We will be performing scheduled game maintenance for Diablo 3 on Tuesday, January 22nd. Maintenance will begin at 5:00 AM PST and is expected to last for 2 hours. During this time Diablo 3 will not be available for play. In addition, many web services will be unavailable.
Thank you for your patience.
Rob Pardo, the Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard Entertainment, took a moment today to directly respond on the topic of Jay Wilson and a few quick thoughts on Diablo 3.
This thread saddens me greatly. I know that the Battle.net forums have earned a reputation for rough justice, but I do not believe justice is being served by how people are speaking about Jay’s departure from Diablo III.
I am very proud of the Diablo franchise and what the team was able to accomplish with Diablo III. As a gamer I have enjoyed the game and played for many, many nights with friends and family. I’m not, however, going to use that as an excuse. The Diablo community deserves an even better game from Blizzard and we are committed to improving it. We have a talented team in place and have no intention of stopping work on Diablo III until it is the best game in the franchise.
I’m the only person in this thread who has actually worked with Jay. I hired Jay to head up the Diablo project and had the pleasure of getting to work with him, both in building the team and designing the game. He has great design instincts and has added so much to the franchise with his feel for visceral combat, boss battles, and an unparalleled knack for making it fun to smash bad guys. I’ve worked with many, many designers at Blizzard and Jay is one of the best. He has a great career at Blizzard ahead of him and I guarantee that you will enjoy Jay’s game designs in future Blizzard games.
If you love Diablo as much as we do, then please continue to let us know how you feel we can improve the game. If you still feel the need to dish out blame, then I would prefer you direct it at me. I was the executive producer on the project; I hired Jay and I gave him advice and direction throughout the development process. I was ultimately responsible for the game we released and take full responsibility for the quality of the result.
We have added a chat page to the top navigation bar. More features will be added in the future, and If you have any suggestions on things you would like to see to improve the chat please leave a comment.
Known issue - There is a rare chance for a message to not send
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When the evil of the Burning Hells lurks and threatens, sometimes having a Scoundrel, Enchantress, or Templar at your side is not enough. Sometimes, a Crit Mass Wizard simply yearns for a steadfast Whirlwind Barb to have at their side.
This week's community spotlight shines on Archon the Wizard and his video "Add Me Maybe," which is a Diablo-themed parody of the song "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen. So take a break from your usual playlist, and indulge in Archon the Wizard's creative Diablo-themed musical parody by scoping out his video below!
Can’t get enough of Archon the Wizard? Check out his official pages on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch.TV for even more video and live-stream goodness.
We’re working on getting Vanishing Dyes for Legendary items into 1.0.7. We intend for them to have the same slot restrictions as dyes traditionally have, so you’ll be able to use Vanishing Dye on say, your Legendary shoulders or helmet, but not items such as your weapons.
We hope this change will be available for testing on the PTR in a future build, but that may not possible. We’ll keep you updated. :)
Blizzard is also working on making every dye work for Legendary Items
We’re definitely working on making all dyes work for Legendary items. It’s not a quick-fix, though; as Fearophobias surmised, our artists actually need to go back and redo the textures on all the Legendaries in order to make them dye-compatible.
Since we know this process will take some time, we wanted to make sure that players could at least use Vanishing Dye for now (it was the most-requested dye for Legendaries that we’ve seen to date).