Guys the paragon board in the video is just poor marketing by them. Im seeing a lot of dissapointed people with the paragon board just giving stat boosts, but the board isnt just all that. It includes many different effects that can change your playstyle. if you search up diablo 4 paragon board, there are websites that explain how they work. Here is the full explanation for how paragon boards work:
The Character Level in Diablo IV goes up to level 100. The Paragon Board unlocks at level 50. Each Level until Level 50 grants a Skill Point. Afterwards, each quarter of a Level grants a Paragon Point.
The Paragon Board unlocks at level 50 and will serve as an endgame progression system for your character. You will earn one Paragon point every 25% of experience (at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%), with a total of four Paragon points per level until Level 100. The Paragon Board will be capped after reaching Level 100.
You will start at the center of your classās intro board and make selections radiating outward, unlocking connecting tiles.
The different types of tiles are:
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Normal - Provides a small stat boost (e.g. +5 Strength)
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Magic - Provides a potent, more diverse set of benefits (e.g. +10% Fire Resistance)
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Rare - Provides significant boosts in power (e.g. Grants 10 Fury per kill), with additional powers unlocking at certain primary stat tresholds (e.g. Requires 175 Strength, 125 Willpower: +8% Increased Maximum Fury)
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Legendary - Provides a new Legendary power to the character (e.g. While your Fury is above 50% you deal 30% more damage.)
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Socket - Insert Glyphs into Socket Tiles which provide various benefits based upon the number of active tiles within their radius (e.g. Magic Glyph (Level 3) - Radius size: Small, Grants 30% bonus to all nodes within range)
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Gate - Select a new Paragon Board from the Paragon Board list (which can be rotated) to attach to the existing board after reaching a Gate Tile
The Paragon Board is intended to provide more depth and replayability than the Paragon system from Diablo III. Even when playing for a short period of time, putting time into the game will feel meaningful with this system in place.
Upon reaching level 50, the Paragon Boards, an end-game character growth system designed to empower your hero, unlocks. As your hero earns experience, they will receive Paragon points. These points can be spent to unlock new tiles, Sockets, and even additional Paragon Boards to further customize your hero and ascend to new heights of power!
In Diablo IV, we have placed a heavy emphasis on build customization, ensuring that you can have plenty of control over how your hero grows. The Paragon Board unlocks for each class at level 50 and is a distillation of this focus. Your hero begins their journey through the Paragon system at the central starting tile of their classās intro board, and from there, you make selections radiating outward. Once your hero reaches a gate tile, youāll choose which new paragon board you would like to attach to at that location. The desired outcome is a personalized set of bonuses that will empower your hero and honor your dedication to their progression, that will remain fun to tweak and adjust over many playthroughs.
The Paragon Board is comprised of many fixed tiles. As the Barbarian earns experience, they will earn Paragon points, which are used to unlock a connected tile. There are a few varieties of tiles that I want to walk through.
Normal tiles are straightforward, providing a small but meaningful stat boost. Normal Tiles are connective tissues that can be found throughout the board and are quite common.
Magic Tiles are found in clusters throughout the board and provide a potent, more diverse set of benefits. As you might expect, they are less common than Normal Tiles, but are still plentiful.|
Rare Tiles offer significant boosts in power. Upon entering the Paragon Board for the first time, these represent great goals for players to chase, particularly once youāve narrowed builds down towards highly specific goals. Rare Tiles also have additional powers that unlock once the hero has raised an attribute to a sufficient level, requiring some choices to be made when plotting your path through the board.
After the first Paragon Board, each new board has a single Legendary Tile that can be found at its center. Legendary Tiles impart a new Legendary Power to the character that earns it.|
A Socket is a special tile that can contain a Glyph. Glyphs are items found throughout Sanctuary that, when embedded into a Paragon Board, confer various benefits based upon the number of active tiles within their radius.
Glyphs can also be leveled up by delving into some particularly dangerous dungeons. Leveling up a Glyph extends the radius of their effect, allowing each one to draw power from or impart power to even more active tiles.
A single Gate Tile lies at each edge of the Paragon Board. As you progress through the Paragon Board, you will eventually reach a Gate Tile, which upon unlocking will allow you to select a new Paragon Board to attach to your existing Board. Each of these boards has unique Tile layouts, new Magic and Rare Tiles, and a new Legendary Tile at the center.
The Paragon Board is extended from these Gate Tiles. Upon selecting from the Paragon Board list, you will be able to place the board down, connecting it to the newly unlocked Gate Tile. You may also optionally rotate that newly placed board.
Another thing to add on why the paragon board gives stat boosts is because they will play a part when choosing your rare or legendary tiles or the glyphs that you will be using for the paragon board.
Example of paragon board tile types:
https://diablo4.purediablo.com/Paragon_Board#/media/File:Legendary_tile.png
Example of paragon board glyphs:
https://diablo4.purediablo.com/Paragon_Board#/media/File:Glyphs-sockets.png
