Unverified digital purchasers cannot attach a custom message to friend requests, but they can send/accept friend requests, and play with their friends.Unverified digital purchasers are not able to chat in any public or game channels.Unverified digital purchasers cannot trade items or drop items for other players to receive.No auction house access (real-money or gold) for unverified digital purchasers.

No public game access for unverified digital purchasers.

'Aside from the two unintended restrictions noted above, below are the standard security-related restrictions that will be in place for digital purchases until payment verification is complete: We are working to correct this as soon as possible and will provide another update when we have more details to share. 'However, as an unintended consequence of these security measures, players who purchase the game digitally after patch 1.0.3 are temporarily being capped at level 13 and not able to proceed beyond Act I. 'Similar to World of Warcraft, these restrictions were put in place to deter credit card fraud, which in turn helps reduce gold spam and other harmful activities that can have a negative impact on the game experience for everyone. While most payments are approved and restrictions are lifted within a day, in some cases it can take up to 72 hours to complete this process. “For security reasons and to help ensure the integrity of the game and auction house service, players who purchase the digital version of Diablo III may have to wait until payment verification is complete before they can access certain game features. The statement also goes into a little more detail as to why the restrictions have been implemented, saying that they are designed to deter credit card fraud, 'which in turn helps reduce gold spam and other harmful activities that can have a negative impact on the game experience for everyone.' The developer states that the level and act cap are an unintended consequence of a security update, and that it is working to fix those bugs as soon as possible. Blizzard has released the following statement following the news we posted this morning regarding the restrictions placed on new Diablo III players.

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