Tag Archives: Skeleton King

Diablo 3 Uber Boss Battles: Maghda and the Skeleton King

As referenced here, there are currently three different Uber boss battles available in Diablo 3. The first article in this series gave general knowledge and tips applicable to all of the battles. This article is the first of three describing the particulars of each fight. The Realm of Discord is a bluish-tinted version of the […]

Bosses by Level

Blizzard setup the leveling so that you would complete the first three difficulties within the same amount of time that it takes you to reach level 60. The first 31 levels are designed to be spent working your way through Normal difficulty, where you familiarize yourself with bosses and just about every active ability your […]

Wizard Leveling Guide (1-60)

The Wizard is an awesome class to play, easily one of the most enjoyable yet still moderately challenging classes available. You will use arcane, frost and fire to destroy your foes while also using kick ass magical abilities to save your own life. In this guide we’ll look at how to level your Wizard from […]

Final Gold Making Ideas for Launch

Launch is about 8 hours away, hopefully you’re sleeping getting a good rest before the servers open up and the Skeleton King gets pummeled by over a million first-time players. Here’s a list of mental notes I have sitting at my side that I think will be beneficial

The Calm Before the Storm

Today marks the last day of the Diablo 3 beta, a 6 month long journey from a basic unfinished version of Diablo 3 to today’s near-complete masterpiece. We’ve seen artisans removed, the entire skill system change and the Skeleton King die at least 1,000 times. We’ve learned about the new RMAH, its fee potential structures […]

What we Learned from the Open Beta

Earlier this morning ended the open beta. What Blizzard refereed to as a stress test. Although, based on the numbers only about 4x the normal number of players played in the beta. After all this, what did we learn?

Barbarian Leveling Build / Leveling Guide

The Barbarian is hyped up as the most popular class going into Diablo 3. I don’t know how long that will last or if by the time you are reading this that this is still true. Either way the Barbarian is a solid class capable of farming, doing massive AoE damage, strong direct damage and […]

Time Sinks in Diablo 3

A month ago we talked about gold sinks in diablo 3, but what about time sinks? Gold sinks are important, they define the economy. If you want to save money then you need to understand how gold sinks work because they are what’s going to suck your gold up. They can also be reflected in prices. For […]

Impact of Patch 14 on Diablo Economy

I realize it’s still the beta, but I feel like it’s a good opportunity to take a look around and take note of what’s going on. Thursday Blizzard released patch 14. Among the changes included tweaks to the cost of vendor items, sell value of items, drop rate of gold, cost to craft at Blacksmith […]

Farming Gold in Diablo 3

Over the last few weeks I shared with you a few ways to make gold by farming bosses. Shortly afterwards Blizzard told us that we wouldn’t be farming bosses… right. Next, I wanted to figure out the fastest way I could farm gold without depending on the sale of crafting items. It’s entirely possible that […]