I’m still hoping for a June 29th, 2021 release date for D2: R, but this is probably how it will play out, or at least closely:
Chains of Domination release: End of May
TBC Classic release: Mid June(The WoW releases might be vice versa, etc., or may release later depending on their current beta testing)
D2: R beta: End of May to Beginning of June
D2 Ladder Reset: Beginning of June(gives some time for players to play og D2 Ladder before D2: R release)
D3 Season 23 ends: Between End of June to End of July
D2: R release: Some time during the end date of D3 season(End of June to End of July)
D: I release: September
Its in the actual investor call on youtube. at 28:53 you can clearly hear him say ,
“we are looking forward to releasing diablo 2 resurrected and the latest premium release of call of duty in the second part of the year”.
i wish man. but no longer possible based on direct quotes from investor call. Although Im still very confident for an end-of-summer release. July-Aug.
Others at Blizzard have said that they are open to changes if the players want them, including balance changes.
Both are true in that Blizzard has said it will stay the same and can possibly change. They want to keep the authentic experience but apparently also consider features commonly found in mods the authentic experience. In some cases, the changes could be pre or postlaunch. Moreover, Blizzard listed a dedicated char inventory as a quality of life improvement.
Here is some quotes and additional information.
Blizzard has sent out two surveys on D2R where they sought balance changes in both. This is documented.
In addition to these management approved surveys, we have many Blizzard quotes.
i know both is true. but you always only post the once in favor of what you like. insted of paint the whole picture.
I just hope it’s released before August.
Typically, this is almost exclusively in response to someone else claiming that no additional changes are under potential consideration.
If you were a C++ coder on a large project you would understand it may take weeks or months for certain bugs to be fixed, because they interact with other parts of the game process.
People that play Single Player really don’t know much about D2’s game.
And I know you only started playing after the LoD expansion.
You have small continuous play time and hardly any season play.
That is fine and olaay.
But shows you don’t really know the game in telling us about fixing bugs.
They have full dev team working on that dude. Its not one person lol. Single Modders fixed many bugs in few days or weeks. Some bugs might be more complicated as they go deeper into code and affect other thing but again they have full team working on the game. The also have probably better tools than Modding community.
What a lame argument. Yes i play single player so my history of playing on battle net and private realms for years doesnt count right as it was before i started playing SP.
You should really stop making such claims as you fail horribly to be even close to truth. 
you’re still very clearly missing the fact that the chances of this happening PRE launch are slim to none. Yes the “door is open”, in the future. Not in its final moments of production. Quell your expectations my friend, the alpha was 4 days and included zero changes, expecting the Beta to literally be 40x as long isn’t exactly living in reality.
Are you kidding me ? There was several changes in D2R alpha vs original game. Multiple QoL changes? You missed that?
…and that’s why Streamers always get first dibs on Alpha/Betas
zero changes the forum has been asking for is what i meant. OBVIOUSLY they have the auto gold, stash, darker atmosphere, gambling refresh, better UI ect. You know i know this. Zero changes beyond those select few.
its just a smart move marketing wise. can’t blame them.
Looks like it will be around Christmas if you ask me. I will play hellgate london till then lol
I hope fast as possible. Can’t wait.
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The dev team does not have the source code.
Again, you don’t know much about this process as you haven’t played much at all.
SP is really cheat mode for D2.
- you have a map hack after first run.
- SP is the biggest hack mode of D2 by far.
dupes/gear hacks etc. - no mode of D2 has more hacks than SP.
Question:
Did you play D2 when it first came out w/o any LoD expac?
I know you didn’t, statements you’ve made in past posts show you don’t have a clue about classic and early days of expac.
You only really have continuous SP mode play.
That is fine, but please stop trying to sound like you know the entire game, which you do not.
These are minor QoL changes:
- ctrl click to move items from back pack to chest.
- gold p’up
This is fine and very nice.
You desire for a complete rewrite of the code can’t possible happen.
No one has the source code for D2.
nah. They said D:I is releasing 2nd half also and after D2:R, and they wouldn’t release them super close together. So even if D:I releases on December 31st, D2:R is for sure coming out by Sept-Oct at the very latest. Public Alpha was 4 days, Public Beta is not going to be 6 months long. lol
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Are you referring to this quote from the Investor call yesterday:
“you think about the importance of a sequenced approach to having Diablo remaster followed by mobile, followed by part four”
Could you please link the quote where I specifically or for that matter anyone else claimed that the beta test would last 160 days or >4 months? I am certain that I did not say that to you or anyone else ever.
I think the source code debate was mainly art assets, many of which were found by VV as discussed during Blizzcon. Besides, if mods have been able to change much of the game’s code over the last 20 years, no reasons the professionals couldn’t do it. The remnant team of D2 after Brevik and crew left had issues with the coding if I remember (part of the reason they gave for how concentrate reacted to Blessed Hammers when people were asking for hammer nerfs back in the day), these devs do not seem to have as big of an issue with it. Again, two decades have passed since game was originally released.
Man, really gives off an elitist vibe there. Most any single player game can be “cheated” by quitting without saving and reloading. The map works as intended in single player, and if I remember correctly, was how it worked in D1 as well for single player, except in D1, the monsters didn’t respawn. Hell, unless you mod the game, use a trainer/editor, or edit the text file, you don’t even get access to all of the game’s content.
If you think the game isn’t releasing until the very end of the year and we are literally weeks away from the beta starting… then yes you and anyone else are also directly implying that the beta testing phase is going to be in excess of 4 or even 6 months. Which is hilarious. You think they’re gonna go from a 4 day public alpha to a 5-6 month public beta? Or that they’re gonna have a short beta but then STILL not release the game despite it being finished? Either way, your assumptions are pretty wild. Come back to earth micro.