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1272s | hello everyone I'm here to tell you |
1274s | about a new endgame event called the |
1277s | abire of zir and the return of a few |
1279s | malignant Powers my name is Ruben I go |
1282s | by Bloodshed in the community some of |
1284s | you might already know me I'm here today |
1286s | with Alex Yang a systems G designer and |
1289s | Adam Jackson the lead live class |
1291s | designer for all of Diablo 4 the avire |
1294s | of zir is an endgame Pinnacle dungeon |
1297s | event built into Diablo I they're meant |
1299s | to be really challenging for the player |
1302s | the way it works is it's a complete race |
1304s | against the clock you jump in Kill as |
1306s | many demons as you can fill up that |
1308s | progress bar once complete a boss will |
1311s | spawn kill the boss do this all before |
1313s | the timer runs out you will not be able |
1315s | to enter until you complete all seven TI |
1318s | years of your season Journey event but |
1320s | once this task is finished go ahead and |
1322s | head over to the occultist a new recipe |
1324s | will be available for a blood Forge |
1326s | sigil so you're going to want to go |
1327s | ahead and craft one use it consume it |
1330s | once consumed a portal will open up in |
1332s | Ked bardu it's a big blood portal you'll |
1335s | be fine just just go in there don't |
1337s | worry about it by completing the |
1339s | abattoir of zir dungeon you will now |
1340s | earn a brand new Tears of Blood glyph |
1344s | this incredibly strong item boosts rare |
1347s | nodes within its range but different to |
1349s | nightmare dungeons it has a cap 10 times |
1352s | bigger than normal sigils so I'm curious |
1354s | just how high players can get it to this |
1356s | season you will also get a recipe to |
1358s | craft a blood Forge sigil one tier |
1361s | higher than what you just completed at |
1362s | the |
1365s | occultist for some questions I'm |
1367s | accompanied by Alex Yang a systems |
1369s | designer for Diablo 4 uh Question Time |
1372s | Alex what's the highest level I can get |
1374s | a blood forged sigil to so the sigil and |
1377s | dungeon both go up to tier 25 but this |
1379s | covers a much wider difficulty range |
1381s | than you might be used to from 25 tiers |
1382s | of something like a nightmare dungeon by |
1384s | condensing this large difficulty curve |
1386s | down to only 25 tiers we want to make |
1388s | sure that each tier feels like a |
1389s | meaningful goal that you can strive for |
1390s | on its own that's awesome uh when can we |
1393s | expect to play it the abire of Zer goes |
1395s | live on December 5th 2023 in patch |
1398s | 1.2.3 as a pinnacle endgame challenge we |
1401s | want to make sure that you have enough |
1402s | time to prepare your ideal character for |
1403s | it so this is around two months into the |
1405s | season with one month to go for you to |
1407s | push it to its limits afterwards the |
1409s | Thematic event will end but you will |
1411s | have larger leaderboards to look forward |
1412s | to coming in season 3 awesome Alex thank |
1415s | you for your time I appreciate the |
1416s | information and I'm sure the community |
1418s | does as well enough about zir another |
1421s | amazing feature being added to the |
1422s | season of blood is the return and rework |
1425s | of some malignant powers that players |
1428s | really seem to enjoy you can expect to |
1430s | find five different unique rings that |
1432s | harness the power of the malignant to |
1434s | recap malignant Powers were a boost in a |
1437s | previous season that granted you various |
1439s | abilities in the season of blood though |
1441s | you can expect to find five of these |
1443s | powers in unique rings that harness the |
1445s | power of the malignant starting November |
1448s | 7th now a good amount of those malignant |
1450s | powers are incredibly strong the DIA |
1453s | team are reworking and bringing these |
1454s | powers back but with a healthy balance |
1457s | in mind for the long term one of these |
1459s | in particular is a fan favorite the |
1461s | sacrus this ring if you don't remember |
1464s | will AutoCast all your corpse skills but |
1466s | will have a separate cooldown for each |
1468s | skill cast Ray skeleton and corpse |
1470s | explosion cast every 1 to 2 seconds |
1472s | where corpse tendrils can be cast every |
1474s | 8 to 16 seconds I didn't get a chance to |
1477s | play Necromancer I know sadly um in the |
1480s | season of malignant so I'm excited I'm |
1482s | stoked to Jump Right In barbarians you |
1484s | remember Focus raged well it's now |
1486s | called fur after spending 100 Fury |
1489s | within 3 seconds your next Hammer of the |
1491s | Ancients upheaval or death blow is |
1494s | guaranteed to crit and do more damage |
1496s | smash very good for Rogues the trickery |
1499s | power will make a return when you use |
1500s | the subu skill leave behind a trap that |
1503s | taunts enemies and explodes demons to |
1506s | pieces sorceresses can obtain the power |
1509s | of T Rasha himself gaining increased |
1511s | damage for each element you deal damage |
1514s | with and Druids we got to rename here in |
1517s | exorable force is now called in exorable |
1519s | will so when you cast your ultimate |
1521s | skill you pull up to 30 enemies toward |
1524s | you and deal damage it's so great to see |
1526s | these malignant Powers return |
1528s | it's just more tools to build with and |
1531s | I'm I'm all for |
1535s | it all right Adam I hope you're ready to |
1537s | sink your teeth into some of these |
1539s | questions yeah totally I'm excited to |
1541s | get into it let's do it I got to ask |
1543s | well all the malignant Powers eventually |
1546s | make a return to the game yeah we have |
1547s | no current plans to bring back every |
1549s | single bant power but we are taking a |
1551s | look at what players love and we're very |
1553s | open to the idea of bring back fan |
1555s | favorites well I want all of them so |
1558s | where can I find them yeah so you can |
1560s | start finding these Powers when you get |
1562s | into World tier 3 and if you want to |
1563s | Target Farm them then you'll be able to |
1565s | get them off of our Sean Target farming |
1567s | is like one of the coolest features in |
1569s | Diablo 4 so I love that we have the |
1571s | ability to do that will every seasonal |
1573s | theme also make their way back into the |
1575s | game yeah that's a good question it's |
1578s | likely you're not going to see every |
1579s | single part of a seasonal theme come |
1581s | back into Diablo 4 but we're definitely |
1583s | taking a look at what parts of these |
1584s | themes resonate with players and we're |
1587s | we're open to the idea of kind of |
1589s | bringing back the things that people |
1590s | really love to improve the game |
1591s | experience for everyone all this sounds |
1594s | absolutely phenomenal thank you so much |
1596s | for your time yeah thank you hope you |
1598s | enjoy your time in sanctuary I'll see |
1600s | you in sanctuary That Just About Does it |
1602s | for today shout out to you guys for |
1604s | watching all the way through we |
1605s | appreciate it and I'll see you in |
1607s | sanctuary hello welcome Dia 4 Community |
1611s | to another episode of Diablo 4 campfire |
1614s | chats my name is Adam Fletcher I am the |
1617s | director of community here for Diablo of |
1619s | course I'm joined by two very familiar |
1621s | faces here uh Mr Joe shell game director |
1624s | of Diablo 4 Mr Joe pipor who is the |
1627s | associate game director for Diablo 4 we |
1629s | have a a quick stream kind of quick |
1632s | stream to go over some some stuff that's |
1634s | coming down the road here uh in the next |
1636s | couple weeks uh which includes uh Avatar |
1639s | zir and midwinter blight uh so lots to |
1643s | talk about um what but what's kind of |
1645s | cool about this stream is that it's uh |
1647s | it is our final stream of the year the |
1649s | final stream of 2023 we're closing it |
1651s | out we're closing it out and this is |
1653s | actually um it's been a year now since |
1656s | we started these streams we started with |
1658s | uh Diablo 4 uh developer up uh updates |
1661s | uh on was it mid December last year I |
1665s | believe so we're hitting a one-year |
1667s | anniversary now and of course uh on that |
1669s | Deb stream I had these two wonderful |
1671s | gentlemen who joined us as well so yeah |
1674s | we uh we have all it's been a year it's |
1676s | crazy we've all grown so much I know we |
1678s | went from hand models to holding maps |
1680s | and things like that to uh campfire |
1683s | chats which we even brought to BlizzCon |
1685s | which was actually really cool last |
1686s | month and of course uh now we're here to |
1690s | talk about appar of's year um but before |
1693s | we actually do jump into that I know uh |
1696s | there is a very popular question within |
1699s | chat and a very popular question within |
1702s | the community that we want to address |
1704s | before we jump in uh which is um is |
1707s | Diablo for bringing pay for power to the |
1712s | game yeah no we not um we've been very |
1716s | clear about this throughout uh very and |
1719s | I think very consistent about it and |
1721s | that continues to be true um and that |
1723s | that also applies to things like um |
1726s | addressing uh stash uh uh making sure |
1729s | that players have enough stash space to |
1731s | store things we talked about this at |
1733s | BlizzCon we talked about getting aspects |
1735s | out of your stash inventory we had a |
1737s | Dash tab in season 2 we think that |
1740s | having uh enough space for a a regular |
1743s | player to feel like they are good in |
1746s | terms of being able to store the things |
1747s | they need is Baseline functionality yeah |
1750s | and we have no plans to add uh any pay |
1752s | for power to the game yeah it's been a a |
1755s | very popular question this week and of |
1756s | course we've been seeing it a lot in |
1758s | chat even as we're we were in our |
1760s | countdown we wanted to make sure we |
1762s | talked about it early with everyone to |
1765s | reassure people that no that is not the |
1767s | plan for four uh and players are still |
1770s | going to be able to enjoy it without the |
1771s | need of of needing to pay for for any |
1774s | type of power or anything like that so |
1777s | and there won't be any of that in there |
1778s | so great to hear uh and I know that we |
1781s | have a lot to talk about today the first |
1783s | thing we did want to mention though uh |
1785s | is actually um midwinter blight which is |
1787s | an event uh that is actually going to be |
1789s | coming up here on December 12th uh it is |
1792s | our holiday event it's actually our |
1794s | first holiday event it's funny cuz |
1796s | people have asked us about you know hey |
1798s | what about Halloween where and you know |
1800s | we kind of remind people that like |
1802s | season of blood is kind of |
1804s | Halloween it's it's very much focused in |
1806s | around Vamp vampires it's got |
1808s | Skellington I mean it's got all the same |
1810s | stuff you expect to get from a Halloween |
1812s | exactly exactly so midwinter blight |
1814s | coming December 12th uh is our holiday |
1817s | event that we uh talked about and we |
1819s | announced at BlizzCon but we wanted to |
1821s | talk a little bit more about that today |
1824s | uh Joe um can you give us a little bit |
1826s | more info Joe |
1828s | yeah sure so yeah midwinter blight as I |
1830s | know that people got a chance to see the |
1832s | some of the video stuff before and like |
1834s | we talked about it BlizzCon but Mid |
1835s | Winter blood is obviously our first like |
1838s | true and proper you know holiday event |
1840s | we're BR to sanctuary in Diablo I uh in |
1842s | it you know we're going to be visiting |
1844s | the fracture Peaks again where a like a |
1846s | horrible storm has like descended upon |
1848s | the people of the yeah here we are the |
1850s | has descended upon the people of the |
1851s | fracture Peaks now we're going to be |
1853s | introduced to a uh a new character named |
1856s | Gillian like a who's a bar you know |
1858s | Gillian is here trying to like Rouse the |
1860s | spirits of the people of kashad trying |
1862s | to help them work together to push back |
1864s | against you know a new threat that's |
1866s | emerging from like the hills and |
1867s | mountains nearby coming down uh you know |
1870s | from the glacier and down from the you |
1871s | know the mountainous Peaks nearby so Joe |
1874s | can I trust this guy though because I |
1876s | don't have a good track record with |
1878s | musicians in I think that anyone that |
1880s | plays music in the fractur Peaks is |
1881s | generally trustworthy so I think that |
1883s | you're going to be looking a little |
1884s | sketch there trusted all those f I I |
1888s | don't think that's fair to those of us |
1889s | who who boast to have nice facial hair I |
1891s | think that Gillian is a perfectly |
1892s | trustworthy person so with that in mind |
1895s | uh so Gillian there trying to Rous |
1896s | people together and they're going to be |
1898s | sending the heroes of sanctuary off into |
1900s | the fracture Peaks to fight against this |
1902s | new threat the Red Cloak hor and his |
1904s | minions you know were're out there kind |
1905s | of like causing great Mayhem they're |
1907s | kind of erecting these these disgusting |
1909s | uh snow sculptures uh out of discard |
1912s | Parts uh throughout the environment yeah |
1914s | here is a a group of the redcloak terror |
1917s | Horrors minions just kind of like |
1918s | running around uh they're very very |
1920s | dangerous creatures they're but they're |
1921s | also fun they're kind of like they're |
1923s | having a good time with it like they're |
1924s | they're enjoying this season this this |
1926s | they're in this they're in it for the |
1928s | spirit of it which is just basically |
1929s | causing Law Of Mayhem and destruction |
1931s | and pain for the people so you get a |
1933s | chance to feel a little bit as you're |
1934s | going through the uh the event here is |
1935s | our our main boy the uh the red CL car |
1938s | himself uh this is going to be your |
1940s | opportunity to go and fight this this |
1942s | boss will occasionally pop into the the |
1944s | content you'll get good rewards from him |
1947s | as you're kind of progressing through |
1948s | the event and he will take all of these |
1950s | these like trophies and things you're |
1951s | collecting from all of his minions and |
1953s | kind of as you're engaging in various |
1954s | events and saving people in sanctuary |
1956s | able to bring these back to kovas Shad |
1958s | be able to unlock some really cool |
1959s | Cosmetics awesome yeah and I know |
1961s | there's even um a few like kind of |
1964s | exclusive things for the beyond the |
1966s | Cosmetics for this event such as we have |
1969s | an Elixir for instance that actually |
1972s | grants a little bit uh more um |
1975s | experience yeah yeah there's an Elixir |
1976s | that grants 10% extra experience when |
1978s | you're uh when you're drinking it uh it |
1979s | also gives you other effects when you're |
1981s | active inside the fractured Peaks but |
1982s | you can also just use it for the XP if |
1983s | you want yeah and I will note the XP |
1985s | actually does work even outside of fraer |
1987s | peak so it's like hey it's a an extra |
1989s | bonus for players if they're looking to |
1991s | to grab a little bit of extra uh |
1993s | experience and then there is also for |
1996s | this event a a a new like offensive |
1999s | aspect yeah there's a new seasonal |
2000s | aspect you get to play with kind of like |
2002s | dovet tales with some of the new shrines |
2003s | and things we have throughout the |
2004s | environment so there's a lot of fun |
2006s | stuff for players to engage with |
2007s | throughout the season and again like |
2008s | again a lot of really cool Cosmetics to |
2010s | collect yeah so yeah it's a lot of cool |
2012s | stuff coming in midwinter BL and these |
2014s | um the things some folks might be |
2016s | wondering if the things like The Elixir |
2018s | and the aspects persist after midwinter |
2020s | blight ends and they do right they do |
2022s | yeah they they will persist after the |
2024s | event ends but you'll have to you'll |
2025s | only be able to collect them now during |
2026s | this period of time exactly so like |
2028s | stock up there go stock up for the for |
2031s | the uh The Elixir themselves and of |
2033s | course uh midwinter blight is on |
2035s | December 12th so uh make sure to log |
2037s | again uh and it'll be running through |
2039s | the holidays um for for players to |
2041s | actually jump in and uh check out from |
2043s | that end uh but the next other big thing |
2046s | yeah that's like two weeks away what's |
2047s | happening next week yeah what's |
2049s | happening next week so we're actually |
2050s | going to go back or to the week prior to |
2053s | December 12th and uh on December 5th as |
2056s | you would naturally do you naturally |
2058s | work out two weeks then come back with |
2060s | because you're talking through things |
2062s | organization but yeah we would we're |
2065s | actually going to move to December 5th |
2067s | which will the avire of zir this is a |
2069s | new endgame mode that we're actually |
2071s | adding to um Diablo 4 uh it's for a |
2075s | limited time only it's a seasonal event |
2077s | specifically uh that we announced at |
2079s | BlizzCon and um we are actually for the |
2083s | first time on one of our streams we're |
2084s | going to have a live run through of the |
2088s | epor Zer uh starring you won't be able |
2091s | to see this wonderful man uh uh on |
2094s | camera but he is miked up because we |
2096s | wanted to hear him struggleing |
2097s | uh that is uh Filthy Rich he's actually |
2101s | a senior community manager on the |
2103s | community team here on on Diablo you may |
2105s | have recognized his names or his names |
2108s | his name uh on our forums um po posting |
2111s | patch notes hot fix notes Etc uh rich is |
2114s | amazing and he is actually going to be |
2116s | showcasing a little bit of abatar Zer |
2118s | for |
2120s | us had the dog in DIA prac this the dog |
2124s | wasn't there in case we in case it |
2125s | wasn't clear that is still a feature |
2127s | again yeah say hi Rich yeah hi everybody |
2130s | there we go okay there we go there's a |
2131s | spin of friendship okay so we are yeah |
2133s | it's funny it's like last stream of the |
2135s | year and we're doing it live this is fun |
2137s | uh now and when we say live we're |
2139s | talking about this is a this is a live |
2143s | like he's playing for real right now |
2145s | that is that is what I was referencing |
2146s | but I wasn't clear that's true but it is |
2148s | on a uh Dev server y so we we W run into |
2152s | other players and it is on a Dev build |
2155s | so might be some debug text or unless |
2157s | Dev just happens to run it through who's |
2159s | also on the Ser could Happ yeah yeah you |
2162s | might see you might see some weird stuff |
2164s | folks and if people if I'm fearful we |
2166s | just we just sent out this megaphone to |
2168s | the team running over the well anyway |
2171s | this is the first time we've done |
2172s | something like that that's absolutely |
2173s | right and if you complain about it we |
2174s | just won't do it again and wouldn't you |
2175s | rather just see really cool stuff I bet |
2176s | you would so let's yeah let's see all |
2180s | right so rich what uh what build are you |
2182s | going to be running here for us today |
2183s | yeah so uh on my side I'm actually going |
2186s | to be running |
2188s | a popular build the ball lightning build |
2191s | uh I'm going to wait for Joe to kind of |
2192s | explain some of the earlier stuffs |
2194s | basically the lot of the gameplay Loop |
2196s | stuff but uh pretty familiar for those |
2198s | who've been watching a lot of the |
2200s | endgame material for ball lightning uh |
2203s | specifically for this I really focused |
2204s | around like survivability Mobility uh |
2207s | with the sprinkle of DPS but I think |
2209s | before we get into it |
2212s | sprinkle ball know for it's low it's low |
2215s | damage output capacity absolutely uh so |
2218s | yeah so rich here so when you let's say |
2221s | we're talking about the Avatar of Zer I |
2222s | know we talked about this before but |
2224s | they initiated it's going to be a new |
2226s | endgame dungeon content experience for |
2228s | players to engage with that really |
2229s | unlocks after you finish the season |
2231s | journey of season 2 so if you really |
2233s | want to go and start kind going through |
2234s | this content you'll need to have done |
2236s | all the things in the season beforehand |
2238s | to be able to gain access to the very |
2239s | first uh blood forward sigil able to |
2242s | craft here at the occultist now once |
2244s | you've taken this sigil know this is |
2246s | going to open up a new dungeon space is |
2248s | going to be more challenging than a tier |
2250s | 100 nightmare dungeon now there are 25 |
2253s | tiers of the uh of the avatars here for |
2256s | players to engage with and each of these |
2258s | does get progressively much more |
2260s | challenging as you step up much more |
2262s | challenging than say going from like a a |
2264s | tier you know 75 nightmare dungeon to a |
2266s | tier 76 nightmare dungeon you know going |
2268s | from a tier one to a tier two to a tier |
2270s | three these are really significant steps |
2271s | by comparison so and we want this cuz |
2273s | like we're giving like season 2's been a |
2275s | lot of fun like I'm having a lot of fun |
2276s | playing even my my firewall sorc right |
2277s | now uh it is it is uh there's there we |
2280s | want to make sure that there's a really |
2281s | good place or place be able to bring all |
2283s | this power they've been collecting from |
2284s | like whether they're farming durial for |
2286s | Uber uniques or just they get a really |
2288s | really great combination of vampiric |
2289s | powers when I have a place where they |
2291s | can go to like to to really show off and |
2294s | like really push hard into a type of |
2297s | content that's the the focus here yeah |
2299s | and you know we mentioned you you |
2302s | mentioned just now that the uh the |
2304s | Avatar requires that you've completed |
2306s | the season Journey right and so the |
2308s | season Journey the last step of the |
2310s | Season Journey requires um uh you can |
2313s | skip two of the things two of the |
2314s | objectives but there're still difficult |
2315s | objectives like complete like hild |
2317s | durial even if you skip like echo of |
2319s | Lilith and um the the tier 90 nightmare |
2321s | dungeon requirement and that's not |
2324s | arbitrary that's because characters who |
2327s | uh haven't aren't able to do that really |
2329s | are not ready for Avatar here so I know |
2332s | there are a lot of folks who are level |
2333s | 100 out there who maybe haven't |
2336s | completed this yet we've got this |
2337s | weekend coming up um so get your get |
2340s | your season Journey finished exactly and |
2342s | and if players still haven't completed |
2345s | by you know this weekend or when avatars |
2347s | year actually hits they still have they |
2349s | can still complete it anytime when the |
2351s | uh seasonal event is actually going on |
2353s | and jump in uh even afterwards so uh if |
2356s | if youve got plans this weekend or |
2358s | something like that and can finish it |
2359s | don't worry it's okay you can still do |
2361s | that uh over the next couple weeks |
2363s | because this event will be going uh |
2364s | through January um or the beginning of |
2366s | January |
2367s | you still have time you still have time |
2369s | so uh I Know Rich here has actually as |
2372s | we were talking spawn a a level one uh |
2376s | Avatar uh using um the the sigils |
2379s | himself right there so um I think this |
2382s | is a a good opportunity for for him to |
2383s | kind of jump in uh yeah so rich has done |
2386s | a little of this content on his uh his |
2388s | his character here already um so you |
2391s | know he's he's he's got a little bit of |
2392s | a preview of how it's going to play uh |
2394s | how it's it going to feel to play |
2395s | through but uh I think it's going to be |
2396s | pretty fun Let's uh let's see how he he |
2398s | performs yeah and I think one thing that |
2400s | I did want to address on uh that I saw |
2402s | from chat is that uh character that I |
2405s | have is as close as I can be to being |
2407s | maxed out you know because you know this |
2410s | is trying to be as relatively close to |
2412s | what I've been practicing on which has |
2413s | been the tier level 100 nightmare |
2416s | Dungeons and I think there's a few |
2418s | things that I wanted to call out as well |
2421s | um on the |
2423s | actual uh on the actual sigil itself I |
2426s | think one difference here is that like |
2427s | I'm not aware of what afflictions I'm |
2430s | going to encounter in this battle so I |
2432s | think you know capping things or getting |
2434s | as close to as cap I can for things like |
2437s | uh my armor my uh Magic resist my damage |
2441s | and all those just really trying to be |
2443s | ready and prepared for any surprises |
2445s | yeah I know rich is you've you've |
2447s | because you've played through Avatar a |
2448s | little bit you've built a little bit |
2450s | more |
2450s | survival uh on your on your sorc here um |
2454s | as opposed to like completely last can |
2456s | Canon he's a little bit more prepared |
2458s | than I think some other people would be |
2461s | um but uh I know with uh us showcasing |
2464s | here a level one Avatar uh kind of at |
2467s | least showcases a little bit it how |
2469s | would you guys compare this to like a |
2471s | nightmare dungeon in terms of like tier |
2473s | uh difficulty or like would it be |
2475s | similar to like a nightmare dungeon in |
2477s | terms of tier uh with the level one yeah |
2480s | the level one Avatar of year is like |
2482s | kind of close to what like a like a |
2483s | level 104 might be like that's kind of |
2485s | where things start uh and then things |
2487s | step up from there now uh you'll see |
2490s | here right off the bat there's there's |
2491s | some big differences right like on the |
2492s | right hand side you see that there's a |
2494s | bar that's being filled uh you know |
2496s | Avatar of Zer runs are really races |
2498s | Against Time uh so rich here is really |
2501s | focus on killing creatures as fast as he |
2503s | can uh in an effort to kind of beat that |
2505s | timer and summon the boss at the end of |
2506s | The Experience you know uh loose not |
2508s | dropping for him as he's kind of rolling |
2510s | through the things we don't want to slow |
2511s | you down we want to keep you killing as |
2513s | fast as you can to show off uh your |
2515s | ability to kind of like survive in these |
2516s | enir environments now as we step up one |
2519s | one thing we think is uh is is is |
2521s | interesting about this is you know we |
2523s | actually um taking one step back |
2525s | actually some of the things that that |
2526s | that Joe's talked about when we were at |
2528s | the uh at bcon um was our commitment to |
2531s | uh endgame content and uh and |
2533s | itemization rewards and things the |
2535s | things we want to do to make the |
2536s | continue to make the game better Avatar |
2538s | of Zer is like it's it's designed |
2540s | explicitly to appeal to players who are |
2541s | at this stage of the gameplay experience |
2543s | and we're looking we're going to be |
2544s | using it to kind of like think about |
2546s | itate upon more features like this we |
2548s | want to bring out in the future that's |
2549s | one of the reason why it's a seasonal |
2551s | seasonal event you know it's a fun |
2553s | experience for season 2 but we'll have |
2555s | slightly different ideas in the future |
2556s | of how we want to kind of create similar |
2558s | content M yeah that's a great Point yeah |
2561s | and I know um with like we can see Rich |
2565s | by the way Rich has been so lucky with |
2567s | shrines every single time we watch them |
2569s | go through he like consistently gets |
2571s | artillery shrines which um I'm just |
2575s | going to claim like like I don't know |
2577s | Community |
2578s | manager Community manager RNG yes uh you |
2583s | know I'm going to be 100% honest with |
2585s | everyone here and those watching on I |
2588s | went super tanky because I think one of |
2590s | the nightmares that I would have is |
2591s | actually to die in the middle of a demo |
2594s | uh we'll make that happen I promise uh |
2597s | but the I know the um with level one as |
2600s | you can see rich is like well ahead of |
2602s | time so he's clearly geared out and and |
2604s | ready for a level one um but at the end |
2607s | of the the these avatars we'll see here |
2609s | in a second as he gets to time um we we |
2612s | do have a little bit of a like kind of |
2615s | an end period for for players a little |
2616s | bit more of a challenge towards the end |
2618s | yeah so uh yeah one thing that's making |
2620s | this particularly interesting is uh with |
2622s | the vampir powers in season two uh with |
2624s | Rich running metamorphosis regularly I |
2626s | mean he's basically got like permanent |
2627s | Unstoppable you know he's just kind of |
2629s | like using flicker step to keep |
2630s | resetting that unstable currents and he |
2632s | is just keeping that 4 second |
2634s | Unstoppable uptime and you summon the |
2637s | boss and wow that was spicy right off |
2638s | the bat so every time you manage to |
2640s | clear one of these levels you're going |
2641s | to summon three blood Seekers who are |
2643s | you know pretty strong are going to have |
2644s | the uh you know affixes of their own uh |
2646s | you're going to have to go ahead and |
2647s | clear through the timer is still ticking |
2650s | but uh you know Rich has got a really |
2652s | good healthy lead on the timer right now |
2653s | so I don't think that's going to be a |
2654s | problem it's just going to be a question |
2655s | of whether or not he get spiked by |
2657s | something he didn't expect but with the |
2659s | amount of barrier you should be able to |
2660s | pack with your sorc at this point I |
2661s | don't think that should be a problem |
2662s | this is a unfavorable Spa I don't like I |
2665s | don't like this spot |
2667s | you're you're on some tight Corners I |
2669s | think in every single practice this has |
2670s | happened but what I'm what I'm feeling |
2673s | lucky about is that I don't have a |
2674s | suppressor which is definitely a for me |
2677s | my ball lightning but yes I'll pass it |
2679s | back over to you cuz there's actually |
2680s | some pretty cool stuff uh to call out |
2683s | over here yeah so yeah okay so Upon |
2685s | finishing your first run through the |
2686s | Avatar of year you're going to actually |
2688s | you're going to earn your first you're |
2689s | going to earn rather the special glyph |
2691s | associated with the seasonal event which |
2692s | is the tears of blood glyph that you can |
2694s | see here now Rich already SP spend a |
2696s | little uh spend some XP on this |
2698s | upgrading it before but this is an |
2699s | extraordinarily powerful multiplicative |
2702s | bonus glyph you get to kind of slot in |
2704s | you know this has got 200 levels |
2706s | associated with it for you to upgrade |
2707s | through over the course of time it |
2708s | starts out at the size of a Tier 15 |
2711s | normal glyph normal rare glyph so it is |
2714s | extremely strong right off the bat so |
2716s | you're going to be able able to use this |
2718s | to kind of help you get through some of |
2719s | the more difficult uh tiers as you go |
2721s | deeper and deeper into the experience |
2722s | and there's one other really neat thing |
2724s | about this as well so the |
2727s | so this experience uh the tears of blood |
2730s | glyph itself has like a lot of paragon |
2732s | glyph XP that you need in order to |
2733s | upgrade it as you continue to like go on |
2735s | through the experience uh and one of the |
2737s | things we wanted to do was uh make sure |
2739s | that if you're at this stage if you want |
2741s | to experiment with other glyphs you can |
2743s | still like you get giant amounts of XP |
2745s | from finishing Avatar |
2747s | zero 1000 XP Mater get a th000 so if you |
2751s | want to use this an opportunity to kind |
2752s | of like rank up some of those other |
2753s | glits you've got cuz you want to play |
2754s | with other things for other bills and |
2756s | other things here's an opportunity to |
2758s | kind of like go in quickly like level up |
2759s | a bunch of those other GPS that you have |
2761s | in addition to like you know not taking |
2763s | too much time away from your tears the |
2764s | blood if you're trying to like stay keep |
2765s | Pace with that uh but we think that's |
2767s | like an extra fun little bit Yeah Tis of |
2769s | blood lift super powerful uh for players |
2771s | to be able to engage with again it's |
2772s | only here for the season uh and it'll it |
2775s | be retired at the end of that season |
2777s | yeah and like we we just saw Rich of |
2779s | course you know turn through a level one |
2780s | pretty pretty easily then struggle a |
2782s | little at the end but it was it was a |
2784s | little struggle I got a little wasn't |
2786s | too bad uh but um I I Know Rich like |
2789s | what key or what sigils do you have here |
2792s | so I think what I did over there was a |
2794s | Sigil one uh I think what we were |
2796s | talking about was trying to make like an |
2797s | engagement moment uh basically by having |
2800s | chat almost pick the challenge ahead so |
2803s | what I've pre-crafted beforehand is a |
2805s | two a six as well as a 10 funny enough I |
2809s | create backups for this cuz like hey I |
2811s | might die but um I think it's just one |
2813s | of those things where I would love to |
2815s | reserve of the 10 and Beyond levels uh |
2818s | for a later moment but Adam you had a |
2820s | great idea as a as a reminder like tear |
2823s | for for avatars year go up to 25 so um |
2827s | there are a significant amount of tiers |
2829s | and they of course go up in difficulty |
2831s | by a pretty like almost an exponential |
2833s | amount as you're going from uh tier to |
2835s | tier but be curious okay all right like |
2838s | you already asked the chat and the chat |
2840s | is already going like screaming 10 so |
2842s | they just want you to die okay we we |
2844s | said like we're going to let chat choose |
2845s | to or 10 we'll see what they say I'm |
2847s | like it's going to be 10 they're going |
2848s | to absolutely want to see they're |
2849s | they're going to want to see 10 so uh |
2851s | Rich take us into a do tier 10 and let's |
2856s | see how he does um now are you going to |
2859s | adjust builds a little bit here too I |
2861s | just want to call it you I mean a few |
2863s | things here I think for the the players |
2866s | at home is that obviously you saw that |
2869s | the previous one I was geared up to be a |
2870s | little bit more tanky because the last |
2872s | thing that I want to do is embarrass |
2873s | myself and die on there but I think what |
2875s | Joe and team can do is also explain like |
2878s | how some of the scaling works as they go |
2880s | up so I think I'll just go in I think |
2882s | what I'm trying to balance out now is |
2884s | just try to add a little bit more uh |
2886s | damage output by sacrificing some of my |
2889s | tankiness uh just because I anticipate |
2891s | that the higher HP is going to be a |
2893s | challenge and I just I don't want to |
2894s | lose to the time um and I actually want |
2897s | to see how far I can progress so let me |
2898s | activate this uh I was like he went back |
2901s | in without AC the nerves it's the nerves |
2905s | yeah it's a Rich's point here I mean |
2907s | it's not easy to uh to play play games |
2909s | on stream right no no it's not no so |
2912s | this is why we're going to have him |
2914s | narrate a full uh Romeo and Juliet uh |
2918s | play to us as he's playing yeah to |
2920s | ensure full color commentary full |
2924s | concentration on this no so so Rich's |
2926s | Point earlier about how the scaling |
2928s | works so as we were experimenting with |
2930s | this content one of the things we |
2931s | discovered pretty quickly is we just |
2932s | didn't want to continue to scale monster |
2934s | damage up you know in a really really uh |
2936s | a significant way as you're kind of |
2937s | going through this content uh we really |
2939s | want to focus a lot more on Monster |
2941s | Health scaling as you go uh because we |
2943s | get quickly get to a point where like |
2944s | any bat that kind of like Clips you |
2946s | which is basically just you know |
2947s | completely ice you unless you're |
2948s | invulnerable at that point and it it |
2950s | just makes it a less fun experience |
2952s | overall so we wanted to make sure it was |
2954s | much more about like can you beat that |
2955s | timer can you survive the bosses at the |
2956s | end you know not as much about like |
2958s | damage gets so so high over the course |
2960s | of time that there's just no there's no |
2962s | opportunity for different class to |
2963s | really be able to perform right yeah and |
2966s | the uh the tears of blood glyph really |
2968s | is going to increase your damage output |
2970s | yes right so leveling that up did you |
2972s | actually have that your tears for blood |
2974s | Cliff uh equipped oh is it equipped so I |
2977s | did not and I think one of the things |
2978s | that I wanted to do I mean for me I |
2982s | think as I've been um going in and |
2983s | testing it like I think it's actually |
2985s | been a pretty cool experience to see |
2986s | like how it's been with and without um I |
2989s | think just exploring a little bit more |
2992s | into it as well like while my Paragon |
2995s | board is optimized for what I have here |
2997s | it's definitely opening up a lot a lot |
2999s | more oh hold on a second also you didn't |
3001s | replenish your potions before you so |
3005s | this is for the mistakes were made this |
3008s | is for the stre you're trying to give |
3010s | yourself disadvantage for for for clicks |
3012s | I say we got more max potions yeah |
3015s | that's true rich rich did not do himself |
3018s | a few favors here one he did not |
3020s | replenish his potions and then two he |
3021s | did not equip tear for blood Cliff |
3025s | because falling behind that timer pretty |
3027s | quickly at this point because he wanted |
3028s | to be a show off and is not showing off |
3033s | well it's you know it's interesting to |
3034s | see how valuable you were talking about |
3036s | this earlier how valuable the uh the |
3038s | vampire vampire powers are in this in |
3041s | this content as well really configuring |
3043s | those yeah I mean once you if you're |
3044s | permanently unstopable like snake family |
3046s | is a lot less dangerous to deal with |
3047s | across the board like you don't have to |
3049s | deal with that like that charging uh |
3050s | stun you don't have to deal with you |
3052s | don't have to deal with the paralyze |
3053s | like there's a you know you have some |
3054s | advantages I think it's funny that got |
3056s | snakes randomly twice in a row U but hey |
3058s | you know that's the nature of of live |
3060s | gameplay you know and and I I will say |
3062s | it's not just snakes though you can see |
3063s | other things in this yeah that's a great |
3065s | Point each time you enter Avatar of zir |
3068s | you're going to have uh different |
3069s | monsters different tile sets different |
3072s | uh different |
3074s | layouts and I think the big thing here |
3076s | is that my eye is definitely drawn into |
3078s | the timer uh compared to how it was in |
3081s | the tier one you know I'm definitely not |
3084s | taking out as many monsters as need to |
3086s | get the potions and that Tyber is really |
3089s | hurting my feelings right now that that |
3091s | and everything I say like the normal |
3094s | progression for players will be oh oh my |
3097s | gosh oh well well then that ends the |
3100s | story of |
3102s | Rich uh I will I will say that the |
3105s | normal progression for players is not to |
3107s | go immediately to a 10 chat chat deemed |
3111s | that you needed to go to ATT 10 |
3112s | immediately and Rich deemed that he did |
3115s | not need to |
3116s | actually equip his tears with blood clip |
3118s | so um yeah but this takes us to an |
3120s | interesting point what happens when you |
3122s | die in in a yeah so when you when you |
3124s | die in the video game you die in the |
3126s | video game so actually you're going to |
3128s | lose your run uh because you have no uh |
3129s | responds available when you go through a |
3131s | uh a avatar of Zer run so you'll have to |
3134s | go back you'll have to make another key |
3135s | you know that progress is going to be |
3136s | lost |
3137s | so yeah so just a a word for warning for |
3141s | like even like a double like I guess |
3146s | penal a penalty for for hardcore players |
3149s | like yeah lose your character and you |
3152s | lose you lose your you lose your run |
3154s | huge double |
3156s | penalty one major penalty and one small |
3158s | one so yeah I um I do want to just |
3161s | follow up on the mention earlier what |
3163s | happens at the very end I think the |
3166s | trying to return back to the adventure |
3169s | but yeah surprised by this is something |
3171s | to what we wanted to call out as well |
3173s | yeah so like basically if you the |
3174s | Portal's going to be there uh while the |
3176s | event is active but unless you've |
3177s | actually used a Sigil to kick it off |
3179s | you're basically just going to be able |
3180s | to come to this like kind of broken |
3182s | edifice here and there's nothing nowhere |
3184s | else to go I'd be curious like if you |
3186s | are in here with like a party can you |
3189s | revive other party members as uh if they |
3192s | happen to die uh when a player goes down |
3194s | the run is over okay whoa okay there we |
3198s | go so for I know there's a few people |
3200s | asking questions like hey if I'm running |
3202s | this with the group if if anyone dies |
3204s | there it's a it's a it's a done run MH |
3207s | um so it is it is a little punishing but |
3210s | at the same time it is endgame content |
3212s | absolutely well I mean sure I mean so so |
3216s | uh one of the things really interesting |
3217s | about uh having content like this at the |
3219s | end game is we do want to make sure that |
3220s | there are lots of ways as you've seen |
3222s | season two to like Farm up different |
3223s | gear that you want and make sure that |
3225s | you can get your power your character to |
3226s | be really really powerful but then when |
3229s | you get into the next year of content |
3230s | like do we want you to continually |
3232s | always get more gear to always replace |
3235s | the gear that that you have right so |
3237s | tears of the tears of blood glyph is an |
3238s | example of us like kind of experimenting |
3240s | with different ideas of progression for |
3241s | players and see how these things feel um |
3244s | as like we want to make sure that |
3245s | there's always more things you want to |
3246s | go try to do and always more things for |
3248s | you to go push for your character uh but |
3250s | how much you have to like re integrate |
3252s | you know um aspects of your your build |
3255s | every time you like kind of go through a |
3257s | Content here feels like something we we |
3259s | talk about quite a bit Yeah but uh one |
3261s | thing I'm really excited about uh for |
3262s | this is so tears of blood is going to be |
3265s | like really really powerful again 200 |
3266s | tiers multipli multipli damage increases |
3269s | it continues to scale up as you go very |
3271s | very strong it's going to be fun to see |
3273s | players who are able to see how far |
3276s | people can skew that like not use the |
3277s | tears of blood Clift and see how far |
3279s | they're able to actually get into the |
3280s | content so I think that's be like that's |
3282s | be very very exciting yeah I'm I'm |
3284s | really excited I I'm hoping uh players |
3286s | end up you know sending us tweets on |
3289s | social and or sorry it's not tweets any |
3292s | X posts posts and reposts on social |
3296s | uh or are posting on Reddit and forums |
3298s | of like how far they can actually |
3299s | progress it'll be uh really cool to see |
3301s | uh where the community kind of lands and |
3304s | where some of our more uh hardcore |
3306s | players end up Landing as well |
3308s | especially hardcore characters people |
3309s | that really Risk Everything to to try |
3312s | out this content so um there we go so |
3314s | that's Avatar Zer Avatar Zer again hits |
3317s | on December 5th it'll be with our next |
3319s | uh patch and uh yeah and that will be |
3321s | next week we actually plan on having |
3323s | patch notes available on uh diablo.com |
3326s | uh tomorrow so uh it will be uh |
3330s | available for people to check out patch |
3332s | notes uh for that update hitting next |
3334s | week so thank you again Rich yeah really |
3337s | appreciate it thank you for for |
3339s | sacrificing your Dev build character for |
3342s | this um which is nearly the same as your |
3345s | your live build yes um this this build I |
3348s | wanted to make a as close as I can to in |
3350s | terms of a onetoone representation of |
3353s | what I have on retail I know for a lot |
3354s | of the people at home it's important to |
3356s | try to have and see and play with |
3358s | something that that's relevant to them |
3360s | so yeah just try to do that excited to |
3362s | see everybody online Let's Farm up let's |
3365s | do this see how high we can get get get |
3367s | your your season Journey done um because |
3370s | that is the requirement for for jumping |
3371s | into avatars year uh and checking it out |
3376s | cool um so I know one thing that we do |
3378s | want to talk about as well that we had |
3380s | mentioned on social and this is just a a |
3383s | quick mention from us and a quick update |
3384s | from us |
3385s | and it is around |
3387s | itemization so uh one thing we do want |
3390s | to show off though is we all have well |
3393s | I'm not zipped up I I'm wearing my |
3395s | Diablo 4 bomber here oops there we go |
3398s | but uh but uh some extra but yeah we do |
3402s | we have these really fancy little shirts |
3404s | here you guys even remember the cute I |
3407s | remember yeah this yeah it's uh this is |
3411s | a this is a playoff of uh uh Adam |
3413s | Jackson um uh made this wonderful saying |
3417s | before damage on Tuesdays damage on |
3420s | Tuesdays and yeah felt appropriate for a |
3423s | discuss we we felt like this was an |
3425s | appropriate time to show off uh what |
3428s | we'll do is we'll we'll take the jackets |
3429s | off while Rich is playing we won't |
3431s | forget to do that we were supposed to do |
3434s | that we were supposed to do that like to |
3435s | have this be like a better instead |
3437s | everyone got to watch us awkwardly take |
3440s | off hoodies and jackets so um but I |
3443s | think the people loved it obviously yes |
3445s | uh and I I do want to I do want to give |
3447s | a a shout out to um uh Ricky on our art |
3450s | team he sorry Ricky Richie on our art |
3453s | team who actually ended up making these |
3455s | uh amazing Dam yeah I love the graphic |
3457s | design on this Rogue shooting uh through |
3460s | Tuesday um but itemization um I know we |
3464s | wanted to talk really quickly about that |
3466s | and uh Joe yeah okay so there's a lot to |
3470s | talk about uh at BlizzCon uh Mr Shelly |
3474s | himself got chance kind of talk about a |
3476s | few things that we've got coming uh we |
3477s | we have going on we talk about some of |
3479s | the problems that we see timization uh |
3481s | out there today you know I think just to |
3483s | kind of reiterate some of those points |
3485s | um as players going through the |
3487s | experience you know it is um it's |
3490s | challenging the amount of uh mental uh |
3493s | bandwidth you have to use to process all |
3495s | the items you're collecting uh it is |
3497s | it's difficult to find upgrades because |
3501s | there's a really low chance for you to |
3502s | get like a like a perfect rare role and |
3504s | in general in in args it's okay for it |
3506s | to be a low chance for the for the role |
3508s | to be perfect but there's such a high |
3510s | degree of variability in items right now |
3512s | as they stand where it's like usually |
3514s | it's like okay well this item is 80% of |
3517s | what I want it to be and that could feel |
3518s | okay to find that pretty regularly but |
3520s | that could be kind of hard to find right |
3521s | now in Diablo 4 right and and feels |
3524s | almost virtually impossible you can go |
3525s | through 200 pairs of gloves and not find |
3527s | a perfect pair of gloves you know for |
3528s | your for your class you now there's a |
3530s | there's a lot of things that contribute |
3532s | to this you know there's the uh the |
3533s | number of different eics we have uh |
3536s | there is the um the fact that we don't |
3538s | have a lot of uh things in place that |
3542s | that that say like you can't have like |
3543s | multiple skill ranks you know on an item |
3545s | like right now we allow you to have like |
3546s | you know three different plus core skill |
3548s | ranks on an item occasionally and that |
3550s | doesn't really serve anybody so one of |
3552s | the things we want to think about a lot |
3553s | as we're as we're looking towards 2024 |
3555s | because like you know it's December |
3556s | we're looking back at you know a year of |
3558s | of talking together and you know trying |
3560s | to paint a picture of like what we want |
3561s | moving forward for us you know we want |
3563s | to be thinking more about like we we |
3564s | have plans for uh solving these kinds of |
3567s | problems uh we also see that there's not |
3571s | enough uh there's not enough like Runway |
3573s | with items either like they're not |
3575s | there's a lot more they could be doing |
3576s | for the player when uh when they drop |
3578s | for players so one of the things you |
3580s | want to think about more as we get into |
3582s | uh as we get into |
3583s | 2024 is having items really be kind of |
3586s | like the start of a journey so when |
3588s | something drops for the for you as a |
3590s | player we want that to be like cool you |
3591s | want you want to be able to get this and |
3592s | say this is awesome I can't wait to do X |
3595s | Y and Z to this and make it like really |
3597s | really great right like this is the |
3599s | perfect thing I need for my build and I |
3601s | feel that you've got more chances like |
3602s | to modify and customize that and really |
3605s | incorporate that into what you want for |
3606s | your particular play style that's that's |
3608s | important for like player expression for |
3610s | build making uh it it does a lot for |
3612s | just making the uh the game more |
3613s | exciting versus like every single time |
3615s | you're looking for an upgrade it's only |
3617s | whatever immediately drops in the ground |
3619s | and I kind of have to make a decision |
3620s | based on that we want to go we want to |
3621s | go a lot further than that I think in |
3623s | the future for players now you know |
3626s | these are one the sorts of things I'm |
3628s | talking about are pretty big right like |
3630s | in season 2 we made changes to the |
3631s | persistance system uh we made changes |
3633s | like you know vulnerable damage being |
3634s | multiple making that additive made it |
3636s | like made I think people did saw like we |
3638s | made a huge number of changes to the way |
3640s | that stats work and and and and skills |
3642s | and a bunch of other stuff right huge |
3643s | number of changes and the reason why we |
3647s | did so much of it at once was because |
3649s | many of these things were very |
3651s | interconnected and trying to do trying |
3654s | to improve these systems by doing like |
3656s | one small portion of it can actually |
3657s | make everything worse because this is |
3659s | now like almost like a little island of |
3661s | a different idea it's floating out and |
3662s | not integrated properly into everything |
3664s | else in the game right so as we think |
3667s | about the sorts of itemization changes |
3669s | we're looking to make the war changes we |
3670s | want to make to make things more |
3672s | exciting for players to Chase and really |
3673s | like again if Diablo is a game about |
3675s | killing monsters and getting loot then |
3677s | killing monsters feels pretty good right |
3679s | now I think that uh getting loot has |
3680s | places where we can make improvements |
3682s | you know we need to make sure that's |
3683s | holding up it's end of the bargain right |
3685s | but to make this the sorts of changes |
3686s | that we're talking about uh there's |
3689s | basically a number of other things that |
3691s | are going to need to be adjusted at the |
3692s | same time so we have plans for a really |
3696s | really big update uh for itemization we |
3698s | want to be able to produce uh it's not |
3700s | coming in season 3 we're looking at |
3701s | season 4 we want to be able to Target a |
3703s | lot of these changes to come out kind of |
3705s | End Mass so in season 3 we're which |
3708s | we're not talking about today season 3 |
3709s | today you know but there's uh there's |
3711s | there's still cool stuff that we have |
3712s | coming up we'll I guess we'll talk we're |
3715s | about we're about to talk like a tiny |
3716s | bit about season 3 you know we are |
3718s | there's still lots of great feedback |
3719s | that we're getting uh from players about |
3721s | their experience playing in season 3 |
3722s | right now yeah SE in season two yeah |
3724s | yeah well sorry yes feedback from season |
3726s | two that we want to try to like to |
3729s | incorporate uh into season 3 yeah well |
3731s | and one of the things that we've seen |
3733s | with season two right is um this was a |
3736s | our you were talking about how we made a |
3737s | lot of changes to itemization we um made |
3740s | a lot of changes to builds there were |
3742s | some things that that got less powerful |
3744s | but we really sort of I think we did a |
3747s | great job delivering on you know some of |
3748s | the stuff we talked about back in season |
3750s | one in terms of um making uh when we |
3753s | make changes to Stats or classes or |
3757s | itemization that we make sure that we're |
3759s | adding lots of new cool stuff and you |
3762s | know I think we continue to we we plan |
3764s | to continue to do that with season 3 |
3765s | right so you know um I think we've |
3768s | talked I've I've said uh on social like |
3771s | Hey we're not going to we're not going |
3772s | to Nerf your your builds here for |
3775s | throughout season two um we were just |
3777s | playing ball lightning right just live |
3780s | here um and we think that's really |
3782s | important because we built Avatar of zir |
3786s | based on the balance of the game as it |
3787s | stands in season two um but then as you |
3789s | get into season two you can at season |
3791s | three no one's going to say any of the |
3793s | right season numbers today um but as you |
3796s | get into season three um you can expect |
3798s | to see some of those Balance changes |
3800s | kind of like what we saw in season two |
3801s | right that's right so we we'll change |
3803s | along those lines we'll be able to talk |
3805s | about those as we get a little bit |
3805s | closer to the season 3 release date and |
3807s | there's a bunch of other changes we're |
3808s | making in in season well well there's |
3810s | there the one thing about I know you |
3811s | were talking about with itemization you |
3813s | know we've we're prepping a lot of |
3815s | changes and we've actually um we have |
3817s | talked to um at least a group of uh of |
3821s | Diablo Partners content creators already |
3824s | about uh some of the the itemization |
3826s | changes that are going to be coming in |
3828s | season 4 that's right so um they have |
3831s | actually uh there are there are people |
3833s | aware of of some of the the details and |
3836s | changes that we're actually offering so |
3837s | and we're we're doing that mostly for |
3839s | you know we wanted to get some feedback |
3841s | from and and bounce like some ideas that |
3843s | we actually had so uh we're really |
3845s | looking forward to you know actually |
3848s | going through all of that and making |
3849s | sure and refining it a little bit before |
3851s | we actually put it out um uh in front of |
3854s | everyone uh and so there will be more |
3856s | news about itemization as we uh go |
3858s | through season 3 and into season 4 |
3861s | obviously with the the the big changes |
3862s | that are going to be coming um but we we |
3865s | have been actually talking with a select |
3868s | group of people with our Diablo Partners |
3869s | our content creators uh specifically on |
3872s | that so uh and I wanted to make sure |
3874s | like people weren't thinking we're |
3874s | working within like a a box or something |
3877s | like that from that in yeah like Jo said |
3878s | at bliz gon like if endgame content is |
3881s | our one of our highest priorities |
3882s | itemization is our highest priority |
3884s | right like we're actively working on |
3885s | these things it's just they're going to |
3887s | take they take time because there's |
3888s | there they're expansive and it's going |
3890s | to be better for the game bringing these |
3892s | things together into one big release |
3894s | we're very very excited about it it was |
3896s | really fun talking to content creators |
3897s | about some of these plans and getting |
3898s | some of that initial feedback so that's |
3900s | cool but like we're in motion you know |
3901s | we're working through these things right |
3902s | now so but again that's not the that's |
3905s | not all right like you know as we look |
3907s | towards season 3 and and talk about like |
3909s | the sorts of things that players are |
3910s | having uh some difficulties with right |
3911s | now you know there's a couple things |
3913s | that got brought up first is forgotten |
3914s | Souls yes you know it's it's it's |
3916s | obviously we we see the players are |
3917s | having a tougher time getting forgotten |
3919s | Souls uh in Diablo 4 in season 2 you |
3921s | know relative to other uh other points |
3923s | in time uh one of things that we're |
3925s | doing uh based upon uh that feedback and |
3927s | feedback about uh about hell tide is |
3930s | actually increasing the hell tide up |
3932s | time so basically hell TI's going to be |
3933s | up every hour for about 55 minutes it's |
3936s | going be like a 5 minute break and then |
3937s | it's going to come back up again run |
3939s | through again it's going to make it a |
3940s | lot easier for if you to farm those |
3941s | forgotten Souls out when you're looking |
3942s | for them yeah we really saw that uh it |
3946s | worked well with blood Harvest and it's |
3947s | something we wanted to bring over to |
3948s | Hell tide I think there are more lessons |
3950s | from from blood Harvest uh that uh we |
3953s | can incorporate but this was one that we |
3955s | thought was really important to get in |
3956s | for season 3 yeah and this is just part |
3958s | of like the things we learn through |
3959s | Seasons that players really enjoy and |
3962s | and it helps us make the game better um |
3964s | you know there's even like the idea that |
3966s | from season one to season two where we |
3968s | brought malignant Powers kind of back in |
3970s | those unique rings that we announced at |
3972s | BlizzCon and are obviously now out now |
3974s | blood Harvest has taught us a lot about |
3976s | you know players expectations of like |
3978s | what they're they're looking for when it |
3979s | comes to like things like hell tide as |
3981s | well so it's just some of these |
3982s | learnings that we continuously apply the |
3984s | game which has been really great yeah |
3986s | and I want to talk about another thing |
3987s | that we saw in season 2 um that I sort |
3990s | of think I sort of been talking about is |
3992s | the the 925 problem oh sure um |
3994s | basically uh when you first get access |
3997s | to World tier 4 um you can start getting |
4001s | the highest high power loot immediately |
4004s | from World bosses and and from Dural if |
4007s | someone carries you through duriel and |
4009s | and that to like duriel totally makes |
4010s | sense it's a super hard encounter it's a |
4012s | farming encounter right uh it's level |
4015s | 100 um the world bosses probably |
4018s | shouldn't have a guaranteed chance to |
4019s | drop 925 not because we hate having |
4023s | players have good loot just because you |
4025s | know when I was playing through it I was |
4027s | what 72 and all my gear was 925 I felt |
4031s | like where am I going to go from here |
4032s | now it wasn't all I had a bunch of |
4035s | garbage AES right like Joe was talking |
4037s | about but um but there's another part of |
4040s | this problem which is that as you get up |
4043s | two toward close to 100 and reach 100 it |
4047s | feels like there aren't enough um there |
4049s | isn't enough Variety in places where you |
4051s | can get 925 gear reliably like you it |
4055s | can drop from Varon but it's a very |
4057s | small chance it can drop from stuff like |
4059s | Beast ice um and so it feels like you |
4061s | know things like turning in obals |
4063s | turning in Whispers doing some of those |
4065s | other ladder bosses um and even in some |
4069s | even uh in some cases some of the |
4071s | nightmare dungeon content y it feels it |
4073s | can feel like well well I guess I'm just |
4075s | supposed to do durial and maybe do the |
4077s | world bosses when they come up yeah it's |
4079s | not consistent enough from other sources |
4080s | that aren't durial and aren't the world |
4081s | bosses so we we we love that you want to |
4084s | go farm durial for for urban uniques and |
4086s | for unique items we we we like the idea |
4088s | that you want to go hit World boss when |
4089s | it's up and that's and that's fun but |
4091s | it's it doesn't feel good if those are |
4092s | the only two ways you to really like |
4094s | adequately find this kind of uh these |
4096s | kinds of rewards so there's going to be |
4098s | a balance so we're going to be certainly |
4099s | evaluating that and make sure that it |
4100s | feels like it's a little easier to find |
4101s | 925s in other like you know top IP items |
4105s | you know in other other content channels |
4106s | throughout the game awesome yeah so we |
4108s | have um some changes coming with with |
4111s | season 3 to to based off of feedback |
4113s | that we've gotten from from players with |
4114s | season 2 uh things around hell TI things |
4117s | around the 925 uh the the I Lev 925 uh |
4121s | items specifically so um but yeah great |
4124s | to hear lots of lots of changes coming |
4126s | up and of course season 4 we have some |
4127s | big changes for for itemization that are |
4130s | uh uh along the road so um I know we |
4133s | want to jump into Q&A now because and |
4136s | this is an opportunity for people in |
4138s | chat to to kind of jump in and ask I'm |
4140s | so sorry Adam for like ruining this |
4141s | transition so I I guess one last thing |
4143s | on timization so uh part of all of this |
4147s | is trying to find more ways to what's |
4150s | this I love the the lower the lower |
4152s | third no no no no back to |
4154s | itemization as it should be uh so so |
4158s | part of all this is trying to find more |
4160s | ways to communicate different ways to |
4161s | communicate the uh like what our |
4163s | intentions are what plans are try and |
4165s | check them against like Dev view the |
4166s | community you know we don't want to like |
4168s | we don't want to overpromise underd |
4169s | deliver we want to make sure that we're |
4170s | really happy with the plans so we're |
4172s | we're going through this we we're going |
4173s | to continue to try to like provide as |
4175s | much detail as we can as we go we don't |
4177s | this isn't about kind of creating a |
4178s | grand reveal that's not the point right |
4180s | we want to manage expectations and also |
4181s | make sure that we're really really happy |
4182s | with what we have so when we deliver to |
4184s | players to be excited about it so when |
4185s | we're ready to talk more about about |
4187s | these things leading into season 4 we're |
4188s | going to we're going to make sure we do |
4189s | a whole stream about these changes yeah |
4191s | it's more about getting it right than |
4192s | keeping it secret not about it's not |
4195s | about yeah exactly exactly and that and |
4197s | then just goes back to like why we've |
4199s | already started talking to like even |
4200s | just some of our our Diablo Partners our |
4202s | content creators a little bit about it |
4203s | just to make sure that we're not working |
4205s | within a box where we're we're trying to |
4207s | get uh this right and and show it to |
4210s | everyone so um all right so Q&A um uh |
4214s | this again I'll do my Preamble again uh |
4217s | this is a good opportunity for people in |
4219s | twitch chat to be able to uh drop in |
4221s | questions I know chat's moving quickly |
4222s | but we have uh our Community team is |
4225s | actually in there uh like props to to |
4229s | Lisa Casey in there right now uh and |
4231s | pulling specific uh uh questions for Q&A |
4235s | um I'm watching Rich by the way no one |
4238s | sees this rich is we have a whiteboard |
4239s | in here rich is like oh mid H yeah yeah |
4242s | midwinter blight this is a question that |
4244s | a lot of people have been asking it ends |
4246s | on January 2nd so people who uh who are |
4249s | asking in chat uh midwinter blight goes |
4252s | through January 2nd so everyone is aware |
4254s | of that and then uh Avatar Zer actually |
4256s | goes nearly to the end of the season |
4258s | that's right so uh players can check out |
4261s | Avatar zero almost all the way through |
4264s | uh the end of season two uh good |
4266s | reminders on these end dates um I will |
4269s | say that there's a question before we |
4271s | jump into the questions from chat uh |
4273s | there was a question that we've been |
4274s | getting a lot online for from console |
4276s | players specifically related to Gold |
4278s | trading that I do want to actually |
4280s | address as well uh there and I've people |
4283s | send me videos and |
4285s | totally understand it has become very |
4288s | very uh tedious to actually trade gold |
4290s | and since gold gold accumulation has |
4293s | actually uh grown within season 2 it's |
4295s | become very tedious as a console player |
4297s | to trade gold using the UI and the the |
4300s | user interface within uh within the game |
4303s | there's been some gold inflation in |
4304s | season 2 exactly we know and I know they |
4306s | have to like manually scroll their gold |
4308s | and it can be a little difficult um I |
4311s | will say that is being addressed and the |
4314s | team is is working on a fix for that |
4315s | we're hoping that will be in uh for |
4317s | season 3 yep uh so players uh on Console |
4321s | will get a little bit more um uh I guess |
4324s | of a relief during that specific point a |
4327s | lot easier to put in you know you know |
4328s | 100 million a billion gold whatever you |
4330s | want to put exactly exactly so uh I will |
4332s | jump into questions here we have uh po |
4337s | War Pig uh why is Avatar of Zer |
4341s | considered a seasonal event and not |
4342s | normal content |
4344s | yeah because we want to go away at the |
4346s | end of the |
4347s | season that's that's why so because as I |
4350s | I was kind of talking about a little bit |
4350s | earlier but like we the Avatar of zir is |
4353s | a piece of content we're putting it out |
4354s | there and we're we really want to see |
4356s | how players interact with it we want to |
4357s | see uh what what people like about it |
4359s | what they don't like about it we want to |
4360s | be able to take that feedback and |
4362s | incorporate that into more things that |
4363s | we do you know we are going to be |
4365s | looking for more like you know um you |
4367s | know we we say things like you know |
4368s | seasonal and Evergreen now we are |
4370s | looking for more Evergreen pieces of |
4371s | endgame content for players be engaged |
4373s | with it just kind of continue to level |
4374s | up you know the base Diablo 4 experience |
4376s | particularly in that world tier 4 |
4377s | environment you know but we want be able |
4379s | to do that in a way that is you know |
4381s | that is intentional right so yeah yeah I |
4384s | I think you you were saying earlier we |
4385s | want to make more content like this um |
4389s | but with Avatar of here this is this is |
4391s | the the first of its kind this is the |
4393s | first time we've done something like |
4394s | this and um so I think I think we're |
4396s | going to learn some stuff from it yeah |
4399s | we intend to learn some stuff from it um |
4401s | question from Breezy seore regarding |
4403s | Avatar Z will uh we get any sigils or |
4406s | sigil powder from Avatar Zer dungeons uh |
4409s | Avatar Zer runs do Dr uh do drop uh |
4411s | sigil at the end but you don't get sigil |
4413s | drops as part of the Avatar of Zer runs |
4415s | Perfect all right and then um I guess |
4418s | this is kind of similar to uh a question |
4421s | that you guys the first question which |
4422s | is from Mr beefcakes gaming saying uh |
4425s | are we getting any uh are we getting |
4427s | some sort of variation of this mode in |
4429s | the in future seasons are uh are there |
4431s | like more big plans related to |
4434s | uh endgame Beyond abator Z for for D4 |
4438s | yeah I mean in season 3 we know that |
4439s | we're going to be launching the uh you |
4441s | know the the Le The Gauntlet and the |
4443s | leaderboard systems and trials you know |
4445s | so like we're going to have some endgame |
4446s | content there we are looking at more |
4448s | content just like this and we will be |
4450s | releasing it as well you know uh during |
4452s | the course we're talking about some |
4453s | ideas potentially for season 3 we're |
4455s | talking about things we want to do in |
4455s | season 4 so we are we are working |
4457s | through all of that right now but yes |
4459s | you will see more content like this in |
4460s | the future yeah and uh jump into avor |
4463s | next week and play it and tell us about |
4465s | it yeah like if you love it then tell us |
4467s | and we you know we're going to make more |
4469s | of that yeah um question from |
4473s | remas this is where I start this like a |
4475s | year of |
4477s | this with with an your Twitch names like |
4480s | mine's Pez radar it's like so simple |
4483s | come on not everybody can be as clever |
4486s | as you with Pez radar uh I know so |
4488s | clever I took a popular candy and mixed |
4491s | it in with the word radar everyone um so |
4493s | so Rema says any news on a loot filter |
4497s | um any plans for that things like that |
4500s | this is a popular question we tend to |
4502s | get quite often so yeah I'm sorry |
4505s | brother yeah well you can answer too I |
4508s | um I think we answered we we had a |
4510s | question like this at BlizzCon yes and |
4512s | um what I said uh which continues to be |
4515s | true is that we think that being able to |
4517s | filter your loot efficiently is a |
4521s | baseline part that should be part of all |
4524s | auges including Diablo 4 um some of the |
4527s | changes that uh we're planning uh coming |
4530s | up for itemization uh in season 4 I |
4533s | think will help with that um we're going |
4535s | to look at those uh and look at the look |
4538s | at the in the context of a loot filter |
4540s | as well like we're we're certainly not |
4542s | um against adding a loot filter uh and |
4544s | it's something that we're looking at |
4547s | alongside |
4549s | um uh the changes that we're making but |
4551s | the changes to itemization |
4554s | are so significant that if we added a |
4557s | loot filter today it wouldn't work after |
4560s | we changed uh after we changed them yeah |
4563s | there's G to be significant changes so |
4565s | uh and and we are I call that like some |
4567s | of the problems the big problems that we |
4568s | see right now in itemization largely a |
4570s | lot of it comes down to being able to |
4571s | parse all this loot that you're |
4572s | collecting and then like the general |
4574s | sense that like some aices are just for |
4575s | nobody like they're not really good for |
4577s | anybody nobody really wants shine buff |
4578s | duration you know nobody really wants |
4580s | you know it's not I shouldn't say no one |
4582s | really wants three or four resist on an |
4584s | item but like there are some there are |
4585s | some people that want three four resist |
4586s | on item we're probably not going to do a |
4587s | lot of that in the future you know |
4589s | there's there's more things we're doing |
4589s | to make it just easier to parse item to |
4591s | item you know the sorts of improvements |
4593s | and benefits and and make it more |
4594s | exciting for players um question from |
4597s | its doy uh are there plans for more |
4599s | butcher style bosses like blood Seekers |
4602s | would love more types of these |
4603s | encounters uh especially maybe during |
4605s | World bosses that would be crazy uh but |
4608s | yeah having like four butchers spawn in |
4611s | the middle of a world boss that'd be fun |
4612s | a different kind of world B that point |
4614s | exactly um but yeah any any plans for |
4616s | like I guess that it's that surprise |
4618s | type of element with with enemies that |
4621s | come in yeah yeah we love we love that |
4623s | uh the the gameplay that we're getting |
4625s | from blood Seekers like dropping into |
4626s | dungeons occasionally I think you see |
4628s | even just like the the fights at the end |
4630s | of the uh the Avatar of Z runs is are |
4632s | already pretty fun because you don't |
4633s | really know what combination of aices |
4635s | and uh and bloodseeker classes you're |
4637s | going to get when you uh when you kind |
4638s | of wrap things up uh looking for more |
4640s | Interruption disruptive content like |
4642s | that you know the kind of creates this |
4644s | like these like bolts of excitement when |
4645s | you're going through like a Content |
4646s | piece you think you might already know I |
4648s | think is really cool yeah um so you |
4650s | mentioned World bosses uh and I was |
4653s | killing treasure Beast uh last week and |
4658s | when you stagger treasure Beast you can |
4659s | actually get one of those little |
4660s | treasure golins that pops out um but his |
4662s | loot isn't very good so we're going to |
4664s | fix that there we go not not exactly |
4667s | exactly |
4669s | that Jo Joe had that experience and |
4671s | wants to I fix look I got I got one raw |
4676s | height and 300 gold look I'm sorry okay |
4679s | I'm |
4680s | sorry um yeah and uh uh yeah a lot of |
4683s | people are going like treasure bees |
4685s | what's that that where we tend to use |
4687s | more internal PRI names prior to when we |
4690s | actually develop real names the world |
4692s | boss with a big chest full of exactly um |
4694s | so ignore our internal hey guys that was |
4698s | his internal or utilize it and confuse |
4700s | everyone like we did exactly exactly um |
4702s | so |
4704s | uh you guys I I know that um we've |
4707s | gotten questions about we we still get |
4710s | questions we're still getting questions |
4711s | because people didn't see the beginning |
4712s | of the stream uh we do want to confirm |
4714s | that we did talk about and address the |
4717s | um the questions we've been seeing a lot |
4718s | in the community related to uh pay for |
4721s | power that I've been swirling around uh |
4723s | people talking about are you guys |
4724s | planning on adding pay for power in |
4725s | Diablo 4 and uh I know that uh we talked |
4729s | about in the beginning we we have |
4730s | confirmed that we are not planning on |
4732s | adding pay for power power in Diablo I |
4735s | uh so I just want to reiterate that now |
4736s | because there's a lot of people who |
4737s | probably missed the beginning of the |
4738s | stream I do want to just readdress that |
4740s | there there are no plans for that again |
4742s | we have no plans to add pay for power to |
4744s | Diablo 4 yes everyone who sending me |
4746s | posts on X on x I never going to stop |
4750s | I'm never going to stop making jokes |
4751s | about this I I love that I love it so |
4752s | much uh any every when s post on X like |
4755s | we get it you know we uh we we still do |
4758s | not the thing is it's still true there's |
4760s | no plans to sell Power in Diablo 4 yeah |
4763s | yeah cool um a question related to um |
4768s | actually color palettes because we've |
4769s | been seeing a lot of like customization |
4771s | and everything um is there it's this is |
4773s | from Comfortably |
4775s | dumb uh when are we getting more color |
4778s | palettes for transmogs uh also pink is a |
4781s | color they want to make sure people are |
4783s | aware that pink is a color and they |
4785s | would like pink yeah yeah that's you |
4787s | know we don't get enough feedback on |
4789s | this uh I think uh I think that there's |
4792s | a lot of cool ways ways to customize |
4794s | your your um your pigments in the the |
4797s | Wardrobe and that there are more a lot |
4799s | more things we could do there um both in |
4801s | terms of of color paletts and other |
4804s | things that you could potentially color |
4805s | too awesome um skull TV asks any plans |
4809s | to rework some skills or abilities like |
4811s | The Necromancer could really use some |
4813s | movement speed or skill abilities to to |
4815s | help out with you know some of their |
4818s | movement uh issues that they're having |
4819s | right now yeah I think ad Jax who's been |
4822s | on stream before we've talked about like |
4823s | you know the Necromancer specifically |
4825s | not having a lot of extra like speed |
4826s | ability or agility style abilities like |
4828s | that uh there is room for making these |
4831s | sorts of adjustments over time there's |
4833s | not an immediate plan in terms of like |
4835s | you know in season 3 we're going to do X |
4836s | like we don't have that you know but we |
4838s | are trying to make sure that as we |
4840s | continue to release uh New Seasons make |
4842s | more unique items make more legendary |
4843s | powers that we're thinking about like |
4845s | the ways that players can use them to |
4847s | kind of augment and uh and and help |
4849s | parts of their class like we we we hear |
4851s | you know very frequently like you know |
4853s | or has a really tough time dropping |
4854s | vulnerable on creatures so everybody |
4856s | runs Frost noova like we we we |
4858s | understand there's things we have plans |
4859s | for like addressing these kinds of |
4861s | concerns that players have across the |
4862s | board over the course of time uh but |
4865s | we're also always looking for |
4866s | opportunities within timization to also |
4868s | you know Buffet these classes and give |
4870s | them some things uh these extra support |
4871s | they need yeah um I'm going to take uh |
4874s | one last question here uh before we kind |
4877s | of close it out um this is BG fan |
4879s | Germany will we ever be able to play the |
4880s | campaign on a higher difficulty |
4883s | yeah a couple people have asked for this |
4886s | I think this is an interesting idea the |
4887s | campaign is something that |
4890s | um sort of each time you each time you |
4893s | play uh narrative content like this um |
4896s | you kind of get diminishing returns on |
4899s | how exciting it is because some of it is |
4900s | based on uh on surprise and emotional |
4905s | resonance right um and some of it is |
4907s | like another reason to ask this question |
4909s | actually could be uh Hey I want to fight |
4911s | andariel more times right um and so one |
4914s | of the things that was cool to see with |
4915s | season two is bringing like duriel back |
4917s | previously only part of the campaign |
4919s | right uh it'd be cool to do more stuff |
4921s | like that um but it also could be cool |
4923s | to play the campaign again on higher |
4924s | difficulties like we want to have more |
4926s | ways for players to to play the game |
4928s | yeah yeah um and I will call this out |
4930s | Dave B mentions Diablo ebooks with Joe |
4932s | pipor reading when yeah |
4936s | Joe uh let me you know Nar I'll work |
4940s | with my agent and we'll figure out when |
4942s | I can start |
4944s | there we go well thanks dve you know |
4946s | what I appreciate I appreciate people |
4948s | like to hear the sound of my voice as |
4949s | much as I like the sound of my voice so |
4950s | that's all right well um before we wrap |
4953s | up I know uh Mr Joe shell you would like |
4956s | to say a few words to the diao community |
4958s | as we wrap up our final stream here for |
4960s | 2023 for Diablo 4 um would you have any |
4965s | parting words yeah I do let me get my |
4967s | let me get my hat got this hat |
4969s | specifically for this it's been a long |
4970s | year there we go go all right now I feel |
4975s | more I feel more in the holiday spirit |
4977s | the fact that you own this hat is just |
4980s | very interesting to um but yeah you know |
4983s | like we said at the beginning it's been |
4985s | uh it's been a a pretty exciting year |
4988s | right like we went from uh testing the |
4991s | game doing uh beta tests doing open Beta |
4994s | um getting getting I remember getting my |
4996s | shavah horn and wearing it uh on my |
4998s | Mount everywhere uh I still wear it when |
5001s | I show up to World boss |
5003s | you got to brag you got to be like you |
5005s | know I was part of that that group that |
5007s | exclusive group um getting my my uh wolf |
5011s | pack Wolf PFF from from participating in |
5014s | the beta um you know all the the changes |
5017s | we were able to make uh as a consequence |
5019s | of of testing in the beta um playing |
5021s | through the playing through the campaign |
5023s | right getting to really have Mesto as a |
5027s | a a huge complex character for the first |
5030s | time in a in a Diablo game um finding |
5032s | out out what happens with Lilith um and |
5036s | um getting to meet all the characters |
5037s | along the way right bringing the fish |
5039s | back to uh to that that town in scin um |
5043s | the major beats uh hey this exactly look |
5047s | there's there's one Quest designer who's |
5049s | like I made those I made it's it's a fun |
5052s | um no but uh it was really the the |
5054s | campaign in Diablo 4 I think we're |
5057s | really proud of the work that that we |
5059s | did there it was really cool for players |
5061s | to experience that and sharing and for |
5063s | people who pick up the game now to to |
5065s | check it out um of course we launched |
5068s | season one uh and we got tons of |
5071s | feedback on season one I think we |
5073s | learned a lot from that we did it was a |
5076s | real it was a a real learning experience |
5078s | for us uh those of you whove been with |
5080s | us for a while I'm sure uh had an |
5082s | opportunity to give us a lot of that |
5083s | feedback but one of the things that I |
5086s | want to point out here is that it it's |
5090s | it's incredibly valuable to us to have |
5092s | have players who are passionate about |
5095s | the game because that's how we get the |
5097s | opportunity to to make changes to it |
5100s | right like when you have a game that no |
5102s | one cares about you just don't get any |
5104s | feedback about how it can be better um |
5107s | and one of the reasons we've been able |
5109s | to do all the things we've been able to |
5111s | do with you know changes in season two |
5113s | and uh all the stuff we've been talking |
5115s | about here today and things that are |
5116s | upcoming for the game is because of all |
5118s | of your feedback so please continue to |
5120s | give us feedback uh about all the things |
5122s | things you don't like in the game and |
5124s | all the things you like in the game um |
5127s | we we love to hear it really um can I |
5129s | say one thing I'm so sorry yeah you can |
5131s | so it's it's funny whenever your hat I |
5133s | don't have a hat I'm so sorry this is |
5135s | really this is Joe sign up I I just I |
5137s | one thing like I I I do get asked this |
5139s | quite a bit like you know how do you |
5139s | deal with all this feedback sometimes |
5141s | it's like really really direct and I the |
5143s | way I sort of think about it is like |
5144s | whenever someone sends me a message |
5146s | about uh de before or like we're reading |
5148s | a community post or you know watching a |
5149s | video whatever is that we're doing you |
5151s | know at any given time um even when |
5153s | people are like angry or disappointed |
5155s | like everybody ultimately I think |
5156s | there's one kind of like truism here and |
5158s | that everybody wants Diablo 4 to be good |
5160s | yeah they W they went and played the |
5161s | game hoping for a specific kind of |
5163s | experience and they want that you know |
5165s | so even when people are like pretty you |
5167s | know um you know pointed in the way |
5169s | they're talking about things they that |
5170s | they feel it's because they're |
5171s | passionate about it so yeah it's it's |
5173s | it's just kind of undergrading your |
5175s | point yeah yeah I think I I can't say it |
5177s | enough um blood Harvest Right getting to |
5181s | do blood harvest in season 2 |
5183s | uh bringing getting six six to eight |
5185s | people together overloading the The Zone |
5187s | The Zone cap so you can bring uh 150 uh |
5191s | lures together farming that getting you |
5193s | know uh so many uh so many legendaries |
5196s | that you have to stash them in your in |
5198s | your your stash Tab and then run portal |
5200s | back so everybody doesn't leave you |
5202s | behind um getting farmed Oro right uh |
5206s | linking linking your mats to make sure |
5208s | that you don't have that one person who |
5210s | shows up for the first couple parts of |
5212s | the road rotation and then mysteriously |
5213s | vanishes without |
5215s | contributing um getting to bring holiday |
5219s | events like uh midwinter bite like we're |
5221s | really excited to be able to you know |
5223s | we're all going to go away for the |
5224s | holidays that's why I've got my hat here |
5226s | and um it's cool that when we go away |
5229s | for the holidays we're doing it uh with |
5232s | a whole bunch of awesome content new |
5233s | content uh for folks to to play in |
5236s | Diablo 4 uh and uh it was cool to see um |
5240s | some of the steam getting getting |
5242s | nominated for a couple of awards um in a |
5244s | couple places some some player Choice |
5246s | Awards I think players can still vote |
5248s | for that so y um you know we would love |
5250s | it if if you're having fun if you if you |
5253s | nominated us for that um and you know I |
5257s | think this is our this is our first year |
5259s | of this um it's been it's been a a long |
5263s | year and an exciting year and we're |
5265s | really excited for next year and for the |
5267s | future and for season 3 and all the |
5270s | stuff we're bringing there and and |
5272s | itemization stuff uh coming and and the |
5276s | expansion that we |
5277s | announced we've got so much stuff to to |
5280s | bring to Diablo 4 and uh so we hope we |
5282s | hope you'll join us for that yeah so |
5284s | thank you guys again thanks to the |
5285s | Diablo community of course tuning in |
5287s | through all these campfire chats all our |
5289s | developer update live streams and we |
5291s | have a lot more planned for next year uh |
5293s | our next uh uh stream is actually going |
5296s | to be uh live from Albany New York yeah |
5300s | we're going to Albany uh we actually uh |
5303s | we we have you know of course uh |
5304s | locations with with multiple teams here |
5306s | working on Diablo 4 and we have a studio |
5308s | up in Albany uh that will be ready for |
5311s | season 3 for a reveal so we'll have a |
5312s | developer update live stream then and so |
5315s | we're looking forward to uh going live |
5316s | from there and and uh checking out |
5319s | season 3 and revealing more information |
5321s | about it next time you guys see us on |
5322s | stream um before we do uh head off of |
5326s | course uh we want to remind people about |
5328s | some other Diablo activities that are |
5330s | also going on uh during the the hall Hol |
5332s | season um and we have like d2r we are |
5335s | bringing back the 22 Nights of terror |
5337s | that was introduced last year so players |
5339s | will be able to actually experience that |
5340s | D3 um season 30 PTR notes go live |
5345s | tomorrow for that so people will be able |
5347s | to see um uh some of the balance changes |
5349s | that are coming in uh season 34 Diablo I |
5353s | and we'll have information about when |
5355s | that PTR is actually going to start and |
5356s | of course dark KN of tristam which is a |
5358s | very popular event that happens every |
5360s | single New Year will be happening for D3 |
5363s | again uh so players can actually partake |
5364s | in that and for Diablo mortal we have a |
5366s | huge update it's actually probably our |
5368s | largest update since the blood night uh |
5370s | which is the Splinter Souls update which |
5371s | will be coming on December 14th so lots |
5374s | of Diablo activities throughout the |
5376s | holiday um again thank you to the whole |
5379s | entire Diablo community on behalf of the |
5381s | Diablo Dev teams here we're looking |
5383s | forward to our holiday break and we're |
5385s | hoping you guys enjoy your holiday break |
5387s | with Diablo so thanks again we'll see |
5389s | you uh we'll see you |
5391s | soon |
5402s | [Music] |