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All of the Diablo 3 resources a player needs
by
Michael Sacco
on May 15th 2012 (1 day ago)
But I'm also prepared. When I start playing tonight, I'll have a bevy of online resources available to help me out, and I've compiled them for you! Well, for me. But for you, too.
- D3DB is the ZAM Network's answer to Wowhead for Diablo III -- an exhaustive database of items, abilities, bad guys, and more.
- DiabloFans is the Curse Network's answer to MMO-Champion for Diablo III. Lots of datamining, blue posts, and all that jazz.
- The official Diablo III site has the fantastic Game Guide, which has everything from talent calculators to skill videos. Blizzard knocked it out of the park.
- BlizzPlanet will keep you abreast of all the latest Blizzard news, going beyond blue posts.
- ForceStrategy has you covered for Diablo video, which might become pretty necessary once you roll into higher difficulties!
- Our sister site Massively will be covering Diablo III as part of its daily online gaming coverage.
Evil has returned! 1.2 million WoW players are getting Diablo III for free thanks to the Annual Pass. You can get prepared for the evil with WoW Insider's launch coverage. From the lore of Diablo, to the important blue posts and the basics of Diablo gameplay, we'll get you on the inside track for the return of evil.
Filed under: Diablo 3
The Queue: Gold and virgins
by
Michael Sacco
on May 6th 2012 (9 days ago)
Just caught this one watching back episodes of Supernatural today. Enjoy.
christriste asked:
Has blizzard given a reason for why we can't queue for BG and Dungeons at the same? I understand not wanting someone in a dungeon queued for PVP or vise versa and leaving what they were originally doing but couldn't they kick you from all your queues once you've entered a dungeon or BG?
Basically, it would make queue time estimates really unreliable (and probably longer, too, depending on ebb and flow). Right now, since players can only queue for one pool at a time, it's easy to estimate the amount of time it'll take to join a dungeon or BG. Being able to join two queue pools would mess with that.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: The Avengers is great
by
Michael Sacco
on May 4th 2012 (11 days ago)
Seriously, just go ahead and see it.
dimmak42 asked:
I just did Magister's Terrace and I noticed Kael references that Illidan is half-night elf. Do you think he is referencing his demonic corruption? This doesn't make too much sense given his own demonic corrupted body though.
Perhaps Malfurion and Illidan are not pure NEs? It might explain how such "low" night elves have such immense power.
He's referring to Illidan, who is literally half-demon since he drank from the Skull of Gul'dan.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: Frank Sinatra
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 29th 2012 (16 days ago)
He saves what others throw away. He says that he'll be rich someday.
joshyeaton asked:
I was on a female Bloodelf Monk and she was auto attacking. Is this a bug, or did Blizzard add auto attacks to monks?
Monks now have an auto-attack. Devs commented that the lack of auto-attack just felt too un-WoW -- it didn't feel right not to start hitting an enemy when you clicked on it or to have to wait until you could use an ability to finish off a mob with a sliver of health.
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The Queue: Cat bath
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 28th 2012 (17 days ago)
Cat bath. Cat bath. Cat bath.
jackjenkinz asked:
They're still kids! Give them some time to actually, you know, have a future before their future is revealed.
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The Queue: A suburban war
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 27th 2012 (18 days ago)
Just rediscovering this album from last year. I didn't really give it a shot at the time. Happy to be wrong about it.
wodentoad asked:
My Resto Druid hit 80 a little while ago, and suddenly I couldn't queue for ANY dungeons, not regulars, not heroics, not early Cata, NOTHING. NO THING. I had leveled up through the dungeons picking up decent dungeon gear, but I don't get even a chance at Heroics now? I am confused.
You're prohibited from queueing for certain dungeons and dungeon types by your item level. A fresh 80 who got there by questing probably won't have the requisite item level to do Cataclysm dungeons and not enough to do Wrath heroics, either. It's better this way, believe me. Quest for a little while. Get some gear.
Filed under: The Queue
Blizzard launches Battle.net Item Restoration service
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 25th 2012 (20 days ago)
Kudos to Blizzard for finally making this service available -- it was a huge stress on the GM queue and an inconvenience for players. Now everybody's happy. Probably.
Announcing: Battle.net Item Restoration
Starting today, players can access a new system that will allow players to recover World of Warcraft items that they may have sold, destroyed or disenchanted: Battle.net Item Restoration.
With this new self-service option the recovery of an item or items that were recently deleted or sold to a vendor can be restored to a character immediately when using the ticket submission system on our support site. For any items that were accidentally disenchanted the same method can be used to request a review by Customer Support for restoration.
This restoration option may only be used once every 30 days on active World of Warcraft accounts that are in good standing. As this option has a limited availability and use, we still encourage caution when selling, deleting or disenchanting items.
While Customer Service always strives to help whenever we can, with the introduction of this self-help feature we will no longer be able to assist with these types of requests.
Additional details can be found in the following Support Article: Battle.net Item Restoration.
With this new self-service option the recovery of an item or items that were recently deleted or sold to a vendor can be restored to a character immediately when using the ticket submission system on our support site. For any items that were accidentally disenchanted the same method can be used to request a review by Customer Support for restoration.
This restoration option may only be used once every 30 days on active World of Warcraft accounts that are in good standing. As this option has a limited availability and use, we still encourage caution when selling, deleting or disenchanting items.
While Customer Service always strives to help whenever we can, with the introduction of this self-help feature we will no longer be able to assist with these types of requests.
Additional details can be found in the following Support Article: Battle.net Item Restoration.
Filed under: Blizzard
The Queue: Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 22nd 2012 (23 days ago)
Don't say I lied because I never, never, don't say I lied because I never ...
mbuhtz asked:
Does anyone know if race-changing a L85 (honored) character will count for the Classy
Oddly enough, yes, it works.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: There is a light that never goes out
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 21st 2012 (24 days ago)
The pleasure, the privilege is mine.
JamieSmith asked:
Question about the Symbiosis mechanic - I understand that when a druid using it targets another player, both the other player and the druid gain an ability. What does the UI look like for this? Is it similar to the Extra Action Button from the Ultraxion fight, or is there something new?
It shows up in the target player's spellbook as an ability that needs to be placed on their bar. I'm sure someone will figure out a fine macro for it within minutes of it being available, though. Probably just a single button that tries to cast all possible Symbiosis spells.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: The 18th pale descendant of some old queen or other
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 20th 2012 (25 days ago)
Has the world changed or have I changed?
newage asked:
Has Blizzard ever considered merging all of the expansions into a single purchase? Because as is, once Mists comes out, a new player will need to buy WoW, BC, Wrath, Cata, AND Mists. That sounds needlessly complicated for a new player, if you ask me.
Blizzard's already merged vanilla WoW and The Burning Crusade; Wrath is so cheap now that I'd be surprised if it wasn't merged into a single product with the last two on or around MoP's launch. It's good business.
Filed under: The Queue
