BREAKING DIABLO 2 NEWS: Patch 1.12 to be announced! (by Tanith)
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>***** has learned within the last 30 minutes that plans are being
>made to announce the next Diablo II patch--1.12--next week with
>installation to be on Tuesday, April 18. The patch, which is being called
>"The Adria Patch", will add three quests to the somewhat barren Act 4 and
>will reportedly include a great deal of new content.
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>Save those SoH's!
>I just got off the phone with Vault researcher Gabby Potanooey, who in turn
>has been in contact with a highly placed source in Blizzard's office of
>backstory development. He confirms that the new patch will "activate" the
>Standard of Heroes and also introduce three new Act 4 quests, including one
>that apparently involves a character from the original Diablo game. This
>storyline for this quest will lead directly to the story for Diablo III:
>The Siege of Heaven which reportedly is on the fast track for release later
>this year.
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>Act 4: Bigger, Better.
>According to distribution manager Ophelia Bunns, players will find Adria
>the witch from the original "Diablo" game among the "trapped souls" seen
>writhing on pillars and the ground in Act 4. She will give two of the three
>additional quests in the act, and Tyrael will send the players to her
>ruined home to retrieve an important item in the "Return to Tristram" quest
>before they take on Diablo. The real trick will be to actually find Adria,
>whose location will always be random. However, the original three Act 4
>quests will remain the same.
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>Rest assured that we will continue to track developments as they occur, and
>report them to you asap.