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February 11th, 2013, 22:52 GMT · By

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Blizzard Plans Changes to Diablo 3’s Wizards, Arcane Orb Evaluated

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The development team at Blizzard continues to evaluate the performance of Wizards in Diablo 3 and has long-term plans to tweak the powers and abilities of the class to make it useful in battle and make sure that all their secondary skills are attractive.

Don Vu, an associate game designer, admits in a community question session that Arcane Orb and Archon Disintegrate are natural choices for players.

He adds, “We have plans to reevaluate the Arcane Orb skill as a whole and are working toward solutions to the innate problem of the Wizard’s channeled abilities: e.g. Wizards are vulnerable when they’re standing still to channel.”

The developers answer a number of other player questions, dealing with a some issues ranging from class balance to dueling and crafting.

Diablo 3 is set to get the 1.0.7 patch in the coming weeks.

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Comment #1 by: JanPateu on 12 Feb 2013, 03:09 UTC reply to this comment

Diablo 3 is not World of Warcraft. Every patch you do, it doesnt bring new content to the game, it only tips the balance towards a class or another. With Diadlo 3, Blizzard is no longer "the amezing game maker" but a money driven part of Activision. You cant really expect us(gamers with brains) to wait ages till you manage to finish the game; yes you heard me right Diablo 3 is not a finished game. I can say that now(feb 2013) should be late beta. I got to admit it: you tricked me in to buying it, but I going to be more carefull with your products(allegedly finished) in the future.

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