Diablo IV Interview Summary - Time to Level 100, Paragon Board Details, Post-Launch Updates

Diablo IV Posted 2023/04/12 at 2:07 PM by silec

Game Informer

Post-launch quarterly updates will introduce additional quest lines that tie into the new mechanics and features of each season. Rod Fergusson has clarified on Twitter that these quest lines will not be part of the main campaign but rather introduce new content like seasonal mechanics.

Quarterly content updates will include a new Season Pass. On top of the Free Season Pass, the Premium Season Pass will cost $10. (This information has been around since last December)

The development team revealed two Nightmare Dungeon affixes (also called afflictions in-game): The first one is an invincible pillar of lightning that will chase players throughout the dungeon (we saw an early iteration of this affix back at BlizzCon 2019). The second one is a shade that follows players and, if touched, will obscure their vision and summon additional enemies.

Multiple areas in the world can be affected by Helltides at once and persist for a limited time.

These Helltide zones can include different versions of multiple various Diablo IV boss encounters.

Inven

Account-wide Renown rewards (potion charges, skill points, paragon points, maximum obols) will be reset with the start of a new season.

Blizzard will try to make the experience around collecting Renown feel as non-repetitive as possible.

According to Joe Piepora, bonuses gained from Altars of Lilith will not reset with the start of a new season. (Note: this may be a translation error but could make sense given the fact that these small bonuses would speed up early leveling in new seasons)

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Players can max out the Paragon Board but it will take "a very long time". Depending on playstyle, it might not be something that every player can easily accomplish in a single season.

Through the Paragon Board, the development team wanted to cap progression in Diablo IV instead of having unlimited character progression within or even outside of a season.

The Skill Tree introduces players to make decisions on a skill level. It wants to make sure that players understand the context of how you're building your character.

The Paragon Board, on the other hand, lets players expand upon the build ideas they gathered while making their way through the Skill Tree.

PC Gamer

Diablo IV is an action RPG first. Blizzard is trying to make Sanctuary feel bigger by including local events and players appearing alongside you to help with these events. However, this design approach should feel more organic and not feel like group activities in an MMO.

According to the developers, "everybody is sort of a damage dealer" in Diablo IV. The team doesn't intend to balance different builds based on particular party play (Note: This underlines earlier statements that Diablo IV will not support a "Holy Trinity" MMO-style design approach).

Completing the Season Journey and the Season Pass will take you roughly 80 hours.

Reaching Level 100 could "take a little longer than that based on how you play."

Comment by StoDaBestkkComment by TruocAccount-wide Renown rewards (potion charges, skill points, paragon points, maximum obols) will be reset with the start of a new season.Comment by Preyfarbruh … what is it with blizz and making anoying affixes to #$%^ up players …Comment by Ahriman9210Completing the Season Journey and the Season Pass will take you roughly 80 hours.
Reaching Level 100 could "take a little longer than that based on how you play.
"Comment by zolphinusAccount-wide Renown rewards (potion charges, skill points, paragon points, maximum obols) will be reset with the start of a new season.Comment by HomieeJoCompleting the Season Journey and the Season Pass will take you roughly 80 hours.
Reaching Level 100 could "take a little longer than that based on how you play.
"Comment by tmptfateAccount-wide Renown rewards (potion charges, skill points, paragon points, maximum obols) will be reset with the start of a new season.Comment by VaddAccount-wide Renown rewards (potion charges, skill points, paragon points, maximum obols) will be reset with the start of a new season.Comment by Silk80 hours a season?

Hard pass from me dawg.Comment by Kalocyjim24Account-wide Renown rewards (potion charges, skill points, paragon points, maximum obols) will be reset with the start of a new season.Comment by Kalocyjim24Account-wide Renown rewards (potion charges, skill points, paragon points, maximum obols) will be reset with the start of a new season.Comment by MadjaWhat's even the point of playing if your progress is just going to be reset every 3 months... Keep that stuff on special servers like in D3.

Also having random people pop up in your world doesn't make the world feel bigger. It just ruins immersion.Comment by harulezAccount-wide Renown rewards (potion charges, skill points, paragon points, maximum obols) will be reset with the start of a new season.Comment by maerlimsciWhy import the current cancer in the game industry that is season passes (/vomit) into diablo? This single-handely makes me want to not play what would otherwise be a good gameComment by avatarofshadowi am selecting to be upset now, just in case they actually do something i won't like in the future.Comment by bighardturd"Blizzard will try to make the experience around collecting Renown feel as non-repetitive as possible". They should make it so you only get renown from collectables (altars of lilith) the first time you get them, than you never have to get them again. Than in future seasons every Altar you've found previously could increase renown gain from other sources by 1%. So you'd have less sources to get renown but the sources you do have give a greater amount.Comment by GaddOoo boy these affixes. Any affixes (to me) that forces you to run from something and/or finish the dungeon ASAP comes dangerously close to greater rifts and a playstyle (I find) totally unfun. And these are the ones they chose to reveal ...Comment by LakiOoo boy these affixes. Any affixes (to me) that forces you to run from something and/or finish the dungeon ASAP comes dangerously close to greater rifts and a playstyle (I find) totally unfun. And these are the ones they chose to reveal ...Comment by FeigrReading this I would really like to have a more clear definition on what the game will be like for the large group of players, including myself, who have no interest in engaging with the seasons system and just want to build on the same character for years without starting over.

Will the season features that they add be available to regular players after the fact? I assume so because I think that is how it worked in D3.

Are season character on a completely separate realm with no way to interact with regular players?Comment by IceWolfDKThere is two realm types, seasonal and eternal. Your eternal realm is untouched, you dont get reset in any way.