Last Thursday game director Jay Wilson , detailed some major changes to Blizzard's Diablo 3 such as dropping the Mystic Artisan, the Cauldron of Jordan, the Nephalem Cube, and removing the Scrolls of Identify by replacing it with a short spell and also a major stat overhaul, which reduces the core attributes to Strength, Dexterity, Intellect, and Vitality.
The Nephalem Cube and Cauldron of Jordan where in place in case players wanted to sell and scavenge easily when they couldn't get into town, now that there is the Stone of Recall those detracted from the benefits of returning to town, the team felt the Mystic Artisan simply wasn’t adding anything to their customization system.
Following that during the weekend Senior Producer Steve Parker announced over Twitter that he was leaving the project "Hey Twitter, I'm no longer working at Blizzard or on D3.", he tweeted, "I've had a great 5 years there and those guys are going to kill it with Diablo."
Steve's departure reasons are still unknown and possibly unrelated to the changes, however the game is still yet to have a solid date (but is still pencilled in for an early 2012 release).
Source: Battle.net, Twitter
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