June 4, 2018
Refining Diablo 3’s Game Systems – GDC talk
This video is a blast from the past, it’s from 2013, but makes for some interesting viewing.
Wyatt Cheng
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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.
November 14, 2015
Wyatt on Changes to Legacy of Nightmares Set on PTR
Wyatt Cheng has posted about changes to the “no set” that are being made on the PTR.
August 9, 2014
Wyatt Cheng on Retroactive Diablo 3 Legendary Item Changes
What is the thinking behind changes to Legendary items? Will they be retroactively changed to fix problems with the item?
March 25, 2014
New Tiered Rifts, the Devil’s Hand and more discussed by Blizzard
September 22, 2012
Jay Wilson and Wyatt Cheng Talk v1.0.5
Jay and Wyatt are on the interview rounds again and this time they talk to PCGamer about the patch v1.0.5. It’s a nice interview; much more informative than the few short teases we got earlier this week, with new details on Monster Power and the Infernal Machine, as well as quite a bit about their philosophy on skill changes and overall difficulty issues.