Blizzcon will be better than it has been in like 10 years

[Skelos-2150]

@Alecta-2451

I didn’t know you were trolling.

Nothing to troll about. I got the D4 case right and I want my half point .

[SuperMetroid-1626]

A 2nd diablo 3 expansion is not possible sorry it has been cancelled and diablo 3 is now somewhat in maintenance mode but well supported with some update patches. They made a post being very clear whats next for diablo 3. The biggest thing coming for diablo 3 is a new set for each class.

[Skelos-2150]

@SuperMetroid-1626

A 2nd diablo 3 expansion is not possible

We talk about the 2016 case. Right now D3 expansion would be a miracle.

[ShadowAegis-1537]

@Orrion-1999

I don’t keep close track of game developments. Sorry.

Will I read about it? Yes. Probably close to the eventual release date, to decide whether I want to buy it on day 1. But I’m not going to hang on a developer’s every word.

For this game all I did to keep track was to check diablofans website along with this website. That only took a few minutes day at most.

The only time I took longer was when there was major news and you had youtubers covering it. Watching a few videos not only from past Blizzcons but also late breaking news from time to time. I will probably treat D4 the same way. Where I would probably spend less than 5 minutes a day staying up to date on the news of the development of D4. Then I can decide if I want to play it when it comes out.

The reason why I do this is so that I know the direction the game is going and know if I will enjoy playing it or not.

@Orrion-1999

Why don’t you tell me the last time Blizzard announced a brand new game and then released it within the year?

Overwatch was Blizzcon 2014. Do you know when it was launched? End of May 2016, so it launched ~18 months later.

It is not in a company’s best interest to ninja-launch a game, especially one as large as Blizzard. They’re smart enough to realize that people need to plan things out.

Who’s to say that it might not be sooner than that. We don’t know how long that they have been working on it. If the Kotaku article is right and they didn’t scrap that other iteration of it. Where they have to start all over again from scratch then they will be a lot further along in the development than we think. So 18 months might be the window after all.

Which will set up fine with the next seven seasons which could be themed around one of the classes. Where it will take an entire seven seasons to dole out all of the new legendary powers and class sets, along with the QoL changes and balance changes mentioned in the blog.

@Skelos-2150

Yep, with different armor.

Aren’t D:I characters based on D3’s art. That would mean that their armor and shoulder pads would be off because they are not inspired by WoW.

[Skelos-2150]

@ShadowAegis-1537

Aren’t D:I characters based on D3’s art.

Maybe this is so, yes. D3/DI barb with D4 armor. Hmm… Let’s hope!

[OShogun-1317]

why are you responding seriously to more than obviously sarcastic comments

[Orrion-1999]

@Skelos-2150

You continue to write nonsense and avoid accepting a bet

Because it’s pointless. What would we bet? And you don’t have anything TO bet, anyway, since you’ve been wrong the last several years.

I write nonsense? Your whole flippin’ hype train is nonsense and you know it! Even if you end up being right it’s only because you guessed correctly. If you bet on black enough times, you’re going to win eventually. There’s nothing special about it.

@Skelos-2150

If you are serious about what you write, you would accept. Otherwise you are a troll and a hypocrite - you don’t believe what you write.

That would be true if I had ever made the argument that D4 wouldn’t be announced at Blizzcon 2019. However, I have not done that and I defy you to prove otherwise.

My only stance is that hyping for the potential announcement is stupid and counterproductive whether or not it happens, and I absolutely believe that.

@Skelos-2150

So, if you want my attention

lol.

If anything, it’s you who want attention. You’re the one who created a thread to hype Blizzcon. Rampant unfounded speculation is exactly the kind of behavior attention seekers engage in.

[Skelos-2150]

@Orrion-1999

My only stance is that hyping for the potential announcement is stupid and counterproductive whether or not it happens

Ok, my stance is that it is fun and sharing potential D4 news is not stupid. Now, since we cleared things, stop with the nonsense comments.

[Alexismad-1310]

@SuperMetroid-1626

After last year blizzcon total failure they gave us a response:
We have many plans for Diablo across multiple projects
which we’ll be revealing over the course of the coming year.
This response was the 2nd one of ‘‘A quick word from Blizzard’’.

They straight up said they will reveal them this year and they still haven’t so far so i guess it is all for blizzcon, the question now is what ? D2 HD ? D4 ? They already told us about the only thing nobody wanted so i don’t see what else it could be but i am pretty sure we are at least getting one of the 2 if not both.

They have already told us a couple of the multiple projects over the year already:
D1 remaster farmed out to another company.
Adding some stuff to D3.

These qualify as “multiple projects”. They had their biggest PR fail in the history of the company. If they had something big so close to being ready, they wouldn’t wait an entire year to reveal it. There have been several con’s throughout the year they could have released something to get the PR going in the right direction. Instead, we got a farmed out d1 remaster and some more low level stuff for D3. The Diablo franchise front stage was last year.

This year will be WOW xpac and stuff for their other big cash cows which Diablo is not. They will throw the D2 remaster, because it is the last one to be released along with D:I release date coattailing it. D4 ain’t going to happen this year.

@Skelos-2150

It’s nice you mention some time when I was wrong… But you miss to mention the number of predictions I made, which came out true. I’ll give you a hint: These are many more. I guessed precisely many Season launch dates in the past, just as “no D4 in 2016”. But you choose to focus on the prediction I got wrong. Ok. No problem. That’s a tiny percent from all that I got right.

If anyone makes enough predictions, they are going to get a few right. 2016, 2017, 2018 I said there was no chance we were getting a D4 announcement, so I guess I am Nostradamus too.

[Skelos-2150]

@Alexismad-1310

If anyone makes enough predictions, they are going to get a few right

That is why you look at the ratio of right:wrong predictions. Mine is pretty good, just as yours it seems. We shall see who gets this year right then.

@Alexismad-1310

There have been several con’s throughout the year they could have released something to get the PR going in the right direction.

You don’t do PR for first announcement.

[SuperMetroid-1626]

I didnt hear about Diablo 1 Remaster and it is probably not one of their project if its not official from Blizzard and adding stuff to D3 is not a project, its just updating something that is already out. No new project have been revealed this year so far and it looks like they are saving all for their own Con which make sense, why have your own convention if you show all your stuff at other ones.
They did in the past but lately they keep everything for blizzcon.

[SuperMetroid-1626]

If you are refering Diablo 1 Remaster to diablo 1 available on GOG . com that is not a new unannounced diablo project that is just a port, same for diablo 3 on Nintendo Switch.

[Alexismad-1310]

@SuperMetroid-1626

why have your own convention if you show all your stuff at other ones.

It is called building hype. Had they announced D4 at one of the other con’s, with the promise that the game play and much more would be revealed at Blizzcon, they would sell a ton of Virtual Tickets. Instead, they have gone radio silence and have left the majority of their fan base very angry. You aren’t going to sell a ton of Virtual Tickets on some employee saying “going to be the best Blizzcon in 10 years!!!”. After several lackluster Blizzcon’s (especially on the Diablo front), they are going to have to do a lot more to build the hype rather than drop a few hints that are very ambivalent.

@SuperMetroid-1626

If you are refering Diablo 1 Remaster to diablo 1 available on GOG . com that is not a new unannounced diablo project that is just a port, same for diablo 3 on Nintendo Switch.

When they say “Multiple Projects”, they do not necessarily mean new games.
D3 ported to Switch was a project
Lore book was a project
Mobile trash game that was partnered with another company was a project
D1 remaster farmed out to another company was a project
Adding new content to D3 is yet another project

[Skelos-2150]

@Alexismad-1310

they would sell a ton of Virtual Tickets

They will sell more once they reveal the D4 cinematic at the opening ceremony, which is free to watch. That’s A-B-C psychology - people buy most when they are emotionally dragged, not other way.

[ShadowAegis-1537]

@Orrion-1999

My only stance is that hyping for the potential announcement is stupid and counterproductive whether or not it happens, and I absolutely believe that.

According to the above the best approach is to say there will be no new announcements at Blizzcon 2019 for any of their games. No potential announcements of anything that we don’t already know. So according to you this Blizzcon they will just chat about what we already know right.

That way you can even totally ignore Blizzcons. Even covering your ears going la, la, la, la not listening when others that have been there try to tell you about the news that came out of Blizzcon.

@Alexismad-1310

These qualify as “multiple projects”. They had their biggest PR fail in the history of the company. If they had something big so close to being ready, they wouldn’t wait an entire year to reveal it. There have been several con’s throughout the year they could have released something to get the PR going in the right direction. Instead, we got a farmed out d1 remaster and some more low level stuff for D3. The Diablo franchise front stage was last year.

They didn’t have anything ready for Diablo other than the phone game at last year’s Blizzcon.

@Alexismad-1310

This year will be WOW xpac and stuff for their other big cash cows which Diablo is not. They will throw the D2 remaster, because it is the last one to be released along with D:I release date coattailing it. D4 ain’t going to happen this year.

You really think that Blizz didn’t make any money off of porting this game to NS. I am sure they made a ton of money that can be funneled into D4. So there is a good chance that D4 will be announced this year at Blizzcon.

Besides I don’t think that they will announce Immortal’s release at Blizzcon unless they have something else to say other than more details on the ongoing support of this game. They have to give conclusive proof that Blizz hasn’t abandoned us PC/Console Diablo players.

Besides some of them they said they have to show us instead of tell us. They haven’t shown us anything new yet for Diablo. So Blizzcon is the best place to show us some of the new projects other than Immortal.

[Meteorblade-2266]

@Skelos-2150

I guessed precisely many Season launch dates in the past

There’s usually 1-2 weeks between seasons which means you’re making a prediction with a 50% chance of guessing which Friday they’ll pick. So, essentially a coin toss chance of being right versus a 99% claim of an expansion announcement and being wrong.

[SuperMetroid-1626]

@Alexismad-1310

When they say “Multiple Projects”, they do not necessarily mean new games.
D3 ported to Switch was a project
Lore book was a project
Mobile trash game that was partnered with another company was a project
D1 remaster farmed out to another company was a project
Adding new content to D3 is yet another project

They made the video saying ‘‘forges are burning hot’’. You seriously thought they would make a video like that for books ? believe what you want but diablo fans are pc gamers, i don’t think a book and some ports is the hot stuff they are mentioning in the video to get us excited about. They could have a new shirt in the blizz store is that another secret project ?
Personally the only project revealed so far for me is immortal, D2 HD and D4 is coming next other things that are not games does not count, its just extra stuff like the net flix series and lore books.

[Orrion-1999]

@ShadowAegis-1537

According to the above the best approach is to say there will be no new announcements at Blizzcon 2019 for any of their games. No potential announcements of anything that we don’t already know. So according to you this Blizzcon they will just chat about what we already know right.

No, that’s stupid.

The best approach is to (possibly) watch Blizzcon and enjoy it if things happen, rather than set yourself for a lot of disappointment if it doesn’t.

@ShadowAegis-1537

That way you can even totally ignore Blizzcons. Even covering your ears going la, la, la, la not listening when others that have been there try to tell you about the news that came out of Blizzcon.

This is, again, stupid. I pay attention to what comes out during and after Blizzcon. I just don’t burden myself with unrealistic and unfounded expectations beforehand.

If D4 gets announced, great. I’ll look forward to its release. I just won’t be standing/sitting around working myself up about it. I’ll be doing other things.

@Skelos-2150

stop with the nonsense comments.

I’ll tell you what.

I’ll stop with the comments you view as nonsense if you stop posting nonsensical hype about Blizzcon.

Deal?

[Lloyd-1199]

I am hoping like you suggested.
However… from many people’s reaction, I fear it might be one more 3D isometric…

[Lloyd-1199]

Diablo Immortal released!
Fans are… err… underwhelmed…
And, oh, yes we are working on Diablo 4! Look at this still picture of hell!
Fans are doubtful to extactic. But mostly doubtful…
Oh and we have Overwatch on Switch. And free marshmallow!
Yeah fans extactic again! Free marshmallow!