Be as long-winded as you like and spin it anyway you desire ,but the doesn’t META redefine the English language:
Diversity 1 : the condition of having or being composed of differing elements : variety
The 4th slot brings diversity, whether you choose to use it as such or not is on you. An item(s) that create more power (that most will flock it to) doesn’t negate the existence of diversity at it root.
Hope you can grasp that.
I grasp that but you are not grasping if a class with a certain build after the introduction of a factor breaks the ethos of the design behind the game the said factor does not get implemented.
It is irrelevant talking about build diversity in relation to the 4th cube slot when the 4th cube slot brings results acceptable in seasons but not in the long term design balance of the game.
Oh, I’m grasping it, just continue to call it what it is, a “breaks” in “the ethos” and not the absence of diversity, as you adamantly claim.
As a Wizard player, I certainly hope the 4th slot becomes the norm. Season 22 is the first time, in a long time, any wiz build has been viable in group play. Without it, the wizard goes back to being completely non-competitive.
Wizards have been viable for groups before such as bazooka wizard.
Wizards used to be the strongest class in the game. What’s your point?
My point was that wizards were meta in groups and it was not a long time ago.
Currently, it is non-season era 13. All the top 4 man clears in era 12 had a wizard in the group.
See:
https://maxroll.gg/ranks/?lb-type=era&n=12&cores=sc,hc&types=team-4®ions=us,tw,cn&maxrows=1000
As long as blizz sees this, I don’t think it matters what sort of arguments in favor of that imbalance get bandied about here.
We’ll probably see desperate rationalizations now why every Barb, Crusader, DH, Monk, WD, and Wizard in season just don’t know enough about the game.
Not sure of your point. Once the fourth slot goes away, Wizards and Necros are dead. If the four spot stays, Necros have to be adjusted. Monks, Barbs and WDs need a small boost; 100% more damage across the board, more or less.
I agree with Wizard… he’ll be gone but necro ? Nope… he is and will be very much “alive” (?). Speeds with necro are the most fluent and easy to play. So no… he will not be done after season 
Nice idea about the 4 slot… 100%
Yes the 4th slot is nice and it be nice to see it stay. But with Blizzard track record I see it going away. Most everything they have done in all the seasons at the end most of it went away. If the do keep it I’ll very surprise!!! We’ll just have to wait and see!!!
you may be right, I thought DHs eclipsed Necros for speeds, but that may not be accurate.
Yeah D3 is marred by identical builds and no creativity, this 4th cube slot starts to open up much more options for players.
Agreed, I definitely feel it should be a permanent feature in the game. I’ve not played d3 this long in 6 seasons and love it. Please keep it. We are 22 seasons in. More builds could be created as time comes, etc. But yes I hope so much for this to be permanent. Its so good and so fun. And just to remove it the loss is just a massive change. Haven’t had this fun in a long time in D3.
You can always reset your paragons if you think that difficulty so low
“” ohh what a difficult game, i have been playing for 3 years and i am still paragon 500. People should adjust to me that i have no fingers so i can reach them one day. “” "
Or … you can stop being a crybaby. After all, this is an RPG and not your stagnant life.
Yeah people who say they will be gone seem to forget previous seasons. Poison scythe was damn good last season (yes it will be weaker without the cube), mages will still be really good. Even corpse explosion and death nova aren’t awful.
I was skeptical about making the 4th slot permanent but it really does make the game more fun to play and I find it’s still tough to move up in grifts (I’m a solo player). I think Blizzard should make the 4th slot permanent, keep the bounty rewards as they are (I love solo play but do enjoy running bounties with others when I need mats and when I’m running bounties solo I enjoy the grind), and return Etched Sigil to its former glory.
Why stop there? let’s make 10 cube slots. Variety!!!