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Our big #201st anniversary show rolls out content galore, with conversation about Power Creep and ways to improve the least-used Legendary Gems. Then it's time for nostalgia, with a fast-paced review of the first 100 episodes of the Podcast. We hit all the important milestones and wacky misadventures during the development and first year of Diablo 3. Featuring Aahz, N3rdwards, Muggs, and Flux.
0:30 -- Intro and Valentine's Day podcast fallout. Plus recent play stuff and GR leaderboard pursuit.
10:00 -- Power Creep vs. Power Leap. Is the power boost this season unprecedented?
14:00 -- Wyatt Cheng on Taeguk's. How to fix it, and the various unused defensive LGems?
40:10 -- What if LGems worked on Followers. Which would be the best to use?
45:00 -- Flux and Aahz on the early days of The Diablo Podcast. How Aahz came to become a podcast guest and how TDP is created and has improved (?) over the years.
56:30 -- Good podcast = good conversation. Years working to drag Blizzard into the podcast era and away from boring formal press conference style fan interactions, plus endless Blizzard Irvine PR complications.
(Full show notes with links to all podcasts cited can be seen in the news post on Diabloii.net. It is abridged here since YT puts a character limit on the description.)
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1:28:30 -- N3rdwards and Muggs talk about their first podcast appearances and how it's all part of their clever plot for world domination.
1:33:00 -- Early Auction House and how Inferno drove us to use it. TDP #53. December 2011.
1:35:00 -- Diablo 3 Beta Testing memories and early item grinding. TDP #54. January 2012.
1:38:30 -- The removal of player fatalities. No one would much care if they were in the game today, so no real loss. TDP #58, February 2012.
1:42:00 -- No PVP in initial release of D3. TDP #62, February 2012. It was amazing at Blizzcon 2010 and 2011, but never since. Biggest disappointment in D3's history.
1:45:00 -- Bold predictions for Diablo 3. All proved correct! TDP #67,
148:30 -- Hardcore in the early days of D3v seemed literally impossible. Just getting to 60 max level was an achievement. TDP #70, July 2012.
1:51:30 -- Patch 1.0.4 introduced the end game, with the early Paragon System, item improvements class rebalances, and much more. TDP #76, August 28, 2012.
1:52:40 -- PvP announced as FFA, rather than the 2v2 or 3v3 team deathmatch from all the Blizzcon demos.
1:54:30 -- Jay Wilson's departure from the D3 team. Did his departure grease the skids for all the improvements in Diablo 3 since then?
2:01:30 -- Memories of the Blizzard fansite summit in the summer of 2012 and Flux's mini-rant about Bliz Irvine PR. Flux's Mega Fansite Report with the infamous (correct) predictions.
diabloii.net/blog/comments/the-future-of-diablo-3-fansite-summit-mega-report
2:10:00 -- TDP #98 and the excitement of entering the "B-Club" back when gold was super hard to accumulate and could only come from Auction House sales.
2:14:00 -- Josh and Wyatt interview on TDP #100-101... no such luck this time. Plus final thoughts on D3 over the years and "Flux180."
2:25:30 -- Final thoughts and goals/plans for the remainder of Season Five.
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Links and a short description of every show can be seen in the Diablo 3 Podcast Episode Guide in Diablowiki.net.
* diablowiki.net/The_Diablo_Podcast_Episode_Guide
Diabloii.net, covering the community since 1997.
* diabloii.net
* Facebook: facebook.com/DiabloIINet
* Twitter: twitter.com/DiabloIINet
Our big #201st anniversary show rolls out content galore, with conversation about Power Creep and ways to improve the least-used Legendary Gems. Then it's time for nostalgia, with a fast-paced review of the first 100 episodes of the Podcast. We hit all the important milestones and wacky misadventures during the development and first year of Diablo 3. Featuring Aahz, N3rdwards, Muggs, and Flux.
0:30 -- Intro and Valentine's Day podcast fallout. Plus recent play stuff and GR leaderboard pursuit.
10:00 -- Power Creep vs. Power Leap. Is the power boost this season unprecedented?
14:00 -- Wyatt Cheng on Taeguk's. How to fix it, and the various unused defensive LGems?
40:10 -- What if LGems worked on Followers. Which would be the best to use?
45:00 -- Flux and Aahz on the early days of The Diablo Podcast. How Aahz came to become a podcast guest and how TDP is created and has improved (?) over the years.
56:30 -- Good podcast = good conversation. Years working to drag Blizzard into the podcast era and away from boring formal press conference style fan interactions, plus endless Blizzard Irvine PR complications.
(Full show notes with links to all podcasts cited can be seen in the news post on Diabloii.net. It is abridged here since YT puts a character limit on the description.)
...
1:28:30 -- N3rdwards and Muggs talk about their first podcast appearances and how it's all part of their clever plot for world domination.
1:33:00 -- Early Auction House and how Inferno drove us to use it. TDP #53. December 2011.
1:35:00 -- Diablo 3 Beta Testing memories and early item grinding. TDP #54. January 2012.
1:38:30 -- The removal of player fatalities. No one would much care if they were in the game today, so no real loss. TDP #58, February 2012.
1:42:00 -- No PVP in initial release of D3. TDP #62, February 2012. It was amazing at Blizzcon 2010 and 2011, but never since. Biggest disappointment in D3's history.
1:45:00 -- Bold predictions for Diablo 3. All proved correct! TDP #67,
148:30 -- Hardcore in the early days of D3v seemed literally impossible. Just getting to 60 max level was an achievement. TDP #70, July 2012.
1:51:30 -- Patch 1.0.4 introduced the end game, with the early Paragon System, item improvements class rebalances, and much more. TDP #76, August 28, 2012.
1:52:40 -- PvP announced as FFA, rather than the 2v2 or 3v3 team deathmatch from all the Blizzcon demos.
1:54:30 -- Jay Wilson's departure from the D3 team. Did his departure grease the skids for all the improvements in Diablo 3 since then?
2:01:30 -- Memories of the Blizzard fansite summit in the summer of 2012 and Flux's mini-rant about Bliz Irvine PR. Flux's Mega Fansite Report with the infamous (correct) predictions.
diabloii.net/blog/comments/the-future-of-diablo-3-fansite-summit-mega-report
2:10:00 -- TDP #98 and the excitement of entering the "B-Club" back when gold was super hard to accumulate and could only come from Auction House sales.
2:14:00 -- Josh and Wyatt interview on TDP #100-101... no such luck this time. Plus final thoughts on D3 over the years and "Flux180."
2:25:30 -- Final thoughts and goals/plans for the remainder of Season Five.
_________________________________________________
Links and a short description of every show can be seen in the Diablo 3 Podcast Episode Guide in Diablowiki.net.
* diablowiki.net/The_Diablo_Podcast_Episode_Guide
Diabloii.net, covering the community since 1997.
* diabloii.net
* Facebook: facebook.com/DiabloIINet
* Twitter: twitter.com/DiabloIINet
