Diablo 3 Blog Guide

Bashiok has posted about end game solutions on the official forums. Looks like we will be seeing changes to end game in upcoming patches, as well as PVP in 1.1. Below is the full post. Blizzard blue tracker: July 4, 2012. We recognize that the item hunt is just not enough for a long-term sustainable end-game. There are still tons of people playing every day and week, and playing a lot, but eventually they're going to run out of stuff to do (if they haven't already). Killing enemies and finding...

July 3, 2012: Blizzard is taking suggestions on how to improve magic find gear swapping. Below are 6 options they have proposed. Stop by their feedback thread to give your thoughts about what you think would work best!Since release it has become an increasingly common practice to keep a Magic Find (MF) set in your inventory, and swap it in shortly before a kill. Philosophically we don't have a problem...

Here is a Monk 1.0.3 guide submitted by Nmity.Hello again! Just a short one today recapping on the stats / gear you will want to use on your Monk after the 1.0.3 attack speed nerf and the monster damage nerf. This guidelines everything you need to know in terms of gearing for acts 2-4 on the Inferno difficul...

Today's hotfix has increased the Neph drop rate for all acts in Inferno. Bosses are now guaranteed to drop at least 1 rare with 4 stacks of Nephalem Valor and 2 rares with 5 stacks.Here are the hotfixes:JuneItemsThe drop rates for high-end items (items level 61-63) have been increased for Acts III and IV of Hell difficulty and Acts I – IV of Inferno difficulty:The new approximate drop rates are as follows:Hell – Act III and Act IViLvl 61: 9% to 13.9%iLvl 62: 1.9% to 3.45%iLvl 63: 0% (no change)Inferno...

Blizzard Blue Tracker: June 27, 2012In general we tend to not provide release dates or specific timeframes for patches due to the complexity of the updates, and the possibility that we’ll discover an issue that keeps us from releasing it on time. We discovered a few such issues late into the testing of 1.0.3b, which means it won’t hit this week as previously mentioned.However, we know that a number of changes in 1.0.3b have been highly anticipated, and so we spent the better part of today pulling...

Blizzard Blue Tracker: June 25, 2012Diablo III Patch 1.0.3a – v.1.0.3. 10235The latest client patch notes can be found here.Visit our Bug Report forum for a list of known issues.The most recent hotfixes can be found here.ClassesWitch DoctorBug FixesZombie Charger Skill Rune – Zombie BearsFixed a bug where Zombie Bears were unable to attack targets on slopesZombie Bears should no longer become stuck on objects with which they shouldn’t have collisionItemsGeneralEquipped...

Act 1 - 4 Inferno Elite Hotspot (Farming) Guide submitted by Nmitty.Hello again everybody! This guide is covering acts 1 through 4 elite pack farming routes! These are all of the farming routes I've been using since 1.0.3 has hit and they all have a great amount of elite packs over a short period of time farming. Hopefully this helps you progress more quickly to higher acts or just helps you farm more elite packs much more efficiently!Act 1: 0:00Act 2: 5:45Act 3: 9:46Act 4: 15:10 Build in...