(Edited Post for better reading, new ideas - 17.10.2024.)
Hello together,
first of all, sorry for bad English. I hope u understand what I mean.
I’m playing Diablo2 on my PS Portal. In fact, it’s a bit stupid because u can’t really target for example aoe attacks in front of you (for example Blizzard with sorc).
U always have to aim enemy’s or cast at the end of the screen. Next bad thing is, that u can’t move your maps, to check where u already have been. To sum it up, it is really stupid that u can’t change controls.
Also, the “automatic potions” in belt slots is not really useful at this point. Why can’t the belt accept the last potion in slot. So after grabbing potions from ground the belt will only be filled with the last Potion u put in that slot. Imagine following: getting in trouble against enemy’s is really hard to grab the desired potions from ground. With that „belt lock “the belt would be only filled with desired Potions. And why the =?§= is the 3rd slot for tp’s?! On Computer it’s much easier to pick up the desired potions. The lock for belt would be really useful.
Next thing, when playing hc, it’s necessary to drink potions while running away. How should I press the left cursors for potions while running with the left analog?!
However, I’ve got some ideas how u could improve the controls, to make diablo 2 feel much more better on console (PS5)
1. **Automatic belt Slot.**
Last Potion, which was put in belt, should lock in the belt. For example, I put health in Slot 1, Rejuv in Slot 2 and 3 and Mana in Slot 4. After the belt is empty and I put up some not useful potions, the game shouldn’t put those potions inside the belt, only the desired one. The game should only fill that empty spaces with the bottles I want to.
2. **Better aim with aoe (for example Blizzard)** edited 17.10.2024
The L1 button is useless (L1 is used to show items. Instead of that you should be able to toggle in options menu (or somewhere else) between show when in near items/ always show).
L1 should be used for some kind of circle which goes more far away the longer u hold L1 (or even L1 + right stick to adjust these circle). This would make the possibility to manual aim Blizzard or even teleport. The speed needs to be really fast, or adjustable in the options. The fact that u can only cast to end of screen or to an aimed enemy is really bad. So u use L1 to aim + square, triangle … to cast spell at that position.
The circle should be seems all the time
3. **Drinking Potions with Right Analog, Moving map with left cursors on PlayStation controller.**
Potions should be able to drink with right analog stick. Possibility to change controls.
4. **Force logout.**
Also the possibility to press just pause + triangle to immediately leave game. Pressing “options button” then two times r1 + down and press X takes much to long.
(Added 17.10.2024)
5. **Identify Items with triangle (for example)**
At this point, I always have to hover over my identify tome, hold x and then I need to go on my unidentified items. It takes too long. Why not hover on unidentified items and press triangle, and the item is identified if I got a identification scroll or tome with scrolls in inventory?
6. **Layout maker for inventory**
I like to have my horadrim and my tgomes on the right side. We have and implemented auto sort inventory button (R3). My charmes, which I put on a place are all different organized after using R3: All the time I’m using that, I’ve got the most stupid organized Inventory. For example the game lets to lines open at the bottom, so there is only space for helmets, gloves, boots… Why cant I lock my charms in one place. There should be a possibility to design the inventory, so items I want to have there goes again to the same place after pressing R3-
7. **talk to Cain, always start with identify items**
Instead of starting with gossip after clicking Cain, the cursor should automatic start on „identify items“. Because it’s that why we click Cain in town .
Thank you, please patch.