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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...

Loot Data for 111 Elite Kills in Inferno submitted by derick.With the release of the new patch this week I wanted to get a better understanding of the drop rate of items, and how and if magic find affected it.After getting 5 NV stacks I began taking screenshots right after an elite kill, and of every identified item. I spent around 11 hours (with a few breaks) across wed-fri running Act 3 on Inferno...

Here is another Inferno Act 1 Farming Guide submitted by ND. Description: A1 is fine for farming, it's fast and can drop the big ticket items, just a lot of time farming is necessary. In the past 2 days I've had 2 5mil drops in act 1, very decent for about 10 hours farming.Port to northern highlands, check for the Watchtower dungeon along the NW wall of the zone (it's small, takes maybe 10s). If...

Blizzard Blue Tracker: June 22, 20121) Champion packs over Bosses – I understand why you want to push people to fight champion packs. In Diablo 2 they were almost entirely avoided for the sake of getting to the bosses faster for better loot. However you must realize that MANY people find boss fights more entertaining? It also goes against the logic of some random monster is more dangerous than the greatest battle commander in all of the burning hells! Why is blizzard adamant that players avoid bosses...

Diablo 3 Item Primer submitted by Delphic.After seeing quite a few people worried and confused about the stat changes to Attack Speed and possible future changes, I decided to write up this summary of how items work in Diablo 3.The important thing to know about items is based on the following three terms:Item - What the item is, as well as its iLvl. This is also where base damage and base armor are...

Inferno Melee Wizard Critical Mass Build submitted by beirtec.Build: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#WOXYPk!agb!aYaZZZMy Stats: http://i.imgur.com/2TBql.jpgMy Gear: http://i.imgur.com/HJdbt.jpgVid...

Monk Inferno Act 2 - 4 Guide submitted by Nm.Build: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#biXgYh!ZXU!ZZbacaAlso check out his Monk Inferno Act 1 Farming Guide.Note: Turn up your volume because the sound is a bit tough to he...

Monk Guide - Farming Act 1 - Preparing for Acts 2 - 4 submitted by ...

Blizzard commented on the IAS nerf and whether other things will be nerfed as well. Looks like it was just a one time thing, and they won't be touching other major gameplay mechanics unless there is an "extreme situation". Below is the full post as well as a few other comments about champion affixes, repair costs, magic finding gear, and more.Blizzard Blue Tracker: Updated June 21, 2012IAS Nerf:There are plenty of stats we could have nerfed, there are many (some which have been mentioned) which...

Inferno Monk DW Combination Strike Build submitted by KL.Long story short, I made an old Combination Strike build / video awhile back. It worked up to A2i... But A3 / A4 demanded I switch in Hard Target to live.So I'm pleased to announce that once more this build works!Build:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#UbkYXg!XgU!ZZacbaYeah, it can stand to be tweaked still, but that's about it for now. If / when I get more crit and crit dmg I'll be switching out Blinding Flash for Sweeping...

Here is a small guide on how to replace your IAS gear submitted by PL.The days before the patch I saw it coming and replaced a lot of gear with crit/crit dmg instead of IAS except for my gloves which are insane.I replaced my rings, ammy, etc with these guidelines.Guidelines:I found that for me(may differ slightly for you):1% ias = ~1% crit = ~8 Dex = ~7% crit damageWhen I replace gear though ...

Here is a Max Gear Stat Spreadsheet submitted by tierr...

Here are the patch notes for 1.0.3. (Deployed June 19, 2012.)Diablo III Patch 1.0.3 - v.1.0.3.10057Table of ContentsGeneralBattle.netClassesItemsCraftingFollowersBossesMonstersBug Fixes GeneralTo 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 Willow. Towns have always...