Monthly Archives: December 2011

Using Followers in Diablo 3 for Farming and Progression

In Diablo 3, similar to Diablo 2, you will have the option of using 1 of 3 different followers. These ‘mercenaries’ are unlocked as you complete certain quests throughout each difficulty of the game. The followers can be used to help fight back the minions of hell and defeat Diablo. Certainly each one will have […]

Diablo Magic Find Items

In Diablo 3 ‘farming’ is going to be a huge element in the economy. It’s going to be one of the main sources of items like Tomes of Training, salvaged materials, legendary, rare and magic items, gold and one of the only sources of experience for your character. Players will quickly dominate the content that […]

Crafting Legendary Gear in Diablo 3

In World of Warcraft I’ve made a lot of my gold crafting epic gear from the latest raid or just by crafting items that have a good track record of selling. Examples like this are the latest PvP gear and beginner level tank gear. Is there a potential to do this in Diablo 3? A […]

Rune Dust and Runestones

Runestones are going to be really important in Diablo 3. There will be 6 types of Runestones each with 1 of 7 ranks. These Runestones are applied to your skills similar to the way that glyphs are applied to your character in World of Warcraft and with similar effect. These effects range from the sort […]

Will D3 Players Make More Than in WoW?

There is a ton of anticipation for the Real-Money Auction House. Players are gearing up and getting ready for the release of Diablo 3 and intend to hit the Diablo 3 economy with full force. Their main goal: make money. Do I think that Diablo 3 players will make more ‘money’ in Diablo 3 than […]

Why Brute Force Market Manipulation WON’T Work

There are a lot of people talking about using different types of market manipulation in Diablo 3 and I want to be among the first to warn you and to think about this before you think you can corner a Diablo 3 market. One strategy that is floating around is to buy out all the […]

Blizzard Announces BattleTags

This weekend Blizzard pushed out Patch 8 of the Diablo 3 beta along with their first public testing phase of their new BattleTag system. The BattleTag system is “a unified, player-chosen nickname that will identify you across all of Battle.net — in Blizzard Entertainment games, on our websites, and in our community forums.” Basically, this […]

Realm Money vs. Gold Auction Houses… Which one to use?

There is a lot of misunderstanding about the RMAH (Realm Money Auction House) going around. It is my prediction that Diablo 3 will NOT be the ‘center’ of the Diablo 3 economy. It seems that the importance of the RMAH is being blown way out of proportion and someone needs to step in and help […]

Why YOU Should Play Diablo 3

There are still people out there with no intention of playing Diablo 3. These are the folks content playing games like Skyrim, World of Warcraft, Angry Birds and Starcraft II. I’ve played the beta enough to have a pretty good idea how the final game is going to play out and its my conclusion it’s […]

Diablo 3 AoE Farming Skills – Part 2

Yesterday, we talked about rolling around with our Barbarian and Demon Hunters, throwing grenades and smashing groups of enemies with our Groundstomp and Earthquakes. Today let’s take a look at the other 3 classes’ AoE Farming Skills; the Wizard, With Doctor and Monk.