Diablo III Beta Patch 17

Posted 17 April 2012 by Nizaris

With the announcement that the beta will invariably come to a close on May 1st, we also have news of another, and possible the last, patch for the DiabloWikiDiablo III beta.

We’re currently in the process of preparing the next beta patch for release. As part of this patch, we’ll be wiping all characters. Items, auctions, artisans, followers, and friends lists will also be wiped, and your Beta Buck balance will be reset to 50.

While we do not have a precise ETA for when Beta Patch 17 will go live, we expect downtime to deploy the patch to be minimal. Please stay tuned to this thread for updates.

Based on the success with the last patch, we can hope that we’ll see another smooth transition for patch 17. Perhaps we’ll even see the beta back online earlier than expected like patch 16. We’ll post details of the patch notes as they become available. I find it a bit interesting that this patch will also require a character wipe, which makes me curious about what this patch will bring to the beta.

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  • Beat Kaydee to it.

    • Kaydee usually posts all the articles that come available when I’m sleeping or in traffic on my way to work.

      • Better yet, the both of them being quick on the Bliz posts gives me far more time to sit back and sip silver tequila while contemplating wiki articles.

  • I wonder what this final patch will have.

  • And when exactly they’re going to deploy the patch? any word on it?

  • i want new skills !!!!

  • I so hope Blizzard does something trollish in the patch notes.

  • Hopes: high
    Expectations: low 

  • Feels like such a short while since the last reset. Of course that’s partly due to me not playing very much in the patch 16 reset, but still.

    Edit: Just checked and it’s only been about a week since the last reset. Short period of time indeed.

  • Pretty sure the patch includes PvP and all of Act IV.

  • Whats with this new character wiping fetish, I wonder…

  • Random trivia: This will now match the number of patches the SC2 beta received at #17. SC2′s final patch was only 5 days before the end of the beta and 2 weeks before the game launched.

    Looks like Blizzard does not slack on the tweaking and continues to make adjustments till the 11th hour. So far, things have only gotten better in the beta and I’m looking forward to what these new changes might be.

    • I was a part of the SC2 beta, and if memory serves me correct, we had to wait almost a month from the end of the beta to release. 

      Nevertheless, I think Blizz is making some last minute testing and tweeks.  I don’t expect anything groundbreaking at this point (ie. skill rune changes or addition/subtraction of features). 

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