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Yes, after plenty of waiting, Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 is now available for download. We have seen character class previews of Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 in the past week, in addition to a preview of what Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 is able to deliver, so why not make the effort and download the patch in order to take advantage of all the hard work that the Blizzard team has put in over the past few weeks – perhaps even months. Bear in mind that this particular Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 will be available only to those who live in North America, and the usual applies. You cannot download patch 1.0.4 until the patch ends up live in your home region, and those who log in from a European or Asian client, you will just have to be patient and wait for this patch to be released before installing it.

Apart from that, should your home region be in the Americas, then you cannot log into Europe or Asia via Global Play, at least not until after patch 1.0.4 is live in those regions. Go on now, what are you waiting for?

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Players of the fastest selling PC game in history Diablo III will be glad to find this week that Blizzard, the creator of the game, has added an upgrade that allows characters to level up past 60. This limit on the game has existed since the game’s introduction and now it’ll be dashed apart with a feature called the Paragon system. This new system has you able to move past your initial 60 levels and into a whole new set of 100 levels that bring on Magic Find and Gold Find that stick to you like stats, and you’ll get a whole lot more shiny in groups as well.

This system allows players to progress past level 60 and is what Blizzard hopes will be a way for people to stay interested in one character rather than having to start over constantly when they’re bored with their top-level hero. Blizzard describes the Paragon system with the following set of bonuses:

• After you hit level 60, any further experience you earn from killing monsters will begin to count toward Paragon levels.
• There are 100 Paragon levels

– Every Paragon level will reward you with:
• Core stats such as Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality in amounts similar to what you’d gain from a normal level
• 3% Magic Find and 3% Gold Find

• In addition, a distinctive increasingly-impressive border will surround your character portrait in the in-game party frame to denote your Paragon progression, with a new frame earned after every ten levels. Your Paragon level will also be visible to other players wherever your normal level is shown.

This upgrade also changes the game to include a 300% cap on Magic Find and Gold Find. When you reach level 100 in Paragon, you’ll no longer need Magic Find or Gold Find gear because your character will be maxed out no matter what. Nephalem Valor, a system which gives level 60 characters incentive to fight multiple enemies in the same game rather than leaving a game to create a new game to fight that same monster. With the Paragon system in place, NV also adds 15% to your experience gain to level up inside the Paragon system.

So head on out and start leveling up 100 more levels, all you Diablo III addicts! Then wait a few more months and perhaps there’ll be more levels still, with another different title besides!

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[via Blizzard]

Diablo III upgrades to level 160 with Paragon system is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Yesterday we reported that Blizzard had released previews of some of the upcoming changes that they were going to make to the Wizard and Barbarian classes in Diablo 3. Well if you don’t play either class and play any of the three remaining ones, i.e. Witch Doctor, Demon Hunter or Monk, you’ll be interested to learn that Blizzard has since released the preview of changes they will be making to those classes come patch 1.0.4. As Blizzard has done with the Wizard and Barbarian, their goals remain the same for the remaining three classes, which as (as Blizzard themselves put it) to “identify the unpopular or hard-to-use skills, figure out what’s not working, and then make them better.” So if you’re curious as to what sort of changes you might be able to expect (good or bad) when patch 1.0.4 is released towards the end of the month, head on over to the Diablo 3 website for the details! [Witch Doctor] [Monk] [Demon Hunter]

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So, are you looking forward to the Diablo 3 1.0.4 patch update? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you might be pleased to learn that there are changes made to the range of Legendary Items in the game with patch 1.0.4 as well. Most folks are not too happy with what Blizzard has done to Legendary items in Diablo 3, where they were basically Rare items with plenty of flavor text. Now, things are about to change with the 1.0.4 patch, as the Legendary Items are now given a sense of being “unique” – and Blizzard gets the ball rolling by introducing custom effects to more than 50 of them. (more…)

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When it comes to the virtual gaming community, the relationship dynamics in there are pretty much the same as that of in the real world – we all have to learn to look out for one another, lest we are taken advantage of. Case in point, a user known as “mcstew” has unearthed six different players on Diablo 3 that have the exact same items – with the offhand “Arcanum Mind” being one of the more highly sought after items which was quoted to be “worth 500mill++”. This particular observation has yet to lead to any of the accounts being closed, and could it be just a bug in the game that has allowed all six players to own identical super powered items that see action with their Level 60 characters? Do you think it is a blatant case of cheating, or just one lucky scenario in the world that has millions of players scurrying around Diablo 3 servers until now? The jury is still out on this one, and I too, would want to sit this out.

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