July 15, 2017
Blizzard share their Philosophy on combating Diablo 3 Exploits
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Blizzard outlines their philosophy of dealing with Diablo 3 exploits and issues a further statement following the Legendary Gem exploit.
Controversy
July 14, 2017
Legendary Gem Exploiters Apparently Rolling back Blizzard’s Rollback
Blizzard’s own rollback system is being exploited to regain Legendary Gem levels.
July 11, 2017
Legendary Gem rollback and Double XP Weekend – Not Everyone is Happy
Double XP to be had by all Diablo 3 players and Legendary Gems get rolled back.
July 10, 2017
March 15, 2017
January 24, 2017
Diablo 3 Post-mortem with Jay Wilson Part 2
Jay Wilson continues his look back at Diablo 3 development discussing the Auction House and game controversies.
November 1, 2016
Diablo 3 Podcast #218: Blizzcon 2016 Preview
Blizzcon 2016 preview and debate about any chance of Diablo content at Blizzard’s annual WoW show. Plus discussion of the abrupt end of Season 7 and the non-tent state of Season 8. Featuring N3rdwards, CaptainGoldfish, and Flux.
July 14, 2016
Wyatt Cheng on Missing Diablo 3 Cosmetic Items
Fans kept a thousand+ post thread going all season, trying to crowd source knowledge about where to find some ultra-rare cosmetic items. During the struggle CM Nevalistis kept popping in with encouragement, while refusing to provide hints/spoilers for the struggle. It was all great fun, until fans began to suspect that the items were actually impossible to find. And then finally Wyatt dropped in to confirm that yes, the search was impossible.
June 29, 2016
Diablo 3 Podcast #210: Top 10 Crusader Skills
Patch 2.4.2 PTR testing, discussion of the big “meta” changes coming to end game parties, the state of Hardcore vs. Softcore, and our debate over the Top 10 Crusader skills. Featuring Leviathan, James, and Flux.
June 26, 2016
Big Group “Meta” Changes Coming to Diablo 3
Senior Developer Wyatt Cheng has offered up an article-sized forum post in which he discusses the philosophy behind some major changes coming to Diablo 3. The changes will mostly affect the party dynamics, making the current strategy of “1 DPS + 3 support” much less powerful. The developers want players to work more for their record clears; to have to change tactics depending on enemy type, to not just stand in one killing zone and keep dragging new enemies into it, etc.