The reason why most of these postings have a negative slant…
... is because that's how low a bar I'm setting for this development team to easily beat. In 2 years, they've failed greatly in providing end game systems that managed…
Theorycrafting Thursday VOD + Seasons
Since I'm around a week behind, one of the key things that was brought up during the livestream was that they will be revamping legendary items starting in 2.1 (the changes…
Patch 2.1 first look
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/14244559/first-look-patch-210-6-17-2014 And I guessed mostly right with how Seasons is going to be implemented: http://murasama-1820.blogspot.com/2014/03/teasers-about-ladders.html http://murasama-1820.blogspot.com/2014/03/seasons-and-tiered-rifts-announced.html Where Conquests are a re-use of the achievement challenges (with some Seasons specific ones)…
Playing Diablo does not take actual player skill
The Diablo player base is funny in this regard because too many place so much of an emphasis on the e-peen factor with stuff like gear, Paragon levels, and the…
Patch 2.0.6 – Legendary crafting changes
Legendary crafting recipes have received several changes: Philosophy Legendary crafted items are meant to be both a stepping stone into end game items and a good place to spend crafting…
Diablo II patch 1.14
Back in 2010, Bashiok (former Diablo Community Manager) posted the following: We're glad the changes in 1.13b are being well received. We don't think we've hit every issue obviously, there…
Leveling on Diablo II Ladder again
One of the best decisions I ever made was locking myself out from the D3 forums. It turned out to be a colossal waste of time both reading, and getting…
Tuning out…
I put in a firewall rule on my router to block myself from accessing the Diablo III Battle.net forums. I also did the same on my iPad and iPhone using…