Jailer mob (Rooted)
Another kind I don't remember
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How do the CE only items work? Does anyone know if I can active the regular edition on my account, then use the keys from a CE edition to unlock the exclusive stuff later?

Or does it not work that way.
 
Rentahamster said:
How do the CE only items work? Does anyone know if I can active the regular edition on my account, then use the keys from a CE edition to unlock the exclusive stuff later?

Or does it not work that way.
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Yeah, you can do that. That's how it works with the WoW CEs (and I suppose SC2 as well). It's also how they've stated it will work if you bought the WoW annual pass and got the regular D3 included with that, but you bought a CE. Your account will be upgraded, and they'll also credit you with with 4 months worth of payments on the annual pass.

Also:

Collector's Edition pre-orders are up on Amazon again - I just pre-ordered mine there today. So we'll see how that works out with release day delivery. I haven't ever pre-ordered a game on Amazon before. But I feel safer going with that than brick and mortar. SC2 CE I pre-ordered at Best Buy and that was fine, Cataclysm CE I went to a Best Buy first thing in the morning and had no problem picking one up. With Diablo 3 though, I definitely think it's a better safe than sorry situation. Really want it more for the art book and soundtrack than anything else, but the behind-the-scenes DVDs are always interesting, and the in-game items should be good as well. The exclusive CE dye adds an interesting dynamic to the AH since you can dye things and then AH them. Depends on how coveted the particular coloration will be.
 
Changes in BETA over the past 6 months have been great. Especially the latest ones.

Goddamn I can't wait to finally play more then whats on offer.
 
Diprosalic said:
the whole game does. this is pretty much the first video i watched but nothing happens the whole BG is just static. and the animations are sub par as well.
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This video is hardly showing off the game well. I've played the beta countless times and the game will be good in almost every way from what little I've seen.
 
CarbonatedFalcon said:
Yeah, you can do that. That's how it works with the WoW CEs (and I suppose SC2 as well). It's also how they've stated it will work if you bought the WoW annual pass and got the regular D3 included with that, but you bought a CE. Your account will be upgraded, and they'll also credit you with with 4 months worth of payments on the annual pass.

Also:

Collector's Edition pre-orders are up on Amazon again - I just pre-ordered mine there today. So we'll see how that works out with release day delivery. I haven't ever pre-ordered a game on Amazon before. But I feel safer going with that than brick and mortar. SC2 CE I pre-ordered at Best Buy and that was fine, Cataclysm CE I went to a Best Buy first thing in the morning and had no problem picking one up. With Diablo 3 though, I definitely think it's a better safe than sorry situation. Really want it more for the art book and soundtrack than anything else, but the behind-the-scenes DVDs are always interesting, and the in-game items should be good as well. The exclusive CE dye adds an interesting dynamic to the AH since you can dye things and then AH them. Depends on how coveted the particular coloration will be.
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Ah, thanks. I have a CE coming in from Amazon, but instead of waiting, I want to get the download from Blizzard to play sooner, then get the CE wings and dye for myself and give the actual CE game key to a friend when the CE box from Amazon arrives.

Good to know that it should work. Hopefully.

lol
 
The more I see of D3 the more bland and plain the game looks, devoid of any decent animations, effective but far from spectacular.

5 years too late.
 
Rentahamster said:
Ah, thanks. I have a CE coming in from Amazon, but instead of waiting, I want to get the download from Blizzard to play sooner, then get the CE wings and dye for myself and give the actual CE game key to a friend when the CE box from Amazon arrives.

Good to know that it should work. Hopefully.

lol
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I don't know if you quite understand (and I may have misinterpreted what you first said). There is only one key in a CE box. They don't give you a regular key and an extra key that just has the CE goodies attached. When you use that single key, it either adds the game + collector's edition stuff to your account if you didn't have a version of the game before, or overwrites your regular edition key with the CE one, thus giving you access to the CE stuff.
 
Desaan said:
The more I see of D3 the more bland and plain the game looks, devoid of any decent animations, effective but far from spectacular.

5 years too late.
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I have a feeling that when this game is running in front of you you're going to back up from some of those statements. Watching videos does not do the game justice at all and it is so much FUN. Fun is never late.
 
CarbonatedFalcon said:
I don't know if you quite understand (and I may have misinterpreted what you first said). There is only one key in a CE box. They don't give you a regular key and an extra key that just has the CE goodies attached. When you use that single key, it either adds the game + collector's edition stuff to your account if you didn't have a version of the game before, or overwrites your regular edition key with the CE one, thus giving you access to the CE stuff.
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Oooh, I see. So the dyes and wings aren't separate unlock codes.

So when I overwrite my regular edition key with the CE key, does that mean I can give my regular edition key to someone else? Or is it gone for good?
 
Rentahamster said:
Oooh, I see. So the dyes and wings aren't separate unlock codes.

So when I overwrite my regular edition key with the CE key, does that mean I can give my regular edition key to someone else? Or is it gone for good?
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I'm not sure how they will do that Rentahamster, upgrading to CE from the WoW annual pass gets your price difference credited to your WoW subscription. So in the case of just wanting the digital download day one with a CE soon after I just don't know. Maybe you'll be able to order them directly from Blizzard and they give you the key up front, I don't know. Can you order CE's from Blizzard?

Either way, I would wait to get a definitive answer before plunking down the extra cash. :D
 
Having trouble finding a place to pre-order the Collector's Edition... god damn it.
 
TylerD said:
I have a feeling that when this game is running in front of you you're going to back up from some of those statements. Watching videos does not do the game justice at all and it is so much FUN. Fun is never late.
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This guy is right. It looks much better when you are actually playing it.

But, if you compare with Titan Quest, which was released 6 years ago. The graphics are a bit underwhelming. It could have been much better.

But blizz does this so everyone can play it.
 
CcrooK said:
Isn't there going to be a digital version? Or not. I don't know.

Amazon would be a good start. I may just end up doing that.
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A digital version of the collectors edition? How are you supposed to get all the physical stuff? And I live in Sweden so Amazon wouldn't be a good choice for me :/. I fucking hate the fact that GAME's not getting the CE. God damn it, bankruptcy.
 
Desaan said:
The more I see of D3 the more bland and plain the game looks, devoid of any decent animations, effective but far from spectacular.

5 years too late.
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What games are you comparing it to again?

All these outdated statements. Is there a huge ass-shaped jar somewhere that people can grab random Diablo 3 statements from?
 
Yoshichan said:
A digital version of the collectors edition? How are you supposed to get all the physical stuff? And I live in Sweden so Amazon wouldn't be a good choice for me :/. I fucking hate the fact that GAME's not getting the CE. God damn it, bankruptcy.
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Well more of a "digital deluxe" sort of deal where you get your in game items. As for the real thing, no idea. I just know Amazon is taking pre-orders now. I'm sure plenty of other retailers are, eh?
 
CcrooK said:
Well more of a "digital deluxe" sort of deal where you get your in game items. As for the real thing, no idea. I just know Amazon is taking pre-orders now. I'm sure plenty of other retailers are, eh?
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All retailers around my place ain't taking any more orders of the CE :(

I know I'll probably end up buying like 10 copies of D3, so I guess I'll just buy the regular version so that I'm guaranteed one at launch, and later on buy the CE.
 
Is there any way to get into this thing yet? I was insanely excited to play the beta, but never got in. Checked every day for months, but nothing... I really need to see how this runs on my computer...
 
HELL, it's about time (that we close this thread soon) :D 2 MONTHS!
 
You know what, I'm glad I didn't get in the beta, because now I'll get to experience it totally fresh in May.

REALLY, I'm glad.

Really. :(
 
Zeliard said:
You know what, I'm glad I didn't get in the beta, because now I'll get to experience it totally fresh in May.

REALLY, I'm glad.

Really. :(
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So if I offered you a beta key right now, would you not accept it :3?
 
Mengy said:
HOLY SHIT, is it for real this time? Will I really be playing this game in two months? Nice to finally have a date, tho I'm so skeptical after all this time that I'm not sure I even STILL believe it...lol.
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Yes sir.
 
So what's the drawback of purchasing e-copy today and DLing today?

What are the major differences between physical copy and e-copy?
 
You don't have to be so blunt about it Blizzard :(

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I just got into the beta today. I have no one to play with, if you want you can add my Battletag: Teowind#1408
 
I recently got to play the beta, but I was experiencing weird rubberbanding (that is, my character would snap back to where he was a few seconds before I moved). My video settings are already at the lowest settings. Any insight as to what's happening here? I'd like to preorder D3 now, but I can't until I know what's happening here.

Thanks.
 
The Quiet Man said:
I recently got to play the beta, but I was experiencing weird rubberbanding (that is, my character would snap back to where he was a few seconds before I moved). My video settings are already at the lowest settings. Any insight as to what's happening here? I'd like to preorder D3 now, but I can't until I know what's happening here.

Thanks.
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If you're "rubber banding" it means you're getting significant lag and packet loss to the beta server, it has nothing to do with any client setting. I would check your internet connection settings and make sure it's up to speed and within Blizzards requirements.

TheNamelessOne said:
I just got into the beta today. I have no one to play with, if you want you can add my Battletag: Teowind#1408
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Updated the Battletag list with you in it.
 
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