Diablo III Patch

A new patch is now being applied to Diablo III, to update Blizzard's action/RPG sequel to version 1.0.2.9749 with some fixes with the update Blizzard promised before they begin implementing balance changes. The game may remain offline for another hour or more as part of the patching process. Here are the oddly organized patch notes: Diablo III Patch 1.0.2 - v.1.0.2.9749

Classes

  • Monk
    • Active Skills
      • Serenity
        • Skill Rune - Tranquility
          • Duration of immunity granted to nearby allies from crowd control effects reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second

Bug Fixes
For a full list of documented game and service bugs, please review the Known Issues sticky located in the Bug Report forum.

  • General
    • Players should no longer receive an "Error 14009" when logging in
    • The "Select a Hero" menu will now also display the difficulty level for each character
    • Several speed improvements have been made to the streaming downloader
  • Achievements
    • All players in a party should now receive "Till Death Do Us Part" even if they don’t have Haedrig Eamon as their active follower
  • Acts
    • Act IV
      • Witch Doctors should no longer receive an error if they kill a Shadow Clone with a Damage-Over-Time (DoT) skill after it's launched a Firebomb but before it's reached its target
  • Auction House
    • The auction log in the Completed tab will now display a player's activity (bids, buyouts, sales, etc) in the proper order
    • When placing a new bid over a previous bid on the same auction, players will now be provided with the correct warning message: "Raising your maximum bid on an Auction you are already winning raises your current bid to just above your previous maximum bid. Are you sure you want to continue?"
    • Players will now receive an error message if they attempt to purchase an item after the 50 item limit has been reached in the Completed tab
    • The "Physical Damage" Preferred Stats option for rings has been renamed to "Bonus Minimum Physical Damage"
    • The "All Damage" Preferred Stats option for weapons and armor has been removed and replaced with bonuses of specific damage types
    • Items which have been purchased from a vendor and equipped by the player can now be sold on the Auction House
    • Listing items on the Auction House from a different character than the one currently selected should no longer cause item display issues
  • Battle.net
    • The public chat list will now sort alphabetically
  • Classes
    • Witch Doctor
      • Spirit Vessel (Passive) no longer clears debuffs when using waypoints or changing equipment
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May 30, 2012, 17:35
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 15:43
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May 30, 2012, 15:43
 
Servers are too "busy" again. Tried repeatedly but no luck. Why hasn't Blizzard implemented a queue system? That would encourage people to wait, instead of constantly spamming their login details and making the entire situation worse. Now the RMAH has been delayed indefinitely, due to their difficulties keeping the game accessible and the issues with security and account hacking. My brother still hasn't heard back from Blizzard and it's been 24hrs, so clearly they aren't very good at handling account restore requests.

I bought Diablo III expecting a decent game. I got that. What I didn't anticipate was all the bullshit that accompanied it, especially when Starcraft II worked fine at launch. As you might have gathered my opinion of Blizzard as a company isn't very good. It's annoying as I played the beta, so it's not like I blindly bought into it.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 13:47
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May 30, 2012, 13:47
 
Bhruic wrote on May 30, 2012, 13:25:
What I don't understand is why the people are targeting Diablo 3? I mean, we have the "experts" in the thread saying that everyone who got hacked had keyloggers or equivalent installed on their computers. So if that's the case, why would a hacker settle for Diablo 3? Wouldn't they go after your bank login? Your Paypal account? You know, something they could use to get real money? As fun as getting Diablo 3 gold must be, since no one knows how much it'll sell for, and considering how much money Blizzard takes from every deal, it seems like a really poor way to get paid.

Battle.net accounts (including WOW, D2, D3, etc) are worth a fair bit of cash, there's a huge demand so the goods are easy to unload and the hackers face little to no risk of prosecution. Foreign countries have come a long way in terms of working with banks/authorities when it comes to dealing with compromised email/bank/etc logins. Gaming stuff is a much safer target and you don't have to worry about a trail because no one is coming after you anyway.

Some people around here won't like this but the truth is that the gaming industry is well known as a soft target to hackers, that's why there has been a large rash of them over the past two years. It's a relatively young industry where there is almost no compliance with security/data access standards that other industries have. Hell, a lot of it is outsourced even.

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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 13:46
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May 30, 2012, 13:46
 
Bhruic wrote on May 30, 2012, 13:25:
What I don't understand is why the people are targeting Diablo 3? I mean, we have the "experts" in the thread saying that everyone who got hacked had keyloggers or equivalent installed on their computers. So if that's the case, why would a hacker settle for Diablo 3? Wouldn't they go after your bank login? Your Paypal account? You know, something they could use to get real money? As fun as getting Diablo 3 gold must be, since no one knows how much it'll sell for, and considering how much money Blizzard takes from every deal, it seems like a really poor way to get paid.
Police take credit card theft very seriously. Now try explaining to them how your stolen Level 60 legendary armour and 1.2m gold - which cost you nothing - has value and requires their earnest attention. It's a low-risk, high-gain venture.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 13:25
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May 30, 2012, 13:25
 
What I don't understand is why the people are targeting Diablo 3? I mean, we have the "experts" in the thread saying that everyone who got hacked had keyloggers or equivalent installed on their computers. So if that's the case, why would a hacker settle for Diablo 3? Wouldn't they go after your bank login? Your Paypal account? You know, something they could use to get real money? As fun as getting Diablo 3 gold must be, since no one knows how much it'll sell for, and considering how much money Blizzard takes from every deal, it seems like a really poor way to get paid.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 13:01
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May 30, 2012, 13:01
 
HorrorScope wrote on May 30, 2012, 12:47:
How are you with all subjects you don't do for a living? Obviously we all need to be experts on all fields. If the standard of using a PC is to be an expert in security, then PC is doomed!

Listen buddy, let's get something straight here. I am not fixing your pipes, you had time to learn a trade and didn't even try. You made no effort to maintain your plumbing system, ignorance is no defense so now you're just going to have take responsibility for your actions and commit seppuku.

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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 12:47
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May 30, 2012, 12:47
 
Theo wrote on May 30, 2012, 08:00:
Quinn wrote on May 30, 2012, 01:39:
My friend's Launcher decided the game was up to date. His game didn't. He couldn't play. Minutes later, his launcher decided to completely reinstall/download Diablo 3 on another partition. After that, his game decided that his Hardcore character was DEAD!!!

I logged out together with him, in town. Trust me when I say his char shouldn't be dead. We both posted a ticket. Pray for us that we won't get a patronizing and apathetic "you've been warned before you started Hardcore mode" reply from Blizzard. He's the victim here. We both are since we only play together.

Fuck.

repeat after me, logging out in town does not work. You always start at your last checkpoint.

your fault.

Also, nin is right - (internet security is what i do for a living), so many folks are not willing to take ownership of thier own internet security its fucking scarey.

How are you with all subjects you don't do for a living? Obviously we all need to be experts on all fields. If the standard of using a PC is to be an expert in security, then PC is doomed!
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 12:25
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May 30, 2012, 12:25
 
RollinThundr wrote on May 30, 2012, 11:42:
Kosumo wrote on May 29, 2012, 22:21:
theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 29, 2012, 20:49:
Nobody is denying that Blizzard has taken steps to improve security and is continuing to do so.

Yes they are, Rollinthundr said it just afew post ago about a class actition suit.

What you said is bullshit that dose not take into consdieration what others have said at all.

You should read and think about what others have posted.

Also, when you gonna ask your bro about his porn sites? Just ask him about Diabloxxxboys.co.tw, do it over sykpe and record it for extra lol.

Look I haven't been hacked, and don't take me out of context, what I said, is if it were this many hacks and accounts compromised, and it was any other company, like EA, people would be calling for lawsuits. Instead you get the usual Blizzard pole smokers.

As for Blizzard's security measures, they can't be all that good if their password algarhythem doesn't even take uppercase letters into account just as an example.

I'm a Blizz fan now? Maybe I should run out and buy D3...
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 11:42
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May 30, 2012, 11:42
 
Kosumo wrote on May 29, 2012, 22:21:
theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 29, 2012, 20:49:
Nobody is denying that Blizzard has taken steps to improve security and is continuing to do so.

Yes they are, Rollinthundr said it just afew post ago about a class actition suit.

What you said is bullshit that dose not take into consdieration what others have said at all.

You should read and think about what others have posted.

Also, when you gonna ask your bro about his porn sites? Just ask him about Diabloxxxboys.co.tw, do it over sykpe and record it for extra lol.

Look I haven't been hacked, and don't take me out of context, what I said, is if it were this many hacks and accounts compromised, and it was any other company, like EA, people would be calling for lawsuits. Instead you get the usual Blizzard pole smokers.

As for Blizzard's security measures, they can't be all that good if their password algarhythem doesn't even take uppercase letters into account just as an example.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 11:06
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May 30, 2012, 11:06
 
Verno wrote on May 30, 2012, 10:41:
Let people bitch then. Steam does this with SteamGuard as others mentioned and it works really well. People can turn it off at their own risk and then Blizzard can truly wash their hands of it at that point. It's obviously a necessity with their games, most people aren't going back to school to take computer courses so something else needs to be done.
Exactly. It's not unreasonable to require you to check an email every time you login in from a new location. And if it was enabled by default that would immediately have an impact, as it would also require access to a person's email account. If a user chooses to disable it then they put themselves at risk. Obviously if someone's computer has been rooted it's still just as easy to get around but again, that sort of malware shouldn't be getting past anti-virus software and good computer practices (both of which were present in my brother's case).

SteamGuard has already demonstrated that email verification works. I use it on my Steam account and am happy to deal with it for the security it provides. And Blizzard should also email you when your account is accessed from a new location by default. My brother hadn't used his account for about 36-48hrs. Some advanced warning could have mitigated the damage. It should be pointed out that he was still able to access his account when he went to play and his password hadn't been changed by the hacker. There have been numerous reports of people being hacked after playing in public games and the situation at best remains decidedly unclear.

Steam implemented security changes to address the increased risk of accounts being stolen. Blizzard has taken some steps but their security is lacking some really basic functionality. Anyone that claims that Blizzard is doing all it can is deluding themselves. Whatever the situation is like now it's going to get a lot worse when real money is involved. I honestly don't think Blizzard is at all prepared, as evidenced by the fact they're push the RMAH launch back another two weeks.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:59
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May 30, 2012, 10:59
 
And how exactly are they getting away with it?

Talking about the Blues community (and PLENTY of fanbois on the Blizzard forum) defending Diab-WoW and advising people to use an authenticator to play a "video game" and in the context of any other game being bashed if it weren't published by Blizzard. We all saw how UbiSoft was treated for doing LESS then the hoops that Diab-WoW customers are having to go through so they don't get hacked. Good thing this traditionally SP game is online only, "really" has stepped up the experience...
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May 30, 2012, 10:53
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theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 29, 2012, 20:49:
As I've already said, I checked whether he had visited any suspicious links

No offense to you as I see this is an issue you are personally affected by, but I always find this particular quote amusing. Has anyone you ever asked about visiting a suspicious link answered "yes"?

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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:44
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* nevermind
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:41
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May 30, 2012, 10:41
 
They could make it somewhat more secure, sure. But then people will bitch about how they have to go through all these other steps just to login to a game. There's really no winning in this situation for Blizzard.

Let people bitch then. Steam does this with SteamGuard as others mentioned and it works really well. People can turn it off at their own risk and then Blizzard can truly wash their hands of it at that point. It's obviously a necessity with their games, most people aren't going back to school to take computer courses so something else needs to be done.

If they've rooted your PC, you've already lost. They know all your info, including IP address, and probably have access to your email account. Not sure if it's being done yet or not, but they could even use your own PC to login and steal your account.

SteamGuard uses email but it could easily be extended to use a mobile phone number or something instead. No reason Blizzard couldn't do the same, in fact its probably in their best interest as customers quitting over stuff like that represents a lot of potential lost revenue in the long term.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:39
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May 30, 2012, 10:39
 
Verno wrote on May 30, 2012, 10:30:
Theo wrote on May 30, 2012, 10:25:
insta-death stuff

The other thing that really sucks is that mobs can be chained into town where they murder everyone logging in. I don't play public hardcore games for exactly this reason but some people aren't lucky enough to have a group of RL friends who game.

Hahhaahh cool. Yay for 'emergent' gameplay.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:37
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theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 30, 2012, 07:05:
Blizzard is responsible for the security of their own service. Yet people - like nin - twist the situation and blame the end user, despite equally high profile games like TF2 being unaffected.
Securing their service is one thing. Securing your PC to prevent people from stealing your credentials is something else entirely. They could make it somewhat more secure, sure. But then people will bitch about how they have to go through all these other steps just to login to a game. There's really no winning in this situation for Blizzard. There's a very large percentage of people that can't be bothered to learn even the basics of how to keep themselves safe online. They think that because they have some a/v software on their system that they should be safe. Can't really do much for people like that.

theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 30, 2012, 07:05:
Somebody logging in from a different computer from a different location should have triggered additional security measures - an obvious one being to send an email that must be accessed in order to access the account (ala Steam). Blizzard fucked this up on its own.
If they've rooted your PC, you've already lost. They know all your info, including IP address, and probably have access to your email account. Not sure if it's being done yet or not, but they could even use your own PC to login and steal your account.

This comment was edited on May 30, 2012, 10:45.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:33
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Bookmarking this thread for when nin complains about others "debating" and making useless, one liner quote snipes
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:32
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You have yet to demonstrate that he was a victim of malware.

I don't have to, he was compromised. I'm sorry you can't seem to grasp that.


But let me guess, rather than accept you are wrong you'll continue to dig a ditch, insulting everyone and anyone just to save face.

I'm going to assume that was you speaking out loud to yourself.


Anyway, I'm done here.

Promises, promises!

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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:30
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May 30, 2012, 10:30
 
Theo wrote on May 30, 2012, 10:25:
insta-death stuff

The other thing that really sucks is that mobs can be chained into town where they murder everyone logging in. I don't play public hardcore games for exactly this reason but some people aren't lucky enough to have a group of RL friends who game.
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Re: Diablo III Patch
May 30, 2012, 10:29
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May 30, 2012, 10:29
 
nin wrote on May 30, 2012, 07:40:
I said your brother was in charge of securing his own computer. Something he apparently doesn't know how to do, and something you apparently fail to grasp, despite it being pointed out repeatedly.
Again you arrogantly jump to conclusions. You have yet to demonstrate that he was a victim of malware. You have yet to demonstrate that he was negligent in securing his computer. You have yet to demonstrate the fault wasn't at Blizzard's end. You ignored my point that basic security - like verifying by email new login locations and new computers - could have prevented the situation. You attack my brother yet fail to accept that your assertions are pure speculation. My primary assertion was fact - Blizzard could implement simple changes that would make it dramatically harder (but not impossible) for people to hack accounts.

What's he expected to do, get a PhD in computer security just to play a fucking video game? You arrogantly cast judgement on others, yet you'd be the first one moaning if you - the world's self-appointed pre-eminent expert in advanced computer security - were to have your account hacked.

But let me guess, rather than accept you are wrong you'll continue to dig a ditch, insulting everyone and anyone just to save face. Anyway, I'm done here. You continue to ignore the valid points I make and instead respond with insults and arrogance. I will finish with a point I have made repeatedly and one you have repeatedly ignored: this doesn't happen with any other game either my brother or I play.
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