Version: 1.0.1.9558

General
Players will now receive an error message when attempting to remove a gem from an item with no sockets (rather than disconnecting)
Players will now properly have their casting interrupted when attacked while performing resurrect on a fallen group member
Resolved over 30 game and service crashes affecting players

Classes
Demon Hunter
Active Skills
Smoke Screen     
Duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second (tooltip will still show 2 seconds)
Skill Rune - Lingering Fog
Now increases the duration of Smoke Screen to 1.5 seconds (tooltip will still show 3 seconds)

Monk
Active Skills
Fists of Thunder
Skill Rune - Quickening
Fixed an issue that was causing spirit regeneration to incorrectly trigger off critical hits from other sources, such as Sweeping Wind

Mantra of Healing
Mantra of Healing will now correctly provide only two times the base healing effect for the first 3 seconds after activation, down from four times the base healing effect     (tooltip will still show the old value)

Skill Rune - Boon of Protection
A maximum absorption amount has been set to 1000 Life.  This skill will be redesigned in an upcoming patch.

Wizard
Active Skills
Arcane Torrent
Skill Rune - Cascade
Fixed an issue that was causing Arcane Torrent to fire 3 new missiles per kill instead of only 1 new missile per kill
Number of new missiles generated from this rune will now cap at 10 missiles

Energy Armor
Skill Rune - Force Armor
Amount of damage absorbed from a single attack will now cap at 100% of a player’s maximum Life

Items
The rare chest in the Town Cellar in Alcanus will now only spawn 50% of the time, down from 100%
 Players can no longer dual-wield two-handed weapons

There is no cow level!

No, really, there is no cow level.  Wanna know how to get to the new "Cow Level"?  Then follow these simple steps to make your key to Whimsyshire and, soon, you'll be on your way to riches and fame.  NOTICE:  Some steps take a really really long time!

Items required for Staff of Herding:

• Black Mushroom
• Leoric's Shinbone
• Liquid Rainbow
• Gibbering Gemstone
• Wirt's Bell
• Plans: Staff of Herding

The Black Mushroom can be found in Act 1 - Cathedral

Leoric's Shinbone can be found in Act 1 - Leoric's Manor, in the fire place.

 

Liquid Rainbow can be found in Act 2 - Dhalgur Oasis.  Talk to the Alchemist on the southern part of the map.  He will open a pathway to a cave where you will find a mysterious chest.  Inside the chest is the Liquid Rainbow.

Gibbering Gemstone can be found in Act 3 - The Caverns of Frost Level 2.  You can enter this cave from the Fields of Slaughter. (Not the Caves of Ice) Find the Epic mop named Chiltara and slay him.  I would start on the Heart of Sin quest and then use the waypoint to go to The Bridge of Korsikk.  The caves are very easy to find.  They entrance lays in a circle about one full screen from the edge of the map.  You can also use the Destroyer locations on your map to narrow down the search area.

Wirt's Bell can be bought at any time in Act 2, from Squirt the Pedler, for 100,000 gold.

Plans: Staff of Herding are dropped by Izual in Act 4.

Next, talk to your Blacksmith and then right click on the plans to teach him how to make the staff.
You will need 50,000 gold and the above items to craft the staff.

Now go talk to the Cow King, west of Old Tristram Road.  Whimsyshire will now be unlocked!

Version: 1.0.1.9558

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

Encounters
 Players will no longer remain invulnerable to attacks after defeating Diablo. Players can no longer become stuck during Diablo’s Shadow Grab ability if a player blinds Diablo while Shadow Grab is being cast.

Items
 Equipping a shield on a follower as a demon hunter will no longer disconnect you from the game.
  
Quests
 Act I
 Players can now always interact with Karyna during the quest and quest step "Trailing the Coven : Talk to Karyna" when they resume from a save.

Act II
 The Enchantress will now always appear during the quest and quest step "Shadows in the Desert : Disrupt the Hidden Conclave."

Act IV
 Tyrael will now always be present for the in-game cut-scene during the quest and quest step "Prime Evil: Climb to the Pinnacle of Heaven in the Silver Spire."

May 15, 2012

The day is finally here.  That's right, May 15 and that means only 10 more days until the LONG WEEKEND!!  W00oooOO!  Oh, and Diablo 3 comes out today.  I have to admit I have been acting like a little school girl with her first crush, ever since I saw that Barbarian over at E3 in like 2008.  As the days grew near and I finished up the rest of the books, yes, I went and bought and read them all.  Sin War was awesome... the rest, not so good.  Decard Cains journal was pretty good though.  I still haven't finished that one yet.  Anyways, as we neared May 15 I started to distance my self from the whole universe of Sanctuary.

Why?  Well you cant miss something if its never gone right.  I was decided the take the patient route as well for when I bought the game.  I ordered the collectors edition online at EBgames and expected a late week arrival at my door step.  HAHA, I didn't last long.  It must of been no later than 8am and I was already back home with an original copy of Diablo III.  Here are some of the pictures of my un-boxing.

Version: 1.0.1.9558

Official Release day.