Just finished PTR 2.4.0 and season 10 looks like another huge failure

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I was hoping for a great experience since this was the first time I have participated in the PTR event before a new season. Pro’s and Con’s:

Pro’s:

  1. You get great gear. You have unlimited caches to open until you get what you want.
  2. Unlimited masterworking and crafting supplies.
  3. Unlimited gold.
  4. All training scrolls.
  5. Unlimited Obals for gambling.
  6. All gems and runes

Con’s:

  1. S.O.S. just a different twist.
  2. Did not have the expected new class (Paladin) available to test out.
  3. Severe lack of imagination and development to a game with incredible potential.
  4. Infernal Hordes still suck on aether drops.
  5. Lair Boss drops still suck even at higher tiers.
  6. The Pit is a joke and normal players will struggle to make it through levels above 60.
  7. Whisper Tree cache drops are still bad.
  8. Rewards throughout the game are lacking and not worthy of the challenge to obtain them.
  9. Nerf, Nerf, Nerf. Why do the developers hate the players so much.
  10. Solo players are severely punished. Join a party or just quit before the endgame because it will frustrate the hell out of you.
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What on Earth made you think this was even a possibility?

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Nothing about playing solo frustrates me.

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Why in the world did you think that they would include a Paladin in S10?

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When I run into a wall I call on the Cult of the GOAT :goat: for aid.

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so basically pros - it’s PTR.
cons everything else :rofl:

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It isn’t about hating players, it is about two things really:

  1. Balancing the class
  2. Opening up a new meta

If you don’t do #1, you’ll instead have to balance all of the monsters across all difficulties which is a far more miserable task which could easily end up in a poor state overall for all players.

Players want #2 (see all threads that complain about “build X again!”). This requires making some previously solid builds less solid, new builds brought up.

If you’re going to say “well, why not just make all builds equal” my answer is this: no one has ever been able to do this unless the skills (and or classes) or homogenized. No one wants that at all.

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This is actually good news, i only play solo because its the only thing thats hard in the game.

Everything else feels like RMTing all your gear in 1 week with infinite gold and Season is done rofl

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There is nothing wrong with nerfs. They are often needed. Many people just dont understand this.

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I don’t think many people play D4 for “the challenge” as it’s simply at present not that sort of game.
It then would seem to be about finding cool stuff. My question would be then why is there so little cool stuff and why are the drop rates also so genuinely terrible for what little there is of it?
Btw I tested the PTR more than usual and did a Pit 150 with Druid, a Pit 120 with Sorc and a Pit 90 with Rogue which would seem OK but… I also determined that there is next to zero chance of me having access to the kind of gear I was using in the PTR when S10 goes live.

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I doubt that he meant “self found and solo” when he said “solo”. Sounded like he was reffering to solo play vs play in a party disadvantage, but I may be wrong.

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This tells me you didn’t read much of the patch notes or pay attention to the information given about the PTR. If you read the bullet points you miss out on 95% of it all.

They never mentioned anything changing except for chaos armor, powers and hordes. So it goes without saying that is what your experience would be.

New class comes with the expansion. Nothing or no one has said different. Why you thought it would be there is mind boggling. It has not been confirmed what the new class will be. There are “data mines” that claim but no one will know for sure until it is announced.

Be patient and pay attention.

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Judging a game (season) before it’s release when things are subject to change anyway (LIKE it always has been in the past).

What a stupid topic, I’m sorry but this is ridiculous…

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Well, you can also make educated judgments based on past performance, and in the case of Blizzard, results are usually pointing towards underwhelming.

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Unless personally speaking (for the most part) I’m fine with what they’ve done with the game? :man_shrugging:

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BOB, OMG… Can you please show these other trolls how to Troll Properly? They are pathetic at it… don’t go away for so long.

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I’m sorry but this oozes “if I can hardly do it others will be the same” type of arrogance.

It may not be your intention when you wrote that but you’re overestimating yourself or underestimating others, perhaps both.

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You should have titled this post “PTR gameplay experience.”. Also, where did the idea of Paladin being part of this PTR even come from?

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This is your FIRST BIG MISTAKE. This one is on YOU and not the PTR. Sorry. That’s the truth. If you haven’t learned since S0, it’s on YOU.

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I actually did when I started S0 and S1 but after that I learned I was wrong. As much as I hate to admit it, I was wrong with my expectations back then.

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