It's the Diablo Show, with Scott Johnson, creator and host of the top rated WoW show, The Instance. If you love Diablo, then you're home. Enjoy this look at the game and culture surounding everyone's favorite Prime Evil!
Scott and Chris have a sit-down and chat up up about his new big project, plus lots of great insights into development of this kind of project vs something like a major game release at Blizzard. Here's a bit more about the project. Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent is a 5E campaign setting by Chris Metzen and Warchief Gaming. The first release in this universe, Worldbook: Lawbrand, is based on the roleplaying campaign that Chris ran with his childhood friends in the eighties and nineties, before heading to Blizzard to work on worlds such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and more. Enjoy Scott Johnson chatting with Chris Metzen about his awesome new project!
We finally have it: A real Diablo IV announcement, and Scott could not be more excited. Let's break down everything we know so far about this game, and make some predictions along the way. Story and world, the characters, the classes (so far), the bad guys, the systems, and the loot! Oh, and a good look at the world of Sanctuary itself, plus your calls on this episode of The Diablo Show!
A quick note about what might be the future depended on what happens this November. :)
Let's get ALL the skinny about this new patch, and why 2.3 is one of the most important patches in the games history.
On this episode of The Diablo Show, watchin the real pros play. So much of heroes is about diablo for me. 2.2 key features! Lets talk about those new class sets. Diablo in a MMO perspective! D3 will have microtransactions again...but not in the US. Calculate those gems! HC games. What's up with rings. The PVP zones exist and more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, 15 goblins are a challenge to be sure. Reddit has stuff that scared us. Season 2 has a date. PVP is not coming! What happened to the gem vaccume? Was season 1 too long? Your emails and calls and more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, PTR for the holidays! Vanilla class sets are changing. Hardcore followups! Some good stuff from the last stream is up. Boon of the Hoarder should work in a certain way. Lore updates ahoy! Your emails and more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, all the things from Diablo at Blizzcon in one place, and a CRAP ton of your calls. Did I mention that I have seen the treasure realm, and it was glorious?
On this episode of The Diablo Show, Going beyond earth made me go back to hell. Blizzcon is days away. How to get into that vault. Halloween Buffs! Slump time. Legendary Workshops. More theory crafting. Hot fixes break things sometimes. Missing hell mode? That old ring trick! Adventure mode is still where you wanna head. And more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, Azmodan likes to show off his rings in HotS. There's a dead mouse on the stream! Seasonal and regular are the same hardness. Randomness and now it effects you in the end game. 2 guys unlock all the seasonal stuff. Vaults and stuff! Careful upgrading those gems. Gamer plays Diablo for WAYYYYY too long. How to ignore those gems. Are there any apps for this game? And MORE!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, The consoles get some patch love. Double XP and gob buffs are a welcome sight. People do NOT love those Kadala changes. Let's talk about that D3 schedule at Blizzcon. Any predictions? So what's the point of thiese GRIFTS! Lots of emails an calls and more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, Greater Rift bosses get more limelight. The Blizzcon transmog is PC and Mac only! Huge savings on DIII right now. How do we feel about the Ka$ha price increase? Raptr says we are still near the top! Monks are underwhelming! Inventory on the console! Where's the damn goblin realm?? Using that d-pad is a life saver. old gem nostalgia, and MORE!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, more gems are on their way to your greedy hands. Targeting gem farming will make more sense soon. What is or is not coming to console versions. Clans and Communities get some love on the forums. Why less are doing bounties. The Waypoint wants YOU! What is a good farming circuit? A cheaper Diablo is a good Diablo. Have we seen Nemesis yet? Things the console does that the PC wishes it did, and MORE!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, we talk about more seasonals. Blizzard wants your builds! We clarify how the conquests work. We have a world first hardcore this season! Data mining the crap out of this place. Exploits get killed! Cellpools are causing problems in GR's. Bounties are out, but they will come back soon. Seasonal strategies. Num pad has some funny stuff going on. And more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, Welcome to season 2! Who knew they could get the console version this right? The Cesspools are SLOW! Season one is here, what are you making? Blizzard dumped a LOAD of good info at the last thursday stream. Get more gold and more goblins this week! You all want that Wichdoctor sound! What if the community designed more legendaries? What if we were all made of RNG? And more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, we talk about the crazy 12 episodes it's been. My character in Destiny sounds a lot like a certain snooty wizard we all know. Do we play less with patches coming? Seasons are testing on the PTR! Realms of Trails are also a thing. Salvage All will salvage my time. China is getting RoS and soon. Will we all just Min Max again? Legendary Gems get some light shed on their mysterious ways. Spend those shards! Life on Hit is confusing. Play your way, says Blizzard. Your emails and calls, AND the ACTUAL Deckard Cain calls and wishes us the best!
On this episode of The Diablo Show: We break down Blizzard's thursday stream into it's most important parts. Pardo says Pardon me and leaves the joint. Will the consoles get any of this new stuff when they go live? Probably not. Your dude can DANCE now! What of spell slingers in Diablo and beyond? I KNOW how to say Kadollerhah! What a level 70 friend can do for you. Should we worry about our DPS? Transferring PC to console is not going to happen. Stash identifying does not work after all. Let's give away some pop toys, and more!
This week on The Diablo Show: Let's talk about he public rifts a little. Scott spent some good time in the PTR this week. You really wanna be saving up for that Hellfire Amulet. Greed or Gheed: This is the question. The real value of couch time and Diablo. We dig into the undocumented. Gems are legendary. Ramalandi's Gift just keeps on giving. Get your bus tickets ready for the trip to rift town. Scott's most annoying trash mobs revealed. We give away that skate-deck and more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, why do all legendaries have to be so special? We have a pretty good idea of what to expect in 2.1 now. We get better details on how Greater Rifts actually work. Moving on your map used to be easier. Did you know the auction house is still open? PTR due this month...maybe. Drop rate conspiracies are in high gear. We have an idea on how to get that Ring faster. Why we still identify things. Why other ARPG's don't stand up to Diablo. We continue our big prize skate deck contest. And more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, why are we still identifying everything? Did Deadmaus call the show last week? Are set bonuses boring? What we know about the happy little surprises in 2.0.6. Better leveling for a better life. Death Maidens can calm down now. Lots of good stuff from the Dev stream on thursday. A great guide on how to deck out your followers. The Playstations are getting some cool exclusives. Vacuum up all those gems and mats. I have 999 problems and the Rift Boss ain't one. A load of your calls and emails and WE LAUCH the skate deck contest!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, gamer peer pressure and how that's different in D3, who do you want to see at the end of YOUR rift, a reading from Turn of a Card, how the seasonal legendaries will REALLY work, how to be nice in public games, getting the names right, 2.1 PTR news, nothing has been nerfed in legendaries, about those Ice Climbers, Wildstar needs Meteor Shower, burn those barrels, best way to read those new stats, gambling is hard, what are the Pox Faulds, what is the end game anyway, Z key gets a little love, why the WD is like a WMD, random is everything and more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, why the Crusader slowed down as he got older, why others save people in games, inventory management made simple, you gotta find Dane Bright, how I leveled to 70 so fast, Blizzard wants to know what Shrines you like, Firefox gets into the Diablo business, the one item you can't bear to get rid of, the Rift Guardian rogues gallery, why people play hardcore, that whole color-blindness thing we asked about, when we get new content, kicking and clicking, getting bored, and MORE!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, why Scott has to free every slave every time, another reason to click it all, they went and made the buff permanent, how to troll a game with red beams of light from heaven, Chrome extension helps D3 players in nice ways, a nice guide showing what we should expect in 2.1, work on Paragon or level up new guys, Blizzard wants to talk to you about events, new class ideas, we talk to a real Crusader, next game or expansion will have new things in it, there's no way we are done with Cain, more tips in Elective Mode, we give away some Souls, and more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, always click and kick is what I say, some of the best upgrades are in there, let's talk about 2.0.5, if Diablo is alive will we have to do it all again, the aniversary boost is in effect, what we got out of that developer live stream the other night, regarding rifts and teired rifts, the story of Diablo, console versions get a hot date with destiny, controllers in Diablo, dual specing is an idea we could play with, RoS is cancer therapy, a black hole in the options menu, good crusader resources, spending money in the AH when it still let you, the weird Witch Doctor glitch, and MORE!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, how grim is that reaper anyway, why you want Reapers Fear, how other blizz games could benefit diablo, more wizard fun to be had, Monks get their own story, Barbricare is a real thing, the lottery would be easier than some drops, authenticator news, act 1 and 2 make more sense, prize info, scott was schooled this week, you talk about the gemming problem, what builds YOU like the most, and more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, why everything needs a Deckard Cain, get your chests to be more resplendent, why are Act 1 bounties easy, tricks for getting around the 5 bounty rules, getting free rift runs is nice, the skate deck is gonna be amazing, Rat Callers have to call someone else, no more trivial monsters, how the Seasons will work, new kick / booting coming, we break down a pretty hot Wizard build, trading could be better in the game, what will end game really look like for Diablo, are gemming costs through the roof? And more!
On this episode of The Diablo Show, never going back to town after a bounty is won, Tyrael is about to get more interesting, 2.0.5 offers some big changes down the road, blood shards are growing on trees in the new patch, get your gems back without selling the shirt off of you back, 2.1 get's some talk from Devs and some of it is striking, BlizzCon has contests for D3 fans, let's get Morbed with the latest from Micky Neilson, why Barbs are better than Crusaders, and your calls and emails!