Tuesday Morning Post: Stay awhile and farm edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Aug 2nd 2011 at 5:00AM
Anyway, that's enough Diablo fanboying for one article -- let's get on with the rest of the news. With rolling restarts coming at 5 a.m. PDT, you should have at least a little time to get caught up.
Hot news and features
- Check out the latest patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 26.
- Buyer beware: The Masterwork Elementium Deathblade received a rather major hotfix nerf.
- Paragon has released a video of their 25-man heroic Ragnaros kill.
- Is that recent authenticator non-entry change making you nervous? Never fear, there's an opt-out coming.
- WoW Archivist recounts the most harrowing epidemic ever to hit WoW, the Blood Plague.
- Lichborne offers a quick overview of the patch 4.2 death knight.
- Shifting Perspectives has a guide to patch 4.2 bear gear. We also discuss letting go of DOT-based AOE for balance druids.
- Totem Talk talks restoration axes and mana. We also have an enhancement shaman's guide to Alysrazor.
- Spiritual Guidance discusses shadow priest AOE on Beth'tilac. We also have a guide to playing an Atonement priest.
- Encrypted Text has rogue tips for Firelands.
- Scattered Shots analyzes the hunter pet stance changes.
- The Light And How To Swing It offers tips for tanking Baleroc. We also have a guide to healing Rhyolith.
- Raid Rx praises the all-purpose healer.
- Arcane Brilliance discusses the state of the fire mage.
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors has a guide to reforging and gear optimization.
- The OverAchiever takes a look at the gold coins of the Dalaran fountain.
- Addon Spotlight helps you root out raid slackers.
- Ready Check offers a guide to Alysrazor.
- WoW Rookie discusses learning about raiding via heroic dungeons.
- Blood Sport has more advice on finding your PVP arena playstyle.
- Gold Capped discusses the long sell and finding the right price for a Chaos Orb.
- Check out the latest installment of Safe Passage.
- We have preview art of the upcoming WoW comic, Bloodsworn.
- About the Bloggers continues with a conversation with Joe Perez.
- Know Your Lore continues the story of the humans.
- The first episode of The Guild season 5 is now available!
- The Lawbringer discusses what WoW can learn from other games' legal microtransaction models.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
GhostWhoWalks Aug 2nd 2011 5:09AM
What's that, PvPers? That totally awesome special attack the Demon Hunter has completely dominates in PvP?
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Fletcher Aug 2nd 2011 7:59AM
I seem to recall Diablo being a single-player game. Can I play Diablo III single-player? WoW is enough MMO for me.
themightysven Aug 2nd 2011 8:11AM
All iterations of Diablo so far could be played as multi-player over battle.net, but the characters from offline games could not join. With requiring battle.net connections you should still be able to make private games, but from those private games you can visit multi-player if you like and also access the Auction House. Basically it will be solo for a. People like yourself who want some time to themselves b. People doing talent experiments. And c. People stacking themselves full of Magic Find and farming.
Any way wall of text say yes
talkaboom Aug 2nd 2011 8:59AM
Diablo 3 will have multiplayer options. And will also undoubtedly have an awesome single player mission.
However Blizz has set a very dangerous precedent by introducing a real money auction house in the game. That is followed by 3 points where blizz will deduct your real money for your auctions: a) posting charge b)sell charge c)transfer to paypal charge. In a game completely designed around working to get your next gear upgrade, they have made it into a farmer's goldmine. Secondly, they have disabled all modding. This I feel is the final blow to a vibrant community. Diablo 2's mods is what made the game stay alive for so long. Totalbiscuit made a video about this on Aug1, you can find this on youtube. And I happen to agree with him.
The game will sell, no doubt about that, and I will probably buy it too, but these 2 factors may severely impair how long I end up playing it.
talkaboom Aug 2nd 2011 9:06AM
WTB edit button.
Diablo3 will have auction houses for both real and in-game money. And I believe you can buy in-game money with real money, but don't quote me on that.
GhostWhoWalks Aug 2nd 2011 11:27AM
You can absolutely play Diablo 3 by yourself. The game has apparently been built from the ground-up as a cooperative multiplayer experience...but if you don't feel like dealing with other players, one of the NPC companions you pick up over the course of the story will happily fill in the role of helpful ally for you.
blazenor Aug 2nd 2011 8:38AM
Is the a Diablo version of WoW Insider?
talkaboom Aug 2nd 2011 9:04AM
There is no site under the joystiq banner completely dedicated to diablo, though they have all the news. There is a diablo wiki though. Google it to get the link.
GhostWhoWalks Aug 2nd 2011 11:24AM
Diablofans.com is a good source of Diablo-related news and information. They even have a skill calculator for Diablo 2.
bluesky_v2.01 Aug 2nd 2011 10:09AM
Honestly, I can't believe I'm saying this, considering Diablo 2 was one of my favorite games of all time and I've been waiting for a sequel for at least 8 years now, but I might actually not buy it.
For the first time in my gaming life, I feel like boycotting something. 6 months in a year I have no reliable internet connection, so no offline single-player is a huge deal breaker for me. I know I'm not alone either. Plenty of people, especially those living in 2nd world countries, dont have constant access to reliable internet. Blizzard is just giving them all the middle finger.
No, you can't play offline because one day you might want to play online and you'll be upset if we won't let you, so we're going to force you to play online all the time.
Eat a bag of dicks, Blizzard.
Cetha Aug 2nd 2011 10:36AM
I really am hoping that we get a release date at Blizzcon and that I will be playing D3 by Christmas. I agree that Diablo 2 is the best game I have ever played, and I only started playing WoW because of its similarities. Like the above poster however, I am disspointed that you have to play online, as I was really looking forward to getting away from online gaming and getting back into a game that I could play anytime, anywhere. I will still be getting it, how could I not!, but it's still disappointing.
murmaiderxx Aug 3rd 2011 7:34PM
I suggest pvp pve servers like wow has, because i remember playing diablo and getting wrecked.. consistently.. then again that was before they swung the ban hammer on people for trainers.. and before all the other advances we've had for those kind of things... we'll see.. highly anticipated though.