Simple question.
Would Diablo 4 be better if the seasonal content was released in both seasonal servers and eternal servers simultaneously?
And would Diablo 4 be better if skill trees and paragon boards could be respecced for free?
Would it be better or worse as a game overall?
For me personally it would be better. Iâm going to play either way because I had a blast but stuff like in #1 might change how long I play for.
Yes. In fact Iâm hoping for major outrage when it wonât be, if it wonât be (except the op season mechanics - which would be toned down preferably but still present in Eternal).
NoâŚwell, maybe but if you got a free board respec every X days and it had a cd when done that way + somewhat reduced current costs/plans (as in, whatever they think is good right now compared to the gold you get, I want that lowered further but not enough that you respec in front of bosses all the time).
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In a bs 10 slots game with always online there has to be a way to 100% change every single point on a character without even feeling the cost OCCASIONALLY - so maybe make it a rare drop with a week or more CD.
Right now it seems you do need a lot of gold, for gambling as well I think - besides the Obols, and for upgrades so you either buy it (P2W added later, or illegal transaction) or you delete character (130h gone haha cute Blizzard) or you go bankrupt if you want a new barb (and no, f the âbut you donât get attached to that barbâ reasoningâŚadd 25 char slots then you can talk about that to customers.
Paying to configure the basic skills and mechanics of your character sounds like old MMO development BS. Adding inconvenience âjust becauseâ.
Nowadays, these default currencies are just a mask for the real money currency, diluting the monetization behind many different types of coins.
It is to confuse noobs into thinking the game isnât P2W, and also tricking MTX addicts into thinking they arenât spending as much as they really are.
Or just give us farmable items to create a Reset Tome⌠whatever ya wanna call it.
Swear they add âP2Wâ they will be setting themselves up for a huge lawsuit. Considering the fact they flat out mention the game will never have buyable items that give others advantages. So⌠False Advertising lawsuit if they do.
What if they add P2W after the first expansion and it only works if you have that expansion? Would that reset the âwe said there wonât be anyâ comments?
But yeaâŚI donât really expect P2W (itâs just going to be bots selling gold).
Very loosely related, they apparently already said something like visual restriction will relax over time (aka, âwe are planning wings but we said it will be darker so weâll wait for a whileâ).
The point of free respecs is so you wouldnât need to farm anything to swap skills.
Paying to respec is simply punishing the player for not picking the correct skills/passives. Whatâs the harm in giving us complete freedom to figure out how to allocate the points for our builds.
I donât care about changing my build as much as I do being able to experiment with different combinations without feeling like Iâm wasting progression potential (spend gold/time on other things, like upgrading gear).
The expansion would still be diablo 4. Therefore legally speaking. The terms would still apply. Pretty sure of that.
âSenior Director of Global PR Christy Um confirmed all purchasable in-game items are purely superficial and wonât confer any gameplay advantages.â
I dont expect it either⌠But then again we still got kids whining, thinking âWe have to purchase seasonal BPâs!â So⌠guess they will soon argue that cosmetics give an advantage⌠lol.
Still farming 3 simple items, would be better than farming millions of gold. considering 53k per paragon node⌠Happy alternative in my book, if they wont give free.
The answer is clear, seasonal resets should be a side thing and nothing more, it should not gatekeep content whatsoever.
This is a bit more complex, and I can understand the thinking behind it.
For one, its going to take people longer to âsolveâ builds, its adding in an extra hurdle so if people want to run off and create OP build guides for people on youtube its going to require extra commitment of creating a bunch of alts, leveling them upâŚetc
It obviously increases replayability, so instead of simply creating an ALT for 1 of every character youâre going to have to create 1 for every build type of a character as well.
One has to question however, is there truly enough of an endgame for people?
Seems like a lot of filler added to occupy peoples time.
You force people to take on a seasonal event where they have to start fresh and it lasts 3 months.
You force people to run around and acquire all the statues again and again to waste peoples time and acquire renown to fully max out all your skill points and paragon points.
And on top of that youâre forcing people to eventually restart their character again within the season if they want to attempt other builds.
This is a lot of filler content meant precisely to waste peoples time every season.
I assume endgame is rather shortlived if they have to add this much filler every season.
WAH WAH!!
âThe word gatekeeping refers to the act of controlling or limiting general access or rights to something.â
I hope there is a quest or something we can do to obtain full resets, it sounds better than just âfarm this much goldâ
Indeed. Iâm all for free respecs, but if they wont give free respecs. Give us a way to farm items for reset. and give us something else to dump money into. I mean theirs plenty they have as a gold dump as is. Gems are pricey, you have the powers system.
And from what i have understood. still not 100% sure on validity. That the price for respeccing characters normal skills⌠does not have a cap. so it keeps increasing per respec. Where a single respect point was 103k.
Guess weâll find out, I feel bad for whoever massively screws up their build over and over, by the time they get it right a patch could drop mid season and buff the build they just changed.
I can see it now, posts about Blizzard âforcing me to farm gold for respecsâ and âyou nerfed this in the middle of the season and now iâm pissedâ
Or even better, maybe even the best potential topic: âmy Hardcore character died while farming respec goldâ
I do agree with Kroni about point #1.
Everyone should get to participate in seasonal activities at the same time as everyone else, whether you want to make a new character or stay on the eternal realm.
That way players can play how they want to play. For those who want to reroll and play with the other fresh rerolls then they can. And for those who want to avoid rerolling characters can enjoy the seasonal content without having to restart their character, but only on a realm where none of the rerolled characters are.
That sounds better to me.
Yeah, D4 would be better if content was released at the same time on season and eternal servers. No doubt. Just more content available for all players.
Also better for Blizzard. More people they could sell battle passes to.
As for free respecs, no that would make the game significantly worse imo.
Would hurt the character build progression, and make combat less interesting to play.
Everyone⌠does get to participate in seasonal activities thoughâŚ
Anyways as stated⌠elsewhereâŚ
Even if they do start doing the seasonal quests etc at the same time.
Next people are going to complain HARD that they dont get seasonal titles. cosmetics and possibly pets.
Because âTheyâre not on eternal realms!â
Or when⌠eventually seasonal folks get full sets of gear for milestone seasonal challenges like diablo 3?
âRee Bags of gear are gatekept!!â Where does it end?
Especially Kroni with how much they whine about seasons. Dear god these bags of gear would trigger them so hard.
Unfortunately, there are indeed a few season mode (character reset) players whose hobby is Season mode (character reset) = PTR modeďź
So I would suggest:
How about just playing PTR mode all the time?
Seasons have been a core part of Diablo⌠since D2. Why should it change for the WoW babies? You dont wanna play seasons, do the challenges etc etc? Dont.
As stated above. EVEN if blizz drops the content at the same time on eternal realms, crybabies are going to cry, because they cant get the seasonal titles. cosmetics. and eventually most likely Gear bags. like diablo 3.
Non-season definitely should not get those. Nor should season. That was such a terrible idea. âLets remove the gear hunt from our A-RPG, what could possibly go wrong!â.
Theres going to be alot of gear in D4 for sure. And those sets werent the be all end all after the season ended. You werent getting the Ancient versions of them. and in d4 we got what⌠4 differnt tiers of gear ranks?
Either way. Theres going to be wow babies. constantly B-ing about seasons⌠even if content is dropped at same time. Not to mention⌠season is prolly going to actually end their milestones and such at level 50. So theyâd still be farming higher level gear. just get a faster push at 50. Thats just a guess tho!