January 26, 2017
Diablo 3 Post-mortem with Jay Wilson Part 4
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Our interview with Jay Wilson, Former Gamer Director of Diablo 3, continues today focusing on PVP, skills, talisman, and what happened along the way.
PvP
August 25, 2015
Blizzard on Console Seasons and PvP
February 27, 2015
How to not get pk’d in Diablo 3 Hardcore: Volume 3
Where there is a will, there is a PK. Hardcore is filled with challenges and the main objective is to avoid death. Normally that just means monsters, but unfortunately it also means your fellow players. As I’ve covered before , and before that, Players can exploit monsters to lead to your demise. The newest versions preys off players looking to be power leveled in Hardcore. As Flux covered recently, and I did previously there are communities devoted to helping people level through utilizing T6 bounties.
March 20, 2014
Diablo 3 Town PK Danger from Firewalkers Boots
A new in-town PK bug has been found, so here’s your warning about Diablo 3 Town PK danger from Firewalkers boots. The bug is that players can take damage from the Firewalkers’ ground flames, even while in town, if they are standing right beside the Brawling NPC. Apparently this is only an issue with Firewalkers, skills and other items that deal elemental damage will not cause the problem.
December 10, 2013
Reaper of Souls End Game is Missing?
A fan brings up a fairly common argument/complaint that I don’t really understand. He says that Reaper of Souls “end game” is not enough, or doesn’t even exist at all. I’ll comment, but first here’s the quote and the Blue reply:
October 2, 2013
Datamining Shows PvP Coming in Reaper of Souls?
We’ve been doing out own datamining on that leaked pre-alpha version of Reaper of Souls and posting some of the most interesting images in our datamining gallery. There are some very interesting things to be seen, and while all the usual “might not make it into the final game” caveats apply, there’s some intriguing stuff related to a PvP or dueling system.
August 20, 2013
New Diablo Townkill PK exploit
Reports are surfacing of more pk’s in Diablo 3 hardcore, and this time they’ve brought back town killing!As reported on the Diablo 3 forums:
August 16, 2013
One life to live:How not to get pk’ed
After posting several columns about this topic I’ve decided to just go ahead and make a guide about what you need to avoid.The past few days has lead to a proliferation of player killing in hardcore with some of the more dastardly streaming their efforts. I saw a Paragon 94 lose their character yesterday and it saddened me since it didn’t need to happen in the first place. The guide after the bump
July 16, 2013
The Diablo 3 Podcast #101: Developer Interview Part 2
Part two of our Diablo 3 conversation with Wyatt Cheng and Josh Mosqueira. Topics include Ironborn mode, Demon Hunter squishiness, Itemization issues and affixes, PvP debate, and much more.
July 12, 2013
Diablo 3 Developers Video Interview
Four of the Diablo 3 devs took part in an hour-long Diablo 3 Developers Video Interview yesterday on a podcast called Twizzcast (part one and part two). They answered (and occasionally avoided) questions about coming D3 skill changes, the Diablo console, Diablo 3 ladders, Demon Hunter issues, Legendary improvements, and more. I’ve listened to the whole thing and typed up a summary of the best bits, which you can read below the fold.