Diablo IV | 2.1 PTR Campfire Chat | November 2024 | Diablo III Dev Tracker

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177s	I have to say it just went way beyond my
179s	expectation
181s	it's like nothing that we had in D4 pure
184s	hatred their mephisto's army they wanted
187s	them to feel a little bit more different
188s	from your typical demon family
190s	everyone's quality was top-notch but at
192s	the time we didn't know if it was going
194s	to work I think what we landed is is
196s	going to turn some heads this is not
199s	your normal thing it's it's the living
201s	form of hatred
210s	the new monster class that we could to
212s	introduce they're called Hollows these
215s	Hollows have actually been around for
217s	like Millennia Mesto at some point did
220s	go to nantu a long long long time ago
223s	and these Hollows were a reaction of
226s	Mesto being in nantu at the time and
229s	then they went
231s	dormant bringing Mesto in the Soul Stone
236s	um seems like the right thing to do for
239s	nrow but it has a chain reaction that I
243s	don't think anybody was prepared
246s	for the hollows are really Rife
250s	throughout the hantu now that Mesto is
252s	back and just visually like horribly
255s	disgusting and sort of made up of the
258s	things that have been consumed by the
260s	hollows yeah they're an extension of
263s	evil infecting wildlife and other
266s	monsters and people with this thing
268s	called ier and they were just sort of
270s	going
272s	mad when we're designing the hollows the
276s	the main thing that we wanted to push
279s	was just if if hatred came to life what
282s	would it look like so we were thinking
285s	this black goo that's kind of like
288s	formless but also have this red anger
291s	energy inside of it and then with
294s	Concept we just want to make you know
296s	cool monsters what if it's three legs
299s	what if it's no legs is what if it has
300s	like three arms so we pushed a lot of
303s	like options and exploration and then
306s	from then on like everyone from
308s	narrative to design and concept would
310s	talk about and it's like okay we like
311s	this one and then we can push it and
313s	move
316s	further the hollow family is made up of
318s	four members the swarmer the spitter the
322s	caster and the
324s	brutes the big thing for me was that the
327s	family need to be overwhelming with
330s	without just relying on pure numers so
332s	they're going to get stronger over time
333s	if you let them Fester their their their
336s	hatred after all the swarmer can
338s	teleport and attack you from behind
341s	sides the spitter is a slug with legs
344s	they spew out this momit stream of Goo
348s	root is the big hulking slow guy of the
351s	family he has the shield that's buffing
354s	and making the rest of the Army stronger
356s	Caster is responsible for creating new
359s	swarmers they also will Channel onto a
361s	specific Hollow and view them with extra
364s	hatred makes them stronger and more
366s	deadly the holters RO serve as a elegant
370s	hovering yet maning danging character in
373s	a game really informed many of our
376s	design ideas when we want to make a new
379s	variant we want to know in which
382s	specific area we would going to see that
385s	character or creature readability is
387s	like the main focus went through several
391s	iteration on the design the texture the
393s	materials and the camera testing the day
396s	after she gave me like I what was 10
399s	different variations okay now we are
402s	talking the emission on the spikes
405s	really like did an awesome job uh to
409s	boast on the the cette and also to
412s	improve the readability and in the end
415s	we have the version that we were both
418s	happy withs and yeah hand it over to the
421s	tech
423s	artist we had some really strong
425s	narrative Direction in understanding how
428s	big of a role hatred played and we knew
431s	that we needed one look to tie it all
435s	together this hatred has one source and
437s	it's all it's all about Mesto for the
439s	hollow specifically we identified that
442s	we wanted to do some special work with
445s	the materials with the shaders for those
446s	characters shaders are the code that
449s	runs runs on the GPU that takes in all
453s	sorts of inputs like textures and
455s	lighting and position and outputs what
458s	the object surface is supposed to look
460s	like we wanted a Shader that was capable
463s	of adding this sludge layer this hatred
465s	layer over top of it and making it
467s	Dynamic and animating so that it really
469s	looks like it was constantly undulating
472s	or ring so once we had this Shader
475s	function we were able to kind of apply
477s	that in all these different contexts
479s	like the monster
480s	like the environment the character
482s	armors even most of the Shader work was
484s	done by Alex who really took that Shader
487s	function and made it work in all sorts
490s	of different contexts and we also have
492s	the hatred add-ons to these characters
495s	these tentacles these ring hatred
498s	growths all over them which was a
500s	procedurally generated process that was
502s	largely run by Sky on our
505s	team the hollow's boss was kind of born
508s	of this idea of what does a pinnacle
511s	Hollow really look like we have the
513s	hollow family um and that was pretty
515s	well defined by the time that the
517s	hollow's boss kind of came up for
519s	concepting our artist Victor had a had a
522s	lot of cool ideas for horror themes and
525s	really wanting to push visuals with
527s	contortions and like breaking the neck
529s	of this monster all over the place
530s	that's where we had the option to go
532s	like can we push it and really get that
535s	idea of what hatred and the hollows are
537s	all about this Inky black acre that
541s	latched on to a once powerful
544s	spellcaster it was such a great source
546s	of power that this particular Hollows
550s	monster turned into the Priestess of
565s	hatred camera
568s	settle um Victor Lee a principal concept
571s	artist on the uh Diablo team and I
574s	concepted the Priestess of
577s	hatred Victor Le is one of the ogs from
581s	Diablo and he's known for creating a lot
584s	of dark imagery and every time we want
586s	to have a monster boss he's he's done
589s	all the greats even Diablo himself one
592s	of his monitors on on the side of his
595s	desk is just like a dark black eye
598s	staring at him and so when when we
601s	needed something that's pure Darkness
603s	like we had to tap
605s	Vic I feel like when we're talking about
608s	hatred I kind of Imagine visualize it as
611s	like a black Webby like thing so I
614s	thought a spider
616s	configuration would work for this so I
619s	did a few variations some with um Souls
624s	a human Souls trapped in the abdomen
626s	it's like a Purgatory because this
628s	creature consumes human hum I have this
631s	nagging feeling for a long time that why
635s	I felt it's not working no matter how
637s	interesting the design
640s	is I'm not pushing the boundaries so I
644s	basically rethought the whole
647s	thing a lot of our creatures are just
650s	like raw aggression it's just muscly and
654s	and just brutal maybe this one is more
657s	Insidious what if the human figure is
661s	not controlling the hatred but it's the
663s	other way around like the hatred is
666s	actually marking Humanity it's like
670s	dragging a puppet around so what I did
673s	is I kept the human figure as a focal
676s	point but the rest of the creature is
679s	this moving mass of basically a ball of
684s	hatred it broke a lot of rules but I
688s	felt I just felt like this
690s	just fits um so I went ahead with it and
693s	rendered it
700s	out I was looking at the concept for the
704s	first time with the designer on the
706s	feature Charles and we were kind of in
708s	this stunned silence for a little bit
710s	because it was this reaction of this
713s	thing is so cool and then we started
717s	thinking how are we even going to make
719s	this thing move
720s	move typically our monsters are bipedal
724s	or they're quadrip heads how's it going
726s	to move we can't rely on walk Cycles
728s	anymore how's it going to rotate we
729s	can't rely on you know the built-in
731s	rotation stuff without it looking weird
733s	as hell it was clear that in order to
735s	make this like animate and look natural
738s	we were going to have to pretty much
739s	dive into Uncharted
741s	Territory we wanted it to move in a very
744s	unique way we wanted it to somersault
746s	through the air and be super
747s	unpredictable and Zippy and just have
750s	like ridiculous animations as those
752s	tentacles are flying all over the place
754s	we had that narrative and kind of drive
756s	to make it formless and with our
759s	conventional rigging that we could do
761s	that we were doing prototyping before
763s	the feature even kicked off like we were
765s	already meeting with animation and Tech
767s	art to say hey we have this thing we
770s	think it's really cool but we need help
771s	figuring this out so we had a lot of
774s	early collaboration which was really
776s	what set us up for Success when the
778s	animator came back with it going from
780s	post to post rather than your normal
781s	animations it's like yes that's it
784s	that's what hatred should feel
788s	like when you first find the Priestess
790s	of patriot it's going to look like a
793s	lifeless human corpse and you're like
796s	this is doesn't look like a boss fight
798s	I'm in a Boss Arena what's going on but
800s	as you approach you see that the body
802s	gets pulled into a giant pool of patriar
805s	and then out of that pool of patriar
806s	comes this giant mass of tentacles and
809s	that is the
810s	boss so after animation it gets to come
813s	to me and I get to do all of the really
816s	cool visual effects at the end show what
819s	those tentacles are doing when they
821s	impact the ground when they slap
822s	something when they hit the player it
825s	really brings the entire thing
829s	together the vomit attack is really
833s	gross because there's like this uh part
836s	of the Torso of the humanoid that has
839s	been kind of hollowed out and now has
841s	teeth the tentacles come out from the
843s	mass and they grab the the humanoid and
846s	kind of pull the body back so that the
849s	slit in the belly opens up and all of
852s	the hatred just pours out a straight
853s	beam it's it's pretty
857s	gross the hollows are just such a unique
860s	family from the moment they spawn in on
862s	your screen you can tell that they are
864s	different they have just such unique
867s	behaviors and animations we were able to
870s	execute on a vision that's really just
872s	so different than what we typically do
873s	the whole process like me feel very
875s	proud of uh our whole team everyone just
878s	got it they understood what the Monster
880s	was they got the vision and it just
889s	worked the eye on the screen has many
892s	functions it keeps me in the right frame
896s	of mind um what we're doing is dark it
901s	should be horrifying I should feel the
904s	fear while I'm doing it um it's a
907s	reminder of that the eye also serves
912s	as uh a warning like get moving don't
917s	dwell too long and and wander around you
919s	know get this thing
921s	moving get the work done
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939s	hello Diablo Community welcome to
941s	another Diablo 4 campfire chat we end
943s	with a creepy eyeball we were just
944s	talking about this one is our patch 2.1
949s	PTR uh campfire chat I know we were just
951s	here last week and we were talking about
952s	the mid-season update but this one is
954s	kind of like the big one because we're
955s	going to be talking about everything
957s	coming with patch 2.1 and season 7 I am
959s	joined here by Mr Colin finer Mr Charles
962s	Dunn who have appeared on prior uh
964s	campfire chats we were gonna have Adam
967s	Jackson he's unfortunately uh not
969s	feeling very well so we hope he gets
971s	better soon uh and we do also have
973s	another guest here who is live from
975s	Albany blizzard Albany and that is Mr
977s	Dan tangue uh who's going to be uh
980s	talking a little bit as well about
982s	what's coming up for patch 2.1 uh and
985s	he's showing off his red Diablo 4 jacket
988s	we have our new black diabl 4 jackets as
991s	well look at this models how are you Dan
994s	hopefully you're
996s	good and he not sure if he can hear
1001s	me but either way either way uh a few
1004s	things that we do want to uh talk about
1006s	before we actually do jump into
1007s	everything uh obviously PTR is coming up
1010s	soon we are doing this stream a little
1012s	early this time uh mainly because the
1014s	Thanksgiving holiday is coming up here
1016s	in the US uh and so we are going to be
1019s	talking about some of the contents
1021s	before even the patch notes are ready we
1023s	do plan on having a Blog immediately
1025s	after this stream uh so players can
1027s	actually check out the blog and read a
1029s	little bit more about what we talked
1030s	about today but the patch notes will be
1032s	available next Wednesday uh for players
1035s	to actually check out uh so it'll be
1037s	before the US holiday here so everyone
1039s	can kind of dive deep into the patch
1041s	notes for PTR PTR is currently planned
1044s	to start on December 3rd so that will be
1047s	after the US holidays here uh for
1049s	Thanksgiving um so there's a ton of
1051s	stuff that uh is coming up for players
1054s	to kind of jump into but I know what we
1056s	want to do is really just dive straight
1058s	deep into all the new stuff that we do
1061s	want to talk about so for uh the first
1064s	thing we do want to chat about is just
1065s	season 7 and what that's going to be so
1068s	we're actually going to jump over to Mr
1070s	Dan tangue in Albany uh to kind of walk
1073s	us through so Dan do you want to take
1076s	over
1079s	oh no d d can't currently hear all right
1084s	what so I don't know what happened I you
1086s	know maybe maybe uh we we don't have
1088s	satellites working or something like
1090s	that so instead I guess we'll just start
1091s	with classes first sure uh so uh Mr
1094s	Charles done do you want to talk about
1096s	class changes that are coming with
1097s	season 7 I know we talked a little bit
1099s	about this last week with Adam Jackson
1101s	uh just a reminder sporn expect that to
1105s	be addressed for season 7 and we will
1107s	actually be talking a little bit about
1108s	that now so uh Charles yeah absolutely
1111s	I'd love to talk about uh some of the
1113s	changes coming to all the different
1114s	classes in Diablo 4 as well as some
1116s	broader more systemic updates that are
1118s	happening uh that kind of affect all
1120s	classes um equally in a way um yeah so
1123s	like I said uh just going through uh
1125s	individual class by class um seeing
1128s	seeing some of the new stuff that's
1129s	coming for a lot of the um a lot of
1131s	classes let's uh start with the
1133s	Barbarian I believe the first one up
1135s	yeah so um Barbarian is definitely a
1137s	class that um you know we think a lot
1139s	the classes have been uh performing uh
1141s	pretty well across the board they're
1143s	always a step under the spirit born um
1145s	but Barbarian maybe a step and a half uh
1147s	below and so we're looking at at a lot
1149s	of Buffs across the board uh for them
1151s	here uh specifically looking at some
1152s	stuff with hammer of the Ancients uh
1154s	buffing that number up here uh a little
1156s	bit of a rework to the walking Arsenal
1158s	passive uh previously it was um uh the
1162s	bonus was was just 8% now we're going to
1165s	be giving you a bigger bonus and when
1166s	you have all of them active you're going
1168s	to get um more attack speed and some
1170s	bonus crowd control duration which we
1171s	think really plays into that um that
1173s	kind of build additionally we're also
1176s	updating um earthquakes that has been a
1179s	uh one of my favorite Builds on
1181s	Barbarian right just seeing those big
1182s	earthquakes come out everywhere Leake is
1184s	the best Leaf Quake oh I absolutely love
1186s	it um you know the visuals on that is
1188s	just topnotch so we're really um we we
1190s	took some lessons from what we did on uh
1192s	on Rogues in the past with their uh uh
1195s	stun grenades power where a lot of the
1197s	legendaries that talk to stun grenad
1199s	ades also had kind of this extra bit
1201s	where it increased the damage of all of
1203s	your stun grenades so that you kind of
1205s	got these synergistic builds um with the
1207s	various aspects Al together and we're
1210s	extending that over to earthquakes now
1211s	here so um we're adding on basically hey
1215s	all these ones that talk to earthquakes
1216s	just uh they increase the the damage of
1219s	all of them o overall yeah it's a little
1221s	bit less finicky too right cuz now it
1223s	lasts after the earthquake expires if
1225s	you leave it absolutely uh so we think
1228s	this would just be a much more um
1230s	comprehensive build um overall we also
1233s	got a new legendary that talks directly
1235s	to earthquakes as well uh UPS their
1237s	damage and increases uh their fire turns
1240s	it into fire damage and uh I think this
1243s	is really cool um and as we're going to
1246s	see some more stuff as actually get onto
1247s	the PTR um but I think uh earthquakes
1250s	and Hammer of the Ancients might be a a
1252s	build that uh you're going to be very
1253s	interested in combining those two uh
1255s	with some of the stuff that you will see
1256s	come
1258s	PTR all right let's move on to uh the
1260s	source uh sorceress uh sorceress one of
1263s	the the key notes that we've we've
1265s	noticed with uh well sorceress over uh
1268s	the whole lifespan of of Diablo is
1271s	Diablo 4 is that players often felt uh
1274s	like they were pigeon hold into burning
1276s	builds in particular uh Firebolt
1277s	enchantment is probably uh probably the
1280s	most used enchantment by far uh because
1282s	it was just kind of a free way to apply
1284s	a very small amount of burning to
1286s	enemies uh but that was what you needed
1288s	to to turn on a lot of the the passives
1290s	in their skill tree um and and you know
1293s	that that was a powerful build uh
1295s	powerful interactions but we felt like
1296s	that was making it everything a little
1299s	too homogeneous you felt like you had to
1301s	do this in order to access uh a lot of
1303s	these passives and so we decided that we
1306s	really want these these burning
1308s	synergies to really be benefiting builds
1310s	that are dedicated to Burning uh type
1312s	builds and not just ones who are
1314s	splashing it in with a Firebolt
1316s	enchantment and so with that in mind we
1318s	we did a rework on the enchantment to uh
1320s	increase the uh or remove the burning
1324s	damage from the enchantment and uh
1326s	change it over to this which uh has a
1328s	healing component to it and then we also
1331s	updated a lot of those burning passes to
1332s	really play better in the dedicated Fire
1335s	based builds rather than being something
1337s	that you just want to Splash into
1338s	everything yeah hopefully there's a lot
1340s	more build variety absolutely yeah that
1342s	is that is one of the the main uh
1344s	driving goals of a lot of our updates is
1346s	increasing that build variety so you
1347s	don't feel like you have to take this
1349s	checklist of mandatory things before
1351s	moving on to to what you actually want
1353s	for your build so an example here on
1354s	devouring Blaze you've got uh bonus
1358s	previously it was bonus Critical Strike
1359s	damage against burning enemies no matter
1361s	how much they're burning for so you just
1362s	apply that little bit of burning and you
1364s	would get this now instead you get a
1366s	bigger bonus but it's just for your
1368s	pyroman C Critical Strike skill so it
1370s	really encourages hey you're a fireball
1372s	build you're a meteor build something
1373s	that wants to do those big fire crits
1375s	devouring blaz is now even more valuable
1376s	for those builds and it's not something
1378s	that you necessarily need to or feel
1380s	compelled to Splash in other
1383s	builds all right on to the next one uh
1386s	we also did some updates for ball
1387s	lightning so uh ball lightning the the
1390s	previous upgrades uh like kind of these
1393s	these Mages ball lightning and wizards
1394s	ball lightning were uh about stunning
1396s	enemies or or spawning some correcting
1398s	energy with uh admittedly some kind of
1401s	complex conditions you had to jump
1402s	through a lot of Hoops to get these uh
1404s	one of the things we really like to do
1406s	with a lot of these updates is simplify
1407s	them down and streamline and really
1409s	focus in on on what the the the
1410s	interesting factor is yeah makes it a
1412s	little bit more modular too right so
1414s	there's more builds the less sort of
1415s	focus that initial step is on that scill
1417s	absolutely so we've got the Mages ball
1419s	lightning here that now is just
1421s	increasing your Dam its damage against
1422s	stunned enemies it's really that payoff
1424s	for a lot of the lightning stun effects
1426s	and then uh Wizards ball lightning is
1429s	just always going to be generating more
1430s	cracked energy just more consistent
1432s	generation
1434s	there all right on to uh the next one
1437s	we've got um so in the new new uniques
1439s	that we want to show off here on the
1440s	sorc uh talking uh about ball lightning
1443s	so this is actually something
1445s	interesting we're doing this season
1446s	where we're making two uniques that are
1449s	in the same slot and they they're going
1452s	to modify the skill in a different way
1453s	so they they will be mutually exclusive
1455s	so you can take either this one here
1457s	which turns ball lightning into a kind
1460s	of like a bowling ball really you you
1462s	send it forward it goes pretty fast and
1464s	when it hits a Target it's going to
1466s	explode and kind of Splash outward and I
1469s	think this is really cool it offers an a
1471s	switched up play style to the way you're
1473s	you're familiar with ball lightning
1474s	which was kind of slow moving forward or
1477s	um if you pick the other unique it you
1479s	can actually retain the the old
1481s	gravitational aspect so we can go on and
1483s	and take a look at that one here um in
1485s	the next
1488s	clip right so so a lot of the ball
1491s	lightning builds in the past we're we're
1493s	using the gravitational aspect that
1494s	cause it to rotate around you and we've
1497s	um updated that and kind of reworked the
1499s	gravitational aspect so that now that uh
1501s	that functionality is built into this
1503s	new unique and also has some you know
1505s	additional bonuses uh to to encourage
1508s	this kind of play style and uh obviously
1511s	the gravitational aspect that used to do
1512s	this has been reworked into a new cool
1514s	effect that you'll be able to to demo
1515s	out on the PTR as well this like a fun
1518s	trade-off now and sort of how you want
1520s	to use ball lightning yeah it really
1521s	helps it be a bit more build defining
1523s	which is our our goal for a lot of the
1525s	uniques is is hey you get this unique
1526s	and it feels like it's it's very uh
1528s	foundational to your build one thing I
1530s	do want to call out here is the inherent
1532s	AIX on this right up near the top that
1534s	ball lightning can be cast while moving
1537s	this makes it a lot smoother to just be
1539s	moving around at at um and just keep on
1541s	clicking that ball lightning and you're
1543s	not going to have to like stop like that
1545s	you know very short half second stop to
1547s	cast it it just feels much smoother and
1549s	this is one that you really this build
1551s	is just wants to be on the move right
1553s	and that encourages
1555s	that all right so let's talk about the
1557s	Druid next uh so this one
1559s	Druid is this season a lot of werewolf
1562s	updates you know season of The Werewolf
1564s	I absolutely love werewolf builds and I
1566s	think they've been you know maybe a
1568s	little bit behind the rest of builds
1570s	over the course of of Diablo's history
1572s	and so this season a lot of our updates
1573s	are really focused on building uh making
1575s	that build come up to par yeah like pure
1578s	werewolf right not mixing it with other
1580s	things yeah a lot of times you saw some
1582s	like rapid shape shifting builds and
1583s	those are fun those are great but uh you
1585s	know pure werewolf um was really wasn't
1588s	quite hitting the Mark and so that's
1589s	what a lot of our focus
1591s	is let's take a look at some of these
1593s	updates so we've got updates to shred
1595s	you know the main core skill for these
1597s	werewolf builds previously the Raging
1600s	shred upgrade was uh just combo attack
1602s	that applied some poisoning damage so
1604s	now it's going to still do that and
1606s	apply a lot more poisoning damage but
1608s	it's also going to cause them to take
1610s	even more poisoning damage for the next
1612s	5 seconds so this is you know your your
1614s	kind of finishing move on your combo or
1616s	your your core combo but then it also
1619s	enhances all the other poisoning damage
1621s	that you've applied through something
1622s	like
1625s	Rayes all right we've got um updates to
1628s	Boulder now this isn't uh necessarily
1629s	with the the werewolf theme but still
1631s	Boulder is a uh a skill that we saw a
1634s	good opportunity to improve on it we had
1637s	uh two upgrades on Boulder in the past
1639s	uh the kind of the two choices and they
1641s	were both fairly similar they both dealt
1643s	with Critical Strike chance or Critical
1645s	Strike damage and we thought that was an
1647s	opportunity to rework one of them to to
1648s	give it a different identity and uh
1651s	basically the identity was poison
1652s	Boulder like just a giant ball of poison
1655s	what does that look like or what does
1656s	that do changing the damage type always
1658s	helps sort of Branch out and make it
1659s	feel really different yeah yeah and we
1661s	got some really sweet visuals for it too
1663s	I'm not sure if we have a video on that
1665s	I think we just have to rely on that in
1666s	the PTR yeah yeah people people will see
1668s	it on the PTR but yeah it's it's got
1670s	some cool visuals associated with it
1673s	yeah and so uh that one will be will be
1675s	very cool definitely check that one out
1676s	this one I'm very excited about because
1678s	blood how as we see like has always just
1681s	generated Spirit but now yeah yeah it
1684s	was always a just generating some Spirit
1686s	but you still do that but now it gives
1688s	you even more increased damage until you
1690s	shape shift out of werewolf form so
1692s	going back to what Colin mentioned about
1694s	really focusing in on pure werewolf that
1696s	was an area uh that we we felt hey we
1699s	want to really reward you for staying in
1701s	the werewolf form and really committing
1703s	to that identity and and just making
1705s	sure that felt like an appropriate
1706s	payoff and this is one of the areas that
1708s	we're doing that
1711s	in all right so let's talk a little bit
1713s	about uh one of the the updated uh
1716s	legendaries so the uh aspect of the
1719s	Blurred Beast so this previously was was
1722s	a legendary that just caused your shred
1724s	to do some bonus damage to poison
1725s	enemies uh it was fine but it wasn't too
1728s	enticing but now with the new update
1730s	here you actually do still do more
1733s	damage just all the time and depending
1736s	on how far you're traveling for Shred
1738s	you're going to do some bonus hits and
1740s	it looks so cool your your werewolf is
1743s	is Dashing across the screen and then
1744s	just doing this like multi-hit kind of
1746s	attack and so if you're really close
1748s	you're just going to get maybe one
1750s	additional strike but if you're at this
1751s	further distance as you see in this clip
1753s	you're going to get the full uh four
1755s	hits so it's really about positional
1757s	gameplay a bit more than it was in the
1759s	past and you get very heavily rewarded
1761s	for it when you do kind of execute that
1763s	properly that's awesome and it's going
1765s	to be really great for like movement
1766s	just moving around abely across the map
1769s	which I know uh movement is always a big
1771s	thing that players really really want
1773s	people have always been asking for so
1775s	it'll be cool to see people kind of like
1776s	just bouncing around as a druid uh with
1779s	the aspect of the blur Beast so very
1780s	cool yeah it's always great we can
1782s	inject like changing how you play also
1784s	right cuz you can imagine like launching
1786s	into a group of enemies then picking out
1788s	specific targets that you really want to
1789s	launch to and that's how you optimize
1791s	that build wise absolutely this is one
1795s	of my favorite ones in this patch
1796s	actually um big fan of of the a lot of
1798s	these Druid updates aspect of Wolf's
1800s	Rain so this is a combo kind of uh
1803s	legendary combining the powers of
1805s	hurricane and your wolf companions so
1808s	when you cast hurricane your all of your
1810s	wolves actually spawn a little mini
1811s	hurricane of their own and these will do
1815s	bonus damage for each of your active the
1816s	Wolves so it really encourages these
1819s	companion based builds that already have
1821s	this wolf pack of you know five wolves
1823s	following them around now your hurricane
1825s	affects all of them and you know they
1828s	get bonus damage for how many you got so
1830s	you really want to be stacking up as
1831s	many wolves as you can they all get
1833s	hurricanes and you just get to shred
1834s	through the whole screen with that super
1838s	cool all right moving on to Rogue uh so
1841s	this is one that uh Shadow clone has
1844s	been probably the Rogue skill that I
1845s	would say um it maybe wasn't quite
1849s	hitting the mark compared to most other
1850s	skills um and and that was for a a
1853s	variety of of reasons and not to get too
1856s	technical here on on the details but for
1859s	a lot of the effects that you're your uh
1861s	that you have with your legendaries and
1863s	your passives and and those kind of
1864s	things historically Shadow clone uh
1867s	behaved inconsistently with those it it
1869s	wouldn't necessarily pick up all of the
1871s	bonuses it wouldn't trigger all of the
1873s	effects and the end result was basically
1875s	that your Shadow clone dealt a whole lot
1878s	less damage than you did you thought hey
1880s	I'm I'm hitting for you know millions
1882s	and My Shadow clone sitting for like
1884s	thousands right yeah and so we really
1887s	looked at that comp comprehensively and
1889s	thought okay we need to to kind of
1891s	rethink how Shadow clone Works across
1893s	the board to really bring it up to par
1895s	to make it uh behave the way you expect
1899s	and then also extend that to a lot of
1901s	the other summons in the game the
1904s	summons like your your Necromancer um
1906s	skeletons your Druid Companions and so
1908s	on so we did basically a rework of that
1911s	entire
1912s	system and uh the long and short of it
1914s	is that they should just work a whole
1916s	lot better going forward in this season
1919s	where they're going to trigger all of
1921s	your lucky hit effects they're going to
1923s	interact with all of your damage
1925s	modifiers and multipliers that they
1927s	previously were were inconsistently
1929s	working with so just one example here a
1931s	very simple example you got wind Striker
1933s	aspect this is a very simple legendary
1935s	that just says hey when you critically
1936s	strike gain some movement speed now in
1939s	the past that was only when you your
1941s	player character critically stri with
1944s	one of your skills and it would not
1946s	happen whenever one of your druid compan
1948s	or your Shadow clone critically strikes
1951s	but now all of that will work so your
1954s	companions or your summons or your
1955s	Shadow clone critically strikes and you
1957s	have win Strikers now your character
1959s	gets that bonus it's huge yeah it's I I
1962s	really can't um you know overstay this
1964s	like how how many new interactions and
1966s	synergies this unlocks with not just
1968s	Shadow clone but all of the summons in
1970s	general across the
1972s	game um but with Shadow clone in
1974s	particular we've got a new unique item
1978s	and and this one is Assassin's stride
1980s	and the effect here works with Mobility
1983s	skills and your Shadow imbuement once
1986s	again kind of playing up that combo
1988s	aspect so all of your Mobility skills
1990s	are going to always be Shadow imbued
1993s	with some bonus potency so they're going
1994s	to do some more damage and whenever you
1997s	damage an elite or boss with a Mobility
2000s	skill there's a chance to trigger an
2002s	instant free Shadow andumin explosion so
2005s	those of you who like playing Shadow
2006s	step builds uh one of my fav ones with
2009s	um with Rogue you know just like Adam
2011s	had said before about jumping around the
2012s	screen with werewolves you can do that
2013s	with Shadow step now too and you're just
2015s	going to be getting a lot of those um
2017s	those resets and and kills much quicker
2020s	as you leap Out of the Shadows trigger a
2021s	shadow andb explosion and then move on
2024s	to the next pack of enemies really cool
2027s	uh unique for that kind of
2029s	build um additionally cow trops uh maybe
2033s	the the skill that was the most kind of
2035s	clunky on control wise to use God
2038s	seriously if you if you've ever tried to
2040s	use cal trops um it it can be a struggle
2043s	sometimes where where your character
2044s	would leap backwards and and you
2045s	wouldn't go in the right direction
2047s	wouldn't hit the enemies uh We've
2049s	updated the animation here to just
2051s	basically be a lot very similar to to
2053s	the smoke grenade skill where you just
2055s	pick a point on the screen your
2056s	character throws it and it just goes
2058s	where you you point it I I am the king
2061s	of like cropping one minion out of like
2063s	100 and then also falling like jumping
2065s	back into like a giant mob and going
2067s	like well I didn't didn't calculate that
2068s	correctly so this that update I've we
2071s	were we were talking about this
2072s	beforehand like before we even went live
2074s	and I was like thank thank God I was
2076s	like oh my God please so yeah it's I'm
2079s	excited for that Cal trop should be so
2081s	much more usable now and we think that
2083s	this is a really good change going
2084s	forward yeah all right on to the
2087s	Necromancer so Necromancer we've done
2089s	some um improved itemization and updates
2092s	to the overpower synergies specifically
2094s	the rathma Vigor key passive so
2096s	previously it would just uh give you
2099s	some uh an overpower once every uh 12
2102s	seconds and uh or when you overhealed
2105s	for some bonus life and now we're just
2106s	tacking on a big chunk of overpower
2108s	damage to it uh we definitely felt like
2110s	these these pure blood-based um
2113s	overpower builds were just not quite
2114s	hitting that Mark and you know just
2118s	pumping the power into these pure builds
2120s	through the RMA Vigor key passive we
2122s	think is going to be very helpful to
2123s	make these builds really
2126s	Shine On to the next um we've got uh the
2131s	one of the new uniques so similar to
2133s	what we did with the sorcerer where we
2136s	had kind of these paired uniques that we
2138s	we're going to have two uniques in the
2139s	same slot for Necromancer as well this
2141s	time in the in the pants slot and
2144s	they're both going to be uh working with
2145s	blood wave so this one uh cmi's Legacy
2149s	will cause instead of shooting one blood
2152s	wave out forward you're going to get two
2154s	that kind of converge on you and this
2156s	definitely changes up the the targeting
2158s	of it the positioning requirements and
2160s	really the use case because it's pulling
2161s	towards you instead of pushing away so
2164s	instead of being a defensive skill it's
2165s	much more about the damage and pulling
2167s	them together and then when they hit
2169s	they do a big chunk of damage as well so
2171s	definitely turns blood wave into a much
2173s	more damage Focus skill and a little bit
2174s	less on uh the the CC or the knockback
2177s	crowd control of it yeah and it play
2179s	Super well that key passive absolutely
2182s	absolutely especially if you want to be
2183s	using this for for that big damage
2186s	moment now the alternative is um inria's
2189s	memory where it uh it still shoots the
2193s	the blood wave forward and then at the
2196s	end of its path it will trap The Targets
2198s	in a bone prison so this is a a unique
2201s	that is very much about combining Blood
2204s	and Bone so a little bit less of the
2206s	pure blood and much more about combining
2208s	the two now Additionally you see we're
2211s	using some bone Spears here uh or should
2213s	I say blood Spears because that is what
2216s	they now become blood Spears and um
2220s	instead of costing a bunch of essence
2221s	they're going to cost um or sorry they
2224s	they drain maximum life still cost
2226s	Essence there um but they drain maximum
2228s	life uh to cast additionally from a
2231s	nearby
2232s	corpse uh to fire an extra bone uh bone
2235s	spere blood spere uh so there there's a
2238s	lot going on with this one but I think
2240s	it's it really comes together to be a
2242s	very uh strong build when you're using
2244s	the bone spear and the blood wave and
2246s	then casting bone spear reduces blood
2248s	waves cool down that's the inherent aex
2250s	on these legs uh really makes a really
2252s	cool build that uh that I think
2254s	synergizes very nicely yeah it's
2256s	awesome all right and so on to the
2258s	spirit born so we we kind of uh you know
2261s	warned at the start you know Spirit born
2263s	we recognize has been one or or multiple
2266s	steps above most other classes um and
2269s	and players have fun people love playing
2271s	the spear boorn very powerful and we
2273s	really like that but we do have to
2274s	recognize you know for the long-term
2276s	health of the game it's important that
2277s	we have a bit better class parody across
2279s	the board so you don't feel like you're
2281s	doing it wrong if you're not playing a
2283s	spirit born yeah and we have like a lot
2285s	of the classes outside of the spirit
2287s	born are actually in a really good spot
2288s	they're pushing pit tier 100 plus which
2291s	is great and again we're not looking to
2293s	really buff every class up to clearing
2296s	pit 150 easily right we don't want to
2297s	create that arms race where we just have
2299s	to continuously sort of ask you the
2301s	player to chew through you know 20
2303s	different tourment TI CU we're just arms
2304s	racing that power so much yeah we do
2307s	think that kind of our Target there is
2310s	closer to where the other five classes
2311s	are and spirit borne was just you know
2313s	too high up uh and it's rather than than
2316s	try to power creep the whole game we'd
2319s	like to to make sure we make some small
2322s	improvements everywhere else to to the
2323s	underperforming builds and those ones
2325s	that don't have enough love and then uh
2327s	get Spirit born back down to a more
2329s	healthy spot and so with that in mind uh
2331s	one of the biggest offenders uh or
2333s	biggest power points rather of um on on
2337s	the spirit born was the rod of Capi here
2339s	uh this one is the one that uh converts
2341s	your core skills into basic skills and
2344s	uh does it used to do uh reduced damage
2347s	based on Vigor cost and admittedly the
2350s	calculations there were kind of complex
2352s	and so we've simplified it down a little
2354s	bit where the they will just gain the
2357s	bonus Critical Strike damage uh it will
2359s	be substantially less previously it was
2361s	uh one to 3% now it'll be down to um 0.1
2365s	to 0.5 per point of vigor there we think
2368s	this will bring it to a much healthier
2369s	spot but still kind of retain the core
2371s	fantasy and the core build implications
2374s	of this item uh it just won't be pushing
2377s	quite the same um trillions of damage
2379s	that that we were seeing before we also
2382s	fix some of the issues called out here
2383s	at the at the above like viscus shield
2385s	and things like that scaling in unended
2387s	way unintended ways that were just way
2389s	outside of our expectations yeah
2391s	definitely some some unintended kind of
2393s	bugged interactions that were maybe
2395s	double dipping or scaling too high um we
2397s	we a pass to to make those uh more in
2400s	line with our
2403s	expectations all right um additionally
2406s	we've got uh you know new aspects of
2408s	course uh being a class in Diablo 4
2410s	you're going to be getting new content
2411s	every season so we've got uh new
2413s	legendary aspect here the aspect of
2415s	endless talents that causes you a razor
2417s	ring wings uh to increase your all of
2419s	your Eagle skill damage and razor Wing
2422s	critical strikes will uh Grant even more
2424s	Stacks so you can really stack that up
2425s	you know it Stacks up to uh 50% that's a
2427s	whole whole lot so you really want to be
2428s	spamming out these razor wings and
2430s	getting those crits to stack this up uh
2433s	to as fast as possible yeah and this
2434s	goes back to like just the prior slide
2436s	where we talked about how razor wings
2438s	and ctip builds are are getting some
2440s	extra love in this specific season which
2442s	were more so underutilized in in uh uh
2445s	season six so uh with season 7 players
2448s	we'll be able to see these new legendary
2450s	aspects of course and then uh and how
2452s	they actually tie back in with some of
2453s	the changes that we're doing for those
2455s	builds absolutely
2457s	all right and we've got some updates to
2460s	um some of the underused uniques as well
2463s	uh ring of Rising Moon here uh this one
2466s	would trigger pestilence swarm every 10
2467s	seconds we felt like that was a little
2469s	too long given the pace of combat in our
2470s	game uh and especially compared to some
2473s	of the other options at at the unique
2475s	slot uh ring slot so we've reduced that
2477s	down to every 4 seconds you'll spawn a
2479s	pestilence swarm and the Vigor generated
2481s	goes up from one up to three so a lot
2484s	more um resource generation because your
2486s	rings are often resource gener one so we
2488s	want to make sure this is a compelling
2489s	option compared to your other uh choices
2491s	at the ring
2494s	slot all right so let's talk a little
2496s	bit about uh some of the broader updates
2498s	that affects all classes so the one I'm
2501s	excited about here is the ultimate
2502s	updates so uh in the previous season we
2506s	introduced skill ranks on ultimates
2508s	right so you could now rank up your
2509s	ultimate up to rank five and that was
2511s	that was good gave you some cool down
2512s	reduction some damage but now when you
2515s	actually fully invest in it up to that
2516s	rank five every Ultimate in the game is
2519s	going to get a new rank five bonus so
2522s	for example here on last rate we've got
2524s	at rank five last rates damage is going
2526s	to be increased by 40% of your Critical
2528s	Strike damage bonus gives it this
2530s	scaling Factor so you can see on the
2532s	left last rate at rank one is doing
2534s	about 38,000 damage but you rank it up
2537s	to five and it goes crazy high up to uh
2540s	19,000 damage because it's now getting
2542s	that Critical Strike damage
2544s	scaler and so if you really want to
2546s	build a dedicated last rate build as
2548s	kind of your your core damaging effect
2551s	this is going to be a great way to build
2552s	around it and a good reward for
2554s	investing all those extra skill points
2555s	into it definitely I love to see us add
2557s	more things that incentivize you to
2559s	actually put some points into skills
2561s	yeah yes so often you know sometimes
2564s	you'd see um if you just wanted the
2566s	access to the utility of the ultimate
2568s	hey it's fine to put in one point right
2570s	you get one point you get the utility
2571s	maybe you get some some buff from it but
2574s	if you really wanted to invest in it we
2576s	want to make sure that that investment
2577s	those skill ranks feels meaningful and
2579s	we think these rank five bonuses on
2581s	ultimates in particular is going to be a
2582s	really good way to to pay off those
2584s	ultimate builds
2587s	definitely all right uh We've also got
2589s	some new uh generic legendary aspects to
2592s	really support this style uh they that
2593s	talk directly to Ultimate skills so
2596s	we've got the vehement Brawlers aspect
2597s	that causes uh casting an ultimate skill
2600s	increases all of your damage output by
2601s	10 to 30% for 8 seconds and you also
2604s	gain additional skill ranks in your
2606s	ultimate so hey we just talked about
2608s	skill rank bonuses now we've got um you
2612s	know a legendary that will give you some
2613s	bonus skill ranks nice we've also got
2616s	the uh ring of apic fervor which uh says
2619s	casting your ultimate skill will
2620s	increase your damage by 8 to 18% so a
2623s	little bit less than the V Brawlers but
2625s	it Stacks up to 10 times so you can get
2628s	way more if you can cast your ultimate
2631s	fast enough and kind of chain it
2633s	together so this will be really good for
2635s	like Rogue that use uh Rogues that use
2637s	preparation uh to really get that
2639s	ultimate cool down reduction and or any
2642s	build that really wants to focus around
2643s	casting your alt many times in a row um
2646s	this one is going to be a great
2648s	legendary for that those style of
2651s	builds all right we've also done some
2654s	updates to the Rune words and so Rune
2656s	wordss uh vessel of hatred um feature uh
2659s	the you has been really well received we
2661s	think that they've really uh you know
2663s	spiced up some some build variety and uh
2665s	we're going to add some new runes here
2668s	and update some of the old
2669s	ones um so all of the invocation runes
2672s	uh have overflow so the cost of many of
2676s	them have also been uh adjusted to allow
2678s	you to proc this overflow effect when
2680s	you generate more offering than needed
2682s	uh much more
2684s	often uh and then also the the ritual
2687s	runes uh the ones that you know generate
2689s	the offering um some of them have been
2692s	redesigned to have uh some uh larger
2695s	potential moments of this overflow so an
2697s	example here on the The Seer Rune uh
2700s	this generates a ton of offering 300
2701s	offering at once uh and you get that by
2704s	casting five skills but then instead of
2707s	just casting five skills and then
2709s	generating all of it and then casting
2710s	five again instantly um we we've added
2713s	in this this exhausted period for 3
2716s	seconds so you can you can get that uh
2719s	$300 offera once but then you got to
2721s	wait 3 seconds before you start building
2723s	up those Stacks again it's like getting
2725s	like large buckets every every a couple
2727s	seconds in stuff of offering now with
2729s	these yeah this is a good tuning knob to
2732s	to kind of make sure that hey we can
2733s	give you this strong moment of power but
2735s	then it it is followed by by a little
2737s	bit of a weaker moment where you can't
2738s	generate that rather than every Rune
2741s	always just being a steady amount would
2743s	like to have those Peaks and valleys it
2745s	really think that leads to more
2747s	interesting moments of gameplay yeah
2749s	it's about potency versus frequency so
2751s	you get really strong effects but you
2753s	can't do it as often right and that'll
2755s	play right into the the updates with a
2757s	lot of the Overflow to make sure that
2759s	when you do overflow it feels really
2761s	good and feels really rewarding to get
2763s	that so let's talk about some of the
2766s	other runes we've got some new runes to
2768s	show off yeah so we've got uh three new
2771s	Rune words here the nagu Rune a
2773s	legendary Rune that will uh gain 100
2775s	offering uh as long as you're
2778s	maintaining a summon and so as I kind of
2780s	alluded to earlier with the the shadow
2782s	clone section summon is our new catch
2785s	all term for any thing that you summon
2788s	you know it's pretty self-explanatory
2790s	but that includes things like
2791s	Necromancer minions Druid companions
2793s	sorcerer conjurations um Rogue Shadow
2797s	clones and even Barbarian ancients from
2799s	some of yours call of the Ancients and
2801s	some of the legendaries that SPM those
2802s	those are all
2804s	summons uh igny Rune will generate 25
2808s	offering um but it stores up offering
2812s	every uh. 3 seconds so so you're
2814s	actually doing about 75 offering per
2816s	second rough
2818s	and by you actually Cash It In by
2821s	casting a non-basic skill to get that
2823s	offering so as long as you're out there
2824s	kind of spamming your basic skill you're
2826s	going to be kind of banking up this
2828s	offering and then when you cast the non
2830s	Basic you cash all in you probably
2831s	trigger the Rune it's connected to you
2833s	get a big overflow you get a big moment
2835s	of power
2836s	there and finally we've got the chalk
2838s	Rune that generates or requires 20
2841s	offering rather and this will invoke
2842s	druid's lightning bolt that's one of
2844s	those um those uh it's not the the core
2847s	skill but lightning bolt is is kind of
2849s	that uh other power in The Druids kit uh
2852s	similar to like earthquake or or yeah
2856s	yeah um so and enable those kind of
2859s	builds to to Really tap into that
2861s	effect awesome lots of runes lots of
2865s	runes lots of changes coming to classes
2867s	you know there's more changes in the
2869s	notes that we'll have um that will be
2871s	hitting next week uh so players can look
2873s	into those these are just a few examples
2874s	that we have for PTR um and of of course
2878s	really need feedback on a lot of these
2879s	changes I know there's some people going
2881s	in chat going like hey I'm noticing like
2884s	you know maybe you're giving a lot of
2885s	offering and then there's a little bit
2887s	of a cool down period or something like
2889s	that let us know like we want people to
2890s	try those out like test it out so that
2893s	we have the feedback so that before we
2894s	go live with with patch 2 one uh we can
2897s	end up uh making any feedback changes
2900s	based off of community feedback so lots
2902s	of cool stuff thank you so much for
2904s	walking us through all the different
2905s	class changes and everything like that
2907s	Charles um do we have Dan available from
2910s	Albany we do have Dan
2913s	Dan oh there we go I was like Dan was
2916s	just like staring blankly at the camera
2918s	and I was like was uh but we uh Dan is
2922s	actually going to be talking about all
2923s	the new content that's coming in patch
2925s	21 uh with season 7 so Dan do you want
2928s	to take it away and talk to us a little
2930s	bit about it absolutely uh couple of
2932s	technical difficulties uh could not keep
2934s	me from uh sharing this with everybody
2936s	so
2939s	um this PTR uh for patch 21 is a PTR of
2944s	a couple firsts at this point um this is
2947s	going to be the first time that we're
2948s	bringing the seasonal realm uh to a PTR
2951s	so what does this mean we've got uh a
2953s	lot of seasonal content coming up in
2954s	season 7 and we want to be able
2957s	to get all of your feedback on this
2960s	content it's pretty important for us to
2962s	you know like uh Adam was saying really
2965s	have those iteration Cycles where yall
2967s	are able to test and you know show
2969s	what's working and what is it um this is
2972s	also going to be the first time since
2975s	season two that we bringing back
2977s	seasonal character Powers uh so if you
2980s	remember in Season Two Season of blood
2983s	uh they were vampire powers and you
2985s	slotted them into your sanguin circle
2987s	and so uh for season 7 could be a little
2991s	bit different not vampires this time
2993s	this time it's going to be
2995s	Witchcraft and so I'm excited to really
2998s	dig into that right now and tease out
3001s	what what y'all can uh play in a couple
3003s	weeks so
3005s	witchcraft is enables you as a
3008s	practitioner to uh call upon the power
3011s	of the swamp to do your bidding and so
3014s	you've met some witches before in the in
3016s	the game and you're going to meet some
3018s	more in the the coming season but before
3021s	I really dive into witchcraft uh we got
3023s	to talk about your enemies now your
3026s	enemies of this season are going to be
3027s	called the head rotten now the head
3029s	rotten are Abominations that Spawn from
3032s	the Tree of Whispers and you're going to
3035s	slay them and collect what we call
3037s	Restless rot and this is going to be our
3039s	currency for the
3042s	season now uh like I said you know the
3045s	season is about witchcraft uh so they're
3047s	going to be some witches and those
3049s	witches are going to be residing around
3051s	the tree of Whispers And they're going
3053s	to have some altars and these altars are
3056s	pretty important to you learning your
3058s	witchcraft and so you're going to travel
3060s	to an altar you're going to make an
3063s	offering of restless rot and that's
3065s	going to enable you to to learn the
3069s	Witchcraft now equipping witchcraft is
3072s	going to be pretty simple you know we
3074s	wanted to uh take what was best from a
3077s	lot of these styles of menus that we've
3080s	done in the past and distill it into
3082s	something that's very convenient and
3084s	easy to use and the result is this
3087s	witchcraft menu that you can see in
3088s	front of you and so equipping is going
3091s	to be super simple you've got an
3092s	inventory on the bottom and then you're
3094s	going to drag or otherwise move that
3096s	power to one of the slots up top and
3099s	you're going to have five normal slots
3101s	five normal Powers you can equip at any
3103s	point and one unique power for you know
3105s	really special uh witchcraft that you
3108s	can find um the other thing is that you
3111s	can upgrade your witchcraft directly in
3114s	that inventory using Restless rot uh so
3117s	again we're streamlining the process to
3120s	you know make it easy for players to
3122s	equip and upgrade their
3125s	witchcraft now uh obviously it wouldn't
3129s	be a season without some rewards and so
3132s	let's talk about those a little
3134s	bit uh this season we're going to have
3136s	another reputation style gameplay in the
3139s	form of coven's
3141s	favor now killing head rotten will get
3143s	you headless rot or killing head rotten
3145s	will get you Restless rot
3147s	uh but in order to advance the the
3149s	coven's favor you actually need to
3151s	complete Whispers And completing those
3154s	Whispers will increase your rank and
3156s	allow you to unlock rewards including
3158s	items and materials and things like that
3161s	in addition new to this season you're
3163s	going to also unlock at certain ranks
3166s	new Witchcraft and then you will have
3168s	new things you can learn from those
3170s	altars and then because everyone loves
3173s	it uh we're bringing back uh the
3175s	resplendant spark as well so that's
3177s	going to be at the end of your um uh
3181s	coven's favor Rank and of course the
3183s	real splendent spark nowadays can be
3186s	used from crafting you know uh a random
3190s	Mythic unique to actually targeting
3191s	uniques using a lot of those uh runes
3194s	that you can earn in the
3196s	game all right one last little thing
3199s	with respect to Witchcraft so we wanted
3201s	to try out something a little bit
3202s	different and so we've also created
3205s	several powers that are lost to these
3208s	witches the coven of the swamp and so
3211s	those you can only find by traveling out
3213s	in the world and discovering forgotten
3216s	altars and these forgotten altars will
3218s	allow you to learn these lost powers and
3221s	um yeah we just thought we try something
3224s	a little bit different here and uh yeah
3226s	let us know what you think about it now
3229s	uh let's talk about some of the
3231s	Witchcraft itself you know we've talked
3233s	it up a bit um we're going to release
3237s	it's over 20 Powers uh for the season
3240s	and we're going to show you four of
3241s	those right now so let's talk about the
3244s	first one this one's really popular this
3246s	is the poison
3247s	frog so the poison frog as you imagine
3250s	is a servant that you can summon that
3252s	fights alongside you uh as its name
3255s	implies it will poison your enemies and
3259s	you know if it runs out of Health it's
3261s	going to explode viciously uh with a lot
3264s	of poison damage folks are having a lot
3266s	of fun with this one
3268s	uh next up next up is Doom orb so Doom
3271s	orb is a pure orb of eldrich energy that
3275s	circles around you and damages any enemy
3278s	it touches and it can also launch itself
3281s	at distant enemies before returning also
3284s	another favorite at this point vengeful
3287s	servant so vengeful servant as the name
3290s	implies as another servant like the Frog
3292s	and this one will absorb damage and then
3295s	Rush enemies
3297s	and then last but not least we've got
3300s	one of those lost witchcraft Powers I
3302s	was telling you about and this is
3304s	Pano so this one procs when you cast
3309s	other powers and so if you cast a hex
3312s	and an aura at the same time and inflict
3315s	it upon uh uh an enemy there's a chance
3319s	that you will then proc the Pano and the
3322s	pan as you can see sucks everything into
3325s	it in a swirling dervish of fish and
3330s	destruction so um yeah that's a Peak at
3333s	some of the Witchcraft Powers you're
3335s	going to be able to play with
3336s	soon but what good are powers if we
3340s	aren't offering you some new activities
3342s	within the season to participate in and
3345s	so these come in the form of head hunts
3348s	now head hunts are
3351s	um a whisper driven activity and so the
3355s	tree is searching for these head rotten
3359s	the tree wants you to eliminate these
3360s	head rotten and so it's going to help
3363s	you by highlighting areas within the
3364s	world where it thinks there's a lot of
3366s	head rotten for you to kill so you're
3368s	going to follow the whispers in order to
3371s	you know find the head hunts and kill
3373s	the head rotten now uh these are subzone
3376s	takeovers uh similar to hell
3378s	tiddes um they're going to feature a
3382s	number of all new Whispers mixed in with
3384s	some existing ones uh this was an
3386s	opportunity for our team to try out some
3389s	new Whispers and really kind of tell a
3391s	little bit of a story each time you're
3392s	going out on a head hunt uh because
3395s	Whispers offer us that
3397s	opportunity now completing Whispers has
3399s	a chance of spawning a head- rotten boss
3402s	and the head rotten bosses are the
3403s	things you're really going to be looking
3404s	out for because those are going to give
3405s	you some additional rewards I'm going to
3407s	tell you about delivering a head rotten
3410s	boss's head to the tree of Whispers
3413s	enables you to earn occult gems
3417s	let's talk about ult gems now we're
3419s	pretty excited about these ult gems are
3422s	special socket tables that have unique
3424s	effects that help you fine-tune your
3426s	build so they can only be slotted in the
3430s	jewelry slot and so this is a way of
3434s	basically having them coexist with
3436s	runes and um they only last for the
3441s	season so when your items transfer to
3443s	the Eternal realm at the end of the
3445s	season these are going to disappear
3447s	but in the meantime I think you're going
3449s	to have a lot of fun with them let's
3451s	dive into them a little
3452s	bit so each a cold gem has built-in
3456s	defense we don't want you to have to
3458s	make a choice between you know uh a
3461s	royal diamond or a oyal skull and an
3463s	occult gem so all of these occultt gems
3467s	have defense built into them so that you
3469s	know uh really you're getting a bonus
3472s	above and beyond you know those uh gems
3475s	that I just described and so here are
3477s	some examples of them first up we've got
3479s	the Elder sigil this is going to boost
3482s	your damage whenever you hex enemies so
3484s	if you're leaning into certain types of
3486s	hexes you like using Elder sigil may be
3489s	a good fit for you killing wind this is
3492s	going to boost your crit and move for
3496s	folks who really dig uh you know uh
3500s	specking out with eldrich powers so if
3502s	you equip three or more eldrich Powers
3505s	then slotting a killing wind and to say
3507s	one of your rings might benefit you
3509s	quite a bit and then finally we've got
3512s	dust Stone this is a legendary one so
3514s	it's going to be even more powerful than
3515s	the other two I talked about this is
3518s	going to boost when you use hex and Aura
3523s	and afflict other enemies with those so
3525s	each time you do that not only do you
3528s	have a chance to proc that pirano I
3530s	talked about before but you're going to
3532s	increase the damage that you output per
3534s	Affliction so you can kind of get a
3536s	sense
3537s	that the ult gyms are providing you even
3540s	more incentives for you know uh creating
3544s	a certain type of build and you know we
3547s	are just really excited to see what kind
3549s	of combinations y'all come up with uh I
3551s	think uh yeah it's going to be pretty
3554s	exciting so final thing is you know we
3559s	were doing a lot with the trio Whispers
3561s	we've got the witches around them you
3563s	know uh so we thought well we should you
3566s	know take some of the quality of life
3568s	feedback we've heard from players and
3570s	try and address it so the first thing
3572s	we've done is we've updated the town
3575s	around the tree of Whispers uh we added
3577s	some more services to it because we
3579s	expect you to be returning to it a lot
3581s	more this season and uh we've changed
3585s	the layout a little bit to make it a
3586s	little more convenient to navigate and
3589s	move the Waypoint so that it's just
3590s	quicker to get to the tree of Whispers
3592s	to turn in things but sometimes you know
3595s	you're in the middle of a head hunt we
3597s	found and you're getting a lot of grim
3600s	favor but you don't want to leave you
3602s	want to try and go fight the boss that
3604s	you just summoned right so we've also
3607s	implemented what we call the Raven of
3608s	the tree and the Raven of the tree
3610s	appears at every head hunt Zone and that
3613s	allows you to turn in your Grim favor on
3615s	the spot so that you don't have to go
3617s	back to the tree town now you're not
3619s	going to have access to all those other
3620s	services so you know you hit your
3622s	inventory limit you'll probably want to
3624s	go back to town but in the moment
3626s	when you're in a flow you can go to the
3628s	Raven of the tree get your cash and then
3630s	keep fighting and then finally we felt
3634s	like we wanted to expand the rewards a
3636s	little bit more for the Tre of Whispers
3638s	so we've added ancestral caches it's a
3640s	pretty low probability of getting one
3642s	but they're there and these guarantee
3644s	you uh getting an ancestral item from a
3646s	cache so obviously you see this pop up
3649s	uh I have a feeling you're probably
3650s	going to select it so uh yeah I think
3654s	that's all I have to uh talk about out
3657s	for the uh upcoming PTR so I'll kick it
3660s	back over to you Adam awesome thank you
3662s	so much Dan talking about a ton of new
3665s	stuff coming for uh patch 2.1 PTR and of
3668s	course season 7 uh I'm super excited for
3671s	all the tree whisper updates I know a
3673s	lot of people in chat are especially
3674s	with the Raven not having to go back to
3676s	the tree Whispers every single time
3678s	being able to turn in Grim favors right
3679s	there through the Raven on top of that
3681s	also just the rework of the zone so
3683s	everything's a little bit closer you not
3685s	have to walk all the way across to walk
3686s	all the way back to the Waypoint or to
3688s	get to the vendors and everything so
3689s	there's a lot of big changes with that
3691s	um and please do choose the
3695s	ancestral why would you not yeah and I
3698s	think it's important to remember we
3699s	added the ability to favorite way points
3702s	part of season six or of the last uh
3704s	patch that we did so it's super helpful
3706s	with that witch Town yeah most
3708s	definitely and of course I you know
3710s	we've we people have been seeing some of
3712s	the the new uh witchcraft powers and and
3715s	noticing some familiarities of like H
3718s	Diablo lore and I will say we we'll be
3720s	talking more about the story of season 7
3723s	as we get closer to launch so uh players
3725s	can hear more about kind of like the the
3727s	origins of all like what we've been kind
3729s	of talking about here with this story
3731s	with Diablo I so thank you again Dan for
3733s	walking us through all the content
3735s	that's coming with season 7 and of
3737s	course uh last but not least we do want
3738s	to talk about some big quality of life
3740s	changes one really really big one that
3743s	we're really excited to talk about and
3744s	Mr Colin fer will talk and walk us
3746s	through everything yeah thanks Adam so
3749s	um most of these are sort of systemic
3751s	updates so I I'll talk through them
3753s	Paragon migration is more just a
3756s	reminder on how the new Paragon system
3757s	works um all of the Paragon experience
3761s	that you've earned in a season is
3762s	actually at the end of season 6 going to
3765s	be added to your Eternal realm Paragon
3767s	so what that means is uh you know if
3769s	you're Paragon level 230 on a season all
3772s	of that 230 worth of experience is going
3774s	to get added to your Eternal which
3776s	probably is going to level up your
3777s	Eternal Paragon and I mentioned this
3779s	because we added the really cool soul
3782s	soul Soul Stone I kept calling it The
3784s	Vessel of hatred Crystal but it's a soul
3787s	Stone um that really cool Soul Stone
3789s	that you get at Paragon level 300 you
3791s	can actually earn that on Eternal so if
3793s	you're not willing to sort of put in
3794s	hundreds of hours to get that in a
3795s	season you can work your way there on
3797s	the Eternal realm as you sort of cash in
3799s	these Seasons so we think that's going
3800s	to feel pretty good it's going to be
3801s	really nice is you're like playing
3802s	through multiple seasonal characters and
3804s	then eventually you'll end up just
3805s	getting enough P to actually earn those
3807s	rewards at level 300 Paragon so that's
3809s	actually it's not like I have to have it
3812s	in this season or something like that
3814s	you know you probably end up getting in
3815s	in a couple Seasons if you play pretty
3817s	uh pretty extensively and you level up
3818s	your Paragon yeah definitely um the
3821s	second one here is now we are
3824s	essentially tying the unique power so if
3826s	you think about like the fists of Fate
3827s	that random damage rule from one to 200
3831s	um that's going to be tied the floor is
3833s	going to be tied to the amount of
3834s	Greater axes that are on that items if
3836s	you have one greater AIX the floor is
3838s	going to go up a little bit from the the
3840s	1% um when you get four greater aices
3842s	it's going to go up quite a bit it's not
3844s	exactly perfect because we wanted to
3846s	maintain the sort of specialness of a
3848s	4ga with a perfect unique rule um we've
3850s	seen some of those on on Reddit and I
3852s	think it's always uh such a cool moment
3854s	to to sort of see those drop but it's
3856s	going to be a substantial increase to
3858s	the power of the floor so it's it's
3859s	going to be um nearly impossible to get
3861s	a 4ga with a really crappy uh unique
3864s	power roll yeah it's always great great
3866s	getting a 4ga and then like 1% yeah yeah
3870s	that always just feels bad you never
3872s	want to be comparing like oh I got a 4ga
3874s	well my one ga1 is maybe better because
3876s	it has a better unique role that wasn't
3878s	a moment we felt was really enticing so
3880s	we wanted to make sure that the more G
3882s	you get just the better the item is uh
3885s	comprehensively just better yeah
3887s	absolutely so that should help quite a
3888s	bit um and then uh I'm going to talk
3891s	about one thing previously on that which
3893s	is um ancestral legendaries they are now
3897s	going to when an ancestral item drops
3899s	it's going to drop the top end of the
3900s	legendary aspect role so if you think in
3903s	season six we added five more ranks to
3905s	compensate ancestral being added uh rank
3908s	21 is usually where they end up Landing
3910s	now ancestral items when they drop
3911s	they're going to be at the top end of
3913s	that so you should always be pretty
3914s	excited when an ancestral drops cuz it's
3916s	always the best uh sort of top end ranks
3918s	of that Legendary Power that could drop
3921s	we we saw lots of conspiracy theories on
3923s	Reddit of people going like hey I I
3925s	think like uh my codex of power is not
3928s	getting up updated correctly or
3930s	something like that and we totally
3931s	understand like there was a lot of
3932s	confusion behind it we admit that on our
3934s	end and uh this just makes it easier and
3936s	better for players and being able to
3938s	grab it it's not calling behind the
3940s	scenes on a computer like it was
3942s	actually was he was literally just like
3944s	making sure you got the lowest aspect
3946s	roles or anything like that but
3949s	harder so uh that that most definitely
3952s	will address a lot of the confusion
3954s	there as well as just make it better for
3956s	players overall yeah definitely and then
3959s	the second Point here is we've uh pretty
3960s	substantially increased the ancestral
3962s	drop rate across the the board um
3964s	they're not going to be raining from the
3965s	sky but it's definitely incre a pretty
3967s	substantial increase that uh we think
3969s	it's just going to level up all the
3970s	different activities in the game and
3971s	that should just feel a lot better uh we
3973s	don't want to go too far where they're
3975s	no longer special but we thought that we
3977s	were a little bit uh a little bit too
3978s	conservative on our first swing and this
3980s	will affect all torment tiers right not
3982s	just tier torment four yep exactly so
3984s	all torment tiers are to get this
3986s	increase
3987s	great and then the next
3990s	one uh so we saw that gems were dropping
3993s	a little too frequently uh constantly
3996s	getting stuck on the ground and players
3997s	were capped on them so we are doing a
3998s	pass to reduce them overall but to
4001s	compensate we're actually adding a snc
4003s	for them so you're going to be able to
4004s	take gem fragments and craft uh random
4006s	legendary amulets and random legendary
4008s	Rings those all obviously have a chance
4010s	to be ancestral once you get into the
4012s	torments so it's a really nice way for
4014s	us to sort of uh make sure that you're
4016s	never hitting a point where you just
4018s	have so many gem fragments they're
4019s	they're worthless right awesome
4021s	yeah um and then the next one I think is
4023s	going to be uh I'm I'm super excited
4026s	about and that's class Quest updates um
4029s	they're going to work similar to alars
4031s	of Lilith right do you have more details
4033s	on that yeah so uh class Quest so most
4036s	classes or every class has this um you
4038s	know special mechanic so like uh on
4040s	Sorceress you've got your enchantment
4041s	slots and in the past when you hit Level
4044s	15 you'd get a quest where you had to to
4046s	go and and help out a mage to find a
4048s	lost home um so for players who have
4051s	already completed that you are going to
4053s	uh if you you do need to log into that
4055s	character first uh to kind of unlock it
4057s	across your account but once you've done
4059s	that any subsequent sorceress that you
4061s	make once you hit Level 15 you're going
4063s	to immediately unlock that first
4065s	enchantment slot and then once you hit
4066s	Level 30 you'll unlock the second one
4069s	now for every class the exact level is
4071s	going to be different it depends on when
4072s	that would normally unlock but you won't
4074s	have to go through the whole quest line
4076s	do so but for those of you who really
4077s	enjoyed doing those quests there will be
4079s	a pretty juicy reward if you do choose
4081s	to do it but you're going to get that
4082s	mechanic right off the bat that's
4084s	awesome and you could still just log
4086s	into your seasonal character and do it
4087s	to unlock the class mechanic not we
4089s	don't require you to log into your
4090s	Eternal character right to get
4093s	those cool so I think that's going to be
4095s	awesome I always like check the time
4097s	like oh I'm level 40 I should probably
4099s	go to my class Quest I have definitely
4101s	forgotten to unlock my Golem on my
4103s	necromancers for a little longer than
4105s	than I would like to admit well uh
4107s	production spoiled it our as they raise
4111s	their hands up in the air but the next
4112s	update is obviously a big one uh which
4115s	is finally we don't have to say this is
4117s	in development still because Armory is
4120s	coming with uh season 7 patch 2.1 um so
4124s	Colin want to go through it all
4125s	absolutely yeah this one was a really
4127s	Niche request we had to dive super deep
4129s	into the forum so that one guy who asked
4131s	for this this is for you um I'm just
4133s	kidding this has been a super hot
4135s	requested feature we're excited to bring
4137s	it to everybody so um everybody's going
4140s	to get this update Armory is going to
4141s	allow you to save builds it's going to
4143s	save all your equipment all of your
4145s	skills all of your Paragon all your
4147s	Paragon glyphs can even name it um and
4150s	what this really allows you to do is be
4151s	a lot more flexible in the end game
4153s	right so if you're really liking your
4155s	Fireball build but you got this really
4156s	sweet uh ball lightning unique uh now
4159s	it's really easy to just save off that
4161s	fireball build if you ever want to come
4162s	back to it um and you can start building
4164s	out that ball lightning um build so
4166s	we're really excited about this we're
4167s	not going to charge you for respecing or
4169s	anything like that so you save it it's
4171s	yours um it's even come with some cool
4174s	quality of life things where uh we
4176s	actually Mark all of the equipment
4177s	that's actually part of an Armory slot
4179s	um and that's really important to know
4181s	because we're just saving the equipment
4183s	right so you'll want to know if you're
4184s	going to modify this item that it would
4186s	affect any of the loadouts that are
4187s	currently using this item yeah if you if
4189s	you take a legendary and say change the
4191s	imprinted aspect on it you know it it's
4193s	still part of that build so it might not
4194s	be the right one so you do probably want
4197s	to get you know multiple sets of gear if
4198s	you want to be building this up but it's
4199s	so much easier to swap between them so
4201s	much easier to explore all the the new
4203s	build possibilities that that we
4204s	introduce every season with the new
4206s	items and and updates absolutely and
4208s	it's in all the main towns it's even in
4210s	the training rooms which is very nice um
4213s	and it's important to note that we will
4214s	swap it from anywhere so if the
4216s	equipment is in your stash or if it's in
4218s	your inventory you don't have to worry
4219s	about it we'll just swap it out for you
4221s	yeah it'll just all it's automatically
4224s	does it which is really nice
4226s	it makes it as easy as possible for
4228s	players to be able to really utilize the
4230s	future which I think is great cool so
4232s	yeah we're super excited um we're really
4234s	leaning into the flexibility that's why
4236s	we've just removed a lot of the the cost
4238s	to to switch around and we think this
4240s	should open up you know if you're
4241s	playing a druid you don't have to go
4242s	make another Druid or go through 300
4244s	clicks to change out your Paragon so
4246s	yeah and I think one thing I I do want
4248s	to notice because this will be in PTR we
4250s	really need people to actually test it
4251s	there a brand new feature there's a lot
4253s	of complexities behind it obviously it's
4254s	pulling things from your St pulling
4256s	things from other inventories Etc so
4258s	want to make sure that uh players
4260s	actually do get an opportunity to
4262s	actually test it during PTR give us
4264s	feedback it's something that we're going
4265s	to continuously iterate one thing I do
4267s	want to call out is in PTR it won't have
4269s	controller support it will have
4270s	controller support when we do launch it
4272s	with uh patch 2.1 the the final patch
4275s	itself but for the PTR it won't actually
4278s	be uh there won't be controller support
4279s	on it so I just want to caveat that now
4282s	for players that are actually going to
4283s	that do play on controller to to note
4285s	that it won't be there for that
4286s	specifically so um tons of changes
4290s	coming for for season 7 obviously all
4293s	the class changes the ultimate changes
4294s	that that uh Charles talked about uh the
4297s	balance and and and items are related to
4299s	that new Rune words uh rework run wordss
4302s	as well um we have of course all the
4304s	season s stuff that Dan talked about
4306s	with the Witchcraft Powers uh and of
4308s	course our new gems the oult gems so we
4310s	want players to actually jump in and try
4311s	those out and with all the the quality
4313s	of life fixes that we do have so um I
4316s	know we do want to jump into Q&A before
4319s	uh we we uh uh oh PTR I forgot sorry I
4324s	forgot about PTR updates I can't even
4326s	follow my own agenda that's like sitting
4328s	here on a piece of paper Adam uh but uh
4330s	we do actually do have some PTR updates
4332s	really quickly that I do want to talk
4334s	about because um as you guys remember uh
4337s	the with 2. uh the prior uh ptrs we did
4341s	character copies before or account
4343s	copies from your main uh accounts things
4345s	are going to be a little different for
4346s	patch 2.1 this is way better for players
4349s	if you guys remember back with uh even
4351s	the the patch 2.0 PTR we actually did an
4355s	account copy and it was like weeks and
4356s	weeks in advance and people are like
4358s	whoa this like my Barb from like you
4360s	know it feels like yester year or
4362s	something like that uh now we are giving
4364s	the flexibility of players being able to
4366s	account copy uh on demand essentially
4369s	for PTR so with patch 2.1 PTR there will
4373s	be a kind of a new button on the UI
4375s	where you will be able to actually uh
4377s	account copy over to your PTR account so
4380s	it'll take all your characters from your
4382s	your your normal account and move them
4384s	over there are a few caveats we do want
4386s	to mention though is that it does
4388s	replace everything once you do that and
4390s	you can do it multiple times so but each
4392s	time you do that it does replace it all
4394s	so if you do bounce between you know PTR
4397s	and like the your main account on on the
4400s	normal game servers uh just and let's
4402s	say you get new gear you can move those
4404s	things over just note it's going to wipe
4405s	out everything on your ptrr when you do
4407s	do that if you also utilize the let's
4410s	say you don't actually utilize the uh
4412s	the the account copy over and you
4414s	actually use the account boosts or the
4416s	the character boost that we actually
4418s	have within PTR just note that if you do
4420s	account copy over afterwards it will
4423s	also replace those so just just be
4425s	careful with that we'll we'll make sure
4427s	to note that all in the blog so players
4429s	are aware uh but it is just a caveat
4431s	that we do want to mention for players
4433s	but it does allow for way more
4434s	flexibility being able to carry that
4436s	stuff over
4439s	definitely there we go uh but new
4442s	additions for the the Boost and that we
4444s	have for PTR obviously we'll end up
4446s	having the new unique items within uh
4449s	the character boost that will be
4450s	available uh in season 7 PTR we'll have
4453s	you know witchcraft pow as the the
4454s	Witchcraft progression items uh that we
4456s	had talked about earlier as well so
4458s	those will be all part of the PTR boost
4460s	so it gives you guys the tools of being
4462s	able to test everything and getting us
4464s	feedback uh for anything that you guys
4466s	want to change uh before uh the season 7
4469s	uh and Patch 2.1 actually kicks
4471s	off cool now we can go if you in it uh I
4476s	do want to uh call out quickly just a
4478s	reminder that we will have a Blog up
4480s	immediately after the stream for uh PTR
4483s	patch notes will be next Wednesday again
4485s	this is due to us streaming a little
4487s	early for the holidays just to make sure
4489s	that everyone was here to do a stream uh
4491s	for PTR and then PTR is planning on
4493s	starting on December 3rd so players will
4496s	be able to jump into PTR then of course
4498s	it is just PC battl net just easier for
4500s	us and more flexibility for us to be
4502s	able to do updates and everything from
4503s	our end uh for PTR but uh I know we have
4507s	a question teed up so if you have
4508s	questions please put them in chat and we
4511s	will uh get those you know we'll try to
4514s	address as many as possible for the end
4515s	of the stream I have to like reach over
4517s	there's like a plant here that no one
4519s	can see but uh will all the PTR content
4521s	be available on day one is the is a
4525s	question that we probably um we we've
4527s	heard when we announce a PTR stream and
4530s	we know that players are probably going
4531s	to ask just because with the past PTR U
4535s	you know we had out yeah we did split it
4537s	out um we will say that all the PTR
4539s	content will be available day one so
4541s	players can jump in uh and actually uh
4544s	check out everything related to uh patch
4546s	2.1 immediately with day one uh whenever
4550s	they need to so shouldn't be a problem
4552s	um jumping into some questions um small
4555s	petting zoo I know small petting zoo
4557s	they're they're a person that plays a
4559s	lot of of companion Dr I would imagine
4561s	based on the so they're asking uh will
4564s	there be fixes to storm and werewolf
4566s	tags given to Druid wolves uh by the uh
4569s	item Storm's companion um they have
4571s	never functioned would more than double
4573s	the damage of the build Yes actually uh
4575s	as part of that comprehensive update
4577s	that I mentioned to summons across the
4578s	game uh I did take path to to look at at
4581s	specifically updating how the Wolves
4583s	interact with Storm's companion and now
4585s	now uh whenever they're imbued with a
4587s	lightning from storms companion they do
4589s	count as Lightning skills and because
4591s	the you know not to get too technical
4593s	but because the way the damage is
4595s	calculated and and and um attributed uh
4597s	it should also work with all the things
4599s	that say Hey when you deal lightning
4601s	damage do something special your your
4603s	lightning wolves are going to be be
4605s	triggering and interacting with all
4606s	those effects it should be it should
4608s	work in every way that that you're
4610s	expecting to going forward awesome
4612s	shocky
4614s	pets uh question from narrator dog how
4617s	does this fit into how does like the
4619s	season 7 stuff fit into lore uh because
4622s	during vessel of hatred and the tree
4624s	seem to be on good terms Dan I don't
4626s	know if you want to answer this or or if
4628s	you want me to answer it uh up to you um
4632s	yeah so I'll say first off we're not
4634s	going to get too deep of an answer uh
4636s	we're going to reveal more uh about the
4639s	story uh as uh we get closer to the
4642s	release of season 7 uh that said uh we
4645s	are really looking at trying to build
4649s	upon the events of vessel of hatred uh
4652s	with every season moving forward and so
4655s	um you'll start seeing changes in the
4657s	world as we do that and I'll leave it at
4660s	that cool you'll hear more soon again we
4663s	we plan on doing a uh more grandiose
4666s	reveal of season 7 content in the story
4670s	as we get closer to the release so uh
4672s	you'll hear more about um kind of like
4675s	the backstory of everything and how the
4677s	tree of Whispers plays into everything
4679s	as well um question from uh toothless 81
4683s	is there going to be a rework or cost
4685s	reduction to masterworking uh Veil
4688s	crystals have become a huge roadblock
4689s	we're trying to uh gear multiple
4692s	alts yeah I think um we are always
4695s	keeping our eye on the economy we did a
4697s	big pass uh if you remember we did a
4699s	stream last week that was talking about
4700s	tightening up the economy um so we do
4703s	intend on taking a look at generally how
4706s	things are playing out um I think alt is
4708s	something that we need to definitely be
4710s	taking a look at we do want to encourage
4712s	alt gameplay um those was part of the
4713s	big Paragon changes so um that sort of
4716s	feedback is super valuable it's really
4717s	good to know that veiled crystals are
4719s	that alt Blocker we want to make sure
4720s	that alts are something that players are
4722s	really excited about if that's something
4724s	that they want to pursue so appreciate
4727s	that um question related to um like
4731s	stacking items this is from U Maran
4735s	gaming uh any plans on the amount that
4737s	you can stack like items potions like uh
4741s	like potions keys and runes wow I can't
4743s	read um any any updates or are we
4745s	looking at any of that type of thing we
4747s	definitely are looking at it uh we don't
4749s	have anything to share but it's top of
4751s	mind um I know that boss materials for
4753s	example are at 50 um there are some
4755s	technical reasons why we have it like
4756s	that but it's something we are actively
4758s	looking at um
4762s	draconia mentions uh do you know of XP
4765s	Wells are getting fixed and uh do you
4767s	know if there's a opportunity for maybe
4770s	pets uh collecting loot a little bit
4772s	faster or anything on the screen for for
4774s	players I I know that XP well definitely
4777s	has been reported and it's something
4778s	we're looking into so we know about it
4780s	we're looking at it um this is part of
4783s	the PTR is to find a lot more of these
4785s	types of problems so we will look at it
4787s	um as far as the pets uh no plans at the
4789s	moment I know we've done a big pass on a
4791s	lot of things to essentially make sure
4794s	that like when uh rare item drops and
4796s	torment it's just going to get Auto
4797s	Salvage so we do try and essentially
4799s	make a lot more of the loot uh just Auto
4801s	pick up a
4802s	bow um question from mag's PVE will
4807s	Druid ever see some love for Ravens uh
4810s	would be awesome to have a maybe a
4812s	different companion outside of like the
4814s	wolves and everything that they have
4816s	right now or the the uh The Vines and
4818s	stuff wait is there any plans for maybe
4821s	uh adjustments to Ravens in the future
4823s	yeah absolutely the Ravens uh you know
4825s	one of the the three companions compared
4827s	to the Wolves and the vine creeper which
4830s	I I think are are often a bit more of
4832s	the the Marquee ones in the companion
4833s	builds at least as they currently are uh
4835s	that's something we're definitely aware
4836s	of and and going forward you know when
4839s	we look to make new new effects for for
4841s	these companion builds um I think Ravens
4844s	might be uh you know maybe the next one
4845s	we start looking at but nothing I can
4847s	commit to firmly at this point um but
4850s	it's definitely something that we have
4852s	noticed and uh yeah it's something we'll
4854s	we'll keep in mind appreciate that part
4856s	of that summoning tag update was really
4857s	to sort of give us more tools to do
4859s	things like improve the Raven experience
4861s	or the call the Ancients experience yeah
4864s	yeah I think that summon update is is
4866s	going to be really huge for companion
4868s	Druids and and every other build that
4869s	uses these um and we'll definitely you
4872s	know look at it under that new lens um
4875s	uh after this update and and see where
4877s	we can make further improvements uh
4879s	we'll do one last question but this is
4880s	like a two-parter questions from two
4881s	different people one's from uh Teo
4883s	Diablo 4 the other one's from deall 22
4887s	and they're both related to Armory um
4889s	will items in the Armory be locked from
4891s	accidentally selling them uh and
4894s	separately will saved items for Armory
4896s	builds have like maybe an icon or
4898s	something associated to them to kind of
4899s	like call them out that they are part of
4901s	a saved build yes so when you do save a
4904s	load out we favored all of those items
4906s	so just automatically that happens no no
4910s	mistaken like oh crap you'd have to
4913s	unfavored it then sell it uh and then
4915s	that at that point it's like well it's
4917s	sort of on you um and then the second
4919s	part is yes there is a little icon that
4921s	does indicate that hey this is part of
4923s	an Armory cool so yeah you know that
4925s	like hey this is part of a build don't
4927s	don't mess with it don't accidentally
4929s	unfavored it or anything like that which
4931s	is uh good to know so um cool well we
4935s	again thank you guys for for uh uh
4937s	tuning in for our patch 2.1 PTR stream I
4941s	know there's a lot of uh news coming
4944s	down the line for Diablo 4 as we get
4946s	closer to uh 2.1 uh but we do have a
4949s	Blog that will be going live this
4951s	afternoon probably right after this
4952s	stream and again our patch notes the
4954s	full patch notes for this PTR will be
4956s	next Wednesday so it's a little bit of a
4959s	delay mainly due to the holidays and us
4961s	doing the stream a little bit early
4963s	normally we have the patch notes
4964s	immediately after the stream uh so
4965s	there's going to be way more content
4967s	beyond what we just talked about here in
4969s	those patch notes for people to actually
4971s	check out and of course patch 2.1 PTR is
4974s	launching on December 3rd uh for PC
4976s	battl net users so really looking
4978s	forward to people jumping in trying
4980s	everything that we talked about today
4981s	including the new features including the
4983s	Armory including all the season 7 stuff
4985s	with witchcraft powers and Ault gems
4987s	that we we actually heard um from uh Dan
4990s	as well so huge thanks to Dan out in
4992s	Albany and of course uh thank you Colin
4995s	thank you Charles for uh talking us uh
4998s	through all the content that's going to
4999s	be coming with patch 2.1 PTR uh and yeah
5003s	we'll we'll see you guys uh probably
5005s	after the holidays but we'll see you in
5007s	the PTR for sure and we'll check you
5011s	guys out in aontu see you guys thanks
5013s	thanks
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Diablo IV | 2.1 PTR Campfire Chat | November 2024

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