TRUTH - D4 Kinda Sucks

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-Level Scaling is awful.
-Itemization is not good, too many weird and unnecessarily confusing affixes (instead of just having something like +5 to minimum damage we get +60% to near).
-Too many legendary drops makes getting legendaries kinda boring.
-Social aspects are almost non-existent probably because the game was clearly designed for console.
-Crafting is weak sauce.
-Char perspective way too zoomed in.
-RPG elements are lacking.
-UI is terrible.
-World is boring and nothing feels unique, everything feels the same because of boring level scaling.
-Games is designed like an MMO without the multiplayer MMO aspects making this a bad MMO along with being a bad ARPG.
-Diablo 2 had many unique ways to fight such as funnelling enemies down tight corridors, hacking your way through hoards of skeletons to reach the necromancer. This is all gone in favour of ‘level scaling’ and ‘balance’.
-Transmog is stupid. Finding gear that just looks cool naturally a more fun system. My char looked the exact same at level 25 as he did at level 50.
-No variety of potions anymore, what happened to utility and restoration potions?
-Aspect system is terrible. It makes collecting legendaries boring since you already have all the aspects you want unlocked.
-Item level is a dumb system.
-Side quests are a massive waste of time.
-Gem system is terrible, what happened to unique gems and runes?
-Only 6 ability slots?
-Every dungeon feels the same because of level scaling.
-Progression is non-existent since whole game is open from the start meaning that the game feels like a waste of time to play.
-World Tiers are a brain dead design considering you are obviously meant to play World Tier 3/4 once you hit the appropriate levels. The only exception is World Tier 2 which is meant for experienced gamers but you are not compensated enough for the extra difficulty meaning any experienced gamer will elect to go for World Tier 1. Makes no sense.
-Upgrading weapons/armor at a blacksmith is unnecessary and adds no enjoyment to the game.
-Renown farm is terrible and only in the game to try and make level scaling make sense when in reality its a trash can system.
-Nothing interesting ever seems to drop, what happened to set gear and OP uniques? Probably didn’t want them at lower levels because would mess with brain dead level scaling.
-Why are mobs no longer bunched into creature types like demon/undead? Would be cool to have specific gear or abilities you could specialize into to farm a specific mob type.
-Resists are useless. Another solid RPG mechanic stripped from the game.
-No puzzles or anything to break up the action.
-Characters can feel under powered and enemies soak damage like sponges (or the opposite) depending on your class/build because of brain dead level scaling.
-Can’t rerun the campaign on different difficulties and am forced to farm generic content instead.

Conclusion - Game bad :frowning:

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yawn

yawns again

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Hard to read - have fun playing something else for awhile.

Good bye

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TLDR; go away…

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But I mean if it wasn’t true you’d be playing the game and not policing the forums right? Yawn.

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That’s crazy, I just yawned big time and then scrolled down to where you’re yawning. I know they say that yawning is contagious but I didn’t think it could get across the internet.

To be fair, I am legit tired right now!

Wait, if yawning can cross the internet, what else can?

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sneezes

sneezes again

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Did you hear or see anything strange… no actually… don’t answer.

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Sure enough, even reading the word can make you yawn.

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Stop it! I just yawned again ^^;

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And i repeat myself too. I often yawn now when i see strange things. It’s quite disturbing. :kissing_heart: jst tryin to make ya turn that frown upside down.

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He isn’t wrong, though. This game sucks *** and has no soul.

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Good condensed list of what’s wrong with this game. I agree with the majority of it!

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I agree that item req’s = always at player level, account bound legendaries + uniques, etc. kill the game’s trading economy. The active trade market was one of D2/D2R’s greatest features.

D4’s communication features are also lacking.

Despite its shortcomings, D4 is still fun to play… just needs a bit more help from the dev’s and outside tools like Discord.

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You D4 fans crack me up. Dude makes a fairly well written breakdown of everything wrong in D4, which is constructive criticism btw, something you D4 fans are supposedly ok with. Apparently that’s not true at all is it? You are only ok with positive posts that fit your narrative.

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“Transmog is stupid”
High quality constructive criticism right here.

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It is stupid. Finding gear that just looks cool naturally a more fun system. Because of Transmog my char looked the same at level 25 as he does 50.

BORING. Ended up ignoring this aspect of the game but think it diminishes most peoples play experience even if they don’t realize it.

Also that’s crazy that you pick that one thing to criticize. One thing you don’t agree with so to you that somehow invalidates the whole list lol.

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Could he be a bit more articulate on some of his points? Sure. But most of his points still stand and they mostly convey what is wrong with the game to the reader. It’s a lot better than “Game is trash” without any supporting arguments.

Lets be real, if I wrote up all these points in a more in-depth manner, you’d just post TLDR or be just as dismissive.

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Kinda? This game is absolutely terrible. An absolute joke of an ARPG. It shames the genre that has worked hard over the last 10 years of becoming something great.

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I updated list to explain my point better.

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