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Diablo IV Pre-Launch Thread of lore, news and beta withdrawl
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I wouldnt mind grouping up, but im one of the suckers who paid for early accesss fyi
cormack12
Gold Member
Me too! What's your timezone?
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
(CET)
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Early access sucker reporting in 
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Eotheod
Member
The game is $109AUD on Battle.net. Why the fuck did publishers and developers kick up PC game costs with no reason other than "consoles did it also?" No PC game deserves to be over $100, that's just absurd pricing and what is worse is due to being on battle.net there seems to be no cd keys floating around cheaper.
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Still have no idea what class to play, Barbarian, Rogue or Druid. Eager to see what changes they make to the classes. I often enjoy whirlwind builds, but the DPS of the Rogue was just too much fun and the mobility.
I even fired up Diablo immortal to feed the habit. Take out the micro transactions and mobile gates, there is a decent playing/loot game there.
June 2nd can't come soon enough.
I even fired up Diablo immortal to feed the habit. Take out the micro transactions and mobile gates, there is a decent playing/loot game there.
June 2nd can't come soon enough.
Hot5pur
Member
I hear ya brother; hopefully what softens the blow is that this game will provide at least 50-100 hours of content, and it will be supported for a long long time.
Seems the $70 new game price tag is inevitable for PC as well. Luckily we still have the keysites
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Blizzard are greedy cunts who overprice their trash filled with MTX and battlepasses to eek out more money from folks? Gotta push that FOMO somehow. Any talent and care from blizzard has long since left.
Shubh_C63
Member
Sooner or later I will play this game, its inevitable. But I really don't want to pay 6000INR (70$) at launch. Blizzard is only few of the publisher refusing regional pricing.
Will wait for a sale...primevil knows when.
Will wait for a sale...primevil knows when.
Same. Played for 5 hours straight and then absolutely had my fill. didn't even logged in for the remaining days.
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Beastclaw Raider
Banned
2 more months to wait.. didnt think i'd be wanting to play this again so badly
It probably has to do with the conversation rate. They lose bottom line profit being a USA company with currency conversion. 70 USD = ~105 AUD right now.
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
Agree, we were facerolling even at world tier 2.
But Im not sure how much of it was a product of the leveling and gear drops being increased for the beta. Maybe it would have been tougher if we were leveling and getting gear/abilities as actually intended.
But either way Im with you, hoping the real deal proves just a little more challenging.
Exception I guess would be the Butcher, he fucked me up.
ThatStupidLion
Member
thanks Beta....you got me back addicted to d2r
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Sounds like they're going for a real Gnostic angle with Lilith being the creators of sanctuary and humans.
Elder Legend
Banned
Going in fully blind (except Act 1 due to beta] starting with Druid on Hardcore to max level and then the Barbarian and then the Rogue,, then Necromancer with Sorc last.
I leveled 4 toons already on hardcore to 25 on beta, so this will be easy going in. But after that will be an awesome challenge.
Solo Only. Self-found only. Hardcore only.
Will be streaming it on my dedicated Diablo twitch if anyone is curious to watch a really an annoying hardcore player with really shitty jokes and cringe faces
https://www.twitch./tvTristramTales
I leveled 4 toons already on hardcore to 25 on beta, so this will be easy going in. But after that will be an awesome challenge.
Solo Only. Self-found only. Hardcore only.
Will be streaming it on my dedicated Diablo twitch if anyone is curious to watch a really an annoying hardcore player with really shitty jokes and cringe faces
https://www.twitch./tvTristramTales
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Perhaps, but Lilith being the creator of Sanctuary was established canon from like decades ago.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I missed seeing the leaked map, but looking at it now it's a giant map. Also whats good is some other parts of the map have more open areas whereas the beta was mostly canned thin corridors.
DeltaPolarBear
Member
Level scaling is just a way to remove leveling. The whole point of leveling is to differentiate the skill of the player from the skill of the character.
The level scaling just means it becomes an action game for action game fans, the levels are empty and should not be there. If you don't want to play RPGs then stop pretending it is an RPG by wearing its skin.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I'm really curious where they're going to go with the lore in Diablo IV?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
While the critiques about level scaling are definitely valid, there are still lots of RPG progression elements within the gameplay loop of Diablo 4.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Increased gear drops was definitely a factor. Gear is going to be very important in Diablo 4 and make up a significant portion of a character's power, so being able to gear up quickly in the beta made it easier once you get a few hours in. You also reached level cap sooner in the beta, so at that point, most of the time you're getting stronger and stronger with better gear drops because level scaling is no longer making you "weaker" upon level up.
In the full game, you are going to be encountering more of these kinds of scenarios, and I imagine most of these will be before the character is overgeared for them, increasing the difficulty.
I personally found the beta to be a little on the easy side, but I am well aware of the factors that went into that experience. With this in mind, I am confident that the full game will present more of a challenge.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
dreamstation
Member
Not story content. Paper thin quest line to introduce new season mechanics.
Luipadre
Member
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Hot5pur
Member
What do you mean by differentiate the skill of the player from the skill of the character?
Personally I am in it to play an ARPG, and there is a broad understanding of what an "ARPG" is. My understanding it's different from just regular "RPG"s, but I don't think people obsess over these concepts. We're just trying to have a good time with a game, not to argue about semantics of what category a game is or isn't.
I prefer the level scaling, it's the same way in Wolcen, and it works. Progression is meaningful as you get more options, and you can usually outpace the leveling of the enemies given the access to new tools and abilities you are given, just have to spend more time adapting.
They've been very clear from a while back that this would be the case. Major story stuff is reserved for expansions, likely new classes as well.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
I'm debating upgrading to another version than standard for that early access and battle pass
dreamstation
Member
Yea I'm more correcting that inaccurate news than having a go at the game.
Not doubting you but do you have a link to quote saying paid expansions ala LoD or RoS with new classes and story acts are coming? They better be!
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Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Which version of the game did you guys get? I'm thinking 30$ cad extra for the deluxe
amigastar
Member
Same, it was dumbed down imo, can't tell exactly how, but it's Diablo so i think i'm gonna have fun with it.
Hot5pur
Member
For now no version.
Pre ordering given today's development climate is crazy to me. So many bad releases. Also on PC the beta was a mess with lag and rubber banding. Once I'm satisfied the game is in decent shape I'll get it. Everyone else can take part in the 4 day early beta test/queue simulator.
I do hope you early access folks have a good experience, but I've learnt to be more cautious given experience with other games
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Well I got the pre-order as a bday gift from a family member or I would of just waited to the free open beta. I'm a bit optimistic about the early launch, the queues were reduced by quite a lot by the end of the beta and maybe having the launch on multiple days with this early access will also ease the strain on the servers.
I'm still debating about getting it since I havent actually paid for the game as it was a gift. Also, FFXVI is coming out a few weeks after so I want to put as much as I can into D4 before FFXVI
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
The sucker version because I'm part of the problem. See you in Sanctuary, my dude.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Makes sense. Even a company as big as Blizzard can't put out huge, fully voiced story updates every quarter.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Yeah I'll upgrade to the deluxe version to get in early as well. Let's make a gaf clan like in the beta!
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Diablo IV Open Beta Retrospective: Transforming Feedback into Change
The Diablo IV Early Access and Open Beta weekends gave players the opportunity to see Sanctuary anew. As we look forward to launch, we’ve used player feedback and gameplay data to inform a series of updates to various systems. Come see what’s changed!
news.blizzard.com
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Good tweaks, needed nerfs and needed boosts for classes
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I've been playing a bit of Diablo 3 recently (it's been a while) to get a little bit of insight on what the developers may or may not do with Diablo 4, and have softened my opinion on level scaling. This is the first time playing Adventure Mode for me, and it's basically level scaling the entire game. From what I've played of the Diablo 4 beta, it's basically Diablo 3 Adventure Mode with an open world and MMO elements.
And I'm okay with that. As long as they keep up the variety and sense of progression in other ways, it's fine.
And I'm okay with that. As long as they keep up the variety and sense of progression in other ways, it's fine.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
No mana skill, only had to push a single button lol
Luipadre
Member
Excellent update. I have high hopes for this game. AlsoDiablo IV Open Beta Retrospective: Transforming Feedback into Change
The Diablo IV Early Access and Open Beta weekends gave players the opportunity to see Sanctuary anew. As we look forward to launch, we’ve used player feedback and gameplay data to inform a series of updates to various systems. Come see what’s changed!
Fools idol
Banned
so did they listen to the community complaints or what? I saw some tweets from randoms that suggested they may have admitted the design of the late game has been changed due to beta feedback but the extent remains unknown. I'm skeptical because the big changes it needs (at least, in my worthless humble opinion) would require a launch delay and time in the oven.
Hot5pur
Member
If the beta as just act I I'm not sure how much feedback they could get that would change the late game.
The best changed I saw were early game class balance, making cellars worthwhile, and reducing the amount of backtracking in empty dungeons.
More like small QoL changes. They aren't going to rework major systems 2 months from launch.
Icymanipulator
Member
Haven’t kept up with the news on this at all, will it have local co-op? It’s kind of a deal breaker for me if it doesn’t.
Edit. If it does have co-op and 2 people locally play with 2 online?
Edit. If it does have co-op and 2 people locally play with 2 online?
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Boneless
Member
On console, yes. Not sure if you can combine it with online coop.