Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls closed beta ending today

Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls will see its closed beta come to an end tonight at 5:00PM PST.

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With Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls set to launch next month, Blizzard is bringing its closed beta to an end. The Reaper of Souls beta will formally end at 5:00PM PST today, paving the way for the expansion's arrival.

"In preparation for the launch of patch 2.0.1, the Reaper of Souls™ Beta and Patch 2.0.1 PTR servers will be brought offline this evening at 5:00 p.m. PT," states the Battle.net post. "At that time, players will no longer be able to log in to the Beta or PTR client, all Beta and PTR accounts (including character information) will be reset, and both our Beta forums and PTR forums will be marked as read-only."

Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls will release first on PC and Mac, alongside a Clans and Communities feature set to hit the base game. The expansion will be released on consoles later this year.

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    February 24, 2014 3:30 PM

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    Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls will see its closed beta come to an end tonight at 5:00PM PST.

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      February 24, 2014 4:15 PM

      I eagerly await this xpack! I'm even going to make a group that's only rule/mission statement is you must clear the entire zone/dungeon when you play with other members.

      I love exploring! :)

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        February 24, 2014 4:23 PM

        i enjoy me some d3, but if exploration is your thing i don't see how this is the game to do it in.

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        February 24, 2014 5:02 PM

        Yeah I'm ready to roll! Bring it on

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      February 24, 2014 4:29 PM

      'twas a good beta. still kinda bummed you can't enchant existing legendaries with the mystic. :( but I guess loot 2.0 and crafting will be replacing it thoroughly, so they don't want the existing OP stuff to continue being super OP.

      ( http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/11642844372 )

      stock up your characters and alts' bags with all sorts of loot. you will need ALL OF IT.

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        February 24, 2014 4:32 PM

        Why?

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        February 24, 2014 4:34 PM

        Yah that really bummed me out as well.

        At least that gave me the motivation to sell off a lot of my gear as gold will be worth a lot more to me in the xpac at this point.

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        February 25, 2014 6:55 AM

        I just sold some of my expensive gear, like my Chant's Will/Force that I used on my CM Wiz for a year. At least I can get the expansion for free now, and have some leftover cash sitting in Paypal for a rainy day. I still have a full set of Barb gear and WD gear to play with.

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      February 24, 2014 4:38 PM

      Ozzie, when does the open beta start?

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      February 24, 2014 5:04 PM

      Oh and don't forget preorders loots. Not that exciting but...

      http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/13032539/reaper-of-souls%E2%84%A2-pre-order-loot-revealed-2-24-2014

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      February 24, 2014 5:24 PM

      They made a bunch of changes to paragon levels.

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      February 24, 2014 7:47 PM

      So when does the PS4 beta start?

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      February 24, 2014 8:15 PM

      Does the patch that brings all the changes drop the same day as the xpac or is it staggered somehow?

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        February 24, 2014 8:16 PM

        I heard that it will hit like a week early.

        There is some talk that the changes will hit before the AH comes down but I highly doubt that.

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          February 25, 2014 5:07 AM

          It's coming today, actually. I haven't paid much attention to the testing stuff, but I'm curious if anyone knows what, if anything, is worth doing in the game with the new loot rules but none of the expansion content.

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            February 25, 2014 5:10 AM

            Get more paragon levels at 60 since they removed the cap (and changed how it works).

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              February 25, 2014 5:44 AM

              Good point, I hadn't thought about that. Might as well use my DH for something.

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        February 24, 2014 8:50 PM

        tomorrow

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      February 24, 2014 8:21 PM

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      February 25, 2014 5:02 AM

      So the patch is today? Hooray! Look at these fucking patch notes, look at them:
      http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/11883960/201-ptr-and-closed-beta-patch-notes-12-12-2013

      Those changes are so good. I'm pumped.

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      February 25, 2014 5:23 AM

      PS4 release date ...? I want to pre-order already :(

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      February 25, 2014 6:08 AM

      my d3 client had a 13gb patch this morning as well.....

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      February 25, 2014 8:02 AM

      Is that big loot patch and change coming with this one or have they already done that in the core game?

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        February 25, 2014 8:08 AM

        that is today

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        February 25, 2014 8:10 AM

        That's this one. It's everything new for RoS, except the actual expansion content (new levels, zones, character class, and stuff like adventure mode and the mystic).

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          February 25, 2014 10:27 AM

          oh damn I did not expect that! guess my stuff in the ah is worthless now :/

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      February 25, 2014 8:53 AM

      World of Diablocraft! I can't wait to try the new systems out

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      February 25, 2014 10:31 AM

      I guess this means Im not gonna get in the beta

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