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The Diablo III Armory is the unofficial name of the in-game system for viewing the items, skills, runestones, stats, and other character information on all of the characters on your Battle.net account. It was enabled as an undocumented feature patch 6 version[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-beta-patch-6-notes] of the Diablo III Beta in late-November, 2011.

It's not known what differences the final game system will have over the Beta version, but it is widely expected that the Armory will be available via a browser, rather than just the game client. Mobile device access, probably for a monthly fee, seems likely as well.

==Diablo III Armory Function==

As enabled in the [[Diablo 3 Beta]], the Armory allows quick and easy browsing of the items, stats, skills, and more, for each character on your Beta account. There is no way (currently) to view anyone else's characters; just your own. Several sample screenshots can be seen below.

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File:Armory01.jpg
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File:Armory09.jpg
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Currently during the beta test, this feature can only be accessed via the game client, and only characters on your account can be viewed. However, it is assumed the Armory will be accessible via browser and perhaps mobile devices as well, post-release, as [http://www.wowwiki.com/Armory the World of Warcraft Armory] was. In the WoW system, all characters were visible to anyone; making it a paradise for curious/nosy players, and a headache for players who wanted to keep their characters hidden from others.

==Privacy Concerns==

[[File:Armory09.jpg|thumb|400px|A Beta character's stats viewed via the Armory.]]
One of the major objections to the World of Warcraft Armory system was the loss of privacy. As the system had no opt-out feature, anyone could go online and view your WoW characters without your consent or knowledge. Besides the loss or privacy, many players felt it was a competitive disadvantage in PvP as opposing players could scout out your equipment, skills, talents, etc, in advance.

Blizzard was unresponsive to this objection, and in fact went so far as to ridicule objecting fans with [http://www.wowwiki.com/Introducing_the_Tinfoil_Hat the Tin Foil Hat] item, which was one of their April Fools' pranks in 2007.

There's no word on whether the Diablo III Armory will repeat this state of affairs, but it's clearly a player concern, as evidenced by [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-all-but-confirms-a-diablo-iii-armory many of the comments] in early Diablo 3 armory news items.

==Armory Hints During Production==

While it had long been widely-expected that Diablo III would offer some sort of character/skills/items viewing system, similar to the Armory in World of Warcraft, the first official comment on the potential feature came via the @Diablo twitter feed in July 2011. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-all-but-confirms-a-diablo-iii-armory]

<blue><font color="#FFFFFF">Will there be an inspect feature in D3, both in-game and an armory-like page? –Doomscream</font><br>
Extremely likely if not completely assured for both. –Diablo</blue>

The system was no-doubt well under development by that point, for @Diablo to comment on it so strongly.

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 [[File:Armory09.jpg|thumb|400px|A Beta character's stats viewed via the Armory.]]
 One of the major objections to the World of Warcraft Armory system was the loss of privacy. As the system had no opt-out feature, anyone could go online and view your WoW characters without your consent or knowledge.  Besides the loss or privacy, many players felt it was a competitive disadvantage in PvP as opposing players could scout out your equipment, skills, talents, etc, in advance.
 Blizzard was unresponsive to this objection, and in fact went so far as to ridicule objecting fans with [http://www.wowwiki.com/Introducing_the_Tinfoil_Hat the Tin Foil Hat] item, which was one of their April Fools' pranks in 2007.