Apparently, Diablo 3’s newest update – patch 1.0.8 – contains a major glitch that allows players, by default, to duplicate gold via an Auction House exploit.
The glitch has caused major confusion among all the existing Diablo 3 online players, and according to the claims by a number of players on the Diablo 3 forums, some users have managed to make the ultimate profit out of the glitch and have been able to generate billions in in-game currency within a few minutes by following a simple process.
Since the start of the problem, the game’s forums have been overflowing with users either reporting or complaining about the exploit, asking the developers to ban the update and stop pushing it out any further. The recent glitch is easily causing a terrible meltdown of Diablo 3’s in-game economy.
Patch 1.0.8 was released only recently with a number of general additions and bug fixes. The patch was meant to allow player to identify all items in their inventory by speaking to Deckard Cain or by using the Book of Cain, receive a 10 percent bonus to Magic Find, Gold Find, and Experience per additional player in a multiplayer game (up to a maximum of 30 percent in a four-player game), and more.
However, it seems like Blizzard, the developer of the game, is already aware of this burning issue and has taken down both the Gold and Real-Money Auction Houses. The company has also issued a formal response related to the glitch on battle.net.
“After the release of Patch 1.0.8 this morning, we found that some players were exploiting a bug that enabled them to duplicate gold through the Auction House,” the company writes. “We're working on fixing the bug right now, and bringing the Auction Houses offline helps us troubleshoot in a more stable environment while preventing further exploiting.”
Later, Blizzard confirmed that it had found a fix for the gold duplication bug and would be deploying it to all regions as soon as possible. It also stated that in order to implement this fix, Blizzard would take Diablo 3 off line.
To the cries of fans asking Blizzard to either take down the update or stop rolling it out, the company wrote: “At this time (and after careful consideration), we've decided to not move forward with rolling back the servers. We feel that this is the best course of action given the nature of the dupe, how relatively few players used it, and the fact that its effects were fairly limited within the region. We've been able to successfully identify players who duplicated gold by using this specific bug, and are focusing on these accounts to make corrections.”
“We know that some of you may disagree, but we feel that performing a full roll back would impact the community in an even greater way, as it would require significant downtime as well as revert the progress legitimate players have made since patch 1.0.8 was released this morning.”
