Season 32 theme suggestion?

[Dimlhugion-1109]

1. An idea’s likelihood of being implemented, or lack thereof, really ought not be a general barrier of entry to bring to forum unless said avenue is explicitly intended for such a purpose. (AKA, “who the hell died and made YOU guys the forum police?” Let the dude post what he wants, it’s not like he was posting anything blatantly offensive or trollish)

2. Above notwithstanding, your ideas are terrible. But, I thank you for at least trying to come up with something fresh. The game here isn’t the only thing on life support.

[Dimlhugion-1109]

@naksiloth-1354

I refuse to believe game is THAT one dimensional at high level. A good game design with intricate skill based gameplay, wouldn’t allow luck or a single variable to overwhelm everything and I believe Diablo 3 has good game design.

I’ve never pushed high GR’s so I tend not to speak on what people who DO push those typically experience. You have literally admitted you don’t push high GR’s so I’d assume you are, like me, woefully ignorant on that subject.

You can “believe” whatever you want. The reality is that high GR involves fishing and pylon luck, in addition to skill and reaction time and high levels of gear. This might just be “opinion” but it is the opinion of literally every single person I’ve ever seen on this forum OR in game who claim to do high GR’s. They all say this. To a man.

@naksiloth-1354

any information maphack users may have, a good player already have access to it.

That is quite possibly the most naive thing I’ve ever read.

[Jazz-2357]

To counter what Zurtle says (he has got the facts right of course), one could argue that we are not promised that GR 150s can (or should) be achieved especially with a “weak” build or with low paragons, un-optimized gear etc. That it is possible or has been made possible, is another thing because of the power creep in the game (thankfully). But it is up to each individual player if he/she wants to go through the hassle of doing it… and even the hassle of doing it faster than everybody else.

Players can set their own goal posts as they like.

[魔王黑翼-3809]

How about each great Rift has a 100% chance
come up to a Orek’s Dream map
It’s sounds great ：）
I tried two Necromancer characters in Season 31 HC mode
I found the LoN（Legacy Of nightmare） sets returned in different ways just like enhance some ancient legendary items
That remind me Season Six the LoN DemonHunter MIzu Fan of knives

[anon30358639]

@Bagama-2223

As we all know UE DH have 100% uptime on its Ultimate ability (Vengence)

this is not necessarily the case. With Dawn cubed, and CDR on shoulders, you will NOT have perma vengeance (not even with max roll to CDR paragon). I personally never bothered with it, since that’s what evading and stutter stepping (PC only) are for.

@Bagama-2223

it would be cool to have a season theme, that allowed everyone to have permanent Ultimate ability

Gotta disagree. It’s a really weak theme and offers no real advantage over the base game.

@Kirottu-2131

Also permanent superform, are you frigging nuts? Necro hasn’t got one, WD’s “superform” renders the character 100% invulnerable, etc. Think before blurting out bad ideas.

Exactly.

@Jazz-2357

Nerf Squirt’s?? That sounds silly.

It is. (not that I use squirts).

@Jazz-2357

37% CDR (or is it 39?)

37% sounds right from memory. I never bother with perma-vengeance though.

@naksiloth-1354

You can’t be serious. It is its own nerf and a counterpart to Traveler’s Pledge for certain builds while it’s highly punishing for some as well. In Hardcore mode, you can’t even dare to equip that amulet.

spot on.

@Zurtle-6510

You play the game how you want, but the maphackers and other players I’m talking about aren’t playing at your level of enjoyment. They are the ones burning thousands of keys to get that dream rift.

and that is easily fixed. Allow a certain amount of attempts before you can no longer push higher. That’ll stop the key pushing. That’s not skill, it’s RNG luck and it should have long ago been removed from the game. Period.

[SwankyDevil-1805]

@Kirottu-2131

I’m hoping for something better in S32 than the S31 one, perhaps Ethereals?

My guess is that if numbers are really low this season, they might bring out a big gun like Ethereals or Crucibles.

In saying that, maybe they want to rotate through the old themes first and kill D3’s player base… try to shift them to D4. Guess it depends on D4 S4 player participation and retention. If people aren’t gravitating towards D4 still then D3 may serve to keep players around… then an Ethereal or Crucible season will be likely.

[Dietrich-1665]

@SwankyDevil-1805

In saying that, maybe they want to rotate through the old themes first and kill D3’s player base… try to shift them to D4

I truly believe trying to shovel the last few holdouts into D4 was the only motivation behind things like nerfing the altar and making this season so boring. Not to mention NS players getting on, but that’s been discussed to death already.

But really though, this season sucks. It’s boring. It puts me to sleep and it’s the first time I’m not even going to finish the season journey in years.

However instead of playing D4, I just play other games with my game time now. Even a game like Little Kitty Big City has more action and excitement than Diablo does. I actually had fun playing that. Diablo stinks.

Ethereals next season or bust.

Edit: or even better, do a season with the original PTR altar before the YouTube dorks and streamers whined and got it nerfed the first time.

[Jazz-2357]

@Dietrich-1665

But really though, this season sucks. It’s boring.

I haven’t played Necro in many years and it was hard for me to come to terms with Rathma, the free set, after having played DH and wiz in the previous seasons. It wasn’t until I got a Masquerade build going that I could start to enjoy the season for real. And with Death Nova (Trag’Oul’s or LoD) it’s mighty fun. Maybe too late in season for you to return though.

[Player-27861]

Ethereals would be nice, but I think that it will be double goblins.

[Alexismad-1310]

@Player-27861

but I think that it will be double goblins.

That would be a dumb decision, but then again, many of their decisions fall in this category. As long as it isn’t a repeat of the Audio and Visual Vomit theme, I will be happy.

[Yukos-21571]

@Bagama-2223

I understand that some classes have access to perma ‘‘Ultimates’’, but that’s the whole point of my suggestion, is that you either free an item slot or cube slot, plus have a QOL.

Because we won’t see any new themes or mechanics, they could just bring some small stuff back from previous patches, like the cooldown pylon effect that we got in S28 which activated by the potion thanks to the altar. It would help certainly some builds that cannot have perma uptime on their long cooldown big spells.

[SwankyDevil-1805]

@Dietrich-1665

But really though, this season sucks. It’s boring. It puts me to sleep and it’s the first time I’m not even going to finish the season journey in years.

I didn’t even rebirth a character to participate.

@Dietrich-1665

However instead of playing D4, I just play other games with my game time now. Even a game like Little Kitty Big City has more action and excitement than Diablo does. I actually had fun playing that.

So far, I’ve started playing a few games on my Steam pile of shame like Armored Core VI, the follow ups titles to Life is Strange, Tekken 7 and other fighting games. However, I’ve found that the games that play better using a gamepad or requires me to get absolutely engrossed are games I don’t have too much time for (I’m in the middle of finishing up a house build).

Instead, I started and finished Far: Lone Sails… really fun little puzzle platformer/vehicle game. Next on my list, I’ll probably go back and try to finish Kentucky Route Zero.

Also doing a lot of Wordles.

@Jazz-2357

I haven’t played Necro in many years and it was hard for me to come to terms with Rathma, the free set, after having played DH and wiz in the previous seasons. It wasn’t until I got a Masquerade build going that I could start to enjoy the season for real. And with Death Nova (Trag’Oul’s or LoD) it’s mighty fun.

I have to agree that those two builds are the ones that make the Necro worth playing for me. I have working versions of those builds in NS and with all the mats I have, it’s probably easier to just spend an hour reforging items to get all ancient rolls.

[GhostPants-295657]

12. July a few years ago the ptr for angelic crusibels started. Since s32 will start 12. July my guess is that season theme will be s27, angelic crusibels, wich is a fun season😀

[Dimlhugion-1109]

@GhostPants-295657

s32 will start 12. July

The only two posts you’ve ever made on this forums, have both been intentional misinformation AND this one here, is arguably necro-bumping AND off topic.

You have no more chances left in my book.

[GhostPants-295657]

Thats a little harsh? Its 3 month between each season now, was 3 months last, so s32 12. July is not so crazy? And s27 theme is just a guess, hope thats allowed?

[Jazz-2357]

@GhostPants-295657

And s27 theme is just a guess,

Very good guess. Had to check the calendar to see that the 12th actually is a Friday. You’re spot on.

[Unsanety-1456]

s 27? Is that the one that has the spread/seeker magic missile for the wiz? If so, that would be really cool. The DMO set is fun with magic missile, just not as strong as frozen orb.

[GhostPants-295657]

S27 is the angelic crusibels, u can search it to see what the diffrent crusibels is for each class.
On the guess part i guess angelic crusibels 12. July since soulshard season was around christmas both times, so then maybe same season on 12. July (as i say earlier ptr few yrs ago for angelic crusibels started 12. July.) Then etherals from 12. October, then soulshards again 12. Jan. Then we have 4 themes recycling at same date year after year until game dies. I think only this 4 themes will recycle since rest of themes are really weak, or now included in game. This is just s guess, so dont ban me, qualified guessing must be allowed🙂

[Player-27861]

@GhostPants-295657

I think only this 4 themes will recycle since rest of themes are really weak, or now included in game. This is just s guess, so dont ban me, qualified guessing must be allowed

S22 Theme (4th cube slot) is slightly interesting than current. It would b nice if it will be repeated. Also crucible theme was with holiday gifts. So I think that crucibles will well fit into end of the year before shards theme. So very nice would be 22(4th cube) - 24 (ethereal) - 27(crucibles) - 25(shards) and so on. 20(current) don’t needed. But all we have is just guessings and speculations. All that we can is just wait.

[dmkt-1267]

Grandeur (16) - Free RoRG
Nightmare (17) - Free LoN
Triune (18) - Already Built into the Altar
Eternal Conflict (19) - Effects on Kill Streaks
Forbidden Archives (20) - Any Effect in Cube Slot
Trial of Tempest (21) - Environmental Effects Every 90 Seconds
Shades of the Nephalem (22) - 4th Cube + Clone on Pylon
Disciples of Sanctuary (23) - Follower Revamp Release
Ethereal Memory (24) - Ethereal Weapons
Lords of Hell (25) - Soul Shards
The Fall of the Nephalem (26) - Echoing Nightmare Release
Light’s Calling (27) - Crucible Effects
Rites of Sanctuary (28) - Altar of Rites Release
Visions of Enmity (29) - Release of Visions

I’m guessing this schedule:

S30: Soul Shards from S25 ← Q1 2024
S31: Any Effect in Cube from S20
S32: Crucible Effects from S27
S33: Kill Streak Effects from S19 ← Q1 2025
S34: Ethereal Weapons from S24
S35: 4th Cube + Clone on Pylon from S22
S36: Free LoN + Free RoRG + Triune (more) from S16, S17 & S18 ← Q1 2026
S37: Environmental Effects Every 90 Seconds from S21

S38/S1: The release of Diablo 3 Remastered, almost 5 years after the release of D2R, and 14 years after the release of D3.