Torchlight is proving a particular draw to Diablo players and as an action-rpg with similarities to Diablo 2 and some say 3, it’s no wonder Blizzard have been putting in some time on it too. A post appeared on the Battle.Net forums detailing three interesting features that may transfer well to Diablo 3. They boil down to shared stash, mercenary stash and mercenary trotting off to sell your loot while you carry on playing.

Bashiok, playing cards close to chest again, only confirms that Mercs are in (as already revealed but they are called Followers) and that Blizzard are exploring options for item sharing, account-shared stash being one option. But they’re playing Torchlight and will no doubt be keeping an eye on what those of us who are playing, are most enjoying.

• Both posts in full are below the fold.