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| 978s | I have to say it just went way beyond my |
| 981s | expectation it's like nothing that we |
| 984s | had in D4 pure hatred their misto army |
| 988s | they wanted them to feel a little bit |
| 989s | bit more different from your typical |
| 991s | demon family everyone's quality was |
| 993s | top-notch but at the time we didn't know |
| 996s | if it was going to work I think where we |
| 997s | landed is is going to turn some heads |
| 1000s | this is not your normal thing it's it's |
| 1002s | the living form of |
| 1011s | hatred the new monster class that we |
| 1014s | could to introduce they're called |
| 1015s | Hollows these Hollows have actually been |
| 1018s | around for like Millen |
| 1020s | Mesto at some point did go to nantu a |
| 1023s | long long long time ago and these |
| 1025s | Hollows were a reaction of Mesto being |
| 1029s | in nantu at the time and then they went |
| 1033s | dormant bringing Mesto in the Soul Stone |
| 1038s | um seems like the right thing to do for |
| 1041s | Nao but it has a chain reaction that I |
| 1045s | don't think anybody was prepared for |
| 1049s | the hollows are really Rife throughout |
| 1052s | the hantu now that misto is back and |
| 1055s | just visually like horribly disgusting |
| 1058s | and sort of made up of the things that |
| 1060s | have been consumed by the hollows yeah |
| 1063s | they're an extension of evil infecting |
| 1066s | wildlife and other monsters and people |
| 1069s | with this thing called ier and they're |
| 1071s | just sort of going |
| 1074s | mad when we're designing the hollows the |
| 1078s | the main thing that that we wanted to |
| 1080s | push was just if if hatred came to life |
| 1084s | what would it look like so we were |
| 1086s | thinking this black goo that's kind of |
| 1089s | like formless but also have this red |
| 1093s | anger energy inside of it and then with |
| 1096s | Concept we just want to make you know |
| 1098s | cool monsters what if it's three legs |
| 1101s | what if it's no legs what if it has like |
| 1102s | three arms so we pushed a lot of like |
| 1105s | options and exploration and then from |
| 1108s | then on like everyone from narrative to |
| 1110s | design and concept would talk about and |
| 1112s | like okay we like this one and then we |
| 1114s | can push it and move |
| 1118s | further the hollow family is made up of |
| 1120s | four members the swarmer the spitter the |
| 1124s | caster and the |
| 1126s | brutes a big thing for me was that the |
| 1129s | family need to be overwhelming without |
| 1132s | just relying on pure number so they're |
| 1134s | going to get stronger over time if you |
| 1135s | let them Fester their their their hatred |
| 1138s | after all the swarmer can teleport and |
| 1141s | attack you from behind sides the spitter |
| 1145s | is a slug with legs they spew out this |
| 1148s | vit stream of Goo root is the big |
| 1152s | hulking slow guy of the family he has |
| 1154s | the shields that's buffing and making |
| 1156s | the rest of the Army stronger Caster is |
| 1158s | responsible for creating new swarmers |
| 1161s | they also will Channel onto a specific |
| 1163s | Hollow and view them with extra hatred |
| 1166s | makes them stronger and more deadly the |
| 1169s | Holter Ro serve as a elegant hovering |
| 1173s | yet maning ding character in a game |
| 1176s | really informed many of our design ideas |
| 1179s | when we want to make a new variant we |
| 1182s | want to know in which specific area we |
| 1186s | were going to see that character or |
| 1188s | creature readability is like the main |
| 1191s | focus went through several iteration on |
| 1193s | the design the texture the materials and |
| 1196s | the camera testing the day after she |
| 1198s | gave like what was 10 different |
| 1201s | variations I was okay now we are talking |
| 1205s | the emission on the spikes really like |
| 1209s | did an awesome job uh to boast on the |
| 1212s | the cat and also to improve the |
| 1215s | readability and in the end way have the |
| 1218s | version that we were both happy with and |
| 1221s | yeah hand it over to the tech |
| 1225s | artist we had some really strong |
| 1227s | narrative Direction in understanding how |
| 1230s | big of a role hatred played and we knew |
| 1233s | that we needed one look to tie it all |
| 1236s | together this hatred has one source and |
| 1238s | it's all it's all about Mesto for the |
| 1241s | hollow specifically we identified that |
| 1243s | we wanted to do some special work with |
| 1246s | the materials with the shaders for those |
| 1248s | characters shaders are the code that |
| 1251s | runs on the GPU that takes in all sorts |
| 1255s | of inputs like textures and lighting and |
| 1257s | position and outputs what the object's |
| 1260s | surface is supposed to look like we |
| 1262s | wanted a Shader that was capable of |
| 1265s | adding this sludge layer this hatred |
| 1267s | layer over top of it and making it |
| 1269s | Dynamic and animating so that it really |
| 1271s | looks like it was constantly undulating |
| 1273s | or ring so once we had this Shader |
| 1276s | function we were able to kind of apply |
| 1279s | that in all these different contexts |
| 1281s | like the monsters like the environment |
| 1283s | the character armors even most of the |
| 1285s | Shader work was done by Alex who really |
| 1288s | took the Shader function and made it |
| 1290s | work in all sorts of different contexts |
| 1293s | and we also have the hatred add-ons to |
| 1296s | these characters these tentacles these |
| 1298s | ring hatred growths all over them which |
| 1301s | was a procedurally generated process |
| 1303s | that was largely run by Sky on our |
| 1307s | team the hollow's boss was kind of born |
| 1310s | of this idea of what does a pinnical |
| 1313s | hollow really look like we have the |
| 1315s | hollow family um and that was pretty |
| 1317s | well defined by the time that the |
| 1319s | hollow's boss kind of came up for |
| 1321s | concepting our artist Victor had a had a |
| 1323s | lot of cool ideas for horror themes and |
| 1327s | really wanting to push visuals with |
| 1328s | contortions and like breaking the neck |
| 1330s | of this monster all over the place |
| 1332s | that's where we had the option to go |
| 1334s | like can we push it and really get that |
| 1337s | idea of what hatred and the hollows are |
| 1339s | all about this Inky black acre that |
| 1343s | latched on to a once powerful |
| 1346s | spellcaster it was such a great source |
| 1348s | of power or that this particular Hollows |
| 1351s | monster turned into the Priestess of |
| 1367s | hatred camera |
| 1370s | settle um I'm Victor Lee a principal |
| 1373s | concept artist on the uh Diablo team and |
| 1376s | I concepted the priess of hatred |
| 1379s | Victor Le is one of the ogs from Diablo |
| 1383s | and he's known for creating a lot of |
| 1386s | dark imagery and every time we want to |
| 1389s | have a monster or boss he's he's done |
| 1391s | all the greats even Diablo himself one |
| 1394s | of his monitors on on the side of his |
| 1397s | desk is just like a dark black eye |
| 1399s | staring at him and so when when we |
| 1402s | needed something that's pure Darkness |
| 1405s | like we had to tap |
| 1407s | Vic I feel like when we're talking about |
| 1410s | hatred I kind of Imagine visualize it as |
| 1413s | like a black Webby like thing so I |
| 1416s | thought a spider |
| 1418s | configuration would work for this so I |
| 1421s | did a few variations some with um Souls |
| 1426s | human Souls trapped in the abdomen it's |
| 1428s | like a Purgatory because this creature |
| 1430s | consumes |
| 1432s | humans I have this nagging feeling for a |
| 1434s | long time that why I felt it's not |
| 1437s | working no matter how interesting the |
| 1440s | design |
| 1441s | is I'm not pushing the boundaries so I |
| 1446s | basically rethought the whole |
| 1449s | thing a lot of our creatures are just |
| 1451s | like raw aggression it's just muscly and |
| 1455s | and just brutal maybe this one is more |
| 1459s | Insidious what if the human figure is |
| 1462s | not controlling the hatred but it's the |
| 1464s | other way around like the hatred is |
| 1466s | actually |
| 1469s | mocking Humanity it's like dragging a |
| 1472s | puppet around so what I did is I kept |
| 1476s | the human figure as a focal point but |
| 1479s | the rest of the creature is this moving |
| 1481s | mass of basically a ball of |
| 1486s | hatred it broke a lot of rules but I |
| 1490s | felt I just felt like this just fits um |
| 1493s | so I went ahead with it and rendered it |
| 1495s | out |
| 1503s | I was looking at the concept for the |
| 1506s | first time with the designer on the |
| 1508s | feature Charles and we were kind of in |
| 1510s | this stunned silence for a little bit |
| 1512s | because it was this reaction of this |
| 1514s | thing is so cool and then we started |
| 1518s | thinking how are we even going to make |
| 1520s | this thing |
| 1522s | move typically our monsters are bipedal |
| 1525s | or they're quadrip heads how is it going |
| 1527s | to move we can't realize on walk Cycles |
| 1529s | anymore how's it going to rotate we |
| 1531s | can't rely on you know the built-in |
| 1533s | rotation stuff without it looking weird |
| 1534s | as hell it was clear that in order to |
| 1537s | make this like animate and look natural |
| 1539s | we were going to have to pretty much |
| 1541s | dive into Uncharted |
| 1543s | Territory we wanted it to move in a very |
| 1546s | unique way we wanted it to somersault |
| 1548s | through the air and be super |
| 1549s | unpredictable and Zippy and just have |
| 1551s | like ridiculous animations as those |
| 1554s | tentacles are flying all over the place |
| 1556s | we had that narrative and kind of drive |
| 1558s | to make get formless and with our |
| 1561s | conventional rigging that we can do that |
| 1563s | we were doing prototyping before the |
| 1565s | feature even kicked off like we were |
| 1567s | already meeting with animation and Tech |
| 1569s | art to say hey we have this thing we |
| 1571s | think it's really cool but we need help |
| 1573s | figuring this out so we had a lot of |
| 1575s | early collaboration which was really |
| 1577s | what set us up for Success when the |
| 1579s | animator came back with it going from |
| 1581s | post to post rather than your normal |
| 1583s | animations I like yes that's it that's |
| 1586s | what hatred should feel like |
| 1591s | when you first find the Priestess of |
| 1592s | patriot it's going to look like a |
| 1595s | lifeless human corpse and you're like |
| 1598s | this is doesn't look like a boss fight |
| 1600s | I'm in a Boss Arena what's going on but |
| 1602s | as you approach you see that the body |
| 1604s | gets pulled into a giant pool of patriot |
| 1606s | and then out of that pool of patriot |
| 1608s | comes this giant mass of tentacles and |
| 1611s | that is the |
| 1612s | boss so after animation it gets to come |
| 1615s | to me and I get to do all of the really |
| 1618s | cool VIs visual effects at the end show |
| 1620s | what those tentacles are doing when they |
| 1622s | impact the ground when they slap |
| 1624s | something when they hit the player it |
| 1626s | really brings the entire thing |
| 1631s | together the vomit attack is really |
| 1634s | gross because there's like this uh part |
| 1637s | of the Torso of the humanoid that has |
| 1640s | been kind of hollowed out and now has |
| 1643s | teeth the tentacles come out from the |
| 1645s | mass and they grab the the humanoid and |
| 1648s | kind kind of pull the body back so that |
| 1650s | the slit in the belly opens up and all |
| 1653s | of the hatred just pours out a straight |
| 1655s | beam it's it's pretty |
| 1658s | gross the hollows are just such a unique |
| 1662s | family from the moment they spawn in on |
| 1664s | your screen you can tell that they are |
| 1666s | different they have just such unique |
| 1668s | behaviors and animations we were able to |
| 1672s | execute on a vision that's really just |
| 1673s | so different than what we typically do |
| 1675s | the whole process like me feel very |
| 1677s | proud of um our whole team everyone just |
| 1680s | got it they understood what the Monster |
| 1682s | was they got the vision and it just |
| 1691s | worked the eye on the screen has many |
| 1694s | functions it keeps me in the right frame |
| 1698s | of mind um what we're doing is dark it |
| 1703s | should be horrifying I should feel the |
| 1705s | fear while I'm doing it um is a reminder |
| 1709s | of that the eye also serves |
| 1714s | as uh a warning like get moving don't |
| 1718s | dwell too long and and wander around you |
| 1721s | know get this thing |
| 1723s | moving get the work done |
| 1734s | [Music] |
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| 1745s | hello I'm just I'm just like shuffling |
| 1748s | papers trying to grab something really |
| 1749s | quickly uh welcome to another Diablo 4 |
| 1751s | campfire chat my name is Adam Fletcher |
| 1753s | of course I'm joined by two familiar |
| 1755s | faces on our campfire chats we have Mr |
| 1756s | Adam Jackson Mr Colin finer hello |
| 1759s | everyone it's been a little while since |
| 1761s | we've seen everyone uh we obviously lots |
| 1764s | of have has changed since our last |
| 1766s | stream uh we ended up launching vle of |
| 1768s | hatred which is really awesome to see |
| 1770s | tons of players online checking out all |
| 1773s | the new features within Diablo I and of |
| 1775s | course uh the spirit born as well uh |
| 1777s | we've been hearing a lot about this s |
| 1779s | more seems seems a little uh obvious and |
| 1784s | yeah awesome and we right it's too weak |
| 1787s | that's that's apparently what we most |
| 1790s | definitely heard but uh no it is uh it |
| 1794s | is little strong and we've heard that |
| 1795s | from a lot of people we'll be talking |
| 1797s | about that a little bit today um but |
| 1799s | first before we do jump in I I do want |
| 1801s | to um talk about uh some plans upcoming |
| 1804s | plans that we have uh for streams |
| 1806s | obviously we're doing this stream right |
| 1807s | now for the mid-season update uh the |
| 1809s | mid-season update is actually currently |
| 1811s | scheduled to release next week um we |
| 1814s | won't have patch notes immediately after |
| 1816s | this stream as you know we're doing the |
| 1817s | stream on a Tuesday which is a little |
| 1819s | bit of a different day for us uh we |
| 1821s | typically end up doing these streams |
| 1823s | later in the week when we do release |
| 1824s | those patch notes but you will have |
| 1825s | patch notes later this week uh we just |
| 1827s | need to get them through localization |
| 1829s | make sure everyone sees them and we get |
| 1831s | through uh we get all the final changes |
| 1833s | in them before uh we actually do release |
| 1835s | them but you will have the final patch |
| 1837s | notes for mid-season update later this |
| 1839s | week and then uh again mid-season update |
| 1841s | next week we will be back next week for |
| 1844s | another Stream So back toback weeks for |
| 1847s | streams lots of streams coming up so |
| 1849s | this one's going to be a pretty quick |
| 1851s | one to go over midseason update and then |
| 1853s | next week we're actually going to talk |
| 1855s | about the season 7 PTR uh we |
| 1859s | and I should actually call it patch 2.1 |
| 1861s | PTR is is specifically the name of it um |
| 1865s | we're going to be talking about all the |
| 1866s | changes that are coming with patch 2.1 |
| 1868s | uh that stream is also going to be a |
| 1871s | little earlier than when PTR is planning |
| 1874s | on actually starting that's only because |
| 1876s | for those here in the US that are aware |
| 1878s | of it uh the Thanksgiving holiday is |
| 1880s | coming up towards the end of November uh |
| 1882s | and we uh won't have people in the |
| 1884s | office so we want to make sure that we |
| 1886s | can do the stream a little early and get |
| 1888s | and talk to everyone about uh the patch |
| 1891s | 2.1 PTR uh before the end of the month |
| 1894s | uh PTR itself will will is planning on |
| 1897s | starting after the holidays it's uh or |
| 1900s | after that that Thanksgiving holiday in |
| 1901s | the US and then for uh the notes |
| 1905s | regarding PTR will have that before the |
| 1907s | holidays so everyone to who at least in |
| 1910s | the US they they they they can eat |
| 1912s | turkey read patch notes and then |
| 1915s | elsewhere they can just read patch notes |
| 1919s | and so uh we have a lot of stuff coming |
| 1921s | up uh and a lot to talk about but uh |
| 1924s | before you know we we do get towards um |
| 1927s | some of the other items I know Colin uh |
| 1929s | you want to talk a little bit about |
| 1931s | where we're at with with D4 at the |
| 1933s | moment yeah absolutely so um I I'll try |
| 1936s | and keep it short and sweet uh for the |
| 1938s | midseason uh we actually think I just |
| 1940s | wanted to talk a little bit about how we |
| 1942s | think about the game currently you know |
| 1943s | we've changed a lot over the past year |
| 1945s | we've changed itemization we've changed |
| 1947s | all of the progression |
| 1949s | and generally I think um you know we've |
| 1950s | seen a ton of positive feedback around a |
| 1953s | lot of the progression changes made in |
| 1954s | X1 which is fantastic we're really |
| 1956s | excited to make a lot of these changes I |
| 1958s | think it's hit a lot of the goals in |
| 1960s | terms of opening up what builds you can |
| 1962s | actually play and experience a lot of |
| 1963s | the end game which is great of course |
| 1965s | there's you know Spirit born kicking ass |
| 1967s | and pit tier 150 but like uh otherwise |
| 1970s | there's a lot of builds that sort of can |
| 1972s | cut it in the endgame starting in |
| 1973s | tournament one um and I think that's |
| 1975s | been super like uh sort of successful |
| 1977s | for us |
| 1978s | um and I also think like a lot of the |
| 1981s | sort of itemization changes uh we made |
| 1983s | in terms of ancestral items we think |
| 1985s | that like they're a little bit on the |
| 1986s | low side we'll talk a little bit more um |
| 1988s | next week in the PTR in terms of buffing |
| 1990s | those um but we think like it's actually |
| 1992s | pretty cool that there's those Chase |
| 1993s | items that people are looking for um and |
| 1996s | I think just generally we're pretty |
| 1997s | happy with how a lot of the things |
| 1999s | landed and right now we're sort of |
| 2000s | taking a step back and seeing okay now |
| 2002s | that we've made a lot of these changes |
| 2004s | what are the more iterative steps we're |
| 2005s | going to take in the next year in terms |
| 2007s | of like tightening up a lot of things um |
| 2009s | you know full disclosure I think we |
| 2011s | missed the mark a little bit on material |
| 2012s | tuning and things like that so we're had |
| 2014s | to do a couple updates on material just |
| 2018s | a couple so so we're really looking at |
| 2020s | tightening up a lot of those things and |
| 2022s | sort of make uh sort of making more |
| 2023s | iterative um changes to the overall |
| 2025s | progression of the game and we hope that |
| 2027s | that creates some more stability um and |
| 2029s | that sort of lets us you know sort of uh |
| 2031s | put more time and focus on like balance |
| 2033s | and and adding more things and and um |
| 2035s | sort of leveling up the game in that |
| 2037s | sort of way yeah just thinking back a |
| 2039s | year ago like so much has changed in our |
| 2042s | systems right like we have we did all of |
| 2043s | our combat math over again we changed |
| 2045s | resistances we changed uh how loot drops |
| 2048s | and you know the whole upgrade system |
| 2050s | there in season 4 unique's got a big |
| 2052s | overhaul like there's been so much |
| 2055s | change in things I'm I'm looking forward |
| 2056s | to having a chance for things to kind of |
| 2057s | settle down and we can fine-tune and |
| 2060s | refine the existing systems that we have |
| 2062s | now that we have so many ways of |
| 2063s | progressing your character making |
| 2064s | yourself stronger um and I think there's |
| 2066s | a lot of room for improvement inside of |
| 2068s | these systems to make them kind of |
| 2069s | better which I know people have been |
| 2070s | requesting a lot so we're looking |
| 2071s | forward to that yeah yeah it's really |
| 2073s | about refining what we currently have we |
| 2075s | feel like the structure is really strong |
| 2077s | right now yeah most definitely and I |
| 2078s | know um with with this mid-season update |
| 2082s | um we of course the biggest topic that |
| 2084s | we've been hearing a lot is around class |
| 2085s | balance uh specifically around like |
| 2088s | Spirit born right now and how it is |
| 2089s | performing very well compared to some of |
| 2091s | the the other classes and so Mr Adam |
| 2093s | Jackson I know you wanted to talk a |
| 2095s | little bit about some of the uh class |
| 2096s | balance yeah let's talk about class we |
| 2098s | got a lot to go over today so first uh |
| 2101s | just to give an overview of kind of what |
| 2102s | I'm going to talk about uh first we're |
| 2104s | going to talk a little bit about kind of |
| 2105s | the state of season 6 and kind of how we |
| 2107s | see things and how things are going and |
| 2109s | then we're going to give you a preview |
| 2111s | of some of the changes that we're going |
| 2112s | to be doing for all the classes uh |
| 2114s | normal disclaimer here you know we're |
| 2116s | not going to be covering everything that |
| 2117s | we're going to do here in the patch |
| 2118s | there going be a lot more notes than |
| 2119s | what I'm showing today but just to kind |
| 2121s | of give you an idea of what's coming for |
| 2123s | each class and kind of what you can look |
| 2124s | forward |
| 2125s | to so yeah the current state of season |
| 2128s | six so uh you know a whole lot of people |
| 2130s | are enjoying the spirit born uh I think |
| 2132s | this class has been really successful |
| 2134s | you know we've been hearing that it's a |
| 2135s | lot of fun people are really liking kind |
| 2136s | of the way that you build the way that |
| 2138s | you play and just the class in general |
| 2140s | which is really gratifying for the |
| 2142s | team uh just for some stats here uh 62% |
| 2146s | of all players have played the spirit |
| 2147s | boorn so you know when you think you |
| 2149s | know there's six classes in the game now |
| 2151s | and 62% of people are playing it you |
| 2153s | know that's that's kind of a lot of love |
| 2155s | for the class which is pretty exciting |
| 2156s | to see and to give you a a basis of |
| 2158s | comparison here um the Sorceress in |
| 2161s | season 5 was the most played class and |
| 2164s | she was at |
| 2165s | 32% so you know give you an idea that |
| 2168s | was you know Lightning Spear meta and |
| 2170s | you know this class was really really |
| 2171s | good A lot of people had fun and so you |
| 2173s | can kind of compare there of just how |
| 2175s | many people kind of logged into the |
| 2176s | expansion and enjoyed that so that's |
| 2179s | pretty exciting yeah just a few |
| 2181s | right um yeah so kind of the state of |
| 2184s | the game you know the spirit born is |
| 2186s | performing quite a bit better than other |
| 2187s | class es which we want to dig deep you |
| 2189s | know do a little bit of a deep dive into |
| 2191s | how and why and how we think about |
| 2193s | it uh largely a big culprit of this is |
| 2196s | actually due to unintended interactions |
| 2198s | that the class has with how some things |
| 2199s | scale and and other issues um but then |
| 2202s | there's also another component that |
| 2203s | there are some balance issues with the |
| 2205s | class itself and so it's pretty easy to |
| 2207s | conflate these two and be like well how |
| 2208s | much of the power is due to like you |
| 2210s | know bugs or unintended interactions and |
| 2211s | how much of it is just some things have |
| 2213s | high numbers we do think it's a bit of |
| 2215s | both but uh the unintended interactions |
| 2217s | I think think are the Lion Share of of |
| 2219s | what's going on |
| 2221s | here um but on the bright side the other |
| 2223s | classes are actually performing fairly |
| 2225s | well when compared to one another so if |
| 2227s | you look at you know Barbarian compared |
| 2228s | to Necromancer or Druid compared to |
| 2230s | sorceress they're actually pretty close |
| 2232s | and competitive when we see like pit |
| 2234s | tier clears and and other content how |
| 2236s | they're doing um which is a really good |
| 2238s | sign for |
| 2240s | us so when we're thinking of kind of |
| 2243s | what we're going to do going forward and |
| 2244s | how we balance the game there's kind of |
| 2245s | two really statements that we need to |
| 2247s | think about when it it comes to |
| 2248s | balance uh the first one that's really |
| 2251s | important is we want players to feel |
| 2253s | strong and powerful and to kind of feel |
| 2254s | like they can break the game and find |
| 2256s | these crazy builds and do awesome things |
| 2258s | with and then on the other side of the |
| 2260s | coin we also want kind of you know class |
| 2262s | balance and parity when it comes to |
| 2263s | their power level with one another right |
| 2266s | um you know we don't want a situation |
| 2267s | that exists for a really long time where |
| 2269s | you know the only answer is to play |
| 2270s | Barbarian for example compared to |
| 2272s | everything else and that's all that you |
| 2273s | kind of be pushed into |
| 2275s | playing so these two things are kind of |
| 2278s | odds with one another and we've kind of |
| 2279s | gone back and forth on our strategies |
| 2281s | here if you remember back when we |
| 2282s | launched Diablo 4 uh we really actually |
| 2285s | prioritized class parody and Harmony |
| 2287s | over you know everything else over the |
| 2290s | power fantasy of the game and what this |
| 2293s | resulted in was every time that someone |
| 2294s | found a build that was really strong and |
| 2296s | crazy we just kind of would fix the bugs |
| 2299s | or Nerf the build and we ended up kind |
| 2300s | of playing whack-a-mole every time that |
| 2302s | players found something cool and it |
| 2304s | ended up being that blizzard kind of |
| 2306s | turned into the fun police which players |
| 2308s | really didn't like we got a pretty big |
| 2309s | reaction at the end of the launch period |
| 2311s | and into season 1 when we tried to only |
| 2313s | think about class parody over kind of |
| 2316s | the power fantasy of Diablo and in |
| 2318s | season two we we kind of really turned |
| 2320s | things around in the way that we thought |
| 2321s | about the game and we really prioritized |
| 2323s | you know power fantasy and this idea |
| 2325s | that our players kind of want to break |
| 2326s | the game and be crazy uh the big shining |
| 2329s | example there was ball lightning for you |
| 2331s | sorceress Mains um where that skill you |
| 2333s | know had an unintended interaction it |
| 2335s | was really really good but players |
| 2337s | really liked it and had a lot of fun and |
| 2339s | so if you remember a long time ago we |
| 2341s | came on live stream and we talked about |
| 2343s | this and we kind of said that we were |
| 2345s | going to allow players to kind of break |
| 2347s | the game in this way until the next |
| 2348s | season right um there are some |
| 2351s | exceptions that we'll make where we'll |
| 2352s | fix things in the mid-season if it's |
| 2353s | impacting like the performance of the |
| 2355s | game or the experience of other players |
| 2356s | like if your build is causing a bunch of |
| 2358s | lag or something then we'll fix it right |
| 2360s | away I think in season 6 we had this |
| 2362s | example with the evade build with Spirit |
| 2364s | born um but overall players really like |
| 2366s | this strategy a whole lot more right um |
| 2369s | they got to enjoy this kind of uh the |
| 2371s | point of playing args and Diablo in |
| 2374s | particular of really making a powerful |
| 2375s | character and being able to to smash |
| 2377s | faces with it right yeah and the sort of |
| 2380s | philosophy here is sort of goes even |
| 2382s | Beyond classes right if you remember in |
| 2384s | season 1 we were just nerfing every |
| 2386s | dungeon that was to perform in and like |
| 2388s | any anytime like there was content that |
| 2390s | was like a little bit out of budget we'd |
| 2392s | Nerf it um so it's really about sort of |
| 2394s | establishing a trust with you the player |
| 2396s | during that season and not trying to |
| 2398s | sort of um force you to exploit the fun |
| 2400s | early and often and um it's really about |
| 2402s | sort of making sure that when you play a |
| 2404s | season you know that that season is |
| 2406s | going to work the same throughout the |
| 2407s | season and we're not going to change |
| 2408s | things Midway on you yeah I think |
| 2411s | another factor to think about too is |
| 2412s | that now that we've added a lot of |
| 2413s | progression like tempering and |
| 2414s | masterworking that there's a lot of time |
| 2416s | investment that goes into making a build |
| 2417s | even if you know something that you know |
| 2419s | might be unintended but it's really |
| 2421s | really good and crazy and you spend you |
| 2422s | know 40 plus 100 hours whatever making |
| 2425s | it and then if we kind of pull the rug |
| 2426s | out from under you uh it's worrisome to |
| 2429s | do that to players I think in the middle |
| 2431s | of a season it's all about respecting |
| 2432s | your time right yeah um so in that in |
| 2436s | that vein um we are not planning to Nerf |
| 2439s | the spirit born in the mid-season patch |
| 2440s | which I think is the thing that's on |
| 2441s | everybody's mind like is Blizzard going |
| 2443s | to do it and we've decided that we think |
| 2445s | it's best for the game to not do it in |
| 2447s | the |
| 2448s | midseason so uh in season 7 and we'll be |
| 2452s | talking about this a little more in the |
| 2453s | live stream next week we are going to be |
| 2455s | fixing all the unintended interactions |
| 2456s | that we found with born will also be |
| 2458s | making balance adjustments to bring them |
| 2460s | in line with the other classes so you |
| 2462s | can expect a lot of change there but |
| 2464s | until then you know enjoy what you've |
| 2466s | got now uh while it's there I think it's |
| 2469s | worth digging into the unintended |
| 2471s | interactions part too right because it's |
| 2473s | not necessarily like you picked one |
| 2475s | legendary Paragon node and now your |
| 2477s | build is ridiculous right it's like |
| 2479s | you're you're sort of you know for lack |
| 2481s | of a better word abusing some of the |
| 2482s | mechanics right if if we know you know |
| 2484s | viscus Shield is scaling off of Max HP |
| 2487s | players of for tons of time and effort |
| 2488s | trying to Max Masterwork their Max life |
| 2491s | and getting all the perfect tempers and |
| 2493s | item affixes um we don't want to take |
| 2495s | that away from you right that's not |
| 2496s | something that we're trying to |
| 2498s | necessarily destroy all the time |
| 2499s | commitment you put into your character |
| 2501s | by fixing these things so it's not as |
| 2502s | simple as just fix the unintended |
| 2504s | interaction right but but just |
| 2506s | reiterating it is a those unintended |
| 2509s | interactions are things that we will |
| 2510s | look at when we get to season 7 and we |
| 2513s | start off with season 7 so and obviously |
| 2516s | with mid-season update enjoy enjoy |
| 2518s | through season 6 but come season 7 and |
| 2520s | you'll see a preview of the of some of |
| 2522s | these changes with season 7 in our PTR |
| 2524s | stream next week uh you'll see some of |
| 2526s | the the the changes that we plan on yeah |
| 2528s | there's a lot coming there but you this |
| 2529s | isn't about |
| 2531s | that there's a lot coming there for |
| 2533s | everybody that'll be really exciting |
| 2536s | but but yeah so um but the caveat to all |
| 2539s | this is if something does come up that |
| 2541s | impacts other players um in regards to |
| 2542s | the game's performance or you're causing |
| 2544s | lag for the server or whatever we will |
| 2546s | be fixing those types of |
| 2548s | interactions uh as soon as possible like |
| 2550s | the evade build is our example right we |
| 2552s | will fix those right away because we |
| 2553s | want to make sure that the game is you |
| 2554s | know performant for |
| 2556s | everybody so in the midseason though we |
| 2559s | are going to be buffing all the other |
| 2560s | classes in the midseason patch but I |
| 2562s | want to cave out this a little bit with |
| 2564s | it's not going to be to the level of |
| 2566s | spirit born right now because a lot of |
| 2568s | that power is due to bugs and unintended |
| 2571s | things so we're really going to be |
| 2572s | buffing the classes uh to have more |
| 2574s | parity and harmony with each other but |
| 2576s | then also to kind of where we plan to |
| 2578s | bring the spirit board to after you know |
| 2580s | the the bugs and stuff has been fixed so |
| 2583s | you will be seeing number Buffs but you |
| 2584s | know I wouldn't expect to be at the same |
| 2586s | level as what spirit boorn is doing |
| 2588s | right now in the midseason just to be |
| 2590s | clear because of that the bugs are |
| 2591s | actually a big part of the power level |
| 2593s | yeah and we don't want to create an arms |
| 2594s | race right where it's like okay everyone |
| 2596s | gets to be pit tier 150 then the next |
| 2598s | natural ask is like okay I guess we're |
| 2599s | adding torment 5 6 78 right um so we |
| 2602s | don't want to sort of get to a place |
| 2604s | where you know you're chewing through 12 |
| 2605s | different torment tiers um s really |
| 2607s | being cautious about the arms race here |
| 2609s | we actually think the rest of the |
| 2610s | classes are in a really good spot yeah |
| 2612s | and I think you can count on that going |
| 2613s | for too not even just right now but this |
| 2615s | is kind of the way that we think of |
| 2616s | things in general it's like if all the |
| 2617s | classes are kind of in this realm kind |
| 2619s | of close to each other and then one has |
| 2621s | and something unintended that brings |
| 2622s | like way up here everybody is always |
| 2624s | like well let's just bring everybody |
| 2625s | else to this but if we do that every |
| 2627s | time like you start with this difference |
| 2628s | and then you're here and then you do |
| 2630s | this and then you do this and you're |
| 2631s | exponentially going to increase the |
| 2633s | power level of the game just insanely |
| 2635s | High really fast right and that's that's |
| 2637s | not our goal right so if there's |
| 2638s | something that stands out we'll let |
| 2639s | people do it for a while but then we're |
| 2640s | going to bring it back the next season |
| 2642s | and that's kind of the way that I think |
| 2643s | you can mostly count on us doing balance |
| 2646s | and and how the choices that we make and |
| 2648s | why definitely and the same goes if |
| 2650s | there's like a underperforming class |
| 2651s | it's like 20 pit tiers behind everyone |
| 2653s | else right we have no problems with like |
| 2655s | bringing that up to where the rest of |
| 2657s | the classes are correct yeah the real |
| 2659s | goal is to get everything in in a pretty |
| 2661s | good realm of having harmony with one |
| 2662s | another and uh you know when when |
| 2665s | something's out of balanced it's okay |
| 2666s | for a season but then we're going to try |
| 2667s | to bring it back right that's kind of |
| 2669s | always our |
| 2670s | goal so yeah let's get into the the |
| 2672s | class updates for all the classes we're |
| 2674s | just going to be going through one by |
| 2675s | one and kind of giving you a preview of |
| 2676s | what to see again this is only a preview |
| 2678s | there's more than what we're going to |
| 2679s | show on screen yeah way more right this |
| 2681s | is just like a couple examples within |
| 2684s | the the uh stream itself and of again |
| 2686s | just a reminder patch notes later this |
| 2688s | week once we get everything kind of uh |
| 2690s | sorted we're abnormal time for a stream |
| 2692s | on a Tuesday normally we do it on |
| 2694s | Thursday and usually a patch notes then |
| 2695s | so I expect the patch notes later this |
| 2697s | week yeah let's get to it so starting |
| 2700s | off with Barbarian uh we got some |
| 2702s | baseline core skill Buffs for pretty |
| 2703s | much all of them right you can see here |
| 2705s | upheaval Hammer the Ancients double |
| 2706s | swing and Rend um basically you know we |
| 2709s | we always hear it that you know they |
| 2711s | have a little bit of trouble leveling |
| 2712s | the their late game is really good but |
| 2714s | just getting there can be a little bit |
| 2715s | painful so we're just going to be |
| 2717s | squeezing up those numbers a little bit |
| 2718s | more um so you'll have a better time |
| 2720s | leveling you'll also be a little bit |
| 2721s | stronger overall um but all the builds |
| 2723s | will get a little bit |
| 2725s | better and then also we have some Buffs |
| 2727s | to underperforming legendaries and |
| 2728s | uniques um here's an example with an |
| 2730s | aspect battl mad uh you can see here in |
| 2733s | the before kind of what's on live right |
| 2734s | now is it's basically just a way to give |
| 2736s | you berserking uh rewarding you for |
| 2738s | weapon swapping and now we're adding a |
| 2740s | hefty multiplier to it so now this is |
| 2742s | going to be a real offensive aspect |
| 2743s | that's going to give you you know a |
| 2744s | bunch of power you're going to get up to |
| 2746s | a 40% damage buff uh while when you're |
| 2749s | doing the weapon swapping mechanic so |
| 2751s | we've kind of finding these places where |
| 2752s | we can input damage or you know these |
| 2754s | underused legendaries or uniques and |
| 2756s | then adding a reason to make them more |
| 2759s | compelling uh next we got Druid so all |
| 2761s | of the druid's key passives are getting |
| 2763s | buffed I've given a couple of examples |
| 2765s | here but I'm pretty sure all of them the |
| 2766s | numbers went up so lupan ferocity you've |
| 2769s | got the crit damage going from 70 to |
| 2771s | 100% bonus and then the bonus damage to |
| 2773s | Injured enemies going from 140 to 200% |
| 2776s | which is pretty meaty and then the the |
| 2778s | one with nature passive uh that Buffs |
| 2780s | your companions that bonus damage is |
| 2781s | going from 60 to 80% which is a pretty |
| 2784s | big |
| 2785s | amount and then also legendary unique |
| 2787s | Buffs in the same way of the Barbarian |
| 2790s | so here this is an offensive aspect even |
| 2791s | though I'd argue it's kind of more |
| 2792s | utility but the stormchasers aspect |
| 2794s | where it makes your tornado smart where |
| 2796s | they sneak they seek enemies uh we're |
| 2798s | just adding a pretty good multiplier to |
| 2800s | that so tornado builds Rejoice you're |
| 2801s | going to get up to 50% more damage now |
| 2804s | um just from taking this aspect that you |
| 2805s | were probably taking anyways so just |
| 2807s | making you happier to take the same |
| 2809s | things uh next one the Basilisk this is |
| 2812s | the earth Dr dealing with petrify so |
| 2815s | before it was that that first time that |
| 2817s | you hit an enemy you'll petrify them and |
| 2819s | then every time you petrify them it |
| 2820s | deals a bunch of damage uh we're just |
| 2822s | making that a lot more usable so that |
| 2824s | way you can feel more comfortable taking |
| 2826s | it so now it's going to be when you hit |
| 2827s | a healthy enemy you'll petrify them and |
| 2830s | also this will work against bosses so |
| 2832s | every 5 Seconds that you hit a boss uh |
| 2835s | you'll attempt to petrify and then |
| 2836s | you'll get that bonus damage proc so |
| 2838s | basically this uh unique now will be |
| 2840s | giving you a damage proc every 5 Seconds |
| 2842s | against bosses which will be a lot |
| 2844s | better than now where it doesn't really |
| 2845s | do much to bosses at all |
| 2849s | uh next we got the Necromancer so |
| 2850s | they're getting Buffs for all their |
| 2851s | basic skills I'm showing decompose here |
| 2854s | as an example the the damage is almost |
| 2855s | being doubled uh your ESS Essence gain |
| 2858s | per second is going up by quite a bit |
| 2860s | and also now it'll scale with attack |
| 2862s | speed bonuses so now if you build attack |
| 2864s | speed or you have it decompos is going |
| 2865s | to be generating Essence for you quicker |
| 2867s | which it didn't used to before uh |
| 2869s | they're also getting some Buffs and kind |
| 2871s | of some simple functionality changes to |
| 2873s | some passives so an example here with |
| 2875s | the evulsion passive is before you would |
| 2877s | get increased crit damage to vulnerable |
| 2879s | enemies and now we're just going to |
| 2881s | remove that double requirement there of |
| 2883s | focusing on crit and vul so now you'll |
| 2885s | just get more damage against vulnerable |
| 2886s | enemies so it's just a lot more usable |
| 2888s | it's now use you you can use it uh more |
| 2891s | generally you don't have to worry about |
| 2892s | critting all the time to get the bonus |
| 2893s | so it'll just be uh more |
| 2896s | consistent and then we've got some |
| 2897s | unique Buffs here these are just number |
| 2899s | Buffs some examples we've got Mor to |
| 2901s | Crux so their chance to spawn the |
| 2903s | skeletal socum is going up and how From |
| 2906s | Below you're just getting you know more |
| 2907s | corpse explosion damage out of it so |
| 2909s | just tuning up these numbers to make |
| 2910s | them |
| 2912s | competitive uh next we've got the Rogue |
| 2915s | so similar to uh the Barbarian the Rogue |
| 2917s | is also getting Buffs to the core skills |
| 2920s | uh penetrate shot damage is going up |
| 2922s | flurry damage is going up as some |
| 2923s | examples also their key passives are |
| 2926s | getting a bit better too uh victimize |
| 2928s | the damage scaling is going up for your |
| 2930s | vulnerable damage bonus and precision is |
| 2932s | going up by a pretty hefty amount um |
| 2934s | from 15% to 20% of your crit damage |
| 2936s | bonus |
| 2937s | so those'll just be a lot more |
| 2940s | potent and next we've got the Sorceress |
| 2942s | kind of keeping on the theme of buffing |
| 2944s | key passives so this one we're actually |
| 2946s | doing a bit of a functionality change so |
| 2948s | combustion before used to be that you |
| 2950s | know you get a a big multiplier to your |
| 2952s | burning damage 60% and then after that |
| 2955s | we kind of wanted to reward you for |
| 2956s | putting different Burning uh sources on |
| 2958s | enemies and you would get a little bit |
| 2960s | of a bonus per Source um now we're go |
| 2962s | doing away with that second part so |
| 2964s | you're still getting the burning damage |
| 2966s | buff just across the board but now we're |
| 2968s | actually going to tie it to itemization |
| 2970s | so now you'll just be getting a |
| 2971s | additional multiplier based on your |
| 2973s | damage to burning enemies bonus so now |
| 2975s | you're going to be looking for that you |
| 2976s | know in your gear and your Paragon and |
| 2978s | other places so you can now just really |
| 2979s | buff up the burning damage and you don't |
| 2981s | have to worry about putting a bunch of |
| 2982s | sources on |
| 2984s | enemies uh next a similar vein Avalanche |
| 2987s | this key passive is just getting better |
| 2989s | and is going to be tuning into a damage |
| 2990s | bonus as well so before it was that your |
| 2993s | Frost skills have a chance a lucky hit |
| 2995s | chance to make your next cast of a few |
| 2997s | different skills be consume no man and |
| 2999s | be stronger and when you hit vulnerable |
| 3001s | enemies it just made the chance better |
| 3003s | and now we're just buffing up the chance |
| 3005s | Baseline going from 10 to 30% to make |
| 3008s | get that free cast and bonus damage but |
| 3010s | now the actual damage that you deal is |
| 3012s | going to be increased by your damage |
| 3014s | against vulnerable enemy stat so now if |
| 3016s | you we've added basically a scaling |
| 3018s | multiplier to this key passive so it |
| 3019s | should be doing a lot more damage over |
| 3023s | time uh next we got a aspect of piercing |
| 3026s | cold this is for you ice charge enjoyers |
| 3029s | uh this one's getting a whole lot better |
| 3031s | so before it used to be that the number |
| 3032s | of uh pierces was uh part of the random |
| 3036s | roll and then also the r made it deal |
| 3039s | your subsequent hits deal less damage |
| 3041s | with ice shards and now we flipped the |
| 3042s | script now and now the amount of enemies |
| 3045s | that's going to pierce is going to be |
| 3046s | static so you're just getting more |
| 3047s | consistent value but instead of doing |
| 3049s | less damage you're going to deal more |
| 3050s | damage per enemy hit so that actual |
| 3053s | difference of going from less to more is |
| 3055s | going to amount to a substantial |
| 3057s | increase in the amount of damage that |
| 3059s | this legendary is pumping out for ice |
| 3060s | shards makes a huge |
| 3062s | spread um last but not least for the |
| 3064s | Sorceress uh we introduced a couple of |
| 3066s | new legendary aspects in vessel of |
| 3068s | hatred um we've got them they're scaling |
| 3071s | with Char with charge bolts and |
| 3072s | incinerate and both of these aspects |
| 3075s | were dealing what we call Flat damage or |
| 3077s | was like a certain damage amount and it |
| 3078s | didn't really scale up as you scaled the |
| 3080s | skill up and we've changed that for both |
| 3082s | of these so the aspect of charge Flash |
| 3084s | and the aspect of overheating will now |
| 3086s | both scale as you get more charge bolt |
| 3089s | or more incinerate damage uh these ones |
| 3091s | will be dealing a lot more damage as |
| 3093s | well so these ones will just scale with |
| 3094s | you and be a lot better uh over time as |
| 3096s | you get |
| 3100s | stronger and next last but not least we |
| 3102s | got the spirit Bor um so we we did do |
| 3105s | some changes here we really mostly did |
| 3107s | small Buffs to skills that haven't |
| 3108s | really been being used or seen less |
| 3110s | success so we got razor WIS here uh the |
| 3114s | damage is going up a bit and also uh |
| 3116s | razor WIS used to have actually a set |
| 3118s | cool down between cast and now we remove |
| 3120s | that cool down so now you can actually |
| 3122s | cast razor Wings faster as you build |
| 3123s | attack speed like all other skills in |
| 3125s | the game uh we also did some small Buffs |
| 3128s | to withering fist uh the poison damage |
| 3130s | went up the slow went up and one of the |
| 3132s | upgrades uh will now spread to more |
| 3134s | targets when you use |
| 3136s | it and then we also got some Buffs to |
| 3138s | toxic skin which isn't really seen much |
| 3140s | play by players uh we basically just did |
| 3142s | some small Buffs to ex damage both |
| 3144s | Baseline the enhancement and and uh one |
| 3147s | of the upgrades the variant of it and |
| 3150s | these are mostly just on the skills that |
| 3152s | people aren't actually using right now |
| 3154s | our goal isn't to like make the spirit |
| 3156s | born even stronger no these are this is |
| 3158s | tuning within the builds of the |
| 3160s | definitely seeing Chad and they're like |
| 3161s | wait Spirit born Buffs and it's like |
| 3163s | these are like skills that really no one |
| 3165s | is using so we want to make sure that I |
| 3167s | mean Quil volley there you go Quil |
| 3169s | volley most definitely needs Buffs |
| 3172s | apparently no it uh but it's it's for |
| 3175s | things that we just haven't seen a lot |
| 3176s | of play Within Spirit born players I |
| 3179s | know a lot of players are looking at |
| 3180s | some of the numbers and they're also |
| 3181s | these are just like Baseline numbers on |
| 3183s | some of these skills obviously there's a |
| 3185s | lot of interactions that happen beyond |
| 3187s | that from tempering to uh the the gear |
| 3189s | that you have and everything like that |
| 3191s | that will end up obviously enhancing |
| 3192s | those even more so we're expecting to as |
| 3196s | Adam had mentioned before we're we're |
| 3198s | not expecting to see the uh other |
| 3200s | classes jump up to the same power as the |
| 3202s | spirit born because the spirit born |
| 3204s | again is using some unintended |
| 3206s | interactions right now but those will be |
| 3208s | addressed in season 7 so with these |
| 3210s | classes specifically they will get some |
| 3212s | additional Buffs so that they can stay |
| 3213s | competitive amongst each other they |
| 3215s | they're staying together as a pack but |
| 3217s | being a little bit stronger here with |
| 3218s | the mid-season yeah the idea with |
| 3219s | midseason this is probably going to be |
| 3220s | true with most mid-season updates is |
| 3222s | that we're trying to move everything a |
| 3224s | little closer together and also to set |
| 3226s | up for the next season where there will |
| 3228s | be a lot of more upheaval right so we're |
| 3230s | like prepping everything to be kind of |
| 3231s | close upal oh yeah I was like ha but you |
| 3235s | know we're getting ready for |
| 3237s | is that an is that Easter egg um cool |
| 3241s | awesome well I know we have a again |
| 3243s | adaman mentioned that this is just a |
| 3245s | very small uh a lot more than that |
| 3248s | there's a lot more than just what we |
| 3249s | showed here uh that would be the |
| 3251s | shortest patch notes ever uh but we do |
| 3253s | actually have a a patch notes coming out |
| 3255s | later this week that we'll have all the |
| 3257s | different class changes and everything |
| 3259s | uh with the mid-season update we do have |
| 3261s | a few other things that are actually |
| 3262s | also hitting uh related to uh Rune words |
| 3266s | and a thing that a lot of people have |
| 3267s | been talking about uh which is Shrine |
| 3270s | specifically so we can we can shrines |
| 3273s | Shin what's wrong with shrines what's |
| 3275s | wrong with the conduit Shrine that I |
| 3277s | don't purposely ignore yeah you mean the |
| 3280s | real curs Shrine here you go all right |
| 3283s | jumping into Rune wordss first um we are |
| 3285s | doing some tuning changes to Rune wordss |
| 3287s | uh I will tease a little bit that we do |
| 3288s | have some more impactful changes coming |
| 3290s | in season 7 so tune in next week for |
| 3292s | them but in the meantime we did do some |
| 3293s | room word Buffs to ones that aren't |
| 3295s | being used as much mostly by lower |
| 3296s | offering cost some examples here we got |
| 3299s | the Mooney Rune word uh the offering |
| 3300s | that you get is increased from 25 to 35 |
| 3304s | uh the AO Rune word uh the offering is |
| 3306s | being increased a lot from 10 to 25 when |
| 3308s | hitting injured enemies and then I'm |
| 3310s | just going to butcher it I don't know |
| 3311s | how to say it but the SE word um the |
| 3314s | wolf Spirits are not always going to be |
| 3315s | unhindered so um you know we often run |
| 3317s | into issues where uh Companions and |
| 3319s | things like that have trouble getting to |
| 3320s | enemies but since you know these they're |
| 3322s | Spirits so why would other things get in |
| 3324s | the way so now they'll always be moving |
| 3326s | through enemies and Gain to their |
| 3327s | targets a lot |
| 3328s | quicker and then shrines uh you know |
| 3331s | heard some feedback that they don't |
| 3332s | really scale too well so the artillery |
| 3335s | blast wave and conduit shrines will now |
| 3338s | deal more damage and they're going to |
| 3339s | scale with you based on your level and |
| 3342s | your Paragon level so as you level up as |
| 3344s | you get stronger the shrines will be |
| 3346s | getting uh more potent with you uh we're |
| 3349s | going to kind of test it you know let us |
| 3351s | know how it goes uh see if you actually |
| 3353s | enjoy getting them and want to get them |
| 3354s | now um we do see some room maybe to to |
| 3357s | do some more things buff them further if |
| 3359s | needed but we're going to be trying this |
| 3360s | as a first step to see uh see how it |
| 3362s | goes yeah I know uh We've we've heard |
| 3364s | from a lot of people about like |
| 3366s | especially as you get to later levels |
| 3368s | and and you're you're towards like |
| 3369s | endgame in tournament 4 and a conduit |
| 3371s | Trine appears and it's like don't touch |
| 3373s | it because maybe that will make things |
| 3376s | slower which it currently typically does |
| 3379s | for a lot of players especially Spirit |
| 3380s | born players so it's uh it's cool to see |
| 3383s | updates to these shrines and of again |
| 3385s | like with feedback is really important |
| 3387s | for us to know like hey did we hit the |
| 3389s | mark do we need to do additional things |
| 3391s | or um do we need to tweak anything so |
| 3393s | let us know after you guys get a chance |
| 3395s | to check out the new adjustments to the |
| 3397s | shrine so that'll be really important |
| 3399s | for us um some other things that are |
| 3401s | coming down the line we do have some uh |
| 3403s | in-game specific events and uh items |
| 3406s | that we'll be hitting here in the coming |
| 3410s | weeks weeks is a little bit after |
| 3412s | midseason update um we do actually have |
| 3415s | uh another we bringing back the red clo |
| 3417s | horror uh which is part of the uh |
| 3420s | midwinter blight event that we had last |
| 3422s | year um and we'll actually have a Blog |
| 3425s | that details all the the uh benefits and |
| 3427s | rewards out of this it's like XP |
| 3429s | benefits of course uh that do come uh |
| 3432s | with this specifically which is really |
| 3433s | great to to have on top of uh another uh |
| 3437s | event that's coming which is Mother's |
| 3438s | blessing uh and mother's blessing will |
| 3440s | also be um we'll have that in the blog |
| 3442s | that blog is going to be hitting on |
| 3444s | Thursday I believe uh so keep an eye out |
| 3447s | um for Eternal players we also have a |
| 3450s | cool little thing U like kind of like a |
| 3452s | welcome back uh uh booster type of event |
| 3455s | for them or or or um maybe it's not an |
| 3458s | event I don't I don't know how to I |
| 3460s | don't know how to coin it but like Colin |
| 3462s | W would does that entail yeah so uh we |
| 3464s | wanted to put together just something to |
| 3466s | get you back into the action I know part |
| 3468s | of X1 ended up uh sort of marking a |
| 3471s | bunch of items as Legacy so we just |
| 3472s | wanted to give everyone um a onetime |
| 3474s | booster to come come back we're going to |
| 3476s | level you 50 will give you a build that |
| 3478s | we've made we've made three different |
| 3479s | ones per class you'll be able to use it |
| 3481s | I'm sure everyone watching probably |
| 3483s | doesn't care but we have um uh you will |
| 3485s | care about this if you haven't done this |
| 3487s | is we're going to unlock all the alars |
| 3488s | of Lilith as part of that boost so if |
| 3490s | you log in and just use it and you |
| 3492s | haven't got all your Alters your alters |
| 3493s | for free for fre easy yeah and if if |
| 3496s | you're a base game Diablo 4 uh owner |
| 3500s | you'll end up getting I believe one of |
| 3501s | those boosts and then if you're a vessel |
| 3503s | of hatred you'll end up getting two of |
| 3504s | those boosts on Eternal characters which |
| 3506s | is kind kind of cool so um it's if if |
| 3509s | you want to jump back in or anything and |
| 3511s | and you know especially after the the |
| 3514s | changes with there goes my earpiece I've |
| 3516s | been I've been I've been fumbling with |
| 3518s | it all day um and now it's gone uh but |
| 3521s | uh I know a lot of players specifically |
| 3523s | with season six jumping back in they |
| 3525s | notice as you mentioned a lot of the |
| 3527s | gear went to Legacy gear so this kind of |
| 3529s | gives them a way of being able to kind |
| 3530s | of recover some of that get back into it |
| 3533s | exactly um and then I I believe we have |
| 3536s | a a a another um free trial coming up |
| 3539s | for any new players that want to check |
| 3541s | out at the Spirit born the spirit will |
| 3543s | actually be part of the free trial and |
| 3545s | that will be coming up here uh in the |
| 3547s | coming weeks and so all this will be in |
| 3549s | a blog on Thursday which is really cool |
| 3552s | um and then of course as we mentioned at |
| 3554s | the start of the show uh we have another |
| 3556s | stream next week we'll actually have a |
| 3557s | date for the stream uh later this week |
| 3560s | for players uh so that you guys can keep |
| 3562s | an eye uh out for that but that is our |
| 3565s | patch 2.1 |
| 3567s | PTR um stream and that one will be |
| 3569s | pretty beefy uh we have a lot to talk |
| 3571s | about regarding patch 2.1 and of course |
| 3574s | everything that's going to be coming |
| 3575s | with season 7 um we are super stoked for |
| 3578s | that it's the stream again will be a |
| 3580s | little early because of the Thanksgiving |
| 3583s | holiday so a little bit earlier than |
| 3584s | when PTR is going to start we do plan on |
| 3587s | having those notes available for players |
| 3589s | before the Thanksgiving holiday and then |
| 3591s | I would expect that PTR to start after |
| 3593s | the Thanksgiving holiday uh so when |
| 3595s | everyone is back in in uh post holiday |
| 3598s | and is able to Monitor and see how |
| 3600s | everything is going with PTR and taking |
| 3602s | the feedback so we'll have a stream next |
| 3604s | week it'll be you'll see of course some |
| 3606s | of us back on stream next week for that |
| 3609s | uh and I believe we'll be joined by Mr |
| 3611s | Dan tangue again uh who will be uh in |
| 3614s | Albany and uh chiming in on all the |
| 3616s | stuff that's coming with uh season 7 and |
| 3619s | Patch 2.1 so lots of big changes coming |
| 3622s | specifically with that um I know we do |
| 3624s | want to jump into some Q&A |
| 3627s | uh really quickly so if you guys have |
| 3628s | any questions uh we are we have chat |
| 3630s | enabled on Twitch so twitch.tv/ Diablo |
| 3633s | if you're watching on other channels and |
| 3634s | stuff like that uh that's where we do |
| 3636s | take in specific uh questions but feel |
| 3638s | free to drop in any questions we'll try |
| 3640s | to get through as many as we can here |
| 3642s | again this is just kind of an |
| 3643s | abbreviated stream for the midseason |
| 3645s | update and then we'll be back in a week |
| 3648s | next week |
| 3649s | yeah I get it we we took a little bit of |
| 3652s | a break from streaming so it kind of |
| 3653s | makes sense so that we'll be we'll be |
| 3655s | back pretty quickly but um I know our |
| 3657s | first question that we have is related |
| 3659s | to ancestral items we we get a lot of |
| 3661s | questions about ancestral items I've |
| 3663s | seen a lot of questions oh this earpiece |
| 3664s | is driv me nuts |
| 3666s | uh question number one Adam fix your |
| 3669s | earpiece um there's a plant right here |
| 3672s | which you guys can't see so I'm like |
| 3673s | having to read the the screen any |
| 3675s | updates ancestral items do you guys have |
| 3677s | any updates or news to share regarding |
| 3679s | that yeah I know we saw a lot of |
| 3681s | confusion in terms of maxing out a lot |
| 3683s | of the Codex of power um in X1 we |
| 3685s | actually add added uh roughly what we |
| 3687s | call ranks five ranks to a lot of the |
| 3689s | legendary aspects that were ancestral |
| 3691s | only um and I know that caused a lot of |
| 3693s | confusion um So currently how it works |
| 3696s | is ancestral items have a higher upper |
| 3698s | bounds on on the rank that you can |
| 3700s | achieve for that aspect and we have seen |
| 3702s | quite a bit of people struggling to max |
| 3704s | out their aspects um generally that was |
| 3707s | the goal is that we do want to grind |
| 3708s | right like we we think it's it's good |
| 3710s | that you can sort of get an aspect right |
| 3712s | away but we like that once you have that |
| 3714s | play style assembled we still want that |
| 3716s | you need to work on that being said we |
| 3718s | think it's a little bit too aggressive |
| 3719s | right now so we are going to be making |
| 3721s | some changes which we will detail next |
| 3723s | week in terms of how that actually works |
| 3725s | but just know that currently ancestral |
| 3728s | items are the sort of where you find the |
| 3730s | max rank of a lot of those aspects um |
| 3732s | but you can still find them on anything |
| 3733s | else uh that isn't ancestral uh the |
| 3736s | lower version yep um I know uh and we'll |
| 3740s | be talking more about ancestral items |
| 3743s | next week um specifically the drop rates |
| 3746s | yeah a a lot of stuff regarding that um |
| 3749s | is there uh any plans this is I'm taking |
| 3752s | a few questions from the forums and of |
| 3754s | course chat because we did post this on |
| 3755s | the forums beforehand um urza from The |
| 3757s | Forum says can we get boss materials to |
| 3760s | stack um like runes or maybe even higher |
| 3763s | are there any plans for something like |
| 3765s | that yeah we are looking into it there's |
| 3767s | things on the our side in terms of like |
| 3770s | storage and duping that we're a little |
| 3771s | bit worried about but we're looking at |
| 3773s | making a change um some sometime in the |
| 3776s | the longer future um question from a |
| 3779s | couple people like AR Archangel 890 and |
| 3783s | D I'm not going to Dragon drag some |
| 3787s | dragonage uh says uh any chances that |
| 3790s | you guys will potentially change like XP |
| 3793s | gain maybe the the growth to Paragon 300 |
| 3796s | is there um any plans on maybe making |
| 3798s | adjustments or tuning specifically on |
| 3800s | that end um currently not at the moment |
| 3803s | I think it's something we're monitoring |
| 3805s | though in terms of the Fe back we we do |
| 3807s | like that you can get just about |
| 3808s | everything within the first 200 paragon |
| 3811s | levels and everything from there has a |
| 3812s | pretty steep diminishing return in terms |
| 3814s | of power so what we don't want to say to |
| 3817s | you all is like you need to grind 200 |
| 3818s | hours to unlock your build and do all |
| 3821s | the things that are sort of play style |
| 3823s | defining which we Define as like the the |
| 3824s | sort of glyphs and the legendary nodes |
| 3827s | um so we've seen actually a lot of |
| 3828s | positive feedback that like you can get |
| 3829s | your build online and that you still |
| 3831s | have something to work towards the |
| 3832s | sooner we sort of short circuit that |
| 3835s | Paragon grind the more we sort of get |
| 3837s | back to that preexpansion one state |
| 3839s | where you just don't get anything from |
| 3840s | killing monsters because you're Paragon |
| 3842s | 300 in the first two weekends so |
| 3844s | currently um you know we're looking at |
| 3846s | monitoring it and we're super open to |
| 3848s | the feedback but so far we've seen a |
| 3849s | good amount of positivity around it I |
| 3851s | think it's kind of in line with what |
| 3851s | you're talking about with the legendary |
| 3853s | Powers right how like those last five |
| 3854s | ranks are on ancestor items only and so |
| 3856s | our idea is like we want you to get your |
| 3859s | build online and play the way you want |
| 3862s | within a pretty you know pretty quickly |
| 3863s | or whatever but then you have something |
| 3865s | to work towards like incrementally to |
| 3867s | become stronger and stronger and that |
| 3868s | we're okay with taking a long time |
| 3870s | totally as long as it's not like cutting |
| 3872s | you off from the build at all yeah it's |
| 3874s | about getting you into the fun and like |
| 3876s | making sure that your build is is |
| 3877s | blasting but you have things to sort of |
| 3879s | use that build to blast for right that |
| 3881s | makes sense yeah and I think there's |
| 3883s | like the the other thing that people are |
| 3885s | are probably forgetting about is like we |
| 3886s | do have these events coming up and stuff |
| 3888s | which also benefit X and everything like |
| 3891s | that which will be a good opportunity |
| 3892s | for players to like be able to you know |
| 3894s | if they they really want because there |
| 3897s | as we've seen there are there is a |
| 3898s | reward to for getting to paron 300 and |
| 3901s | stuff so um if it allows players that |
| 3905s | opportunity to kind of use those events |
| 3906s | to be able to boost that and we have |
| 3908s | obviously red CL cor stuff coming up |
| 3910s | here and of course we have Mother's |
| 3911s | blessing so there's opportunities to |
| 3913s | help with some of that XP um based off |
| 3916s | of those events specifically so um there |
| 3919s | is a question regarding uh like |
| 3922s | materials again uh you know can we |
| 3925s | expect any addition Buffs for drop rates |
| 3927s | on Rawhide iron forgotten Souls anything |
| 3929s | like that yeah so actually uh it is in |
| 3932s | the midseason but we did buff Legion |
| 3933s | Events I know that was a a personal |
| 3935s | favorite of a lot of folks um for the |
| 3937s | midseason um for season 7 we're taking a |
| 3940s | look at um just sort of buffing the |
| 3942s | various sources and also really drilling |
| 3944s | down on like what are the bottlenecks |
| 3946s | players are having and iterating towards |
| 3947s | that um there's no major changes coming |
| 3949s | in season 7 like we're not going to |
| 3951s | quadruple the amount of materials across |
| 3953s | the game um but it is something again in |
| 3955s | the spirit of like tightening the things |
| 3956s | that we have um we are actively looking |
| 3959s | at a lot of the material inflows and |
| 3960s | outflows um and we want to give you the |
| 3962s | tools to sort of um get the material |
| 3965s | materials that you're looking for we're |
| 3967s | sort of are are what we're trying to do |
| 3969s | is ensure that there are things that you |
| 3971s | still care about right and you still |
| 3972s | want to grind it's still in that Spirit |
| 3974s | of like um it's walking that fine line |
| 3976s | of there are things to work towards um |
| 3978s | without it feeling super tedious so |
| 3980s | that's what we're trying to tighten and |
| 3981s | work |
| 3982s | towards um there is a question regarding |
| 3986s | um do you this from uh remster ma says |
| 3990s | uh do you have any plans on start |
| 3992s | bringing in new midseason mechanics um I |
| 3995s | think for that more so I would expect |
| 3998s | like larger mechanics content changes |
| 4000s | and stuff like that to happen around uh |
| 4003s | New Seasons um as opposed to a |
| 4006s | mid-season update I think we look at |
| 4008s | taking mid-season updates making tweaks |
| 4010s | to uh you know balance items or uh |
| 4014s | anything that we're hearing feedback |
| 4015s | from I said that we can spend most of |
| 4017s | our you know concentration and focus on |
| 4019s | really putting in some of these newor |
| 4020s | type of content pieces around uh new |
| 4024s | season specifically yeah I think you |
| 4026s | think going forward is midseason is a |
| 4028s | time to just like tweak and iterate and |
| 4030s | and you know use rework existing things |
| 4033s | but we're we're really putting all of |
| 4035s | our books on like bigger upheavals you |
| 4037s | know larger changes lots of new stuff |
| 4039s | into the beginning of the season so next |
| 4040s | week will be pretty exciting we got a |
| 4042s | lot of new stuff coming in um but that's |
| 4044s | where we're kind of targeting that to |
| 4045s | make that kind of a big moment and |
| 4046s | exciting time to to come back and play |
| 4049s | um there is a question from casual |
| 4051s | Dragon regarding unders City drops and |
| 4054s | asking is there any plans to potentially |
| 4056s | fix those make those better uh |
| 4058s | specifically on that end yeah so um this |
| 4061s | sort of leads into there are some |
| 4063s | ancestral drop rate changes that we want |
| 4065s | to talk about next week but in general |
| 4067s | what that'll mean is all the loot across |
| 4068s | the game will generally get better um so |
| 4071s | it is something that we're working on |
| 4072s | I'm about to take this earpiece and |
| 4075s | throw it across the room uh because it |
| 4077s | just keeps popping out and it's driving |
| 4079s | me insane um that's a question from Pez |
| 4082s | radar um the uh any uh question from |
| 4088s | fin |
| 4089s | Phar says Diablo any at Diablo any |
| 4093s | stability fixes coming been seeing a |
| 4095s | whole lot more crashes since the last |
| 4096s | couple patches uh I will say that um |
| 4099s | we've been mon we can actually see |
| 4100s | whenever a play Go series uh we can |
| 4104s | actually see whenever or a player |
| 4106s | actually crashes we we know it we get |
| 4108s | logs from it on our end um I know that |
| 4111s | the engineering team here has been doing |
| 4113s | a ton of work on on working to get um |
| 4117s | the the game more stable you've probably |
| 4119s | seen a bunch of different small ciment |
| 4121s | patches go out uh we actually just uh |
| 4123s | re-enabled like dlss in a client patch |
| 4126s | that went out yesterday um there are uh |
| 4128s | additional changes and and more uh |
| 4130s | reviewing that's being done from our |
| 4132s | side to ensure that you know the game is |
| 4134s | running very stable so expect to see see |
| 4136s | more of that uh as we get through this |
| 4138s | season and of course into next season |
| 4140s | cuz our goal is to make sure you know |
| 4142s | Baseline everyone can jump in without |
| 4143s | any of these types of issues and |
| 4145s | everything and and shout out to our |
| 4146s | engineering team I know they've been |
| 4147s | working uh long and hard on on figuring |
| 4151s | all this stuff out uh they they've been |
| 4153s | uh that's like their top priority right |
| 4156s | now they actually behind the scenes we |
| 4157s | even collaborate with them a lot on um |
| 4159s | doing various things related to game |
| 4161s | performance under the hood like making |
| 4163s | skills cleaner making interactions |
| 4165s | cleaner like constantly doing stuff to |
| 4167s | make the game run smoother in the |
| 4168s | background pretty much every patch like |
| 4170s | we're fixing multiple things so it's |
| 4172s | definitely something that we're we're |
| 4174s | always working on actively um why so |
| 4176s | blue panda bear any chance on tempering |
| 4178s | skulls can be used more than once |
| 4180s | investing time to finally get a rare |
| 4181s | drop uh and it bricks kind of doesn't |
| 4183s | feel too great um any thoughts on |
| 4188s | tempering SCS how that's been going yeah |
| 4190s | I think um it's definitely something we |
| 4192s | hear a lot of feedback on and uh it's |
| 4194s | something that you know we were're sort |
| 4196s | of taking an incremental approach right |
| 4198s | like with the the X1 or the expansion |
| 4200s | one changes we made it so that a lot of |
| 4202s | the recipes are three um we also added |
| 4204s | of course the scroll of of tempering or |
| 4206s | restoration uh in expansion one to see |
| 4209s | how that sort of changes things um so |
| 4211s | we're just really taking a measured |
| 4212s | approach um if we see still there's a |
| 4214s | lot of feedback that it just still isn't |
| 4216s | hitting that Mark we're absolutely open |
| 4218s | to changing things like potentially |
| 4219s | letting it uh be used more than once and |
| 4222s | uh we're just sort of monitoring at this |
| 4224s | point uh um we are getting questions |
| 4227s | about the |
| 4229s | Armory stay tuned TM soon TM uh we'll |
| 4235s | we'll we'll have information on that as |
| 4236s | you guys know that that has been in |
| 4238s | development something that we've already |
| 4239s | confirmed about I we'll be talking more |
| 4241s | about it here soon TM uh so |
| 4246s | uh your eyes peel is that the is that |
| 4249s | the term keep your eyes |
| 4251s | peeled I don't know I there's a saying |
| 4254s | that you know stay I don't know uh last |
| 4257s | question here that we have before we we |
| 4259s | uh head off is uh H's transition says |
| 4262s | will dance and knives get Buffs and any |
| 4265s | changes to be more uh compatible with |
| 4267s | collecting loot like opening doors Etc |
| 4269s | you know when you're when you're going |
| 4271s | you're spinning to win with your knives |
| 4273s | and stuff is there any way of or any |
| 4275s | plans of potentially having them |
| 4277s | seamlessly move around uh around a |
| 4280s | dungeon or something like that from that |
| 4283s | nothing on my radar right now but that's |
| 4286s | a good note to take it's a good note to |
| 4287s | take it's a good to note to take Rogues |
| 4289s | want to spin a win and never you have to |
| 4293s | do all this setup and snapshot and then |
| 4295s | you have to like open the door so we do |
| 4296s | know that it's a thing yeah so we'll see |
| 4300s | well stay tuned it's it's it's another |
| 4303s | thing to stay tuned so um again uh |
| 4306s | thanks again everyone for for jumping in |
| 4308s | providing questions and everything from |
| 4310s | from our end uh we will have patch notes |
| 4312s | later this week so stay tuned for that |
| 4314s | uh the blogs for um mother's blessing uh |
| 4318s | the rlo horror uh our Eternal boost |
| 4321s | stuff everything will be out on Thursday |
| 4324s | so uh also check out for that blog |
| 4326s | midseason update hits next week so patch |
| 4329s | notes will be out before the midseason |
| 4330s | update and you guys will also hear about |
| 4333s | our stream date next week for the patch |
| 4335s | 2.1 PTR so we'll be talking a whole |
| 4338s | bunch that will be another beefy stream |
| 4340s | this one I know is a little that one |
| 4342s | that one's going to be a little bit more |
| 4343s | beefy than this one uh but look at two |
| 4346s | streams in two weeks we're about to do |
| 4347s | it uh so we will see you guys next week |
| 4351s | again huge thanks to Colin Adam for |
| 4353s | joining us our our uh our wonderful mini |
| 4356s | cro over here super awesome super cute |
| 4359s | love you Aaron so uh but uh thank you |
| 4362s | guys we'll see you guys next week for |
| 4364s | our patch 2.1 PTR stream and uh yeah |
| 4369s | check out the blogs and Patch not later |
| 4370s | this week see you guys |
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