Mysteries of the Mighty Barbarians.

**Wulfgang** · 2013-05-11 00:05

Does anyone play semi-casually and want to group up? I am paragon 6 Barb with like 55k DPS Skorn build. Typically Rend + survivability skills, but super out of the loop lately. Not an awesome player by any means, but just looking for some people to hack and slash a bit who won't yell at me for not being uber dps all star.

**arus2001** · 2013-05-21 16:44

Link in case hotlinking doesn't work.

**6souls** · 2013-06-11 21:45

Rumor: Expansion release pushed back to 2014

The long-awaited Diablo 3 expansion won’t turn up this year, according to an unconfirmed report.

VentureBeat “learned” that the expansion won’t release this year fron unnamed sources, but could not elicit a comment from Blizzard on the subject.

Although the expansion had not been dated, Diablo 3 launched in April 2012, and many fans had been hoping for new content by the end of the year.

On the other hand, Blizzard releases tend to be spaced quite far apart, and StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launched in March, Mists of Pandaria turned up in September 2012, and the compoany is working on multiple projects – the recently-stymied Titan; collectible card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft; Blizzard All-Stars; the next episode of StarCraft 2; and, most pertinently to any delays to Diablo 3 content, the console ports of the action RPG.

http://www.vg247.com/2013/06/12/diab...o-2014-report/
http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/bl...014-exclusive/

**aurik** · 2013-06-12 03:20

Yeah, given that we haven't heard a word about it and all the changes in the base game / team and the coincidental timing of the console version I was already assuming this to be the case.

We'll probably hear about it at BlizzCon and I expect it to be ~May 2014.

**Roranora** · 2013-06-18 08:33

wru loot 2.0 ;x over/under @feb2014. I say over, maybe it'll be on PTR by Feb

http://diablo.somepage.com/news/1569...efore-blizzcon

Interview With Josh Mosquiera
Diablo.somepage.com had the great opportunity to talk to Diablo 3's new Game Director Josh Mosquiera and developers Travis Day and Kevin Martens. The interview was released in three parts with the last one being recently published. We've summarized some of the more interesting things that the devs shared. You can read the three parts of the interview here, here and here.

The Itemization patch, or "Loot 2.0", will release after Blizzcon. Blizzard does not want to publish small chunks of updates, but instead intend to do a full overhaul
All Legendary items should have unique properties, some examples include a set bonus that makes Call of the Ancients last forever and a Treasure Goblin that follows the character, picking up grey and white items and sometimes throwing the player magical items
Items could become upgradeable, making them also non-tradable
The 2 billion gold Auction House cap might get raised, but it's a fairly complex thing to do technically
Least used class skills are what gets most attention when balancing classes. Developers want to bring more build diveristy and constantly strive for it
Some Elite packs are harder than bosses, because the later are more of a celebration element in the storyline. With that said the experience from developing the bosses on PC and later on console versions has tought the development team a lot and new bosses that make their way into the game will be much better
The PC version of D3 might get updated with some of the console features
The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are identical in gameplay and mechanics
Console development didn't start until after the PC game launched, as the console team was brought in to help finish the title for PC
Jay Wilson allowed "whatever tweaks are needed" to properly translate Diablo 3 to consoles

**Meko** · 2013-06-18 14:20

Is that for serious? Sheesh. I kept holding out hope for maybe this summer. Oh well, Blizzard is going to continue to lose subs and have nothing to talk about at Blizzcon I guess. WoW subs are falling, D3 is back to being boring and pointless (for me/to me). With Titan delayed, what will they cover at Blizzcon? A new WoW expansion? SC? I don't know, seems pointless.

**geno** · 2013-06-18 22:56

Probably Blizzard All-stars as a center-piece if they are serious about entering the moba market, on top of the usual WoW expansion, and then maybe even a reveal of some tidbits on a new D3 expansion, even if its forever away. Could still be a lot coming out of Blizzcon this year, and I'm personally hyped for it because of WCS

**Eanae** · 2013-06-19 09:47

We'll probably see:

WoW expansion maybe one new class no new race
D3 expansion trailer maybe one new class (str primary class) and major info on the item revamp
SC2 expansion trailer but I doubt we'll see any new units
Hearthstone stuff
Blizzard Allstars stuff
Nothing about Titan what so ever

**Lordender** · 2013-06-21 20:28

I'm still playing, trying to get the last 5 paragon levels before quitting until next year.

**Shenrien** · 2013-06-21 20:39

Originally Posted by Eanae

We'll probably see:

WoW expansion maybe one new class no new race
D3 expansion trailer maybe one new class (str primary class) and major info on the item revamp
SC2 expansion trailer but I doubt we'll see any new units
Hearthstone stuff
Blizzard Allstars stuff
Nothing about Titan what so ever

Don't get your hopes up too high for Legacy of the Void, I doubt we'll see that for at least another year, HoTS is here to milk the e-sport market for a little bit, they would be hurting themselves if they threw another curve ball to that market that they probably make a huge profit margin off of endorsements.

**Lordender** · 2013-07-01 08:39

Taken from: http://diablo.incgamers.com/

"Fact #1: There will not be any Diablo 3 content patches before Blizzcon. When news of this broke a couple of weeks ago it was greeted with rage, but it’s just how it is. Like it or don’t. If you’re displeased with the current game and all you want from Diablo 3 is MOAR new game content, and you do not care about dev interviews, theorycrafting, insight into the process, concept art, etc… you should probably save yourself some public tantrums by taking a break and focusing your attention on other things until say… November-ish."

**Roranora** · 2013-07-01 10:14

February-ish**

Alarial · 2013-07-01 14:35

I haven't played since before they introduced paragon levels or even inferno difficulty variants.. I just got tired of my gold being essentially worthless and all the items I was farming being unsellable on the AH, thus not being able to make any real progress beyond mind numbing farming.

That being said, I've had some more time recently and am thinking about coming back, but don't know where to start.

Is it possible for me to come back and have fun or get anywhere in the game with its current economy/setup? I have a level 60 mage at the moment, with what is probably shitty gear compared to current stuff. I'm also only really looking to play a few hours a week, so I'm not looking to pound out 4 hour farm sessions every day.

**Roranora** · 2013-07-01 15:02

I'd go to like official wizard forums and look to buy a set, doesn't need to be the best, but there will be so much hand-me-down quality stuff now that will trump your old gear surely. Buy gold to buy set. '-'; Terrible loot is still terrible. Just get to whatever is modestly strong and easily attainable in the economy and park it until Loot 2.0 and Xpack1 changes.

Alarial · 2013-07-01 15:07

Is there anywhere I can go to get a "here's the basic things you should know about what's changed and how that affects you"? There seems to have been just a massive amount of changes and I'm not even sure where to start. Or what to do once I get a new set of gear.

**Roranora** · 2013-07-01 15:25

The collective changes really aren't all that impactful tbh. Damage received was reworked such that building more offensively is viable as opposed to almost mandating a large sum of defensive stats. Furthermore, the need for mitigation is also diminished by life steal options. Oh and death doesn't matter at all in normal mode.

The little new things like when you see 3 fireballs flying at you in Fields of Misery are all pretty simple and basic stuff to figure out mostly on your own. And it's better that way. Get what fun you can out of the game, and some of the new stuff might be fun cause it's new to you. You'll probably come around and have some fun with char improvements but find yourself feeling similar again later. Diablo fans are just in a wait-it-out spot for 0.75yrs or so.

**Arximiro** · 2013-07-23 12:47

I'm sure some of you have seen this, but if you haven't please give it a check out. It's really a thing of beauty. I typically don't pay much attention to suggestion threads, but the amount of effort put into this one really is quite amazing, and a lot of the ideas are awesome.

http://www.diablofans.com/topic/9937...rue-potential/

Here is the thread on the official forums, if you get a chance toss it a like and a bump if you agree with these ideas and think blizz should take some of them up.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/9499430938

**Karbuncle** · 2013-07-23 13:30

His ideas are amazing... I especially like the "Empty Rune" Idea that would give some legendaries a special rune varient of some Skills... the examples he used were nice... This is really well thought out and i hope Blizzard adapts something like this. Years of SE makes me wanna say not a single GD thing he suggested will be added because companies are too arrogant to listen to consumers... Other part of me hopes Blizzard sees it and is listening and taking to heart some of these ideas, cause Honestly it would get me playing again.

**Helm** · 2013-07-25 08:21

They should hire the dude. ` -. )

**Eanae** · 2013-07-25 09:15

He has some good ideas but also some awful ideas. The rewards for achievements that boost damage? Terrible idea that make achievements mandatory. Removing paragon level bonuses? Terrible idea. Removing NV stack cap or capping it at 500? Awful idea that punishes the ability to hop on and play play some quick games at the same pace as everyone else which is what Blizzard is aiming for. They don't want you to have to commit 3-4 hours just to cap NV and its stupid to even suggest it. The game doesn't need more crafting materials, the game just needs more crafts like the ilvl 63 crafts that are actually good. Gems are also fine the way they are. Having them all drop kills a major gold sink which at least has some economical effect on the gold AH.

That being said, the mystic and weapon rune idea would be pretty nice. But seem like his only ideas that aren't seriously flawed.

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