I found about 75-80% of them just wandering around, but the last ones I grabbed a map and went hunting to finish them last season. I’m glad we don’t have to do them every season, they were fine to do when you find most of them completing other things but the last ones I likely wouldn’t have come across in normal wandering/questing.
I’m not sure they make sense in the current zones.
I mean, sure, there are statues of Lilith around because there are cultists of Lilith everywhere.
But why does finding them empower my character?
Am I worshiping Lilith and gaining her blessing/favor? (only to then use it to kill her )
Am I disabling the statues and being rewarded by non-diegetic means? (I doubt that, 'cause then it’s almost certain we would destroy them, since that seems to be our solution for everything )
Am I stealing the worship cultists put on the staute, like in Cult of the Lamb? (NGL I kinda like that interpretation, and it even makes some ammount of sense that we can do that, because of having her blood and all)
As for the expansion zone, I kind of expect statues of Mephisto, but we’ll see.
And in on related (and more on-topic) subject:
All those who say “it’s a one time thing”: does finding altars in HC unlock them in SC?
'cause I know it doesn’t work the other way around, and if this way doesn’t work either, then it could be argued it’s not a one time thing… It’s a two times thing!
I figured it had to do with being essentially drugged in the beginning and being forced to drink her blood. For all we know the statues are figments of our imagination, we believe they’re real but no one else can see them kind of deal. So in our mind it’s a source of corruption, that in our minds, we’re preventing from spreading, so we take that power into ourselves. That’s my theory anyway.
Or any of your ideas work too.
They’re considered two completely games at that point, so no they do not unlock. You are right you essentially have to do them twice if you wish to play both modes.
I strongly disagree with this recommendation. DO NOT listen to this post. Let it be known that we’re clearly divided in this decision. Let’s not turn D4 into Retail Diablo like what ruined WoW! The game is already easy enough.
Same could be said about having to kill 10000000 mobs to hit level 100. We should just spawn into the game at level 100, with everything already unlocked. All the vendors+stash should be clickable while standing still and a single boss spawns right in front of you over and over again. Each time you kill them, they will give you 100% rolled BiS items. See where I’m going with this?
You don’t have to click the statues. If you’re complaining about this trivial of a thing, 5 skill points and 20 paragon points aren’t going to make a difference in your gaming experience because you likely won’t even reach the point of them making a difference(WT4 and end game).
Statues of Lilith encourage exploration? You mean, keeping a map up with all the locations and either Alt+Tabbing or having it on a second screen? Having the locations randomized would actually encourage exploration.