Dear Rod of Kepeleke Fergusson (and the D4 Devs)…
First let me preface this with the fact that I’m just a lowly “Adventurer” who’s played Diablo since day 1. With that being said i am aware that my opinion is mine, and isn’t representative of any one person but myself. Also this is not a D4 Bad/OMG POE2 DETHNAILZ post.
I also know that this will most likely not reach anyone’s eyes within the blizzard team.
I know the POE2 reveal was something of an eye opener for allot of people. Yourselves included. However I believe this is a real opportunity to take a step back and evaluate the “path” that D4 is on. A real chance to play on the games strengths. Expand on some possibilities within the core “systems” in the game. I mean y’all did say this is a systems ARPG no?
Build Changing Gear.
Since the skill tree and paragons are pretty locked in, new and interesting build changing gear and aspects are this version of the game’s main strength. I see each season there’s some real movement in this part of the game. Keep that coming. Get crazy with that.
Instead of recycling past seasonal content, maybe make the best of the seasonal content a permeant part of the game? Season 2 comes to mind since season 7 is a rehash of that. Turning that into another type of helltide would be cool if made fixed? Maybe?
Seasonal powers aside (which is pretty cool foreal, could be made into gear and aspects as well, (which has been done, but not so much that is build changing.)
Build diversity instead of “META”. I need to say that again but a little louder…
BUILD DIVERSITY.
Giving the player more control over builds that can push higher content is another key to changing up build styles.
Look I know that this is a deaf ear post. You have a clear vision for the “path” of this game, and I am here for it.
If i could make a suggestion for future content it would be weekly/monthly content like “community quests” where a pop up boss/helltide/Event where we have to fight the boss/event for control of that zone. With big rewards for beating it, or loss of that zone if not. Just something for a weekly/monthly event that could be interesting if implemented well.
In the end this is y’all’s game and I’m just trying to play it.
I would also like to Congratulate GGG on a fantastic addition to the ARPG Genre. I also hope this lights a fire under the Blizz team and pushes them to make new and interesting Gear/Content/Events.
Hold your head up.