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Diablo 3: How to Prepare for Patch 2.1.2
With Patch 2.1.2 PTR up, some say that it’ll be released after Christmas, possibly in January. Right now, there’s only limited amount of testing available as quite a bit of the new items for the coming season are still being tuned. However, we have seen how both the monk and the demon hunter are being…
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Diablo 3: Re-Designed Mauraders Set Bonuses
Just so the patch notes for the upcoming 2.1.2 PTR and one of the key changes for Demon Hunters using the M6 (Mauraders set) is the way Sentries will work. I will go over the key points and some possible implications in this blog.
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Diablo 3: Ancient Items or No Ancient Items?
A controversial feature in the upcoming 2.1.2 patch is Ancient Items. Ancient Items provide approximately 30% improved stats. Currently, it’s not known which items will be seen as having the Ancient Item status outside of weapons. In addition, Ancient Items will have a very low drop rate (roughly 5-10% of legendary items dropped will have…
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Diablo 3: Patch 2.1.2 Coming Up
One of the talks I was looking forward to the most at BlizzCon 2014 was the preview of the upcoming patch 2.1.2 changes. On Thursday night, I had the chance to meet with the Diablo 3 team, but I purposefully avoided asking anything about future content patches as I figured everything would be addressed here…
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Blizzcon 2014 in Review
This year was my first Blizzcon. I had no expectations going in outside of what I saw the previous year through the Virtual Ticket. Last year’s Virtual Ticket did teach me one thing: I had to go. I had to attend so that I could become part of this community that I’ve always been a…
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Diablo 3: CarnEvil/Pet Doctor Build
Recently, I leveled up a second Witch Doctor with the intent of providing her with all my spare gear that my original Witch Doctor had obtained. My goal for my second Witch Doctor was to act as a bank alt but also to experiment with other gear builds beyond the high end Jade Harvester build.…
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Diablo 3: Patch 2.1.1 High End Build Comparisons
This post might seem really late in the game considering that patch 2.1.1 has been out for some time now. However, one of the things I’ve managed to accomplish is gear and try out all the popular high end builds as best as I could and try a few different play styles. Yes, this does…
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Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls: Hellfire Ring/Amulet Farming Guide for Demon Hunters in Patch 2.1.1
This guide is for Demon Hunters who want to solo farm the Hellfire Ring/Amulet. There are no cheats but you will have some prerequisite gear in order to do this efficiently.
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Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls: Redesigning the Hellfire Ring and Amulet
I touched briefly in my previous article on my dissatisfaction with both the Hellfire Ring and Amulet and added a few simple ideas to enhance these items. For this article, I want to delve a little deeper into a few ideas I’ve been tossing around my head in improving these two items and changing their…
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Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls: Build and Gear Discussion
Obviously, Diablo 3 has come a very long way since the vanilla days where you practically had only 1-2 viable class options and limited useful items in terms of builds and gear. The game has been moving towards a far more flexible game play where gear options are a lot more interesting with legendaries having…