It's a Good Week to Get Back Into Diablo 3 on Xbox One/360 and PS4/PS3

[Buster's Uncle]

It's a Good Week to Get Back Into Diablo 3 on Xbox One/360 and PS4/PS3
GameSpot CBS
By Chris Pereira  October 10, 2014 2:42 PM



Get double XP or encounter twice as many Treasure Goblins, depending upon your platform of choice.



No matter what console you own the game on (sorry, fellow PC players), Blizzard is offering some new incentives for Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition players to jump back into the game during the next week.

On Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, you'll receive a 100% bonus to experience, a perk that stacks with other, existing in-game bonuses, like items and shrines. That makes this an ideal time to create a new character, make that final push toward level 70, or pad out your Paragon level.

Considering the name of the game is items, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players get a bonus that's arguably even more tantalizing: Treasure Goblin spawns have been doubled. Provided you're able to reliably kill them, that offers you a better chance of getting some good drops, not to mention more opportunities to visit the Vault.

The Vault is one of a number of things added in the 2.1.0 patch, which went live earlier this week on Xbox One and PS4. This introduced many of the features PC players have been enjoying for the past few months, like Greater Rifts and Legendary gems.

Both the last-gen and current-gen bonuses are now available and will remain in effect through October 17. In the case of 360 and PS3 players, you'll need to own the Ultimate Evil Edition to take advantage--the pre-expansion version of Diablo III won't do.

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[Green1]

Diablo has the crown as the only real polished procedurally generated arcade rouge-like except maybe Sword of Stars : The Pit.

But, it is grindy as hell and there is no insane customization like you could do on the better old school rouge-likes.

I really wish someone would make a turn based squad strategy rougelike with X-com/ Final fantasy tactics based tacticals. I bet the company that put that out as polished as Blizzard put out Diablo would not need to offer extra XP weekends or other desperate stuff.

But then again, this is for consoles. Console players tend to only play a game for a month or two then buy a new one while PC gamers tend to play the same PC games for years.

[Buster's Uncle]

PC gamers can read, too.

[Green1]

PC gamers can read, too.

I think some of them do read somewhat, and in my time with Halo I did run into some pretty intelligent folks. But, for the most part, most of my time on console MP was filled with kiddies or homophobic and racist slurs. Yeah, a few in the MMO PvP scene can be that way. But the console kiddies are masters.

Maybe it is a community problem for low players.

Case and point : Care to take a job as a mod for Team Xbox BU? It pays... but that would be work.

[Buster's Uncle]

Eh, I doubt I'd last long working for innerwebs nerdz.  Sorta the ninth circle of Hell, if you think about it...

[Unorthodox]

Diablo has the crown as the only real polished procedurally generated arcade rouge-like except maybe Sword of Stars : The Pit.

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But, it is grindy as hell and there is no insane customization like you could do on the better old school rouge-likes.

I really wish someone would make a turn based squad strategy rougelike with X-com/ Final fantasy tactics based tacticals.

If'n you have a ps3, look at Valkyria Chronicles.  It was NOT promoted AT ALL in the states, and is one of the unsung gems of the console.  Shame the few sequels that did make it across the pond were banished to whatever the playstation handheld doodad is/was.