How about a zone we didn’t have already? Let’s finally see those Skovos Isles mentioned so many times by Lorath in D3 or Xiansai island.
For Diablo 5 I would like it to be a prequel set in times of Tal Rasha and other cool characters. We can return to known areas there.
Honestly I’d be more excited for this then vessel of hatred, been almost a year and still no diablo in a diablo game is crazy
Agreed, I think they will keep the original order of the prime evils of Mephisto, Diablo and Baal. Having no Diablo in a Diablo game feels off. I’m fairly confident they will add a holy warrior next, whether it’s a Paladin, Crusader, Cleric, etc.
Second expansion will usher in the return of Baal. It’s only been 50 years since the defeat of Diablo/the Prime Evil & Malthael. Diablo will be in the third expansion.
There will be YEARLY expansions. Blizzard has already confirmed this…
What Blizzard says they will do and what they have actually done have rarely ever been the same. The track record speaks for itself.
That’s true, but unless Diablo is in the 2nd expansion, which would be required at minimum to round out the story arc, it forces a 3rd. Despite even the many early failings of D3 that led to canning the 2nd expansion and dispersing its contents over a year or so for free (necro excepted), the sales were through the roof, so that was a choice not based so much on market viability as something else, likely the fact that they had a poor structure that was very difficult to build on and they knew it. They already said they had “multiple” expansions for D4 in the works more or less at launch, and they’ve repeatedly stated that they will be sticking with the game and doing releases for it longer than any previous titles due to the live-service model. They make money hand-over-fist with this property whether the quality is there or not, so it wouldn’t make much sense for them to backtrack on those decisions. 
They were knee deep in the 2nd full expansion for D3 when the bean counters came in and told them it was canceled. It didn’t make sense to anyone actually developing the game to cancel that expansion, but it didn’t matter.
Nothing is guaranteed folks.
According to the financial results of Activision Blizzard in investor relations press release, the suits are happy the Diablo franchise is setting new quarterly records. They will continue to release Diablo expansions as they are printing money at this point and told their investors they will deliver major new features for many years to come…
Sure, but all that can change if VoH tanks. All indicators now are good, I agree. It’s still too early to say though that there will definitely be a 2nd and 3rd expansion at this point.
Yeah they promised entire campaign mode for Overwatch 2 and it ended in a trash can. I feel sorry for devs that worked on it.
Very true, but D4 has a paid battlepass and shop with cosmetics that people are willing to pay for. The bean counters at microsoft should be happy.
Well first, the 2nd expac will most probably not be the last one, so the returtn of Diablo has no chance. Second, we will most likely get the kingdom of Westmarch and surrounding areas first where, yes paladins settled down.
I respectfully disagree, I think the odds of Diablo returning in the 2nd exp is fairly high and consistent with the prime evil order of appearance in previous titles.
Are there warlocks in Diablo (that aren’t evil)? Can’t say I recall ever seeing one.
I’m still hoping for one of those Knights Penitent. Would like a blood magic knight or death knight over a paladin.
Probably all the way to the North (Mount Arreat and some bits of nearby area maybe)
The main villain would probably be Baal but can’t know for sure, class will probably be Legionaire (Shield-Bearer Fighting class that primarily uses Javelins, Swords, Spears and Glaives)
Can have a bit of Holy component to it but think primary mechanic will be mainly about precision and dealing with bigger targets with more ease (“disarm”, “wound”, “counterstrike” or “empowered strike”)
Well stictly, we might see his return but he will not be the main antagonist. Atleast I hope he will be our last fight in the story.
If they were smart, they’d introduce him sooner than later and have him grow in power, causing mayhem, as the expansions progress. We don’t have to kill him right away. Could be traveling like in D2, leaving chaos in his wake. Could even have world events and gameplay mechanics from it, like random towns become full of demons and the townspeople become enemies. Then just have a stalemate or even a boss fight where we lose but survive.
They probably won’t do that though…
So you want D2 
I can still play D2R if I want.
I still do not know everything that is in the 1st expansion, why worry about the 2nd one.
I’m not interested in paladin. Imo it’s time for a new range class.