Jay Wilson, Blizzard Entertainment’s game director for “Diablo III”, announced today many major game system changes coming to the game, including:

• Scrolls of Identification are gone – players can now identify rares/legendary items without them.
• Button ‘5’ is now dedicated to potions.
• The Mystic artisan has now been removed from the game.
• The Cauldron of Jordan and Nephalem Cube have been removed.
• The Stone of Recall is now a button at the bottom and has been renamed “Town Portal”.
• The Blacksmith is now responsible for salvaging players’ items.
• Common (white colored) items are no longer salvageable.

Let’s hope that these changes don’t delay this already long-in-the-making game any further from its projected Q1 2012 release date.

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