Diablo Pablo's AH and farming tips!

Hello everyone.  So you've probably been playing the Auction House in Diablo 3 since it's release, and maybe trying to make some money on the Real Money Auction House to buy you a nice sandwich (or some equally luxurious item).  There's no shame in it, everyone's been trying to and some have been succeeding more than others.  Diablo Pablo fortunately has been kind enough to share videos he's been making on Youtube for just this very money-making opportunity.  In his videos he shows examples of ways to flip items on the Auction House that are undervalued and selling them for either more gold, or that lovely real life cash.  I've personally learned a lot from Diablo Pablo's videos and they have helped me make quite a bit of gold and cash.

And this is not all!  Diablo Pablo in his helpful ways has also put together some videos about efficient ways to farm gear and gold in Inferno, because lets face it, who doesn't want better gear and more gold?  So head on over to Diablo Pablo's Youtube channel and learn how to improve your farming and Auction House skills at Diablo 3!

Diablo Pablo's Youtube channel

Monk Inferno solo Belial kill

Here I am playing a Monk in Inferno soloing Belial with 5stacks of Nephalem Valor showing that crazy stats like 700 resist all, 6k armor, and 40k health are not required to progress through Act 2. 
In this video I kill Belial with:

• 450 resist all
• 5k armor
• 35k health
• 25k DPS

The key to this is using LoH (Life on Hit) and a good shield when needed.  By getting just one weapon with about 500-600 LoH on hit you should have no trouble soloing all of Act 2.  Also quite important but underrated by many is a really good shield with high block chance, and high block amount, I use the highest block amount shield (Sanctified) with 27% block chance.  This is important because you can block nearly any attack; melee, ranged, magic.  I dual wield through most of Act 2 but switch to shield with difficult affix champion packs and some bosses.

Be a Ranged Barbarian in Inferno

JCLe has come up with a way for the Barbarian class to work at ranged, offering a different build and play style for Barbarians to try when going through Inferno difficulty, as opposed to the defensive revenge-based play style.  He's done an amazing job with the build, analyzing all the itemization, mechanics, and math behind the build to perfect it.  All of his findings and a guide on how to play the build can be found here.

Watch as he kills Belial - Inferno solo.

Source: In depth guide for Inferno Ranged Barbarian

Diablo 3 Loot and Crafting Changes for 1.0.3

Yesterday we posted the Unofficial Patch Notes for 1.0.3 for General and Class changes for Diablo 3.  Today we have the Notes for Items and Crafting changes.  Unfortunately 1.0.3 will be coming with a nerf to IAS (increased attack speed), which can be quite severe at higher haste values.

Items

 

• The attack speed affix has been reduced significantly on all items. The following list outlines all of the previous values and new values for each affix level. This should give you a rough idea of how much IAS you should expect to lose.
  
  UPDATE: IAS on Quivers appears to be unchanged, I checked a few (including Dead Man's Legacy) and they retained their pre 1.0.3 values.
  
  • Weapons
    • ​Haste 1: Old: (2-3%) New: (2%)
    • Haste 2: Old: (4-5%) New: (2%)
    • Haste 3: Old: (6-7%) New: (2-3%)
    • Haste 4: Old: (8-9%) New: (2-3%)
    • Haste 5: Old: (10-11%) New: (3-4%)
    • Haste 6: Old: (12-13%) New: (3-4%)
    • Haste 7: Old: (14-15%) New: (5%)
    • Haste 8: Old: (16-17%) New: (6-7%)
    • Haste 9: Old: (18-19%) New: (8-9%)
    • Haste 10: Old: (20-25%) New: (10-11%)
       
  • Other Types (Rings, Amulet, Gloves, Legendaries)
    • Haste 1: Old: (2-3%) New: (2%)
    • Haste 2: Old: (4-5%) New: (2-3%)
    • Haste 3: Old: (6-7%) New: (3-4%)
    • Haste 4: Old: (8-9%) New: (3-4%)
    • Haste 5: Old: (10-11%) New: (4-5%)
    • Haste 6: Old: (12-13%) New: (5-6%)
    • Haste 7: Old: (14-15%) New: (6-7%)
    • Haste 8: Old: (16-17%) New: (8-9%)

Crafting

 

• Jeweler
  • Crafting fees for the following gems have been updated, in addition, the following combines only require 2 gems (down from 3). The crafting fees and gem requirements for levels above Flawless Square were not changed.
    • Flawless Square: 100g (previously 20,000g)
    • Square: 85g (previously 7,500g)
    • Radiant: 70g (previously 3,500g)
    • Perfect: 55g (previously 2,000g)
    • Flawless: 40g (previously 1,250g)
    • Normal: 25g (previously 750g)
    • Flawed: 10g (previously 500g)
       
• Blacksmith
  • Crafting fees and reagent requirements for many recipes have been reduced. We've listed all of the new costs of the inferno recipes below (those that are learned outside of training). The Exalted Grand recipes have not changed in cost or material requirements.
    
    • Exalted: Behemoth, Doomcaster, Mythical Staff, Oni Blade, Phantom Bow, Sagaris, Slag Hammer, Zhezl
      Now requires 42,036g, 23 Exquisite Essences, 3 Iridescent Tears, 7 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 97,180g, 29 Exquisite Essences, 7 Iridescent Tears, 8 Tome of Secrets
       
    • Exalted: Conquest Sword, Crag Hammer, Dread Shield, Galraki, Golden Talon, Impellor, Massacre Axe, Orbit Stones, Piercer, Runic Quiver, Strike Wand, Unspeakable Thing
      Now requires 40,680g, 20 Exquisite Essences, 3 Iridescent Tears, 6 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 94,920g, 27 Exquisite Essences, 7 Iridescent Tears, 8 Tome of Secrets
       
    • Exalted: Pallium
      Now requires 29,832g, 14 Exquisite Essences, 3 Iridescent Tears, 4 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 49,720g, 14 Exquisite Essences, 3 Iridescent Tears, 4 Tome of Secrets
       
    • Exalted: Sovereign Mail, Sovereign Helm
      Now requires 31,188g, 18 Exquisite Essences, 3 Iridescent Tears, 5 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 51,980g, 18 Exquisite Essences, 3 Iridescent Tears, 5 Tome of Secrets
       
    • Exalted Fine: Behemoth, Doomcaster, Mythical Staff, Oni Blade, Phantom Bow, Sagaris, Slag Hammer, Zhezl
      Now requires 59,768g, 32 Exquisite Essences, 4 Iridescent Tears, 10 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 134,719g, 41 Exquisite Essences, 8 Iridescent Tears, 12 Tome of Secrets
       
    • Exalted Fine: Conquest Sword, Crag Hammer, Dread Shield, Flesh Ripper, Galraki, Golden Talon, Impellor, Massacre Axe, Orbit Stones, Piercer, Runic Quiver, Strike Wand, Unspeakable Thing
      Now requires 57,840g, 29 Exquisite Essences, 4 Iridescent Tears, 8 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 131,586g, 38 Exquisite Essences, 8 Iridescent Tears, 11 Tome of Secrets
       
    • Exalted Fine: Armplates, Heaven Strand, Pallium
      Now requires 42,416g, 20 Exquisite Essences, 4 Iridescent Tears, 6 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 68,926g, 20 Exquisite Essences, 4 Iridescent Tears, 6 Tome of Secrets
       
    • Exalted Fine: Sovereign Helm, Sovereign Mail, Sovereign Tassets
      Now requires 44,344g, 25 Exquisite Essences, 4 Iridescent Tears, 7 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 72,059g, 25 Exquisite Essences, 4 Iridescent Tears, 7 Tome of Secrets
       
    • Exalted Fine: Sovereign Greaves, Sovereign Vambraces
      Now requires 42,416g, 20 Exquisite Essences, 4 Iridescent Tears, 6 Tome of Secrets
      Down from 68,926g, 20 Exquisite Essences, 4 Iridescent Tears, 6 Tome of Secrets
       

Achievements

 

• A new feat of strength has been added for adding the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition to your Battle.net account. The achievement awards a sigil and accent for your banner.

1.0.3 Unofficial Patch Notes for Diablo 3

It's that time for Diablo 3, patch 1.0.3 is just around the corner and the Unofficial Patch notes are out!  Patch 1.0.3 will be the biggest patch so far in terms of game changes.  Note that these patch notes are unofficial and anything listed could change by the time 1.0.3 actually is released.

 

Strings

Misc

• Frenzied shrine no longer gives crit

Remove From Party

Some strings have been added dealing with party members

• Remove from party
• Remove from game
• You have been removed form the game.
• You have been removed from the party.
• {s1} has been removed from the party.
• {s1} has been removed from the game.

Vote Kick

• Vote Kick requires 3 players and is only available in public games.
  Abuse of Vote Kick also disables this option for a period of time.

Enrage Info

• Siegebreaker - (Pulsing damage) Combat against the Siegebreaker Assault Beast has grown more difficult. You are taking damage over time.
• Zoltune Kulle - (Teleport to Player) and (Collapse Ceiling)
• Belial - (Belial Lightning Strike Enrage)

Achievements

The following achievements -may- have been removed

• Five Fingers of Death
• Bystander
• Smash and Grab
• Minions of the Dark Templar
• King of the Hil
• Elementarachnophobia
• Zeal for Heals

The following achievements have been changed or added

• [FoS] Panda-Monium - Register a copy of the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition.
  
  • Unlocks three different banner options.
• Cursed Captives - Now only works in single player has been added to its information

Load Screen Tips

• Some skills require specific weapon types.

Game Options

• OSShortcutsTooltip - Disable the operating system keyboard shortcuts. This option is always enabled in Fullscreen mode. For all other modes this option requires that "Enable access for assistive devices" is checked in the Universal Access preference pane in the System Preferences.
• OSCommandControlTitle - Use Command key as Control key
• OSCommandControlTooltip - Use Command key and Control key interchangeably.
• OSCommandLeftRightTitle - Command left click as right click
• OSCommandLeftRightTooltip - Hold down Command key and left click to simulate a right click.
• RegionSelectionWarning - You will need to log out and log back in for your new region selection to take effect.

SpecialGiftWings

• SpecialGiftWingsBuff_name - Collectors Edition Buff
• SpecialGiftWingsBuff_desc - QUAD DAMAGE
• SpecialGiftWingsBuff_var_stats - (Is Blank)

Messages

• JoinErrorFull - You may only be in {s1} chat channels at one time.
• LeaveErrorNoChannels - You are not in any chat channels.
• LeaveUsage - Type /leave, /leave , or /leave to leave a chat channel.
• ListErrorNoChannels- There are no chat channels to join.

InviteUsage - Type /invite to invite someone to a public chat channel.

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Class Changes

 

Please keep in mind, as said in the 1.0.3 preview, patch 1.0.3 will not be focused on class balancing.

Barbarian

• Relentless While below 20% Life, all skills cost no75% less Fury and all damage taken is reduced by 50%.
• Weapon Throw
  
  • Throwing Hammer : Hurl a hammer with a 50% chance to Stun the target for 21.5 seconds.
• Overpower
  
  • Crushing Advance : ReflectRedirect 30% of incoming melee and ranged damage for 4 seconds after Overpower is activated.

Demonhunter

• Grenades
  
  • Stun Grenades : Hurl grenades that have a 25% chance to Stun enemies for 21.5 seconds.
• Cluster Arrow
  
  • Dazzling Arrow : Enemies hit by grenades have a 55% chance to be stunned for 2 seconds and changes the damage to Physical.
• Impale
  
  • Impact : Impale causes Knockback and has a 65% chance to knock the target back and Stun itenemies for 1.5 seconds.

Monk

• Seven-Sided Strike
  
  • Sustained Attack : Reduces the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike by 7to 23 seconds.

WitchDoctor

• Summon Zombie Dogs
  
  • Leeching Beasts : Your Zombie Dogs gainheal 50% of the damage they deal as Life, half of which heals divided evenly between themselves and you.
• Spirit Walk
  
  • Healing Journey : Gain 7% of your maximum Life every second while Spirit Walk is active.

Wizard

• Paralysis Lightning damage dealt to enemies has up to a 8% chance to Stun the target for 21.5 seconds.
• Meteor
  
  • Star Pact : Reduces the casting cost of Meteor to 35 Arcane Power and the damage type to Arcane.

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Follower Changes

 

Enchantress

• Mass Control The Enchantress lobs a bulb of magical energy at the player that will hex all enemies within 158 yards into chickens for 5 seconds. Hexed enemies are unable to perform offensive actions. / Cooldown: 60 seconds

Source: 1.0.3 unofficial patch notes

Make some quick gold in Diablo 3!

Need to make some quick gold?  Who am I kidding, of course you do!  Well there's a great little farming spot in Act 1 - Inferno that could earn you up to 300k gold an hour if you have some quality gold find gear, and if not it's still a great place for some quick gold.  As we see in the video, ezradominic loads Act 1 - Part 2 "Explore Cellar" where he checks to see if the Dank Cellar has spawned, which always has an Elite mob that drops a large amount of gold and a few blue items/gems.  If the dungeon is not spawned, just portal back to town, leave game then resume game, and repeat.  It's very quick, easy, and doesn't require insane gear in order to do.

U.S Real-Money Auction House Now Available!

The Real-Money Auction House is here! It's finally been launched after nearly a full month of being pushed back, according to Blizzard this time was needed to iron out some problems with the Auction House. And as anyone might have guessed, the RMAH is being flooded with items listed at outrageous prices; upwards of 100$ US for some items! Which when you consider that 1 million gold has been being sold for anywhere around 7$-9$ on other sites and on the Diablo 3 forums, you can see how inflated these prices are. So if anyone has been hoping to try and make some money from the RMAH now is the time, until the inflated prices start to drop and settle down to a more reasonable average.

Now you might be wondering how to get started using the RMAH, well its fairly simple.  Once you open up the normal Auction House window there's a button on the top right that says, "USD."  Just simple click that and your AH will switch to Real-Money.  However from that point there isn't too terribly much to do yet, in order for you to buy anything you must first add funds to your Battle.net account.  This is the first way Blizzard is making money from you (after your initial purchase of Diablo 3 that is).  In order to add funds to your account you must click the green + sign at the top of the RMAH window, this opens a webpage and directs you to Battle.net where you must login and are then able to purchase money (sounds counter-intuitive doesn't it?) to buy items/gold.  You are given a few options of what "packages" you can purchase; 10$, 20$, 50$, and 100$.  You can expect to see your money show up on your account anywhere from instantaneous to 3 days after your purchase.

So you've bought some money so you can deck out your character and finally be able to beat Act 3 and 4 on Inferno, but how do you use it?  That part is easy, simply find the item you want, then bid on it or buy it out.  Congratulations! You've bought you're first RMAH item!  Now don't be discouraged if your item doesn't show up immediately for you to use, there can be a review process while the transaction is processing(as we are dealing with real money now), but have no fear your item should show up "soon."

However as for now all buying and selling of gold in exchange for real money is unavailable as Blizzard lets the RMAH stabilize and monitors the transactions and how the RMAH actually plays out and effects the game.  Until that time enjoy the RMAH as it is and get farming!  There's monies to be made!

Source: Real-Money Auction House live!