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Blizzard President issues concerns over Diablo 3

The Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime has decided today July 19th 2012 on the Battle.net official website to post a notice about the games issues and feedback. The post was published on the site with the attention of letting players know that they are being heard by the game developers and they are doing every thing in their power to make the game a great user experience.

The post was seen as a letter rather than a article or thread and it was especially devoted to the loyal game followers who have certain issues regarding the role playing game.

The Blizzard boss wanted to thank personally, all the Diablo 3 community for their vital feedback and said that all of the feedback via emails ect was being taken in to consideration. The creators of Diablo 3 had gathered all the feedback for them to get stuck into and resolve any real problems that needed addressing.

The boss said in the letter “We’ve never gone from 0 to more than six million players across multiple continents within a few days with a brand-new game.” Diablo 3 became completely unplayable when it officially launched well over 2 months ago.

He then went on to say, “The launch week of Diablo 3 was memorable for many reasons – some positive, and some not so positive,” he said. “We were thrilled that Diablo 3 had the biggest PC-game launch ever, surpassing the lifetime sales of Cataclysm (the previous record holder for biggest PC-game launch) in a matter of weeks. We’ve been floored by the response.”

The fact that the servers went down upon release even surprised Mike and took the entire Blizzard team by surprise. He said that when people were pre-ordering the game consistently, they decided to increase the servers capability. That didn’t even stop the servers from not being able to hack the amount of gamers that wanted to get online and play the RPG game.

Mike said that the team have been taking a look at any future problems and although Diablo 3 has been not failing or running badly over the past couple of weeks, they aim to make the experience last this time round.

Mike also said “For Diablo 3, we looked at historical sales for Blizzard games and other top-selling PC games and watched pre-order numbers. We even upped our estimates to ensure we had additional capacity, or so we thought. In the end, it just wasn’t enough, and that is something we will work hard to conquer for future releases.”

The fact that there is a important Patch 1.0.4. coming out very soon, Blizzard want to make design even better and keep it’s existing customers for the foreseeable future. Many critics have suggested that there has been a massive decrease in online Diablo 3 users. Mike seems to not disagree as he wants to get a decent game balance aswell.

“Rather than address every subject individually, I’ll just say that even as we work to address or resolve current issues, it’s always possible that further issues will crop up. We hope that our actions in the past have demonstrated that above all else, we’re committed to delivering an awesome game experience, and we hope you’ll have faith that we will continue to keep that commitment and respond to any new or outstanding issues quickly.”

One of the biggest problems that the Diablo 3 makers have had to put up with is the famous real money auction house. Which was an added bonus feature for the latest in the long running series.

“Our primary goal for including this in the game was to provide convenience and peace of mind for those players who might otherwise turn to third-party services to buy items,” Mike said.

Mike ended the letter by personally tanking every single one of the loyal fan base that Diablo 3 has. He said that their passion, thoughts and vital feedback were very important and crucial to them all. In doing so, this is making Blizzard a stronger and better company in the long run he added. We want to make amazing improvements to the series and thank you for your support were he’s last words.

Taiwanese gamer dies from playing Diablo 3 too long

It has emerged today that a young Taiwanese Diablo 3 gamer has dies from playing the famous game for 40 hours in a row without a break. The boy is from Taiwan, and was found dead in an Internet cafe on July 13th in the afternoon. The cause of death was said to be he’s heart having been completely exhausted from lack of rest and sleep.

The boy decided also not to eat for approximately 2 days in a row and was named as Chuang. That being he’s first name as he’s first name is not to be disclosed to the public. This will surely make Blizzard think about putting a time setting on the game to prevent this horrible tragedy from ever happening ever again.

Chuang was found in the Private Internet cafe which he was staying in as part of he’s accommodation, a staff member found him on the 15th July and gave him a quick nudge of the shoulder. Then Chuang reacted by standing up all dazed and took just a couple of steps and then suddenly fainted to the floor. He was then immediately rushed to the nearest hospital where he tragically died later that day.

Many people on the web are saying this could have been prevented easily. The fact that the Diablo 3 game is not going anywhere fast and can be played whenever one wants, is really complicating the mindset of certain individuals involved with the game.

Limited games allowed on Diablo 3

In the next week that is coming up, Diablo 3 users will only have a limited amount of games they will be allowed to launch in a small period of time. Blizzard have decided to take this action because of all the bots that have caused them no end of problems. Also the hacking has played a big part in Blizzard’s decision to take this course of action.

They want the terms of usage to be respected and think this is the best way of going about that. On the official Battle.net forum, Blizzard said “We’ve further tuned and tested the conditions that trigger this limit to ensure, as much as possible, that it only affects those abusing the Diablo 3 game service in a way that violates the terms of use – for example, by using bots that create games in rapid succession.”

You can get in contact with Blizzard though if you are one of the genuine players and you will have to explain as to why you plan to create load of games up. You should receive a message by them saying that your input limit has been reached. That is when you will have to contact Blizzard directly and tell them the story.

Blizzard’s Diablo 3 – Good Or Bad?

Since it’s release a little over a month and a bit ago the popular RPG game has had it’s fair share of criticism and bad news coming it’s way. With servers going down on launch day, to real money auction house exploits with item dupping. Diablo 3 has had it all and it is not a very good reputation Blizzard was planning to create for itself.

The other day, the Diablo 3 (rmah) was found to have been hacked by players who were purchasing items at knocked down prices, only to then go on and sell them for double or even treble the price. The game developers (Blizzard) immediately saw that this was taking part in the auction houses and therefore had to close them down.

What we want to know is, has Blizzard spent far too much time on the RMAH feature for the new installment. Or do you think the lack of gameplay that effectively made way and suffered, could have been better. In our personal view, Blizzard decided to concentrate on the RMAH and online side of things compared to the more important gameplay and lifespan of the game.

You have got to ask yourself the question. Is having a really cool new feature added into the game as a bonus, better than the lifespan of a game or even gameplay itself. So was Blizzard’s Diablo 3 good or bad after all?

The Diablo 3 billionaire gold walkthrough guide

A new walkthrough guide has just been released by the games first official Billionaire. The guy is giving away a FREE e course straight away to people who want it with a retail price of  nearly $30. The e course is free but what Daniel has to offer everybody else is quite special.

He has Diablo 3 cheats that no one else can match, if there is anybody that you want to listen to when it comes to a specific subject, then the expert is always the best option. Anybody knows that, this guy has been there and done it all when it comes to Diablo 3. He has made himself a billionaire in no time at all, which is incredibly impressive.

Daniel goes on to explain that he’s personal techniques are not from overly repeated Diablo forum techniques. They are not anything to do with bots or hacks that might get you banned or in trouble. He also explains that you do not have to quit your job that you may have to do this, you basically don’t have to be on the game 24 hours a day. The best part that we liked, was Daniel sais that this is not a quick get to rich scheme, and that he’s specific way of beating Diablo needs practice and patience which is good.

He does however say that you will get some really special tools to help you find the best possible items while in the game. He will teach you what exactly to purchase in the real money auction house. The basic guides that you will get with Daniel’s guide are as follows.

You will get the RMAH domination guide to help you buy some items at a low price and then selling them for the opposite. You will get the basic Diablo 3 guide where Daniel will teach you the basics of allyou need to know about the game. The third thing you will be getting is the Legendary items blueprint, which is a brilliant gold money making technique that is a absolute must have! Also the smart grinding guide and last but not least (Diablo 3 Billionaire guide.)

The best part of all of this is there are actual screenshots on the page and video testimonials of real players that have actually used the gold guide themselves. (The new walkthrough strategy guide Diablo 3 Billionaire has been suspended from our website.)

Blizzard decides to offer up refunds to South Korea

Blizzard have today decided to offer refunds to players in South Korea who are below level 40 in the game. The game makers were thinking about the decision for quite sometime after originally declining to give out refunds to their customers in that region.

The problems regarding the famous error 37 were pretty bad in most parts of the world, but nothing compared to what South Korea had to deal with. The region was hit the hardest in terms of server delaying and overall customer service and today it seems “Blizzard” have paid for there mishandling of the situation completely.

The Korean government decided to get involved and demanded that the game developers pay up with refunds the their Korean customers. The Korean government even went as far as to put an investigation underway for the damage caused. Some people are saying that Blizzard only done it so that they would not be seen as the bad guys in all of this. They certainly don’t want the villain name tag put next to their name.

Blizzard did indeed take their time with this decision, a decision that has been criticized for just how long it took for them to make a business decision. Korea is one of the best and biggest game markets that Blizzard have and their is a massive ask for games like Diablo 3 and online role playing games in general. Whether or not Blizzard decide to offer out these refunds to other country’s and continents remands to be seen.

Blizzard launches patch 1.0.3 for Diablo 3

The patch has only been updated in the US and is soon to follow in Asia and Europe with changes made. There are a lot of changes that Blizzard have made for this new update and players are more than excited about the news. If you want to know exactly what changes have happened,then your best going to the battle.net official website for all the details your going to need.

The Asian and European servers have had a slight delay to be updated with maintenance being conducted on them to prepare them for the new patch 1.0.3 which should go completely live today sometime.

Here are just some of the major changes that you need to take a look at below.

  • General
  •     To prevent monsters from being unintentionally kited into town from other areas of the game, portals have been placed at both ends of the bridge from New Tristram to The Weeping Hollow.
  • Towns have always been intended to be a safe haven from combat, and this change will help keep the denizens of New Tristram safe from the dangers that lurk beyond its walls.
  •  The rewards provided for replaying quests have been reduced
    The real-money auction house is now available for Chilean, Argentinian, and Brazilian currencies
  • Battle.net

       General

  • Friends will now sort alphabetically by name within the Friends List, first by Real ID and then by BattleTag.
  • The Quick Join menu will now also sort alphabetically by name, first by Real ID and then by BattleTag.
  •  Chat settings and preferences will now be saved whenever you log out
    Reporting another player using the Report > Spam option will now mute that player for the duration of your gaming session
  •   Bug Fixes
  • Using the /who command in a heavily populated chat channel should no longer cause the client to crash.
  •  The “Invite to Party” button should no longer become grayed-out if a player decides to:
  • Declines a party invite
  •  Requests a party invite and then declines it
  • Accepts a party invite, but then immediately leaves the party
    The character screen should now always display the correct act and quest information.
  •  If Real ID has been disabled for a Battle.net account, attempting to add a Real ID friend in Diablo III will now prompt the player with the following error message: “Battle.net is unable to add friends because you have Real ID disabled.”
  • Classes

    Barbarian

  • Active Skills
  • Ignore Pain
  • Skill Rune – Contempt for Weakness
  •  The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player’s maximum Life
  •  Overpower Skill Rune – Crushing Advance
  • The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player’s maximum Life.
  • The tooltip has been updated to represent that both melee and ranged damage are reflected
  • Weapon Throw
    Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be slowed: “Hurl a throwing weapon at any enemy for 100% weapon damage and Slow the movement of the enemy by 60% for 1.5 seconds.” (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
  • Passive Skills
    Relentless
  • Now reduces the Fury cost of all skill by 75%, down from 100% (the 50% damage reduction remains unchanged)
  • Bug Fixes
    General
  • The experience bar for characters at level cap on a Guest Pass account will now display 0/0 experience.
  •  If the account holder upgrades to the full game, their characters will be at 0/41000 experience towards the next level.
  •  The speed of the animation that plays when resurrecting another players should no longer scale with your attack speed.
  • Attempting to cast a skill while spamming the Town Portal hot key will now correctly interrupt the Town Portal cast and animation.
  • Players who use Town Portal while in a tar pit will no longer keep the tar pit debuff after being teleported.
  •  It is no longer possible for players in Hell difficulty to skip to Inferno difficulty by creating and leaving Public Games.
  • It is no longer possible to prevent character death in a single-player game by pausing the game in one game client and then logging into the same account from a different game client.
  • Fixed a bug where The Lyceum in the Southern Highlands was not appearing.
  • Fixed a bug where players could switch their offerings in the Trade window right before clicking “Accept” and, due to high latency, the game would not always be able to verify that both players were accepting the same offerings.
  • Fixed a bug that was allowing players to temporarily pick up items that belonged to another account.
  • Fixed a bug that was causing players to become stuck when using a banner to port to another player that was in an “un-walkable” location (i.e. to a barbarian in the middle of performing Leap)
  • Fixed a position desync bug (aka “rubberbanding”) that could happen when some movement skills (Strafe, Whirlwind, Tempest Rush) ended because the player ran out of the appropriate resource.
  • Fixed several issues where a player’s character would get stuck or “rubberband” while moving if their movement speed was slowed in any way.
  •  Several performance improvements have been made to both the PC and Mac client
  • Auction House
  • Item tooltips in the auction house will now correctly reflect stat bonuses provided by socketed gems.
  • Items with class-specific affixes should now display the class restriction properly.
  •  It should no longer be possible for players to purchase a stack of items so large that it cannot be sent to their stash.
  • The data displayed in each auction house tab should now properly reset when you are logging out of your account.

The Diablo 3 servers are okay now

It’s been weeks of controversy among the Blizzard game Diablo 3 and all the mayhem in between in all. Everybody who has been following the game or even into video games would know exactly what we are talking about as it has been all over the news on all the gaming websites literally every single day.

The Diablo servers went on the day of the famous games release and their have been problems after problems with them ever since. However, Blizzard (the game developers) have come out today and said that the servers have been functioning now for the past two weeks and are okay. They go on to say that there should be no more problems regarding the Diablo servers for the foreseeable future.

A statement from the game makers Blizzard read “We are continuing to work around the clock to provide the best possible service and deliver a great gameplay experience for our Diablo 3  players around the globe.” Also in the news regarding Diablo 3, is that the popular real money auction house had gone live in the whole of Europe and the USA.

The servers thus far have been okay around the globe, even in the US and Europe since the launch of the real money auction house the signs are good and long may that continue that way. We suspect that there will be no more problems or errors when it comes to the servers anymore.

America’s gain access to real money auction house for Diablo 3

North America and south America have gained access to the Diablo 3 feature the real money auction house. The most talked about feature on a video game in recent years was supposed to be available on the 22nd of May 2012 originally. This was delayed to a later date because of the developers (Blizzard) problems with multiple things including servers.

Diablo 3 players were able to gain items through the real game and then sell them via the real money auction house. Items including Armour, weapons, special items and gold can all be traded for real cash on this game. A fantastic feature that could entice anybody into starting to play the online role playing game.

The news that players were having their accounts compromised by hacking and a few other happenings slowed down the process being released aswell. A app will have to be downloaded manually for security precautions straight to their smartphone. The alternative root would be to just buy a authenticator device which may suit people without a smartphone.

Hackers, farmers and accounts compromised on Diablo 3

It has been announced today that a Chinese man has been the centre of attention on the famous video sharing community website YouTube.  The man gave a special one off interview and shared it on the site for viewers to watch for themselves.

In the interview the man claims that there are loads of diablo 3 accounts that have been the subject of a scandal in which most of them have been hacked by third parties. Websites associated with the game such as the official diablo 3 forums and actual real player accounts have all been hacked by gold farmers.

The interview lasted a very long time and the man did take he’s time with what he was saying to the journalist. He decided to hide he’s own voice and make sure that he’s identity remain a mystery for obvious reasons. He said “many people that have used the exact same account for all of these same types of websites are at a huge risk.”

If players of the game have used the password that they chose for the first site and used it again on all the others, then they may be liable for their accounts to be indeed hacked. When the gold farmers have obtained your personal information then they would typically go on to sell it to a third party.

Blizzard are urging customers to immediately change the usernames and passwords that they have previously set. The Chinese man also said that he wants the game developers to annihilate all the horrible bots and spammers so that this can be prevented from happening in the future.

There is of course a lot of controversy surrounding this interview as some people believe that it is nothing more than a publicity stunt in order to get millions of hits on YouTube. You can find the exact video we are talking about by searching for Markee dragon’s username and it should be the latest video. If not, then it will be the one with the most number of views.

Some people are saying that the game makers should have just left diablo 3 offline so that none of this sort of inconvenience never happened. The fact that people have paid good money for this video game and now have the task of worrying about there account is outright wrong. We are sure that Blizzard will do everything in their power to rectify the problem as soon as possible though.