Diablo 4 can't have ANY microtransactions

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@DragoAran-2414

At least none that were supposed to be RPG’s (I do not play shooters, seems they often get new maps and such, still not real content) and what I have seen from the D4 combat made me very worried for the RPG part in ARPG in D4 and without that D4 will become in the end just like D3 an action game with some RPG elements you can also find in Super Mario and I would not call that an ARPG either.

D4 imo has a good chance to surprise us as far as that goes.

@DragoAran-2414

Besides we all know it is content that is most expensive to create, so that will be pretty unlikely to be a major focus during the life services, but a focus of the expansions unfortunately for which we will have to pay separately anyway. So no, I am not looking forward to the social content of the life services for me, above the normal risk that every game can be badly made whatever the format .

They could update the game the way they handle WoW updates. Where they add a little bit of new content every new patch to the game.

@DragoAran-2414

Well they might try to do a version of RMAH that is FTC proof with money you cannot take out of the game but they do sell to players and profit from. The XP boost is just another thing, but it could include a ilvl 50 weapon if average world is at ilvl 60 to make new players level a bit faster after campaign and catch up.

In D3 you could compare that to buying those lvl 70 legendaries from Haedrig you can unlock after a fast carry to 70.

When they got rid of the RMAH they gave me the impression that they are not gonna go down that rabbit hole again. There are laws now that they would have to comply with that they might not want to deal with in order to make it compliant to the new laws.

@Shadout-2849

With expansions of course, if possible.

Why expansions after all one and done is all that is ever needed. Then you can be with the rest that love to move on to the next game. Where you never return to the games you have just finished.

@Free-1746

Blizzard does not, has never, and will never need to use MTX/P2W models–not for “live service” products (which is a whole other can of worms), and not for stand-alone products.

WoW is a buy to play MMO with subscriptions so why do they do that with WoW. They should be getting more than enough money to do without subscriptions but yet in order to play the full game you must pay for a subscription.

@Free-1746

And for the record, it is highly unlikely that D4’s MTX will be limited to cosmetics.

I am not worried about that because there are other non pay to win mtxs that are not cosmetics, think about name change.

@Mumrah-1219

No. I’m saying that I would rather pay for a full experience, finish the game, move on to the next expansion/game. Yes, they will fix bugs and balance things after launch. I know it’s a live service game. I’m saying I don’t care for that because it usually ends up like crap.

Why have expansions you want D4 to be one and done game where it is instant maintenance mode after launch.

@Mumrah-1219

Blizz is prolonging something that doesn’t need to be prolonged. I also said that they would release part of the game, sell it as the “full” experience, then sell the missing parts as DLC or expansions. This is bad.
It’s also bad for them not to be transparent with their consumers. If it costs more to make the game as a one and done, then let them come on the stage and say so.

But I’m not up for paying full price for a mediocre game just because they will “live service” the game. I don’t want another D3. People actually thought that seasons and the crumbs they sprinkled was “free” content. Putting Stash space behind seasons was scummy. This is how desperate they were for something new when in actuality they were being strung along with the promise of content.

Blizz is obsessed with keeping their games alive for as long as possible and always online.

Take a game like PoE how long do you think it would’ve taken them to make the entire game as it is today with all of its updates and have it ready for launch in 2013 which is the year that it launched.

@Mumrah-1219

Blizz is obsessed with keeping their games alive for as long as possible and always online.

I see nothing wrong with wanting to keep a game alive for a long time period. It shows commitment to a game. What you love games going into instant maintenance mode. Well that worked decades ago but not today. Today gamers have changed where we need new content to keep us coming back to a game.