June 2012

Diablo 3 ideas: Improving the auction house

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on June 20, 2012 - 11:41am

This is my first official post expressing my displeasure with an aspect of Diablo 3, though I have many gripes (especially as of 1.0.3 yesterday, which severely nerfed Demon Hunters and anyone using an item with Attack Speed on it).  Instead of wasting time complaining, though, I'd like to outline some things that Blizzard should do to improve on their Auction House experience.

What items sell in the Diablo 3 auction house?

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on June 7, 2012 - 9:24am

EDIT 9/13/12: This post is largely outdated and wasn't meant for the latest version of Diablo 3.  There may be some good guidelines in it, though, so feel free to read.  A good tool to use for Android is the "Diablo 3 Auction Helper" app.

Diablo 3: The attack speed modifier on armor is not working correctly

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on June 6, 2012 - 9:27am

As a Demon Hunter in Diablo 3 I noticed that a lot of the legendary armor pieces have attack speed bonuses on them.  Thrilled to be able to increase my attack speed further, I bought a few of the cheaper items.

Right now, the non-legendary items with attack speed increases on them are:

  • Weapons (Bows, crossbows, 1-hand crossbows)
  • Rings
  • Amulets
  • Quivers
  • Gloves

With legendary items you can expand attack speed to these armor slots:

Beating the invisible snakes in Act 2 Inferno as a Demon Hunter

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on June 4, 2012 - 9:47am

As a Demon Hunter in Diablo 3, the invisible snake monsters in Act 2 Inferno are my worst enemy.  They seem to be tailored to kill Demon Hunters specifically. They use invisible/cloak and approach you while stealthed.  They only break stealth when they're close to your or your companion.  In Inferno difficulty, Demon Hunters get killed in 1 hit, so obviously this is a problem.

Using SASS/Compass on Windows & Mac for CSS web design

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on June 1, 2012 - 9:46am

If you're a CSS fan like I am, you've no doubt heard of CSS preprocessors such as SASS and LESS already. I see LESS mentioned more often outside of the Rails world, which really shouldn't be the case.  I feel like LESS has more overhead in the site/app itself, and is thus slower.