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.
April 4, 2014
25% Bonus Drop Rate for Legendaries in Rifts: Now Live
Good news for players who felt Nephalem Rifts needed to be more rewarding; Blizzard has buffed the drop rates of Legendaries in Rifts by 25%. (Update: This is now live on the realms.) Also note that Horadric Caches (obtained for completing all Bounties in an act) can *not* drop Torment-only gear, no matter what difficulty you obtain them on, which indirectly makes drops from Rifts even more valuable.
March 17, 2014
Diablo 3 Farming Exploits: Irrelevant Come Reaper of Souls
In the ever-changing answer to the question of “what’s the best Diablo 3 farming exploits?” has a new reply. Crypt of the Ancients (CotA) for EXP and The Core of Arreat (Core) for items.
February 7, 2014
New Reaper of Souls Beta Path and D3 PTR Patch Now Live
The New Reaper of Souls Beta Patch and D3 PTR Patch is now live and available on the test realm. It’s got a ton of impactful changes to almost every aspect of the game, including monsters, skills, legendary items, general difficulty, and much more. Here’s a very short summation of some of the bigger shifts I noticed in my quick over:
February 3, 2014
Reaper of Souls Bounty Split-Farming Remains
We saw last week that Reaper of Souls bounty split-farming had been hotfixed out of the beta. While the really exploitative method was patched, Blizzard didn’t entirely remove the benefits of everyone going their own way in a multiplayer game. Characters now have to be on the same level to score the exp/gold/Blood Shards reward for each individual bounty, but everyone in the game, no matter where they are, still gets credit for the bounty completion, which counts towards the bonus goodie bag earned for completing all bounties in each act.
January 28, 2014
“Split Farming” is No More in Reaper of Souls
Blizzard has hotfixed out shared bounty bonuses anywhere in the same game, effectively ending split farming. You now need to be on the same level when the bounty is completed to earn the award. Time for Teamwork!