Episode 54 – The Grindstone
Posted: December 14, 2013 Filed under: Show | Tags: Betta, crusader, Diablo 2 Remix, difficulty 2.0, Dredscythe, DrJDredscythe, experiences, friends and family beta, GrindEXP, lanntonio, necromancer, Nevik, noi1989, Reaper of Souls, shots fired, torment, wizard, wizard builds, Zisspire Leave a comment »Show notes originally posted by Nevik
In this episode, we are down two co-hosts as both Jen and Breja were indisposed. Not to worry, we pulled in our good friends Dred and Betta from GrindEXP.com to fill in. We then get down to business by discussing what we’ve been up to in-game: Lanntonio is on a crusade, Nevik is loving the wizard changes in Reaper of Souls and our guests are knee-deep in streaming their exploits in the beta.
In this episode:
* We unfortunately had one of those blue moon shows in that we did not receive a single email from our dear listeners. We love hearing from you, so keep those emails coming!
* We received tweets from @HomeTownHero008, @pergosmaster, @CM_Nevalistis, @Jaetch, @grindexp, @JCMonkeyD3, and @Foqbupog. Thank you for your tweets. Don’t forget that you, too, can send in your thoughts via social media outlets such as Facebook, Google+, and Twitter.
* We posed the question on Twitter seeking your feedback on the liberal use of BoA (bind on account) items present in the Reaper of Souls beta. Be sure to follow our show account, @ShatteredStone, on Twitter for future Questions of the Show.
* With the Reaper of Souls friends and family beta now two weeks old we share our fairly extensive experiences in progression in Torment difficulty. From the good to the bad, we cover mostly every nuance as it exists presently in the beta. Warning: There’s a ton of wizard talk. You wouldn’t expect any less now would you?
* This episode marks a very special Official Forum Thread Masterpiece Theater as we have our very first listener submission for the segment! As always we are looking for your participation with this fun segment, send your Official Forum Thread Masterpiece Theater audio segments (or humorous forum threads) to Show@ShatteredSoulstone.com.
This episode’s Official Forum Thread Masterpiece Theater segment bed music included Rondeau from Sinfonie de Fanfares by Jean-Joseph Mouret and Pannonia Boundless by Alexandra Vrebalov.
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* Community manager Nevalistis has been collecting all of the Reaper of Souls Friends and Family Beta sources in a handy-dandy round-up blog. If you can’t get enough, be sure to check it out to hopefully satiate your hunger.
* If the new difficulty system has you all confoozled YouTube user GamebyNumber has you covered with his early analysis of each difficulty setting in Reaper of Souls.
* DiabloFans recently took the time to do something different other than report on the news and put together a compilation of three well thought-out suggestions from Mr. Monstrous, DamienJohn and forum member Ropp. While there’s very little chance for these suggestions to be implemented by launch, it does serve as brain-food for what could potentially come post-launch!
* Twitch.tv broadcaster Zisspire put together a video on YouTube highlight an extremely effective (dare we say too effective?) wizard build lovingly coined “The Need 4 Speed” that works on the Reaper of Souls beta.
* Although Nevik made it abundantly clear that he isn’t a fan of the necromancer, that didn’t cloud his judgement on an amazing piece of concept art by Sammael for what the necromancer might look like in Diablo III.
* Finally we would like to remind teh internets that beta is beta and to not get too worked up over what we are seeing out of the Reaper of Souls friends and family beta. Things are still very much in development and will change before and after Reaper of Souls is launched.
* Tatasinke is back with another edition of his Paper.li newspaper, the New Tristram News. Check it out and subscribe!
Song of the Show:
Feeling a little bit nostalgic? Well we have you covered with this episode’s Song of the Show. Diablo 2 Remix by noi1989 takes the sound effects out of Diablo II and combines them resulting in a piece of music that is almost gothic industrial in its tone.
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Episode 53 – Raspberry on Sorbet
Posted: November 26, 2013 Filed under: Show | Tags: 100 club, account bound, adventure mode, beta, blizzcon 2013, bounties, Breja, chocolate, crusader, demon hunter, difficulty 2.0, economy, enchanting, friends and family beta, gems, Jen, lanntonio, Nevik, paragon 100, Reaper of Souls, torment, trading, wizard, World of Podcasts Leave a comment »Show notes originally posted by Nevik
In this episode, we reminisce about the amazing time we all had at Blizzcon 2013 and are already planning how next year will be bigger, badder and better. We then get down to business by discussing what we’ve been up to in-game: Jen is nearing 50 with their Demon Hunter, Breja is nearing 60 with his Demon Hunter, Lanntonio (figuratively) gives the boot to his puke doctor, and Nevik finally joins the 100 club.
In this episode:
* We read, and respond to, a mountain of emails we received from our wonderful listeners. This batch comes to us from Grand Nagus, Master Do, Scanline, Doug, and Str8UpJack. Thank you for the emails! Keep them coming, really!
* We received tweets from @shawno, @Hastuer, @grindexp, @Torrack1714, @HomeTownHero008, @scanline75, @JCMonkeyD3, @pergosmaster, @Jaetch, @Cybrwolf0, @hpbotha, @Medros, @Rilandune, @Lylirra, and @CM_Nevalistis. Thank you for your tweets. Don’t forget that you, too, can send in your thoughts via social media outlets such as Facebook, Google+, and Twitter.
* We posed the question on Twitter as to when you think the closed beta will be available and mere days later the Friends and Family Beta starts up. We have perfect timing, really. Be sure to follow our show account, @ShatteredStone, on Twitter for future Questions of the Show.
* With the Reaper of Souls Friends and Family Beta officially underway it shouldn’t be any surprise that beta talk dominated most of the show. We were very fortunate enough to be included in the first wave of invites and still have perma-grins on our faces. We share our early experiences with the beta from the great to the not-so-great, but you’ll have to listen for the juicy details.
* Round Two of the Design-a-Legendary project has come to a close and the results have been published, we’re getting a Mephisto-themed 1-handed sword! Almost makes up for the lack of creativity in the selection of the weapon-type, almost. Hopefully the developers will run with the suggestion we’ve made and make this weapon specialized for a melee Demon Hunter. We can dream, can’t we?
* After a brief hiatus from the show, Official Forum Thread Masterpiece Theater makes a return with an amusing forum thread from a user that clearly has the ears of the developers. As always we are looking for your participation with this fun segment, send your Official Forum Thread Masterpiece Theater audio segments (or humorous forum threads) to Show@ShatteredSoulstone.com.
This episode’s Official Forum Thread Masterpiece Theater segment bed music included Rondeau from Sinfonie de Fanfares by Jean-Joseph Mouret and Lost by Pogo.
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* You’ve heard us mention that all four of us were going to be apart of World of Podcasts the night before Blizzcon, now the video and audio from that night is available. Note: the audio from the video of the Diablo 3 panel is pretty terrible, but check out the audio from the entire night over at the World of Podcasts site.
* We mentioned #StoryTimewithWyatt a few times during the show which occurred near the end of Blizzcon 2013 day 2 where a number of fansite/community folks cornered Wyatt inside the Community Corner. Like you, we weren’t able to partake in this experience but fortunately /r/Diablo user Menagese recounted the experience for the rest of us.
* Ever wonder what it would sound like if the Fire Lord Ragnaros was voiced by Michael Gough (Deckard Kain)? Well here’s the result!
* Relive the hijinks of Jesse Cox cosplaying as Leah at Blizzcon 2013 day 1 including a riveting interview the Skeleton King (Queen?) and the MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION ever asked at a Lore Q&A EVAAAR. (No seriously, really).
* If you’re itching for every shred of Diablo-related information out of Blizzcon 2013, community manager Nevalistis compiled an exhaustive list rounding up all of the community coverage for our beloved game.
* The Colorado Symphony must be full of loot deviants because they recently performed Leah’s Theme from Diablo III. It’s quite stunning to hear played live.
http://youtu.be/LiZu5B-6Ccw
* Tatasinke is back with another edition of his Paper.li newspaper, the New Tristram News. Check it out and subscribe!
Song of the Show:
Even though the closing of the auction is still months away, we felt like it would only be appropriate to highlight a song whose subject matter centers around it. Fili-C Note’s Diablo 3 Real Money Auction House (I Get Money) is a humorous rap-parody song that is very catchy. Be forewarned that there is a tiny-bit of language present.
http://youtu.be/0MNASUKDwQk
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