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!
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.
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.
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
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.
Star Pact : Reduces the casting cost of Meteor to 35 Arcane Power and the damage type to Arcane.
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
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.
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