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Diablo 4 Devs Hint at New Skills & Loot Filter
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2023/05/26 at 10:48 AM
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During a recent Q&A video for
Future Games Show
, Diablo 4 developers, Joseph Piepiora (Associate Game Director) and John Mueller (Art Director) sat down to answer some of the community’s burning questions. While most of this Q&A session covered answers to questions that are already well-known, there were a few new kernels of information that were revealed.
New Skills & Skill Tree Branches planned for Expansions, Not Seasons
Late in the video, the team received the following question:
“Will skill trees be further expanded with new branches/choices for existing abilities in future patches/seasons?”
Associate Game Director, Joseph Piepiora, answers this question by confirming that additional Skills and Branches within the Skill Tree are something that the team is considering for future Expansion releases, rather than additions that will be made as a part of the quarterly Seasons. However, Skill adjustments and changes to the meta will occur on a regular basis as a part of Seasonal Content.
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Possible Loot Filter and Other Quality of Life Features in Later Seasons
Another question compared Diablo 4 to other popular games in the ARPG genre, and asked about the possible addition of a Loot Filter in the future:
“Are D4 devs considering the idea of adding a loot filter like Path of Exile or Last Epoch?”
In response to this question, Joseph Piepiora mentions that while additional Skills will be included in upcoming Expansions, Quality of Life features will be a part of Seasonal Content. So, it is much more likely for us to see a Loot Filter sooner rather than later. Especially if a large portion of the player base or community communicates the desire for this kind of feature. Since Diablo 4 is a live-service game, it is likely that the development team will see this and work on creating this kind of feature.
Lore Reason Behind Lilith's Different Colored Eyes
A final highlight of the Q&A touched on the lore behind Lilith’s eye color:
“Lilith is an interesting villain being that she is both an antagonist but also the tempting ‘Mother of Sanctuary’. How do you craft a villain that is both despised and adored?
Art Director, John Mueller claims that the secret to Lilith’s complexity lies within her eyes. As many Diablo fans have noticed, the Daughter of Hatred actually has two distinctly colored eyes. The Art Director states that Lilith’s blue eye is a representation of her “good” side; the side that wishes to save Sanctuary, and her children - the Nephalem.
With the Early Access launch of Diablo 4 less than a week away, there is so much to look forward to - including Seasons, Expansions, and the overarching storyline of Diablo 4. We can't wait to see you in Sanctuary!
Diablo 4 Launch Guide Preload Available May 30th
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Comment by
Itacolomi
on 2023-05-28T09:53:49-05:00
Sadly this entire interview is staged and the Diablo 4 team is infact answering questions they themself asked. You freeze the video when they bring up the Twitter page from a person asking a "question" The Twitter doesnt exist. None of these questions exist on Twitter.
Wrong, it was not "staged"
Who @#$%ed up was FGS the ones who asked the Devs and not the Devs themselfs.
On 13 of May FGS asked their community to get questions to ask the Diablo 4 team and they didn't got any replies, so they made up the questions and clearly they didn't told D4 team.
But i am sure you will never gonna read this and be "sorry" to follow blind Asmon and other streamers that run just on hate hype over Blizz.
Lol i found out before Asmon's videos even hit youtube. But ok. Why should i apologize for something Blizzard couldnt do themselves?
*Pikachu Face*
Comment by
Freestyle80
on 2023-05-29T09:48:10-05:00
No new content at all for a season, those are expansion only. Sounds sus. Thats what we got with D3
its so easy to tell you read this article with the sole intention of finding something to complain about lmao
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