Diablo IV Developer Interview - No Region Lock, New Classes, Story Skips

Diablo IV Posted 2022/12/07 at 12:45 PM by Tharid

No Region Lock in Diablo IVAspects of Diablo II and Diablo III in Diablo IV“Locking in” Character ProgressionBalance between Progression through Power and SkillDiablo IV's Lessons Learned from other Diablo TitlesJoe Shely’s Role as Game Director of Diablo IVSkipping the Story in Diablo IVDiablo IV’s Open-World StructureDiablo IV Breaking New Genre GroundsNew Classes in Diablo IVConcerns regarding Backwards Compatibility on Older ConsolesPlayer Count in Diablo IV's Open WorldGameplay Pacing in Diablo IVCharacter Creation in Diablo IVDiablo IV Skill Trees and Class FantasyCross-Over Skins and Cosmetics in Diablo IV

Comment by KyokokukamusariHmm like what i read can't wait to actually play itComment by rezzykAll this Diablo IV news today. They are definitely announcing preorders during the Game Awards tomorrow aren’t they. The last thing from that 100% accurate leaked list.Comment by Setsuna665im expecting to have to remake my character probably 3 times to get the build how i want it with them wanting spec builds to be more permanent. +skills items means i most likely have to get lucky with drops if i want to see various abilities before i pick them and i prefer to see and tryout everything before i pick stuff usually. on the upside im looking forward to seeing how druid is going to beComment by Naughtynurse01Hasn’t blizzard learned by now that most players don’t seem to want the “make meaningful choices”? That failed miserably in Shadowlands, do they really think it will work in another title from them. No one likes to be stuck, or super hard/expensive, to change if they don’t like what they did, and we all know that blizzard will make constant and massive changes to things making what you’re doing now worthless and needing to change or completely make another character and start over.

Idk, maybe it will work in an aarpg . Unlikely though imo.Comment by immoralsoulHasn’t blizzard learned by now that most players don’t seem to want the “make meaningful choices”? That failed miserably in Shadowlands, do they really think it will work in another title from them. No one likes to be stuck, or super hard/expensive, to change if they don’t like what they did, and we all know that blizzard will make constant and massive changes to things making what you’re doing now worthless and needing to change or completely make another character and start over.

Idk, maybe it will work in an aarpg . Unlikely though imo.Comment by StormfuseI hope this time the game will last longer. I detest when we can just rush thru. It feels undeveloped. Like Diablo 3.Comment by Naughtynurse01Most of the popular ARPGs push back on just changing spec willy nilly. They either charge you a currency (like PoE or DIV will) or the make you relevel skills, or a combination of the two

On phone and couldn’t actually quote this.

Yea, I play PoE, regret orbs are plentiful tho. Well used to be more so, but swapping in PoE is overall super easy. My point was the devs of D4 are saying they want the choices you make to matter, with blizzard that means some sort of hard wall to making changes long term. Maybe I am reading into it wrong, but this doesn’t sound like a “get some orb of regrets and respec all your points” kinda push back. I personally hate being hard locked into a spec progression in an arpg since things change so rapidly.Comment by DahhakaBeing able to skip the campaign is massive. One the reasons I can't stomach PoE leagues; redoing the story makes me want to blow my brains out.Comment by SandlingWhat does no region lock mean? In wow u can also play on whatever region u want. Will it be like RuneScape?Comment by SquishyyCan we change that "lower" amount of players we see in world to 0. Thanks. This is diablo not an mmo, diablo immortal felt terrible seeing all those people running around massacring any spawns in sight.Comment by immoralsoulMost of the popular ARPGs push back on just changing spec willy nilly. They either charge you a currency (like PoE or DIV will) or the make you relevel skills, or a combination of the two

On phone and couldn’t actually quote this.

Yea, I play PoE, regret orbs are plentiful tho. Well used to be more so, but swapping in PoE is overall super easy. My point was the devs of D4 are saying they want the choices you make to matter, with blizzard that means some sort of hard wall to making changes long term. Maybe I am reading into it wrong, but this doesn’t sound like a “get some orb of regrets and respec all your points” kinda push back. I personally hate being hard locked into a spec progression in an arpg since things change so rapidly.Comment by adscottRogue isn't a new class, they were playable in Diablo I along with the Sorcerer and Warrior.
The same Rogue is in D2 as Blood Raven.Comment by StardriftNo region lock is a skip for me. Being unable to communicate and coordinate with randoms and see people rubberband everywhere just ain't good for a game like this.Comment by StardriftCan we change that "lower" amount of players we see in world to 0. Thanks. This is diablo not an mmo, diablo immortal felt terrible seeing all those people running around massacring any spawns in sight.Comment by MannialaCan we change that "lower" amount of players we see in world to 0. Thanks. This is diablo not an mmo, diablo immortal felt terrible seeing all those people running around massacring any spawns in sight.Comment by DreadmureI really hope D4 gameplay will be a bit slower than D3. Not like slashing 300mobs in a secondComment by PlatypusHoboWhat does no region lock mean? In wow u can also play on whatever region u want. Will it be like RuneScape?