Today, Blizzard has been working on pushing out their latest patch, Patch 14. From the patch notes, nothing really jumps out. Players seem most excited about the addition of hardcore mode along with a two-fold increase in damage from monsters. Maybe it will be possible to die in the beta now? Unless the game is […]
Tag Archives: Artisan
Diablo 3 Gold Sinks
In any virtual economy there needs to be “gold sinks” – assuming the currency is gold. Otherwise the amount of gold in circulation increases too quickly. A gold sink is an expense that players pay which has the effect of taking gold out of the economy. This prevents prices from getting too high as more […]
To Craft or Not to Craft?
To craft or not to craft… that is the question. One of the more important decisions you’re going to have to make when you load up the release version of Diablo 3 is what to do with all those Subtle Essence you have in your bag. No longer than 30-40 minutes into the game you’re […]
Sweeping Changes to Stats and Artisan Leveling
After last week’s announcement, among other things, that they were removing the Mystic Artisan (I never saw her anyways) and removing the Nephelum Cube today we’re met with Patch 10. What’s in Patch 10? More sweeping changes. We’re sitting at about 1 month after the latest projected release date and we’re still talking about what […]
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 […]
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 […]
Diablo 3 Release Date
The development of Diablo 3 was announced in June of 2008 in Paris at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational. Over 3 and a half years of waiting and we are playing in beta, reading fan sites and learning details of the game from data miners, speculators and lucky beta participants. The question on all our minds […]