Discussion of the ongoing Patch 2.4 testing on the PTR and the impending start of Season 5. Plus 2015 Year in Review, covering the biggest news and controversies from January-June 2015. Featuring N3rdwards and Flux.
Diablo 3 Podcast #194: Patch 2.4 PTR + 2015 Year in Review Pt.1
0:30 — Podcast contents preview plus salty chocolate balls holiday humour. Plus reflecting on D3’s rapid change and how recently the game was entirely different.
3:30 — Current PTR 2.4 testing. So many changes it’s impossible to keep up? N3rdwards goes deep into everything Wizard in the current patch.
7:00 – Are Set Dungeons too easy, requiring too much gear-switching?
13:00 — Season 4 in review. How did it proceed compared to pre-season expectations?
20:-00 — Endless free content in patches without an actual expansion? Can this go on forever.
27:00 — System changes. Nerdwards loves the UI improvements.
34:00 — Year in review. January 2015. Ancient Items introduced in Patch 2.2/Season 2.
41:00 — Random Star Wars/Harry Potter digressions.
46:00 — February 2015 year in review. Diversifying legendary rings in patch 2.2.
49:00 — March 2015 in review. Keywardens and game changes.
52:00 — April 2015 in review. Mortick’s Bracer debacle! Blood Thief cheat and bans.
1:03:00 — May 2015. D3 Third Anniversary secret cow level return. Plus D3 Expansion preview articles! Because it was fun to pretend.
1:11:11 — June 2015 in review. Welcome back to Diabloii.net domain name. Plus the comment of the year.
1:18:00 — The coming of Kanai’s Cube and how it changed everything.
Good podcast, very entertaining. Just weird that you forgot to mention that Diablo 3 was released in China for the first time ever this year. You talk a lot about all the cosmetics they get and touch a tiny bit on their different business model, but that the game didn’t even exist there before this year was not called out I believe. 🙂
A good point, though I don’t know what we’d have said about it other than just stating D3 was now in China. We’ve talked about the Stash4Cash model a lot of times, which is the main contribution of D3 in China to the general game discussion. That and clever Chinese players finding the best new builds which lazy Americans then copy.
I posted the same comment basically on the youtube page, but i can’t say it enough. You and N3rdwards should always do the podcast or at least you two plus a guest now and than. You bounce off each others humor perfectly while many others dont get Flux’s sarcastic wit of doom. Ya, very easy to listen to, very funny from both of you, very entertaining.
Nice to hear you again.
Good podcast, very entertaining. Just weird that you forgot to mention that Diablo 3 was released in China for the first time ever this year. You talk a lot about all the cosmetics they get and touch a tiny bit on their different business model, but that the game didn’t even exist there before this year was not called out I believe. 🙂
A good point, though I don’t know what we’d have said about it other than just stating D3 was now in China. We’ve talked about the Stash4Cash model a lot of times, which is the main contribution of D3 in China to the general game discussion. That and clever Chinese players finding the best new builds which lazy Americans then copy.
I posted the same comment basically on the youtube page, but i can’t say it enough. You and N3rdwards should always do the podcast or at least you two plus a guest now and than. You bounce off each others humor perfectly while many others dont get Flux’s sarcastic wit of doom. Ya, very easy to listen to, very funny from both of you, very entertaining.