Mysteries of the Mighty Barbarians.

[arus2001]

I think in some ways it's okay, others not so much. Stuff like being able to roll STR/DEX/INT as the primary lets an item work for multiple classes, and given the usual focus on primary stat, VIT, All Resist, then crit stuff, that basically saves Blizz from having to make 3 different types of armor that'd basically be the same. On the other hand, it is lazy and kinda limits flavor mods. Weapons probably suffer worst for the damage reason, as I personally found an 850ish Manticore when people only want the 1200+ range with dual sockets. :/

[Rufus]

I've sold one legendary so far in my 23 levels of paragon. (and can't sell decent rares!)
I've been finding about 1 or so every other run since I built a mf kit to get to 300-ish%. I just throw them in my bank as trophies. Once I fill a tab, I'm gonna give em away to anyone who wants em.

Found a Tal Rasha's chest Friday. It rolled mediocre stats but whatevs. I'm using it regardless as it's better than the rare I had. Saved me a couple mil anyhow. So I've found two useful things

Went back to playing my wizard. I'm at 116k dps on an archon build. WD is alright, but kind of tired of it right now. Archon is godly when the mobs support it refreshing.

[Rehn]

After dinging P100, I can safely agree with lordender regarding legendary's (and in general, the randomly generated affixes for everything) really makes item hunting for upgrades really a PITA. My 209 brimstone in my chest can attest to the amount of stupidly low quality legendaries I've come across. The difference between a good manticore, a great manticore, and an undisputed manticore is ridiculous; and good manticores will probably go for 5M, a great one for 25M, and the godly one will never be in your reach unless you fork over some major $$$. And this is all due to the exceptionally huge variance on DMG affixes alone as arus pointed out.

The only true upgrades I've come across are my shoulders, pants, right ring, IK belt, and my lacuni prowler (ARMORY) and I can't say they are top of the line by any means.

Don't think I have ever found upgrades in regards to my mainhand either; been using a 1k DPS slayer purchased from AH until I recently found a 7M axe that I'm using at the moment. Going from P75 (when I bought that slayer) to P91 (when I bought the 7M axe) with no upgrade in between? Saddening.

And seeing any resist aside from a 70+ AR on any legendary armor? /cry

Rant aside, I really love this game; put in quite the number of hours since launch and am eager to see what else they add in regards to co-op in the future. Hellfire ring farming is a decent dessert for most, but the playerbase is hungry for more goodies. I can only see things improving from here on (maybe except the affix system).

[Lordender]

There is just too many Legendary's that have ZERO chance at being good, like Frostburns, Ivory Tower, Dawn, Balefire Caster. What Blizzard needs to do is straight up allow blacksmith to socket items, make it function like the D2 Lazurk quest through a rare pattern. This fixes "no socket = worthless" more items suddenly become attractive to sell or use as upgrades.

Next, they need to just go back to % damage on weapons, up base damages to make up for removing elemental damage, min/max and have enhanced damage % pop way more higher on items. This eliminates needing % weapon dmg, +min/max or elemental damage to all pop to get a high DPS roll. In D2, 150-200% enhanced damage on weapons worked fine, there was no reason to change it to this really bad system.

Class specific items need to only roll that classes primaries, str should never pop on a quiver, int should never pop on a spirit stone etc.

All resist needs to have a cap, damage needs to be based around the new cap.

Several legendary's need to be redesigned to give us alternative game play, where is the items that changes us to like a werewolf that gave us unique abilities etc?

[Mrf]

Haven't played the game much the last few weeks due to internet problems / lack of interest, but...

Patch 1.0.7 preview is up
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/8414560/

[chazzyphizzle]

pets not reflecting damage to master is long overdue, even though i dont play this anymore

[Dimmauk]

I never had problems with my pets reflecting damage. I'm interested in the Monk spenders, but they need to fix spirit gain more.

[arus2001]

No plans to curb AH flipping. No real interest since the economy is basically what held me back from acquiring better gear. Kinda sad having dumped over 500 hours into the game only to never see a thing worth more than 30m. Most things I find would probably be lucky to sell for 50k.

[Lordender]

Still won't be playing until they work on itemization. No wiggle room to miss any critical stat on gear, no being able to socket items, no real problems of my concern being addressed by 1.07. I thought hellfire rings were awful, boring, at least in D2, the hellfire torches were great at max level even if you got a low end one.

They went ahead and incentivized MP10 which they said they wouldn't do with the new craft items dropping 80+% which means only barbs, wiz will be able to do it efficiently. Even with the new craft recipes, it still misses the point if that gear misses 1 thing, it is useless. Legendary items, 95% are still bad due to the insane randomness on them.

Skills are still boring.

[Shenrien]

It's a fair update and I'll probably poke at it when I'm very bored which probably wont be any time soon.

[Dimmauk]

Datamined is up

http://www.diablofans.com/news/1499-...d-information/

Class Changes
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Barbarian

DiabloWiki.com - Threatening ShoutThreatening Shout
DiabloWiki.com - FalterFalter : Affected enemies also have their attack speed reduced by -15% for 5 seconds.

Monk

DiabloWiki.com - Near Death ExperienceNear Death Experience When receiving fatal damage, you are instead restored to 35% of maximum Life and 35% Spirit. / This effect cannot occur more than once everytwice in succession within 60 seconds.
DiabloWiki.com - Cyclone StrikeCyclone Strike Cost: 50 Spirit / Pull allup to 8 enemies within 24 yards towards you, followed by a furious blast of energy that deals 100313% weapon damage as Holy.
DiabloWiki.com - Dashing StrikeDashing Strike Cost: 25 Spirit / Quickly dash at the targeted enemy or location, striking for 160303% weapon damage and rooting the target for 1 second.
stat : Damage increased to 160303% weapon damage.
DiabloWiki.com - Inner SanctuaryInner Sanctuary
DiabloWiki.com - Forbidden PalaceForbidden Palace : You and your allies standing in the area of effect of Inner Sanctuary deal 1015% additional damage.
DiabloWiki.com - Sanctified GroundSanctified Ground : When Inner Sanctuary expires, it becomes sanctified ground for 6 seconds, slowing the movement of all enemies that move through it by 6080%.
DiabloWiki.com - Sweeping WindSweeping Wind Cost: 75 Spirit / Surround yourself in a vortex that continuously deals 1520% weapon damage to all enemies within 10 yards. The vortex lasts 6 seconds and is refreshed each time you strike an enemy with a melee attack. Landing a Critical Hit has a chance to increase the vortex effect up to 2 times for a total of 4560% weapon damage to nearby enemies.
DiabloWiki.com - Blade StormBlade Storm : Intensify the vortex, increasing the damage per stack to 2026% weapon damage. This increases the damage with 3 stacks to 6078% weapon damage.
DiabloWiki.com - CycloneCyclone : While your vortex is at the maximum stack count, Critical Hits have a chance to spawn a lightning tornado that periodically electrocutes nearby enemies for 2026% weapon damage as Lightning. Each spawned lightning tornado lasts 3 seconds.
DiabloWiki.com - Exploding PalmExploding Palm Cost: 40 Spirit / Cause a target to Bleed for 745% weapon damage as Physical over 9 seconds. If the target dies while bleeding, it explodes and deals 3050% of the target's maximum Life as Physical damage to all nearby enemies.
stat : Cause a target to Bleed for 745% weapon damage as Physical per second for 9 seconds. If the target dies while bleeding, it explodes and deals 3050% of the target's maximum Life as Physical damage to all nearby enemies.
DiabloWiki.com - Wave of LightWave of Light Cost: 75 Spirit / Focuses a wave of light that crushes enemies for 390829% weapon damage as Holy, followed by an additional 45% weapon damage as Holy to all enemies in a line.
stat : Damage increased to 48 - 48 Holy damage.
DiabloWiki.com - Wall of LightWall of Light : Increases damage of the initial strike to 5661202% weapon damage as Holy.
DiabloWiki.com - Lashing Tail KickLashing Tail Kick Cost: 30 Spirit / Unleash a deadly roundhouse kick that knocks enemies back and deals 235470% weapon damage.
DiabloWiki.com - Vulture Claw KickVulture Claw Kick : Release a torrent of fire that burns nearby enemies for 259517% weapon damage as Fire and causes Knockback.
DiabloWiki.com - Spinning Flame KickSpinning Flame Kick : Hurl a column of fire that burns through enemies, causing 294588% weapon damage as Fire to each enemy it strikes.
DiabloWiki.com - Tempest RushTempest Rush Cost: 15 Spirit plus an additional 10 Spirit while channeling / Charge directly through your enemies, knocking them back and hobbling them, slowing their movement by 60% for 2 seconds. Also deals 85155% weapon damage while running.
DiabloWiki.com - Mystic AllyMystic Ally
DiabloWiki.com - Water AllyWater Ally : Imbue the ally with the essence of water. The ally gains the ability to perform a wave attack that deals 120% of your weapon damage as Physical and slows the movement of affected targets by 3060% for 2 seconds.
DiabloWiki.com - Eternal AllyEternal Ally : Imbue the ally with the essence of life. When the ally dies, it has a 50100% chance to be reborn after 53 seconds. In addition, the physical damage of the ally's basic attack is increased to 4460% of your weapon damage per swing.

WitchDoctor

DiabloWiki.com - Spirit VesselSpirit Vessel Reduces the cooldown of your Horrify, Spirit Walk, and Soul Harvest spells by 2 seconds. In addition, the next time you receive fatal damage, you automatically enter the spirit realm for 2 seconds and heal to 15% of your maximum Life. This effect cannot occur more than once everytwice in succession within 90 seconds.

Wizard

DiabloWiki.com - Temporal FluxTemporal Flux Whenever you deal Arcane damage, enemies are slowed by 3060% for 23 seconds.
DiabloWiki.com - IllusionistIllusionist Whenever you suffer more than 15% of your Life in a single hit, the cooldowns on Mirror Image, Slow Time and Teleport are automatically reset.
DiabloWiki.com - Unstable AnomalyUnstable Anomaly When reduced below 30% Lifeyou receive fatal damage, you heal to 45% of your maximum Life and release a shockwave that knocks enemies back and slows them by 60% for 3 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once everytwice in succession within 60 seconds.
DiabloWiki.com - Shock PulseShock Pulse Launch a volley of 3 electric bolts that deal 5348% weapon damage as Lightning damage per bolt. / Cost: 0 Arcane Power
DiabloWiki.com - Fire BoltsFire Bolts : Cast bolts of fire that each deal 152195% weapon damage as Fire.
DiabloWiki.com - Living LightningLiving Lightning : Conjure a being of lightning that drifts forward, electrocuting nearby enemies for 3753% weapon damage as Lightning.
DiabloWiki.com - Explosive BoltsExplosive Bolts : Slain enemies explode, dealing 70105% weapon damage as Lightning to every enemy within 10 yards.
DiabloWiki.com - Arcane OrbArcane Orb Cost: 35 Arcane Power / Hurl an orb of pure energy that explodes when it hits, dealing 175200% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 10 yards.
DiabloWiki.com - ObliterationObliteration : Increase the damage of the explosion to deal 228260% weapon damage as Arcane.
DiabloWiki.com - Arcane NovaArcane Nova : Modify the orb to deal 175200% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 20 yards.
DiabloWiki.com - Arcane OrbitArcane Orbit : Create 4 Arcane Orbs that orbit you, exploding for 7080% weapon damage as Arcane when enemies get close.
DiabloWiki.com - BlizzardBlizzard Cost: 40 Arcane Power / Call down shards of ice to pelt an area, dealing 210510% weapon damage as Cold to all enemies in the area over 6 seconds. Multiple casts in the same area do not stack.
stat : Call down shards of ice to pelt an area, dealing 25 - 25 Cold damage per second for 8 seconds.
DiabloWiki.com - Unrelenting StormUnrelenting Storm : Increases the duration of Blizzard to deal 280680% weapon damage as Cold over 8 seconds.
DiabloWiki.com - Stark WinterStark Winter : Increases the size of Blizzard to cover 22 yards, dealing 210510% weapon damage as Cold over 6 seconds.

[arus2001]

Umm, hundreds of thousands of percents on Monk skills?! I really hope that data mining is wrong, because people flipped their shit when Vault:ToC was like 3000%.

[Lordender]

New Gems look awful when you compare the price to make them.

New Ruby gives 150min/max dmg.

Costs 5million gold to unsocket an item with the new gem in it.

[Mrf]

Umm, hundreds of thousands of percents on Monk skills?! I really hope that data mining is wrong, because people flipped their shit when Vault:ToC was like 3000%.

The first set of digits were struck through on the diablofans site and the formatting did not carry over, so for Stark Winter it is 510%, not 210510%

[arus2001]

A little more sane. x.x

At the very least, I do agree most monk spenders were shit.

[Dimmauk]

Update with Procs

Classes

Barbarian
Bug Fixes
Threatening Shout – Grim Harvest should no longer cause monsters to drop loot multiple times
Demon Hunter
Bug Fixes
The Reflects Damage affix will now properly reflect damage caused by Bola Shot
Monk
Active Skills
Cyclone Strike
Weapon damage increased from 100% to 313%
Dashing Strike
Weapon damage increased from 160% to 303%
Exploding Palm
Explosion damage increased from 30% to 50% of the target’s maximum health
Inner Sanctuary
Radius increased from 8 yards to 11 yards
Skill Rune – Forbidden Palace
Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%
Skill Rune – Sanctified Ground
Now reduces enemy movement speed by 80% (up from 60%)
Lashing Tail Kick
Weapon damage increased from 235% to 470%
Mystic Ally
The amount of damage a Mystic Ally can take from a single hit is now capped
The cap scales with the player's level, and is further reduced by the player's Armor and Resistance
Skill Rune – Eternal Ally
Weapon Damage increased from 40% to 60%
The Eternal Ally now has a 100% chance to be reborn after 3 seconds (up from 50% and down from 5 seconds)
Skill Rune – Fire Ally
The cooldown of the Fire Ally’s special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds
Skill Rune – Water Ally
The Water Ally’s special attack now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% (up from 30%)
The cooldown of the Water Ally’s special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds
Sweeping Wind
Base weapon damage increased from 15% to 20% per stack
Skill Rune – Blade Storm
Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack
Skill Rune – Cyclone
Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack
Tempest Rush
Weapon Damage increased from 85% to 155%
Wave of Light
Weapon damage increased from 390% to 829%
Passive Skills
Near Death Experience
Dying will now reset the cooldown
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Sweeping Wind was not actively updating its damage and attributes from the player
Witch Doctor
Active Skills
Spirit Barrage
Skill Rune – Well of Souls
The secondary missiles fired by this rune can now hit the primary target
Wizard
Active Skills
Arcane Orb
Weapon damage increased from 175% to 200%
Skill Rune – Obliteration
Weapon damage increased from 228% to 260%
Blizzard
Weapon damage increased from 210% to 510% over 6 seconds
Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
Skill Rune – Grasping Chill
Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
Skill Rune – Frozen Solid
Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
Skill Rune – Stark Winter
Proc coefficient increased to from 0.005 to 0.0125
Skill Rune – Snowbound
Proc coefficient increased to from 0.01 to 0.0125
Skill Rune – Unrelenting Storm
Weapon damage increased from 280% to 680%
Shock Pulse
Weapon damage increased from 105% to 150%
Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
Skill Rune – Fire Bolts
Weapon damage increased from 152% to 195%
Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
Skill Rune – Explosive Bolts
Weapon damage increased from 70% to 105%
Proc coefficient increased from 0.5 to 0.8
Skill Rune – Lightning Affinity
Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
Skill Rune – Living Lightning
Weapon damage increased from 37% to 52%
Passive Skills
Critical Mass
Critical Mass now affects the cooldowns of Archon: Teleport and Archon: Slow Time while in Archon Form
Temporal Flux
Now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% for 3 seconds (up from 30% and 2 seconds)
Unstable Anomaly
Now activates upon receiving fatal damage (changed from when a player is reduced below 30% Life)
Dying will now reset the cooldown
Bug Fixes
Blizzard Critical Hits now correctly have a chance to proc Arcane Power on Crit

[Pikarya]

http://kotaku.com/5976857/diablo-iii...?post=56328943

Not sure if posted. Best fucking news I've read in months about this bastard of a game.

[Bilopdop]

They moved him to direct project Titan.

[Pikarya]

They moved him to direct project Titan.

http://www.seas.ucla.edu/hsseas/rele...ages/blimp.jpg

[Kytele]

http://www.seas.ucla.edu/hsseas/rele...ages/blimp.jpg