7:15 pm, October 17, 2014
Not sure if this idea has been posted before but it would be interesting to see which builds would be on top if builds aren't influenced by leg affixes. And this would make blues and yellows w [..]
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7:15 pm, October 15, 2014
Just had a thought that I'd like to share. The debate over RNG attached to Greater Rift maps has been raging since patch 2.1 was released. Some maps are compact enough that one can " [..]
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7:15 am, October 10, 2014
Some people have been bringing up the whole point of insane exponential growth in greater rifts, that just makes them slower and slower to complete until you ultimately fail and start over again becau [..]
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7:15 am, October 8, 2014
Averaged graphs are here: http://jsfiddle.net/0vLfects/3/embedded/result/ The Y axis is in days. I've seen a few requests as to how old the the top 1000 records are, so here's that inf [..]
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7:15 am, September 27, 2014
Back in beta d3, we were able to salvage items while out in the field. Blizzard decided that they didn't like us never having to go back to town, so they nixed it. Now, we have a lot more reas [..]
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7:15 pm, September 25, 2014
Hello everyone, this is Wudijo. I'm not entirely sure on how much the communities of diablofans and reddit overlap, so I thought I'll post it here as well to bring more attention to th [..]
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7:15 pm, September 25, 2014
The prismatic prestidigitation of the Wizard is as impressive as it is destructive. In todays Play Your Way feature, V3dun#2884 draws a parallel between the Void Ray unit in StarCraft II and his own v [..]
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7:15 pm, September 24, 2014
I'm finding that the rare items dropped from a cache, wont salvage with the rest of the yellows when using the salvage all button. Anyone else having this problem? submitted by Arillious [ [..]
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7:15 am, September 22, 2014
This is not a rant (well perhaps a little one) but more of a speech to identify fundamental problems with the GR scaling at and above lvl 40 for solo play. I'll try and share some thoughts tha [..]
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7:15 pm, September 19, 2014
Sell and salvage your loot at the beginning of a new game, please. Don't hold everybody who is already out of the current game and ready for new one by salvaging your loot and identifying your [..]
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7:15 am, September 19, 2014
[V1.0 initial post, subject to refining and editing] Introduction: My crusader is P319 on seasons, and I've been running the Blade of Prophecy (BoP) (Condemn casts 2 or 3 times) and Frydehr& [..]
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7:15 am, September 13, 2014
While theres no question that slaying hordes of demons and looting heaps of shiny trinkets from their corpses is a ton of fun, sharing and talking about these experiences with other players on our for [..]
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7:15 pm, September 11, 2014
Get ready to roar with unbridled Fury the Barbarian is our next class feature and PhoenixGod#1842 is on fire with his Frenzy-focused build in this weeks Play Your Way!
About the Build:
The Barb [..]
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7:15 am, September 10, 2014
Link : http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/11982298425 There's a lot of issues currently that need fixing in regards to the Greater rifts. I might miss some important points, but overall th [..]
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7:15 am, September 9, 2014
I wanted to see how much ladders have changed over the weekend. Following up from http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/2fkiu5/averaging_the_top_1000_solos_for_each_class/ckaer0k Using my modificati [..]
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7:15 pm, September 5, 2014
As part of a discussion on another post, I wrote a little PHP script to aggregate the top 1000 characters in each solo rift leaderboard, for softcore. Thought I'd paste this out for those inte [..]
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7:15 am, September 4, 2014
I've found that performing some actions while having the Mystic Ally: Earth Ally rune equipped (which passively grants +20% life) can cause the passive effect to momentarily drop, then be reap [..]
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7:15 pm, September 2, 2014
Hi! Today I noticed that some of the legendary gems are proccing from one of my Witch Doctor's non-damaging abilities (Horrify) which hat no proc coefficient: Legendary Gems that proc off Hor [..]
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7:15 am, September 1, 2014
Forgive me if this seems like a rant against the RNG gods, but it feels as if farming for keys and attempting to get the parts for a Hellfire Amulet is near impossible, or at the very least a huge was [..]
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7:15 pm, August 18, 2014
I'm pretty casual at this game, but I love finding gear upgrades as much as anyone else. However, most of the time I find myself auto-selling or salvaging any legendary that has 5% worse damag [..]
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7:15 pm, August 17, 2014
Cause with time, we start needing more and more space to save objects that could be useful now or in a future (legendary gems, rift keystones, useful set pieces, etc) and managing all those items betw [..]
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7:15 am, August 11, 2014
After PTR Season 1, I got that huge mailbox with items and started managing my Stash: All mailed rares were instantly salvaged (I played barb/crusader on season and my non-season main classes were th [..]
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7:15 pm, August 7, 2014
While pets and Witch Doctors often come hand in hand, these masters of magic and mayhem are capable of offering so much more on the battlefield. Sometimes, there's beauty in simplicity and th [..]
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7:15 am, July 25, 2014
Cooldown Reduction (CDR) is useful for Demon Hunters (DH) running the Marauder 6-piece Sentry build because it allows the dropping of Sentries more frequently, thereby increasing damage output. Howeve [..]
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7:15 pm, July 24, 2014
A lot of people's frustrations with the game seem to be about the getting bored with repetitive farming for seemingly unattainable rare legendaries while finding the same common legendaries ov [..]
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7:15 am, July 18, 2014
Short post since I'm posting this from a mobile phone. Rip spirit on crit. Why this had to be removed? Monk spirit spenders cost a lot and without epiphany, regardless of nice-ish buffs to oth [..]
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7:15 pm, July 12, 2014
Now to show some love for all you Wizards out there, here are my ideas for Wizard legendary items. As with my other posts, all class specific items are listed. You can check my other posts here: Bar [..]
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7:15 am, July 11, 2014
I'm a big fan of solo, and I don't particularly like being more or less forced to farm organs in 4-player parties. Otherwise you have to burn way more keys per organ. How about someth [..]
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7:15 am, July 10, 2014
Updates to patch notes can be found in red. Last updated July 9, 2014 @ 6:30 p.m. PDT.
Below you'll find the preliminary PTR patch notes for patch 2.1.0. Please note that this isn't [..]
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7:15 am, July 9, 2014
Good news everyone, I finished making effects for monk legendary items :) Some time ago i posted my ideas for Demon Hunter legendaries (DH is my main) and you can check it out here: Demon Hunter Legen [..]
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7:15 am, July 2, 2014
Really like the changes to the game so far, the experience feels a lot closer to D2. Only gotten the chance to mess around with Adventure mode for an hour or two so far but I like it. Three main ques [..]
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7:15 am, June 29, 2014
There have been a number of great and popular ideas in the past on how one could possibly have permanent changes to one's skill sets. Personally, I think it is great there are seasons now and [..]
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7:15 pm, June 26, 2014
Barbarians are visceral warriors, reveling in the adrenaline produced by their violent displays of physical prowess. Often bathing themselves in the blood of their foes, either willfully or as a bypro [..]
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7:15 am, June 26, 2014
Below you'll find the preliminary PTR patch notes for patch 2.1.0. Please note that this isn't the final version of the patch notes and that some changes may not be documented or des [..]
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7:15 am, June 21, 2014
I'm still fairly new to this Marauder setup... so I'm wondering which has the best potential. This is my DH setup... profile Items wise I have Tasker & Theo and Magefist... whi [..]
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7:15 am, June 20, 2014
So this is something I've been kicking around with some friends as a potential new Rift mode for Softcore characters. My apologies if this is something that's been brought up in the pa [..]
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7:15 pm, June 19, 2014
I would venture to say that bracers are one of the more popular crafted items. With the 120 Arcane Dust cost, I am finding it to be my crafting choke point currently. Especially since it's use [..]
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7:15 pm, June 13, 2014
First, to introduce myself. Although I'm a long time player od Diablo, Diablo 2 and Diablo 3, this is my first post. Like most of you, I want this game to be all it can be, fun and rewarding a [..]
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7:15 am, June 11, 2014
Prior to 2.0.6, I think it was fair to say that every class other than monks had at least one class-specific set that served as the basis for effective T6-capable builds. Barbarians had the Might of t [..]
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7:15 am, June 11, 2014
I think 120 arcane dust is just a little ridiculous. Im running out of Arcane Dust faster than I run out of forgotten souls, maybe reduce the amount needed for bracers or give more arcane dust when sa [..]
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7:15 pm, June 10, 2014
Diablo III patch 2.0.6 is now live in the Americas. Check out the full patch notes below to learn all about the latest changes.
Important: Please note that you will not be prompted to download patch [..]
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7:15 am, June 8, 2014
Every third hit from a Spirit Generator increases the damage of your next damaging Spirit Spender by 40%. I am using Way of the hundred fists as my generator. Does it count as 1 or 3 hit per click? [..]
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7:15 pm, June 1, 2014
So i'm leveling a monk now and i have a lvl req reduced weapon and a "normal" one. Now i found a shield, with no dps stats on it, but equipping it would increase my dps by ~2 [..]
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7:15 pm, May 29, 2014
Before we get started, I want to thank you all so much for the warm reception to this new blog series and for your amazing level of participation. My inbox is overflowing with entries, and while I may [..]
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7:15 pm, May 28, 2014
Basically all the characters I've played so far are sorta right click to win. Sentry dh, arcane wiz, leap barb. Basically just spam 1 skill without much interactivity. Wiz is the worst of them [..]
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7:15 am, May 27, 2014
I thought it might benefit the hardcore community as a whole if its' members were to share some game mechanics that utterly surprised them when they first encountered them and even resulted in [..]
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7:15 am, May 18, 2014
The level 70 Sage's Journey crafted set, Sage's Purchase gloves, for example, has a three piece bonus that reads: Whenever a *****'s Breath drops, a second one will also drop. [..]
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7:15 am, May 15, 2014
Not going to discuss the merits or morals of RIF in this thread; it's pretty much here to stay. However, when I was opening/leeching RIF's the other day, I got to wondering how much I [..]
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7:15 pm, May 13, 2014
Diablo III patch 2.0.5 is now live in the Americas. Check out the full patch notes below to learn all about the latest changes.
Important: Please note that you will not be prompted to download patch [..]
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7:15 pm, May 12, 2014
Let's talk about the Health Globe, the unnamed hero of Sanctuary that's always there when you need it most. Some builds rely on these little guys to keep the flow of combat going and [..]
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7:15 pm, May 8, 2014
Lets talk about the Health Globe, the unnamed hero of Sanctuary thats always there when you need it most. Some builds rely on these little guys to keep the flow of combat going and healing downtime to [..]
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7:15 pm, May 8, 2014
Hey guys its Emerge again, Author of the Fun with Fans (http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12675108789#1) Pure Venom (http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12504570695#1) bringing you a fun a [..]
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7:15 am, May 7, 2014
Patch 2.0.1 introduced a variety of new mechanics to Diablo III, including a new item affix called Cooldown Reduction. For heroes (and builds) that enjoy or like to make heavy use of cooldown-based sk [..]
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7:15 pm, May 5, 2014
Wave of light (unruned) deals 479% damage, cost 75 spirit. Lashing Tail Kick (unruned) deals 629% damage, cost 30 spirit. submitted by vlodia [link] [54 comments]
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7:15 am, May 5, 2014
If you mouse over portraits in your party, do you also get a 1-3 seconds lag? If you mouse over experience bar, do you also get the same lag? If you mouse over icons/spells or health/spirit/fury/wrath [..]
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7:15 am, May 2, 2014
So here are some things I've discovered to be helpful that most people probably don't know (the first being the most used) Under Options - Key Bindings --> Gameplay, set a key [..]
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7:15 pm, May 1, 2014
"Monks are sacred warriors who channel divine power through sheer force of will. Healing waves, mantras of protection, and attacks empowered with holy might are all within their purview.& [..]
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7:15 am, May 1, 2014
Hi everyone, i just made a new community after getting some interest... the community is called "interclass gear swap" and the basic idea behind it is everyone plays on their main ch [..]
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7:15 pm, April 29, 2014
I don't know if this is a new trend or not, but I've been seeing an increasing amount of people simply lying about number of rifts they've opened. Personally I always try to ke [..]
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7:15 pm, April 29, 2014
I understand that a lot of our attacks are AoE-based, but now that Lifesteal is a thing of the past as well as CM, Life on Hit has become a far more important component to sustain. I run an EB/WoW bui [..]
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7:15 am, April 29, 2014
Hi DHs! As you have noticed it is quite hard to acquire all the loot (legendaries and set items) we need! So, I thought why not to organize rift runs just between DHs where we could share the loot if [..]
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7:15 am, April 29, 2014
The Ess of Johan Neck Legendary Amulet Primary Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4.06.0%. Secondary Chance on hit to pull in enemies toward your target and Slow them by 6080%. One of 3 Magic Propertie [..]
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7:15 pm, April 27, 2014
So I currently have about 50 forgotten souls and only 1 mil gold because I've spent so much enchanting, combining gems, etc. Whenever I find a legendary item that is a downgrade, I obviously s [..]
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7:15 pm, April 23, 2014
Hi fellow DHs! As you have noticed it is quite hard to acquire all the loot (legs and sets items) we need! So, I thought why not to organize rift runs (t2+) just between DHs where we could share the l [..]
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7:15 pm, April 22, 2014
Before 2.0, it used to be one of the most damaging skills for the Witch Doctor. It did 275% while Explosive Beast(similar explosion radius) did 236% and Vengeful Spirit at 230%. It also practically re [..]
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7:15 pm, April 16, 2014
There are two major things that I think should be addressed. The first has to do with our abilities, specifically our secondary and a few other ones. The reason Shard of hate being fixed is so frustra [..]
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7:15 pm, April 8, 2014
First, the item in question. Hack. The special property it possesses is applying 75-100% of your Thorns damage to all attacks. What does that mean? I'm a little confused on how Thorns work and [..]
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7:15 am, April 8, 2014
original comment Let me preface this by saying I LOVE the progress that Blizzard has made with this game and I am hooked on it again. I've been playing as much as I can and I am very happy wit [..]
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7:15 am, April 4, 2014
All I see all the time is "What's the best way to do x?" in chat and on here. People complain non stop about bounties being too good or T6 farming is too good. Here's [..]
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7:15 am, April 3, 2014
Just tested this, and can confirm 100% that legendary effects that do damage count as skills and are elements of their type. Put on firewalkers and nothing much else, ran through mobs, firewalkers did [..]
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7:15 am, April 2, 2014
Lots of players on the Americas Realm have reported issues with latency and lag spikes over the last couple of days. Blizzard is aware of the issue and has been collecting player data. Unfortunately i [..]
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6:15 pm, March 29, 2014
Just a theoretical build I came up with (sets are identified by #): Helm: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/tal-rashas-guise-of-wisdom (#1) Shoulder: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recip [..]
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6:15 pm, March 28, 2014
I joined a game as a Crusader last night for the first time with another Crusader, and my ally kept complaining that he was instantly dying when he was doing fine before I joined (good thing we weren& [..]
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6:15 pm, March 26, 2014
Let the player enable a lock on selected items to prevent accidental salvaging/selling. Player will not be able to salvage the item (rare/leg or otherwise) until they 'unlock' the item [..]
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6:15 am, March 26, 2014
Most of the new legendary and set blacksmithing plans require a specific white item as one of the ingredients. I've been salvaging everything in sight until I got the plans for something that [..]
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6:15 pm, March 17, 2014
... I found out that: Picking up books grants you reasonable XP. There is an option to skip cinematic in the options panel. Skills are based on weapon damage, not the "DPS" numbe [..]
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6:15 am, March 17, 2014
I've been noticing that Endgame RoS content items are really geared towards a fire build wizard. Some noticeable points... Frostburns VS Magefists As you can see Frostburns only have 2 Rando [..]
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6:15 pm, March 15, 2014
At this point, blizzard reduced the the drop rate of all items so there was no piata of useless items when you ****** them. The problem is that now white and blue items are really valuable because the [..]
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6:15 pm, March 15, 2014
So I recently got the Maximus and the stats were pretty underwhelming since it lowered my base dps by 20k. I decided to give a shot anyways and boy was I wrong. The chain was hitting for about 600-700 [..]
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6:15 pm, March 14, 2014
(copy/pasted from my post on the battle.net forums at http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12091329036#1) The current method of salvaging items is more tedious that probably the rest of the game com [..]
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6:15 pm, March 14, 2014
See above. Since there will be new crafting mats at lvl61 whats the point of salvaging the current items? .. except for gearing up alts i guess. submitted by Nashmann [link] [7 comments]
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6:15 am, March 13, 2014
I'm seeing a lot of posts about sheet DPS vs eDPS, the differences are huge, we get it. But why is it that I have to spend hours doing math to figure out if an item is an actual upgrade, or a [..]
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6:15 am, March 13, 2014
For fun. This is what happens when four wizards have each unlocked the new 4-piece Tal Rasha set bonus and run in the same game. VIDEO The 4-piece bonus: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or L [..]
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6:15 am, March 13, 2014
Some of you may have heard we're hosting a little shindig in Los Angeles on March 24 to commemorate the launch of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. While this launch event is somewhat different th [..]
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6:15 am, March 11, 2014
Faithful of Akkhan. Bastions of the Light. Stalwart redeemers of the Zakarum. All of these names could very well describe the newest hero class available in Reaper of Souls.
Unlike other orders of th [..]
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6:15 am, March 5, 2014
I deleted all my old characters and got rid of all my stuff. The only thing I couldn't reverse was the crafting unlocks. Then, I started a new Barbarian on Expert (switched to Master after Act [..]
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6:15 am, March 5, 2014
Now that it's much more possible, and more fun to get more powerful by simply playing the game, does everyone still feel they needed to remove the auction house? I totally understand the probl [..]
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6:15 pm, February 27, 2014
The checkpoint Go to Act 1, Quest 9, The Chamber of Suffering. Use waypoint to Halls of agony Level 2. Go to Highlands Crossing Go to The Cursed Hold Get the checkpoint near Halls of Agony level 3. V [..]
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6:15 pm, February 23, 2014
Am I the only one who thinks adding THIS and THIS would make managing builds and trying new skills much, much easier? submitted by nikanplus [link] [8 comments]
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6:15 am, February 23, 2014
With rumors of 2.0 being released less than 2 weeks from now, I did another PTR copy to test out the latest version of crafting. I put together this video for you guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= [..]
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6:15 am, February 14, 2014
Evening gentlemen. Like many of you, I've been playing PTR and the one thing that bugs me is the way they designed common debris and the blue crafting material. I elaborated on the forums and [..]
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6:15 am, February 1, 2014
I posted this topic in the PTR class forums but I'd like as much discussion as possible so I'm posting it here as well. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/11582208196#1 I have to o [..]
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6:15 am, January 24, 2014
"...Barbarians, Witch Doctors, holy warriors - the Crusaders,
take the luck to Diablo, but please don't please dont forget to bring your prayers..."
In this edition of the [..]
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6:15 am, January 23, 2014
I counted the legendaries currently listed on the battle.net site. Not counting RoS, there's currently over 330 legendaries. A drop rate averaging 1 every two hours would be at least 660 hour [..]
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