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| 1501s | Sanctuary was never meant for humankind |
| 1505s | it was forged as a refuge from |
| 1509s | low in the high heaven haven't been the |
| 1511s | burning Hells |
| 1513s | instead it became a new Battleground in |
| 1517s | this eternal conflict |
| 1519s | a secretive group called The horadram |
| 1523s | has kept Mortals safe |
| 1526s | but now this once powerful order is a |
| 1530s | husk of what it was |
| 1532s | and sanctuaries ancient creators have |
| 1534s | returned to claim the hearts of |
| 1537s | humankind |
| 1540s | this is the story of their downfall |
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| 1723s | hey guys uh Happy Tuesday this is the uh |
| 1727s | second Diablo 4 developer live stream my |
| 1730s | name is Adam Fletcher I'm the community |
| 1731s | lead for uh the Diablo franchise and I'm |
| 1734s | joined here by three wonderful guests we |
| 1737s | have mung song who is our lead system |
| 1740s | designer uh on Diablo 4. uh of course we |
| 1743s | got Arc peshkov who is our lead World |
| 1745s | designer on Diablo 4 and everyone knows |
| 1748s | Joe Shelley game director Diablo 4. |
| 1750s | we're all here to talk about some a lot |
| 1753s | of stuff actually today uh about Diablo |
| 1755s | 4 but I did want to throw out this fun |
| 1757s | fact because amongst these three |
| 1759s | gentlemen right here uh we have 53 and a |
| 1763s | half or no no it's 52 and a half years |
| 1765s | of experience uh here at blizzard uh in |
| 1768s | terms of tenure which is absolutely |
| 1770s | crazy and I I do want to ask of course |
| 1772s | for all of you guys |
| 1774s | um what is the first blizzard title each |
| 1776s | of you worked on I'll start with long I |
| 1779s | started working on uh Warcraft 3 Frozen |
| 1782s | throw making multiplayer maps that's |
| 1785s | crazy |
| 1787s | I was in college playing photography so |
| 1790s | yeah Joe yourself uh I started on World |
| 1794s | of Warcraft burning Crusade burning |
| 1796s | Crusade over here first thing uh I |
| 1798s | worked on was the curator |
| 1801s | nice that was in that was in the last |
| 1803s | season of uh shadowlands and and Mythic |
| 1806s | plus they they brought back I know uh |
| 1807s | karazhan and so forth so and then all |
| 1811s | right uh I started on World of Warcraft |
| 1812s | the original I was a q a analyst I |
| 1814s | actually remember testing a bunch of |
| 1815s | justballs |
| 1821s | um and so that just feels very recent |
| 1823s | compared to everything else but yeah we |
| 1825s | do have a lot of stuff we have obviously |
| 1828s | amazing guests here today and we have a |
| 1829s | lot of stuff to actually talk about and |
| 1831s | so uh I mean what you guys actually did |
| 1835s | just see during the countdown uh right |
| 1837s | before the stream was our intro |
| 1838s | cinematic for Diablo 4. that was |
| 1840s | actually revealed during the IGN Fan |
| 1843s | Fest uh uh broadcast uh earlier this |
| 1846s | month uh what's cool is that it was |
| 1848s | completely done in engine and so uh like |
| 1852s | you as a player can now essentially have |
| 1855s | uh your character that you create in |
| 1857s | Diablo 4 uh appear in all the in-game |
| 1860s | cinematics which is really really cool |
| 1862s | and something kind of unique within the |
| 1863s | game that's right yeah it's it's so you |
| 1867s | know we put so much more work into |
| 1869s | making the story uh immersive and |
| 1902s | you know we asked our Engineers to to |
| 1906s | make sure that we could show our |
| 1908s | in-engine uh idcs with um really high |
| 1912s | really high quality and also |
| 1915s | um also showing off the character that |
| 1916s | you've customized because it's so |
| 1918s | important to be able to personalize your |
| 1919s | character and that's that's the the |
| 1921s | really cool part about Diablo 4 this is |
| 1923s | kind of like the first Diablo game where |
| 1924s | you can really go into heavy heavy |
| 1926s | customization I mean Diablo mortal also |
| 1928s | had that as well but Diablo fours is |
| 1930s | like on a a really crazy level as well |
| 1932s | so it's gonna be really cool to see uh |
| 1934s | everyone's characters in different |
| 1936s | cinematics and so forth as you're kind |
| 1938s | of playing through the game see on |
| 1940s | YouTube there's no audio |
| 1942s | um so live stream we are figuring out uh |
| 1945s | YouTube audio issues if people are |
| 1947s | watching on YouTube right now |
| 1949s | um if not uh we're good okay we're good |
| 1952s | live streams guys uh now you know it's |
| 1954s | for sure |
| 1956s | as we figure out technical issues |
| 1959s | um but uh we do have a a pretty much a |
| 1962s | pack show to actually kind of go through |
| 1964s | today uh we're going to be giving uh uh |
| 1967s | extra information about the beta and |
| 1969s | what players are actually going to be |
| 1970s | experiencing there's a lot of |
| 1972s | information we haven't talked about |
| 1973s | regarding beta that we will be talking |
| 1975s | about today |
| 1976s | um Hmong is actually going to go over |
| 1977s | some armor systems in Diablo 4. we have |
| 1979s | a lot of people that have been asking |
| 1980s | about uh system specific details uh |
| 1983s | within Diablo 4 and armor is incredibly |
| 1986s | important and so uh we've got a lot of |
| 1989s | numbers and graphs to talk about today |
| 1991s | regarding that and then |
| 1993s | art is going to talk about uh a a |
| 1997s | essentially a new feature for Diablo |
| 1999s | which is uh the stronghold system within |
| 2001s | Diablo for so a lot to talk about one |
| 2004s | quick thing that we did want to call out |
| 2006s | really quickly which is the anaria |
| 2008s | statue which is behind me as I'm like |
| 2010s | trying to like showcase myself in my |
| 2012s | hands here |
| 2013s | um but the in our statue this was |
| 2015s | announced earlier this month |
| 2017s | um and we ended up actually uh putting |
| 2021s | this up on the gear store and what's |
| 2022s | cool about this uh statue is that it is |
| 2025s | actually |
| 2026s | um shipping right now so if you unlike |
| 2030s | the lowest statue which I know took like |
| 2031s | a few months to actually shift when that |
| 2033s | was announced this one is shipping |
| 2034s | immediately so it's really cool looking |
| 2036s | thing is massive pairs really well with |
| 2038s | Lila you have Mom and Dad there it's |
| 2041s | great you know I've seen pictures on |
| 2043s | Reddit of people putting in like side by |
| 2045s | side like some people already have the |
| 2046s | NRA statue and they have it like side by |
| 2048s | side on their TVs in their living room |
| 2050s | so it's actually really cool to see yeah |
| 2052s | um but yeah there it should be a QR code |
| 2054s | I think up on the screen now so if you |
| 2056s | uh do actually scan the QR code it does |
| 2058s | take you to the Gear store and to the |
| 2060s | page to check it out |
| 2061s | but beta beta is a big topic is coming |
| 2066s | up so we do want to actually talk a lot |
| 2068s | about uh beta itself as you guys know we |
| 2072s | did already announce the beta dates |
| 2074s | earlier this month |
| 2076s | um so for beta itself it's actually |
| 2078s | going to be we'll have an early access |
| 2080s | weekend and then we'll have an open Beta |
| 2082s | weekend so Early Access is going to be |
| 2084s | on March 17th uh we'll start on March |
| 2087s | 17th and we actually have times of when |
| 2090s | it's going to actually start that |
| 2091s | weekend so we are planning on opening up |
| 2094s | servers at 9 00 a.m Pacific on March |
| 2097s | 17th for Early Access and it'll actually |
| 2099s | go through March 20th until noon Pacific |
| 2102s | time so it kind of gives you a little |
| 2105s | bit of a uh more of an opportunity |
| 2109s | Beyond just the weekend because |
| 2110s | obviously time zones exist time zones we |
| 2113s | know people working on Saturdays exactly |
| 2115s | so it gives you at least a little bit |
| 2117s | more flexibility being able to try it |
| 2118s | out all throughout Friday and Saturday |
| 2120s | and even into Monday depending on where |
| 2122s | you actually live um the other really |
| 2124s | cool part about |
| 2126s | um |
| 2127s | uh the first weekend of beta is that |
| 2129s | there will be three classes available |
| 2130s | for players to actually uh check out and |
| 2133s | that is the Barbarian the Rogue and the |
| 2136s | Sorcerer so players can actually jump |
| 2138s | into uh beta itself uh during that first |
| 2141s | weekend and and try it out remember |
| 2144s | Early Access bait is only available to |
| 2145s | those that actually pre-order so if you |
| 2148s | haven't pre-ordered and want to jump in |
| 2150s | earlier you most definitely can yeah and |
| 2152s | then for open beta on March 24th through |
| 2154s | 26th those will start at the same times |
| 2156s | as well and that's at 9am Pacific and uh |
| 2159s | on the 24th and then end on the 26th at |
| 2162s | or on the 27th shall I say at noon so it |
| 2166s | does go a little bit longer again uh |
| 2169s | time zones so here's a little bit more |
| 2172s | of a time for people to jump in and uh a |
| 2175s | special thing about that second weekend |
| 2177s | is |
| 2178s | uh well you'll get access to two |
| 2180s | additional classes |
| 2182s | um so you can play all five classes |
| 2183s | which is important to us because the |
| 2186s | second time the second weekend in |
| 2188s | particular we want to get as many people |
| 2190s | as as possible onto the server so we |
| 2192s | want to stress test the game |
| 2194s | to make sure that all of our server |
| 2196s | infrastructure is in good shape for |
| 2197s | launch and we want to get feedback on |
| 2200s | balance so we want to have all the |
| 2202s | classes available so everyone can check |
| 2204s | out the balance and we can make changes |
| 2207s | ahead of launch if there are problems |
| 2209s | exactly so again during the Early Access |
| 2212s | beta you'll have um you'll be able to |
| 2215s | play Barbarian Rogue and Sorcerer And |
| 2217s | then during open Beta you can play |
| 2219s | Barbarian Rogue and sorcerer but you can |
| 2221s | also play The Necromancer and the Druid |
| 2223s | that's right so uh it's a good |
| 2225s | opportunity to kind of jump in and as |
| 2227s | Joe mentioned stress test the servers |
| 2229s | speaking of stress testing the servers |
| 2231s | and for so we can get feedback and so |
| 2233s | forth before launch there is another |
| 2236s | feature within beta that we're really |
| 2238s | excited to share about which is uh World |
| 2241s | bosses we do have a world boss that will |
| 2244s | be active during beta and there will be |
| 2249s | four different spawns on each Saturday |
| 2252s | of beta for players to kind of jump into |
| 2255s | and check out is ashava who is |
| 2259s | um people probably remember Shava |
| 2261s | shava's the first world boss I believe |
| 2263s | we ended up revealing back in BlizzCon |
| 2265s | 2019 and so forth one of our three World |
| 2268s | bosses yeah so players will be able to |
| 2270s | jump in um there's going to be four |
| 2272s | different times like I mentioned uh |
| 2273s | because again we want to make sure that |
| 2275s | players from all around the world can |
| 2277s | actually jump in during beta during |
| 2279s | these moments and it gives an |
| 2281s | opportunity for people to kind of |
| 2283s | experience like a whole new thing within |
| 2284s | de-hop level of four yeah a shop is so |
| 2287s | cool the the one of the really cool |
| 2288s | things about the world bosses is you can |
| 2290s | just show up there there'll be other |
| 2292s | people uh for you to to work together to |
| 2296s | defeat the boss and these are these are |
| 2298s | huge bosses like the camera actually |
| 2300s | pulls out so you can get a better view |
| 2302s | of the battlefield so you can see other |
| 2303s | people fighting the world boss at the |
| 2305s | same time they have huge attacks that |
| 2307s | affect a very large area of the of the |
| 2310s | world |
| 2311s | um and it's all seamless you just show |
| 2312s | up there and there'll be people you |
| 2314s | don't have to have a group or or or |
| 2317s | um you know organize anything in |
| 2319s | particular you can just show up find a |
| 2321s | giant boss it's super cool yeah and uh |
| 2323s | so uh World boss is up to 12 players can |
| 2326s | actually uh uh go against a a world boss |
| 2329s | but then Diablo 4 and |
| 2332s | um I know it's recommended usually to be |
| 2334s | 20 but the 25 is the max level within |
| 2337s | beta itself yeah um and Michelle is |
| 2340s | level 25. okay there you go you're going |
| 2342s | to want to be close to that level |
| 2344s | um because uh you know if you're |
| 2346s | fighting a higher level boss or hybrid |
| 2348s | level monster you're going to be less |
| 2349s | effective and we're actually going to |
| 2351s | talk about that in a little bit with |
| 2352s | when you talk about armor perfect that's |
| 2354s | a the a perfect opportunity for us to |
| 2356s | talk a little bit more about armor and |
| 2357s | so forth there |
| 2359s | um but yeah the the four different times |
| 2360s | and all the all the details and so forth |
| 2363s | and times that we just mentioned will |
| 2365s | actually be available on the uh the beta |
| 2368s | blog that we do actually have up on |
| 2370s | diablo4.com so uh if people read that |
| 2373s | blog when we made announcement about |
| 2375s | beta earlier this month that blog will |
| 2377s | actually be updated after this stream |
| 2379s | with all those details so make sure to |
| 2381s | check out and reference that blog for |
| 2383s | all the details and times and so forth |
| 2385s | that we kind of mentioned here that's |
| 2387s | right and if you're trying to get Early |
| 2389s | Access you can you can pre-order the |
| 2393s | game like right up until or even during |
| 2395s | the Early Access period and you'll get |
| 2397s | access to it awesome let's expect to |
| 2399s | have a turnaround time of you know |
| 2401s | minutes to the most it should be an hour |
| 2404s | or so until you get access cool and then |
| 2407s | um a really popular question that we've |
| 2409s | gotten from the community uh is uh Min |
| 2413s | specs and recommended specs and I do |
| 2415s | want to note if you're playing on |
| 2416s | console on PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 |
| 2418s | or Xbox One or Xbox series consoles uh |
| 2422s | that that is also available and uh for |
| 2424s | for beta so players will be able to |
| 2426s | actually jump in during beta on those |
| 2429s | consoles but for PC we actually do have |
| 2432s | those Min specs and those recommended |
| 2434s | specs that we can showcase here uh |
| 2436s | really quickly for everyone |
| 2438s | um I think a huge shout out to our |
| 2441s | Engineers here because uh in blizzard |
| 2444s | fashion they've done a fantastic job at |
| 2446s | optimizing uh Diablo 4 for to ensure |
| 2449s | that you know as many players as |
| 2451s | possible can actually enjoy this on PC |
| 2453s | which is great to see yeah we're |
| 2455s | continuing to optimize right now as you |
| 2457s | said like every Blizzard game we want to |
| 2459s | make sure as many people as possible can |
| 2461s | play it yeah and I know we've gotten uh |
| 2463s | another big question regarding like PC |
| 2465s | specs and so forth and one of them is |
| 2467s | revolved around like Ray tracing and |
| 2469s | everything like that that's right Ray |
| 2470s | tracing will be coming after launch yeah |
| 2472s | so we'll have Ray tracing available |
| 2473s | after launch for Diablo 4 specifically |
| 2476s | on that side we'll have these Min specs |
| 2478s | and these recommended specs also |
| 2480s | available on the beta blog after after |
| 2482s | the the the broadcast here but a lot of |
| 2485s | people will be able to jump in |
| 2486s | um uh with their PCS and or on consoles |
| 2489s | and actually uh play uh Diablo 4 during |
| 2492s | the beta preload is is another big |
| 2495s | popular question that we've done there |
| 2497s | will be a preload available for the beta |
| 2499s | for Diablo 4 and that will actually be |
| 2502s | coming uh about a week or so before the |
| 2504s | actual beta and details on that will |
| 2507s | also be posted soon on the blog so make |
| 2509s | sure to stay tuned to like Diablo social |
| 2511s | channels and at the same time uh just |
| 2514s | checking out the blog we'll make sure to |
| 2516s | let people know when uh preload will be |
| 2517s | available so you can be prepared and you |
| 2519s | can jump in right during the the first |
| 2521s | minute of Early Access and so forth |
| 2525s | um and then another note about consoles |
| 2527s | is that uh you will be able to play |
| 2529s | co-op couch co-op on consoles yes which |
| 2532s | is really cool so if you if you're |
| 2534s | playing on PlayStation or or on Xbox uh |
| 2537s | you can have uh another person join you |
| 2539s | uh and play on on uh and do couch Co-op |
| 2543s | which is really cool for for Diablo 4. |
| 2545s | uh and for that Diablo experience itself |
| 2548s | um and one thing to note is that uh you |
| 2550s | just need uh access to the beta and the |
| 2553s | second person just both and both people |
| 2555s | need access to a Battlenet account of |
| 2557s | some sort uh to be able to experience |
| 2559s | each person will need about on that |
| 2561s | account exactly |
| 2563s | um you can create up to 10 characters |
| 2564s | for being an account up for the beta so |
| 2567s | you can actually experiment and try like |
| 2568s | if you want to go through the beginning |
| 2570s | again or something with like a whole new |
| 2571s | character or whatnot you most definitely |
| 2573s | can it's yeah it's a lot of I don't know |
| 2575s | how anyone could really have to maybe |
| 2577s | you're indecisive 10 different |
| 2579s | characters but there's so much content |
| 2580s | in the beta it's it's uh it's a really |
| 2582s | sizable look at that yeah and I know a |
| 2585s | lot of people ask about |
| 2587s | um progress between Early Access and |
| 2589s | open beta and like how that actually |
| 2591s | does carry over and so forth or if it |
| 2593s | does carry over uh specifically from |
| 2596s | that end yeah so your progress will |
| 2597s | carry over from Early Access to open |
| 2599s | beta so that'll give you more time to |
| 2603s | really get to level 25 |
| 2605s | time to fight ashava if you didn't |
| 2607s | didn't get access you know if you didn't |
| 2609s | quite make it uh and more time to fight |
| 2612s | it go back and fight you can check out |
| 2614s | all of our side quests all of the rest |
| 2616s | of the content and Fracture Peaks um |
| 2617s | there's like I said |
| 2619s | um you know it's one of our five zones |
| 2621s | and uh it's just a huge area to explore |
| 2624s | with so much content in it that um |
| 2626s | there's there's plenty of stuff to do |
| 2629s | um but of course your your progress is |
| 2631s | not going to carry over to the shipping |
| 2633s | game because we want everyone to start |
| 2635s | with the start fresh exactly so yeah |
| 2638s | progress carries over from Early Access |
| 2640s | to open beta and then of course uh beta |
| 2643s | progress won't carry over the to the |
| 2645s | final game itself |
| 2646s | um but one thing we did want to announce |
| 2648s | at least today is that we actually do |
| 2650s | have some beta incentives and rewards |
| 2652s | for players that actually do partake in |
| 2655s | the actual beta test there's three |
| 2657s | different rewards that people can |
| 2659s | actually earn uh two of them are |
| 2661s | specific titles that will carry over to |
| 2664s | the final game and all these rewards |
| 2666s | actually do carry over to the final game |
| 2667s | that's why it's so important for us to |
| 2669s | ensure that you guys have Battlenet |
| 2670s | accounts when you're actually playing |
| 2671s | through the game and so forth but the |
| 2674s | first title is uh the title itself is |
| 2677s | called initial casualty |
| 2679s | um which uh is uh earned When You Reach |
| 2684s | uh kyova shot within the game and I I'm |
| 2688s | sure people are like let's get over shot |
| 2689s | well kill the shot's the capital city of |
| 2691s | fracture Peaks which is the area the |
| 2693s | snowy mountainous area of uh of |
| 2696s | sanctuary that the beta takes place in |
| 2698s | and uh it's a it's a big city there's |
| 2701s | lots of stuff to do it's not that far |
| 2702s | into the game You'll Play Through The |
| 2704s | prologue get accustomed to all of the |
| 2706s | mechanics and everything start to get |
| 2708s | introduce some of the characters and |
| 2710s | then you'll arrive at kill the shot so |
| 2712s | should be fairly fairly straightforward |
| 2715s | to get this one yeah so people will be |
| 2717s | able to earn the the um the initial |
| 2719s | casualty title uh within Diablo for uh |
| 2722s | by doing that and then another title |
| 2724s | that they'll earn once they hit level 20 |
| 2726s | on at least just one character itself is |
| 2729s | an early Voyager title so just get up to |
| 2732s | level 20 within the beta and you'll |
| 2734s | actually end up earning that title and |
| 2736s | then last but not least we actually have |
| 2738s | a really really I'm very excited about |
| 2741s | this one it is a cosmetic reward that we |
| 2744s | are giving away to any player that does |
| 2746s | get uh that gets one character up to |
| 2748s | level 20 and it is a beta wolf pack it's |
| 2752s | a it's a cosmetic it is quite possibly |
| 2756s | the most adorable thing in the whole |
| 2757s | entire world |
| 2759s | but uh it is a little wolf uh uh like |
| 2763s | pack that you can actually carry around |
| 2765s | within the game in itself it's animated |
| 2768s | does move around it's absolutely |
| 2770s | adorable |
| 2771s | um and uh I mean you be slaying demons |
| 2774s | with the cutest little pop behind you |
| 2776s | which is absolutely |
| 2782s | we're showing it on the Barbarian here |
| 2784s | of course but uh it's uh wearable by any |
| 2788s | class so |
| 2789s | um you get to level 20 which takes some |
| 2791s | time it's gonna take some some effort |
| 2793s | but uh you can get this little pup who |
| 2796s | will follow you on your travels it's |
| 2798s | awesome so yeah this will carry over to |
| 2799s | the final game and uh it is for all |
| 2802s | classes so you just need to get one |
| 2803s | character to level 20 and you'll get uh |
| 2806s | one the early Voyager title and two |
| 2808s | you'll get the the the beta wolf pack so |
| 2811s | make sure to jump into beta uh and |
| 2815s | actually uh get a character to 20. so |
| 2817s | you can you can |
| 2819s | have your own wolf pack for for launch |
| 2822s | itself so uh there's a ton of uh that I |
| 2824s | know we just gave out a ton of |
| 2826s | information about beta uh here today |
| 2829s | again this will all be on our uh beta |
| 2832s | blog on diablo4.com uh immediately after |
| 2836s | the stream so make sure to check out all |
| 2838s | the details and the times and all the |
| 2840s | the requirements for instance to get uh |
| 2844s | those titles and the beta wolf pack |
| 2845s | itself |
| 2847s | um oh and one last thing I completely |
| 2849s | forgot during beta we actually have |
| 2851s | another live stream planned and and uh |
| 2853s | that is going to be on the 24th it'll be |
| 2855s | the first day of open Beta but we're |
| 2857s | going to do a community play live stream |
| 2858s | so it gives you guys an opportunity to |
| 2861s | actually play with the blues essentially |
| 2862s | the the the the employees here at |
| 2864s | blizzard uh some people from the dev |
| 2866s | team and the community team and again |
| 2868s | more details on that here uh coming |
| 2870s | really soon so |
| 2872s | um lots of information about beta glad |
| 2874s | we got to Showcase and talk about it uh |
| 2877s | all here today |
| 2879s | um we're gonna jump into the armor uh uh |
| 2882s | uh systems discussion here with Mong now |
| 2885s | um and I know that the community has |
| 2887s | been really asking especially our |
| 2889s | hardcore fans of Diablo I've been asking |
| 2891s | more details about systems and so forth |
| 2893s | so we actually do want to jump into a |
| 2895s | little bit of a deep dive into the armor |
| 2897s | systems within Diablo 4 so Hmong like |
| 2900s | take us through it yeah sure I'm happy |
| 2902s | to talk about the armor system uh so in |
| 2905s | Diablo 4 armor the the major way for |
| 2908s | player to mitigate incoming damage |
| 2910s | especially physical damage |
| 2913s | the major way for people to acquire |
| 2915s | armor is through the five armor slots |
| 2918s | they are Helm chest pants boots and |
| 2922s | gloves |
| 2923s | and mostly for Fantasy reason we made |
| 2928s | armor chest armor and the pants provide |
| 2931s | the most armor value well boots and |
| 2934s | gloves provide the the smallest amount |
| 2938s | of armor value |
| 2939s | um |
| 2940s | armor um |
| 2943s | in the armor value on the item is |
| 2946s | depends on depends on the the I the |
| 2949s | item's power and in Diablo we use the |
| 2952s | item power value to represent the power |
| 2955s | of the item yeah and I don't think we've |
| 2958s | talked a lot about how item power Works |
| 2961s | can you describe what it means for the |
| 2964s | lf4 yeah so in Diablo 4 the item when |
| 2968s | they when they start dropping it's based |
| 2970s | on the it's based on the Monsters uh |
| 2973s | Monster Power and we need a value to |
| 2976s | represent how powerful this is like when |
| 2978s | you start getting more challenging |
| 2980s | content in the later World here you |
| 2983s | you'll see uh you you'll get more and |
| 2985s | more powerful items and we need |
| 2987s | something to to evaluate that then and |
| 2990s | represent that power so we use the item |
| 2992s | power to represent that power and you |
| 2994s | can see that on the items 2 tape and if |
| 2998s | you like you can compare the two items |
| 3000s | if the item has a higher item power that |
| 3002s | means |
| 3003s | uh that item most likely going to be |
| 3006s | more powerful than the lower item power |
| 3009s | items but not always right not only the |
| 3011s | specific affixes or things that are |
| 3014s | especially powerful for your build yeah |
| 3016s | exactly |
| 3017s | and back to the armor value the armor |
| 3020s | value actually directly tied to this |
| 3023s | item power on on the arm items |
| 3026s | it's actually skating linearly with the |
| 3029s | item power the higher the item power the |
| 3031s | more our value that item provides and |
| 3035s | that's so that we know that you have we |
| 3037s | have some baseline for how much damage |
| 3039s | mitigation the player has exactly |
| 3042s | because because of this when you loot |
| 3046s | higher power items you naturally gain |
| 3049s | higher amount of armor and therefore |
| 3052s | it's guaranteed you always have a |
| 3055s | certain amount of damage mitigation |
| 3057s | against |
| 3059s | physical damage |
| 3061s | and so uh yeah so armor Works |
| 3064s | differently in Diablo 4 than it did in |
| 3066s | Diablo 3 right yeah particular for |
| 3068s | Elemental resistances yeah exactly like |
| 3071s | in Diablo 4 |
| 3073s | um |
| 3074s | we so this is this is kind of like a |
| 3077s | long story like we uh we because of the |
| 3080s | mechanic we made sure the item the |
| 3083s | player have a certain amount of uh |
| 3086s | damage and mitigation against the |
| 3087s | physical damage but then we found out |
| 3092s | um some monster they they are doing |
| 3095s | non-physical damage and that caused |
| 3097s | trouble for the for the player like for |
| 3099s | example there's a there's a denim boss |
| 3101s | only deal Shadow damage and that caused |
| 3105s | some serious balance problem for the |
| 3107s | encounter team because |
| 3108s | for people who have a reasonable amount |
| 3111s | of Shadow resistant the boss is not that |
| 3114s | hard but some people like when they have |
| 3117s | zero Shadow resistance uh the boss is |
| 3121s | almost unbeatable like they will always |
| 3123s | get one shot for the for this boss |
| 3126s | and players at low level they might not |
| 3128s | have access to as much Shadow resistance |
| 3130s | they might not be as familiar with the |
| 3131s | game exactly |
| 3133s | so to solve this problem uh what we did |
| 3136s | is we made some change to the armor |
| 3137s | system so armor not only absorb |
| 3143s | or mitigate incoming physical damage we |
| 3146s | also make make |
| 3148s | it absorb a certain amount of |
| 3150s | non-physical damage so how it works is |
| 3153s | like this for whatever percentage the |
| 3157s | armor of the physical damage it also |
| 3159s | absorbs half a lot of the that amount of |
| 3162s | non-physical damage for example your |
| 3164s | armor absorb 60 physical damage |
| 3167s | so your armor will also absorb 30 |
| 3170s | percent of all the non-feedable damage |
| 3173s | so fire damage shatter damage and so on |
| 3175s | exactly and and because of this |
| 3178s | people know also getting some among them |
| 3181s | not a big amount but some amount of uh |
| 3184s | mitigation against non-physical damage |
| 3186s | so that shadow balls |
| 3188s | is still challenging for people with |
| 3190s | zero Shadow resistance but it's in a |
| 3193s | much more uh controllable way |
| 3198s | and as players level up and they get |
| 3200s | access to higher World tiers those |
| 3202s | worlds here is actually uh have a |
| 3204s | penalty to your Elemental resistances |
| 3206s | right so you're going to have to really |
| 3208s | make sure that you're keeping up on |
| 3210s | those resistances yeah exactly |
| 3213s | um when you get to higher wood here |
| 3216s | um |
| 3217s | we we added more penalty for the players |
| 3221s | to make the higher World here more |
| 3223s | challenging and so you will have a uh we |
| 3227s | we put some 20 |
| 3229s | uh penalty from uh from World here two |
| 3233s | to World tier 3. for the resistance so |
| 3236s | you you gain 20 less resistance and from |
| 3239s | World tier 3 to World tier 4 we put even |
| 3241s | higher penalty it's 40 so Warrior four |
| 3245s | will be a lot more challenging than what |
| 3247s | you're doing |
| 3248s | but players have access as they're |
| 3250s | getting up into those higher levels |
| 3252s | they're also getting access to more |
| 3253s | sources of Elemental resistance right |
| 3256s | yeah exactly |
| 3258s | um we we added a uh the elemental |
| 3261s | resistance into Wireless uh in-game |
| 3264s | system like skill tree like item affixes |
| 3267s | like a paragon system you can acquire |
| 3270s | those uh uh those uh resistance through |
| 3274s | uh more and more weight we actually |
| 3276s | expose more and more weights for you to |
| 3278s | be able to acquire armor and resistance |
| 3281s | at the end game so I think you brought |
| 3283s | some charts to show like in more detail |
| 3286s | how the mitigation Works sure so uh we |
| 3290s | have talked about like all the all the |
| 3292s | basic or how armor works I want to dive |
| 3295s | a little bit deeper into actually how |
| 3298s | armor affect players uh gameplay |
| 3300s | experience from level to level uh the |
| 3303s | first thing I want to talk about is at |
| 3305s | each level we have a expected armor I do |
| 3309s | for player and based on that we |
| 3312s | calculate what's the damage reduction |
| 3313s | player can get at each level and we |
| 3316s | balance the monster damage above it and |
| 3318s | from this chart you can see at the |
| 3321s | beginning you |
| 3322s | based on the expected armor value you |
| 3324s | can only get like a little about 10 time |
| 3328s | reduction but it goes up pretty fast and |
| 3332s | either at the late game you can get like |
| 3334s | over 40 damage reduction from the armor |
| 3337s | value it makes sense to quantity wise |
| 3340s | because like I think about it at the |
| 3342s | beginning you have only this light |
| 3344s | leather pants and absorbs a very small |
| 3347s | amount of damage but at a later level |
| 3349s | you get this epic played armor that is |
| 3352s | absorb a lot more |
| 3355s | um |
| 3356s | because of this uh because of this like |
| 3359s | the the damage reduction uh going up |
| 3363s | player also uh that means that we need |
| 3368s | to make the the the monster deal more |
| 3373s | and more damage to mitigate this damage |
| 3375s | reduction for the player |
| 3378s | and this is next I'm gonna talk about |
| 3381s | like a uh how actually each uh unit |
| 3386s | armor uh of door damage from level to |
| 3389s | level yeah because I think we have |
| 3391s | another graph here |
| 3392s | um that goes through yeah the armor so |
| 3395s | you see like uh it's opposite to how |
| 3398s | much damage reduction we expect for |
| 3400s | player to get from Level from level |
| 3402s | level it's from lower to higher but |
| 3405s | actually the time reduction per armor is |
| 3408s | going down with level so per point of |
| 3410s | armor that I have |
| 3412s | this is the chart that shows how much |
| 3414s | damage reduction that one what single |
| 3416s | point of armor gives me yes at a given |
| 3418s | level okay |
| 3420s | um and at the beginning like you can see |
| 3422s | from this chart like every 100 armor |
| 3425s | kind of absorb about five percent of the |
| 3427s | damage reduction but it goes down |
| 3430s | um pretty fast early and slow down at |
| 3432s | the end and at the end you can see it |
| 3435s | like each one 100 armor can only absorb |
| 3438s | uh one percent damage reduction |
| 3440s | we we make it uh work this way because |
| 3444s | we want to make sure that |
| 3447s | Designer have room to add more armor |
| 3451s | bonus at any at the end game |
| 3454s | we try to avoid the situation like at |
| 3457s | the beginning you get to a pretty good |
| 3459s | amount of armor then you totally forgot |
| 3460s | about this |
| 3463s | um uh like early on we talk about we add |
| 3466s | we added like a resistant penalty to to |
| 3471s | a four player from voltage World here |
| 3473s | that's actually for a very similar |
| 3475s | purpose because of this penalty even |
| 3478s | though you have a pretty good resistance |
| 3480s | either early game you still need to look |
| 3482s | for more resistance either at a late |
| 3484s | game and there are other ways that |
| 3486s | players can get that introduction too in |
| 3489s | addition to armor right yeah exactly |
| 3492s | um not only that they get this uh |
| 3496s | that's kind of like happened at the late |
| 3498s | game when the challenges starts they |
| 3500s | need to find a lot of other way like |
| 3503s | they can look for uh like for social |
| 3506s | class they can look for energy shield |
| 3508s | for Druid and Barbarian they look for 45 |
| 3511s | power and for uh for uh yoga class they |
| 3517s | look for more touch hands so not only |
| 3520s | they build on the armor and resistance |
| 3522s | to mitigate the damage at the late again |
| 3525s | because the challenge becomes so so |
| 3527s | tough the world becomes the monster is |
| 3530s | so so harsh they need to find a multiple |
| 3533s | way to be able to survive in this harsh |
| 3535s | world |
| 3536s | uh so far I have been talking about like |
| 3539s | all all of this is the one player |
| 3542s | fighting uh the equal level monster so |
| 3545s | uh so next I'm gonna talk like like what |
| 3548s | if you fight against a different level |
| 3550s | monster if a monster higher than you or |
| 3552s | Monster lower than you so this chart |
| 3555s | shows a player with 2000 armor |
| 3558s | uh what happened how much damage |
| 3561s | reduction it actually absorbs for for |
| 3563s | that 2000 armor uh when they fight |
| 3566s | against different level monsters and you |
| 3569s | can see like the higher the monster |
| 3571s | level is uh the less damage reduction |
| 3574s | this 2000 armor actually absorb and you |
| 3578s | can see like at the lower level they're |
| 3580s | actually already like reached the the |
| 3582s | damage reduction cap we set for Armory |
| 3585s | which is 85 percent |
| 3587s | but I when you like uh for 2000 armor |
| 3590s | usually the player can come across this |
| 3592s | amount of armor around the level 30 |
| 3594s | right but if you see this level 30 |
| 3596s | character when they fight a level 100 |
| 3599s | monster the 2000 armor can actually only |
| 3603s | absorb five percent of the incoming |
| 3606s | damage which is pretty minimum so that |
| 3609s | means |
| 3610s | when you one more player for them to |
| 3612s | challenge a higher level Monster not |
| 3614s | only the monster deal more damage they |
| 3618s | also penetrate more of your |
| 3621s | all of your armor so I'm gonna need more |
| 3623s | armor as I level up yeah yep uh during |
| 3626s | level up a campaign like while you're |
| 3628s | doing campaign how you do the open world |
| 3630s | content it's not a big issue because the |
| 3634s | motor monster skill with you but when |
| 3637s | you when you do uh the in-game content |
| 3639s | like a Neymar dungeon or Hell tied a lot |
| 3643s | of times you are forced to fight to |
| 3645s | fight higher level monster and in those |
| 3648s | cases uh |
| 3651s | you you will take like this building |
| 3654s | punishment |
| 3656s | to for the player uh so so you you you |
| 3661s | you have you need to like uh find a way |
| 3664s | to mitigate that the the the more damage |
| 3667s | some people like they build up their uh |
| 3671s | offensive power they try to finish the |
| 3673s | combat faster so that they can take less |
| 3675s | damage while other people they find all |
| 3678s | the way like like besides uh going |
| 3680s | through a paragon system skill tree Adam |
| 3684s | ethics is uh and the Legendary Power of |
| 3688s | all the using all the ways to mitigate |
| 3690s | that uh |
| 3692s | punishment we also uh added uh damage |
| 3696s | mitigation to monsters in Diablo 4 right |
| 3699s | yeah yeah exactly that's uh that's what |
| 3701s | I want to talk about |
| 3702s | um so we used to not have damage |
| 3706s | mitigation for Monsters so monsters used |
| 3709s | to not have armor so |
| 3712s | um however among the damage player deals |
| 3717s | that's Howard amount of damage the |
| 3720s | monster gonna take so it had Advantage |
| 3723s | it's pretty straightforward it's really |
| 3725s | easy to understand |
| 3727s | but it also has a problem that is |
| 3729s | whenever we want to increase the |
| 3732s | monster's defense power the only only |
| 3734s | way we can do it is through increasing |
| 3737s | the monster's hit point |
| 3739s | um like we say like we say from a level |
| 3743s | 31 a monster from level 31 to 32 we want |
| 3747s | to increase the their defined power of |
| 3750s | the time to kill by 10 that means level |
| 3753s | 32 months are going to have 10 more uh |
| 3756s | hit point on life |
| 3758s | than the level 31 monster if you do this |
| 3762s | from Level 1 to level 100 and at the end |
| 3765s | it ends up with a a super big number |
| 3769s | like a billions or even trillions |
| 3771s | and for people for players to be able to |
| 3774s | kill this monster in a reasonable time |
| 3777s | the player needs to have deal like |
| 3780s | billions of damage |
| 3782s | um |
| 3783s | and in Diablo 4 we we show this diamond |
| 3787s | number as the floating combat text we |
| 3789s | cannot hide it and so the the because |
| 3791s | the number is so big so long it covers a |
| 3794s | big chunk of the screen yeah it's hard |
| 3796s | to understand too like yeah average |
| 3798s | reading is you know combat and Diablos |
| 3801s | really fast you want to be able to |
| 3802s | quickly understand how much damage |
| 3804s | you're doing yeah |
| 3805s | um and we're trying to keep the numbers |
| 3806s | down yeah we we try to solve this |
| 3809s | problem also we get a lot of feedback |
| 3811s | from Community they also they also don't |
| 3813s | like this yeah I know the community has |
| 3815s | talked a lot about like big damage |
| 3816s | numbers and so forth and like like |
| 3818s | Diablo 3 for instance and so forth so |
| 3820s | yeah yeah so uh so therefore we decided |
| 3823s | to add this damage mitigation or we call |
| 3825s | the monster armor so at each level uh |
| 3829s | monster actually absorb a certain |
| 3831s | percentage of like uh players damage |
| 3833s | it's pretty low at the early level and |
| 3836s | it goes up at the uh at a later level uh |
| 3840s | then in our play test we increase is a a |
| 3844s | different problem because because this |
| 3846s | damn reduction going up pretty fast |
| 3849s | player actually deal less damage when |
| 3851s | they level up that's that's not what we |
| 3854s | want I don't want to get weaker when I |
| 3855s | level up yeah exactly so we have to take |
| 3858s | the time reduction number for the |
| 3860s | monster so that it always scales slower |
| 3863s | compared to the damage increase |
| 3866s | damage increase for the player so it |
| 3871s | it's players damage deal to the monster |
| 3874s | still |
| 3876s | increased from level to level but now we |
| 3879s | have a pretty good way to control how |
| 3881s | fast it increase and therefore we we get |
| 3884s | the damage number at a very late game |
| 3886s | into a pretty reasonable space and |
| 3889s | that's good that's awesome awesome |
| 3891s | well I know we talked a lot about uh the |
| 3894s | armor systems here and and even just |
| 3896s | like the the fact that like uh monsters |
| 3898s | themselves will will have armor which is |
| 3901s | uh which is uh new for uh Diablo and |
| 3904s | it's in itself but um I do want to spend |
| 3906s | some time to talk a little bit about |
| 3908s | strongholds because we have art here |
| 3910s | who's our our lead World designer |
| 3913s | um uh art I know uh has been focusing on |
| 3916s | strongholds and has a lot to talk about |
| 3918s | strongholds themselves is a brand new |
| 3920s | feature within Diablo 4. yeah yeah |
| 3922s | absolutely |
| 3923s | um so conceptually strongholds they are |
| 3925s | places of importance to the world and |
| 3927s | the people of sanctuary that have been |
| 3929s | overrun by evil pretty simple right |
| 3932s | um so uh this way this ends up working |
| 3933s | in practice is as you're exploring and |
| 3936s | navigating the huge world of Diablo 4 uh |
| 3938s | in sanctuary uh there will be multiple |
| 3940s | strongholds in every uh in each of our |
| 3942s | five zones for you to discover and these |
| 3944s | are completely unique so each stronghold |
| 3947s | is a unique location they have different |
| 3949s | stories they have different uh |
| 3951s | gameplay objectives bosses even some of |
| 3954s | the uh rewards are unique to each |
| 3956s | specific stronghold |
| 3958s | um and uh much like our campaign these |
| 3961s | are private experiences they're they're |
| 3962s | just for you uh or you and your party uh |
| 3964s | if you choose to bring some friends |
| 3966s | um so once you've completed uh the |
| 3968s | stronghold uh then uh the space becomes |
| 3970s | to uh becomes uh something that we refer |
| 3972s | to as a public space where you then |
| 3973s | might encounter and interact with other |
| 3975s | players if you want that's cool so like |
| 3977s | what type of spaces can strongholds |
| 3979s | themselves end up uh kind of like |
| 3982s | changing to after after you end up uh |
| 3984s | encountering them and then maybe like |
| 3986s | conquering them or going through them |
| 3987s | yourself yeah so um that's like actually |
| 3990s | one of the things that I'm most excited |
| 3991s | to talk about the system is that when |
| 3993s | you conquer a stronghold there's a |
| 3994s | there's a lasting impact on the world |
| 3996s | and we actually unlock a bunch of |
| 3998s | additional content for you to explore uh |
| 4000s | and engage with after the fact but I |
| 4002s | think I want to talk about that a little |
| 4003s | bit later all right uh yeah we I think |
| 4006s | we have footage as well for the the |
| 4007s | strongholds that we can actually like |
| 4009s | kind of throw up here and maybe we can |
| 4010s | explain like what what players are uh |
| 4013s | kind of experiencing or like what they |
| 4014s | would experience when they're going |
| 4015s | through you brought a clip yeah I did I |
| 4017s | found out |
| 4018s | [Laughter] |
| 4022s | the stronghold you're looking at here uh |
| 4025s | this is called hopes light |
| 4026s | um uh kind of uh in the in the jagged uh |
| 4029s | shores of Northern scosglenn uh there's |
| 4031s | this great Lighthouse called hopes light |
| 4033s | and its flame has been extinguished |
| 4036s | um |
| 4037s | so uh you know uh the particular the |
| 4040s | port town of Maryland uh nearby is |
| 4041s | particularly affected it's the only Port |
| 4043s | Town in all of Scotland they consider |
| 4045s | this uh sacred place and obviously the |
| 4047s | the sailors of these perilous Waters |
| 4049s | they kind of rely on the lighthouse to |
| 4050s | navigate uh so you're kind of high level |
| 4052s | objective is just find a path through uh |
| 4055s | to the lighthouse and figure out what |
| 4056s | happened |
| 4057s | um and you know as the player when you |
| 4059s | arrive there you notice the drown have |
| 4061s | risen |
| 4062s | um the drowner this brand new monster |
| 4063s | family in Diablo 4 they're the super |
| 4065s | mysterious creatures that kind of |
| 4067s | shamble up on the Shores from the depths |
| 4069s | of the sea and they drag these like |
| 4071s | bells and mysterious Idols with them |
| 4073s | nobody really knows like who they are or |
| 4075s | what they want but one of the other |
| 4077s | things that we're super excited to kind |
| 4078s | of do with strongholds is to try and |
| 4080s | showcase these monster families kind of |
| 4082s | give you a glimpse into uh into what |
| 4085s | they're about yeah because I know like |
| 4087s | um back during BlizzCon we we actually |
| 4089s | uh blisscon 2019 when we reveal Diablo 4 |
| 4094s | we actually did showcase the drown for |
| 4095s | the first time and then since then we |
| 4097s | actually I know we had a quarterly |
| 4099s | update blog that talked a little bit |
| 4100s | about monster families uh where we even |
| 4102s | talked about like familiars for instance |
| 4104s | and so forth that that were up there but |
| 4106s | like yeah this is |
| 4108s | um kind of like the the first like |
| 4109s | updated look I think people are seeing |
| 4110s | of the drowned here in the NAA |
| 4113s | stronghold uh which is really cool to |
| 4115s | see oh legendary |
| 4117s | I never knew what it was because I was |
| 4119s | playing with the UI off |
| 4122s | um but uh actually that might be a you |
| 4125s | know going back to kind of strongholds |
| 4126s | at the at the system level |
| 4128s | um and you know kind of like why uh you |
| 4131s | the player might care uh so strongholds |
| 4134s | they provide you with a lot of really |
| 4135s | awesome rewards uh obviously you know |
| 4137s | you slay a bunch of monsters you kill a |
| 4139s | boss you're going to get a bunch of uh |
| 4141s | XP and loot uh beyond that uh |
| 4143s | strongholds also reward you with a high |
| 4145s | amount of renown uh Renown is another |
| 4147s | new system uh in Diablo 4 uh and just to |
| 4150s | quickly summarize that Renown uh it |
| 4153s | rewards you with engaging with multiple |
| 4155s | various open world activities you can |
| 4157s | Renown in each of the five regions of |
| 4159s | the game and when you hit certain |
| 4161s | Milestones of renown you'll get rewards |
| 4163s | you'll get really cool stuff like |
| 4165s | additional potion charges skill points |
| 4167s | even Paragon points at the later |
| 4169s | Milestones so yeah but uh beyond all |
| 4172s | this like strictly you know gold XP lude |
| 4175s | we're now beyond all this strictly |
| 4177s | character progression stuff |
| 4178s | I mentioned for uh conquering a |
| 4181s | stronghold has a lasting impact on the |
| 4182s | world and unlocks a bunch of additional |
| 4184s | content so when you've completed a |
| 4187s | stronghold uh and you know in some cases |
| 4189s | you've kind of uh you know cleansed the |
| 4192s | evil as much as it can be uh in in a |
| 4194s | world like Sanctuary uh people feel safe |
| 4197s | enough to come back and so |
| 4199s | um you know some some strongholds will |
| 4201s | actually become towns after you know |
| 4203s | they'll have vendors I guess waypoints |
| 4206s | other strongholds might unlock a short a |
| 4209s | shortcut path to a different area a |
| 4212s | waypoint uh side quests many strongholds |
| 4217s | unlock dungeons so you know if you are |
| 4220s | hunting for aspects in the Codex of |
| 4222s | power or you're engaging with The |
| 4224s | Whispers of the dead or nightmare |
| 4225s | Dungeons and game systems you're |
| 4227s | probably really going to want to |
| 4228s | discover |
| 4229s | that's awesome so yeah like just like |
| 4231s | the the last ring we had we talked a |
| 4233s | little bit about the Codex and power so |
| 4235s | um and you know obviously going through |
| 4237s | dungeons ends up unlocking or finding |
| 4239s | new codexes |
| 4241s | um so yeah actually are completing |
| 4243s | strongholds I will unlock new dungeons |
| 4246s | that will let you get more codecs uh or |
| 4248s | more Powers within your codex itself so |
| 4250s | it kind of like opens up more and more |
| 4253s | as especially with with strongholds |
| 4255s | itself that's that's awesome and and the |
| 4257s | the fact that it's a lasting impact on |
| 4258s | the world is is pretty pretty crazy can |
| 4262s | you see strongholds like on the map like |
| 4264s | as you're kind of like traversing |
| 4265s | through Sanctuary yeah yeah absolutely |
| 4267s | just so like like any other uh area of |
| 4270s | the game you know it stores this kind of |
| 4271s | undiscovered space and then once you've |
| 4273s | discovered it they show up on the map |
| 4274s | they have some iconography to let you |
| 4276s | know that hey there's a cool piece of |
| 4277s | content for you to go do here nice and |
| 4280s | then and players themselves will see |
| 4281s | tons of these all throughout uh all like |
| 4284s | as sanctuary that they can actually uh |
| 4286s | either maybe like do a little bit later |
| 4288s | or come back to and so forth |
| 4289s | yeah yeah absolutely they're like I said |
| 4291s | there's there's multiple strongholds in |
| 4293s | every region and uh one of the so strong |
| 4295s | strongholds actually have a like a |
| 4297s | minimum level so you might actually uh |
| 4299s | you know discover one that you're just |
| 4301s | under leveled for there's nothing |
| 4302s | stopping you from trying but you're |
| 4305s | probably gonna die unless you're playing |
| 4306s | hardcore and then you probably yeah then |
| 4309s | you make a new character because you |
| 4311s | died yeah exactly yeah that's when you |
| 4313s | question it a little bit Yeah so and |
| 4315s | that's another question we get a lot is |
| 4316s | like is it hardcore going to be in |
| 4317s | Diablo 4 and yes it will be um so that's |
| 4320s | when you would question the idea of |
| 4321s | wanting to try to conquer a stronghold |
| 4323s | at a lower level so yeah um but yeah |
| 4326s | with the and and a lot again this is |
| 4328s | just a a brand new feature for for |
| 4331s | Diablo 4 in itself so it actually allows |
| 4333s | you to essentially just uh continue to |
| 4336s | add additional content to the game and |
| 4338s | change the world completely because the |
| 4340s | fact that you can actually get new wave |
| 4341s | points or uh you know a whole new town |
| 4344s | that you can actually interact with with |
| 4346s | new you know vendors and so forth from |
| 4348s | that side is also just completely |
| 4351s | like game changing yeah absolutely and a |
| 4354s | lot of the new content that you unlock |
| 4355s | uh it was also kind of like part of the |
| 4358s | renowned system so you complete a |
| 4360s | stronghold then you get you know side |
| 4361s | quests and Dungeons and all these things |
| 4362s | also feed into the renowned system uh so |
| 4365s | yeah there's a lot of cool stuff uh kind |
| 4367s | of completing a stronghold is kind of |
| 4369s | like only half of half of the future |
| 4371s | right and the other half is all the |
| 4373s | additional stuff that gets unlocked |
| 4374s | afterwards that's very cool yeah |
| 4376s | strongholds is uh uh sounding awesome I |
| 4379s | I know like myself I've I mean I've |
| 4382s | played the game people will be able to |
| 4385s | play here really soon but the perks of |
| 4387s | working out here first we play the game |
| 4390s | we play the game that person's working |
| 4392s | at blizzard uh but yeah it's uh it most |
| 4394s | definitely is a cool feature and I I you |
| 4396s | know had strongholds completely changed |
| 4398s | like the whole turn map and just having |
| 4400s | like even a waypoint closer to wherever |
| 4401s | you need to go for a dungeon is also |
| 4403s | really great to have so |
| 4404s | um of course uh an art provided here |
| 4406s | this footage here a barbarian kind of |
| 4409s | going through I know this Barbarian has |
| 4410s | got like some some legendary type of |
| 4413s | gear and like some unique skills and so |
| 4415s | forth that are like kind of modified |
| 4416s | based off the gear so trying to show off |
| 4419s | a little bit of a higher level Barbarian |
| 4421s | for people |
| 4422s | um uh because Bart's just having fun to |
| 4424s | play yeah super fun cool well I know |
| 4427s | that |
| 4428s | um we kind of went over a little bit |
| 4430s | about armor systems and uh the the |
| 4432s | strongholds themselves we do uh a lot of |
| 4434s | the feedback from the last stream is |
| 4435s | like you know they've people were hoping |
| 4437s | that we spend a little bit more time on |
| 4439s | Q a and we most definitely want to spend |
| 4441s | some time on Q a so |
| 4443s | um we will kind of like jump into some |
| 4444s | questions we're also going to take some |
| 4446s | questions from uh twitch chat as well uh |
| 4449s | because I know we have chat available |
| 4450s | and we've been pulling some throughout |
| 4451s | uh the the actual broadcast themselves |
| 4454s | so um I I know first question that we |
| 4456s | have and this is kind of a popular |
| 4458s | question that we've gotten a lot from a |
| 4459s | lot of people because they want to hear |
| 4461s | more about um some of the progression |
| 4463s | systems and the in-game systems that are |
| 4464s | coming to Diablo 4 and uh I will say |
| 4467s | that I can guarantee you that we |
| 4469s | actually have a lot of um aggression and |
| 4472s | end game items that we do want to talk |
| 4474s | about and it's going to come shortly |
| 4475s | after beta we actually even have a live |
| 4478s | stream that we are going to be planning |
| 4479s | after beta that we're going to be |
| 4480s | dedicating on those specific topics |
| 4482s | because there's a ton to kind of go over |
| 4485s | that so you guys are going to see a ton |
| 4487s | of videos and a live stream and so forth |
| 4489s | dedicated to all those specific pieces |
| 4491s | because it is probably one of the the |
| 4493s | big things that everyone's asking about |
| 4495s | about like hey how can I progress my |
| 4497s | character or how can I continue playing |
| 4498s | especially through the end game system |
| 4500s | so expect that right after beta it'll be |
| 4502s | shortly after beta we're excited to |
| 4504s | share all that stuff uh with everyone |
| 4505s | from from that end |
| 4507s | um |
| 4508s | another question that we get is |
| 4512s | believe is there a |
| 4515s | let me see do we have another question |
| 4516s | on the lower third there we go is there |
| 4518s | a limit on the number of people you can |
| 4521s | see in the open world oh sure yeah so |
| 4524s | there is a limit of the number of people |
| 4526s | you'll see at any one time and it |
| 4529s | adjusts dynamically depending on the |
| 4532s | kind of content you're doing right |
| 4534s | um we want the exploration of the open |
| 4537s | world to feel like Diablo to feel like a |
| 4540s | desolate place |
| 4542s | um if if you're running around |
| 4545s | um in this harsh world and you're being |
| 4547s | tasked to do things uh or you're trying |
| 4551s | to defeat evil but there are 20 other |
| 4553s | people to feed him the same evil at the |
| 4554s | same time you really lose that sense of |
| 4557s | of a Diablo experience right and so we |
| 4561s | were very we've been very careful and |
| 4563s | we've actually been tuning it throughout |
| 4564s | the development process |
| 4566s | um tuning exactly how many people you'll |
| 4569s | see when you're out exploring an open |
| 4571s | world area you know art was just talking |
| 4573s | about strongholds and strong dungeons |
| 4576s | are completely private experiences so |
| 4578s | you'll only see people that you've |
| 4580s | invited to your party or if you don't |
| 4582s | invite anyone you won't see anyone right |
| 4584s | and then of course when spaces when |
| 4587s | you're in public spaces or when a |
| 4589s | stronghold becomes a public space you'll |
| 4591s | start to see other people there but you |
| 4593s | won't see a whole lot of people in those |
| 4594s | areas because of that that um that sense |
| 4598s | of of you know exploration and |
| 4600s | experience there |
| 4602s | now when you're doing content that |
| 4605s | benefits from having lots of people at |
| 4607s | once like you're doing a Java you're |
| 4608s | doing a world box itself the beta |
| 4611s | um |
| 4612s | or you're doing you know an event uh |
| 4615s | that you know the world has events that |
| 4617s | show up dynamically if you're doing |
| 4618s | events like that you might see |
| 4620s | um more players uh Concrete in that area |
| 4622s | and then when you go to a town that's |
| 4625s | where you're going to see the most other |
| 4626s | people you're going to get to see |
| 4628s | um everyone else's cool cool gear and |
| 4630s | you can form parties and like you know |
| 4633s | engage in in various social activities |
| 4635s | with other players there so our town |
| 4637s | hubs you know if you think about heel of |
| 4639s | a shot and open Beta um you'll see lots |
| 4641s | it'll feel like a city there there are |
| 4643s | people running around and then when you |
| 4644s | head out of the city into you know the |
| 4647s | Frozen Wasteland it'll feel like a |
| 4648s | frozen Wasteland nice awesome very cool |
| 4651s | um I know we have a few other questions |
| 4653s | here that I'm just gonna like kind of |
| 4655s | spit fire out as I kind of see them |
| 4657s | um one quick question I know people are |
| 4658s | asking if you can stream the beta you |
| 4660s | most definitely can stream your beta |
| 4661s | even Early Access there's no uh |
| 4663s | restrictions on that so yes you can |
| 4665s | stream the beta you can watch your |
| 4667s | favorite streamer as they play through |
| 4668s | beta that will all be available |
| 4669s | specifically from that and |
| 4672s | um there is a question regarding Ultra |
| 4674s | wide support regarding uh Diablo 4. um I |
| 4679s | know we we had talked about well at |
| 4681s | least Joe and I have talked about this |
| 4682s | specifically that it does that the game |
| 4684s | does support |
| 4685s | um uh Ultra wide uh from for for the |
| 4689s | game itself |
| 4690s | um it's the I think it's like the super |
| 4692s | ultra wide or something it might be like |
| 4693s | yeah so we're up to three to one |
| 4696s | um |
| 4698s | uh so if you have an ultrawide mod |
| 4700s | you're gonna you're gonna get to see |
| 4702s | more of the world |
| 4703s | um uh if you have one of the mega super |
| 4707s | ultra wives uh you will see black bars |
| 4709s | on the side awesome |
| 4711s | um and then a PC controller support uh |
| 4714s | is there uh can you play uh on PC and |
| 4718s | use a controller absolutely that's the |
| 4720s | main way that I do it |
| 4723s | and fun fact it's a really good great |
| 4725s | way we also know how to use a mouse yeah |
| 4728s | it's a great way of grabbing shops too |
| 4730s | if you're like using a camera or |
| 4731s | something like that it gives you a |
| 4732s | stable hand for sure |
| 4734s | um let's see uh is open beta for anyone |
| 4736s | who uh may have purchased the base |
| 4739s | Edition yes if you pre-order at all you |
| 4742s | get actually access to the uh the Early |
| 4746s | Access uh beta so you can actually even |
| 4748s | play it the weekend beforehand and then |
| 4749s | of course open Beta is just open for |
| 4751s | everyone from that end |
| 4753s | um is Diablo 4 going to have seasons |
| 4755s | like three |
| 4756s | um so Diablo 4 will have seasons we're |
| 4758s | actually going to have more information |
| 4759s | on the uh like the first season of |
| 4763s | Diablo 4. as we get closer to launch |
| 4766s | specifically for my on that end uh I I |
| 4769s | think we had talked about uh in the last |
| 4772s | stream that uh the first season of |
| 4775s | Diablo 4 will end up starting uh a |
| 4777s | little after launch so uh the initial |
| 4780s | um uh game will launch during like kind |
| 4782s | of a pre-season or so from that end |
| 4783s | that's right yeah |
| 4785s | um we're going to talk a lot more about |
| 4786s | about sort of the scope and breadth of |
| 4790s | Seasons how how expansive they are uh as |
| 4794s | we get a little bit closer here and |
| 4795s | we'll be able to talk more specifically |
| 4797s | about what stuff for coming to season |
| 4799s | one and and our plans to to Really |
| 4802s | expand that future but the key thing to |
| 4805s | to know is that our ambition here is to |
| 4809s | make the seasons sub stantially meteor |
| 4811s | than we've seen in the past like we |
| 4813s | really want this to be a live game |
| 4816s | that's you know changing with every |
| 4817s | season introducing new gameplay elements |
| 4820s | um and it's something we're putting a |
| 4822s | lot of |
| 4823s | a lot of work and um you know effort |
| 4827s | into developing |
| 4828s | um there was a question about because I |
| 4830s | I know we had talked about this um when |
| 4832s | uh during uh when Diablo 4 was |
| 4834s | originally announced about runes and |
| 4836s | Rune roots and so forth |
| 4838s | um question about roon runes and Rune |
| 4841s | words are they going to be available uh |
| 4843s | in Diablo 4 like right at launch or is |
| 4846s | there any plans in the future and so |
| 4847s | forth yeah so you know this is one of |
| 4851s | the really interesting things about |
| 4853s | developing |
| 4855s | um developing the game and showing it |
| 4858s | off like we've we've tried as we've |
| 4859s | developed the game to talk about |
| 4861s | everything that we're doing as much as |
| 4863s | possible and one effect of that is that |
| 4866s | because the game is in development we're |
| 4868s | we're experimenting with things and |
| 4870s | we're you know if you look at some of |
| 4872s | the shots of the skill tree that we've |
| 4873s | showed it's changed dramatically |
| 4876s | um you know as we've looked at player |
| 4878s | feedback from showing it off that's |
| 4879s | that's the great thing about showing |
| 4881s | stuff off is we can get feedback from |
| 4883s | players and make adjustments right |
| 4885s | um it also means that sometimes we'll |
| 4888s | announce features like Rune words |
| 4890s | um and uh we'll realize that like you |
| 4893s | know what this needs more time to get |
| 4896s | right and we know especially with |
| 4898s | something like ruined words that it's |
| 4900s | something that |
| 4902s | um players because it it's an existing |
| 4904s | Concept in Diablo right like if we made |
| 4907s | up a name and said oh here's this new |
| 4908s | system and it's super cool and here's |
| 4910s | what it does great no problem but if we |
| 4912s | say oh here's this new system and it's |
| 4914s | Rune words and players say well I |
| 4917s | remember what roon words were and this |
| 4918s | is not Rune words |
| 4920s | then you know we need to make sure that |
| 4922s | we're fulfilling the player expectations |
| 4923s | there and so that's something that um |
| 4926s | you know we plan to to return to in the |
| 4929s | future cool awesome |
| 4931s | um in the game are there like |
| 4932s | achievements and so forth for players to |
| 4935s | potentially like earn or whatnot I I |
| 4937s | guess it's almost kind of like we kind |
| 4939s | of most definitely have some sort of of |
| 4942s | way of being able to track like specific |
| 4945s | goals or whatnot within the game oh yeah |
| 4947s | of course so |
| 4949s | um yeah there are achievements there are |
| 4951s | um also a number of challenges that um |
| 4954s | you can do their class-based challenges |
| 4956s | their challenges that are associated |
| 4958s | with particular content |
| 4959s | um all kinds of cool stuff yeah and I |
| 4962s | mean I mean and some of those challenges |
| 4963s | unlock even like things like what you |
| 4965s | guys might what we talked about even |
| 4967s | during beta where just getting to like |
| 4970s | you have a shot for instance ended up |
| 4971s | unlocking like a title or whatnot so a |
| 4973s | title and when you get to level 20 you |
| 4976s | get that beta wolf pack exactly with the |
| 4978s | wolf pup exactly |
| 4981s | um I know uh there's a question about uh |
| 4983s | like wasde movement uh |
| 4985s | I say it wasdy some people call it wasd |
| 4988s | keyboard movement on on Diablo 4 people |
| 4992s | are asking if |
| 4993s | um potentially there was that uh within |
| 4995s | D4 yeah so we've tried to extend the so |
| 4999s | we don't support was the movement at |
| 5000s | launch let me be clear on that |
| 5003s | um but what we have tried to do is |
| 5004s | really expand the way that you can |
| 5006s | customize the way you're playing both |
| 5008s | for accessibility reasons and also |
| 5010s | because people just have lots of |
| 5013s | different ways they want to play Diablo |
| 5015s | and we recognize that some folks want to |
| 5017s | play wasp movement and this is something |
| 5018s | we'll continue to look into |
| 5020s | um but if you look at Diablo 4 compared |
| 5023s | to previous titles you can do a lot more |
| 5025s | customization of like what's on your |
| 5027s | left Mouse button you can our Engineers |
| 5030s | have put a lot of work into like even |
| 5032s | things like do I wanna like if I bind |
| 5034s | something else to my left Mouse button |
| 5036s | am I going to like click to move forward |
| 5038s | or can I can I move those bindings |
| 5040s | around so you have a lot of control over |
| 5042s | which skills are in which slots and how |
| 5045s | you want to interact with the game and |
| 5046s | of course with the controller as well |
| 5048s | and I know like uh this kind of like |
| 5050s | segues into another question I just saw |
| 5053s | um or um we're going to call out names |
| 5057s | rrmxx intuition ended up going out I |
| 5060s | know that's why I'm not calling out name |
| 5062s | I'm going to butcher everyone's name uh |
| 5064s | but they were asking about like |
| 5065s | accessibility options within Diablo 4 |
| 5067s | and I know we have a team that is uh |
| 5069s | like our UI and ux teams have been like |
| 5071s | super super dedicated on making sure |
| 5074s | that we can hit as many audiences as |
| 5076s | possible yeah with D4 and we actually |
| 5079s | are planning on going into like a |
| 5081s | detailed like summary of all the |
| 5083s | accessibility options that are going to |
| 5084s | be incorporated into D4 uh so that you |
| 5087s | know obviously more players can enjoy |
| 5089s | and and and take part in the world of |
| 5092s | sanctuary so it's actually really cool |
| 5094s | so we'll be going into more details on |
| 5096s | that uh party size a lot of people are |
| 5098s | asking like how big are parties within |
| 5100s | D4 uh specifically four players four |
| 5103s | players there you go easy easy easy |
| 5105s | going |
| 5106s | um let's see uh |
| 5109s | I know we haven't gone into like details |
| 5112s | about like skins in store we will before |
| 5114s | launch |
| 5115s | um but uh so we'll get back to like |
| 5117s | purchase skins and being available on |
| 5119s | all characters and stuff will have a |
| 5121s | whole detailed list on that |
| 5124s | um and then uh this is a fun question |
| 5127s | for you guys uh what are your favorite |
| 5128s | classes and would you guys plan on |
| 5130s | meaning during launch each of you I |
| 5133s | guess |
| 5135s | uh all right I'll start |
| 5137s | um I usually say Rogue |
| 5140s | um uh that's mostly because uh |
| 5143s | I think we did such an incredible job |
| 5145s | fulfilling the fantasy of having like a |
| 5148s | hybrid melee ranged glass or I can take |
| 5151s | like skills that are range skills and |
| 5153s | skills that are melee skills and and |
| 5155s | really use them seamlessly between |
| 5159s | um we that's actually something that |
| 5162s | um sort of we got when we developed the |
| 5164s | Barbarian we knew we wanted to have this |
| 5168s | weapon Master that's wielding just lots |
| 5170s | and lots of different weapons so we |
| 5172s | developed the Arsenal system for the |
| 5173s | Barbarian |
| 5175s | um and a consequence of that development |
| 5177s | is that it solved this sort of problem |
| 5179s | we had with like well do I have if I'm a |
| 5183s | arranged class like a rogue that also uh |
| 5186s | you know part of the fantasies is being |
| 5188s | a range hustle or melee class or |
| 5190s | something mix |
| 5191s | um and do I have to like go into my |
| 5193s | inventory and switch to my melee weapons |
| 5195s | and you know how does that work right um |
| 5197s | and uh so we're able to use some of that |
| 5200s | same Tech to make it really really a fun |
| 5202s | experience nice what about you Mom uh |
| 5205s | I'll uh I'll mostly focus on playing uh |
| 5208s | my first character will be a sorceress |
| 5210s | because uh I have that fun memory like a |
| 5213s | farming more physical |
| 5216s | it was D2 memories yeah with my |
| 5218s | lightning static saucers and also I play |
| 5221s | a lot of saucers also in Diablo 3. so |
| 5224s | it's I I'm always like so uh get like |
| 5228s | emotional with the fire code and the |
| 5230s | underlining kind of a fantasy of |
| 5232s | softwares |
| 5235s | for me I think it's a tough choice |
| 5237s | between Rogue uh like Joe said I really |
| 5239s | like the kind of like positional |
| 5241s | requirements and the fast movement pace |
| 5242s | of playing that character Aura Druid I |
| 5245s | really like the kind of the hybrid |
| 5246s | element I've been having a lot of fun |
| 5249s | with uh like kind of hybrid werewolf |
| 5251s | Caster builds uh experimenting with them |
| 5253s | lately so I think that might be what |
| 5254s | I'll go with on release yeah I think for |
| 5256s | me |
| 5257s | um Druid for sure I I've I've I've been |
| 5260s | playing you know Druid was my when the |
| 5262s | expansion for D2 came out I just dropped |
| 5264s | every character and just only focused on |
| 5266s | Druid |
| 5267s | um and I you know I've always loved |
| 5269s | playing uh that type of class fantasy in |
| 5271s | any any type of game even like wow for |
| 5273s | instance I always played Druid |
| 5275s | um but I will say Rogue is really good |
| 5276s | rogue rogue has like the if you want |
| 5278s | flashy Rogue is most definitely super |
| 5281s | flashy like the idea that they even have |
| 5283s | skills where you can like literally |
| 5285s | throw your daggers into someone and then |
| 5287s | jump to them that is like the most |
| 5289s | flashy thing in the world so |
| 5291s | um I'm gonna end with one last question |
| 5293s | because I know we've been getting this a |
| 5294s | lot and it's real starting trading |
| 5296s | within Diablo 4 and I think there's like |
| 5298s | nuances and so forth but people are |
| 5300s | asking is there trading in D4 because |
| 5303s | obviously like D3 it was it was it was |
| 5305s | almost non-existent so yeah it's uh |
| 5308s | people are curious to know how that |
| 5310s | works in before yeah we we get this |
| 5313s | question a lot and we're continuing to |
| 5315s | you know trading in D4 is less |
| 5318s | restrictive than it is in D3 but it's by |
| 5321s | no means wide open trading |
| 5324s | um and we know that there are lots of |
| 5326s | players who uh who enjoy the trading |
| 5329s | like enjoy the game for the trading |
| 5331s | experience and that those players would |
| 5333s | like to have you know as as few |
| 5335s | restrictions on trading as possible |
| 5337s | um and so we want to support that to the |
| 5339s | extent that we can but we also want to |
| 5342s | protect the core game Loop of killing |
| 5345s | monsters to get loot right |
| 5347s | um and so there are some restrictions on |
| 5349s | trading to incur to further encourage |
| 5353s | the situation where the best way to get |
| 5355s | the most powerful loot is to kill |
| 5357s | monsters that's that's sort of our |
| 5358s | overriding directive there |
| 5360s | um but you know when you think about all |
| 5364s | the stuff that we're doing with that we |
| 5365s | plan to do with seasons and the gaming |
| 5367s | live service we could certainly see |
| 5369s | opportunities for different trading rule |
| 5372s | sets in the future well awesome and I'm |
| 5374s | going to answer this really quickly |
| 5376s | because everyone's like spamming it yes |
| 5377s | there are treasure goblins |
| 5380s | we were like are there goblins are there |
| 5382s | goblins yes there are treasure dolphins |
| 5384s | in Diablo 4. so |
| 5386s | um thank you guys for joining us uh |
| 5388s | today on the Diablo 4 live stream well I |
| 5391s | I will note this is actually the end of |
| 5393s | where we will be talking about some |
| 5394s | Diablo 4 stuff we do have one last thing |
| 5397s | we do want to do this is not related to |
| 5399s | Diablo 4 so I do want to just like |
| 5401s | set expectations here and so forth but |
| 5404s | we actually do have some special guests |
| 5405s | including this wonderful pie that's |
| 5408s | sitting behind me that I'm sure a lot of |
| 5409s | people are like what's going on I don't |
| 5411s | understand why a pie is here but we do |
| 5413s | have some special guests today |
| 5415s | um and I do want to introduce uh three |
| 5417s | people here uh first is the GM of the |
| 5420s | Diablo franchise it's Rod Ferguson he's |
| 5423s | actually joining us here he's actually |
| 5424s | going to walk in slowly we're actually |
| 5425s | going to start to shuffle around here |
| 5428s | because we're we're gonna we're doing |
| 5429s | this live so |
| 5432s | we're doing it live we are so and look I |
| 5435s | get to be a reporter while I do this but |
| 5438s | um |
| 5439s | uh and we also have two other guests |
| 5441s | here |
| 5442s | we have uh Neil |
| 5446s | oh sorry no problem ideal is gonna be |
| 5450s | walking in and as me is also going to be |
| 5453s | walking in she's excited to do this by |
| 5456s | the way I mean I'm excited to see this |
| 5459s | um but I I do want to I do want to like |
| 5461s | at least let people know uh we have a |
| 5463s | camera here oh look at this we got like |
| 5465s | production company everything like you |
| 5468s | know what you're doing exactly so uh Rod |
| 5470s | uh Jesus that's aggressive mike |
| 5473s | placement |
| 5474s | uh why are we here |
| 5476s | what are we doing uh so basically uh |
| 5479s | what we're doing is we're following up |
| 5481s | on a tradition I might like I like the |
| 5483s | wave the hand like look at that camera |
| 5484s | uh you know one of the things that um |
| 5487s | our team the Diablo team is a bicostal |
| 5489s | team we have the team and out well |
| 5491s | actually we're kind of like a national |
| 5492s | international team but when you think |
| 5493s | about our two main offices we have |
| 5495s | Albany and Irvine and one of the things |
| 5497s | we've been doing as part of the culture |
| 5498s | of the team as we've become this one big |
| 5500s | team is like share traditions and things |
| 5502s | that we do in the culture and uh the |
| 5504s | Albany office has a great tradition |
| 5505s | around Christmas which is they take |
| 5508s | donations for Toys for Tots and as |
| 5510s | people donate they're able to offer up a |
| 5514s | leader to get pied in the face and the |
| 5516s | person who puts the most money as the |
| 5518s | donation is the person who gets to |
| 5519s | deliver the pie the deliverer of the pie |
| 5521s | uh and we thought that was great when |
| 5523s | something we wanted to do as the full |
| 5525s | Diablo team and not just have it be in |
| 5526s | Albany and so uh we did that we raised a |
| 5530s | lot of money for Toys for Tots which I'm |
| 5531s | excited about uh and weirdly shocking I |
| 5534s | don't know how this came to be I was |
| 5536s | voted the one who takes the pie so |
| 5538s | surprise surprise it's me yeah |
| 5541s | that's perfect so we actually have Neil |
| 5542s | here Neil hey how's it going |
| 5545s | anyone to everyone what you do on the |
| 5547s | team uh I am a senior character |
| 5549s | technical artist |
| 5550s | um |
| 5551s | so and donator to toys and donator and |
| 5554s | you know the lucky person to do the deed |
| 5556s | exactly so is this last day on the job |
| 5559s | by the way yeah I've already packed |
| 5561s | myself I have to like trade mics here |
| 5563s | back and forth everyone's like but uh uh |
| 5566s | I know uh Neil is going to be pieing rod |
| 5569s | in the face and then we have uh Esme |
| 5571s | over here Esme is the wonderful person |
| 5574s | that actually prepped the pie here |
| 5577s | um as me like |
| 5578s | did you put because this is this is Rod |
| 5581s | yes I'm assuming you you went through a |
| 5585s | lot of thought about how much whipped |
| 5587s | cream there should be in fact I think |
| 5589s | you actually have extra whipped cream |
| 5591s | just in case you want to make sure it's |
| 5593s | soft when it lands on his face she told |
| 5595s | me she told me the ratio of she told me |
| 5597s | the ratio of whipped cream to Broken |
| 5599s | Glass was hard to figure out that was |
| 5600s | the thing she was struggling with there |
| 5601s | we go so yeah so as we prep the pie for |
| 5605s | us |
| 5606s | um and we actually have she actually |
| 5608s | brought in extra can of whipped cream |
| 5610s | which we will be adding on top of the |
| 5613s | pie uh so I think uh Rod this is a good |
| 5617s | opportunity for you to take your seat |
| 5618s | why does it look why does it look like |
| 5621s | Dexter's lap like why doesn't we have |
| 5622s | like it's tarped up like we're about to |
| 5624s | go kill people |
| 5626s | it's true it's perfect you know I've had |
| 5630s | this beard for like 28 years this is |
| 5632s | probably the first day I've regretted |
| 5633s | having a beard for what's about to |
| 5634s | happen yeah I I will say I'm I'm I know |
| 5637s | the whole team like the whole entire |
| 5639s | Diablo team is watching right now and |
| 5641s | they should be fixing bugs actually can |
| 5642s | we stop watching Diablo team fix more |
| 5646s | bugs we've been we've been hyping this |
| 5647s | off within this so we're actually really |
| 5649s | stoked to share with the community as |
| 5651s | well so uh Rod feel free to take your |
| 5653s | seat take a seat okay |
| 5658s | yes we'll have Neil or actually let's |
| 5661s | let's let me put this stuff down over |
| 5663s | here and give that over here and we're |
| 5665s | gonna grab |
| 5666s | pie |
| 5668s | uh this is all for Charities thank you |
| 5670s | everybody and then I think we have uh |
| 5672s | extra whipped cream somewhere I believe |
| 5675s | I'm not sure |
| 5678s | oh well maybe we don't so it might |
| 5681s | actually hurt |
| 5681s | [Laughter] |
| 5685s | [Music] |
| 5691s | any any last words wrong I think really |
| 5695s | any last words and be gentle I don't |
| 5699s | know like uh well oh he does uh we found |
| 5703s | the cream |
| 5707s | um but yes anyway uh yeah I mean like I |
| 5709s | said it's it's all for a good cause and |
| 5712s | I'm really proud of the team for you |
| 5714s | know the money that they raised and yeah |
| 5717s | we're happy to share this tradition as |
| 5719s | part of the Diablo team with the |
| 5720s | community I think that's good that's |
| 5721s | perfect oh God so Neil you've enjoyed |
| 5723s | working on Diablo I did yeah I've |
| 5727s | already |
| 5736s | we're gonna do a countdown really |
| 5739s | quickly uh and uh we're gonna do a |
| 5742s | countdown really quickly and uh I guess |
| 5744s | in three so uh goodbye Diablo hoodie I'm |
| 5748s | sorry uh |
| 5752s | all right all right and three two one |
| 5757s | oh |
| 5762s | pulling it in |
| 5768s | all right well uh Rod how was that uh |
| 5773s | it's refreshing uh it's good for the |
| 5775s | pores I don't know |
| 5786s | um well uh |
| 5789s | thank you guys |
| 5798s | thank you uh |
| 5800s | thank you guys very much I really |
| 5802s | appreciate it |
| 5804s | everywhere are you guys tuning in for |
| 5807s | the Diablo 4 developer live stream again |
| 5809s | we have a lot of stuff uh all across |
| 5811s | Diablo Diablo 3's new season actually |
| 5813s | kicked off uh this past week D2 is on a |
| 5817s | new uh update as well as of a couple |
| 5819s | weeks ago with the new season kicked off |
| 5821s | as on their end Diablo Mortals got a ton |
| 5823s | of updates they just had they just had a |
| 5826s | phishing to the game which is really |
| 5827s | cool and of course beta beta is coming |
| 5830s | up early access starts on March 17th |
| 5832s | make sure to check our Diablo blogs |
| 5835s | pre-order get in early access and you |
| 5837s | know you want to get the level 20 |
| 5838s | because you want that baby exactly so |
| 5840s | thank you guys again thanks fraud thank |
| 5844s | you Neil and thanks to everyone on team |
| 5845s | on team three Diablo mortal team our |
| 5848s | Diablo Legacy teams and so forth and |
| 5850s | thanks for tuning in see you guys next |
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