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| 0s | thank you everyone for joining us |
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| 2s | welcome to the Diablo 4 campfire |
| 24s | chat welcome to BlizzCon |
| 28s | 2023 wow this is crazy |
| 31s | this is awesome seeing so many people |
| 34s | very very different than our streaming |
| 36s | Studio back in the office for sure uh |
| 38s | but uh thank you all for joining us on a |
| 41s | very special version of Diablo's |
| 43s | campfire chat uh we kicked off this |
| 45s | program as a live stream as you all know |
| 47s | and it's it's an amazing feeling to see |
| 50s | us actually do this here in front of a |
| 52s | live audience now at BlizzCon uh we have |
| 55s | some news to share with you and before |
| 57s | we get into it I do want to welcome and |
| 59s | learn more about our wonderful panelists |
| 61s | here uh for today's campfire chat so |
| 64s | let's go right into it um |
| 69s | Brent hi everybody this is your first |
| 72s | this is this is Brent's first time up |
| 74s | here uh can you tell us a little bit |
| 76s | about yourself wardrobe I know it's for |
| 79s | a very good reason don't worry break a |
| 82s | little color tradition up here green |
| 84s | yeah um yeah so my name is Brent Gibson |
| 87s | I'm an associate game director on Diablo |
| 89s | 4 uh um I was a part of the vi vicarious |
| 93s | Visions team that uh came together with |
| 95s | Team three a couple years ago to make |
| 98s | Diablo 4 and uh I'm really excited to be |
| 101s | up here today to talk a little bit about |
| 105s | uh the expansion coming up yes the |
| 107s | expansion |
| 110s | oo love you |
| 113s | too now I know we have uh multiple teams |
| 116s | Brent that are working on Diablo 4 so |
| 120s | and and you you yourself are going to be |
| 121s | talking specifically about the expansion |
| 123s | here today um so yeah it's it's great to |
| 126s | hear that you know we have multiple |
| 127s | groups working on the game for Diablo 4 |
| 130s | but we're all one big team which is the |
| 132s | exciting part yeah very very big team |
| 134s | and of course you know based off of |
| 136s | feedback and everything that we've heard |
| 138s | uh those groups are going to be working |
| 140s | on seasons and upcoming items and then |
| 142s | of course the expansion that we have |
| 144s | here uh next up though we have uh we |
| 148s | actually have Tiffany who's goingon to |
| 150s | be talking here actually or actually do |
| 153s | you no no no we do oh hey I'm |
| 158s | Tiffany I |
| 160s | was I was not pausing for Applause I'm |
| 163s | just awkward but uh this is my 14th |
| 165s | licon uh it's my ninth as an employee I |
| 168s | first attended as a part of the |
| 170s | community in 2005 it's really special to |
| 172s | be up here uh I've worked on the Diablo |
| 174s | franchise for 12 years now uh starting |
| 176s | on Diablo 3 12 years ago and then moving |
| 179s | on to Diablo 4 for the past uh you know |
| 182s | years um Brandon and I actually |
| 184s | unknowingly worked on the same game back |
| 187s | in 2009 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 um |
| 191s | yeah that game is awesome it's a big |
| 193s | throwback so it's been such a thrill to |
| 195s | work with him and a bunch of the others |
| 197s | from the Albany office again on diabl |
| 200s | for the past few years awesome thank you |
| 202s | so much Tiffany uh we have Kaye Calder |
| 204s | here Kaylee is actually a familiar face |
| 206s | in the Diablo side uh you may have seen |
| 208s | her in some of the videos |
| 211s | uh for our our seasons and everything |
| 213s | Kaye uh yeah hi everybody I'm Kaye CER |
| 216s | and uh I am on the league game producers |
| 218s | on Diablo 4 uh like Tiffany and a lot of |
| 221s | our team I have been working on Diablo |
| 223s | for for last 10 years across both Diablo |
| 226s | I and Diablo I this is my first time on |
| 230s | stage at BlizzCon so while I am so |
| 233s | honored thank you I'm so excited to be |
| 237s | here with all of you I'm a little |
| 239s | nervous but it's so good to see everyone |
| 241s | in person and I'm really excited to talk |
| 243s | to you all today about some changes |
| 244s | coming to season 2 some additions and |
| 246s | other future developments awesome thank |
| 248s | you so much Kaylee and of course we have |
| 251s | Mr Joe shell here a very familiar face |
| 253s | on all our Diablo for campfire |
| 257s | chats |
| 259s | Joe welcome again thank you thank you |
| 262s | Adam and thank all of you I really want |
| 264s | to thank all of you for being here um |
| 267s | and submitting questions we're going to |
| 269s | talk take questions at the end uh and |
| 271s | really uh for all the feedback that |
| 273s | you've given us throughout the launch of |
| 274s | the game and season 1 it's incredible to |
| 277s | have uh campfire chat but with this huge |
| 280s | uh array of other attendees at our |
| 283s | campfire so it's incredible exactly |
| 285s | thank you so much Joe and of course I am |
| 287s | Adam Fletcher I'm the director of |
| 289s | community |
| 294s | for so weird with an |
| 296s | audience and I will be today's host and |
| 299s | moderator I want to thank you all again |
| 301s | for taking the time to join us on this |
| 304s | very special uh Diablo 4 campfire chat |
| 307s | um and I do also want to give a huge |
| 309s | call out to this amazing plush campfire |
| 311s | that we did bring in for this uh it's I |
| 314s | joked it's got very soft |
| 316s | lighting there we go first fun of the |
| 318s | day already we're already we're doing |
| 320s | well uh but the kickoff activities I |
| 323s | know the dev team um they do actually |
| 325s | have some news to follow up uh regarding |
| 327s | yesterday's announcements uh so let me |
| 329s | actually pass off to the team so BR yeah |
| 332s | we're really excited to show the sneak |
| 334s | peek for the next chapter of hatred |
| 336s | we've been on pins and needles to share |
| 338s | what some of the information from the |
| 340s | expansion for a very long time and it's |
| 342s | going to be taking us to a brand new |
| 345s | place and it's really cool because it's |
| 347s | actually in contrast to that dark Gothic |
| 351s | setting that we're used to seeing in the |
| 352s | main game we're going to go to some |
| 354s | place that has uh a bit of a different |
| 356s | flavor so uh for those of you who are |
| 359s | new to the fr franchise it's going to be |
| 361s | new it's going to be fresh but for some |
| 363s | of you who have been with us all along |
| 365s | uh we're going to go take a trip down |
| 367s | memory lane and actually go to a place |
| 369s | that's a little nostalgic so with that |
| 371s | being said let's take a |
| 377s | look we have each played a part in what |
| 382s | has happened |
| 385s | here you abdicated your choice to this |
| 393s | child and with every step she |
| 397s | takes I grow |
| 403s | stronger there will be no salvation in |
| 408s | the |
| 418s | light |
| 424s | there we have it it's so cool to see on |
| 427s | the big stage you know Diablo 4 vessel |
| 429s | of hatred coming in late |
| 432s | 2024 yeah I I mean Brent what does an |
| 435s | expansion mean for Diablo 4 well first |
| 437s | off I want to talk a little bit about |
| 438s | breaking the color convention you've |
| 440s | been giving me I've got green shoes all |
| 442s | sorts of grief over my green jacket I |
| 444s | like the green um yeah so uh for for us |
| 449s | uh expansions are important because it's |
| 451s | a it's a great opportunity to take one |
| 454s | big cohesive step forward you know when |
| 457s | it comes to continuing our dark story |
| 460s | exploring the new region we're going to |
| 462s | talk about today or even new ways to |
| 464s | play with new monsters in a new class we |
| 467s | want to make sure that all of these |
| 469s | things go together in in a really nice |
| 472s | way and I've been joking for a little |
| 473s | bit about how this is kind of like |
| 474s | making a really good burner right you |
| 477s | want to make sure that you're pulling in |
| 478s | all of the ingredients that you need so |
| 481s | that uh when they all come together and |
| 484s | you take one big bite all those flavors |
| 485s | are working together and so for us that |
| 488s | cohesiveness is really important so you |
| 490s | say Burger there are a lot of variations |
| 492s | of burgers there's like single burgers |
| 494s | or like maybe a double double from in |
| 495s | and out or something like that so hungry |
| 498s | now you know coming from Albany in and |
| 500s | out I'm down that's great so what what |
| 503s | kind of burger is this year uh that's a |
| 506s | good question you know I guess I look at |
| 507s | it as kind of like a like a a bacon |
| 510s | barbecue burger with all the classic |
| 513s | ingredients but with like jalapenos |
| 515s | right like throw something in that's a |
| 516s | little bit spicy a little bit different |
| 518s | and a little bit green and a little bit |
| 520s | green that's a good point I didn't even |
| 522s | think about that so yeah we we want to |
| 524s | make sure that we have all the nice |
| 525s | traditional ingredients that speak |
| 527s | directly to the core of our audience but |
| 529s | we're also offering things that are new |
| 530s | awesome well I know uh with vessel of |
| 533s | hat a new expansion uh there's going to |
| 536s | be some story and lore kind of attached |
| 538s | to it and let's kind of talk a little |
| 540s | bit more about story what do you think |
| 541s | Tiffany yeah so when we last left off in |
| 543s | the main campaign Nel was traveling |
| 546s | south with the stone with Mesto uh he |
| 549s | got himself trapped in there again as |
| 551s | you know he tends to do uh she's been |
| 554s | following the footsteps of a prophet of |
| 555s | light looking for a way to deal with |
| 557s | this Stone and the Prime Evil that's |
| 559s | trapped within she's a really |
| 561s | fascinating character because she's a |
| 563s | child but she's been through a trauma so |
| 566s | spoilers if you haven't played the main |
| 567s | campaign of Diablo uh but she here she |
| 569s | is directly challenging the influence of |
| 571s | a Prime Evil something the Herod have |
| 574s | always famously failed at uh so for |
| 578s | players that might be jumping into |
| 579s | Diablo 4 for the first time with the |
| 581s | vessel of hatred they'll have the choice |
| 583s | to either play through the main campaign |
| 585s | or jump directly into the new chapter uh |
| 588s | there will be a recap in the game so |
| 589s | you'll have full context to all the |
| 591s | events of sanctuary that played out in |
| 593s | the main campaign so don't worry you |
| 594s | won't miss out on anything if you want |
| 596s | to just see what's happening with Nel |
| 598s | and explore those jungles |
| 602s | all right I love this picture uh he's |
| 605s | real creepy looks like he's coming out |
| 606s | of a mud bath of Swords so this is Mesto |
| 609s | now he is my favorite Prime Evil um I |
| 612s | think he's he's just a badass if you |
| 614s | don't know who he is he is the Lord |
| 616s | hatred and he is the father of Lilith so |
| 619s | I believe that makes him yeah grand |
| 621s | grand granddaddy of meiso Grandaddy |
| 624s | Grand fist something like sounds sounds |
| 627s | grouchy |
| 628s | too so misto did not intend to be |
| 632s | trapped in the stone like I said it just |
| 634s | they're very bad at that uh it tends to |
| 636s | happen so he's as you heard in the |
| 638s | trailer every step of the way that Nel |
| 641s | is taking with him he is pushing against |
| 643s | her uh constantly trying to unravel |
| 646s | every single moment that they have |
| 647s | together um it's in this next chapter in |
| 649s | vessel of hatred we are going to find |
| 651s | out what is his fate with this Stone and |
| 653s | what's going to happen with Nell yeah so |
| 656s | with vessel of hatred you know we're we |
| 658s | we even saw it a little bit in the |
| 659s | teaser it seems like we're actually |
| 660s | going to be uh it's going to be taking |
| 662s | us to a new place um I know you guys |
| 665s | have actually mentioned nantu uh can you |
| 667s | tell us a little bit more about nantu |
| 668s | Bren yeah so we're going to a whole new |
| 672s | region called nantu now for those of you |
| 674s | guys who know the the history of |
| 677s | sanctuary you know that heading south |
| 680s | actually means going to toron uh when we |
| 682s | started off with the expansion we |
| 684s | decided as a team to really think about |
| 687s | how we're referencing cultures moving |
| 689s | forward and for those of you who may not |
| 691s | know the torjan people are a real people |
| 693s | and they're they're an amazing culture |
| 695s | they have beautiful tradition you should |
| 697s | totally look it up um but for us as |
| 700s | creatives we want to make sure that |
| 701s | we're always in a position where we're |
| 703s | being inspired by as opposed to lifting |
| 707s | from and so because of that we decided |
| 709s | to review some of our names and make |
| 711s | some changes so how are we kind of doing |
| 714s | uh we've actually decided to fold it in |
| 716s | creatively so for those of the people |
| 718s | who are out outside of the region you |
| 720s | know maybe you were from the dry steps |
| 722s | you know this place as tan but the |
| 725s | people who are there know it as nanu and |
| 727s | so you're going to see that folded into |
| 729s | the story in some really creative ways |
| 732s | uh to give that name some power awesome |
| 735s | I know we have uh a lot of cool art show |
| 738s | like here right here we're seeing kind |
| 739s | of a what looks to be like a Rivergate |
| 742s | yes so everything starts here at the |
| 745s | Rivergate uh we look at nantu as a place |
| 748s | that's been closed off from Sanctuary uh |
| 751s | it's been closed off from the all the |
| 753s | things that have been going on with |
| 754s | Lilith over the last several moments of |
| 756s | our story um and so you can imagine this |
| 760s | monolithic statue where the doors have |
| 762s | been closed for the last several decades |
| 765s | and now they're open and we're going to |
| 768s | see what happens with Nella as she |
| 769s | passes through these |
| 772s | Gates if you look at this next image we |
| 776s | we like to look at the jungle as this |
| 778s | place that is a a wild and dangerous |
| 780s | place we also love the idea that it's a |
| 784s | living breathing character of its own it |
| 787s | has its own personality it expresses |
| 789s | itself in in different ways throughout |
| 791s | the game um and so this concept is a |
| 794s | really good example of where things from |
| 797s | the outside may have come in but the |
| 799s | jungle's going to reclaim it right so |
| 801s | you're going to see these branches uh |
| 804s | pulling back some of the architecture |
| 806s | that you would see through the region |
| 808s | but for the things that been there all |
| 810s | along it's going to live symbiotically |
| 812s | with and so you can watch the river flow |
| 814s | through the structures of the area as |
| 818s | well you know what this is actually one |
| 821s | of my favorite concept pieces that we've |
| 822s | made for the expansion so far because |
| 825s | even though it's kind of it's an |
| 826s | environmental Scene It really just shows |
| 828s | the depth and scale of the Jungle which |
| 831s | is not really like a place we've ever |
| 832s | gone to before within Diablo 4 so far |
| 835s | and it just really inspired the team as |
| 837s | well when they saw it just that that |
| 839s | feeling of like scale and age I guess is |
| 843s | a good way describ it the idea that |
| 845s | these roots are so old that they stretch |
| 849s | across the chasms in the area um you you |
| 852s | can see there's a very small character |
| 855s | in the middle of that brand to see like |
| 857s | yeah it creates it creates a sense of |
| 860s | scale that allows us to do a lot with |
| 862s | the environment right so it's not just |
| 864s | trees in the area these trees are |
| 866s | actually fixtures or structures of the |
| 869s | place as well you know we've seen a lot |
| 871s | of environments and I know there's a lot |
| 873s | of also architecture here in the H too |
| 875s | so uh can you show us a little bit more |
| 877s | about that as well yeah so uh this is a |
| 881s | great image that starts to show how we |
| 883s | wanted to integrate a lot of the natural |
| 886s | features of the world in with the |
| 888s | architecture and so you can see the |
| 889s | river is Flowing with and around uh this |
| 892s | piece right here all of this starts from |
| 895s | a place called curost so for those of |
| 897s | you who've been with us for a while |
| 899s | curas is an iconic place that sits in |
| 902s | the heart of the Jungle and it's not |
| 905s | just a town it's not just a capital it's |
| 907s | a sprawling City so you can imagine a |
| 910s | lot of these structural elements popping |
| 912s | up all over the place uh spreading |
| 914s | across the entire jungle and this is |
| 916s | just one piece that shows the potential |
| 918s | of |
| 919s | that if you take a look at this next one |
| 922s | I I love this this is this is one of my |
| 924s | favorite concepts of the entire package |
| 927s | this is a perfect example on how we're |
| 930s | folding in that uh living breathing |
| 933s | jungle into the architecture I got to |
| 935s | give a huge shout out to the team the |
| 937s | level of detail that we put into this is |
| 939s | absolutely incredible they pay attention |
| 942s | to our environments just as much as one |
| 945s | of our characters so all the detail that |
| 947s | we put into Lilith or inarius is the |
| 949s | same amount of detail as you would see |
| 951s | in a piece like this so uh big shout out |
| 954s | to the team for what they can do |
| 958s | yeah |
| 961s | so I know um you shared a little bit |
| 965s | about like ciros and you know it's a |
| 967s | very recognizable place like or in the |
| 970s | Diablo history like can you get get into |
| 973s | a little bit more detail for us of like |
| 975s | some of these maybe recognizable places |
| 976s | that will kind of come across yeah I |
| 978s | love to talk about these next few |
| 980s | Concepts here so I was a big player of |
| 982s | Diablo 2 myself so you may recognize |
| 985s | some of these places we keep talking |
| 986s | about bringing you back somewhere |
| 987s | nostalgic so we're going to start with |
| 989s | the dock towns so you can visit the |
| 991s | original Cass docks from D2 in act three |
| 995s | uh and through time it's changed it's |
| 997s | been 72 years since the events of Diablo |
| 1000s | I in the world of sanctuary has been 72 |
| 1002s | years in your life um and to so I'm |
| 1005s | excited to jump in there and see what |
| 1006s | the Denis have been up to see if there's |
| 1008s | anybody that's still around from the |
| 1010s | past 72 years um and like Brent and Kaye |
| 1013s | were saying earlier a piece a concept |
| 1015s | piece like this really gives me this |
| 1016s | incredible sense of scale in the world |
| 1018s | of S sanctuary and I just I I'm super |
| 1020s | excited to explore areas like that uh we |
| 1022s | know that locations like this really set |
| 1024s | the tone for successfully delivering on |
| 1027s | that Nostalgia and embracing that Legacy |
| 1029s | of the Diablo uh |
| 1031s | Universe um so the Cal curos is |
| 1034s | something that we've always wanted to |
| 1036s | know more about so this is a clip that's |
| 1038s | actually from the teaser that we've |
| 1039s | showed you a couple times now and this |
| 1041s | is that incredible ziggurat with really |
| 1043s | really creepy Grandpa and Fisto talking |
| 1045s | over it so we've always wanted to know |
| 1046s | what's under the zigurat uh what's |
| 1049s | amazing about this is that uh for the |
| 1051s | dev team this is one of the uh earliest |
| 1053s | sources of inspiration when we started |
| 1054s | working on the expansion uh and so |
| 1057s | seeing it make all the way from original |
| 1059s | concept into the actual teaser that we |
| 1061s | showed this weekend uh is is really |
| 1064s | exciting so we've got one more really |
| 1066s | really cool place to show you uh so this |
| 1068s | is the Temple City of traven call and |
| 1070s | it's where the herodin orig Herod |
| 1073s | originally imprisoned Mesto in his soul |
| 1075s | Stone it's deep inside cast uh and I am |
| 1078s | so excited to go in there and see see |
| 1081s | what's happened in the last 72 years Joe |
| 1082s | what do you think I hope I don't get |
| 1084s | slowed by hostile blizzards again but |
| 1088s | but it's going to be really cool to dive |
| 1090s | under under traven call and sort of |
| 1092s | revisit that area it's it's such a |
| 1094s | memorable area from B3 yeah traven call |
| 1097s | was super memorable act three everyone |
| 1099s | remembering as they're fighting the |
| 1101s | council there uh so it's great that we |
| 1103s | can revisit that here in vessel of |
| 1105s | hatred and of course a big question I |
| 1107s | know that people have with vessel of |
| 1109s | hatred does that mean a new class is |
| 1112s | coming uh Brent do you have any more |
| 1115s | infro info that you can share |
| 1117s | potentially I'm sure a few of you have |
| 1118s | been on Reddit asking questions about |
| 1120s | the new class it's the number one |
| 1122s | question we've been getting all week um |
| 1125s | you know when when we started off uh we |
| 1128s | were still making the main game and I'm |
| 1131s | really proud of the fact that we |
| 1133s | delivered five classic classes right we |
| 1136s | got that great feeling of all of them |
| 1139s | spread around the campfire felt really |
| 1140s | really good and so when we were talking |
| 1142s | about the expansion uh we we had a |
| 1145s | decision to make we're kind of at a |
| 1147s | Crossroads of do we do another classic |
| 1151s | or do we do something new and the team |
| 1154s | really thought about it hard and we felt |
| 1156s | we have a responsibility to actually |
| 1157s | bring new things to Sanctuary like this |
| 1160s | game is really big this world is very |
| 1162s | big uh we need to continue to broaden it |
| 1164s | and so we made the choice to go with |
| 1166s | something new so you're saying new here |
| 1170s | and we're seeing a lot of jungle |
| 1171s | environments obviously so does that that |
| 1174s | for sure rules out something like the |
| 1175s | witch doctor yes that for sure rolls up |
| 1178s | it's absolutely a brand new class it is |
| 1180s | not the witch doctor all right we've |
| 1183s | we've been hearing a lot of like might |
| 1185s | still be the witch doctor like I'm I'm |
| 1187s | pretty sure we said new class so um |
| 1190s | awesome that was great that we got to |
| 1191s | see kind of like and get a little bit |
| 1193s | more information about Diablo 4 vessel |
| 1195s | of hatred again Diablo 4 vessel of |
| 1197s | hatred is coming out in late 2024 we'll |
| 1200s | actually have more news next summer |
| 1201s | about Diablo 4 this little patri green |
| 1205s | green Green great green I'm glad you're |
| 1207s | you're your color coordinator for this |
| 1208s | spr so uh but we do want to talk more |
| 1211s | about uh some of the other items that we |
| 1213s | talked about in the opening ceremony |
| 1215s | yesterday and so Joe I know wants to uh |
| 1218s | talk a little about a little bit about |
| 1220s | season two and what's coming forward |
| 1222s | yeah absolutely so you know we've had as |
| 1225s | I said here earlier when I welcomed of |
| 1228s | you we've had so much Community feedback |
| 1231s | and it's been incredible for us to be |
| 1234s | able to release season 2 and and and |
| 1236s | bring a lot of those changes to you uh |
| 1239s | and I think we have um I think we have a |
| 1241s | road map here uh you know you can see |
| 1245s | here that on the season of blood uh some |
| 1247s | of the things that uh we brought with |
| 1249s | season of blood if you know if you |
| 1251s | haven't played since launch or since |
| 1253s | season 1 um you'll be able to check out |
| 1255s | the new boss ladder leveling 40% fast |
| 1258s | faster leveling right uh the change is |
| 1260s | thank |
| 1262s | you uh that was that was all me |
| 1266s | know we have an incredibly talented team |
| 1268s | of system designers um who care deeply |
| 1271s | about the player experience and the |
| 1273s | feeling of uh movement through the |
| 1275s | levels and being able to capture the |
| 1278s | objective of reaching level 100 right |
| 1281s | and so that change was something that we |
| 1282s | thought was really important for season |
| 1284s | 2 but we also changed things like uh the |
| 1287s | way that item power scales right right |
| 1288s | so that as you fight more difficult |
| 1290s | monsters you can get more powerful loot |
| 1293s | including some of those Uber uniques |
| 1294s | from duriel yes and so many other |
| 1298s | quality of life changes uh the mount I |
| 1300s | think is |
| 1305s | transformed and you know that's not all |
| 1308s | we have in store for season two like we |
| 1310s | were talking about with the in the |
| 1312s | opening ceremonies we made some |
| 1313s | announcements and we want to get into |
| 1315s | more detail about those here today and a |
| 1318s | little bit of a sneak peek at uh you can |
| 1321s | see here season of uh I'm going to say |
| 1323s | the orange text um yes that's definitely |
| 1326s | a final name final final name uh no we |
| 1330s | we're not quite ready to release the |
| 1331s | season name but uh we have a sneak peek |
| 1333s | of some of the one of the features |
| 1335s | coming with leaderboards and the |
| 1336s | gauntlets so we're really excited to |
| 1338s | talk about those let's jump into it yeah |
| 1341s | so we're going to kick things off with |
| 1343s | some updates of season 2 that are coming |
| 1345s | really really soon um literally this |
| 1348s | coming Tuesday November 7th we are going |
| 1350s | to be adding new unique Rings which were |
| 1352s | called the malignant Rings um developing |
| 1355s | seasons is an opportunity for us to look |
| 1358s | for ways to bring things back that you |
| 1361s | are players really enjoyed and really |
| 1363s | engaged with it doesn't mean that we'll |
| 1364s | bring things back from every season but |
| 1367s | we will look for opportunities |
| 1368s | especially when the community is letting |
| 1371s | us know how much they enjoyed it and |
| 1373s | also we also had a lot of fun with these |
| 1376s | um this also is an opportunity for us to |
| 1379s | kind of revisit those Powers because |
| 1381s | these are coming not just on to the |
| 1382s | season but also to the Eternal realm so |
| 1385s | these Powers you're about to see on |
| 1387s | these Rings we've tweaked them slightly |
| 1389s | so that they work with the other uniques |
| 1391s | in the game and but we feel they're |
| 1393s | really going to add something for each |
| 1395s | class and kind of complete their |
| 1397s | continue on building their kit and that |
| 1399s | fantasy you're going to be able to get |
| 1401s | these by defeating Varan so I hope |
| 1404s | everyone's been saving their materials |
| 1405s | you do have a little bit of time to farm |
| 1407s | more yes if you didn't um so yeah with |
| 1411s | that said we're actually going to move |
| 1413s | to the next image and we're going to |
| 1415s | take a look at these so I originally was |
| 1418s | going to talk to Brent about his Rogue |
| 1421s | but when we started doing this he saw |
| 1423s | the Barbarian ring and switched on me |
| 1426s | sorry still wor but so for our Rogues |
| 1429s | out there for those of you um if you'll |
| 1431s | be start you'll be sorry excuse me uh |
| 1434s | use your subtitute skills U it's going |
| 1436s | to spawn a decoy uh it's going to taunt |
| 1438s | uh enemies and then it's going to |
| 1439s | explode for a really nice amount of |
| 1441s | damage um think you're going to have a |
| 1443s | lot of fun uh Adam H this is for you and |
| 1446s | the rest of the sorcerers out there yes |
| 1448s | B lightning crew yeah well okay maybe |
| 1451s | hopefully maybe this all you know you'll |
| 1453s | try something a little different than |
| 1455s | just B lightning uh for the sorcerer |
| 1457s | each unique element that you deal damage |
| 1459s | with is going to give you increased |
| 1461s | damage and then dealing Elemental damage |
| 1463s | again it's just going to refresh that |
| 1464s | duration so sling Fireballs lightning |
| 1467s | lightning balls as well like and uh keep |
| 1469s | increasing that damage uh we have three |
| 1472s | more classes to take a look |
| 1474s | at so next up now is the Barbarian uh so |
| 1479s | for our barbarians out there uh when you |
| 1481s | use uh there you are I knew you're out |
| 1484s | there somewhere uh when you next cast |
| 1486s | Hammer the Ancients upheaval or death |
| 1488s | blow it's guaranteed to be a crit and |
| 1491s | that crit is going to deal bonus |
| 1492s | Critical Strike damage as |
| 1495s | well exactly so hit them hard and hit |
| 1498s | them often guys um and I definitely know |
| 1501s | there's a few Druids out there you guys |
| 1503s | who don't want to forget about you |
| 1504s | exactly dr's got the loudest ground here |
| 1507s | know represent Druids uh so for Druids |
| 1510s | when you are casting your ultimate skill |
| 1512s | it is going to um draw enemies in and |
| 1516s | deal a huge amount of damage based on |
| 1518s | your willpower it will do that when you |
| 1520s | cast your ultimate and then five seconds |
| 1522s | after and then lastly The Necromancer |
| 1525s | necromancers rise |
| 1527s | up there they are there's actually three |
| 1530s | necromancers up here cuz we're three of |
| 1532s | us are playing it this season total |
| 1534s | coincidence so we all love this power |
| 1537s | and we know everybody else loved this so |
| 1539s | we are bringing back that walking near |
| 1541s | your corpses um is going to |
| 1543s | automatically activate one of the |
| 1545s | following skills which is corpse trrs |
| 1548s | corpse explosion or Ray skeleton so yeah |
| 1551s | that is um that's going to be the |
| 1553s | malignant rings and as we said you're |
| 1555s | going to be able to get them from |
| 1556s | killing voson starting on November 7th |
| 1559s | so next week everybody awesome thank you |
| 1562s | so much |
| 1564s | Kaye and again we're we're super excited |
| 1567s | about uh bringing in these malignant |
| 1569s | powers from season one thanks to |
| 1571s | community feedback and you guys actually |
| 1573s | wanting these powers back in we are able |
| 1575s | to get these in these new rings that |
| 1577s | will be coming out on Tuesday and again |
| 1579s | patch notes actually are going to be |
| 1581s | available on diablo.com for that patch |
| 1584s | immediately after this panel so you guys |
| 1586s | can actually see what's in that update |
| 1588s | uh for players on Tuesday which is |
| 1591s | awesome to see so um but we do also have |
| 1593s | some more information to talk about even |
| 1595s | more we have some more events taking |
| 1597s | place in early December um Haley is |
| 1600s | gonna Jump Right In oh kick us off yeah |
| 1602s | December 5th is our next update for |
| 1604s | season two um and we've got some |
| 1606s | additional updates uh coming in some |
| 1608s | quality of life things and then |
| 1609s | something Joe is going to talk about but |
| 1611s | I'm going to talk about some additional |
| 1613s | changes to the occultist uh Chris |
| 1615s | mentioned this yesterday in opening |
| 1616s | ceremony um um so for those of you who |
| 1619s | may not know enchanting is what allows |
| 1621s | you to replace an AIX on an item with |
| 1623s | another um and those that are familiar |
| 1626s | with it will notice when you go and |
| 1628s | visit from December 5th there is a new |
| 1630s | view view a possible AIX button I can't |
| 1633s | remember yeah view possible affixes um |
| 1636s | and when you click on that it's going to |
| 1637s | give you a list of the affixes that that |
| 1640s | one could roll into so that way you're |
| 1642s | not kind of just blindly guessing and |
| 1644s | hoping that the one you've picked is |
| 1645s | going to give you um we think this |
| 1648s | update along with the gold changes we |
| 1651s | have made is really going to help |
| 1652s | everybody optimize their builds and uh |
| 1656s | continue to have fun in the end game um |
| 1659s | we have also heard feedback about aexes |
| 1663s | and how some of them aren't serving you |
| 1666s | in the ways you want we do have plans to |
| 1669s | talk about both changes to aexes and |
| 1672s | itemization in the future but we're not |
| 1674s | quite ready to talk about it right |
| 1676s | now yeah that's right this is a really |
| 1679s | important change and itemization is one |
| 1681s | of the itemization endgame are the two |
| 1684s | things that we're laser focused on right |
| 1685s | now we're going to talk a little bit |
| 1687s | more about that uh right up here next |
| 1689s | with Avatar zir yeah um and you know |
| 1692s | it's it's awesome to see these occultist |
| 1694s | changes because obviously Community |
| 1696s | feedback has been we we've heard you |
| 1698s | guys like that it you know blindly |
| 1700s | choosing different aexes has been very |
| 1702s | very difficult but with the changes with |
| 1704s | the cost plus this will be much better |
| 1707s | um and this update of course hitting on |
| 1709s | December 5th but other feedback that |
| 1711s | we've heard a lot about and Joe knows |
| 1713s | this as well uh has been about endgame |
| 1716s | and so I know you wanted to talk a |
| 1717s | little bit about uh a new kind of |
| 1720s | endgame feature that's coming in season |
| 1722s | two uh so Joe yeah do you want to talk a |
| 1724s | little bit about yeah so we want to add |
| 1727s | more endgame and then we want to add |
| 1729s | some more endgame and then some more |
| 1733s | we're going to add more yeah we're going |
| 1734s | to add some more after that okay yeah |
| 1736s | yeah uh and and in particular uh |
| 1740s | permanent or Evergreen endgame features |
| 1743s | that extend the uh challenges and reward |
| 1747s | opportunities uh from 50 to 100 and |
| 1750s | after you've reached 100 and so Avatar |
| 1753s | of zir is a 100 plus uh new thing that |
| 1757s | we're trying here this is a seasonal |
| 1759s | endgame event so it's temporary and |
| 1763s | we're really interested in uh paying |
| 1765s | attention to how all of you run through |
| 1767s | it and your feedback on it to uh for the |
| 1771s | future of you know maybe we'll bring it |
| 1773s | back uh and we'll see how it goes but |
| 1776s | you probably want to know more about it |
| 1777s | than just staring at this red portal |
| 1781s | right um so you know uh we have a chart |
| 1787s | that uh used to be on a napkin um but |
| 1789s | it's very beautiful when you work with a |
| 1792s | bunch of designers they like to make |
| 1794s | these little flowcharts and then they |
| 1796s | hand them to you on a napkin and they go |
| 1797s | can you make them pretty so we can show |
| 1799s | them to people so design our flowchart |
| 1802s | paint paint for |
| 1805s | life but uh so you can see here how the |
| 1808s | flow of Avatar of zero will work um |
| 1811s | after you complete the final step of the |
| 1813s | Season Journey you'll be ready to face |
| 1815s | off against the Avatar and this is a |
| 1818s | very very difficult area you're going to |
| 1822s | need to bring all of your skill but also |
| 1824s | you're going to need to bring the very |
| 1826s | best builds um not every build is going |
| 1829s | to be able to succeed in Avatar year uh |
| 1831s | and that's why it's positioned like |
| 1833s | after you've really done you've defeated |
| 1836s | uh echo of Lilith you've Defeated duriel |
| 1839s | You've Got Your Uber uniques and you're |
| 1841s | like what's next what can I what's the |
| 1843s | next challenge right the Avatar is meant |
| 1845s | to be that so you're going to get a |
| 1847s | recipe for the first tier of Avatar of |
| 1849s | zir uh when you complete that first tier |
| 1852s | you're going to get a recipe for the |
| 1854s | next tier and I want to state that uh |
| 1856s | there are 25 tiers of Avatar of |
| 1859s | Zer and you know that's fewer tiers than |
| 1862s | there are of nightmare dungeons but each |
| 1864s | tier of the Avatar is much more |
| 1867s | difficult than the tier before this is |
| 1868s | not the same as you know nightmare |
| 1870s | dungeons 70 to |
| 1872s | 71 and you're also going to get uh a a |
| 1875s | ton of paragon glyph XP so uh you know I |
| 1878s | know some people have expressed that uh |
| 1880s | it can be hard to level up all your |
| 1882s | glyphs through nightmare dungeons that |
| 1884s | you're going to get so much from this |
| 1885s | event and you're going to need it |
| 1887s | because going to want to level up this |
| 1889s | new unique glyph that you can get as a |
| 1891s | reward for completing the |
| 1893s | Avatar this glyph the tears of blood is |
| 1896s | tied to the event and is also persists |
| 1899s | during the duration of the event but it |
| 1901s | will be incredibly useful for uh |
| 1903s | increasing your character power so that |
| 1905s | you can take on those tougher tiers of |
| 1907s | the Avatar you can see that it has a |
| 1909s | larger radius than other glyphs it can |
| 1911s | grow uh even beyond that uh it has |
| 1914s | multiplicative powers on it and it can |
| 1917s | be leveled up up to 200 times so it is |
| 1920s | still a capped uh level but it has a lot |
| 1923s | of progression uh in it |
| 1926s | awesome lots of stuff coming here |
| 1929s | December 5th uh we got the occultist |
| 1931s | updates and Avatar zero which is the |
| 1933s | endgame that we just talked about that |
| 1935s | and that will run through the end of |
| 1937s | season two so uh players can expect you |
| 1940s | know to be able to go through that |
| 1942s | starting on December 5th which is great |
| 1943s | to hear but we also have even more |
| 1946s | events in December that we do want to |
| 1948s | talk about one that's a little bit more |
| 1950s | festive uh we mentioned it yesterday |
| 1953s | Kaye I know you want to talk a little |
| 1955s | bit about Mid Winter blades yeah so for |
| 1957s | everyone that doesn't live in California |
| 1960s | this time of year can be um darkening |
| 1962s | and colder you might get snow or lots of |
| 1965s | rain um like where I'm from yeah where |
| 1968s | you're from basically um you're going to |
| 1970s | need the winter clothing um as you |
| 1973s | return to um fractured Peaks on on |
| 1977s | December 12th where the midwinter blight |
| 1979s | is taking place um as you return you're |
| 1983s | going to find that it's been enveloped |
| 1985s | in a storm it's freezing out the locals |
| 1987s | it's eternally dark and there are new |
| 1989s | Horrors lurking waiting to you know make |
| 1991s | your lives and the inhabitants uh |
| 1994s | miserable so yeah I hope you brought |
| 1995s | some ice scrapers with you maybe help us |
| 1997s | Scout here yeah we got uh we're working |
| 1999s | on a special Diablo ice scraper reaching |
| 2002s | out to John Mueller to see if we could |
| 2003s | get that marketed there yeah definitely |
| 2006s | Okay so so this going to start in kashad |
| 2009s | and you're going to meet Gillian a |
| 2011s | Wandering Bard and he's here to try and |
| 2013s | bring some cheer and warmth which you |
| 2016s | can see in the video as we go to that um |
| 2019s | and he is located in the hibernal Square |
| 2022s | um and he's giving as well a warning of |
| 2024s | the storm and the Terrors lurking within |
| 2027s | and as you can see you know this is a |
| 2029s | classic Diablo holiday space decorated |
| 2032s | mostly in skulls um which we find very J |
| 2035s | festive on the team personally um |
| 2038s | um yes and at its Center we have the |
| 2040s | totem of midwinter which plays a part in |
| 2042s | the event um itself but I'm not going to |
| 2044s | spoil that and we'll kind of go into |
| 2045s | that um so what's happening outside |
| 2047s | Kovash Shad you're going to head back |
| 2049s | out into fractured Peaks you're going to |
| 2050s | explore the zone and you're going to |
| 2052s | encounter some um Sinister snowmen um or |
| 2056s | what demons consider snowmen that we're |
| 2058s | calling frigid husks which uh yes |
| 2062s | they're beautiful um that's very |
| 2064s | beautiful um I will note I I don't |
| 2067s | actually know if uh Rod Ferguson rgm is |
| 2070s | here uh he he is making me insert this |
| 2074s | wonderful Pun It's he was like as soon |
| 2076s | as he saw him so Rod Ferguson trademark |
| 2079s | pun uh Frosty the Goatman is what he |
| 2082s | likes to call the I you to sing that |
| 2084s | yeah n you know no we're not okay no no |
| 2087s | we're ning the singing no singing okay |
| 2089s | all right so who's building these so |
| 2091s | mentioned demons so you're going to see |
| 2093s | some familiar faces um but they're under |
| 2095s | a new Allegiance these blight f um have |
| 2098s | new tricks and new ways to terrorize and |
| 2101s | harass both you and the locals and |
| 2103s | they're just generally causing mischief |
| 2105s | and Terror under the orders of their |
| 2107s | leader um who is the red cloaked horror |
| 2111s | he lives in the darkest corners of |
| 2113s | fractured Peaks emerging only with the |
| 2115s | storm and he is going to you know be |
| 2119s | really really mad at anyone disrupting |
| 2120s | his plans and he's going to try and make |
| 2122s | you dead um I think he looks really |
| 2124s | Jolly personally I'm a big fan again |
| 2127s | another Rod ferus H uh and this one I |
| 2130s | will sing I will I will Rudy the Red |
| 2133s | Cloak teror oh God there we go all right |
| 2136s | just leaving now we're done he doesn't |
| 2139s | even have a nose that's the problem I |
| 2141s | know Rod has the worst puns we know that |
| 2144s | so all right so what are you going to be |
| 2145s | doing you're going to be um heading out |
| 2148s | into fractured Peaks um so we're going |
| 2150s | to bring up a video with some of the |
| 2151s | kind of gameplay a little bit here |
| 2154s | you're going to encounter the blight |
| 2156s | beans having a really jolly time you |
| 2158s | know there they are they are this is the |
| 2161s | cutest little like well we're going to |
| 2162s | ruin their day yes exactly snow glob |
| 2166s | murder destroy those snowmen um and |
| 2169s | you're going to engage in a number of |
| 2170s | events unique to midwinter blight |
| 2172s | destroy Fred husk defeat the blight |
| 2174s | fiends and if you disrupt things enough |
| 2177s | you may end up summoning the redcloak |
| 2179s | Torah himself who's as I said very |
| 2182s | annoyed at you um and participating in |
| 2185s | these is going to give you resources is |
| 2187s | that you can take back to the high bural |
| 2189s | Square to progress the events and uh |
| 2192s | yeah and some rewards right right the |
| 2195s | rewards cuz what's a festive event |
| 2197s | without presents and gifts and you know |
| 2199s | things in general so we have a number of |
| 2202s | um new cosmetic rewards that you'll be |
| 2204s | able to earn through participating with |
| 2207s | the on the event itself so these are |
| 2209s | selection of weapons and then we also |
| 2212s | have uh some really cool back trophies I |
| 2214s | really like them they've got bells and |
| 2216s | there's some Rees and lots of skulls |
| 2218s | because we do like that here we have a |
| 2220s | theme and we're going to stick to it uh |
| 2222s | so this starts on December 12th um |
| 2225s | really hope everyone comes and slays |
| 2227s | with us there go got one there we go |
| 2232s | yeah did it um yeah fla for it good no I |
| 2236s | was not expecting that actually but yeah |
| 2238s | so yeah that's midwinter blight awesome |
| 2240s | it's great to hear um more information |
| 2242s | about uh all these updates coming in and |
| 2245s | uh midwinter blight's great because |
| 2247s | feedback has been uh we've heard a lot |
| 2249s | of people wanting more cosmetic options |
| 2251s | and so now you have the ability of |
| 2252s | actually unlocking some skulls some |
| 2254s | Bells some Holly uh that you can |
| 2256s | actually incorporate to your character |
| 2258s | uh with midwinter blight but all this |
| 2260s | information is going to be available |
| 2262s | again on EP blog on diablo.com after the |
| 2265s | panel and uh we're looking forward to |
| 2267s | getting all these updates uh in in |
| 2269s | everyone's hands for Avatar Zer the |
| 2271s | occultist updates and of course |
| 2272s | midwinter blight um but moving on we do |
| 2276s | have additional information to talk |
| 2278s | about season of the orange text as you |
| 2280s | called it right Joe uh so Joe can you |
| 2283s | tell us a little bit more about uh |
| 2286s | what's coming there yeah so more endgame |
| 2290s | more endgame |
| 2294s | yeah |
| 2296s | um this uh this is such a cool piece |
| 2298s | this is relevant to the season uh and |
| 2302s | I'm excited to find out uh what happens |
| 2304s | with this guy but I want to talk a |
| 2306s | little bit about uh one part of this one |
| 2309s | part of season 3 uh and there will be |
| 2312s | many more parts of season 3 we're going |
| 2314s | to talk about these more uh and future |
| 2316s | campfire chats um but we wanted to talk |
| 2319s | a little bit about uh leaderboards |
| 2321s | leaderboard driven trials he wants it |
| 2324s | this guy wants it and so we're gonna |
| 2325s | make |
| 2326s | it thanks |
| 2328s | guy we weren't going to make it |
| 2331s | but um and so the way this is going to |
| 2335s | work is when uh season 3 players reach |
| 2337s | World tier 4 they're going to be able to |
| 2340s | compete in The Gauntlet which is a fixed |
| 2343s | seed nonlinear |
| 2345s | dungeon where your Mastery and your |
| 2347s | skill are going to be needed to achieve |
| 2349s | the highest scores and those best scores |
| 2352s | are going to appear on the leader |
| 2354s | boards now every time you enter the |
| 2358s | gauntlet it's going to be exactly the |
| 2359s | same that means the monsters and their |
| 2361s | positions the layouts the affixes and |
| 2364s | because it's nonlinear you have some |
| 2366s | choices about how you're going to |
| 2367s | progress through to maximize your score |
| 2370s | and of course if you're playing in a |
| 2371s | party you can choose like which which |
| 2374s | direction each party member is going to |
| 2375s | go and and you really have an |
| 2376s | opportunity to uh optimize it loot will |
| 2380s | drop at the end of the timer so you |
| 2382s | don't have to worry about picking it up |
| 2384s | on the way and as you're killing |
| 2386s | monsters and you're opening chests |
| 2388s | you're going to get instead these uh |
| 2390s | pickups called proofs of might they drop |
| 2393s | from all of the types of content and |
| 2395s | you'll have a limited amount of time to |
| 2397s | collect as many as possible to maximize |
| 2400s | your |
| 2401s | score so at the beginning of each week a |
| 2405s | new Gauntlet is going to replace the |
| 2406s | current one and the leader boards will |
| 2410s | reset now uh this is an image of uh the |
| 2414s | solo Barbarian ladder we can see here um |
| 2417s | I want to caution that it is in |
| 2419s | development content so some things may |
| 2421s | change uh by the time we get to season 3 |
| 2424s | but we wanted to show off uh to to |
| 2426s | really give |
| 2427s | all of you uh an idea a visual idea of |
| 2431s | like how how this is going to play out |
| 2433s | and you can also see on this next uh |
| 2436s | image that uh we have a number of |
| 2439s | filters so there are Solo leader boards |
| 2442s | for each class as well as party |
| 2444s | leaderboards that vary with party size |
| 2446s | uh of course hardcore leaderboards and |
| 2448s | then uh when you look at the |
| 2449s | leaderboards you'll be able to filter |
| 2451s | them globally or by platform you can |
| 2454s | filter by your friends or your clan so |
| 2456s | annoying better than bur yeah I mean I'm |
| 2460s | right here you don't have to talk to |
| 2463s | me if you play Barb you would be able |
| 2467s | to NEC cros are better that's why we |
| 2469s | have the Barb |
| 2471s | leaderboard so you know uh I mentioned |
| 2474s | that these leaderboards will reset every |
| 2475s | week but the very best players from each |
| 2479s | week's leaderboard are going to be |
| 2481s | recorded in the Hall of ancients this is |
| 2484s | a permanent leader board that will |
| 2485s | cement their legacy |
| 2488s | and you don't just have to be the very |
| 2491s | top ranking on the leaderboards to |
| 2493s | participate in the gauntlet all World |
| 2495s | tier 4 players will be able to take |
| 2496s | their shot at getting participating in |
| 2498s | The Gauntlet and getting Pro progressing |
| 2500s | to the leaderboard so that means you |
| 2502s | don't have to be level 100 to |
| 2504s | participate at all no you don't in fact |
| 2506s | uh if you look at the uh this uh |
| 2508s | wonderful um UI that we have up here you |
| 2511s | can see that we as you're leveling up |
| 2513s | and uh competing in The Gauntlet and |
| 2516s | getting higher and higher score you'll |
| 2517s | earn these seals and uh as you are |
| 2521s | earning these seals you'll be able to |
| 2522s | climb up until eventually you get to the |
| 2524s | Seal of the worthy and then you'll be |
| 2526s | able to jump into the leaderboard and |
| 2528s | you can show these off on your character |
| 2530s | profile and |
| 2531s | game awesome very |
| 2534s | cool and then I know with leaderboards |
| 2537s | that coming in uh season 3 uh with uh |
| 2542s | all the information that we've been |
| 2543s | sharing here again I'm just reminding |
| 2545s | everyone that you can end up checking |
| 2547s | all this out on the the site afterwards |
| 2550s | we'll have all the artwork up there and |
| 2552s | of course all the information that we've |
| 2554s | we we provided even on the expansion |
| 2556s | stuff will end up being there and I just |
| 2558s | want to remind everyone in the community |
| 2560s | that uh thanks to you guys and the |
| 2562s | feedback that we've actually uh uh |
| 2564s | gotten in for Diablo 4 we've been able |
| 2567s | to you know we were able to get all |
| 2570s | these amazing changes in so providing |
| 2572s | that feedback through our forums through |
| 2574s | social media through Reddit wherever you |
| 2576s | post at uh let us know here even here at |
| 2578s | biscon it's it's a it's a huge help for |
| 2581s | the whole entire team so thank you guys |
| 2583s | again thank you Dia commun for for |
| 2585s | making the the game a better experience |
| 2587s | for everyone um I know we do have some |
| 2590s | time for Q&A as well we did leave a uh |
| 2593s | question box out in Hall a for which is |
| 2595s | the Diablo Hall here at BlizzCon and |
| 2597s | then of course we asked on social media |
| 2600s | uh for questions through our fans that |
| 2603s | could not attend BlizzCon um but we |
| 2605s | grabbed the ones that seem to be pretty |
| 2608s | pretty regular repeats specifically so |
| 2610s | we'll we'll kind of just jump right in |
| 2612s | on them uh the first question I think |
| 2614s | this one would be good for Kaylee uh |
| 2616s | will there be more intermediate |
| 2617s | progression Dungeons and bosses between |
| 2620s | tier 4 and Uber Lis yeah so we have this |
| 2623s | question a bit and the short answer is |
| 2624s | yes um we've already started doing this |
| 2627s | with the boss ladder Uber durial and |
| 2630s | we're looking for even more |
| 2631s | opportunities with which to give |
| 2634s | everybody things to tackle as working |
| 2636s | their way towards Uber lith as well as |
| 2639s | you know things for people to pursue |
| 2641s | once they defeat Uber lith so yes um and |
| 2644s | as we develop those we will share more |
| 2646s | information probably in more campfire |
| 2647s | chats or on Diablo 4.com awesome thank |
| 2651s | you Kaylee uh this one's an expansion |
| 2653s | question so uh Brent I will give this |
| 2656s | over to you will there be a season |
| 2658s | Journey when expansion |
| 2660s | launches yeah we know we have a a a |
| 2664s | large community with players who like to |
| 2666s | play in a bunch of different styles so |
| 2669s | when vessel of hatred launches uh we're |
| 2671s | going to have stuff for Eternal players |
| 2673s | we're going to have seasonal content |
| 2675s | we're going to have people who want to |
| 2677s | continue to play vanilla people who want |
| 2679s | to jump into the expansion basically |
| 2681s | we're going to have something for |
| 2682s | everybody to have fun with cool thank |
| 2684s | you Brent uh Tiffany um this one for you |
| 2688s | uh well we have a system to save and |
| 2690s | switch between builds a very popular |
| 2693s | question very popular |
| 2695s | question |
| 2698s | so uh the reason Adam says this is a |
| 2700s | great question for me is because I ask |
| 2701s | Joe this all the time uh it's something |
| 2704s | I'm also very very passion myself and |
| 2706s | lots of the development team and lots of |
| 2708s | the community is very passionate about |
| 2709s | so uh for those of you that play Diablo |
| 2711s | I are very familiar with the Armory this |
| 2713s | is something that we brought to the game |
| 2715s | in patch 25 um and so we've been we've |
| 2718s | been talking about it for a very long |
| 2719s | time there's so many different things so |
| 2722s | many activities like so much room for |
| 2724s | activities in sanctuary um so many |
| 2726s | different things to be doing whether |
| 2727s | you're playing by yourself playing with |
| 2729s | the group PVP etc etc there's Paragon |
| 2731s | board customization there's build |
| 2734s | customization uh there's uh outfit |
| 2737s | customization uh what gear you're |
| 2739s | wearing so we want to be able to have an |
| 2741s | easy way to switch between those so you |
| 2743s | can keep playing uh and keep you know uh |
| 2746s | Min maxing all of your experiences while |
| 2748s | you're in the game so we have nothing to |
| 2751s | announce in terms of when it's coming |
| 2753s | but it's something that we're talking |
| 2754s | about all the time and hoping to break |
| 2756s | bring to Diablo 4 as soon as we possibly |
| 2758s | can awesome I know it's a thing that a |
| 2761s | lot of a lot of people in the Comm have |
| 2762s | been asking for and uh you know being |
| 2765s | able to switch between uh different |
| 2767s | builds and everything and have that |
| 2768s | saved it's it's something that the team |
| 2770s | most definitely is working on uh next |
| 2772s | question we have is uh from from someone |
| 2775s | who's actually attending here at bcon |
| 2776s | and is actually a content creator was in |
| 2778s | our opening ceremony as well in opening |
| 2779s | ceremony from Don the crown and I think |
| 2782s | he actually made like a decision to come |
| 2784s | to blon like 24 hours before ConEd so he |
| 2787s | could be here right now he could be here |
| 2789s | right now really wanted to ask this |
| 2791s | question yes exactly but I will say this |
| 2793s | question also came from a lot of people |
| 2796s | uh but Don the crown asked do you intend |
| 2798s | to add more sources of living steel to |
| 2800s | the game oh yeah yeah that grinning |
| 2803s | demon right yes yeah he sucks |
| 2807s | yeah um yeah no it's you know that that |
| 2811s | particular summoning material we've |
| 2814s | certainly heard and experienced uh doing |
| 2817s | hell Tides is feels much more stingy |
| 2820s | than the other summoning materials and |
| 2822s | so we want to make some improvements |
| 2823s | there yeah awesome yeah so expect |
| 2826s | improvements coming down the pipe for |
| 2829s | that um and by the way I just want to |
| 2831s | thank everyone for not putting your |
| 2833s | names in the Box because I would have |
| 2835s | completely screwed up half the names in |
| 2836s | there as I normally do so I appreciate |
| 2839s | people who do not put their names on |
| 2840s | there you're the |
| 2842s | best last thing I need to do is Butcher |
| 2844s | that in front of like 5,000 people uh |
| 2846s | will the expansion feature uh a group |
| 2849s | finder or Global chat uh as social |
| 2852s | features I know we've heard a lot of |
| 2853s | questions about uh Brent yeah yeah you |
| 2856s | know social is a really big part of the |
| 2858s | game and we see what everybody's doing |
| 2860s | with how they're leveraging trade chat |
| 2862s | to kind of work around some things um |
| 2864s | our social team finds this incredibly |
| 2867s | important right like we got a lot of |
| 2869s | different ways to play the game and we |
| 2871s | want to make sure that all of your |
| 2872s | communities can find each other and come |
| 2874s | together and so we got to we we actually |
| 2876s | have to really get some tools in there |
| 2878s | to to get to that point where everybody |
| 2881s | has a really smooth social experience |
| 2884s | and so our goal is to make sure that we |
| 2886s | get as many of those tools in place |
| 2888s | before we actually get to the expansion |
| 2890s | yeah and I really want to make a special |
| 2892s | call out to you know we have an entire |
| 2894s | POA team who are focused on social and |
| 2897s | the player experience and they are so |
| 2899s | dedicated and so enthusiastic and just |
| 2902s | amazing people to work with and they're |
| 2904s | paying attention to the things |
| 2906s | everybody's talking about need and |
| 2907s | trying to figure out the best plan to |
| 2909s | get those kind of things to you in the |
| 2911s | best time frame awesome thank you Brent |
| 2913s | thank you Kaylee uh and then we have a |
| 2917s | kind of a last question here um this is |
| 2920s | from Knox wherever you are here at |
| 2922s | BlizzCon uh what are your plans there we |
| 2925s | go we found him um what are your plans |
| 2930s | for itemization moving forward a very |
| 2934s | very popular question all right question |
| 2937s | B question for Joe yes I'll uh do we |
| 2941s | have a panel after this |
| 2943s | or no this is a very serious and |
| 2945s | important question right and um while |
| 2948s | we're not ready to share all of the |
| 2950s | plans for itemization that we have going |
| 2952s | forward the team is working uh on the |
| 2956s | problems that we see with itemization |
| 2957s | right now right uh I think I was |
| 2959s | watching uh was a carbot video I think |
| 2962s | recently and uh shout out to carbot love |
| 2965s | his the the character gets two items and |
| 2968s | they're trying to compare and he's got |
| 2970s | pulls out his sort of monocle and he's |
| 2971s | going through it it it's it's too |
| 2974s | difficult right now to compare items it |
| 2977s | takes a lot of time and uh we want to |
| 2979s | make that better we also um want the |
| 2984s | there are some affixes that are very |
| 2985s | conditional or have several layers of |
| 2987s | conditionality um sometimes this gets uh |
| 2990s | short hand for this is a damage on |
| 2991s | Tuesdays right like um yeah really good |
| 2994s | on it's a couple days from now will be |
| 2997s | incredible um but we think that there |
| 3000s | are too many of those that have really |
| 3001s | complicated conditional effects and it's |
| 3003s | really hard to build bring those into |
| 3005s | builds and it contributes as Kaye was |
| 3008s | saying earlier um to a feeling of having |
| 3011s | it be very difficult to customize your |
| 3013s | items in a way that lets you uh get |
| 3016s | exactly the the aices that you want on |
| 3018s | your build so that's the build you're |
| 3019s | looking for you know exactly so that's |
| 3021s | something that we want to review we also |
| 3024s | know that when you are optimizing your |
| 3026s | gear the the goal of that is to have the |
| 3030s | the effect be that you feel that power |
| 3032s | so you you are customizing your gear and |
| 3035s | then you go out and you want to you want |
| 3036s | to be able to V visually tell |
| 3038s | immediately like yeah this made a |
| 3040s | difference right um and then of course |
| 3044s | uh we also want to add more ways to |
| 3047s | modify items and add on additional |
| 3050s | complexity to items um sort of through |
| 3052s | this is often talked about in the |
| 3053s | context of crafting right better ways to |
| 3057s | uh better ways to modify items in that |
| 3059s | way yeah awesome well I know um I'm |
| 3062s | going to throw another question at you |
| 3064s | though uh because there has been a lot |
| 3067s | of talk about the amount of aspects that |
| 3069s | are within the game and so you know do |
| 3072s | we have any plans on what we like for |
| 3075s | for aspects specifically yeah so it's |
| 3078s | going to take us a little bit of time to |
| 3079s | to get this right um probably won't see |
| 3082s | it in season 3 but uh soon after that um |
| 3085s | but we want to get the aspect crystals |
| 3087s | out of your inventory and into the Codex |
| 3089s | of |
| 3094s | power I think they agree with that I |
| 3096s | think they quite like that I I I'm |
| 3099s | glad we're we're we're starting work on |
| 3102s | it right now so we'd have to go back um |
| 3105s | but no the Codex of power is really a |
| 3108s | great repository of all of the legendary |
| 3111s | powers or it should be we think and |
| 3113s | there are way there are lots of |
| 3115s | opportunities for for for upgrading it |
| 3116s | or um bringing affixes that you found |
| 3119s | and we we just really want to make that |
| 3120s | better yeah great that's awesome to hear |
| 3122s | I know a lot of people are excited to to |
| 3125s | have a an area where all their aspects |
| 3127s | are as opposed to you know where we are |
| 3129s | right now with with collecting |
| 3130s | everything with our aspects and having |
| 3132s | your inventory kind of running back to |
| 3134s | the stash and putting them all in there |
| 3135s | and everything so uh there we have it |
| 3137s | for the Diablo 4 campfire chat we do |
| 3140s | have a lot of awesome things coming down |
| 3142s | the road and I do want to remind |
| 3144s | everyone that you know this Tuesday day |
| 3146s | we have an update with uh five new |
| 3148s | malignant rings that will be hitting the |
| 3150s | game you can Farm bar Sean to earn uh |
| 3153s | earn those Rings specifically and and |
| 3155s | those rings are in Eternal and seasonal |
| 3157s | which is great to hear as well and then |
| 3159s | of course on December 5th we have our uh |
| 3161s | abatar of zir yeah Google abattoir if |
| 3164s | you don't know what that is I did it's a |
| 3166s | slaughter house it's a slaughter house |
| 3168s | yeah cultured Adam uh and then uh we |
| 3172s | also have a cultist updates hitting on |
| 3174s | December 5th and of course December 12th |
| 3176s | we have our first holiday event hitting |
| 3178s | Diablo 4 which is midwinter blight where |
| 3180s | players can actually end up earning a |
| 3182s | ton of different uh new Cosmetics you |
| 3184s | know dress your character up in some |
| 3185s | Bells some reads Holly ETA get very |
| 3187s | festive exactly get very festive um and |
| 3190s | uh I did want to remind everyone that we |
| 3192s | do have a Diablo blood drive that is |
| 3194s | currently running if you go to Diablo |
| 3196s | blood harvest.com currently the |
| 3197s | community is at 73% to the goal uh once |
| 3201s | we at 100% job everyone everyone gets |
| 3203s | some awards good job great cause as well |
| 3207s | it's for an awesome cause you know we |
| 3209s | we're we're aiming to have uh 666 quarts |
| 3212s | of blood donated course so of course go |
| 3214s | to got to stay with the theme so make |
| 3216s | sure to uh check out the site for more |
| 3219s | information um panelists I say thank you |
| 3224s | for for coming to BlizzCon um and and |
| 3226s | watching online uh we love Diablo and we |
| 3229s | love |
| 3233s | you I can't wait to get back in front of |
| 3237s | everybody here and have more to talk |
| 3239s | about with the expansion in the future |
| 3241s | uh so I look forward to seeing you all |
| 3242s | in |
| 3247s | sanctuary you know I I just want to |
| 3250s | thank all of our passionate players and |
| 3253s | you know we are we listen to everything |
| 3256s | that you're saying and it's been so |
| 3257s | awesome to reveal season of blood and be |
| 3260s | able to bring some of those changes back |
| 3262s | and then to come here and to be able to |
| 3264s | tell you about all the things that are |
| 3266s | more things that are coming in season of |
| 3267s | blood and in future seasons and in |
| 3270s | vessel of |
| 3271s | hatred |
| 3275s | yeah uh yeah I just want to say thank |
| 3278s | you everyone for making this an amazing |
| 3280s | experience to be up here also hi Mom and |
| 3283s | Dad surprise yes I'm on the panel um I |
| 3285s | didn't tell them but I mostly want to |
| 3288s | call out our amazing team um who many of |
| 3291s | them are working here at BlizzCon who |
| 3293s | may have met down in Hall a they're |
| 3295s | doing sign |
| 3296s | and everyone who is actually still back |
| 3297s | at the office or well would be it's a |
| 3299s | weekend they're not working um but |
| 3302s | everyone um across uh all the spaces |
| 3305s | that we have and across the team in |
| 3307s | general |
| 3311s | awesome and I just want to thank |
| 3313s | everyone here thank you guys everyone |
| 3315s | here everyone at home uh we hope you |
| 3317s | guys have had a wonderful BlizzCon we're |
| 3320s | so happy to have you here and we hope |
| 3322s | you guys come see us while blizzcon's |
| 3324s | still going on for the rest of the day |
| 3327s | and uh we'll see you in the next |
| 3329s | campfire chat we'll have more campfire |
| 3330s | chats this year and have a amazing |
| 3334s | BlizzCon everyone thank you so much |
| 3335s | we'll see you in sanctuary thank |
| 3348s | you |