1) Itemization What are your plans to change itemization in Diablo 4? What are your plans to condense the amount of affixes currently on gear? Any plans for a higher ilvl tier of gear for endgame? Would it be possible to limit the level requirement of an item that drops based on ...
Diablo 4's Season of Loot Reborn has greatly expanded its endgame and itemization systems. This season brought with it The Pit, a new endgame activity that's functionally identical to Greater Rifts from Diablo 3. Players will need to push through increasingly difficult tiers of dungeons as fas...
While you can’t see those things, you can see how systems like itemization and skill trees have evolved, incorporating your feedback and internal testing along the way. You can also see how much closer we’re getting to our artistic and thematic targets of dark, low-fantasy gothic horror....
Greater affixes & new itemization system All temper manuals should have 4 affixes. 25% probability. Remove weights if they exist due to % size in each affix. Tempering feels awful. Bricking ruined the experience for our group overall. On average we’ve bricked >75% of the 2-3 GA...
To accomplish this, we filter concepts, locations, and final implementation through the dual pillars of "old masters" and "a return to darkness." Using these pillars has been instrumental in keeping us consistent and aligned with the visual tone of Diablo IV. The "old masters" pillar gives ...
Q. How long will the Closed Alpha last? A. We are aiming to keep the Closed Alpha running for longer than the Technical Alpha back in December. We’ll be testing more late game systems this time, so we’re keeping it up longer to make sure players have enough time to play through ...
There’s a ton of freedom… that is, if you're willing to discard 20 years of accumulated Diablo 2 wisdom and take your chances. In many ways this game is “solved,” in that the best builds and their precise itemization have been thoroughly sussed out over the years. In other words,...
Rework Rarely Used Passives / Skills / Runes. To some extent these are being fixed season by season as you rework the less popular sets. Still, a lot of work can be done here to give more build variety. You can also look at the itemization of the modern day classes and see if anyth...
was rather worrisome considering the current situation the whole company is in as well as this beast known as WC3 remaster. People are also concerned about ladders not at launch, because a big part of the game’s full itemization is locked behind them. They have a right to be upset and ...
Rework Rarely Used Passives / Skills / Runes. To some extent these are being fixed season by season as you rework the less popular sets. Still, a lot of work can be done here to give more build variety. You can also look at the itemization of the modern day classes and see if anyth...