I’ve only bought the empowered BP 3 seasons in a row, I’m far from a whale lol. I just switched a couple gems around to focus on global damage.
When you’re protecting the heart, you simply gotta focus on killing as many as possible. They’ll usually group up around the statues they need to move forward so they’re basically sitting ducks, usually 1 out of the 3 (?).
But there’s always gonna be 1-2 of them going after the 2nd/3rd statue thingie. GET THEM. Especially if their damage comes from skills that move you around like Barbs or DH’s. They can either fight or stay inside the circle to guide the thing. Either way, they’ll contribute to your kill streak.
I like to blast them in packs with Freezing Crystal + Fire Disintegrate + extra beams, and watch the kill streak climb higher. Just don’t rush head on into group combat. Try to skirt around just a bit further back, then drop the crystal and fire them up. It’s got decent range. Take advantage of the maximum range of the beam + the minimum proximity of the enemy in order for the Crystal to refract the beam. It’s practically a full screen away, catching them off guard when they’re too busy fighting 2+ of your teammates.
And if they’re already down to half health at least…watch the kill streak climb. That’s why I only use rings that have the + %damage to enemies under 30% health.
When you’re protecting the heart, you simply reverse the situation. They’ll come to block the statues from moving forward, focusing on whoever’s driving them. Just pick your spot and generally don’t run ahead unless there’s at least one teammate in the vicinity. Otherwise you risk running into a whale and you’ll keep dying when they endlessly spam their CC skill.
Reddit sucks, it’s an even bigger sewer than Discord. No wonder they love it. It’s exactly the kind of atmosphere they love to foster. Like in their own offices…
I cannot wait to see D4 crush all of your hopes by being nothing like what you want and following zero ideas from any of your posts.
And do the opposite of what you are all desperately begging them not to. Add more pvp.
And why complain so much about pvp?
Please spend MORE time on pve don’t spend a SINGLE second on anything other than MORE pve I’m too selfish to share the game with pvp players and allow ANY dev time to be spent on ANYTHING else unless to caters to MEEEEEE!
There’s unfairness - which is expected in an ARPG’s PvP system and one of the reasons why I think it’ll always be inferior to PvP games - and then there’s just plain stupid. It’s possible to win against someone marginally stronger than you if you know what you’re doing. It’s not possible to win against someone carting around a few 4-5 star gems unless you have them yourself. You can’t touch them.
I’d rather my skill dunked on people instead. I don’t get any enjoyment from destroying someone just because RNG loved me more. Or being destroyed for the same reason. Or in this case being destroyed because someone pulled out their plastic 16 digit friend.
Survival games don’t necessarily concentrate on PvP. Look at Valheim or Tribes.
Well, yeah, it’s the same reason why PvP servers exist in MMOs. Because there are a lot of people who like to feel superior by wrecking players. It’s a place set up for jerks to be jerks.
I think you meant trading and no smart loot.
Meh. They can add as much PvP as they like as long as it remains voluntary for me to participate.
Hmm no. Survival games absolutely concentrate on pvp. Wrong. Not even worth mentioning the pillars of survival games that prove you wrong. It’s demonstrably obvious.
You call them jerks. Tell this to the girl in the Diablo videos that says she loves pvp and all the devs working on pvp. Are they jerks? No. People are jerks for assuming this about a group of people based on the fact they get beaten in pvp. Get some humility.
I don’t think there will be someone who ever thinks that ARPG PVP will superior to real PVP games out there. It is just another side content or mini-game from ARPG for those who want to “test” themselves or to fool around. Sure that there will be people taking it seriously, but certainly not me though.
I will always stick up for pvp and point out the toxicity and trolling that exists on pvp posts.
I’m actually so glad you all came out and exposed yourselves so hard on this post.
It does a great job to show that they should delete any of the comments from their mind from anyone behaving like this and make sure it has no affect on their overall decisions about D4.
I found the PvP in D:I to be hilariously bad tbh. The games combat was already bad, and a PvP setting doesnt change it. But then the PvP setting is a long corridor… which does not help either. Felt like a lot of step downs even compared to battlegrounds in WoW.
D4 PvP certainly might be better. First step is that combat must be better.
When loudmouth Karen shows up and start running her mouth about PvP and refers to everyone who disagrees with her as trolls, it becomes funny very fast. Our PvP Karen when she realizes not everyone cares about PvP.
I haven’t played much of D:Immortal, and I’ve heard various things about it (between these forums and IRL friends), and from my understanding it’s definitely better than D3’s brawl (minus the p2w aspect ofc). With that said, I do hope for the following with Diablo 4 (some of which already been confirmed):
No daily rewards tied to pvp, unless there’s a pve counterpart that pve players can clear for the rewards. And even then I’m sort of against daily, weekly, and even monthly rewards in general (at least in a game like Diablo).
That said, if the daily rewards are repeatable without limit (which I suppose defeats the purpose, but meh), nor would one need to spend real money in any shape and form, then I wouldn’t mind it.
Pvp is optional, as in it has no effect on character progress and/or power growth (which is already confirmed)
Fields of Hatred are decent sized areas, at least as large as Diablo 2’s Blood Moore area.
Fields of Hatred aren’t in the way of pve players and/or don’t overlap with key pve areas (like certain dungeons), in the case that they do, then pve players can at least take an alternative route that’ll take them to their pve destination (even if it’s slightly longer travel) without going into a Field of Hatred.
Keep P2W elements out of the game (somewhat confirmed, however some players find the confirmation rather vague, not to mention that there could be changes, so anything is rather possible).
Don’t balance pve based on pvp aspects. For example, don’t nerf Necromancer’s Golem just because it’s overpowered in pvp, while at the same time it’s subpar in pve (unless the nerf strictly affects pvp only with no effect on pve).
There’s probably a bit more, but that’s all I could think of atm. Either way, I’ll be looking forward to more info pertaining to Diablo 4 pve and pvp-wise.
