Blizzard's 2012 hack-and-slash dark fantasy/horror action RPG. It is the third release in the Diablo series, and a sequel to Diablo II in both story and style.

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Is it possible to determine a legendary item by the graphics?

Without identifying an item, is it possible to determine if it is a particular legendary item over another? In particular, is it possible to figure out which of the 5 set rings a green ring is from ...
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What skills only use the main-hand for damage calculations?

What skill and rune combinations only use the main-hand for damage calculation? An example is the Sprint / Run like the wind combination. I'm interested in all dual-wielding characters: Barbarian, ...
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Switching items between d3 characters in diff regions?

THE ISSUE First, understand the background --> here I am Australian D3 player I didn't check region and started playing (it turns out it defaulted to European servers) Now I'm level 50 I tried to ...
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Which is more important as a Monk, Dodge% or Block%? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I be an effective tanking Monk without a Shield at higher difficulty levels? Currently I am a level 39 Monk in the middle of Act II on Nightmare. My items and build ...
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Where are the best locations to farm elites in Act 3?

What are the best spots in Act 3? I know alot of people have just gotten to the highest mob level in the game and want to know where everyone else has been grinding mobs.
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I've been farming Inferno Act 1, but slowly. What is the most efficient Act 1 run? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Inferno Act 1 Gold Farming, Skeleton King vs. Butcher The title says it all. I've been farming the Butcher, but I know that there's gotta be a more efficient farming ...
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Build defense or damage in order to survive against unique monsters in Inferno?

My question is quite simple: what should I choose for my level 60 wizard to survive and pursue the game better in inferno, defense or dps ? I can imagine that a tank wizard may not be a wise choice, ...
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What is a good (non legendary) crafting item to invest in?

So basically I have a ton (400+) of Inferno Essences, because I salvage every iLvl 61+ item with less than 1000 gold vendor price in hope for a Fiery Essence. Now I want to "invest" those crafting ...
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calculating Enchantress Focus Mind

I am attempting to calculate the Enchantress's skill Focused Mind, however I appear to be having a issue with the 3% IAS. If I apply the 3% the following ways they all yeild the wrong result. ...
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Do you have to skip some monsters in Inferno?

Was trying act 2 inferno last night with my Monk who has just under 700 resist all, and about 6k armor, 20% block, 30% dodge all unbuffed. And then my barb friend joined and war cried bumping all ...
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Is there a cow king equivalent in the pony level? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Does Wimsyshire have a boss? In Wimsyshire, is there a mob which constitutes the same type of loot table as the cow king did in the secret cow level from Diablo 2?
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How do I buy gold from the Diablo 3 real money auction house?

I can not find gold in the search drop down in Diablo 3's auction house. I click gold on the real money side. Text box shows x 100,000. Selecting various options doesn't return results What am I ...
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Does Inspiring Presence stack? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Do Barbarian shouts stack for party members? Does Inspiring Presence stack? so, if I use multiple shouts before the effect has finished; will I have increased healing ...
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Who is pancakes?

During my travels through happy happy pony land, I've came upon a very uncharacteristic background, the grave of Pancakes. Who is pancakes, and why is his grave in the land of endless joy, sunshine ...
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What does “c/o” or “co” mean on the Diablo 3 trade chat?

I've seen several times that people offer goods for sale on the Diablo 3 trade chat and add the letters "co" or "c/o" what do they mean by it? From the decisions it seems to be some kind of auction ...
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What happens when I teach a set item recipe to the blacksmith?

In Diablo 3, I found a legendary set recipe called "Aughild's Treasured". I haven't decided what to do with this item because I'm not sure what will happen when I teach it to the blacksmith. Will ...
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How is the vendor sell value of an item calculated

I would like to know the exact mechanics/tables behind the vendor sell value calculation. Obviously higher ilvl and higher stats equates to higher sell value. For clarification: I'm asking the price ...
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How is the weapon damage on this weapon calculated?

A 2h mace damage range as shown in AH is 1405-1944. The weapon has +284 min damage +361 max damage 49% damage increase and no other stats. The Doomhammer damage range is approximately 655-720 per ...
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How does one upgrade a Subtle Essence into a Shimmering Essence? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to “upgrade” the crafting materials? My question is as it reads in the title, how do you upgrade the Normal-mode crafting Essence (Subtle) into the ...
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Diablo 3 - can't press escape key

I'm experiencing a strange problem in D3. I can't press escape to bring up the menu. It's only been happening for the last week. Try rebinding the key. Yeah, I've tried to do that but the rebind ...
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Is Nephalem Valor supposed to work on non inferno difficulties?

I am level 60 and am far into Inferno difficulty. I started to help my friend in Nightmare difficulty, when I started to get stacks of NV. Is this supposed to happen on non-inferno difficulties?
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Diablo 3 Barbarian Mace vs Sword Calculation for Weapon Master passive [Math] [closed]

i need some help choosing my weapons in Diablo3 as a Barbarian. Im trying to solve it mathematically and not just try-by-try or in Excel with long tables so maybe someone with more experience in ...
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Is it possible to transfer a Diablo 3 key to another Battle.net account?

I have a friend that purchased Diablo 3, played it, finished it, and doesn't care to play with others. He is no longer interested in the game. Now he is willing to sell me his copy for a fraction of ...
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Optimal Ratio for Crit Chance/Dmg

I am wondering what is the optimal crit chance/damage ratio? After plugging in numbers into the equation below, I noticed that the magic value appears to be around 1:3. Is my math flawed? Equation: ...
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Where does Shaitan The Broodmother spawn?

I know that Shaitan spawns in The Desolate Sands, but in what area of the map does it spawn?
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Resistance and Armor [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do armor, resistances and missile/melee damage reduction interact? Just wondering whether what I've read is correct. Both Armor and Resistance to elements reduces ...
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How do critical hits on companions work?

Can companions on demon hunters like the bat land critical hits and do they count on the passive "Night Stalker" to recieve discipline?
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What is the best vendor for jewelry?

I thought I might get lucky with some vendor for jewelry, as I did not find any way to craft rings and amulets. I tried Litton the Fence in Act IV Inferno, but basically he sells shitty items. Mostly ...
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How can I search for +mindmg-maxdmg attribute in the AH? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I filter items in the Auction House by additional damage? Example: +4-8 damage ring I can't see a way to search for the +4-8 damage part. The "extra minimum ...
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Item Level and their average armor/dps in Diablo 3

Is there any handy reference as to what is the range of DPS and armor for items of a particular level? A lot of time I would get, say a crossbow that does 300 DPS for item level 55, but I have no idea ...
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Max Resistance in Diablo 3 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How is resistance percentage calculated? What is the Max Resistance you can get in diablo 3? I couldn't find anything on the topic or any duplicates here.
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Does it matter which resistance type I stack when using One With Everything?

I'm currently a level 52 Monk (Act 1 Hell) and using One With Everything to boost my resistances. At the time that I decided to start using OWE, my Physical resistance was highest, so I bought other ...
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Is the amount of damage absorbed by diamond skin proportional to weapon damage

In diablo 3? Or just level? Is there a way to improve the damage? Currently my wizard has 24k energy. An extra 6k diamond skin hold doesn't seem like much.
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Can Sharpshooter cause multiple 100% critical hit chance hits if timed perfectly?

Sharpshooter is a chargeable ability that allows for 100% critical hit chance if maxed, but only for the first hit. Furthermore it is possible to shoot different types of projectiles with different ...
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Can't play Diablo 3 in different language. Why?

As suggested in another question, I'm asking this here. I tried the procedure pointed out in the referred question, but then when I try to log in to Battle.Net from the Diablo 3 game, I get the ...
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Canadian purchased Diablo 3 game back to Europe [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I change regions? I currently live in Canada but I am moving back to Europe in about half a year. Can I take my Canadian purchased Diablo 3 game back to Europe ...
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What is the highest critical chance and critical damage that is possible through items alone?

Is it possible to get 100% critical chance through items and how high can my critical damage get? Please explain the gear needed. i.e. Bow with 100% critical damage with socket 100% critical damage = ...
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Where to find the wandering tinker's diary? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where are the Act 1 lore books? For the quick study achievement you need to read the Wandering tinker's diary, but I have been unable to find it anywhere. Any tips ...
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Resistance levels to tank in Inferno

Is it possible to stand in molten, let arcane beams hit you etc. if you have extremely high resist? As in, those elemental attacks will damage you no matter what right? I am running Act 2 Inferno as ...
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Wizard CDR builds?

So I've been looking to improve my Wizard's survivability in Inferno. I've looked into a group of Wizard builds called CDR (Cooldown Reduction) builds, whose primary skills are Critical Mass and Frost ...
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What happens with 100% reduction of control impairing effects?

Does this grant immunity to status effects such as stun, charm, freeze, fear etc? Also, is this achievable?
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How to farm as an early lvl 60 in Diablo 3? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Best farming place to get ready for Inferno I'll be hitting 60 when ending Hell, and I'm wondering what I should do next? Farm Hell again and again or directly run into ...
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Is it possible to disable camera bumping?

In diablo 3, certain spells cause the camera to shake a bit. For example, wizard's meteor or the barbarian's cleave. I want to know if it is possible to disable this. The reason is that I have a ...
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What is going on with Rain of Vengeance's scrolling text damage?

I'm trying to add in skill damage display to a spreadsheet I made, but I'm having problems reproducing the damage numbers shown in-game specifically for un-runed Rain of Vengeance, RoV-Dark Cloud and ...
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Does blocking others remove me from their recent players list? How can I clear the list?

I recently added someone on my friend's list on diablo3, and good god he is not only a total prick to my other friends and constantly bashing them, but he is stalking me! I have blocked him and ...
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Fire hydra vs. arcane hydra on single target

Arcane hydra does AoE damage, while basic, fire hydra, only does direct attacks. Tooltips have same basic damage. Do arcane hydras have drawbacks on single target (like slower fire) or they are plain ...
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Can I move characters to a new account? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Move character between accounts My husband and I bought one copy of Diablo 3 and, after creating some characters of my own on his account and playing around with them ...
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How to get the “Nyuk nyuk nyuk” achievement?

For the "Nyuk nyuk nyuk" achievement, you need to kill all three monks in the temple "with one blow". So if one of the three goes down first, it fails, and you need to replay the entrire Festering ...
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Increases spirit regeneration by X per second

simple question if you know please enlighten me: Items with "Increases Spirit Regeneration by x per second" do they constantly regenerate spirit when you're standing idle, or does it only increase ...
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Can my barbarian block attacks with a shield equipped while performing whirlwind?

If I have a shield equipped, will I have a chance to block incoming attacks while I'm in the middle of performing whirlwind through a group of enemies? Is my chance to block reduced in any way while ...

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