Uploaded December 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Flux and Xanth discuss the Diablo 3 PvP system delays and the abrupt change from a team deathmatch to duel system. Disappointment, relief, and surprise are the order of the day.
This is a double show, as we recorded a podcast just before Christmas on several subjects including PvP. Blizzard released the new info before I posted that show, so I talked to Xanth again so we could discuss the new details, and edited those two halves together into one whole show about PvP in Diablo 3.
Approximate time and subject guide:
0:00 -- Intro, Xanth's HC column's imminent return, Ironborn theories, and Xanth's Hardcore Diablo player's mentality.
7:22 -- Why didn't we get PvP in 2012, and what was going on with those confusing Jay Wilson tweets?
19:50 -- Short musical interlude before part two, recorded after the PvP announcement.
28:00 -- Dueling instead of team deathmatch. How dueling worked (or didn't work) in D2 and what it means for D3.
32:10 -- Yet another attempt of the D3 devs to "reinvent the ARPG wheel" ends in tears.
35:30 -- Fan reaction to PvP announcement. Xanth is more disappointed than most of you guys seem to be.
37:40 -- Blizzard could have handled this news much better than a terse and belated blog post with "it got boring" as the entire excuse for no deathmatch. Why aren't fansites or regular players being invited to test out the PvP and Deathmatch systems? Xanth and Flux volunteer.
46:50 -- What else will we get in v1.07 to spice up the activities? New items? New events? Better farming areas in Act 1/Act 2?
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Flux and Xanth discuss the Diablo 3 PvP system delays and the abrupt change from a team deathmatch to duel system. Disappointment, relief, and surprise are the order of the day.
This is a double show, as we recorded a podcast just before Christmas on several subjects including PvP. Blizzard released the new info before I posted that show, so I talked to Xanth again so we could discuss the new details, and edited those two halves together into one whole show about PvP in Diablo 3.
Approximate time and subject guide:
0:00 -- Intro, Xanth's HC column's imminent return, Ironborn theories, and Xanth's Hardcore Diablo player's mentality.
7:22 -- Why didn't we get PvP in 2012, and what was going on with those confusing Jay Wilson tweets?
19:50 -- Short musical interlude before part two, recorded after the PvP announcement.
28:00 -- Dueling instead of team deathmatch. How dueling worked (or didn't work) in D2 and what it means for D3.
32:10 -- Yet another attempt of the D3 devs to "reinvent the ARPG wheel" ends in tears.
35:30 -- Fan reaction to PvP announcement. Xanth is more disappointed than most of you guys seem to be.
37:40 -- Blizzard could have handled this news much better than a terse and belated blog post with "it got boring" as the entire excuse for no deathmatch. Why aren't fansites or regular players being invited to test out the PvP and Deathmatch systems? Xanth and Flux volunteer.
46:50 -- What else will we get in v1.07 to spice up the activities? New items? New events? Better farming areas in Act 1/Act 2?
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