That's also across all classes basically. Ultimates have long CDs and don't do enough to warrant a spot. They should ideally be a 7th skill, reserved just for the ultimate, but the game is designed for console first and the gamepads don't have enough buttons. It would have to be 5 skills and 1 reserved for the ultimate. And that would be nerfing everyone, as currently normal skills are more valuable than ults.
What do they mean they don't scale off anything? They scale off your attack power (which is level/gear dependent), off skill level (which is capped, but again, gear can push that cap) and off capstone passives. It scales with everything basically.
Fecking skillful, you are.
Very cool thanks for heads up. I cannot wait (with or without that item). Letting bodies explode for AoE damage is way to cool to let it pass. I'm so going for the Necro.I expect some nerfs on Necro before live, or at least some items related to Necro, but it's basically a very well designed class in every aspect. From looks, itemisation, gameplay, unique mechanics... the lot. It was the most fun class for me to play, even without the things that made it broken in beta. So it will be a blast I'm sure.
The minions were not the problem, they're pretty balanced. Might even need a buff at higher levels.
It was a combination of two skills and a legendary item that made the class broken in the beta tests. Basically your highest damage skill as Necro is Corpse Explosion which makes a corpse explode for high AoE damage. Then there's a defensive skill called Blood Mist which makes you invulnerable to any damage and CC for 3 seconds.
And then they added a legendary item perk which makes Bloody Mist explode nearby corpses while also reducing Blood Mist's cooldown, turning a defensive skill into an offensive skill.
If you configured the rest of your build to create the maximum amount of corpses, you could basically reduce the cooldown enough to stay in Blood Mist all the time during combat. Dealing extremely high AoE damage while taking 0 damage yourself.
Watch a 30 second clip of someone just Misting around and clearing an event.
I expect the item to be removed or changed before live, if they have any sense. But Necro played impressively well even without that.
According to you, what is the best game out there that is similar to DIV?
PoE is the best ARPG I have played, but to be fair to D4 it has many years of (post-release) development as a head start.
So Diablo immortal but on pc?
I guess it'll be a bit more complex and it supposedly won't give you a power level advantage for real life money, but I definitely got DI vibe from it.
Ah, thanks! I wanna get into a game like this, so I think I'll give POE a go
The game has layered game mechanic upon game mechanic for many years, so it only makes sense if you're motivated to spend a lot of time getting up to speed.
This is why Diablo 4 appeals to me. I don't have a lot of time to dedicate to just getting up to speed on a game, unfortunately. I really enjoyed the beta over the weekend, got my character to level 24 and was fully invested in the story, ambience and skill development of the game, without having to overly apply myself.
Didn't play enough to have a firm opinion but had the same impression. Nice production values as you say but pretty run of the mill.
D4 is still going to be a massive time sink though? Just that most of the content will be walk to x to fight a wet noodle. Then walk to y and two-shot 20 mobs to collect some questitems. Then do a dungeon and walk through it 5 times, because you have to kill all the monsters, every last one, before you're allowed to kill the end boss in 10 seconds.
How so? It's extremely easy to get to grips with, you can jump in and out easy enough without feeling like you need a refresher on how things work, you don't need to dedicate loads of time getting up to speed etc. It's a time sink if you want it to be, just like literally any other game is. I also enjoy the content, it obviously doesn't appeal to you.
Because ARPGs are built on character progression which is built on grinding stuff and the beta is already showing us that they will further slow down the gameplay progression loop, for example by making your run around between content or punishing you for leveling up.
That’s just gaming in general.
I'm a casual gamer that'll drop in and out and play with friends. I'm quite content with arsing around between content. There's more than enough to keep me happy for fecking ages and not get bored.
If I could play D2 right now I would.It’s been so long since D3 released but some of the old streamers are still playing it
True, they do fire damage though which not many sorcs are going to be putting skill points/gear into buffing. Fire passives totally suck compared to the other tree's, including the capstone options. It's gunna fall off as more points become available. I imagine the burn mechanic might do well vs tough bosses, but for the other 99% of the game, not so much.
Mostly overblown criticism imo.
I was pretty active during the first few seasons of D3, also in the official forums etc. And when the wizard was pretty shit in the beginning and you could only kite with hydras, orb and that defensive skill that made you survive two hits even if the enemy one shotted you (and every mob did in higher difficulties), people complained non stop that this wasn't hack'n'slay, that their character felt so weak, that Diablo was all about slaughtering countless enemies, etc. I guess you just can't make everybody happy.
Off the top of my head I can think of three that don't (PoE, LE and even D3), so what are the 57 games that make up the other 95%?
I can only judge what I have seen for myself, not what Blizzard may or may not do in the future.
It's fine if people want to only play the campaign, but I speak from a different perspective, because I'm interested in the endgame.
It’s Diablo, the grind is the end game.Off the top of my head I can think of three that don't (PoE, LE and even D3), so what are the 57 games that make up the other 95%?
And "we dumbed down the game to fit it on gamepads, so we can sell more PS5 copies" might make sense economically for Blizzard, but it doesn't make the game any better for me as a user, does it? Other games may not have dozens of buttons to press either, and they don't need to, but D4's template seems especially narrow and static to me.
I can only judge what I have seen for myself, not what Blizzard may or may not do in the future.
It's fine if people want to only play the campaign, but I speak from a different perspective, because I'm interested in the endgame.
Are all grinds the same?
You’re complaining about the game’s final product when your only experience is a beta
As far as I'm aware the endgame is supposed to be nightmare dungeons. I've seen dungeons, they are terrible and least of all, because of numbers tuning.You’re complaining about the game’s final product when your only experience is a beta
Is the whole monetisation aspect settled or official yet? Or is he just reviewing the game independent of that? Sounds promising regardless
Don't know actually, he just mentioned the score he gave it.
Same.
