Diablo IV - Page 74

On May 18 2023 22:54 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


I thought the only differences were supposed to be that Tier 2 had harder enemies, gave more experience, and dropped higher amounts of gold than in Tier 1? Additional items don't seem to be mentioned until tiers 3, 4, and 5: https://www.gamesradar.com/diablo-4-world-tiers/

On May 18 2023 22:40 Gorsameth wrote:
I fail to see the problem.
So there is an option difficulty for those who want the challenge that doesn't offer increased drop rates.

Why is this a problem?
If you want the challenge you use it, if you don't you don't.

On May 20 2023 01:35 Archeon wrote:

The problem is that for a vocal part of the playerbase ARPGs seem to be grinding simulators where the goal is to get max farming speed per second and while I don't mind that people do this, it's quite annoying that these people cry murder whenever the normal progression isn't the most optimal for that.

On May 20 2023 04:31 andrewlt wrote:


That's partly why I don't play at many multiplayer games nowadays. I find the most vocal segments of the playerbase of most games to be quite obnoxious. I hope Blizzard listens to more than just the noisiest people.

On May 20 2023 07:08 Manit0u wrote:


I think it's part of the culture now, where everyone is suddenly a "gamer" and they have to "game" their games, preferably in a way that they're familiar with so similar or even the same features are being included in all games regardless of their genre etc.

Kinda sad really. When you look at the amount of time and resources that have to be put into a game for it to be a live service with multiple progression systems, cash shop, competitive whatever, seasonal content and such it's staggering. And all for a game that would be perfectly fine as a single player stand-alone game with potential expansions.

Not only does it take more time and effort to do it, there's much higher chance of doing it wrong, almost certain the original idea behind it is going to be lost and bigger pressure for it to do well to recoup all this extra cost (not to mention much higher maintenance costs).

It's madness in my opinion.

On May 20 2023 08:44 andrewlt wrote:
Oh, I don't mind having some live service elements in the games I play. I thought that Civ 6 and Total War: Warhammer, for example, were better served by having constant updates that could only come from having a constant stream of revenue. With that said, the budget and profit expectations are much higher for Diablo 4. Having 4 seasons a year sounds too much though I suppose I'm planning on playing nonseasonal content mostly.

I mean that I don't see why everything has to be turned into a competitive endeavor. Single player games don't need to be balanced. Part of the beauty of something like Total War is that some factions and start positions are harder than others. Multiplayer coop games (and Diablo is firmly in this category) don't need to be as balanced as competitive games. They should fix exploits and nerf clear outliers but some builds having faster optimal farming speeds than others is ok.