I really hope that Blizzard addresses the need to have stackable gems and Runes. We are in 2021 and having to create mule accounts just to hold some gems and runes is ridicules.
The shared stash won’t be enough since all types of gems and runes are useful in crafting recipes. Also, the fact that different items occupy different inventory slots will make the 1 slot of shared stash not enough.
They should put an option if people want to enable stackable gems and runes and turn it off if they don’t want it.
i am sorry, but i would vote no. this game has always been inventory management
Even with gem and rune stacking i will still need to create dozens of mules to hold all of the uniques/sets/socketed items and created runewords. So im honestly hoping they don’t do stacking and just add a bunch of extra tabs we can buy with gold.
I hope stackable is not added to the game. Only stackable I accept is keys, that already exist.
Also strongly disagree. We don’t need Rune and gem hoarders.
Fine, give us more space…it’s all the same. We just want more space
This is one qol I hope is added…i personally don’t want dedicated characters or stash pages for that matter just for low runes…that was always a drag for me .
it does not really bother me either way. i would rather not have stacking in the inventory but in the stash , go nuts. just hit shift or control and right/left click. as far as having dedicated mules for various things such as runes gems or other items. i find that those things are a part of what has made diablo what it is. if we got unlimited stash space. im sure at least some would make a few mules for those special items.
This is great for a mod where decision making gets tossed out the window.
You guys need to contribute to the economy by selling, buying, making more chars. Hoarding is bad in any economy.
Only in the stash if they do add it. I dont see it being a huge game changer. It’s not nearly as big of a change as the shared/expanded stash.
Stacking gems and runes would be fine ONLY IF there is a 100% guaranteed impossibility of duplicating items now and in the future. Otherwise stacking runes would just make the duping problem of high runes that many times worse.
I don’t care really one way or the other about stacking, but the idea that people will be hoarding gems/runes is kinda silly. They get used for crafting/rerolling quite quickly.
I blew through hundreds of gems/day lots of times.
Fine, give us more space…it’s all the same. We just want more space
They already are. Expanded stash and Shared Stash, these are 2 nice additions. Fill it up, use the gems and runes as you need them, then fill it again for your needs.
Stop asking for more.
I agree.
With expanded stash you don’t need stackable runes / gems.
True.
If they do add it in an optional realm, I think it would probably make the game a little less tedious while tradecrafting, but either way it’s not a big deal.
Definitely shouldn’t do it as standard D2R, though. Changes a mechanic too much imo.
I think being able to stack gems is game changing in a way being able to stack runes are not.
There is a certain rarity where rune collecting is not a rewarding chore. It is in your best interest to keep certain runes (I would say above amn but lets say Pul for arguments sake) but the pressure they put on your inventory is too high. You end up having to throw out runes you want to keep (below Lem) just because of inventory pressure and it becomes a hassle managing and arranging them as you have duplicates. Above a Pul players will rarely throw away so as you play any individual character more it becomes more burden than “inventory management”
Gems I just dont find as necessary to keep unless partaking in specific activities that aren’t really necessary. Hording them is an act of desire rather than something required like they are with runes, so players make an active choice when they decide to do so. Allowing players to stack gems will significantly change players behavior to gem drops in a way that allowing players to stack runes would not… I would think allowing Perfect gems to drop from high enough monster levels would actually be less game changing than allowing them to stack.
The ability to stack is not a game change or something I am against, but being able to stack gems would make me pick up flawless ones that drop where in my current play in most cases I would not.
POE has special stash tabs for specific items. They could do that with D3 having a Gem and Rune stash tab where when a rune goes into the stash it stacks in specific spots of the stash where you can grab out into your inventory. This would make it so it only stacks in the special stash tab and not in inventory.
I still think they should make all this stuff purchasable like POE for more income to keep the game going strong. for those who want more tabs or characters and such.
People who want to hoard them will do so regardless with mules… being character creation went up from 8 to 18 now. Its just a matter of convenience.
Who are these crazy people hoarding gems? haha I only “hoard them” until I get enough Ral Sol and jewels, and 94/99 Charms.
Perfect gems are used as currency. Got most my items trading Pgems for them.