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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Recent Diablo 3 hotfixes address exploits, high-level item drop rates]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/recent-diablo-3-hotfixes-address-exploits-high-level-item-drop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/recent-diablo-3-hotfixes-address-exploits-high-level-item-drop/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/recent-diablo-3-hotfixes-address-exploits-high-level-item-drop/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/recent-diablo-3-hotfixes-address-exploits-high-level-item-drop/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/diablo3header-1337811400.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; width: 530px; height: 317px; " /></a></div>Blizzard Entertainment has been keeping busy, tweaking a number of aspects of its best-selling loot-hunting game, <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/diablo-3">Diablo 3</a></em>.<br /><br />One of the hotfixes released today addresses an exploit used to circumvent the recent decreases in attack speed. Before the hotfix, players could "temporarily increase their attack speed or double-cast a skill" by repeatedly clicking the Town Portal option within the hot bar. A complete list of fixes can be found on the <a href="http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/6214196/Diablo_III_Hotfixes_-_June_Updated_628-6_28_2012#blog">official game blog</a>.<br /><br />In changes made yesterday, Blizzard <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/19/diablo-3-servers-back-online-1-0-3-patch-makes-significant-chan/">once again increased</a> high-level item drops in Acts III and IV of Hell difficulty and all four acts in Inferno. The breakdown of increases can be found after the break. Not found after the break: those hundred hours you've spent clicking through Sanctuary.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/recent-diablo-3-hotfixes-address-exploits-high-level-item-drop/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Recent Diablo 3 hotfixes address exploits, high-level item drop rates</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/recent-diablo-3-hotfixes-address-exploits-high-level-item-drop/">Recent Diablo 3 hotfixes address exploits, high-level item drop rates</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/recent-diablo-3-hotfixes-address-exploits-high-level-item-drop/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20269541/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/recent-diablo-3-hotfixes-address-exploits-high-level-item-drop/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Blizzard</category><category>Blizzard-Entertainment</category><category>Diablo-3</category><category>hotfix</category><category>mac</category><category>patch</category><category>pc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Xav de Matos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Ops PS3 network connectivity hotfix released, 'more coming']]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/black-ops-ps3-network-connectivity-hotfix-released-more-coming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/black-ops-ps3-network-connectivity-hotfix-released-more-coming/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/black-ops-ps3-network-connectivity-hotfix-released-more-coming/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/black-ops-ps3-network-connectivity-hotfix-released-more-coming/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/12/blops-ad-2guns-121610.jpg" /></a></div>
Whatever you do: "Please do not delete your save data," pleaded Treyarch community manager Josh Olin on the <a href="http://www.callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=72&amp;t=363249&amp;sid=r1kve8ncr6n6nibflc0b3g8kd2">Black Ops Forums</a> late last night, "as it will not have an effect on network connectivity." Olin (a.k.a. JD_2020) was posting to discredit a rumor that doing so would fix network connectivity issues that have plagued the PS3 version of <em>Black Ops</em> since <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/15/call-of-duty-black-ops-gets-major-patch-ps3-gamers-suffer-conn/">Tuesday's patch</a>.<br />
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Olin confirmed that a hotfix was released at approximately 12:30AM ET Wednesday and claimed it's "the reason many users have experienced improved connectivity" (and not the deletion of save data). While this fix hasn't solved the issues entirely, Treyarch is "working hard to track down the cause" and will continue to release more hotfixes, according to Olin, "so stay tuned."<br />
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Follow Olin <a href="http://twitter.com/JD_2020">on Twitter</a> for the most current updates.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/black-ops-ps3-network-connectivity-hotfix-released-more-coming/">Black Ops PS3 network connectivity hotfix released, 'more coming'</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:18:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/black-ops-ps3-network-connectivity-hotfix-released-more-coming/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19765704/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/black-ops-ps3-network-connectivity-hotfix-released-more-coming/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>call-of-duty-black-ops</category><category>connectivity</category><category>hotfix</category><category>josh-olin</category><category>patch</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><category>treyarch</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Ransom-Wiley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:18:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>