[2023] Diablo IV Campfire Chat - Season of the Malignant- July 2023 | Diablo III Dev Tracker

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2046s	writing to you because although a great
2049s	evil is receding from Sanctuary a new
2053s	festering curse now spreads its
2056s	corruption across the land
2058s	more dangerous more malignant than I
2063s	could have imagined
2064s	I have found a way to stop this plague
2069s	rip the dark power of these monsters
2071s	from their very core and turn it to our
2075s	advantage in destroying them
2082s	I cannot do this alone
2085s	my allies are for them my strength is
2089s	dwindling the middle agents are
2092s	Relentless and without Mercy I need help
2097s	I need
2099s	you
2109s	hello Diablo Community welcome to
2111s	another Diablo 4 campfire chat my name
2114s	is Adam Fletcher I am the associate
2117s	director of community here for Diablo
2120s	I'm joined here by Joe Shelley game
2122s	director of Diablo 4 and Mr Joe pipora
2126s	the associate game director for Diablo
2128s	4. we have a lot to talk about today
2131s	um obviously we have this campfire chat
2134s	because we do want to talk about uh the
2137s	patch that just released this past week
2139s	which is patch 110. we've seen a ton of
2143s	feedback we've heard a lot of feedback
2146s	and so we do want to go through you know
2149s	a lot of the the points of feedback that
2151s	we've been hearing and and at the same
2153s	time the patch itself the biggest thing
2155s	that you know to kind of like kick us
2158s	off here I think
2159s	um we want to you know obviously
2161s	acknowledge everyone's feedback in
2163s	regards to reducing player power we know
2167s	it is bad we know it is not fun uh and
2171s	it's something that you know we we
2174s	ourselves know that uh
2177s	it's not it's not the greatest play
2179s	experience for for players out there we
2182s	do want to explain why we ended up doing
2184s	it within the the actual patch and then
2187s	of course we also want to talk about
2188s	like what we were trying to achieve
2190s	specifically uh with with this patch and
2193s	with with the changes that players ended
2195s	up seeing uh and then separately we do
2198s	want to also talk about how we don't
2200s	plan on doing a patch like this ever
2202s	again uh we have most definitely heard
2204s	the feedback from the players on that
2206s	front and we do want to talk a little
2208s	bit about you know our philosophy our
2210s	our own internal um statements that we
2214s	were setting for ourselves for for
2217s	future updates uh for the game itself
2219s	and then of course we do want to also
2222s	talk about how we can talk better and
2224s	communicate with the community better in
2227s	regards to Patches and updates coming to
2231s	the game and what we can do to improve
2234s	on that
2234s	um so I know that the first thing we do
2236s	want to talk about though as I said was
2238s	uh talking about you know why why we
2241s	ended up doing this in this passion do I
2243s	do want to throw it over to Mr Joe
2245s	pipora over here to to talk a little bit
2247s	more about that sure so I know that
2249s	we've talked on stream before about I
2251s	know our intentions for Diablo 4 being a
2253s	game about choice and uh
2257s	part of that is ensuring that the
2258s	various class options feel like they've
2260s	got a place in the The Meta experience
2263s	and that kind of goes to the some of the
2265s	change we made in in 1.1 now Adam
2268s	already called out that uh that we we've
2270s	heard the feedback with regard to the
2272s	patch and we know that reducing player
2274s	power uh is uh is never a good
2276s	experience uh in general and uh I want
2279s	to talk through like sort of some of the
2281s	things that brought us to where we are
2283s	today in terms of decisions we were
2284s	making and why so
2286s	a few of the really big changes that
2288s	were made that were made as part of 1.1
2290s	uh first relate I guess to cooldown
2293s	reduction uh so uh we changed the amount
2295s	of CDR that players can get as part of
2297s	uh the like in the affix ranges are
2299s	rolling for them as they're going
2300s	through the experience
2302s	uh CDR is uh one of the if not the most
2306s	powerful stat in many ways in Diablo 4
2308s	uh and the reason for it is obvious uh
2311s	when you're able to get CDR to a certain
2312s	point when using certain class
2313s	mechanisms you're able to get
2315s	effectively like instant in standing
2317s	instantaneous uh like active skills so
2321s	like you know that can give you like
2323s	unlimited uh resource and give you
2325s	unlimited movement speed give you
2326s	unlimited damage resist and it begins to
2328s	dwarf the qual the the effectiveness of
2330s	other other options uh when you can
2333s	start trying to take these things into
2334s	account
2335s	now we know that blasting through
2337s	content with that those things is really
2339s	fun so it feels really really painful to
2341s	have to take some of those things away
2342s	uh and we certainly don't relish the
2345s	idea
2346s	um
2347s	that was the original thinking for these
2349s	sorts of bits
2350s	um one of the reasons why uh we think
2353s	that these these builds are very
2354s	prevalent at the moment uh is based upon
2357s	like the nature of some of the end game
2359s	content we have uh in Diablo for uh in
2362s	particular thinking about nightmare
2363s	dungeons especially
2366s	um
2367s	the reality is that nightmare dungeons
2369s	are dramatically overtuned from where
2371s	they actually need to be based upon the
2373s	place they film the role they fill in
2375s	the game itself
2376s	so tier 100 nightmare dungeons are
2379s	excruciatingly difficult for most
2381s	players to most classes be able to
2382s	actually get through and as a result it
2384s	begins to kind of winnow the
2386s	opportunities and options that players
2388s	have when they begin to engage with
2389s	content at that tier such that you
2391s	really do require you need to lean on
2393s	very very specific builds very specific
2395s	setups you know with access to things
2398s	like near instantaneous cool Downs for
2400s	some skills in an effort to actually
2401s	like make it through uh those spaces and
2403s	that was never really the intent of that
2405s	content and we see that right we players
2408s	are using nightmare dungeons as ways to
2410s	kind of like level up their glyphs uh
2412s	wage them to gain experience and loot as
2414s	they're progressing up it's largely like
2416s	a level up system you're progressing
2417s	with once you get into World tiers three
2418s	and four uh but they've taken on an
2420s	outsized role as sort of this new uh
2423s	in-game Chase opportunity for players
2424s	who are looking to really challenge
2425s	themselves and we we love that we have
2427s	we want that kind of content and we want
2429s	that experience for those players and we
2431s	feel like we have done a reasonably good
2432s	job of that with with Uber Lilith uh in
2434s	the game but uh we don't feel like tier
2436s	100 nightmare dungeons fulfill the same
2438s	role at all just the nature of the
2440s	content type doesn't actually work well
2442s	as that kind of pushing opportunity so
2445s	one thing we actually plan on doing and
2448s	we'd hope to get out as part of this
2450s	release we're going to get out very very
2451s	soon is we're making a reduction in the
2453s	difficulty of some aspects of nightmare
2454s	dungeons to kind of retune some things
2456s	and the goal here is to say that now we
2459s	think that uh that's you know roughly
2461s	where you are with like a nightmare
2462s	dungeon tier 70. that's kind of where we
2464s	actually want the difficulty to be for a
2466s	tier 100 as we're as players are going
2468s	through the experience so there's still
2469s	a thing to push for but it's more
2471s	reasonable and as part of this exchange
2473s	we know that players really like kind of
2475s	blasting and pushing hard for these
2476s	sorts of things they feel like big
2477s	achievements uh we are going to be
2479s	looking at creating a new content type a
2481s	new end game content site it's going to
2483s	be more directly meant to address those
2485s	sorts of uh those sorts of players and
2487s	give people more things to chase that's
2489s	part of the commitment to the live
2490s	services to make sure that we're always
2491s	adding new things like this for players
2494s	to go and try to kind of chase after to
2495s	kind of maximize and use their builds in
2497s	fun and interesting ways so that's a
2499s	that's another really big thing
2501s	um next we made a number of changes to
2503s	the uh to sorceress skill uh like
2505s	sorcerer's builds in in general
2508s	um they sort of ended up having a net
2510s	impact of like really reducing their
2512s	effectiveness with some of their most
2513s	powerful builds at the moment and the
2515s	goal of the time uh was to try to bring
2518s	their bills back in line with one
2519s	another so they could start trying to
2520s	bring everything up at once opposed to
2522s	having these things as they are and this
2524s	you know this actually leads to a really
2526s	good conversation about the idea of
2527s	balance in general I said before that
2529s	Diablo 4 is a game that is about choice
2532s	and that remains our our our our goal
2535s	you know that's our that's that's our
2536s	Guiding Light we're trying to make
2537s	decisions on balance and design in
2540s	general and sometimes we don't always
2541s	get it quite right you know and I think
2543s	that we see that with some bills are
2544s	just simply not performing to the level
2546s	they need to be because they just don't
2547s	have the right interactions with the
2549s	kind of content or skills that you
2550s	actually really want to use to get
2552s	through the game
2553s	um you know this is an example of like
2555s	when we're thinking about our our goals
2558s	in terms of creating this balanced
2560s	experience where there's lots of
2561s	interesting choices for players to
2563s	engage with you know we cannot uh we
2565s	cannot make balanced decisions without
2567s	us without kind of uh accounting for the
2571s	way that players are going to feel about
2572s	those things we're playing those classes
2574s	like the if the goal of if if our goal
2577s	is to create an ultimately balanced
2579s	experience you know uh without regard
2581s	for how much fun the player is having as
2583s	part of the uh as part of that exchange
2585s	you know that's uh that's ultimately
2586s	that would be like a failure in our part
2588s	to not kind of think about things so we
2590s	we uh we have plans that I know that
2592s	we're going to talk about a little bit
2593s	later then so they kind of address this
2594s	more clearly but understand that we
2595s	we've heard this and we have uh we have
2597s	we have plans in the very near future to
2599s	address these sorts of things
2601s	another bit that speaks to this is the
2603s	uh the change that was made for
2605s	vulnerable damage now I think that uh
2607s	there are a lot of players in the
2608s	community who like kind of Dove deep
2610s	into a lot of our our systems in Diablo
2612s	4 and kind of see that that vulnerable
2614s	damage is a really outsized role that it
2616s	plays in terms of a lot of build making
2618s	you know and uh you know to the point
2620s	where it feels that you know you'll get
2622s	to certain parts of content and just
2623s	creatures sort of need to be vulnerable
2625s	in order if you feel that you need to
2626s	know that you can damage them you know
2628s	this is uh this is something that we're
2629s	very aware of and we made a reduction as
2631s	part of the the 1.1 build that reduced
2634s	player damage in general because most
2635s	players rely on many many builds I
2637s	should say uh Reliant vulnerable damage
2639s	to deal uh to kind of spike in lots of
2641s	different kinds of content
2643s	uh this is uh this is something we also
2648s	need to talk about
2649s	vulnerable damage is far more potent
2652s	right now than we actually wanted to be
2654s	in general across the game I think I've
2656s	talked about this before and we need to
2659s	make a number of uh we need to kind of
2661s	bring these things back in line but this
2663s	is a more this is a more complicated
2665s	conversation than simply just saying we
2666s	can take a you know bonus damage to
2668s	vulnerable creatures number and reduce
2670s	it by 40 in terms of the kind of the
2672s	amount of damage you can get across
2673s	different sources uh and have that be
2676s	the way that we solve this problem
2677s	really the I think we all know that the
2679s	the the ultimate problem with damage
2680s	developable creatures the fact is
2682s	multiplicative stacking on top of the
2684s	base vulnerable damage which is already
2685s	multiplicative on its own like this is
2687s	the uh this is the reason why the stat
2689s	plays such an outsized role in a lot of
2691s	player builds we're going to need to
2692s	move that to an added place but we can't
2694s	do that without making a number of other
2697s	adjustments to Critical Strike damage to
2699s	the way that overpower damage is both
2700s	calculated and Delta creatures and the
2703s	availability of these things across
2704s	various builds you know there's lots of
2706s	builds that rely on vulnerable and their
2708s	balance around the idea that the damage
2709s	is also multiplicative so a number of
2711s	these a number of their balance and
2713s	tuning changes will need to be made in
2715s	order to be able to bring vulnerable
2716s	back in line with some of the other
2717s	options we have out there so this is how
2720s	this is how we're kind of thinking about
2722s	these things moving forward we want to
2724s	we want to start uh trying to be a
2726s	little more inclusive of all these
2727s	decisions when we begin considering
2729s	which of these balance tests you want to
2731s	make rather than being in this iterative
2733s	place where we're making small
2734s	adjustments to uh to a number of
2736s	different things along the way with an
2738s	end goal in mind of where we actually
2739s	eventually want to be we want to be
2742s	trying to consider what the experience
2744s	is going to be like from from moment to
2746s	moment you know rather from update to
2747s	update and release to release to get
2749s	things in a better spot
2751s	so while we do believe that that you
2754s	know having our season role gives us the
2755s	opportunity to uh to kind of reset our
2757s	meta and change a lot of things that
2759s	obviously has an impact on internal
2760s	players the way that they kind of
2761s	perceive the characters they're still
2762s	playing in that space uh and it can be
2765s	disruptive players who found a
2767s	particular play style they're really
2768s	excited about so that's the so I know
2770s	that Joe you're going to talk about some
2771s	of these things in a minute so this is
2772s	an awkward handoff but but I just want
2775s	to make it right it's a very often
2776s	handoff I'm sorry uh but there's a but I
2778s	want people to understand that we we do
2780s	hear the things that they're saying uh
2782s	we do plan on making changes uh in the
2784s	near future and just kind of thinking
2786s	philosophically about how we want to
2787s	address these things moving forward
2790s	um and with that I I guess Joe would you
2792s	like to share about your thinking yeah
2794s	so you know I think it's I think it's a
2796s	great Point uh a great uh lead in here
2800s	um we want as Adam mentioned we want to
2802s	talk about
2804s	um we kind of talked a little bit about
2805s	how we got here
2807s	um we want to talk about
2809s	um what we're going to do
2811s	about that I mean I think one of the
2813s	really good points you made is like
2816s	um you know vulnerable is for example
2820s	vulnerable is like a must take stat
2822s	right and it would be better if it
2824s	wasn't a must take stat but more of a
2827s	build option the game will be better
2828s	when that's the case but if along the
2831s	way to getting to that
2833s	um the game is less fun
2835s	then we're not we're not fulfilling our
2838s	Our obligation to players right that's
2840s	right so I want to talk about uh our
2844s	mission statement for the live game
2847s	um and I think we have a a oh yeah
2850s	perfect
2851s	so there there are four four parts to
2854s	this we're gonna start with the first
2855s	part
2856s	um we we want the live game to always
2859s	have a wide variety of viable builds to
2861s	discover
2862s	to put together
2863s	uh to acquire the items for
2867s	um and to optimize across all five of
2870s	our classes
2872s	second point
2874s	every season should introduce new items
2876s	and powers that keep the game fresh and
2879s	and increase build variety
2882s	moving on to the third Point
2884s	um
2886s	the live game should also have
2888s	continually evolving and game content
2891s	and that content needs to have high
2893s	monster density for powerful builds to
2895s	mow down
2896s	and it needs to have activities that
2898s	challenge your build and you know you
2901s	were just talking about how
2903s	while nightmare dungeons uh
2906s	uh I'll get to the fourth point in a
2908s	second
2909s	um uh while nightmare dungeons
2911s	um
2913s	are technically challenging your build
2916s	they're challenging your build in some
2918s	ways that are not very fun right like
2920s	being cc'd all the time yes that's
2923s	correct
2924s	of nightmare dungeons where every
2926s	monster can one shot you and then if you
2928s	get clipped by one bit of chill you're
2930s	permanently snared right or or not
2932s	completely Frozen like these are these
2934s	are not things that the the nightmare
2936s	dining system is doing particularly well
2937s	right now is in terms of making
2938s	challenging content right so I think
2941s	that's why it's so important uh your
2945s	call out that we plan to introduce
2947s	additional content that fulfills that uh
2951s	that part of the the uh the mission
2953s	statement to Challenger builds
2957s	um if we can go back to the screen I got
2959s	kind of sidetracked but I think it was
2961s	really important
2962s	um and of course uh ultimately what
2966s	we're trying to do is make the game more
2967s	fun for players right players are at the
2969s	heart of everything that we're doing and
2971s	the game is not more fun for players and
2973s	we're not making the game if players
2975s	can't
2977s	um believe that as the game evolves it
2980s	will get more fun
2981s	then
2983s	we're not accomplishing our our goals
2985s	either right
2987s	um and so the other uh point I want to
2989s	go to here is a change that you know
2991s	Adam was talking about how do we make
2993s	sure that
2995s	uh the next time we do a patch we don't
2998s	have we we this doesn't happen right and
3001s	so I want to talk about a uh
3004s	we call it a key process Improvement
3006s	that's like a
3008s	weird charging turn a change that we're
3010s	making
3011s	um that will help us avoid this
3015s	situation
3016s	um so I think we have a slide for this
3019s	when we make and this goes again this is
3022s	this is right along what you were saying
3024s	here we make changes to increase build
3026s	diversity our goal going back to the
3029s	mission statement is we want to have a
3030s	wide variety of viable builds right so
3033s	when we make changes that have the
3035s	ultimate aim of increasing build
3037s	diversity
3039s	um we need to
3041s	pair those changes with compelling
3044s	Alternatives and that means that there
3046s	are some builds that will be overpowered
3048s	and we we can't Nerf those bills those
3051s	overpowered builds without providing
3054s	compelling alternatives for players to
3056s	pursue that's right that it means that
3058s	things like when we identify that there
3060s	are a few individual uh like meta builds
3062s	or stats that are like really really
3064s	powerful when they get within you know
3066s	preseason or within a season uh that
3068s	until we have created those other
3069s	options and redesigned things around the
3072s	nature of these and made sure that we've
3073s	lifted up other options and brought
3075s	everything in line you know we're not
3076s	going to move on those changes you know
3078s	there's going to be always situations
3079s	where there are extraordinary outliers
3081s	you know that we're going to want
3082s	they're usually relying on like actual
3084s	bugs that we need to address but when it
3087s	comes to like trying to bring things
3088s	back in line with one another we want to
3090s	be able to make sure that we're doing
3091s	those when we make those decisions uh we
3093s	have a bevy of other options and
3095s	Alternatives available for players to
3096s	engage at the same time so if we if
3098s	player seed is taking like a toy away
3099s	that we're giving lots of other toys
3100s	you're lifting up other ways you know to
3102s	make them more viable as part of the
3103s	exchange yeah and that those toys are
3106s	are
3107s	um equally exciting yes so let's go to
3110s	the second point of this here
3112s	[Music]
3113s	um
3114s	when we make changes like this it's
3116s	important for us to make them at
3117s	predictable times and Adam's going to
3119s	talk a little bit more about our
3121s	communication strategy here in a bit the
3123s	start of a season is an especially good
3125s	time for meta changes to happen because
3128s	there's a big refresh everyone is
3130s	rolling new characters and there's new
3132s	seasonal content right and and changes
3136s	like that will also
3138s	appear in Eternal at the same time
3141s	in the third the third Point here as as
3144s	Joe alluded to there are certain
3146s	situations we saw a case where
3151s	we had a skill that could do 10 to the
3154s	37 damage
3156s	in cases like that where the damage is
3160s	is literally breaking the game or
3164s	crashing the servers we will still react
3167s	to those situations but that doesn't
3169s	change the first point here in terms of
3172s	allowing bills to be overpowered and I
3175s	think you know one of the things that's
3177s	important for uh to recognize and state
3180s	is that ultimately arpgs or some people
3184s	call them hack and slash games
3186s	are about power fantasy right and
3188s	they're about us inviting players to
3192s	break the game to some extent not not to
3194s	crash like there are lots of ways to
3195s	interpret the word break but
3198s	um
3198s	uh and find fun toys uh that we've made
3202s	do crazy things with them
3205s	um and we need to make sure that we
3208s	aren't trying to punish players for
3209s	doing that like because ultimately
3211s	that's the play that's the playground we
3213s	built that's like that we built a game
3215s	that's like go find crazy stuff and we
3218s	need to make sure that when players take
3221s	that invitation
3223s	that uh we're not punishing them for
3226s	that that's right
3228s	um yeah and I know
3230s	um when we were talking about at least
3231s	the the nightmare dungeon stuff
3233s	beforehand and we can go into it in a
3235s	little bit more detail with them once we
3237s	get to the to the stuff that might be
3238s	coming down the pipe here
3240s	um the one thing I like I think that I
3242s	wanted to like really highlight on was
3244s	you know obviously we did this patch and
3245s	we made these changes and we brought
3247s	brought you know character power down
3249s	like player power down essentially
3251s	um that in itself was also supposed to
3255s	be paired with these these uh these
3258s	nightmare dungeon changes that that uh
3260s	you know where uh Joe was actually
3262s	talking about earlier and
3265s	um uh you know it's something that we've
3267s	learned throughout this process is like
3269s	as you guys were talking about that you
3271s	know we have ultimate Visions for
3273s	something that is further down the line
3275s	and doing that all together at once
3277s	during those moments as opposed to doing
3280s	them over over time and whatnot just
3283s	leads to a better experience overall for
3285s	players and that's something that we
3286s	most definitely will be uh doing as we
3290s	we build out you know future updates and
3293s	patches and so forth
3294s	um of course a key component to this is
3296s	how we communicate to players uh and you
3299s	know there is uh been a lot of feedback
3302s	in regards to like hey it would have
3304s	been great if we knew some of these
3306s	changes were coming down the pipe and uh
3309s	you know it's a it's a hefty amount of
3311s	patch notes we could we could have
3313s	digested this like over a few days
3315s	beforehand or a week beforehand so one
3318s	thing we do want to commit to right now
3319s	is that we do plan on going forward
3322s	always providing patch notes and
3325s	communicating these passions through
3326s	streams like this through campfire uh
3328s	chats or developer update live streams
3331s	beforehand well beforehand like you know
3333s	at least a week before the actual update
3336s	hits
3337s	um in no matter State because it I know
3340s	sometimes we're we're still like trying
3342s	to like maybe potentially squeeze in a
3344s	few different things into to patch notes
3346s	and stuff like that up until like the
3347s	last second just nature of production of
3349s	how we are but I will say we do plan on
3352s	sharing those no matter what to the
3354s	community going forward
3356s	from here on out through a a stream or
3360s	uh or written through blog or something
3363s	like that beforehand well beforehand
3365s	before players can actually get them uh
3367s	get get into game and actually try it
3369s	out on their end so at least we can hear
3370s	feedback and you guys can actually
3372s	digest the information beforehand in
3374s	fact
3375s	um we do actually have of course future
3377s	updates here that we do want to talk
3380s	about here really quickly but one thing
3382s	that we will commit to right now is that
3384s	next Friday so exactly one week from now
3388s	we'll be back on a live stream because
3390s	we'll start with that uh that live
3393s	stream where we will be talking about
3394s	our next patch that will be coming to
3397s	Diablo 4. we'll talk a little bit about
3400s	some of the details here but we'll go
3401s	into more detail next Friday
3403s	specifically
3405s	um but we will be back on here to kind
3407s	of go through the whole entire or patch
3410s	notes with with everyone beforehand so
3412s	everyone has a better expectation of
3415s	what they're going to be seeing in the
3416s	actual update and uh and they can talk
3419s	to us through chat through devs or
3422s	through social media through Reddit
3423s	through our forums Etc beforehand uh
3425s	before the actual patch hit so we will
3428s	get times and and and remind everyone of
3431s	course throughout the week that we will
3432s	have another campfire chat to talk about
3434s	patch one one one since we just shipped
3437s	one one zero uh one one one but we do
3440s	want to talk a little bit about patch
3442s	111 uh today just because there are some
3447s	items that we are aware of that we know
3450s	will be of interest to players
3453s	specifically when it comes to
3455s	uh things that they've been asking for
3457s	uh and at least it gives you guys a
3460s	little bit of an early preview of some
3461s	stuff that's coming down the road
3463s	um I think one big thing that everyone
3465s	has been kind of talking about uh as of
3468s	like from this current patches like some
3470s	of the Sorcerer And Barbarian items and
3473s	stuff like that and uh and how we've
3475s	obviously tuned a lot of classes down
3477s	and there's uh questions of like hey is
3481s	there any changes in the in the future
3482s	for those two yeah we're taking a long
3484s	look at a lot of the Sorceress and
3486s	Barbarian aspects that aren't being uh
3489s	like utilized very well right now trying
3491s	to lift a lot of those back up so
3492s	there's going to be a wide range of act
3494s	like Legendary Power and unique item
3496s	improvements for these uh these two
3498s	classes in particular take a look at a
3499s	lot of a lot of things but we're really
3501s	honing in specifically on Sorceress
3502s	first uh and then and then also getting
3505s	a lot of Barbarian updates in there at
3506s	the same time and this is again this is
3508s	for 1.1.1 correct so the yeah the very
3511s	next passion cycle yeah and we we expect
3513s	that patch obviously if we're having a
3514s	live stream now next Friday we expect
3516s	that patch here in the next like couple
3518s	weeks or so so at least you guys can get
3520s	an early preview on it yeah and on that
3522s	Friday we'll be talking a lot about the
3524s	specifics of all those changes and kind
3526s	of hearing what the community says yep
3528s	and the in fact the the nightmare
3532s	dungeon items that we were just talking
3533s	about uh just now uh that's actually uh
3536s	we're planning on actually rolling that
3538s	out in hotfix specifically and that is
3542s	something that we actually plan on
3543s	rolling out later today so we'll have
3545s	more information on the nightmare
3547s	dungeon changes that will be that we
3549s	talked about earlier that will be coming
3551s	out later today via hotfix another big
3554s	thing that uh you know we've talked
3556s	about in patch notes because we've we've
3558s	we've toned it down uh and now we're
3561s	kind of uh and we had mentioned that uh
3563s	to players that we did plan on bringing
3565s	it back up it is a monster density uh in
3569s	Nightmare Dungeons and Hell Tides so uh
3572s	I know that you guys had some plans and
3574s	so forth related to that yeah so I mean
3577s	going back to the the mission statement
3578s	I mentioned earlier a key part of the
3581s	live game is having high density areas
3585s	for players to mow down right and yeah
3587s	key part of arpgs right
3590s	of which uh Diablo 4 is one that's true
3593s	pardon my grammar
3595s	um and so
3597s	um we're gonna be increasing the dense
3599s	the nightmare dungeon substantially
3602s	um and uh we're going to be increasing
3603s	the density in Hell tight as well now
3606s	with the nightmare dungeon changes
3609s	across the board for nightmare dungeons
3610s	all the all Nightmare dungeons will get
3613s	more dense
3614s	um uh the hell tight change there are
3617s	certain areas of Hell tide that are
3620s	extremely dense right like the Tar Pits
3622s	for example is very dense
3624s	um areas like that probably won't get
3627s	more dense and part of the part of what
3629s	we've been doing here at the same time
3631s	in terms of these density changes is
3633s	making sure that we're making uh
3636s	performance uh improvements like looking
3638s	at
3639s	player skills that are
3642s	um that are taking a lot of time on the
3645s	servers getting those into a better
3647s	performance so players have better frame
3649s	rates and stuff and uh and fewer stalls
3653s	and all these kinds of things that make
3654s	the game more fun to play and this also
3658s	um
3659s	helps us increase the number of products
3661s	more monsters more players more stuff
3663s	going on
3664s	um and we know that the density uh in
3667s	Nightmare dungeons in particular needs
3668s	to go up and so we've been working on
3670s	that to make sure that that yeah that we
3672s	can accomplish that so density and
3673s	healthy will go up
3675s	um not uniformly density and Nightmare
3678s	dungeons will go up uniformly and these
3681s	will be substantial increases yep
3683s	um which I know players are been talking
3685s	about constantly uh wanting wanting
3688s	additional density on this right rightly
3690s	so
3691s	um and uh you know a big topic right now
3693s	is inventory concerns we've heard from
3695s	players I I know we've talked about
3697s	um uh gems and so forth actually
3699s	becoming materials in season two which
3702s	to help out with some inventory concerns
3704s	specifically I know you guys have uh
3707s	information at least in regards to stash
3709s	and what might be coming in one one yes
3712s	so um certainly uh the the gem the gem
3717s	change is still coming in in season too
3719s	like you said but
3723s	um we need more stash help
3726s	now right and so n11 we're going to be
3729s	adding an additional stash tab for
3732s	players so they can store more aspects
3734s	more of malignant hearts yeah this has
3738s	been like an ongoing conversation every
3740s	week inside the dev team of like do we
3742s	feel that we're ready to do this yet do
3744s	we feel that we're ready to do this yet
3745s	like the density conversations tab
3747s	conversation like the you know the
3749s	engineering team's been working really
3750s	really hard be able to like make these
3752s	adjustments possible for us like there's
3754s	and there's more that we're doing you
3755s	know this is this is now a never-ending
3757s	conversation of like what is what else
3758s	can we do what else can we be doing to
3760s	try to improve the experience but like
3761s	we we've definitely heard these two
3763s	concerns and we're just really happy to
3764s	bring them in as early as 1.1.1 yeah oh
3768s	and I should mention that um along with
3770s	a stash tab we're making a small change
3772s	to Elixir stack size we're going to
3775s	bring that up to 99.
3777s	um
3778s	so that'll help a little bit awesome um
3780s	obviously like with new starts to
3782s	Seasons and if we do have these types of
3785s	uh
3786s	uh changes that occur within the patch
3788s	that may change whether it's the meta or
3790s	the balance of of specific things
3792s	there's been questions related to
3795s	um uh respects uh and how that has been
3799s	pretty pretty expensive on on people's
3802s	like their own personal economies within
3804s	with gold and so forth I know we have
3807s	respect changes that are also coming uh
3809s	with the game itself I you guys probably
3812s	know more specifics on the numbers yeah
3814s	I mean this really goes back and Joe was
3815s	talking about uh our our commitment to
3818s	Choice earlier and it also but I think
3821s	it also goes back to you know we say in
3823s	the mission statement we want to have a
3824s	wide variety of viable builds
3826s	great but if you can't switch between
3829s	those builds
3830s	then it's it still feels punishing right
3834s	so we're going to bring respect costs
3836s	down
3837s	um quite by about 40 quite a bit cool
3840s	yeah so it should help out with people
3842s	that uh I want to switch over to a
3844s	different build and so forth uh or uh
3847s	they they do have to adjust over to
3849s	another build they get the option of
3851s	actually being able to do so or have an
3852s	easier option of being able to do so
3854s	yeah and that'll be in one one and
3855s	that'll be in one one as well so
3858s	um and then I know uh lastly like one
3860s	big thing is you know as as players kind
3863s	of progress through the game uh and the
3865s	leveling curve kind of uh uh goes
3867s	through
3868s	um especially like post like 70 or so uh
3871s	we've been we've been looking at uh you
3873s	know the player journey and how they've
3874s	been getting up to to 100 I know there's
3877s	some changes that you guys are looking
3878s	at in terms of like experience and so
3880s	forth from that end yeah I mean the
3882s	short version is we want to make
3884s	leveling from 50 to 100 Faster by
3887s	adjusting XP
3889s	um I don't know if you have yeah I was
3893s	realizing I was talking earlier about
3894s	the changes we made obviously we also
3896s	made the change to XP game and fighting
3897s	creatures above your level and I failed
3899s	to mention this discussing it yeah so
3901s	the the original intent for that was we
3902s	found players basically sitting at uh
3904s	like fighting creatures like three
3905s	levels above them and never felt like
3906s	they were really challenging themselves
3907s	beyond that we want to stretch it out a
3909s	bit further but that went from you know
3911s	a 25 bonus to a 15 bonus and we knew
3914s	that Desi changes were coming online so
3916s	we thought about this a little bit but
3917s	uh you know we one I I read a lot of
3921s	feedback uh like afterwards in
3923s	particular that just may sound like
3924s	people thought we were just trying to
3925s	make the game take longer which wasn't
3927s	actually the goal but realized the 25 to
3929s	15 did uh change did constitute a Nerf a
3932s	result that is the thing that we're
3933s	thinking about as well we are not trying
3935s	to slow down the game no and to that
3937s	point like we you know we had a vision
3939s	for how we have a vision for how long we
3940s	want the uh the game to take for for
3941s	players we realize it's taking a little
3944s	bit longer than that uh than what our
3945s	vision was originally for a lot of folks
3947s	that are leveling up particularly when
3948s	they get to certain parts of the game
3949s	like you know when they're World Series
3950s	three and four yeah so we are looking to
3952s	like really uh to readjust the the XP
3955s	rates for those uh for those areas
3956s	because we aren't looking to like have
3958s	you hit this this absolute brick wall
3961s	when you hit like level 70 or something
3963s	right like there's not like these
3964s	moments where you want to feel like you
3965s	just can't or 75 like you know we don't
3967s	want you to have this feeling that you
3968s	just can't make meaningful progress that
3970s	was artificially holding you back but
3971s	it's never been the vision or the goal
3972s	right just it ended up working out that
3974s	just it wasn't
3975s	um the players foreign
3984s	and I mean you've seen certainly uh we
3987s	did things like uh increase the XP bonus
3990s	for nightmare dungeons uh a while back
3992s	quite substantially yeah and Whisper
3994s	completion Health tide County now
3996s	notwithstanding that there are changes
3998s	to XP related to
4000s	um addressing you know uh the K the
4003s	power leveling case because we don't
4005s	have like group up half like have fun
4008s	with your friends like power leveling
4010s	each other
4011s	um the only case that we think is not
4014s	very fun is the case where one person is
4016s	standing at the entrance to the dungeon
4018s	and the other person is having all the
4020s	fun killing monsters yeah
4022s	um
4022s	uh and so
4025s	you know when we look at the balance of
4028s	the XP changes in 110 we think that
4032s	additional changes need to be made to to
4035s	make the game faster especially yeah we
4038s	want level 100 to feel like an
4039s	achievement but not like a job right so
4041s	like we want to make some adjustments to
4043s	make sure that it feels fun uh very
4045s	achievable obviously within the season
4046s	uh timeline uh but uh but yeah so we
4049s	already make some adjustments we'll be
4050s	talking about I think talk about more
4051s	probably next week in terms with most
4053s	best fits yeah very soon yeah so again
4056s	we'll be back on on stream next Friday
4058s	to talk about uh all the details of the
4061s	changes including the barbed like
4062s	sorcerer changes that that Joe had
4064s	mentioned uh along with other changes
4066s	that we we aren't we we are preparing
4069s	right now for the patch itself uh that
4071s	patch itself is supposed to be hitting
4073s	in the next couple weeks uh obviously
4075s	for doing the stream on Friday it means
4077s	it's coming pretty pretty darn soon uh
4080s	for after that stream so but we did want
4082s	to make sure that we got in front of
4084s	players to actually talk uh to them
4086s	about everything and we plan on doing
4087s	that going forward if we ever have one
4089s	of these larger patches that actually
4090s	makes some pretty significant changes
4092s	within the game we'll either get in
4094s	front of you guys by a stream or we'll
4095s	end up posting them about them earlier
4097s	so that you guys get a better idea of
4099s	what's to come for those I know that we
4102s	do want to take a uh some questions a
4104s	bunch of questions actually from from
4106s	chat and so forth I know one big
4109s	question that has always kind of come up
4110s	has been about about uh leaderboards and
4114s	so forth within uh and the expectation
4116s	of when those might be coming in I know
4119s	that ideally we're aiming for season
4122s	three for the leaderboards in it in
4124s	itself I don't know if you guys have any
4127s	like additional information or like
4128s	additional Insight onto those from from
4131s	your end
4132s	yeah so one thing that's really
4133s	important to us for leaderboards in
4135s	Diablo 4 is that we don't think that
4136s	like tying this directly to nightmare
4138s	dungeons or content type exactly like
4140s	that is is going to make a lot of sense
4142s	the variety of the nature of the system
4144s	uh so we want to make a it's we want to
4146s	make a content type to kind of Partners
4148s	directly with uh leaderboards so they
4151s	can be judged and kind of like this kind
4152s	of more even playing field when you're
4154s	going through that experience uh but
4155s	that is uh that is content that we are
4157s	actively in development on and are
4159s	excited to try to uh get ready for
4161s	season three so we're gonna be making uh
4164s	yeah so yeah so I'm sorry the short
4166s	answer this is yeah this will be set up
4168s	our competitive feature we are making a
4169s	specific content type that goes along
4171s	alongside that you're judging you're
4172s	judging yourself against uh and we're
4174s	looking for season three for that uh
4176s	question from
4178s	you stupid walrus uh is uh Uber uniques
4182s	what's the future the map uh they
4184s	mathematic mathematically don't exist so
4187s	I don't think it's a good waste of uh
4188s	resources of them anymore
4191s	sorry I was I was really distracted by
4193s	The Walrus okay can you read the Russian
4195s	again Uber uniques oh what's the future
4198s	uh they mathematically don't exist so I
4202s	don't think it's uh good to waste
4204s	resources on them in the future
4207s	yeah it's a good question so you know uh
4210s	Uber uniques are designed to a way that
4211s	they are a huge Spike of power uh and
4215s	and we're receiving feedback and we
4216s	understand the feedback on some of them
4217s	but um they represent a huge Spike of
4219s	power and as such are not expected to be
4221s	part of builds necessarily one of our
4224s	goals underlying is we don't want
4225s	players to feel that that one of these
4227s	are mandatory that you must find in an
4230s	effort to bring your build online uh
4232s	from the ground from the grounds from
4233s	the ground up we kind of made the
4234s	decision to say it is okay if we want
4236s	players to find these but we don't want
4238s	them to expect to find these you know
4240s	which is a difficult place to uh to
4242s	balance in terms of drop rates when
4243s	you're thinking about these now right
4245s	now I believe that they are they are
4247s	exceedingly rare and we do want them to
4249s	feel uh very very rare but I suspect
4251s	that as we start moving into uh future
4253s	Seasons we do want to find more ways
4255s	your player or more opportunities for
4257s	players to get uh chances at these uh
4260s	and uh I imagine we will talk about that
4262s	soon but I would suggest that like the
4264s	current drop rates are probably not
4266s	going to be uh the drop rates forever
4268s	we'll probably make those a little bit
4269s	more common a little more likely to be
4271s	found as time goes on
4274s	um a a big topic that I'm seeing just
4276s	pop up in chat and so forth a lot of
4278s	comments about crowd control uh and uh
4282s	if there's any plans or uh ways of that
4285s	we're looking at addressing crowd
4287s	control on here in the future
4289s	yeah uh as I mentioned earlier in the
4292s	Stream or well I think we both talked
4294s	about it
4295s	um we think that um when you have uh
4298s	high density of monsters on screen and
4301s	you have a lot of Elites
4303s	um the crowd control the tools that you
4305s	have for crowd control
4307s	um
4308s	are not uh need to be better basically
4312s	and some of that is going to be
4314s	adjustments to things that feel unfair
4316s	and some of that is going to be a tool
4319s	adjustments in terms of your tools I
4322s	think that we'll be able to you know
4324s	this is something that we'll be able to
4327s	speak more to in terms of specifics and
4329s	how how we're going to address that but
4332s	um we agree it's a problem
4335s	a question from uh
4338s	hi I'm so bad ik
4342s	I tried I'm so bad with themes I'm sorry
4345s	uh when will loadouts be added um
4350s	yeah it's a feature the UI team is very
4352s	excited about and something we've talked
4353s	about a bit internally we don't have a
4356s	timeline for the idea of loadouts uh
4359s	just yet but it is something that we're
4361s	continuing to actively talk about when
4363s	we have more information to share in
4364s	terms of like like when something like
4365s	this could potentially be added Diablo
4367s	for I'm sure that we'll talk about it
4368s	uh
4370s	barigo Bara zero uh says uh what is the
4375s	time frame on one one one uh it doesn't
4378s	seem very clear is it before the middle
4380s	of the Season how long do I need to wait
4382s	for Sorcerer And Barb's uh to have their
4384s	changes and be playable
4387s	um it is much sooner than mid-season uh
4390s	as I said it's it's only like a couple
4391s	weeks away and by a couple weeks I mean
4393s	like like
4395s	very very soon like if we're doing a
4397s	stream on Friday I would expect it
4399s	within a couple days after the stream we
4401s	have to we have to provide some we if we
4404s	say anything too specific today
4406s	production will will choke us out so we
4408s	have to be very careful about the
4409s	language we use but yes very soon
4412s	um only because they're with patches
4413s	themselves of course you know there are
4415s	uh we're on a lot of different platforms
4417s	and everything and of course those could
4419s	do certification if a certification gets
4421s	pushed back or whatnot then we obviously
4423s	need to readjust schedule so it's hard
4425s	for us to actually put a specific time
4426s	on it until that actually occurs
4429s	um but very very soon uh bolt b79 um are
4433s	there any plans for some changes for
4436s	experience between say level 75 to 100
4439s	um this is actually something that we
4440s	just comment on but the journey feels a
4442s	bit dull there are several events but
4443s	only nightmare dungeons to provide
4445s	challenge World bosses hell tides and
4447s	whispers are uh a good idea but just too
4450s	easy
4451s	yeah there's uh so we talked about I
4453s	guess there's two real Partners like you
4455s	know so uh
4456s	are we making change to the XP
4458s	progression for players while they're
4459s	they're moving through like World tier
4461s	four in this case and the answer is yes
4462s	we are looking at making changes to that
4464s	and we'll talk about more about that
4465s	soon uh and then uh secondly uh
4468s	do we feel that there are the right
4470s	number of like milestones for players to
4471s	engage with enough uh enough goals to
4473s	kind of like consume while you're also
4475s	just leveling up enough content to kind
4477s	of like kind of do and as you're
4479s	leveling up in these in these role tiers
4480s	and I think that they're the answer is
4482s	no that we we know that there's more
4484s	things that we need to add uh to the the
4486s	game particularly for uh for World tier
4488s	four uh but really just once you get
4490s	into world two three and four just like
4491s	find more opportunities and more content
4493s	and new things for players should do as
4495s	they're leveling up through those spaces
4496s	and we do have plans for those things
4498s	and we do have thoughts on stuff we want
4499s	to add in in season two in particular
4501s	and some things we're looking to
4502s	continue to talk about moving forward
4504s	yeah but uh but yeah we we recognize
4506s	that there's more we would like to add
4507s	to that journey to kind of create more
4509s	variety uh and uh and more moments of
4511s	challenge as well uh while you're
4512s	progressing not just at 100 but all
4514s	along the way
4516s	um podoc24 says uh uh what are your
4520s	plans to adjust loot drops this I'm
4521s	going to add on to his question after I
4523s	read it uh it feels very frustrating to
4525s	grind for days without ever seeing
4527s	anything close to an upgrade uh or
4529s	finding the right aspect even worse uh
4531s	when you finally do it and it's a
4533s	terrible role
4534s	um slightly I'm also going to modify
4536s	that and mention uh Target farming which
4540s	has also been a topic within the
4541s	community I'm not sure if you guys want
4543s	to have a
4545s	any plans and so forth for that
4548s	so I think there's a couple parts of
4550s	this as well right there's the idea of I
4552s	grind for a long time to get an item and
4553s	the item is not an upgrade uh
4555s	particularly again when you're in World
4557s	tiers three and four where you start
4559s	dealing with sacred items and ancestral
4560s	items where you're kind of dealing with
4561s	this larger bucket of ipower range this
4563s	can certainly tend to be true unless
4565s	you're looking for specific kind of
4567s	kinds of affixes you're looking for
4568s	particular kinds of roles right
4570s	um so there's there's a couple things
4572s	one we know we want to try to reduce the
4574s	uh the difficulty of like kind of
4575s	comparing and looking at a number of
4577s	different items all at once and trying
4578s	to get a better sense of that these are
4580s	things the UI team is very passionate
4581s	about and conversations are ongoing in
4582s	terms of how we want to achieve that uh
4584s	like things like Loop filters object
4586s	things like that
4587s	um there is the idea of like how does a
4589s	progression of optimization feel
4590s	particularly in World tier four uh while
4592s	you're leveling up there and the systems
4594s	team has ideas on things they would like
4595s	to include it's too early for us to say
4597s	exactly to like really like lay them all
4599s	out just now uh but there are ideas and
4601s	things we want you to kind of improve
4602s	the feeling of progression through the
4604s	ancestral tier so if you feel like
4605s	there's more thresholds and there's more
4607s	opportunities to kind of get upgrades as
4608s	you go and then lastly there's this idea
4611s	of Target farming so legendary aspects
4614s	are a place I think that we can we can
4616s	afford to do more
4618s	um we know the players are looking for
4620s	certain aspects they're trying to find
4621s	certain things they're trying to find
4622s	particularly unique items I think is
4624s	often the case right they uh they want
4626s	their tapestry or whatever it is they're
4627s	looking for they're looking for that
4629s	thing we do have plans in in season two
4632s	right now to have more
4634s	uh more content you can try to Target
4636s	Farm in order to find certain unique
4638s	items and if there's a natural extension
4640s	of that to figure out like where's the
4641s	what's the right way for players to be
4643s	able to find an easier method getting
4645s	into some of the aspects they might be
4646s	looking for as they're progressing
4648s	through uh so that is a uh that is
4650s	something that the uh the rewards and
4652s	systems teams will will be thinking
4653s	about and I'll be able to talk about
4654s	soon on stream yeah and I I do want to
4657s	know like I know we have an update here
4658s	coming for 111 which we've just talked
4661s	about is in the next couple weeks there
4662s	are going to be other patches before uh
4665s	season two and so forth yes with
4667s	additional changes and items uh that
4669s	we're we're we just haven't noted and I
4671s	just want to clarify specifically on
4673s	that and we do have more patches Beyond
4675s	111 uh before season two to address a
4678s	lot of feedback uh that we're receiving
4679s	from players and a lot of opportunities
4681s	for us to actually do so
4683s	um
4684s	can we get some sort of matchmaking
4686s	system to help with partying up with
4688s	random people or group finders I know we
4690s	talked about refinders before I know
4693s	this is something that uh the team has
4697s	obviously received feedback about uh
4699s	like helping out with like the social
4700s	systems and so forth within the game it
4702s	is being evaluated I know
4704s	um and the teams are looking at it we
4706s	just don't have the exact timeline when
4708s	those are actually coming in
4709s	specifically from that end
4712s	are there going to be changes with arm
4714s	I'm sorry I forgot that Andy for man was
4716s	the last question uh bean pot 10 says uh
4719s	are there going to be changes with armor
4721s	regarding survivability uh hardcore is
4723s	almost unplayable on Source serve uh
4726s	with one shots from Corpse pose and low
4728s	innate uh due to low innate armor
4731s	yeah I think uh survivability especially
4734s	on sorcerer is something that um the the
4737s	changes that Joe was talking about for
4740s	uh that we'll be talking about in more
4743s	detail it's one of the things we want to
4745s	include in that we we we
4748s	recognize that yeah we also identify
4751s	there's a few there are a few
4752s	outstanding monster types and abilities
4755s	you're doing uh they're killing players
4756s	a little more frequently than we expect
4758s	and like we're looking at like like you
4760s	know creatures that went uh that uh you
4762s	know explode when they die for example
4764s	uh claim an awful lot of lives right uh
4766s	creatures that can chill you know uh
4768s	claim an awful lot of lives right or or
4770s	charging creatures we've also learned
4772s	charging
4773s	I've seen a lot of reports about that
4776s	and I know uh and you're about it which
4779s	I think I've been nerfed like twice now
4780s	well there was uh there's a bug fix uh
4784s	uh on uh on the Beast charge in
4786s	particular where Beach charge could deal
4789s	damage
4791s	um
4791s	even if you interrupted the charge or
4793s	the piece died oh I see oh well that's a
4796s	good bug fix so I mean we're we're
4798s	identifying some of these like really
4800s	really difficult affixes uh really
4802s	really difficult nightmare dungeon
4803s	affixes or like really ones that claim
4805s	Lots like a disproportionate amount of
4807s	player lives as part of that and we're
4808s	looking at those all at once it's not
4810s	it's source for survivability is
4811s	absolutely an issue and we'll be talking
4813s	about it more in the 1.1.1 conversation
4815s	next week uh but there's also this idea
4817s	of like there's a lot of things out
4818s	there that are just doing a lot of like
4821s	what feels the player in the moment
4822s	pretty cheap like unfair like just I
4824s	sort of just died don't really see what
4825s	happened so we're looking at more of
4827s	these situations and trying to figure
4828s	out the right places to make adjustments
4831s	we don't want the game to be easy you
4833s	know we don't want the rather we don't
4834s	want you to be able to walk through
4835s	every encounter and we want the game to
4836s	feel deadly at times we want you to feel
4838s	like you have an opportunity kind of
4839s	evade or deal with those situations
4842s	um in regards to someone uh Zeus DNA
4844s	says we'll be seeing the hotfix notes
4845s	before the hotfix comes out today uh
4848s	yeah we'll get the notes up uh the
4850s	deployment hasn't started and it's not
4851s	starting until later this afternoon but
4853s	we'll get the notes up so that players
4854s	can see it and we'll be mentioning it um
4856s	so that players can actually read
4858s	through them and so forth this is a
4860s	pretty large hotfix in terms of like
4861s	items that we're actually fixing and uh
4864s	and the nightmare dungeon stuff that we
4866s	had just talked about yeah
4867s	um
4868s	uh Templar knights ass uh question can
4873s	we change the Codex in such a way that
4875s	we can upgrade the values with found uh
4878s	with founded legendary items this could
4880s	reduce the demand to stash avoid aspects
4883s	laying around easier adopting a player
4885s	to your balance changes but we still
4886s	want to find items increase codex values
4889s	yeah so
4891s	we know that one of the key things that
4894s	players are
4896s	uh
4898s	are carrying in their stash right now
4901s	are lots and lots of aspects aspects and
4905s	um we're talking about ways to address
4907s	that that's an interesting suggestion
4909s	um that I think it it's sort of going
4912s	toward the same direction here which is
4914s	like how can we address the the case
4917s	where your stash is completely full of
4919s	aspects um and um certainly having an
4922s	extra stash tab
4924s	um will not hurt that problem but I
4927s	think there's more that we'd like to do
4928s	in terms of the aspects yeah it's
4932s	certainly something we've been
4933s	discussing internally for a while
4935s	um I think part of this is just the you
4937s	know how much fun is it to be able to
4938s	extract an aspect from an item and be
4940s	able to maintain that role and then how
4942s	much is that fund so fun that it's worth
4944s	like some of the inventory pressure that
4946s	comes about as a result of that that's a
4947s	conversation we've had within the dev
4948s	team we're going to continue to talk
4950s	about it but we know there's there's
4951s	there's definitely a lot of improvements
4953s	we can make onto the Codex of power for
4955s	example to kind of like be embracing
4956s	some of these other like advocacy action
4958s	systems
4959s	uh question from drj16 has the team
4962s	considered how certain Nerfs like weapon
4964s	cooldown reduction are so much more
4966s	impactful for certain classes than
4968s	others
4969s	yes uh the team is definitely aware that
4972s	some of these some of these changes
4974s	disproportionately affect like you know
4976s	the vulnerable damage change
4977s	disproportionately affecting you know uh
4979s	like cold sorks yeah there is a we're
4981s	definitely aware that that some of these
4982s	changes disproportionately affect some
4984s	classes and builds more than others
4986s	um and this goes back to my earlier
4988s	point about when we're going to be
4989s	making changes like this moving forward
4991s	that we know we're going to have this uh
4993s	have an overall effect of reducing
4996s	certain effects down or rather reducing
4998s	certain like powers or affixes or
5000s	whatever it is down to a place where we
5001s	want people to use the Baseline to kind
5003s	of build from for other parts of the
5005s	game that we when we do those things
5006s	it's going to affect these different
5008s	players in different ways and they're
5009s	not going to enjoy that if we could
5010s	start if we accidentally not
5012s	accidentally if we've ruined their build
5014s	in the uh in in order to try to uh weed
5016s	the garden and get things into a better
5018s	place like ultimately we're going to be
5021s	trying to do a lot more situations where
5022s	if we're going to take a thing away
5023s	we're going to update something where
5025s	it's uh it's no longer be as valuable as
5027s	part of your build we want to provide a
5029s	lot of their options as part of of that
5030s	make sure we don't leave the build with
5031s	the gaping like giant hole in it as a
5033s	result of the change that we made so
5035s	this this is going to again it's going
5037s	to mean that moving forward when we're
5039s	making uh like larger scale balance and
5041s	tuning adjustments we're going to do
5043s	those a little more slowly uh as a
5045s	result in order to make sure that we're
5046s	embracing all of these other like
5048s	components to give a lot of options all
5050s	at once uh when we make a change yeah it
5052s	goes back to the the change uh we had on
5055s	the screen before right we're going to
5056s	provide compelling Alternatives when we
5058s	make those kinds of changes that's a
5059s	Punchy way to say it punch away uh Kenny
5062s	law says question why did you guys
5063s	increase the cast time on stuff like
5065s	leaving dungeons feels like you're
5067s	trying to slow down the game uh by
5069s	making us waste time for uh for
5071s	something that might feel useless uh we
5073s	can look at that we can continue to
5076s	evaluate that that change it's a fairly
5078s	uh a small difference I know that in a
5082s	an arpg small amounts of time can can be
5085s	meaningful
5087s	um we did uh we did add the research
5089s	dungeon button back in it does require
5092s	that you're outside the dungeon and so
5094s	there's kind of a loop there
5098s	um Loki 5123 asks are you going to add
5101s	more than six or seven items a season
5104s	um are there plans to add more the
5107s	feeling is they feel like they they
5108s	would want more items per season that
5111s	are actually added in
5112s	and we've always said that we wanted to
5114s	take in the feedback from the players as
5115s	we kind of got these Seasons out the
5117s	door so season one we add the 13
5119s	malignant Hearts uh which I think have
5120s	been pretty cool some we're gonna be
5122s	looking at the balance some of them have
5123s	been kind of like lift them up make them
5124s	a little more exciting in some places uh
5126s	but broadly we're pretty happy they
5127s	generally are
5129s	um and then we have our our uniques and
5132s	our legendary items that we had with the
5133s	season as well I think if there is if if
5135s	we see that there's like a lot of like a
5138s	lot of interest in trying to get more of
5139s	these we can start trying to think about
5140s	how we can inject a few more legendaries
5143s	into the game with each season or a
5144s	couple more uniques potentially in the
5146s	game with each season but we want to
5147s	continue to see like kind of what the
5148s	feedback looks like uh this is a good
5150s	example of the last one for more so yeah
5152s	good to know
5153s	um you know separately from that like
5155s	are you guys looking at potentially uh
5157s	like reworking or redoing so that that
5160s	means patch 1.1.1 is kind of in that
5162s	vein of trying to like get these things
5163s	into a slightly better place and we do
5165s	we do want to go back over our existing
5167s	Legendary Power library and identify the
5169s	ones where they can afford to be lifted
5171s	up with redesigns and changing the way
5172s	that some parts of them work so they've
5174s	better fulfilled up the stated purpose
5176s	in terms of where they're supposed to
5177s	sit in builds so there's there's gonna
5179s	be a lot of opportunities for that along
5179s	the way as well it's not going to be the
5181s	only way we inject like new find the
5183s	game isn't going to just be through the
5185s	season mechanic isn't just going to be
5186s	the addition of brand new legendaries
5188s	uniques but also going back over the
5190s	existing legendary Powers after we see
5191s	players use them a little bit more
5192s	making adjustments accordingly
5195s	um question from Panda mousey and more
5198s	MRA uh same question actually what's
5200s	your plan for resistances uh
5203s	uh right now they feel like a wasted
5205s	stat uh do we have any changes to
5207s	resistances that might be changing maybe
5209s	sooner or later or how's that going to
5211s	work uh resistance has fallen one of
5213s	those categories where if we we need to
5215s	make a change the way that resistance
5217s	damage is or rather the way that players
5219s	use resistance to uh to mitigate damage
5221s	from certain sources and it's going to
5223s	be a far-reaching uh change we actually
5225s	go through and make this which means we
5227s	want to be able to take the time with it
5228s	and do it properly it's gonna be right
5229s	now we plan to put that into season two
5230s	as part of a larger rework so you can
5233s	look forward to more information as we
5234s	get a little bit closer to season two
5240s	campaign bosses be added to the pool of
5243s	dungeon bosses that we encounter I feel
5245s	like campaign bosses are underutilized
5249s	I think that I think there could be more
5251s	opportunities to fight some of those
5252s	campaign bosses in the future
5255s	um
5256s	uh I I can't comment further on exactly
5260s	what that how that will look but I agree
5263s	with that sentiment sounds good okay uh
5267s	Joe is Joe is often said this so like we
5269s	we definitely want to make sure we find
5270s	the right ways to bring act bosses in
5272s	yeah yes yeah
5274s	um this is actually a a question party
5277s	Canon 30 uh hi there guys can you um uh
5280s	thanks for the information uh my
5282s	question is about crashes on PlayStation
5283s	5 is that a known issue uh we do we are
5286s	aware of
5287s	um some some issues on consoles
5290s	specifically Xbox PlayStation uh like
5293s	that may be having crash issues on from
5295s	their side I do want to note like I know
5297s	with one one zero there was a a bug fix
5303s	towards a specific memory leak that the
5306s	team was trying to identify and find and
5308s	they actually did find it and it was
5309s	addressed there there was actually an
5311s	additional fix in one one one because
5313s	I've seen a lot of questions whether on
5315s	Reddit and so forth about PC performance
5318s	and and so forth and even even on like
5320s	just performance in general that uh will
5322s	be addressed there
5325s	um and I know that the team the
5327s	engineers here are still actively you
5329s	know troubleshooting and and figuring
5331s	out like specific situations that
5332s	players might be running into of course
5335s	if you have like more information on
5337s	those please post in console bugs on our
5339s	forums because and give as much
5341s	information as possible because a lot of
5342s	those Repro steps on our side sometimes
5344s	really difficult and it helps our teams
5346s	out helps our QA teams out to be able to
5348s	see if they can actually reprove the
5350s	same type of issues that players are
5351s	having
5352s	um
5354s	do you guys plan on uh introducing more
5356s	ways I'm sorry this is Mr
5359s	I don't want to butcher that do you guys
5362s	plan on introducing more craft slash uh
5365s	modify gear currently only gold has
5367s	value uh
5369s	and only one stock can be rolled
5372s	more ways to craft and modify gear yeah
5374s	yes uh yes we do want to add more to
5377s	more options for players to kind of
5379s	modify the items they're they're getting
5380s	uh what we have really at the in like
5383s	the preseason now the season one state
5385s	is still uh very like a baseline
5388s	experience in terms of item modification
5389s	uh we are looking at more opportunities
5391s	in the future to allow players do more
5393s	with their items so yeah that is that is
5396s	a plan for the future uh the almighty
5399s	Striker says why does the necrominions
5401s	take uh why do they take ability slots
5403s	uh it could be uh easily a different
5405s	button how many uh of necromanian builds
5409s	have beat Uber Lois
5412s	um
5412s	lots of questions about you know is
5414s	there uh we already answered the the the
5418s	the the drop rates for uniques and so
5420s	forth that was the second part of the
5421s	question but I guess the question mostly
5423s	is about Necromancer minions and ability
5425s	slots also I saw other questions related
5428s	to Companions whether they're uh Druid
5431s	companions with wolves or Necromancer
5433s	minions if there's any changes or plans
5435s	for those to actually potentially get a
5437s	little bit more tweaked up yeah this is
5440s	something we do care about one of the
5441s	things that uh uh that sounded
5444s	dismissive yeah yeah we care about a lot
5445s	of things but going uh what what I I was
5448s	just trying to get to another point
5449s	which is um uh there's some really cool
5451s	stuff in some of the blinded Hearts sure
5454s	that affects this uh in terms of like
5456s	kind of uh getting getting credit for
5459s	additional abilities yeah
5462s	um uh and um we do care a lot about the
5465s	number of
5467s	um the the sort of like ratio of
5470s	um uh ability to number of slots that it
5473s	takes up and making that as optimal as
5475s	possible
5476s	yeah that's right we want to make sure
5478s	that uh if you're going to play a
5479s	necromancer and you're going to summon
5480s	skeletons uh that you are going to be uh
5484s	I mean that takes up that's that's the
5485s	weight of an ability you know like it's
5486s	it's the same as having an active you
5488s	know you wanna you need to like play
5490s	with it it's gonna take a little bit of
5491s	space in your bar you don't get that in
5492s	addition to a bunch of other things if
5493s	you don't want to have skeletons on your
5494s	bar right now the guy the idea you'd be
5497s	sacrificed a lot of those skills in
5498s	order to give you I'll give you that
5499s	extra space
5500s	um and in terms of the like the
5503s	viability of like minion builds various
5505s	parts of game there are some bills that
5506s	will like get pretty deep into content
5508s	obviously but there is I think there's
5510s	still room for improvement in terms of
5512s	like median survivability and other
5513s	conversations along those lines uh that
5515s	is something still happening and then
5516s	there was the other conversation the
5517s	question about Druid companions right
5519s	yeah kind of kind of similar to
5521s	um uh Necromancer minions and people are
5524s	asking like can that ever be a viable
5525s	thing yeah I think possibly we see
5528s	players actually there are a few players
5530s	that run like literally all three
5531s	companion skills and use that as part of
5532s	the uh the build that they'll they'll go
5534s	after for their Druid and I think if
5536s	there's there's likely room here to do
5538s	more with companion skills whether it
5540s	rises to the full level of like a
5542s	complete like spec uh I think it's going
5544s	to be it could be interesting but I
5546s	think there's I know that there's people
5547s	on team that are very excited about
5548s	trying to explore uh more of this side
5550s	of the Druid over time
5552s	um but we don't have as many there
5554s	aren't as many interconnecting points
5556s	for the way that you interact with your
5558s	companions right now and the way that
5559s	like the the skeleton army does for the
5561s	for the Necromancer in terms of ways
5563s	that you modify them and do more with
5564s	them so there's a I think there's some
5566s	groundwork we need to do to like provide
5568s	a lot more options there but something
5569s	the team's interested in yeah I'm gonna
5571s	do one last question here which is uh
5573s	will there be uh better loot tables for
5574s	like treasure goblins any alternate uh
5577s	Goblin types uh specifically for those
5580s	yeah I think uh I think we loved how
5583s	many you know D3 uh has like all kinds
5587s	of lessons there's there's like 10
5589s	different kinds of goblins or a 14 maybe
5591s	and spend a little while since I looked
5594s	at that uh that um data uh that that uh
5600s	in the editor
5601s	um but uh we think that there's lots of
5604s	room for there to be more fun Goblin
5607s	types uh in the future in terms of the
5610s	uh the treasure uh the treasure goblins
5612s	have a tendency to provide uh we
5613s	actually uh actually I had a
5615s	conversation with the the leads the
5617s	designer last week uh talking about this
5619s	we are making a a we are going to be
5621s	buffing uh like legendary drop chance
5623s	for example from items will appear from
5625s	Treasure goblins would you want them to
5626s	be uh to feel a little bit more exciting
5628s	when the moments they drop awesome yeah
5630s	cool well I know we talked about a lot
5633s	today we I I just want to recap some
5635s	stuff that we had mentioned today
5636s	obviously
5638s	um and we we've been hearing a lot of
5640s	feedback regarding the patch uh and you
5643s	know we're we're telling you guys now
5644s	that we completely hear you loud and
5646s	clear we don't plan on doing patches
5648s	like this ever again where we're not
5650s	going to be essentially uh removing the
5653s	fun in the player power firm from
5655s	players uh drastically like this and if
5658s	we ever do that
5659s	um for any type of class like a builder
5661s	or whatnot we'll make sure that there's
5663s	always some really good alternatives for
5665s	for players to actually be able to try
5667s	out a different build that will also be
5668s	boosted way back up uh to to kind of uh
5672s	help out and give other options for
5674s	players to actually kind of jump into
5676s	um and you know we will ourselves do a
5679s	better job of course communicating back
5681s	to the community again what we're saying
5683s	now is that we will be getting uh
5685s	passionates in front of community the
5687s	community way earlier in advance whether
5689s	through a campfire chat or through like
5692s	a Blog of some sort or any type of
5694s	communication so that you guys can get a
5696s	better chance of looking at patch notes
5697s	beforehand seeing any type of changes
5699s	that might be coming down beforehand
5701s	because I think communication was key
5702s	here I think you guys not seeing what we
5706s	were planning on doing in US US kind of
5708s	giving that Vision uh really really
5710s	affected
5711s	um a lot of the the response from from
5715s	you guys and I think if we just provided
5717s	that over to everyone and gave a little
5720s	bit more of a heads up I think it would
5721s	have helped a whole lot there from that
5724s	specific situation well yeah I'm sorry I
5726s	was just gonna say I think uh I think
5729s	that's absolutely one part of it and you
5731s	were you were you were talking about it
5733s	in a more full way but I want to really
5735s	make sure I hit on like one of the
5737s	really
5739s	um great points of feedback that we've
5741s	been seeing is like why can you Nerf
5743s	things today and then buff things far in
5747s	the future right and so what we're
5748s	saying is not only is there a change to
5752s	communication but we're also going to
5754s	pair changes like that together
5758s	so that we don't have we don't have
5760s	exactly the situation that players have
5762s	called out as uh unfair yep most
5765s	definitely and of course uh with one one
5767s	one coming really soon we are committing
5770s	to a uh another campfire chat next week
5773s	next Friday uh probably at the same time
5776s	we'll confirm more than likely it'll be
5777s	11 A.M next Friday uh we'll we'll end up
5780s	posting about uh the details uh over the
5783s	next week so that just as a reminder to
5785s	the community and there we'll actually
5787s	go through all the the uh the changes
5790s	that we just talked about here into more
5792s	into greater detail uh Joe I know will
5794s	end up providing uh greater detail
5796s	changes on like the Barbarian and
5798s	sorcerer
5799s	adjustments that we're going to be
5800s	making based off of community feedback
5802s	and then of course we'll also be talking
5804s	about just essentially every everything
5806s	in the patch notes for that patch 111
5809s	will be coming out in a couple weeks
5810s	with us having a stream next Friday I
5813s	anticipate it being very soon or shortly
5816s	after
5817s	the stream uh specifically so and again
5820s	we do have a hotfix today that we will
5824s	be rolling out this afternoon we'll be
5825s	having notes uh related to that hotfix
5828s	here really soon and there's a lot of
5831s	changes in there including the the
5832s	nightmare dungeon changes that we talked
5833s	about today so
5836s	um again
5837s	thank you guys for the feedback we we
5840s	most definitely hear you loud and clear
5842s	uh you know it's it's something that we
5845s	wanted to address and it was something
5847s	very you know important for the team
5849s	here for us to actually address the
5851s	community and talk to you guys more
5853s	about it and also change some of the the
5855s	the the ways that we were doing
5859s	um specific items uh or or specific
5861s	processes uh so we really do appreciate
5865s	the feedback of course continue
5866s	providing feedback to us it's really
5868s	important for for the game itself and
5870s	for us to make a better experience for
5872s	the players out there so uh thank you
5874s	guys again for tuning in uh we'll see
5876s	you next Friday for the next campfire
5878s	chat to talk about patch 111 and all the
5881s	changes that are coming up really
5882s	appreciate it
5885s	foreign
5896s	[Music]
5920s	[Music]

[2023] Diablo IV Campfire Chat - Season of the Malignant- July 2023

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