Diablo IV (PC/PS5/XSX/PS4) - June 6, 2023

[Koul]

You should really layoff. The devs of Last Epoch have had YEARS to study and assess all the great action RPGs that came before it and have come out recently. Not unlike the devs of Diablo 4 who are all new to the genre and are just trying their darnedest to make an impression.

[Takiwaki]

You should really layoff. The devs of Last Epoch have had YEARS to study and assess all the great action RPGs that came before it and have come out recently. Not unlike the devs of Diablo 4 who are all new to the genre and are just trying their darnedest to make an impression.

Lol. I mean the devs behind diablo 4 are new to the genre... right?

[Lucavi]

Lol. I mean the devs behind diablo 4 are new to the genre... right?

Yeah; tends to happen when megacorps make record profits every year and fire the entire staff immediately after.... to ensure record profits the following year.

[Meresgi]

You should really layoff.

I'm not Activision/Microsoft so I don't know how to layoff

Yeah; tends to happen when megacorps make record profits every year and fire the entire staff immediately after.... to ensure record profits the following year.

I mean D3 is still up and running and they are part of the same company. Not gonna blame devs 100% but company should at least promote cross talk between groups but I don't even think Team A and Team B of D4 seasons talk to each other, or Team A would realize how fun S2 was and how shit their seasons have been.

[Weltall]

I'm sure they communicate often, but a lot of the work is done well in advance so changing it on a dime is impossible.

I'm not even considering trying this game again, until they do the big itemization change.

[Takiwaki]

I'm sure they communicate often, but a lot of the work is done well in advance so changing it on a dime is impossible.

I'm not even considering trying this game again, until they do the big itemization change.

by the time they do its gonna be too late for sure.

[Meresgi]

I'm sure they communicate often, but a lot of the work is done well in advance so changing it on a dime is impossible.

Yup, and their core design philosophy is just shit. Given they had other ARPGs to pull from and emulate it's crazy to me. I remember when Blizz was the company who would just lift from other MMOs and other games and iterate and improve upon the selected features they lifted. Now they can't even iterate and improve on their own designs from previous games or patches.

[Lucavi]

That's because all of those people were young and working for peanuts back then. Now they're all millionaires doing their own things, and the next generation willing to trade money for youthful passion and the desire to make something truly amazing has to suffer through 16 layers of corporate bullshit.

Its always a different era when you aren't working for a publicly-traded megacompany that is always and forever beholden to the almighty year-over-end growth metrics.

[Meresgi]

[Daydreamer]

This probably deserves it's own thread but I'm posting it here given the other chatter about it ... Last Epoch is really freaking good. Plus the server issues they had over launch seem to be worked out by now.

[Takiwaki]

This probably deserves it's own thread but I'm posting it here given the other chatter about it ... Last Epoch is really freaking good. Plus the server issues they had over launch seem to be worked out by now.

been playing non stop. but now ill be taking a break for rebirth.

[Cyn]

This probably deserves it's own thread but I'm posting it here given the other chatter about it ... Last Epoch is really freaking good. Plus the server issues they had over launch seem to be worked out by now.

It's honestly a lot better at launch than the 5 years of EA made me think it was going to be.

[Mertron]

also chiming in that last epoch rules but unfortunately it’s ff7remake time

[Kachiko]

Thirding Last Epoch...why isn't there a thread?

[Julian]

Make a thread!

[Mertron]

fine have a last epoch thread

https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/13...69#post7745069

[Prothescar]

So anyway itemization details are out

-removing most of the affixes in the game
-adding new less dogshit affixes
-all legendaries dropped from lv95+ mobs are now 925
-less loot in general, more crafting materials and powerful items
-no loot filter
-codex of power can now store your highest rolls and is no longer limited to specific legendary powers
-reroll gold cost now has a cap
-adding actual crafting that lets you add new affixes randomly from a pool from a recipe that you learn from basically recipe books. Items now start with 3 affixes and you can add 2 more
-greater affixes. Rare, 1.5x stronger than regular affixes, ancestral and unique items only. Can have 2 on a single item.
-additional item upgrade system for endgame, Masterworking. Adds 12 more upgrade levels to items that directly upgrades a random affix. Every 4 upgrades is a much bigger boost. Can affect greater affixes.
-Basically doubling the number of uniques in the game and adding a new Uber Unique, Tyrael's Might. Primarily defensive chest piece whose unique effect causes some aoe damage every time you use a skill while at full life.
-Legendaries and uniques that had flat damage effects now scale with weapon damage instead of being static low amounts.


Basically removing shit stats, adding new better ones, codex works the way it always should have, and adding new juicing RNG to boost gear.

Also talked about some class changes. Sorceress Mastery skills will now also be Core skills and Necromancer minions now inherit 100% of the necromancer's stats.

Helltide being buffed again. Higher mob density, Nemesis system, new dynamic mini events and spawns, rare drop summoning item for a new public Helltide Uber boss called the Blood Maiden.

EXP across the entire game being significantly increased again.

New Uber boss, Andariel. Beast in Ice and Zir drop the materials similar to Duriel mats coming from Varshan and Grigore. Same loot table as Duriel (lmao). Pretty cringe bandaid if you ask me, adding a second infinite grind for Uber Uniques doesn't solve the problem.

New endgame activity, Pit of the Artificer. Basically a permanent Abattoir of Zir and this is where materials for masterworking come from.

Camera FoV now zooms out further.

Season 4 pushed back to May 14. PTR for this in April.

Overall nice changes. If it pans out it fixes some of the core problems with the game. Still needs more content to use all this new gear on; a single new Duriel tier boss and greater rifts are a nice start but need more.

Edit: I missed something important that kind of kills my rant. They're also adding Uber Uber bosses. Rare item drop from high levels of the Pit that lets you spend 10 times the summoning mats to spawn a lv200 version of an Uber boss. This version drops 10 times the uniques and also is guaranteed to drop a Resplendent Spark which is the item they added a couple months ago that lets you craft Uber uniques once you get uh... 4? 5? Some number of them idr

[chazzyphizzle]

that is definitely a step in the right direction. might be a little too late for me to come back but im glad they did somethin

[Takiwaki]

Wow they added exalted gear and crafting from Last Epoch. Really good addition.

[arus2001]

*sees their spin on the Epic Seven gear upgrade sytem* lol they had to ruin shit somehow