Diablo 4 Feedback (From a D2 Former no. 1 HC player)

[Jaros-21723]

Very well said OP, like all of you points!

+1 And I personally hope the game goes the direction you described.

[Beefhammer-1932]

You can look at it this way as well, D3 did had more success than D2 despite the D2 guys hating it. So D4 only happened due to D3s success.

My issue is let D4 be it’s own thing. Many like you, seem to want D4 to be the D2 remaster. That’s fine, D4 is just not going to be it. You can still play D2. It’s not going anywhere.

The gaming landscape has changed, gaming trends and gamers have changed. If Blizzard wanted a niche game they would do everything you listed. They want a wider appealing game it will be closer to 3 than 2, but it will incorporate ideas form 1-3 as well as other games in the genre.

While I agree with some points, most I don’t and don’t think they’d fly in a game trying to have broad appeal.

[DJAetius-1766]

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[Jaros-21723]

@Sardaukar-2915

I want a whole bunch of hidden dungeons. And with hidden I mean that they don’t glow like objectives like in D3, they’re not mentioned anywhere in the game guide and you basically have to stumble upon them. Some you can find after getting a tome somehow, others by listening to an NPC, some you need to get a couple of artififacts together (like the staff of herding, but with a lot better dungeon), some I want only visible during the day/night (ingame) or even a certain moonphase. Get creatieve, but give us different things to puzzle out, to accomplish instead of an unending number of Greater Rifts.

This is actually a very nice idea. Random generated dungeons like that with increased rewards or something special (or maybe not ) could be something interesting to do.

+1

@Sardaukar-2915

Lobby system, a good one. Able to create you own public game with descriptions and maybe even restrictions (level, certain class can/can’t join).

Yea, they could bring lobbies back.

[Strolln-1287]

@DeathBringer-12930

• Skill cool downs/potion cool downs. To elaborate on why this issue is massive, for starters, many people are saying this looks like a Diablo 3 re-skin when it comes to game mechanics but how I personally feel is these cool downs take away from the playability of the game. If I’m slightly under geared and I have to use all my skills, while they are on cool down what am I supposed to do as a player? Run around in a circle around what I’m trying to defeat? As a player, I want to always be engaged in the game play and not have to constantly wait for my skills to be ready to cast again. I truly feel if you go the route of adding mana potions back in (since you already have health potions), then softcore AND hardcore players will feel more in touch with the game and more drawn to it. For Diablo I and II players, everything that was Diablo III we won’t want to see exist in Diablo IV.
• The Barbarian and Druid are way too bulky. They look like WOW characters and need to feel more like realistic human’s and less cartoonish. Take for example the Druid. In Diablo II, he was skinny, tall, and had a signature look with red hair. In Diablo 4, he looks like a dwarf straight from World of Warcraft and I keep mistaking him as the barbarian. Please take into consideration changing the characters to make them look like real humans similar to how the sorceress looks.
• Levels. Keep it easy. 1-99 like Diablo II. The paragon levels were boring and redundant and if a bad ARPG player spent their life on Diablo III, eventually they would hit such a high paragon level that they would outmatch a player with a lower paragon level and way better gear. Think about playability. Players want to work towards something and no Diablo fan wants to see paragon return. I promise you that in my 20 years dedicated to the Diablo series, that’s very important.

This guy is so right. Please Blizzard, fix this ruined game! The combat has to change back to D2 style. Why would you copy Torchlight when you’re Blizzard and already have Diablo 2. RMB/LMB and keying whatever keys you want is superior and enables spamming (or not) and more interesting combat.

Very nice post! This needs to be seen more.

Diablo 3 was not okay. If combat is the same in Diablo 4 it will be Diablo 3 2.0 I will not give you all the benefit of the doubt again. I am certain that that syle does not appeal to me at all. The early D4 demos are disgusting, they look like reskinned D3. Don’t destroy the game so the transition to console is seamless, the style you have now is garbage.