Hello,
I wanted to share feedback on the beta and a wishlist of things I like to see. I must admit, the game’s current technical state is worrying and frustrating. The game will release in less than 3 months, I can tell it will be a dung buggy lunch.
That said, here are some technical things I personally encountered while soloing & Cross playing with my bro (PC - PS5):
-Character rubber-banding at the edge of a section or a town area. Especially if it had NPCs with main stories.
-Increase lag, stutter, and rubber-banding when multiple players are in town.
-Some enemies will sometimes not attack.
-When closing Diablo 4 it would take almost 20-30 seconds to close.
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-Crossplay!
-Great graphics
-In-game cutscenes!
-Good-looking armor! (Barbarian)
-Smooth gameplay* (Outside of bugs and lag)
-Great sound effects.
-Good selection of VA with the right tone - so far.
-Greater skill tree.
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-Ability to teleport to a party member with a right click.
-Lag, bugs, logging queue.
-UI besides the skill bar distracts from the gorgeous world.
-The Map.
-Multiple screens to navigate, achievements, rewards, etc.
During this beta, I played the Barbarian class and was able to fill almost every slot with legendary items, completed all the dungeons, World Boss fight, multiple public events, and the main campaign. I like to share my general thoughts on those.
-As the barbarian, I felt for the most part weak compare to my bro playing the Necromancer. Despite having almost all legendary pieces compared to him, who had 1 or 2. (I was lucky and got a bunch of items with good effects for the whirlwind skill.)
-I enjoyed the campaign. While I wished there was more voice acting that matches the tone of D1 and D2, it was far more fitting this time around.
-I enjoyed the dungeons, but I didn’t like how similar they feel. I hope we see greater variations of dungeons maps and encounters. Instead of these 3 spread objectives and then having to do the main boss area.
-I liked the public events.
-The World Boss fight was really fun - learning the fight and staying alive is really exciting. Looking forward to this new feature.
Now in terms of the gear, I have questions and a few concerns. But I hope the full experience and systems will address them.