September 26, 2015
Disabled Bounties Hotfix
Yesterday blizzard deployed a small hotfix to disable a few bounties just before the bounties weekend hit.
Bounties
July 23, 2015
Bonus Bounty Act Bugged?
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July 13, 2015
Diabolic Hoard: Diablo 3’s new Mega-Chests
February 27, 2015
PTR Testing: New Adventure Mode Bounties
Some more first (second?) impressions from PTR testing. Details about the new exploration bounties, changes to the structure and layout of Act Four, a keywarden change, technical issues, and more.
October 12, 2014
Randomization and level design in the future of Diablo 3
June 10, 2014
Best and Worst Diablo 3 Acts for Horadric Caches?
I thought a post had a typo (or just someone who couldn’t use Roman Numerals), but the words back up the title.
April 26, 2014
Changes to Loot from Bounties and Rifts Incoming
At present the content of a Horadric Cache is not affected by the difficulty level you were awarded it on. Complete the Bounty on Normal or Torment 6, it matters not a jot. This encourages split farming on normal difficulty for groups to speedily collect caches and hopefully desirable loot. Blizzard has recently said that is definitely not the style of play they wanted.
April 21, 2014
Everyone Hates the Same Diablo 3 Bounties: How to Fix Them?
Most players value Bounties entirely based on how quickly they can be completed. So while not literally Everyone hates the Same Diablo 3 Bounties, there’s pretty wide agreement on the problems. The question though, is how to fix them? More flavor? More variety? Reallocated rewards?
April 17, 2014
Blizzard Explains Horadric Cache Legendary Drop Rules
Does the loot from a Horadric Cache vary (in quality or frequency) depending on the difficulty level where you obtain it, or open it? No. Blizzard explains Horadric Cache legendary drop rules:
April 11, 2014
Opening 102 Horadric Cache Bounty Bags
Recently I partook in some split bounty farming. Ordinarily I hate that approach, each person completing an act’s Bounties and everyone in game getting a cache even though they didn’t even set foot in the act. Cheeky Merlot with your cheese madam? But this was for research purposes.