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Diablo IV
- Thread starter Wulfric Pinewood
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Multi-headed Cow
Arcane
Yup. Was a tentative wait and see until I played this and the other demo weekend, now it's D1P. Still might not have been if they'd fucked up the cash shop and battle pass shit worse but as it was presented it's fine and I can ignore it. Similarly a lot of the semi-MMO shit I thought would drive me insane but in practice it's been fine, my biggest complaint currently is I don't want to click berries and flowers for crafting materials and I looked into THAT some more today and it looks like even if you ignore it you'll get enough magic berries from doing quests and getting herb-packs that you can upgrade your healing potion, getting more will only matter for crafting elixirs (Which incidentally give a 5% XP boost so even the baby-tier elixir is a stronger temporary XP boost than the first level on the season mastery pass) which CURRENTLY don't feel necessary which is nice. Remains to be seen if the game is balanced so you always need an elixir in late game but if it just comes down to hardcore players preemptively taking one to get a resist for certain bosses then that's ducky.
Edit: Oh, they apparently didn't get the big boss started on this first day. I've been bamboozled
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GentlemanCthulhu
Liturgist
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Yes i pre-ordered the ultimate edition or whatever the fuck it's called. Not gonna play it for some months though probably.
I'm messing around with it. This isn't the full character creator, right? Like in the full release I'll be able to remove the butt chin?
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Nah seems they went out of their way to make it impossible to create an attractive looking female character. Holy fuckin shit. I mean they went FAR out of their way. I am at a loss..
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Nah seems they went out of their way to make it impossible to create an attractive looking female character. Holy fuckin shit. I mean they went FAR out of their way. I am at a loss..
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Jason Liang
Arcane
Downloaded and playing the Server Slam Beta now on PS5 as a chubby black woman.
Hm... if she were a little less chubby I suppose I could larp as Joe Michael Linser's Dawn and cross that off my bucketlist:
Hm... if she were a little less chubby I suppose I could larp as Joe Michael Linser's Dawn and cross that off my bucketlist:
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Dadd
Self-Ejected
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You can just cross off your bucketlist
pickmeister
Learned
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I am so excited for Diablo 4 that I deleted the email inviting me to the server alpha test on arrival (let's be real here, the actual server beta test is gonna be on June 6, this is alpha).
Kem0sabe
Arcane
For shame that Blizzard heavilly nerfed the Necromancer and sorcerer. We're my two favorites during previous beta, now they feel like shit.
No fun allowed ...
No fun allowed ...
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Late Bloomer
Scholar
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Did they seriously put Leah 2.0 in this shit? Neyrelle is horrible. There was a glimmer of hope in the world being dark and gloomy, wretched and unforgiving. Instead we get this mary sue with mother issues. This really is a depiction of hell. From what I have read, at the end of the available questline in beta the narrator tells you that she is going to be the most important character going forward.
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Africans tick more diversity boxes I guess.
Goldschmidt
Savant
Niggas will revolt when Diablo 5 replaces them with:
The legions of Hell have invaded the land of the Smurfs; It is now your mission, as papa Smurf to stop Diablo and his hellspawn.
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Multi-headed Cow
Arcane
Did the world boss, was pretty fun. Was another thing I was slightly concerned about since I didn't want raids in Diablo since the pseudo-raids in shit like Borderlands annoy the hell out of me too, but it was just a big monster with multiple clicking and didn't require anything too fancy. I do hate that it spawns on a timer which means I probably won't do those very often, but it was a fun fight.
Speaking of which, the rejiggered drop rates (How it's supposed to be for launch) feel a bit too low. I don't mind if they don't do the full Diablo 3 of finding gear constantly (Though I like it because these are casual games) but I had 1 legendary as a regular drop and two from the big boss which is fairly scanty. I prefer the D3 method of "Play 20 hours with a new character and now you're comfortably max level and got decent loot" compared to the D2 method of "Play 20 hours farming one specific boss or dungeon for loot and maybe getting one piece". There's also the D1 method of "Play 20 hours and you've beaten the game a couple times and found plenty of gear) but D2's been an albatross around the neck casual clicking for too long, despite all the good shit it does too.
Speaking of which, the rejiggered drop rates (How it's supposed to be for launch) feel a bit too low. I don't mind if they don't do the full Diablo 3 of finding gear constantly (Though I like it because these are casual games) but I had 1 legendary as a regular drop and two from the big boss which is fairly scanty. I prefer the D3 method of "Play 20 hours with a new character and now you're comfortably max level and got decent loot" compared to the D2 method of "Play 20 hours farming one specific boss or dungeon for loot and maybe getting one piece". There's also the D1 method of "Play 20 hours and you've beaten the game a couple times and found plenty of gear) but D2's been an albatross around the neck casual clicking for too long, despite all the good shit it does too.
Goldschmidt
Savant
I playtested a month ago and Diablo 4 honestly felt a lot like a console/mobile game.
Already uninstalled the beta and not going to re-download it this weekend.
Already uninstalled the beta and not going to re-download it this weekend.
luj1
You're all shills
Artyoan
Prophet
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I also participated in the server slam since it doesn't require pre-purchase. Thoughts:
-The basic gameplay feels okay to me, at least in the early game its slower. But this is still basically D3 combat. The game feels uncomfortably familiar right away due to the return of so many former abilities from previous games.
-The aesthetic and art style is much better but still has a lot of exaggerated features. Go into the gem shop and the gems on display are bigger than your head. That type of stuff now clashes with some of the area design that is pretty realistic. Far better than D3 overall but not perfect.
-I do like that the bosses require at least a little thought to escape their telegraphed damage. Ashava was kind of fun but I played a rogue and had ranged abilities. Melee is going to require a lot more awareness and skill to not die on these.
-If you're looking for immersion here then don't bother. The more open structure is like a carnival where the icons and circles on the map are all screaming for your attention. You can just grind and roam around but this doesn't feel like a world at all. MMO sidequests everywhere. Defend this pillar or this zone. Directed rewards the whole way through.
-Seeing other players roaming the wilderness was pretty rare. A few times I would help or get helped with side quests or events which was kind of nice.
-Took me maybe four hours to get to level 20. Thats with letting all the dialogue play out and not skipping cut scenes. Lillith is at least interesting but there isn't a major story hook here.
-I probably got fifty or so upgrades and the only one I could feel was one that gave access to a new ability I hadn't selected. Its just constant small upgrades you'll equip and think nothing of. I really don't like this form of itemization.
-There are things you can work towards in the starting region/zone that will be unlocked for every character which is kind of nice. Like additional skill points or another potion use.
-Value is subjective but this is not worth $70 to me. Half that maybe. And thats not getting into the battlepass and other distractions in the game.
-The basic gameplay feels okay to me, at least in the early game its slower. But this is still basically D3 combat. The game feels uncomfortably familiar right away due to the return of so many former abilities from previous games.
-The aesthetic and art style is much better but still has a lot of exaggerated features. Go into the gem shop and the gems on display are bigger than your head. That type of stuff now clashes with some of the area design that is pretty realistic. Far better than D3 overall but not perfect.
-I do like that the bosses require at least a little thought to escape their telegraphed damage. Ashava was kind of fun but I played a rogue and had ranged abilities. Melee is going to require a lot more awareness and skill to not die on these.
-If you're looking for immersion here then don't bother. The more open structure is like a carnival where the icons and circles on the map are all screaming for your attention. You can just grind and roam around but this doesn't feel like a world at all. MMO sidequests everywhere. Defend this pillar or this zone. Directed rewards the whole way through.
-Seeing other players roaming the wilderness was pretty rare. A few times I would help or get helped with side quests or events which was kind of nice.
-Took me maybe four hours to get to level 20. Thats with letting all the dialogue play out and not skipping cut scenes. Lillith is at least interesting but there isn't a major story hook here.
-I probably got fifty or so upgrades and the only one I could feel was one that gave access to a new ability I hadn't selected. Its just constant small upgrades you'll equip and think nothing of. I really don't like this form of itemization.
-There are things you can work towards in the starting region/zone that will be unlocked for every character which is kind of nice. Like additional skill points or another potion use.
-Value is subjective but this is not worth $70 to me. Half that maybe. And thats not getting into the battlepass and other distractions in the game.
I played for about 20 seconds and uninstalled. Couldn't get over the fact that my Sorceress had a butt chin and there was nothing I could do to fix it.
Rapscallion
Literate
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Nothing new under the sun. At max level, it will play exactly like D3.
You mean, who here ISN'T gonna buy it? Would probably narrow it down more, seeing as erribody in the fucking world will be playing this in 3 weeks.
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