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Adam Jackson

4 years

14 weapons, 14 kills. This challenge/project was a great way to end my time with a great game. I also posted all of my weapon reviews here:

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Hello! I wanted to clear up some details on the rarest Unique items in Diablo 4. 1. They can drop from level 85+ enemies 2. You get them anywhere you can get a regular Unique, and they always drop at 820 ipower 3. We currently have 6 of them in the game 4. They're realllly rare!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

I'm disappointed with our Heroes messaging today, so I'll make my own. Heroes was the first new game that I fell in love with after joining Blizzard, and the passion and memories of those who worked and played the game will forever remain with me.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

I know everyone's busy grinding loot, but the side quests are an unsung hero of #DiablolV . They're really good. If you're into worldbuilding at all and you aren't doing them or are just breezing through the dialogue you're really missing out.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

Speaking of Uber Lilith, on the PTR you'll be seeing updates to her including: Better visual clarity of her attacks The hitbox of her waves will better match the visual Her waves/ghosts are no longer 1-shot mecahnics - instead they'll do heavily ramping damage as you get hit

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

Happy to announce that I got promoted to being the Lead Class Designer on Diablo IV!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

22 days

Preparing for the Season 5 PTR to Launch Live Stream next week. I can't stop laughing at how wild we went with these Unique changes. It's gonna be a fun stream lol

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

11 months

Really great job on the #DiabloIV stream today! Looking forward to talking about even more updates coming to Season 2. We'll be covering: Elemental Resistances Uniques Damage Bucket Updates (Crit/Vulnerable/Overpower) Class updates and improvements And more!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

11 months

Lots of exciting things coming for Diablo IV. I'll be talking on October 10 about upcoming Class and System changes. The team's very eager to show you all what we've been working on!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Gottem!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

Diablo IV Patch notes are live! A lot of love went into this patch by the team. I can't wait to dive into it with all of you when we launch!

Diablo IV Patch Notes

We will continually update this article with all patches the development team implements for Diablo IV.

news.blizzard.com

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

7 months

It seems i'm still here. We lost a lot of good people today though. Brutal times.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 months

Turns out Season 4 is just the beginning. Vessel of Hatred is coming soon. Get ready.

Diablo

@Diablo

2 months

The battle against Hatred has only just begun. Pre-purchase #VesselOfHatred today and instantly unlock #DiabloIV in-game rewards. Available October 8th:

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

7 months

I'll be covering Season 3 Class updates as well as other balance stuff!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

4 years

Moving on to new adventures.

Thank You and Farewell

Hello friends, I’ve always believed that strong communication and building trust is paramount to making the world a better place, so I wanted to have the chance to talk with all of you about a change...

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

4 years

I'm happy to announce that I've been promoted to Senior Game Designer, and it happened to be on my 6th wedding anniversary to my wonderful wife. It's a good day!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Uber Lilith is really hard.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Dinged 100!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

Oh no, I may have picked the wrong build this season 😏😏😏

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

Even though many of us have moved on to other things, I know Heroes has a special place in our hearts, and that makes us family. I eagerly look forward to the day where I can once again give you something that I’m as proud of as Heroes of the Storm. I’ll see you in the Nexus.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

8 months

It's 2 am and my mind is racing creating Diablo 4/ARPG balance philosophy presentations that I want to share with the team and the public. Please send help.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

@TheHappyWhale_ Whenever you get a Unique there is a chance for that Unique to instead be one of these. Therefore, the best way to farm these is to do content that gives you the most Uniques per x period of time.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

4 months

Thanks again everyone for tuning into the stream. Really excited for Season 4, it's going to feel like a whole new game. I'm looking to run a Rogue Grenade build this season. What about you?

Adam Fletcher

@PezRadar

4 months

Thanks for tuning into the #DiabloIV Developer Update stream everyone. Patch notes for 1.4.0 are live but still propagating on the site as they are long. If you get a 404, just try again in a few minutes.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

9 months

Gottem'!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

@AueRS_ @PezRadar +1. They are in the game. They're intended to be -that- rare.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Not much else to say but what a fantastic team. We did a lot of work leading up to this launch and it's a huge triumph. I'm looking forward to the future. This is just the beginning.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

I'll be talking in this stream. A whole lot of updates for Classes and in general that I think will be meaningful for players. Really looking forward to showing what we've been up to!

Diablo

@Diablo

5 months

Get all the #DiabloIV details straight from the source 😈 🔥 Campfire Chat Livestream 📅 March 20th, 11am PT Details here:

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

Got my 15 year ring!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

It's PTR day for #DiabloIV !!!! What builds are you going to try? Friendly disclaimer that I won't stop repeating - keep in mind that everything is still very much in progress, especially when it comes to number tuning. We'll be looking at your feedback so keep it coming!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

7 months

Patch notes for Season 3 are up.

Diablo

@Diablo

7 months

Season of the Construct approaches ⚙️ Get details on all the changes coming to #DiabloIV . Patch 1.3.0 notes are live now:

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

The designers who worked on this project were some of the best I’ve ever seen, and I’m happy to say that even now I still work with many of them. A lot of people put their hearts into this game, and we made something that we’ll forever be proud of.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Having great conversations with the team on Wudjo's Tier List video. It'll be interesting to see how things pan out after launch. One part i'm curious about is the build diversity of Necro. While launch will reveal a lot, we designed it to have a lot of potential ways to play.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

9 months

Necromancers! We've been talking on the team about Minion builds and how they've been working out. I'm curious, how do you feel about amount of power Minions have in relation to the player? Ex. Knowing both can only add up to X, do minions need more power and players less?

Minions more, player less

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Things feel good now

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

I still love playing this game, and in a perfect world would still be happily working on it today. I love this community and have read so many of your threads, comments, and feedback. I also loved debating with you and my colleagues on how to make this game the best it could be

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Dinged 100! Also got this in the final dungeon I dinged in. You can have it @RodFergusson !

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

I loved spending weekends watching HGC, and seeing everyone’s passion for the game over the years. Thank you all for being a part of this great community who we all got to learn so much from.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

7 months

Damn. Losing many good people today.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

8 months

We're just getting started.

PC Gamer

@pcgamer

8 months

In less than a year, Blizzard transformed Diablo 4 into an action RPG worth grinding for.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

Happy Season 2 patch day!!!!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

I had a fantastic time talking with you and look forward to doing it again in the future.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

Hey @RodFergusson , I found your item.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

Happy Birthday Heroes! As a treat, here's some cool insider Game Dev stuff. These were notes I took when meeting with the team to discuss Sylvanas's rework before we started it. You can see many of the points that were brought up ended up making it in her current design!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

#DiabloIV Season 4 PTR blog and patch notes are up! Excited to see everyone dive into the PTR soon!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

So what are we all thinking of playing in Season 2? So far i've played: Bone Spirit Necro Fireball Sorc This season i'm thinking Upheaval Barb. I want to see how the new Hellhammer feels. Unsure how much I want to lean into Berserking/Overpower/Weapon Swapping yet...

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 month

Just got back from a vacation to Japan! So many exciting updates coming for Diablo. We have the Spiritborn reveal stream today and a ton of Season 5 updates that got announced, including some pretty big changes to Unique items. Lots to look forward to!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

11 days

so I decided to go Boulder Druid and got this bad boy from a Helltide chest. I'm set!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

I had a great time and look forward to doing it more often.

Adam Fletcher

@PezRadar

3 months

Huge thanks to @rhykker @Raxxanterax @DarthMicroT @GhazzyTV on hosting the interviews with Adam Jackson and Joe P this week. We will find more opportunities to do these types of interviews in the future. Campfires/Dev Update streams allow us to go through and talk in some

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

11 months

This is no exaggeration. The team's been hard at work to bring a whole lot of exciting updates to the game. I'm really excited for everyone to see what we've been up to

Rod Fergusson

@RodFergusson

11 months

So much stuff in #Diablo4 Season 2 that @PezRadar will need to host two deep dive streams to cover it all! #SeasonofBlood

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

Season 3 Uber Lilith down! This time did it with a weird homebrew Lightning strike Earthen Might build. Next season I think i'll try rolling a Rogue... 🤔

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

I just want Diablo IV to come out already so I can play my character on a Live environment instead of in Dev builds all day. Is that too much to ask?

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

6 months

Crazy to think that it's been exactly 15 years since I started at Blizzard. I still remember my first days in training like it was yesterday. What a long, strange trip it's been. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

Looks like I cursed it. Sorry y'all

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

9 months

This pleases me.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

16 days

Diablo 4's Season 5 livestream is coming in a little over an hour. Come see what we're all cooking up!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

Hit World Tier 4 on my Barb and downed the capstone dungeon at level 60 with a Berserking Upheaval build. So far loving Upheaval and I haven't even hit Hellhammer yet. Surprised at how much Iron Maelstom's damage is holding up and at how good Charge is with some legendaries.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

Just a little over an hour away until our campfire chat. Looking forward to talking about itemization, many exciting class updates, and much more!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

7 months

A little over an hour before the live stream. I'll see you all there!

Diablo

@Diablo

7 months

Tune in tomorrow for a discussion on #DiabloIV Season of the Construct. 🔥 Developer Update Livestream 📅 January 18th at 9am PT 📺

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

8 months

We hear you. You can expect changes soon™

Adam Fletcher

@PezRadar

8 months

The team got together to discuss some of the Abattoir of Zir feedback you all have been sending over. We have some changes in the works. Will share more tomorrow. Goal is for a hotfix with these updates before the weekend. Thanks all for providing some great feedback!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

You know what's really cool about HotS? It lets you time travel. Something happening in 30 minutes and you just want to get there quicker? Just start up a game of Heroes. You'll have so much fun and time will fly by and suddenly it's time to do that other thing.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

I liked my answers in this interview and look forward to talking with players more about our long-term outlook on how realistically balancing a game like Diablo 4 works. Good job past me!

Diablo 4 devs know you’ll “break the game,” but they’re not worried

As we draw ever closer to the launch of Diablo 4, I asked lead class designer Adam Z. Jackson whether or not the team is happy with the current state of D4.

www.pcgamesn.com

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Too many good games coming out this year. Gotta hit 100 in D4. Need to finish Zelda. Need to start FF16. Need to get to Subnautica on my backlog. And now Baldur's Gate 3?! Y'all need to slow down. We're eating too good.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

Ding! Uber Lilith time!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

It's almost Blizzcon time! Got a ton of interviews and other things going on that i'm excited about. Can't wait to talk about the present and future of Diablo 4 with you all. If you see me, feel free to say hi!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

7 months

I can't believe it. We just went to lunch and connected over our histories at Blizzard. Maxim is a top PR specialist. He is one of the most professional people in the field I've had the pleasure of working with and any company would be lucky to have him. I'm so sorry Max.

Maxim Samoylenko 451

@bad_attitude_en

7 months

After 7 amazing years of leading all kinds of PR and Comms first in the EMEA region (Overwatch, WoW and more) and then globally (for Diablo) at Blizzard, it’s my time to move on. If you are aware of opportunities in Communications, please let me know.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

Proud dad moment. Let it be known that today another little girl started on her journey to become a Pokemon Master in Pokemon Red. P.S. She picked Bulbasaur 🏝

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

9 months

The time has come. The oldest daughter is finally of age. Of course, once her sisters saw it, they couldn't help themselves too. I can't blame em'

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

9 months

Had a great time at Blizzcon. It's always incredibly energizing to be able to meet our fans in-person. I can't wait to hopefully do it all again next year!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

I really enjoyed being in this interview where we got to explore how our design team thinks about Classes and how we make tough decisions when it comes to fantasy, balance, systems, and combat.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Diablo IV Customization / Respec / Progression / Crafting...

Blizzard Entertaiment's Adam Jackson and Melissa Corning opened up at great length on Diablo IV's progression and customization systems.

wccftech.com

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

Looking forward to chatting with you!

Ghazzy Bodensjö

@GhazzyTV

3 months

Tomorrow at 22:00 CET / 01:00 PM PT me and and @DarthMicroT will have @AZJackson85 joining us for a special episode of the Tavern Talk! Very excited to hit some big questions and a couple of minion related questions being close to my heart ;)

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

My favorite PTR clip so far lol *Insert yet another disclaimer that tuning is not final*

Rob2628 - Dust Devil MADNESS INFINITE TWISTERS

Watch Rob2628's clip titled "Dust Devil MADNESS INFINITE TWISTERS"

clips.twitch.tv

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

Also our jalapeños that we planted a couple weeks ago for salsas are starting to produce. Super excited to see how they do this summer.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

The game plays as good as it looks too.

Diablo

@Diablo

1 year

A new chapter in the war against Hell begins. Witness the in-game intro of #DiabloIV .

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Excited to be there to talk to everyone about Classes!

Adam Fletcher

@PezRadar

1 year

Friday is another Campfire Chat! Two Joes. Two Adams. Joe² vs Adam². Minds blown. We go over Patch 1.1.1 which include some class changes coming in this future patch. #DiabloIV

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

Almost!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

It's almost time! I want to hit 100 every Season and i'm still unsure what I want to do for Season 1... I'm thinking Fireball Sorc, or some kind of Fire Sorc. Fire is fun.

Diablo

@Diablo

1 year

Slay the corrupted and harness their power. Season of the Malignant is coming to #DiabloIV on July 20th 🩸💀

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

Level 72 so far, playing as the Blood Orb Bone Spirit Necro I talked about in this article: So far I'm happy with it! I was scared this skill was too crazy in its design but it worked out very well. I liked the journey and where the gameplay ended up.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 months

Malenia down. Almost ready on my new playthrough for the DLC. It was... a little close. I got desperate and traded with her at the last second lol.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

This makes my little developer heart so happy! @Raxxanterax

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

New Patch!

Adam Fletcher

@PezRadar

1 year

Patch 1.0.3 is available to download for #DiabloIV on all platforms. Notes are here.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

End Game Beta is coming!!! My team put a ton of work into this. Many exciting changes to Classes coming in here. Pray that you're one of the chosen who gets to check it out!

Diablo

@Diablo

2 years

Learn more about Diablo IV's upcoming Closed End Game Beta. 🔥 📜

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

29 days

Finished the Elden Ring DLC. My Wolverine build was super fun lol. Final boss was pretty rude but not too bad in the end. Soooooo next game when? 🤔

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

More of our potato harvest. That's about 1/4 of what we should get. It all came from a single small bag of potatoes from the store. Incredible!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

4 years

Soon.

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@BlizzHeroes

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

Streaming Uber Lilith attempts from the Blizzcon floor!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

4 years

Finally got my 50 wins for this season.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

11 months

@wudijo Dangit, and here I thought it was a surprise that I was going to reveal new Paragon glyphs in next week's stream... I can't even keep up with all our stuff coming out :(

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

11 months

Also after the stream you'll be able to see the actual patch notes. We'll go over a lot of actual changes on the stream, but since you'll see the notes soon enough anyways we'll spend a lot of time talking about our thought processes behind the changes.

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@PezRadar

11 months

Oh and patch notes hit immediately after the stream. All 14,000+ words of them.

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@AZJackson85

22 days

@OrginalRizzy Yes i'll be on the stream.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

5 months

Just did the cold plunge tonight and the wife surprised me and did it too! Was about 50 degrees out and raining, so the water felt pretty cold. They don't tell you how your lungs contract and it's so hard to breathe at first. That was such a shock! @menlobear

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 years

Proud to announce that yesterday we added another member to our family:

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

10 months

If you aren't up to date on the D4 Season 2 changes or want to better understand the math behind how damage works now, this is a great resource for you.

Master your Power in Season of Blood

Join class designer Adam Jackson as he breathes life into the changes that rework core gameplay systems in Diablo IV.

news.blizzard.com

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

3 months

One of my favorite times. Harvest time! Planted these potatoes about 3 months ago and it's time to cook some up. Left half is ready now right half in 3-4 weeks

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

@FanHOTS These are the 6 types of items that are classified as super rare Uniques.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

9 months

@JonnySweatpants I'm talking about the ratio of power between minion and player, not the current balance tuning. The total power as a percentage must always equal 100%. I'm asking about how people feel about the current ratio.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

8 months

Lies of P finished. Good game is good. The combat blends the best of Bloodborne and Sekiro. Really liked it. Story's neat too!

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@AZJackson85

1 year

I agree. Really enjoyed watching it last night. It's cool to see other game teams takes on the genre and how their core decisions impact the end-user experience.

Joseph Piepiora

@JPiepiora

1 year

The Exilecon stream was pretty cool. Looking forward to checking out the beta next year!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

1 year

This is so great. Couldn't be prouder of being on this team. The work continues. There's so much more to come!

Diablo

@Diablo

1 year

The fires of Hell burn bright 🔥 #DiabloIV is the fastest selling Blizzard game of all-time.

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

Thanks to Blizzard's great Paternity leave, I was able to take the last 4 weeks off. In addition to finishing Heavensward in FF14 (have lots of thoughts there), we built a garden! It took a lot more work, time, and money than I expected, but after we finally planted today!

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

2 years

Learn all about the Necromancer tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. PDT in our Quarterly Update blog, written by yours truly!

All Hell Breaks Loose in 2023—Diablo IV is Coming

Diablo IV is set to raise Hell’s temperature to a new level. Join us around the campfire to learn what’s coming in this next generation installment of the Diablo series.

news.blizzard.com

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Adam Jackson

@AZJackson85

4 years

We just posted how we want your feedback on the Heroes forums. Still going through all of the replies. Also wanted to call out @ITNcast for their great discussion on the topic. We'll have a lot to talk about in the next few weeks.

Looking For Feedback!

Here’s my feedback. Structures defending heroes feels right, but the armor debuff is too punishing. It should be possible for smart tank players to grab structure agro and be healed through it,...

us.forums.blizzard.com

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