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- Bagstone
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Oct 31, 2017
Bagstone posted a message on Virtual Ticket Giveaway & New Diablo Fans Community ManagerPosted in: News -
Oct 25, 2017
Bagstone posted a message on Diablo Patch 2.6.1 Now LivePosted in: News
This is a misleading patch note entry. It only means that many super rare items (like Wand of Woh, Calamity, etc) are now common or at least "less rare". Basically all items have the same drop level except for usually one item is a bit more rare (33% less chance to get) per slot. Only some immunity amulets are still really rare, otherwise droprates are now more streamlined.
Which makes sense to be honest, because many of the rare items weren't the "best ones" anyways, so it was a kind of arbitrary rarity value anyways. -
Jul 11, 2017
Bagstone posted a message on 2.6.0 Hotfixes, Legendary Gem Level Rollback, Double XP Event this Weekend!Posted in: News
You don't see it because that can't be changed with a hotfix, it requires a client patch. See bluepost:
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Sep 5, 2016
Bagstone posted a message on Gamescom 2016 Recap & BlizzCon ExpectationsPosted in: News
Hm. I made a comment to the video but for some reason it's not showing up. Anyways, in my opinion it can't be a mobile game (nor an expansion). I have no idea why Rhykker believes that multithreading is a hint for mobile development; it's not, it's a requirement in engine development for 10+ years. Also, the job posting requires C++ and Direct X knowledge, and while C++ is very unlikely to hint at mobile (it works for Android using NDK but it's not really the preferred language) Direct X clearly says it *can't be mobile*.
Also, all the job postings on the Blizzard page (engine developer, graphics concept designer) hint to a new game and not just some remake or expansion. Reviewing the same info that Rhykker has to me this absolutely 100% hints at something along the lines of Diablo 4. Although as we remember in an interview a while back Blizzard sounded like they considered Diablo to be a trilogy, and I personally think with Cain dead and the story in D3 being rather weak a franchise reboot might be advisable, so I'd put my money on some Diablo-related new game. But not D3 mobile, D3X2, or D2HD. Maybe any of those are coming as well, but they're not related to the job posts.
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Jul 28, 2016
Bagstone posted a message on Bagstone's Season 7 Journey TrackerPosted in: News
Unfortunately the season journey progress cannot be retrieved via Blizzard API, so that's not possible. Otherwise that would be an insanely useful feature which I'd implement in a heartbeat!
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May 5, 2016
Bagstone posted a message on Conquest: Boss Mode GuidelinesPosted in: News
But it doesn't. Check the thread, many people reporting that they made it solo. This conquest is easier solo than many of the other conquests.
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Mar 31, 2016
Bagstone posted a message on Season 5 end date and S6 start announced!Posted in: News
I's the same as in between S4 and S5.
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Mar 29, 2016
Bagstone posted a message on March Banwave, Hybrid Iron Maiden Crusader 2.4.1Posted in: News
I think a week before season ends is too late. In my opinion, the timing of this banwave was perfect. The season is going to last another 2-4 weeks, which should give legit players some time to finish gear/augments, gem upgrades, and farm a few hundred keys - and then go crazy on leaderboard pushes for the last week of the season. Those 2-4 weeks are probably not enough to get those botters back into endgame for the top of the leaderboards. Even if they're supported by their clans and we assume they start pushing GR90+ today and GR100+ by the end of this week, they still have to get all the augments and over 2000 rift keys to farm (1000 for paragon and gem levels and augments, 1000 for pushing). If we assume that the season is going to end in 2-3 weeks I think that's impossible using only legit means, and unlikely even when they were to start botting again.
Blizzard needs to pull banwaves every single season - now we have maybe 2-3 weeks left in season, which is still a pain in the ass to actually regain everything again (depending on how well you are being pushed by your non-botting friends).
My suggestion would, just put out the banwave exactly a week before the season ends - they have all of their shit removed and wasted a good amount of time to get there.
Thumbs up Blizzard.
I think the timeframe was exactly right (assuming that we'll see the end of season announcement this week). And of course, they need to do this every season to keep up the momentum and remind players that you should not cheat. Note that they didn't catch every cheater though - not at all. So not everyone's who's left is immediately "legit", though we need to accept the presumption of innocence for them. However, I think the leaderboard records should be wiped entirely, as I proposed here: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/20743035839 -
Sep 22, 2015
Bagstone posted a message on Arachyr's Future Changes, Quin's Updated Uliana GuidePosted in: News
Please, everyone, watch your tone. Removed some posts and edited some of the quote trains (please stop those as well). Please stop the personal attacks so we don't have to hand out even more infractions. Thanks.
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Sep 1, 2015
Bagstone posted a message on Difficulty Overview Graph, Solo Builds for Season 4Posted in: News
Did you get any x3 drops or only exactly x2? That would be great information.Quote from DevilheadB»
x2 100% starts from T7 it seems, have done 10 times today, every single time it's x2 on T7
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Sep 1, 2015
Bagstone posted a message on Difficulty Overview Graph, Solo Builds for Season 4Posted in: News
Thanks - I'm updating the chart right now!
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Mar 13, 2015
Bagstone posted a message on Hotfixes on Live and PTR, Protoss Probe Pet, Zero Empathy GR 63, Blizzcon ReminderPosted in: News
This was not a cheat, nor an exploit. This was a mechanic that has been in the game for 3 years, has been previously reviewed by Blizzard and stated to be okay.
However, no one - especially not Blizzard, which is why they left it in before - thought of using this in the way ZE did. It made this toy mechanic too powerful. I personally am sad it's gone - Sever was a great weapon that now is useless once again. I understand that Blizzard doesn't want to trivialize boss fights, however, so does Zero Dog and that build is allowed to stay until 2.2... I think they should've fixed Sever with 2.2 as well.
Asking for bans or removal of leaderboard spots is outright ridiculous, there were so many real exploits that caused unfair advantages to many players (think about the gear swap trial exploit in January, chest run XP exploit, or Malthael runs) and no action was ever taken to roll back any of the benefits that players got using this.
The world #1 non-season spot was already taken from INVIS's group yesterday by a Korean group, and I wouldn't be surprised if with paragon 1000, rank 70 gems, and perfect gear we'll see a GR64 in seasons in a few weeks. The real damage is that there are groups that have stacks full of 64/65 keys on seasons which are probably impossible to get without Sever. You can't do anything about that - just like with the trial exploit in January which affected the leaderboards for a long time (maybe some high level keys are still present from that time, who knows).
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Feb 27, 2015
Bagstone posted a message on New Sets Focused Feedback, PTR 2.2 Undocumented Changes, GR 35 Keys TrickPosted in: NewsQuote from NoRest4Wicked»
Are the Hellfire Ring/Ammy going to be retroactive? Or do I need to make some of those to ease the leveling future characters?
Yes, retroactive
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Feb 27, 2015
Bagstone posted a message on New Sets Focused Feedback, PTR 2.2 Undocumented Changes, GR 35 Keys TrickPosted in: News
I was defending trials for a long time, but I'm done with it ever since in January there was this trial exploit that allowed gear swapping and getting ~5 levels higher keys using some timed mechanic (thankfully fixed quickly, but not quickly enough as a lot of people got stacks of 60+ keys that gave them an unfair advantage). Travis explained perfectly why trials are annoying and pointless: you go on a rollercoaster ride, but before you go, you need to check your body height with a measuring stick. After you come back from the ride and want to do it again, you need to be measured again - why?
Yes, trials are part of natural progression. However, trials take up too much time for no reward; if you're doing trials for your highest GR level (e.g., aiming for 60+ keys) you can easily spend *hours* doing nothing but trials just to get a few keys. In this time you get no loot, no XP, no gold, no materials, nothing. It might be part of the regular progression, but in all other parts there's some stuff to discover (in bounties you can encounter the Vault if you kill a goblin, in T6 you can get goblin packs, in in GRs you get legendary gems and upgrades thereof). And in all those three parts of progression you get loot and other rewards. In bounties you get nothing. You see the same five different types of mobs over and over again, for hours, just to be able to play at your highest level for progression.
There's a million of potential fixes.
- Give us the highest key we have completed (in a group, take the average). You could even make it character-specific, which would incentivize to play a different class and you can't simply hop on a GR45 with your barb just because you got a DH with good trial gear. - Give us 10 keys instead of 1, to at least save some time. Trials always have lots of RNG, so in the end you spend about as much time in trials as in GRs which is just bad design. - When a group assembles, let them do ONE TRIAL to skip the first 55 levels, they'll start at that level, and either upgrade key (if they succeed) or try again (they already did the trials to get access to that level).
The trial system needs a fundamental change.
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Jan 5, 2015
Bagstone posted a message on BNet Login Issues, D3 Tribal Tattoo, ZDPS Support WDThe zDPS crusader is a better support class than the zDPS monk. Its DPS buffs are superior - actually the best among all support classes/specs, especially thanks to the 100% CHD from the Critical rune on the Law; and its pulling is far superior because it's less messy with Draw & Quarter. Basically, almost every support monk I know switched to support crusader, and the groups got much better by doing the switch. Give it a try - the gear is almost the same, you only need the shield basically; and it'll take you only 2-3 rifts to see how much better the crusader is.Posted in: News
Here's a thread that started the zDPS crusader discussion, though note that it evolved quite a bit (it started with Vacuum, but Steed Charge-Draw & Quarter is the more popular pull skill now (and better, imho)). - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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Good point, I'll highlight this to the developers. Not sure though this will do anything, I see a lot of bluetrackers messed up; I think Blizzard just changed something which makes it difficult.
To be fair, most relevant news isn't coming through trackers anyways, as they frequently drop the real news in other channels (Reddit, Twitter, Twitch chat, ...)
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Awesome, thanks! S16 tracker prepared to go online as soon as S15 ends
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Entirely agree. I mentioned this elsewhere: I was super hyped about Starcraft Remastered, until it came out. Played it for 1-2 hours, since then never again; but countless hours of SC2. SC:R made me realize how old, outdated, cumbersome, and straight up annoying a 20-year old game is. Old graphics are part of the nostalgia, but with an update all of the sudden it will become comparable.
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Yeah, until I see it I'm sorry but I remain cautious about what that is. We joke about triple goblins the same way we joked about a mobile MMO before Blizzcon.
That being said, another really really good reaction video (also a bit shorter) is Leviathan's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOjm3JD6ek
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That is interesting, especially since they base it on so many scientific studies.
Oh wait, there is none. There is not a single scientific study that proves that video games are in any way more exposed to right-wing propaganda than others. In fact, there is plenty of research on the power of social connectedness in video games. Just look at all the esports events happening at Blizzcon, or Blizzcon itself in general, where people met - despite their background, ethnicity, or whatever. Are there "toxic corners" in video games? Of couse. There's BS everywhere. But this article reminds me of the "killer games debate" that went on in Germany about 10-15 years ago, which was basically one single guy spouting out his nonsense, being invited to every talk show, and not countered by any scientific evidence (of which there is an overwhelming amount, but it just doesn't sell as good).
Disappointed to see this in NPR, of all places. But well, media...
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Is it though? I wouldn't call the rumor "fake", just not getting everything 100% right in an attempt to shed some light into the darkness that is Blizzard's PR machinery. Let's look at Blizzard's exact statement in response to the Kotaku article:
"First off we want to mention that we definitely hear our community. We generally don’t comment on rumors or speculation, but we can say that we didn’t pull any announcements from BlizzCon this year or have plans for other announcements. We do continue to have different teams working on multiple unannounced Diablo projects, and we look forward to announcing when the time is right."
"We didn't pull any announcements" is correct if it was never meant for Blizzcon. Also, what does the second part of that sentence mean ([no] "plans for other announcements" - in the last sentence they confirm that they *are* planning on announcing something regarding their multiple unannounced Diablo projects. They do not directly deny that the video was being made. They do not deny any development of Diablo 4. But their cop-out statement also gives them a carte blanche to do whatever they want.
"[W]e definitely hear our community." That's interesting, since when? At Blizzcon? Will there be action based on what you have heard? When? And since when did you hear the community? Because you clearly did not hear the community over the past half year, which unanimously stated (on your own forums!) that we don't want a cheap mobile game or a quick fix to D3 - we want to us to *show* that you care about the Diablo franchise. Selling out the franchise to a Chinese P2W mobile app developer is the opposite of that.
Also, the "multiple unannounced Diablo projects" could be a D2 Remastered (which is definitely in the works, as they officially confirmed that they want to remake all classic games), some D3 low-effort changes like quadruple bounties and goblins or just switching up some numbers to change the meta (Nevalistis: "we're not done with D3 yet"), and some Diablo videos (as they really focus on lots of videos for all the other franchises, and apparently HotS, HS, OW fans are loving it). Also, we haven't even talked about non-gaming stuff (comics, books, the Netflix show, a board game, a movie, ...)
All of this sounds terrible and absolutely ridiculous and cheap and not what we want. But then, as someone who expected *nothing* at Blizzcon, didn't buy a virtual ticket, and focused fully on SC2 while trying to ignore Diablo - even as someone who really expected absolutely nothing I was still super super disappointed, as if they drove a dagger into my guts. Yeah, at this current point we have to assume the worst and I'm absolutely done with "in dubio pro reo" for Blizzard. "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." Well, we've been fooled with Diablo way more than just once or twice, so at this point, unless they show tangible evidence that they *hear* us, I'm done believing any of their "we have multiple projects in the works" "it's the best time to be a Diablo fan" (yeah this last weekend was the worst time in 22 years to be a Diablo fan).
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Sorry, just saw this now. As mentioned in another thread, for some reason the thread notification stopped working and I didn't see new messages in here.
Anyways... it's a lot of work to keep the sharing feature functional each season, and I'll see if I cancel it or what I'm doing in the future, if I find time to update it. Obviously this weekend shifted my priorities as it seems like Diablo is taking a strange turn. The share feature was unfortunately only ever used by a handful of people anyways.
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I'm so sorry for the super late reply. Restored it. I have this thread on subscription, i.e., should get an email notification, but for some reason I never got it
So I never saw your post until now. Anyways. let me know if you want me to delete it since probably it's too late now.
Also @Pindles build restored as well.
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Unfortunately everything he says is true. But also, unfortunately, in Silicon Valley the marketing people have taken over again. This includes, and maybe even started with, ironically, Apple. Especially since he talks about XEROX it really hurts. To anyone interested in the history of computing and so on - Apple never invented anything. NOT A THING. XEROX PARC has been the true invention force in Silicon Valley since the 70s; it was just people like Steve Jobs who were 100% marketing-oriented sharks who took their ideas and turned them into products.
So what does that mean? The video is supposed to fool you into thinking "it's a great product" and you as consumer are in control. When in reality, it's just good marketing, and despite a shit product people are still going to buy it. That's for example exactly the case with the iPad. No one needs it. It serves absolutely no purpose, there is literally zero product design going into it (it's all just technical advancements that made XEROX's visions, like Mark Weiser's UbiComp scenario possible). And then with proper marketing people think they need it, and buy more Apple devices.
Blizzard has been doing the same thing. Just look at this Blizzcon in its entirety. There is ZERO development going on. It's video shorts for many franchises (Hearthstone, Overwatch, WoW) that they sold as new content and big stories on the opening stage. It's some quickly developed random add-ons that just follow a template of the previous ~30ish add-ons for their existing products (new heroes in HotS, new cards in HS, new hero in OW, new co-op commander in SC2). They even sell a simple "remake" as a new product for a fully fledged price (WC:R). There is absolutely no creative, innovative work visible to me; it's all just "use this template to add a new skin and sell another DLC".
That's just the industry these days. What's sad is that Blizzard is following it. They used to be different. But now they're like Steve Jobs... fooling you into buy mediocre, overpriced products that you don't need. Gutted.
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You can express your disagreement with the OP, but please respect the rules and watch your language. Thanks.
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What happens is that there's a ton of "legit looking posts" by sleeper bots, and a few days or weeks or sometimes even a month later they're "activated" and edit their posts to have ads in them. Occasionally I try to go through the post history to recognize those but it's a tedious task.
I will not deny though that there's too much spam and it's oftentimes not handled fast enough. But we're short on staff since for quite a while there were no new promising mod applications - again, a symptom of a dwindling community. And what happened today doesn't help...
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Thanks!
Can you also share the Champion and Destroyer bosses? Then we're done
Edit: Got the info from Reddit. Tracker is complete for S15 now.
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Thanks a lot RealGsuss and Prisnagka! Updated now.
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Yeah, I updated the data for S15 a few days ago already - but I don't swap the Journey Tracker before the season has ended, since there's always some people who do it last minute. Now that season has ended, I've switched to the S15 view. As usual we won't know the boss names except for the ones you pointed out. Apparently the data is too difficult to access for Nevalistis, so we'll have to fill in the blanks ourselves. I definitely will miss the season start, just not sure by how much - maybe I'll be just 5 hours late, maybe a few weeks. Last season it took me 8 hours solo (after a power level) to finish Guardian, so maybe I can complete all the info by Saturday evening. We'll see. If anyone is faster post it here and I'll update the tracker.
Have fun everyone in S15!
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Sorry for the late response. No idea why exactly. The spam system is proof that robots won't take over the world any time soon. They're way too stupid, can't even distinguish humans from bots. I've unmarked it since and it's back now.