[2023] Diablo IV Developer Update Live Stream - May 2023 | Diablo III Dev Tracker

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1348s	oh
1355s	in the Eternal conflict between the High
1357s	Heavens and the burning Hells Diablo 4
1359s	offers you more Choice than ever before
1361s	player choice is infused into everything
1363s	from how you look the skills you use the
1366s	loot you equip your path through the
1368s	non-linear story so how and when you
1371s	choose to explore the shared open world
1372s	we want players to play their own way
1375s	and have their own choice of how they're
1377s	going to build their character between
1378s	all of our different systems you can
1380s	really create a custom character in ways
1383s	that was not available in previous
1384s	Diablo titles
1388s	when you log into Diablo 4 the first
1390s	thing you're gonna have to do is create
1392s	your character and those familiar with
1393s	Diablo are going to be very familiar
1395s	with the screen with all the classes
1397s	sitting around the campfire on Diablo 4
1399s	we got five classes the Barbarian is
1402s	your fantasy of a fierce Warrior or
1404s	fighter The Barbarians the weapon master
1406s	of Diablo for being able to pick up any
1409s	weapon jump into The Fray and do really
1412s	badass stuff with it they're very strong
1415s	they're very physical they can take
1416s	different weapons for different
1417s	situations and use them to their maximum
1420s	effect the source order is really your
1421s	Elemental Mage you have fire ice
1423s	lightning you can either focus on one or
1425s	you can kind of be a jack of all trades
1427s	Mage and use abilities from all three
1429s	they're a little more fragile than other
1431s	classes tend to be more ranged the Rogue
1433s	unlike the Barbarian they are a little
1435s	bit more clever they're very fast they
1437s	have the ability to imbue their weapons
1438s	with different Elemental energies and
1440s	they can modify them to do different
1441s	things the Rogue has two different types
1444s	of play style
1445s	ranged
1448s	like in your face daggers poisons you
1452s	can leave the enemies into traps that
1453s	have huge effects more stealthy type
1455s	gameplay
1456s	the Druid is really the shape-shifter
1458s	when you cast certain skills you change
1460s	your form what you look like and what
1462s	you can do they can turn into where
1464s	Bears or werewolves if I cast a werewolf
1467s	skill I turn into a werewolf and I do
1468s	werewolf things by cast like polar ice
1471s	for example which is a werebearer skill
1472s	I turn to wear bear I slam the ground
1474s	really hard fits the fantasy it's pretty
1476s	cool they can also become masters of
1478s	nature magic with Earth and storm magic
1481s	last but not least we got the
1482s	Necromancer they raise armies of the
1484s	Dead they have different types of
1486s	minions you've got your skeletal
1487s	Warriors your skeletal Mages and then
1489s	your Golem you have blood magic or bone
1492s	magic that also take advantage of and
1495s	Tackle combat that way if you've played
1497s	a previous Diablo game and you enjoyed a
1499s	certain playstyle you can actually bring
1501s	that into Diablo 4 or just try something
1503s	completely new or no matter which class
1505s	you play there's going to be multiple
1507s	different Avenues and Fantasies that you
1509s	can chase
1512s	you can customize your character in ways
1514s	you've never been able to before with
1516s	near endless character creation and
1518s	transmog options in previous Diablo
1520s	games you had to be attached to certain
1522s	archetypes and look a certain way and in
1524s	Diablo 4 it's really up to you how you
1526s	want your character to look you'll be be
1527s	able to choose from different facial
1529s	structures from people all over the
1531s	world no matter where you are you'll be
1533s	able to say hey I can actually make
1534s	someone that looks like me or looks like
1536s	someone from my part of the world which
1538s	we're really proud of you can pick a
1540s	hairstyle for your character and every
1542s	class actually has a specific hairstyle
1544s	that no other class can use you can pick
1547s	your eye color we have some really fun
1549s	ones we have eye glowing we have a
1551s	bloodshot type I and then you can
1553s	actually pick a marking which is a
1555s	tattoo or design that covers your entire
1557s	character and there are dozens of those
1559s	transmog is the idea that you can take a
1562s	piece of gear and change the appearance
1564s	of it to look like a different piece of
1566s	gear as far as Aesthetics the sky is the
1568s	limit however you can think of making
1569s	your character you can make it that way
1572s	everyone but he's going to look
1573s	completely different in Diablo 4.
1578s	one of our pillars for class design idea
1580s	before is this idea that we want players
1581s	to play the way that they want to when
1583s	you first start the game we introduce
1585s	you to the idea of the skill tree as you
1586s	level up you get access to these
1588s	different skills or passives or upgrades
1590s	to make your character more powerful
1592s	each category has a few different skills
1595s	that are all similar they're either all
1597s	defensive or all offensive all ice or
1601s	all fire you can either focus on a very
1603s	specific section or you can pick and
1605s	choose the first skill point when you
1607s	unlock a new skill is going to give you
1608s	access to that skill after that you can
1610s	put additional points into any skill
1612s	that you have and it's going to make it
1613s	better whether it increases the radius
1615s	or adds some new effect or reduces the
1618s	cooldown through some special way you
1620s	can actually Branch out in a very
1622s	different direction even if two
1623s	characters actually started at the same
1625s	place the perryon board is a late game
1628s	system that once you've completely
1630s	filled out your skill tree you think you
1631s	have a build it will really let you
1633s	delve into the theory crafting and the
1635s	depth of Diablo 4 skill system and these
1638s	boards they can move through them
1639s	spending their Paragon points and they
1641s	have nodes that give them very basic
1643s	stats like intellect or dexterity we
1645s	also have more powerful nodes we have
1646s	rare nodes that have different effects
1648s	where they can totally modify a skill to
1650s	do something additional or different or
1652s	they can even make new connections
1653s	between skills so that players can have
1655s	new ways to play their character
1656s	legendary notes are equivalent to
1658s	Legendary powers where they have more
1660s	powerful effects that can change the
1662s	builds and ways that characters play
1665s	winning this
1668s	wall when I hit this node I'm going to
1670s	apply this board and I'm going to start
1671s	from this side and really just get into
1673s	a super complex very specific build for
1676s	your character
1679s	legendary items are really rare and
1682s	Powerful items that you're going to find
1683s	As You Adventure through the world of
1685s	sanctuary we have quite a few different
1686s	categories of legendaries and how they
1688s	do that some of them will actually
1689s	change your skill or enhance it in some
1691s	way Frozen orb for example it might say
1693s	hey every single time you you use your
1695s	Frozen orb it applies a new effect and
1697s	then I can actually take advantage of
1699s	that new effect that it has even if item
1701s	itself is maybe not as good as the one
1703s	you have you can still extract That
1705s	Power from it take advantage of it and
1707s	use it for your build one thing that our
1709s	players can look forward to is that a
1710s	lot of our classic really rare and most
1712s	powerful items from previous titles are
1714s	going to be returning as uniques in
1715s	Diablo 4. unique very similar to
1718s	legendary
1720s	ninja means if that ability is actually
1722s	on a chess piece it's always going to be
1724s	on that chest piece because it's more
1726s	powerful than a regular legendary effect
1728s	crafting is a big part of Diablo 4. we
1731s	have all kinds of different ways that
1733s	you could upgrade and interact with NPCs
1735s	to make your gear better you can
1736s	increase the item level or power of your
1739s	gear so you can actually get a piece of
1740s	gear and just make it stronger you can
1741s	also add sockets to your gear so that
1743s	you can put gems inside of it there are
1745s	a lot of different ways that players
1747s	will be able to customize their
1748s	experience in Diablo 4. every single
1750s	player is going to have a different
1752s	experience and a different build at the
1754s	end of the day because we have all of
1755s	these different ways to make your own
1757s	character there's a lot more possibility
1760s	compared to previous titles of how you
1762s	want to play how you want to build your
1763s	character we really are doubling down on
1765s	this idea that you can look the way you
1767s	want you can play the way you want you
1768s	can really make your own fantasy in this
1769s	game hello welcomes all and so does
1772s	Diablo 4. in the coming weeks we'll be
1774s	sharing even more about how to play your
1777s	way our launch on June 6 is getting
1779s	closer closer still if you've got Early
1781s	Access and we can't wait to see you in
1783s	sanctuary hail Lilith Blessed Mother
1789s	thank you
1805s	foreign
1818s	my name is Adam Fletcher I'm the
1820s	community lead for Diablo and we are
1822s	here for the next Diablo 4 developer
1824s	update live stream and I'm joined by
1825s	this wonderful panel of people let's go
1828s	overstating it but I'm overstating it
1829s	but yeah
1830s	um Rod Ferguson general manager of all
1832s	things Diablo uh Joseph pipora I'm the
1834s	associate game director for uh double
1836s	four Kevin Clark director of product for
1840s	awesome well we have a really packed
1842s	show today and there's a lot of stuff
1844s	obviously uh going on with Diablo lately
1847s	I mean really not sure if you've got
1848s	nothing going on I thought you did you
1849s	just get back from vacation I
1851s	I no you didn't did I I actually I was
1853s	like I was in Chicago like a couple
1854s	weeks ago we just lost all track of time
1857s	uh but we you know we're only what 22 22
1861s	days three two two weeks three weeks I
1863s	think I've lost over the launch three
1865s	weeks till early access 22 days 22 days
1868s	oh look we have a wonderful account a
1870s	few days four hours 15 minutes 43
1872s	seconds exactly until uh the uh Early
1874s	Access actually starts so if you
1876s	actually uh uh have Early Access with a
1879s	deluxe version or ultimate version of
1881s	Diablo 4 you'll be able to play here in
1883s	a little over three weeks which is
1885s	pretty insane to think about it's wild
1888s	to imagine having worked in this game
1889s	for such a long time and then finally be
1891s	able to be like we're three weeks away
1892s	you know it's like every it feels like
1894s	over two months away or three months it
1895s	constantly it's just like oh my God I
1897s	can't believe it's finally here it's
1898s	almost time to put Diablo 4. but you
1900s	know what we could do before launch to
1902s	play Diablo 4.
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1918s	this is live by the way
1921s	uh so yeah we actually do have our
1923s	Diablo 4 server slam starts on May 12th
1925s	uh it goes through the 14th it's another
1928s	opportunity to play Diablo 4 before the
1930s	launch of the game which is great and it
1932s	helps us a ton so uh make sure to jump
1935s	in this weekend there's a lot to do you
1938s	can actually start the early download
1940s	here after this stream at noon today so
1944s	we'll actually have a early download
1946s	available and players can download on
1949s	Battlenet on Xbox and Playstation if you
1951s	already have the beta client uh the beta
1954s	client from the prior betas that we had
1956s	beforehand those will actually just
1957s	start auto updating and if you got rid
1960s	of them or if you want to jump in for
1961s	service land for the first time ever you
1963s	will have the ability to do so uh by
1966s	downloading at noon but it is a fresh
1968s	start so even if you have the beta
1970s	client from last time and it updates all
1973s	new characters you're starting from
1974s	level one
1976s	um and there's like a bunch of different
1977s	changes right Joe in terms of how we
1979s	think about server slam versus the
1980s	previous speed is yeah that's right so
1982s	we made a number of changes and we
1984s	talked about a few of these in our last
1985s	live stream but uh we've gone ahead and
1986s	made some adjustments to the way that
1988s	dungeon objectives are laid out I would
1989s	change some of the other dungeon flows
1991s	as you're going through the uh the maps
1992s	we have a lot more smiley faces and
1993s	fewer family faces as you progressing
1995s	through uh we've done some balance
1997s	updates for classes to kind of like uh
1999s	adjust based on like data we saw as
2000s	we're looking at like how players were
2002s	actually playing and like kind of
2003s	reviewing how things were actually
2004s	working in the live game uh which is
2006s	really exciting we made some adjustments
2007s	like the drop rates now they're more
2009s	reflective of the actual base game
2011s	experience when we're launching uh in
2013s	the in the near future so during the the
2015s	last beta we have like an accelerated
2016s	drop rate for legendary items now you're
2018s	going to get a sense of like what's
2019s	going to really feel like in those early
2020s	levels of Diablo 4 I was trying to like
2023s	you know fight and try to find those
2024s	legendary items right so actually server
2026s	slam will actually prove to be a little
2027s	bit more challenging because uh the
2029s	level cap is lower it's not 25 it's 20.
2032s	so you Max at 22 essentially five less
2034s	skill points to play with and
2036s	legendaries aren't going to be raining
2037s	from the sky the way they were during
2039s	the beta so you know we have this notion
2042s	gained level 20 to get your wolf pack
2044s	but and also to try to take on a Shava
2046s	but like Shava is going to be more
2048s	challenging than last time because of
2049s	that five less skill points and not as
2051s	many legendaries so that's gonna be
2053s	really interesting to see if people can
2054s	get to level 20 and beat ashava so that
2057s	that's but it's a more accurate
2059s	representation it's sort of like people
2060s	talked about how does it actually feel
2062s	to go from 1 to 20 and this is actually
2064s	you know essentially the path we're
2066s	pretty close to what we're shipping with
2068s	at launch even the new font we didn't
2070s	talk about the new font but that's true
2071s	yeah we definitely have also updated the
2074s	font so there's there's a lot what we're
2076s	really trying to say is there's a lot to
2077s	look forward to as far as server slam
2079s	and importantly please come check it out
2081s	really is going to help us for for
2082s	launch to make sure that we get as many
2083s	players as we can stressing out the
2085s	servers and making sure that we have uh
2086s	we have accurately estimated everything
2088s	so we're in a really great spot so Kagan
2090s	what do you what class are you playing
2091s	in Slam I
2093s	um only ever play Rogue
2096s	but they play Rogue I really like high
2098s	Mobility classes so like you know I want
2100s	to zip around right Rogue is that yeah
2104s	so yeah I uh I got my uh my druid up to
2107s	25 last time and I got a barbarian of 25
2109s	last time I'm looking forward to Jumping
2111s	I think into a necro this time oh and I
2112s	got my sorceress up to 25 last time as
2114s	well but necro this sign I wanted 805 I
2116s	didn't have time to get all five this
2117s	time but this round I want to try to get
2119s	my uh my my neck grow up and Adam oh I
2123s	don't know I I'd probably say
2125s	Necromancer this time yeah I did Druid
2127s	and Rogue last time uh and you know I
2130s	haven't played Necromancer since way
2133s	back when so I'm just like okay yes we
2135s	are sorry we we have played the game
2138s	before other people
2140s	you have access to Diablo four were
2142s	amazing yeah uh but yeah probably
2144s	Necromancer this thing I'm gonna go I
2146s	think I'm gonna go Druid just because
2147s	like I'm gonna necro so hard in the main
2150s	game that I didn't want to like I want
2152s	to save that so I'm gonna I'm gonna go
2154s	Drew it in the Slime I think say necro
2156s	is a verb it sounds like you're talking
2157s	like a thread one somewhere that's how
2159s	you necro yeah that's true
2161s	corpse explosion uh we hear Rod talk
2164s	about necromancer
2166s	all the time here it's not my fault that
2168s	it's the best class I didn't design the
2169s	game you did all the time the my fault
2171s	the necro is the best class listen
2173s	listen Barbarian launch
2176s	okay no like all the classes are super
2179s	fun they all have like interesting and
2180s	different overpowered mechanics that's
2181s	that's just the way we want to kind of
2183s	gold out class generation for Diablo for
2185s	yeah so uh and just a reminder like I
2188s	said beforehand uh because we we have
2190s	service land this weekend and then we're
2192s	a little over three weeks from uh Early
2195s	Access uh the deluxe and ultimate
2197s	versions are available for pre-order for
2200s	uh those uh to get Early Access for the
2203s	four days or four to maybe five days a
2206s	little bit early like depending on where
2208s	you live well I mean it's still four
2210s	days
2212s	I mean it's like ish if you get in a
2215s	plane though
2216s	exactly you might get an extra couple
2218s	thank you
2220s	anyways we do have a QR code up here so
2223s	you guys can actually go straight to the
2224s	to the battle in that shop and you know
2226s	actually show you all the different
2227s	versions one of the questions we got
2228s	around that is like because we have
2230s	cross play and cross progression you
2232s	know obviously you can play in console
2233s	you can play on PC you can play with
2235s	others on Console or PC and your
2237s	progress carries over no matter where
2239s	you are but that's also true for things
2240s	like the rewards and the incentives so
2241s	as an example if you were to play server
2243s	slam on Xbox as an example or a
2246s	PlayStation and you earn the rewards for
2249s	the beta wolf pack or the The Cry of
2252s	ashava like that stuff will carry over
2254s	when you switch the platform same thing
2256s	for the stuff when you buy the ultimate
2258s	edition that stuff will carry over to
2259s	other platforms and so you know when
2261s	people like oh I want to buy two
2262s	versions I'm going to buy the console
2264s	version and a PC version you can buy the
2265s	ultimate in one and the basic and
2267s	another and share those rewards yeah the
2269s	only the only caveat though is that uh
2271s	Early Access from the ultimate version
2273s	or the deluxe version stays on the
2275s	platform that you actually purchase yeah
2276s	so so if you are wanting to play Early
2279s	Access on PC make sure to get the PC
2281s	version like a PlayStation version or an
2284s	Xbox version and actually carry over all
2286s	all those other incentives over between
2288s	different platforms that was an
2290s	excellent job at fine print you did the
2292s	fine print beautifully there it's caveat
2294s	on that thank you lawyers have asked me
2296s	to say that that you only get early
2297s	access to answer that question many
2299s	times for the last couple of months so
2302s	um but we do have a lot to talk about
2303s	today um I think one of the biggest
2305s	things that we've been hearing from the
2306s	community is the discussion around
2308s	seasons and how they will work in Diablo
2310s	4. that's what we're here to talk about
2312s	yeah exactly
2314s	I'm hoping to remember why we're here
2317s	I don't read that man
2319s	um but as we all know like seasons are a
2322s	big part of Diablo itself um you know we
2325s	have seasons in Diablo 2 seasons and
2327s	Deals three season four on May 4th for
2329s	Diablo two resurrected but and we're
2332s	still season 28 on Diablo 3. so rocking
2334s	that out so yeah exciting yeah so uh but
2337s	we but Seasons with Diablo 4 has been a
2339s	big question because a lot of people
2340s	want to know how it kind of works and
2342s	like the structure of it and so forth
2343s	and thankfully we have Joe and Kagan
2346s	here to help us and talk about that I
2348s	guess Rod too no I'm just saying I'm
2349s	just here to interrupt their flow and
2351s	annoy them that's my job but uh Joe how
2354s	do seasons Diablo for
2356s	C Adam Fletcher thank you so much for
2359s	asking me I love to talk about this for
2361s	a bit so what's yeah let's talk about
2363s	Seasons um all right so we're gonna have
2366s	a helpful infographic to show you in
2367s	just a second but let me talk to you
2369s	about Seasons as a general rule you know
2371s	as we're thinking about Diablo 4 and the
2373s	launch product of the game uh we are
2375s	trying to make sure we've got a really
2376s	great experience that players are going
2377s	to be able to enjoy uh for their first
2379s	you know character playthrough of the
2381s	campaign they have an excellent
2382s	excellent experience uh seasonal content
2385s	are post-launch contents can be arriving
2387s	shortly after the launch of the base
2388s	game mid to late July mid to late July
2391s	actually it's yeah yeah we haven't asked
2392s	we haven't talked about that yet but
2393s	absolutely it is mid to late July you've
2395s	heard it from reference uh so but so
2397s	that's the goal want to make sure that
2398s	you've got enough time to play through
2399s	your first character and really enjoy
2400s	the campaign at your own pace and kind
2402s	of explore potentially different classes
2404s	as you go uh so when we're thinking
2406s	about seasons and Diablo 4 we start off
2409s	with thinking about a theme the seasonal
2412s	content of that season so we're gonna
2414s	have four seasons a year uh one per
2416s	quarter and each of these are going to
2417s	have a really strong theme associated
2419s	with them and this theme is gonna like
2421s	basically inform the things we want to
2423s	do with the with all the content within
2425s	the season with things about appearing
2426s	in the battle pass uh things in the
2428s	seasonal quest line uh things associated
2430s	with like the new gameplay can't
2431s	actually be adding as part of that
2432s	season you really want to make sure
2433s	these things feel like they're connected
2434s	in one coherent experience for players
2436s	when they log in and they play during
2438s	the season right yeah and so then so as
2441s	part of that season then to carry that
2443s	theme forward and you're going to want
2444s	to obviously have some sort of context
2446s	or narrative around this season yes yes
2448s	that's absolutely right so that leads us
2449s	to the seasonal quest line so one of the
2452s	questions I see get asked either like
2454s	online or occasionally we'll see in like
2456s	you know like various chat channels uh
2459s	it's just that like how how are we
2460s	thinking about story as a as a with
2463s	regards like the live service how are we
2464s	extending the story of Diablo for and
2466s	there's kind of like two approaches the
2467s	way that we're looking at things uh with
2469s	regards to seasons we're not going to be
2471s	using this as an opportunity to expand
2473s	upon the campaign story of Diablo 4
2475s	right you know the the campaign story of
2477s	Diablo 4 featuring like an Aries and
2479s	little of the events of the of The
2480s	Wanderer those events are really going
2482s	to be told over the course of our
2483s	expansions our post-launch expansions
2484s	we're not talking specifically about
2486s	today you know but that's really where
2487s	the the high level narrative Diablo 4
2489s	will continue to unfold but that leaves
2492s	our hand open to do really interesting
2493s	things in Seasons so if a season is
2496s	supposed to have like a theme with a
2497s	gameplay mechanic and other things
2498s	associated with it it allows us to have
2500s	like one really engaging seasonal quest
2502s	line that manages to deliver on like a
2504s	self-contained story that's going to
2505s	guide the player through like again the
2507s	mechanics and the themes of that season
2508s	so like these are still like really big
2510s	events that are happening in the world
2511s	of sanctuary where the players gonna be
2513s	able to like step in the role of the
2514s	wander and like kind of go and help
2516s	people and like and explore interesting
2517s	mechanics right so you're not bound
2519s	you're the ideas around the season are
2521s	not bound by the campaign you're you
2523s	you're basically creating quest lines in
2525s	the open world that can be completely
2527s	different and completely uh you know is
2529s	not it's not constrained to it has to be
2531s	about the initiation of the story it can
2533s	be about anything that's sort of
2534s	interesting you want to play into in the
2536s	open world right absolutely so if for
2538s	example uh we had a season theme for the
2540s	first season which again we will not be
2542s	discussing today folks we're gonna save
2544s	season one to talk about a little bit
2546s	later on yeah we plan on talking about
2548s	season one after launch that's right but
2550s	let's say for sake of argument that the
2552s	first season was uh the theme was about
2554s	zombies which it is not no this is a
2557s	false premise okay let's just say for a
2559s	sake of argument that it was about
2560s	zombies is the theme that means that
2562s	like things would be showing up in the
2563s	battle pass might be related to some
2564s	like zombie stuff the season questline
2566s	might be about like rising of zombies
2567s	throughout Sanctuary like that we try to
2569s	make sure these things all feel
2570s	connected so this is a quest line it's
2572s	going to introduce new characters uh
2574s	like great voice acting uh memorable
2576s	quests and experiences will guide the
2578s	player through the season and that's the
2579s	way they're looking at things and so
2580s	then that also then
2582s	I feel like I'm doing your job actually
2584s	am I doing your job I apologize I'm no
2585s	you're you're doing great oh thanks
2587s	you're doing amazing um
2590s	thank you for the daily affirmation
2593s	sorry I I'm just curious like when you
2597s	think about the theme you know um that
2599s	obviously goes beyond story construct
2601s	but also goes into the mechanics like
2602s	how you think of a gameplay yes
2604s	absolutely and that brings us to the
2606s	next major thing I want to discuss which
2607s	is fresh gameplay this is what I would
2610s	this is the greatest
2612s	yes so fresh gameplay so with every new
2615s	season obviously we'll be introducing
2616s	new story content Jerry described uh and
2619s	then we want to introduce new mechanics
2620s	and gameplay for players to engage with
2621s	over the course of that season so this
2623s	comes down to things like uh just new
2625s	power for players to earn or ways to
2627s	experience the growth of their character
2628s	these are the modify and change the way
2630s	they're going to want to approach
2631s	building their character every season
2632s	this goes beyond meta changes or like
2634s	balance and tuning and things like that
2635s	it really come down to like just like
2637s	wholesale like new features and things
2639s	that are going to be available for the
2640s	duration of that season for players to
2641s	experience and then the idea the
2643s	termination of the season when the
2644s	season is over these sorts of features
2646s	are going to be retired to be considered
2648s	for again in the future if we like them
2650s	or not but for now we want to make sure
2651s	that we're kind of maintaining a certain
2653s	level of parity across the game we're
2655s	not kind of creating layers of like
2657s	cropped and distraction from the core
2659s	Diablo experience which we already feel
2660s	is doing very well so yeah we're really
2662s	excited to talk about those a lot more
2663s	in the future but you can expect like
2664s	exciting new features and gameplay to
2666s	engage with between new monsters and
2667s	mechanics uh things for players to craft
2669s	or do change their gear or just change
2671s	their skills so we're really excited
2673s	about that stuff in the future
2674s	and then when you think about seasonal
2676s	stuff we talked about you know the when
2679s	you look at say Diablo 3 has the
2680s	chapters that you go through to get gift
2682s	and those sorts of things so that
2683s	there's a sense of progression through a
2685s	season and we we've obviously talked
2687s	about the Battle pass and and how that
2689s	battle pass will be in our previous blog
2691s	around this stuff as well but it's good
2693s	to clarify again so when you think about
2694s	not just like okay I have a seasonal
2697s	narrative I have a seasonal mechanic or
2699s	gameplay hook now but how do I think
2701s	about progression within a season sure
2704s	so great question uh so when we're
2706s	thinking about Seasons we want to make
2707s	sure we are creating new opportunities
2708s	for long-term progression uh the first
2711s	version of that we want to talk about
2712s	really is the season Journey which does
2714s	make a return from Diablo 3. so inside
2716s	the season Journey uh the player is
2718s	going to have an opportunity to complete
2719s	a number of different objectives that
2720s	are tied to mechanics uh story goals or
2723s	other things are happening during the
2724s	course of the season I think we might
2725s	actually have an image for the uh for
2727s	the season Journey we can maybe pull up
2729s	as well that might help me explain some
2730s	parts of this I think we hid the zombie
2732s	stuff though so there's no zombies
2733s	There's no zombie stuff yeah
2735s	yes please note the top secret labels
2738s	for this because I realize there's no
2740s	image we can show that doesn't start to
2742s	give away some of the things we're doing
2743s	season one too bad you're gonna be able
2745s	to talk more we'll talk more about that
2746s	a little bit later on but here in the
2748s	season Journey players will be able to
2749s	complete a number of these objectives
2750s	since I already called out objectives
2752s	are separated chapters uh one of the big
2754s	changes that we made as part of the
2755s	Season journey is we've ensured that now
2757s	players don't need to actually complete
2758s	every one of the objectives within the
2760s	chapter in order to advance they could
2762s	choose to go back and they're still
2762s	computers so if I go ahead yeah it's
2764s	it's so it's it's pretty different than
2766s	if you're a player of Diablo 3 and
2768s	you're going through season Journey if
2769s	if you remember like going you going
2771s	through each chapter required you to
2773s	finish every single little bit of it
2774s	before you could progress to another
2776s	chapter so this one obviously a little
2778s	different in how you kind of approach it
2780s	because you don't have to do every
2781s	single thing you can actually complete
2783s	it beforehand by doing most of the
2785s	objectives and kind of choosing
2786s	specifically yeah like if I'm not a PVP
2788s	player I don't have to do the PVP
2790s	objective to progress through the
2792s	Journey right that's correct if we
2793s	haven't objective disabled send you like
2795s	the fields of hatred you wouldn't have
2796s	to go there with that one you could do
2797s	the other objectives associated with the
2799s	season stud got it so when you're going
2800s	through a new plot you're kind of
2801s	completing the season Journey you're
2802s	going to earn rewards for completing the
2804s	objectives and you'll also earn some big
2805s	rewards at the end of each chapter where
2807s	you're going to get uh like packs of uh
2808s	of like crafting materials and items and
2810s	you can also unlock actual uh legendary
2813s	aspects will go into your codex of power
2814s	so not just earns through dungeons you
2816s	can earn through the Yeah a different
2818s	set of aspects in fact be available
2820s	through the code of power in this way
2821s	it's nothing new and some of the new
2822s	legendary Powers we add in every season
2824s	will also be made available through this
2826s	method so you'll still be able to find
2827s	them as item drops of course but you can
2829s	start be able to experiment and play
2830s	with them pretty early on do these drops
2833s	and then the last thing I think is worth
2835s	talking about here is every time you
2836s	complete one of these objectives you're
2837s	going to also be earning favor uh which
2839s	is a kind of an experience system is
2840s	used by the battle pass but uh without a
2843s	ways to get like little drops from
2844s	completing the objectives and big drops
2845s	of that also from Queen the chapters uh
2848s	but you know when it comes to launcher
2849s	progression the battle pass okay would
2850s	you mind maybe walking us through some
2852s	of the how the battle pass works yeah
2853s	absolutely so I know there's been a lot
2855s	of questions about battle pass so let's
2857s	talk through it today
2859s	um so this is the seasons Tab and this
2863s	is going to be you know the hub for all
2866s	things Seasons under that top secret
2868s	label
2870s	um you can see the the uh season Journey
2873s	um and then at the bottom here you can
2875s	see the actual battle pass and what
2878s	you're seeing is a mix of the free tiers
2880s	and the premium tiers of the battle pass
2883s	the way that you progress the battle
2885s	pass is like Joe mentioned
2888s	um with uh by earning favor and there's
2891s	two sources of it uh you get it from the
2893s	season Journey like Joe Manson mentioned
2895s	but you also get it from leveling up and
2897s	playing any seasonal character
2900s	um so there's three levels of the battle
2902s	pass there's the free track which like
2905s	the name implies uh you don't have to
2907s	pay for everybody has access to that the
2909s	premium track which is roughly 10 US
2912s	dollars depending on you know where you
2914s	are in the world and then there's the
2916s	accelerated track which is just like the
2918s	premium track but it has includes 20
2921s	tier skips it's you know folks who might
2923s	have gotten a late start and a special
2925s	cosmetic and that one is roughly 25 USD
2928s	depending on where you are in the world
2931s	um but let's talk a little bit more
2932s	about the free and premium tracks
2936s	um
2936s	so the free track has 27 total tiers and
2940s	what you're primarily getting from the
2942s	free track are are what's called
2944s	smoldering ashes and the smoldering
2946s	ashes are going to be like the currency
2948s	that you use to unlock seasonal
2950s	blessings
2952s	um
2953s	so the seasonal blessings are different
2956s	Buffs you can get that will help
2959s	accelerate your progress through the
2960s	season so you can see for example here
2963s	um you know plus uh three percent to XP
2966s	earned that's going to help players you
2968s	know level up again level up multiple
2970s	characters
2971s	um and all of these are really just
2973s	meant to help players through that
2975s	seasonal progression through that
2976s	seasonal Journey it's important to note
2978s	though that you you know there is a
2982s	secondary level requirement on every
2984s	free tier of the battle pass that
2986s	contains uh smoldering ashes so for
2989s	example if you were level one and you
2992s	bought you know a bunch of tear skips
2994s	and hadn't played yet you wouldn't be
2996s	able to access the smoldering ashes and
2999s	spend them until you had actually like
3001s	leveled up a character and met those
3003s	level requirements and this is to you
3005s	know prevent folks from buying a ton of
3007s	tier skips and keep everybody on a level
3009s	uh playing Ground so that is I had a
3011s	question about that actually so there's
3013s	there are no smoldering ashes available
3015s	in the premium track of the battle pass
3017s	right that is absolutely correct it is
3020s	um that all the things that affect
3021s	gameplay are only in the free track okay
3023s	and so then basically that's we've said
3026s	like our it's always cosmetic based so
3029s	there's no you know you can't pay for
3030s	power in Diablo 4 because as you saw the
3033s	the stuff the season blessings are on
3036s	the free track and they have a level
3037s	requirement so you actually have to play
3039s	to get to a certain point so right it
3040s	keeps everybody on a Level Playing Field
3041s	right right you may not uh pay for power
3044s	in uh Diablo for
3047s	um so yeah let's talk about next the the
3049s	premium track so like I mentioned ten
3051s	dollars USD depending on where you are
3053s	in the world and this contains 63 total
3057s	reward tiers so you add that to the 27
3059s	from the free track you get the 90 total
3061s	tiers in the battle pass yes
3064s	um there is a ton of value in that um
3067s	premium track so you get uh two full
3070s	armor sets for every class and they're
3073s	really themed to the season they're
3075s	meant to be like a celebration of that
3076s	season's theme
3078s	and uh and there's other stuff in there
3081s	there's the seasonal Mount there's the
3082s	seasonal Mount armor which you can see
3084s	here on this screen and then there's
3086s	just like a bunch of fun other little
3087s	Cosmetics like role-playing clothing
3091s	um you know for example we have like a a
3093s	big you know pair of white Bloomers in
3096s	there so there's lots of fun stuff to
3098s	find in the battle pass no that's what I
3099s	wear when I role play
3102s	I think that's actually a really fun
3103s	idea though so like it's not like not
3105s	necessarily like big armor or things but
3107s	just more
3108s	more other stuff so if you want to like
3109s	play a particular role like there's
3111s	options with some of that stuff and you
3112s	can mix that and match all of it so you
3114s	know you can create all kinds of ways to
3116s	express yourself what's nice is that you
3119s	just said there's 90 90 tiers and the
3121s	season is three months right so you have
3124s	quite a lot of time you have essentially
3125s	120 days to do 90 tiers that seems
3129s	doable yeah we want it to be achievable
3131s	yeah absolutely okay great
3133s	I want to call it one thing also then
3135s	we're looking at that image before
3136s	there's that top secret label on the
3138s	left yeah like that is ex like we that
3140s	is explicitly a link that we're bringing
3142s	to some part of the Season Journey as
3143s	well the only reason it says top secret
3145s	is there is because it's got uh language
3147s	in there that I do not want to make sure
3148s	that anyone is able to read to give away
3150s	what's happening in season one exactly
3151s	otherwise people don't know about the
3152s	zombies
3154s	it's not a zombie season you you use the
3157s	example Joe that's on you I was just
3160s	trying to pick something okay I'll say
3163s	something in the circus next time
3167s	I'll talk to people scary clowns yeah
3170s	for sure um so yeah okay cool yeah it's
3173s	nice to uh it's nice to get a little
3174s	more information the battle pass like
3175s	out there right and so okay so we had we
3178s	talked about progression yeah uh we
3180s	talked about in both in the season
3181s	journey and in the awesome battle pass
3183s	and so now when we think about what the
3185s	seasons also provide is like obviously
3187s	you know we're going to get we're
3188s	hearing about balance we're going to be
3190s	hearing about hey how do we improve
3191s	people's experience based on what we saw
3193s	in the previous season
3194s	um and actually that before we get into
3195s	that can if I can interject I'll steal
3198s	one of your questions go go right ahead
3200s	oh yeah all right so one of the things
3202s	that comes up I get a lot on my Twitter
3203s	feed is around hey how do I think about
3205s	you know Diablo 3 Seasons uh there's and
3209s	Kagan said earlier about like your
3211s	seasonal character that notion of do I
3213s	have to re-roll to be to get into and
3216s	experience instances and experience the
3218s	The Narrative wrapper to experience the
3219s	mechanics to experience the progression
3221s	basically do I have to start a new
3222s	character uh yeah so dlforce balance
3225s	around the idea of trying to make sure
3227s	that that uh that level up experience 1
3230s	100 is really engaging and fun uh and
3232s	very Punchy when items drop for you that
3234s	your power progression feels a certain
3236s	way as you play so you do as a result of
3238s	that we do balance around the idea of
3240s	playing over the course of a quarter
3241s	character right you can go you play a
3243s	lot longer than that if you want
3244s	absolutely right you want to make sure
3245s	it feels really good to play inside that
3246s	nine-day period we do we are going to be
3248s	having players uh like reroll make new
3250s	characters with every new season and be
3252s	able to experience the job the growth of
3253s	their character over the course of each
3255s	of those uh those borders and I think
3257s	you might have said about just because
3258s	you talk really fast I want to make sure
3259s	it's really clear how dare no one has
3262s	ever said that about me I'm a fast
3264s	talker and you beat me so the notion
3266s	around though that
3268s	um you basically have to complete the
3270s	campaign at least once before you can
3272s	truly experience the season right yeah
3274s	that's true actually there's a couple
3275s	things that you well so once you like a
3277s	couple things you'll you'll have them
3278s	for your account from that point forward
3279s	and I can just kind of maybe just yeah I
3282s	mean we get so many questions about it I
3283s	think it'd be good if we clear yeah sure
3284s	so okay so
3285s	uh so first thing is when you complete
3288s	the campaign on any character whether
3289s	you're playing in the hardcore uh mode
3291s	of the game or the normal mode of the
3292s	game no matter what difficulty of the
3293s	game that you're playing and you beat
3294s	the campaign on from that point forward
3296s	every character that you make you're
3297s	gonna have the option to skip the
3298s	campaign as part of the playing that
3300s	character so if you play the campaign as
3301s	part of the uh this this preseason
3303s	period before season one begins and you
3305s	finish it when you start playing in
3307s	season one you can choose to skip the
3308s	campaign as part of your playthrough
3310s	which means you get to experience the
3311s	new seasonal content right away
3312s	otherwise you can still choose to play
3314s	through the campaign in Seasons uh but
3316s	you'll need to finish the campaign
3317s	content before the seasonal content is
3318s	going to begin for you so just things to
3320s	think about as you play so that's the
3322s	first thing you get like have an account
3323s	level unlock for your character as you
3325s	play right the second is when you're
3326s	playing through the campaign you're
3328s	going to reach a point in this story
3329s	where you're going to unlock your first
3330s	horsey and when you get your first
3331s	horsey uh Four Seasons once you unlock
3334s	your first horsey uh you're then going
3335s	to have the uh the ability to basically
3337s	Mount up with every one of your
3338s	characters in that point forward
3339s	including characters you might have
3340s	already rolled at that point having
3341s	unlocked it once you've got that as an
3342s	account level achievement effectively
3344s	for your for yourself you'll be able to
3345s	start like future Seasons even like
3347s	start a new character level level one
3350s	after skipping the campaign or even
3352s	playing through the campaign in The
3353s	Following Season you're gonna be able to
3354s	like just go ahead and bounce up right
3356s	away my horses in my cave with me yeah
3357s	your horsey baby yes the Horseshoe that
3360s	died is then going to immediately revive
3363s	zombies oh my God we have showed the
3367s	video people know okay okay honestly
3371s	about if I if I spoiled that moment then
3372s	I do deeply apologize and we should put
3374s	spoiler warnings like zombie horses now
3378s	is theme specific I think that goes
3379s	leans right into that seasonal theme
3382s	yeah yeah absolutely three weeks before
3384s	lunch yeah sure sound off in the
3386s	comments let's hear it
3389s	um okay so that's the the second thing
3390s	you'll have access to your mouth you
3391s	unlock and then the last thing is that
3393s	there's uh as you're playing through the
3394s	uh as you probably played as part of
3395s	like the open betas that we've done and
3397s	we'll see again in SummerSlam uh you'll
3399s	find these altars of low throughout the
3400s	world
3401s	server slam what did I say this summer
3411s	wow I really did didn't I uh so during
3414s	the silver slam uh you're gonna be
3415s	finding altars as well throughout the
3416s	world and when you collect these you get
3418s	two things one yeah you're beginning
3419s	renowned which is going to be basically
3421s	used to uh get a number of different uh
3424s	you know uh rewards for your characters
3425s	on the on that realm uh within that from
3428s	that zone so new skill points do healing
3430s	potion charges things like that that
3431s	you've got a chance to see before right
3432s	uh and but you also get a permanent stat
3435s	boost right you know for all characters
3436s	on your account one of the main reasons
3438s	to go after the altars yeah right but we
3440s	don't want you to need to necessarily go
3441s	after them every single quarter uh go
3443s	and collect all of these we think it's
3444s	really fun particularly the first time
3446s	to go and find all these things right so
3447s	once you get that stat boost the first
3449s	time that stat boost can apply with all
3450s	other characters in your account from
3451s	that point forward right yeah so you
3454s	don't have to get those together over
3455s	and over again and when it comes to
3456s	Renown you don't need to go get every
3458s	altable to finish off the renowned track
3460s	in each one of these zones shows like
3461s	the season Journey there's you don't
3463s	have to do everything in the Renown
3465s	track to get all the remain and you can
3466s	do it maybe I want to do make them
3468s	strongholds are my favorite features I
3469s	can lean into strongholds or whatever so
3471s	but what you're saying is hey I played
3473s	the campaign I found all these altars of
3475s	Lilith the first time and now when we go
3478s	into a season they be are hidden again
3481s	but I still keep all the Buffs I got the
3483s	first time all the things that are
3484s	permanent like the plus two intelligence
3486s	plus two yeah God knows I need plus two
3488s	intelligence but and plus two strength
3489s	and what have you but the idea of going
3491s	and finding an altar to add more Renown
3493s	to the pool to progress I could still do
3495s	that like absolutely I can still go find
3497s	them if I wanted yeah and you get a
3498s	little experience for doing it as well
3499s	so yeah they're still kind of fun to
3501s	stumble across part of your regular play
3502s	experience within a season you just
3503s	don't have to get them all again if you
3504s	don't want to there's other things you
3505s	can do instead okay so I think we
3507s	covered the what's what sticks around
3509s	that's right so that's great like the
3511s	entries in your codex of Power are going
3512s	to reset you're gonna have to go find
3513s	those uh those aspects again go to the
3515s	Dungeons and go to the dungeons again so
3517s	yeah those are the things yep great
3519s	um okay so that definitely a great long
3521s	term that was really on topic actually
3523s	in terms of long-term progression
3524s	because it actually is long-term Yeah by
3527s	by the letter of the law it's a
3528s	long-term progression so yeah it runs
3529s	100 correct thank you but when you think
3532s	about what else do seasons provide an
3534s	opportunity for like you've talked about
3536s	like all these things okay we have a new
3537s	quest line we have new mechanics we have
3539s	all this progression but it's also an
3540s	opportunity to kind of react to player
3542s	feedback and also what you're seeing in
3544s	terms of the data coming in in terms of
3546s	balance or things that maybe we need to
3548s	smooth out and sand down yeah absolutely
3551s	so we know that you know operating so
3554s	operating a live service game with
3556s	Diablo 4 after the game launches and
3558s	Seasons come out you know that is going
3559s	to be basically it's it's the best
3561s	versions of this are always the
3561s	conversation with the player base as we
3563s	play in a conversation with Community as
3564s	we play so as we're going to be
3566s	receiving feedback and we're seeing how
3567s	certain features and and content is
3569s	performing that gives us opportunities
3570s	to sort of like respond to that feedback
3572s	and react to it with updates to the game
3574s	now you know things take lead time so
3576s	once we if we see uh immediately after
3579s	launch that there's a there's something
3580s	that we could get maybe make an
3581s	improvement on it's tough to have like
3583s	immediately and very quickly turn around
3584s	like big changes but we want to to make
3586s	sure that we are we are carefully
3587s	iterating to make Diablo 4 the best
3589s	version of itself that it can be as we
3591s	go yeah and this is like a it brings up
3594s	to the point like where we just had
3596s	betas and we we literally took the
3599s	feedback that we got from the community
3600s	which we you know were obviously super
3602s	appreciative because it just makes a
3604s	better game in the end of the day and
3605s	people will actually be able to
3606s	experience those changes from the beta
3608s	in in the server slam uh uh weekend this
3611s	this coming weekend uh because of that
3614s	feedback so players providing feedback
3616s	on our Forums on Reddit social media
3618s	we're always reading through all that
3619s	stuff uh to to have that so yeah and I
3622s	think it's worth mentioning too in terms
3623s	of the way that like in order to do to
3626s	have a game that has Seasons all the
3627s	time and sort of this like having
3629s	quarterly Seasons you you're not like
3631s	once we start like once season one
3633s	launches we start season two like season
3636s	two has to be pretty much like very much
3639s	in flight and that's what I think Joe
3640s	was talking about around the idea that
3642s	we wanted we're going to be as
3644s	responsive as we can so if there's a bug
3646s	especially if it's something we can fix
3647s	on the server like we'll do things
3649s	quickly but if there's a big change it
3651s	may take a season to get there just
3653s	because season two is already mostly in
3655s	the can by the Time season one how game
3657s	development Works you're developing
3659s	things ahead of time you're unbelievable
3661s	that's why we know we have zombies
3663s	um and so then it's but just something
3665s	in terms of patience and understanding
3666s	is like the way that you have to build
3668s	seasons is you're basically having two
3670s	seasonal teams that are leapfrogging
3672s	each other with like you know we kind of
3673s	call it the odd team in the even team to
3675s	be able to be able to keep up that pace
3678s	and so that's why I was like oh I saw
3680s	this thing in season one it's definitely
3681s	addressed in season two it may not if
3682s	it's big enough it may be that season
3685s	one thing we saw is in season three
3686s	because it was big enough to require
3687s	that time yeah so just absolutely right
3690s	just understand how that's all working
3691s	yeah it's like reacting to bug fixes and
3693s	other things that's going to be another
3694s	really big part of the live service
3695s	team's job right so like everything
3697s	we're doing within Seasons we want to
3698s	make sure that we're constantly
3699s	responding to that kind of feedback from
3700s	players and kind of making the game
3701s	better as time goes on but the other
3703s	part of the season is like you know
3705s	we've got a lot of positive response on
3707s	our character creation
3709s	um and it would be great to get King
3710s	back in to talk about sort of how we
3712s	think about customization during the
3714s	season because we know they're like
3716s	maybe talk a little bit about what you
3717s	can actually find in the world but also
3719s	you know what we're excited about with
3720s	the shop yeah absolutely I mean the the
3723s	game is full of hundreds of incredible
3726s	uh transmogs you know that you'll unlock
3729s	just by salvaging gear and
3731s	the transmogs in the game really give
3734s	you this um this power this sense of
3737s	like visceral power progression for your
3739s	character right um and so they they're
3741s	meant to really like bring that to life
3743s	grounded in Diablo's story and its world
3745s	and its lands
3747s	um and what the shop offers is a lot of
3752s	um diversity so like the way that we
3754s	wanted diversity of like the fantasies
3755s	so you can uh that you can experience
3758s	and that you can express so the way that
3760s	we wanted to support the development of
3762s	the seasons was to you know add things
3765s	to the game that players would
3767s	appreciate you know to create
3769s	art and beautiful things that are
3771s	grounded in Diablo 4's world and it's
3773s	it's uh it's art style but provide this
3777s	like array of class fantasies and
3780s	um so for example if you want to be like
3782s	a thunder goddess as a sorceress or you
3784s	want to be a big Barbarian that like
3787s	rips the tongues out of your enemies and
3789s	puts them on your arms very specific
3793s	though that's completely unsettling but
3795s	very specific you you can you know the
3798s	shop is going to help provide a lot of
3800s	this like diversity in the types of
3802s	fantasies and then you can take all
3804s	those pieces and mix and match them with
3806s	the cool stuff that you find in the game
3808s	um to express yourself all kinds of ways
3811s	I think one fun thing about this too
3812s	like players got chances like I saw
3814s	ripping is that the fun thing
3816s	but no I was actually going to talk
3817s	about I was going to talk about our
3818s	previous banners we got a chance to see
3820s	a lot of players making really cool
3822s	looking customized characters in the
3824s	game and all the gear they're collecting
3825s	it's still very low level gear like
3827s	there's other there's a lot there
3828s	there's much more stuff to go find wait
3830s	there's no wait till you get to the end
3832s	game well there's a lot more looks and
3834s	appearances to find as you're
3835s	progressing through more one of the
3836s	things I love about the the equipment
3838s	that's in the game is that we actually
3840s	do Regional themed uh armor so here we
3844s	go oh this is nice these are side by
3846s	side this is not my to my point but it's
3848s	fine it's good to speak to your point
3849s	maybe all I was going to say quickly
3851s	before so can you go back and talk about
3853s	this but I just think it's really cool
3854s	that we have like Regional looks like
3857s	the notion of like oh there's a cause
3858s	you know there's like a how's our look
3860s	and there is a fractured Peaks looking
3862s	and that kind of thing that just kind of
3863s	interesting that when you go into a
3865s	particular Zone in the world and you
3867s	start collecting loot you're actually
3868s	picking up pieces that are of that zone
3871s	so you can actually dress more like a
3872s	person from that zone if you wanted to
3874s	that's right particularly at the
3875s	legendary gear when you're leveling up
3876s	100 yes there's a lot more to discover
3878s	even after that as you get into World
3879s	tears and more did you want to can you
3881s	want to talk us through some of the
3882s	examples yeah let's take a look at some
3884s	of the Shoppers this is tongue ripping
3885s	right yeah
3889s	but this guy I think his name is death
3892s	Raven um the shop guy um but yeah as you
3895s	can see you can see
3898s	um sort of like a side by side of
3900s	in-game armor for the Barb versus like a
3902s	shopper primer I think I just wanna one
3904s	thing I think it's so funny that we we
3906s	accidentally got these really awesome
3908s	poses for the Indian cameras and all the
3911s	shop armors are just a person's day
3914s	look in the mirror he's like you're
3916s	technically intentional but it wasn't
3917s	funny
3918s	because two different teams made the
3920s	pictures yeah
3922s	but yeah like let's look through some of
3925s	the other side by sides um
3930s	[Music]
3932s	and then we have one of my favorites
3934s	from the shop there oh yes and this is a
3936s	rogue side by side so you can see I
3939s	think uh the shop Rogue here is called
3941s	deathwalker so keep an eye out for
3943s	um tons of really cool diversity I love
3946s	the tacits on the in-game armor and I
3948s	love the pauldrons on the uh the shop
3950s	armor let's use the word there is
3952s	honestly like the MTX is focused on
3955s	collection right like it's it's not like
3957s	we're trying to like put only the cool
3959s	stuff in one channel or the other the
3962s	there's stuff there's awesome stuff to
3964s	collect from the game and the show and
3967s	like you said earlier like you can mix
3969s	and match create your own fantasy which
3970s	is really cool see now we're talking my
3972s	language with the necro but like for
3973s	example so if I really like the in-game
3975s	look but I I want that uh the shop
3977s	helmet like when I buy that armor set I
3980s	can take that helmet and apply it to my
3981s	in-game if I wanted to yes that's right
3982s	and you can dye everything oh in the
3984s	wardrobe I can actually recolor
3985s	everything too yeah you can dye
3987s	everything in from the shop and in the
3988s	game
3989s	um I think there are eight colors in the
3990s	dye palette so yeah
3992s	yeah if you haven't had a chance to
3993s	check that out during uh during service
3995s	land you should make sure that you get a
3996s	chance to play the Wardrobe and try
3998s	dying some gear yeah yeah
4001s	so that's customization and then one
4002s	more thing is related to customization
4003s	not tied to uh appearances and looks
4005s	which I think we already have a good
4007s	coverage on uh but you'll also be adding
4009s	we'll be adding new like legendary
4010s	powers like I called up before and also
4012s	new unique items uh with every new uh
4014s	every new season make sure there's like
4015s	new builds and uh and ways to kind of
4017s	like create customized characters and
4019s	those will stay those aren't seasonal
4020s	those yeah those will be going the
4021s	Eternal realm as well as the seasonal
4022s	realm and they're going to be Evergreen
4023s	they're gonna be uh they're gonna be
4024s	there after the season is over we're
4026s	continuing to add to the pool and So
4028s	speaking of Evergreen like that's true
4029s	like there's potential to add side
4031s	quests and things like that like there's
4033s	ways to continue to enrich the open
4034s	world through Seasons that will actually
4036s	stay as people sort of move from the
4038s	season into the Eternal realm or to the
4041s	next season yes yep 100 we already
4043s	looking for those opportunities to kind
4044s	of continue to add to the world of
4046s	Diablo 4 and continue to build out
4047s	Sanctuary these are things that we're
4048s	really excited about as a team and we
4050s	never actually I think maybe that might
4051s	have been the first time someone's
4052s	mentioned the Eternal realm but like
4053s	that is the intention much like Diablo 3
4055s	that a seasonal character will you know
4058s	be in the season uh playing everything
4059s	that we've been talking about so far and
4061s	then when that season ends that
4063s	character will then move to the Eternal
4064s	realm where it will live on and you can
4065s	choose to play there or you can choose
4067s	for the next season while the new season
4068s	could be a season seasonal character and
4069s	vote again yeah that's absolutely right
4071s	so the characters will get merged down
4072s	the Eternal realm at the end of the
4073s	season give you an opportunity to take
4074s	some of the stuff they collected over
4075s	that period of time and then build new
4077s	characters part of the next season yeah
4078s	there's no reason to feel like
4080s	um like to shy away from starting a new
4082s	character on the season because you will
4084s	retain all that progress absolutely yeah
4087s	okay cool
4088s	um and so what about
4090s	um when we think about when I play the
4092s	main game outside of a season we know we
4095s	have Capstone dungeons to be able to
4097s	change my difficulty tier we know that
4100s	at the end there's some mysterious level
4101s	100 boss that I want to try to get to to
4103s	get you know max out and prove I can
4105s	beat this level 100 boss at level cap
4107s	like are there other things within
4109s	Seasons that are kind of like that or
4111s	how do I think about that sort of notion
4112s	about like this sort of looking to the
4114s	Horizon and what I want to do oh once
4116s	again Rod Ferguson I couldn't ask for a
4117s	better tea up in this case let's discuss
4119s	the idea additional challenges so with
4123s	every season we want to continue to
4124s	build upon the end game and the goals a
4126s	player is going to have for themselves
4127s	every season of Diablo 4. you know and
4129s	we've got some particularly Big Ideas as
4131s	we go through the first couple seasons
4132s	in the game uh when the game launches so
4134s	with every season but we do want to add
4136s	these these really really Pinnacle
4137s	challenges for players to go and engage
4139s	with Pickles challenges Pinnacle
4141s	challenge
4143s	we all heard pickles zombies and pickles
4146s	yeah all right okay well fair enough
4148s	fair enough all right I'm doing some
4149s	mayo in there
4152s	this is the level of perspective Joseph
4156s	I'm looking forward to the pickle
4158s	challenge okay so basically uh we want
4161s	to make sure that we've got these new
4162s	big challenges for players to go and
4163s	engage with every time we release a
4164s	season and uh and as we go we'll
4166s	continue to add more depth to this one
4167s	thing we want to be very careful about
4169s	is we're not looking to just sort of
4170s	like arbitrarily continue to make the
4172s	game longer and longer and longer and
4173s	longer to play right that's not the goal
4174s	again we are balanced around hitting
4176s	level 100 and earning your Paragon
4178s	points getting off your legendary unique
4179s	items that's that's the real focus of
4181s	power progression for the player want to
4183s	provide new and distinct opportunities
4185s	for players to come Express that power
4186s	new goals in the chase over the course
4188s	of the Season without necessarily making
4189s	like just more stuff that you have to go
4191s	through in order to play the game so
4194s	yeah yeah things are very excited about
4195s	new bosses new major encounters New
4197s	dungeons new new things and then as we
4199s	see how players are reacting to the game
4201s	as it is we'll continue to build in that
4202s	direction as well
4203s	yeah and I think it's it's really
4205s	interesting when you talked about like
4206s	side quests and things that I think it's
4208s	also true kind of for the end game is
4209s	that we may use Seasons to experiment
4212s	with new in-game features and then if
4214s	it's working really well we might decide
4215s	to keep it if it's not working quite so
4217s	well we may have it leave with the
4219s	season and then maybe bring it back
4220s	later and then like it what I like about
4222s	the kind of quarterly seasonal flow we
4225s	have going is that allows us to
4226s	experiment a little bit and see what
4227s	works and what doesn't and if it doesn't
4229s	work we know it's only there for three
4230s	months if it does work hey maybe we
4232s	should have it stick around so it's a
4233s	great opportunity to try stuff out
4235s	absolutely particularly to content too
4237s	so you should be able to bring in like
4238s	these really tough encounters and
4239s	different bosses and things of that
4240s	nature uh and then these mechanical
4242s	features as we see how they perform and
4244s	we see how players react to them we may
4245s	or may not decide to keep them on to
4247s	your point and if they're they're
4248s	particularly popular we just had to keep
4249s	them in
4250s	we want to hear from players about
4252s	what's working what they're enjoying
4254s	what's you know and also you know what
4257s	kinds of fantasies they want us to make
4258s	in the shop so let us know anything that
4261s	you want gameplay or
4263s	um from the shop and battle yes like I
4265s	said earlier this is ultimately going to
4266s	be a conversation and as we see how
4267s	players are actually playing Diablo 4
4269s	that's going to that's going to help us
4270s	advise us on how we want to build Diablo
4272s	for uh corpse exploding necro look I'm
4275s	looking for a corpse exploding in that
4276s	crazy
4277s	you're gonna have to stay tuned for a
4280s	future okay yeah and I will say like I
4283s	know we glossed over it really quickly
4284s	but we were talking about like meta
4286s	changes and things like that and like
4287s	balancing and whatnot that is included
4289s	in the feedback that is incredibly
4291s	important for hearing from players
4293s	related to that yeah I don't want to
4295s	skip over that either that's thank you
4296s	Adam for calling that out so you know if
4298s	Diablo 4's game about choice we want to
4300s	make sure that we don't allow uh balance
4302s	issues persist so long that they start
4304s	to kind of interrupt or disrupt that
4305s	choice that we're trying to provide for
4307s	players we don't want like any one
4308s	particular to build to feel so powerful
4310s	that there's not a reason to put up to
4312s	play other builds within a season so we
4314s	want to make adjustments to make sure
4315s	that like you know player uh bills that
4316s	might not be seeing as much play and you
4318s	know get a buffed and adjusted
4320s	appropriately make sure that they do see
4321s	more use as time goes on that is
4322s	important to us we will make new changes
4324s	on a regular basis yeah we don't want
4325s	one way to play we want every class and
4328s	to have builds that all are equally as
4330s	effective in terms of being successful
4332s	we don't want to be like only Whirlwind
4333s	barbarians can succeed so only
4335s	everybody's playing yeah that's the
4336s	ideal the reality is that they're some
4338s	every every season will be like
4339s	something's a little bit more powerful
4340s	than something else so we're just want
4341s	to make sure that the uh you know the
4342s	distinction the the the Divide there is
4344s	not so great that it feels like you're
4346s	making the wrong choice mathematically
4347s	to ever play anything beyond whatever's
4349s	sort of meta for that moment right right
4350s	it's not like RPG players are Min maxers
4352s	at all they never they never try to do
4354s	the most with the least ever
4356s	um
4360s	I think like this I think for in the
4364s	spirit of managing expectations and
4366s	ripping Band-Aids off I do think there's
4367s	something we haven't talked about that
4368s	we should at least say Claire knowing
4370s	that we haven't talked about which is
4371s	leaderboards I think the notion that I
4374s	think people with Diablo 3 and even like
4375s	d2r as an example the main thing about
4379s	the d2r season is a leaderboard
4381s	um and so just saying that what in the
4383s	early Seasons at least for season one
4386s	and two there will not be a leaderboard
4388s	and that is something again as I said a
4390s	lot of stuff's already in Flight we
4391s	understand the importance of
4392s	leaderboards we understand people
4393s	wanting to be competitive in their PVE
4395s	play competitive in their build play be
4397s	able to show their Mastery of certain
4399s	things and that's so it's definitely on
4401s	our backlog that that is a thing we're
4403s	working towards to provide the player
4404s	committee with leaderboards as we move
4406s	forward through Seasons but it's not
4407s	something you're going to see in season
4408s	one and potentially not in season two
4410s	again I'm just managing expectations so
4413s	you're not yelling at me on Twitter
4413s	after uh we hear you we know we want it
4416s	we're working on it it's just not going
4418s	to be there at launch
4423s	as soon as we can awesome well um I know
4427s	we have a lot of questions here and
4429s	we've been collecting questions through
4430s	chat and so forth like that so I did
4432s	want to go into at least a little bit of
4434s	q a from from people in chat so if you
4436s	guys have questions feel free to throw
4437s	them in chat and we'll we'll try to
4439s	answer as many as possible
4441s	um but I I know we we did touch on this
4443s	really quickly uh as we're collecting
4445s	these questions right now but uh When
4447s	will season one launch mid July mentally
4450s	July mid to late July I mean and the
4453s	reason around the timing is too twofold
4455s	one is we want to make sure that we
4457s	launch this season we launch it into the
4460s	best state the game can be in to accept
4461s	that season we don't you know there's a
4464s	launch of a game of this scale can there
4466s	can always be some things that we have
4467s	to work through and settle in but two is
4469s	just we again as Joe talked about
4472s	um you need to be able to get through
4473s	the campaign before you start the season
4475s	so by having enough time in the pre what
4477s	we call the pre-season and so in the
4479s	preseason Kagan
4481s	um no battle pass because it's a
4482s	pre-season but there will be a basically
4484s	a sort of a reduced scope shop yes yeah
4487s	there'll be some things yeah you can
4488s	sort of get
4489s	it we have there's you know
4492s	um armor sets mounts and mount armors
4495s	and then there's some other cool things
4497s	like emotes and um headstones so like if
4500s	you die on the field of battle you can
4502s	leave behind a monument that is special
4504s	nice as we said hardcore players careful
4508s	of PVP when you die you're dead yeah
4511s	Dead Forever Dead Forever so
4514s	um
4514s	in the game
4516s	[Laughter]
4518s	no no we come to your house
4523s	I thought that was our butcher April
4524s	Fool's thing it is
4526s	true hardcore mode so that that is a
4529s	popular question that we've gotten where
4531s	people were confused by like hey if you
4533s	die in hardcore like are you do you come
4536s	back to life or do you just like start
4538s	off like you know with no gears yeah but
4542s	that's that's Anne in PvP too people yes
4544s	and that speaks to something that um you
4547s	know as we talk about the shop and
4548s	customization is one of the things is
4549s	that when you buy a you know one of the
4552s	things that's sort of different the
4553s	battle pass as you talked about is the
4555s	the armor and those sorts of things are
4557s	classic Gnostic that when I buy
4559s	something or when I get something in the
4560s	battle pass I can apply it to whatever
4562s	class I'm playing but the shop is
4564s	different because the shop you can
4565s	actually Target I can go and say oh I
4567s	want this Necromancer look and it's not
4569s	I know it doesn't go it's very specific
4571s	to like the Necromancer fantasy right
4573s	but yeah and but it's not character
4576s	basis accountability so if I for
4577s	whatever reason roll five necromancers I
4580s	can apply that armor to all five of them
4582s	right all future necromancers that you
4584s	ever created the infinite Rogue like me
4588s	um you know it's gonna get I'm gonna get
4589s	a lot of value right right right okay
4591s	great
4593s	um all right I'm gonna try to pronounce
4595s	these names and some of them are easy
4597s	thankfully but I'm going to try to
4599s	include people like he's like I'm gonna
4600s	try this but Bob asks
4606s	so we have a question from uh negative
4608s	capable if we get the premium battle
4610s	pass late is the favor retroactively
4613s	applied it is like you will earn the
4615s	favor and then it will unlock the the
4617s	tiers that uh like the premium tiers
4619s	that um you didn't unlock because you
4622s	hadn't unlocked the premium battle pass
4623s	yet cool yeah like you'll still earn
4625s	everything in the free track as well
4626s	like you're kind of making progress like
4628s	the whole time the whole time when you
4630s	get the premium versions when you get to
4631s	get all the people rewards yeah then
4632s	it'll just suddenly unlock all those
4634s	like locked premium tiers that you
4636s	already went through and and just a
4638s	reminder premium tiers just being
4640s	obviously the Cosmetics blessings are
4642s	part of the free that's right there are
4644s	no yeah there's no smoldering Ash in
4645s	though zip zero no smoldering Ash no pay
4649s	for power in premium tears yeah and no
4652s	no pay for power at all exactly yes I'm
4654s	just saying there's smoldering action
4655s	premium tears yes
4657s	um but that's also just to clarify
4659s	that's also true of the Season journey
4661s	is that if I let's say
4663s	um you know I'm starting a new I'm not
4666s	getting the game until much later it's
4667s	season two and I'm buying the game at
4669s	season two when I play the campaign in
4672s	the background it's tracking the the
4674s	season Journey accomplishments I'm doing
4677s	while I'm playing the campaign so it's
4678s	not everything in the season journey is
4680s	tied to like sort of open world seasonal
4683s	play it's also some things can be
4684s	accomplished by playing the campaign and
4686s	so when I finish and I go into the
4688s	seasons all of a sudden ding ding ding
4689s	ding a bunch of stuff in the season
4690s	Journey it will complete yes yeah that's
4692s	the expectations you want to move
4693s	through that she's really more quickly
4694s	if you start in the campaign you might
4696s	not be able to like finish every chapter
4697s	as you go because there's gonna be some
4699s	things you have to kind of like I like
4700s	participate in the season quest line or
4702s	the season mechanics in order to be able
4703s	to really get but you will be making
4704s	progress the entire time but I don't
4706s	think your hypothetical case is likely
4707s	to happen because obviously everybody is
4709s	going to buy Diablo 4 on or before
4711s	launch right so yeah it's a good call
4714s	um question from QR codes
4722s	question from Chuck duck lacks around
4726s	what level will you end up getting to to
4730s	the mount specifically the problem
4732s	wasn't the name it was the question
4734s	itself I'm just trying to like work
4735s	correct
4737s	um I think that is around level 30ish
4740s	yeah it's around level 30ish it depends
4742s	like everything happens
4744s	is going to be depending on how you play
4746s	are you open World playing and you're
4748s	driving up your level before you do the
4749s	golden path campaign like basically the
4752s	the horsey yeah and pony we use
4754s	different names for these but the mount
4756s	is unlocked as part of your campaign
4759s	progression right so you have to play
4760s	the campaign at some point to unlock
4763s	them out if you decide I'm not touching
4765s	the campaign I'm going to get to level
4767s	100 just in the open world you will not
4769s	unlock that horse that's completely true
4771s	yeah a question from
4777s	day two
4779s	um uh are you going to move the altars
4781s	each season so we J
4783s	um so they're in different locations
4786s	every single season right now the plan
4788s	is not to move them every season that's
4790s	something we've discussed as a team uh
4792s	we'll see what the feedback is like but
4793s	right now we we don't want you to have
4795s	to ReDiscover the locations every time
4797s	if you're looking for them but we'll see
4798s	how things adjust as we play awesome uh
4802s	not hard for us to do
4804s	and just to mess with you we might
4806s	anyway maybe now I will exactly
4809s	a question from slimy Saul uh people
4814s	need it we need more self-esteem in our
4817s	community I'm just telling you right now
4818s	um uh what about seasonal Cosmetics are
4821s	they a count bound they are so like uh
4824s	if you unlock it if you unlock a uh I
4827s	assume you're talking about the shop and
4828s	battle pass Cosmetics yeah yeah so
4831s	um if you unlock a armor for your
4834s	Barbarian all future barbarians that you
4836s	ever make and the on the Eternal realm
4838s	on the seasonal realm uh it's usable on
4840s	all of them
4841s	cool uh kiddo ass easier do ashes
4846s	transfer transfer over from previous
4848s	Seasons uh no so with every new season
4851s	you'll be resetting and starting to go
4853s	through your Ash collection once again
4854s	it's also like one of the things you
4856s	maybe we didn't call it but like the
4858s	season because they're seasoned
4859s	blessings there was actually one of
4860s	those top secrets so there's there'll be
4862s	blessings those blessings will be
4864s	playing with those so yeah there'll be
4865s	season specific blessings and we may
4867s	mess with what blessings are working or
4869s	not again it's part of the quality of
4871s	life and we go like hey we see this is
4873s	an issue or this is not working the way
4875s	or we see another opportunity so this is
4878s	another place we can play every season
4881s	um question from infernal Odin uh do you
4884s	need to have the premium battle pass for
4885s	the blessings uh you you do not yeah you
4889s	don't that's why that's why on the free
4892s	track itself so and you need the ashes
4894s	for the blessings and it's again there's
4897s	a two conditions you have to have the
4898s	favor to get to those free tiers and you
4901s	need to have the level requirements so
4902s	that you um again so everybody's at the
4904s	same place kind of from a play
4906s	perspective so there's no way to
4908s	accelerate that and that you're somehow
4910s	using tier skips to pay for power you're
4912s	not it's because you have it's on the
4914s	free track and you have to have a
4915s	certain level requirement to be able to
4917s	unlock that uh that Ash to be able to
4919s	use in the blessing
4923s	this is a long name I'm not going to try
4925s	uh is every season two level one well I
4929s	thought that was her name that is
4931s	awesome it is every season oh my God
4934s	uh every season is uh every season to
4937s	level 100. I mean the season is still to
4940s	the point where the player decides
4941s	they've paid all the goals they have to
4943s	tell you but I mean you are gonna start
4945s	level one and you are gonna play level
4947s	100 you know without if you choose to
4949s	with every season uh but it's again it's
4951s	up for a player to choose what goals
4952s	they want to really go after
4954s	a question from with tells will shop
4958s	items stay in the shop or will there be
4960s	limited Cosmetics too
4962s	oh that is a great question sorry
4964s	um so when items you know the shop is
4968s	actually personalized um there's limited
4970s	shelf space in there so you know you'll
4972s	see a set of of uh items in the shop and
4976s	then they'll they'll swap out
4977s	periodically so in preseason once a week
4979s	on Tuesdays some new things will come
4983s	into the shop some old things will come
4984s	out of the shop but when things leave
4986s	they're not like put into a vault they
4988s	will come back into the shop fairly
4990s	frequently yeah and then that's the
4993s	personalized the we actually have a
4994s	thing like recommended for you which is
4996s	one of the things that's really
4997s	interesting is like when something
4998s	leaves the shop it actually goes into a
5000s	pool of things that can be recommended
5002s	so if someone like Kagan who's
5004s	constantly playing Rogue or somebody
5006s	like me who's constantly playing necro
5007s	they'll actually say like hey you seem
5009s	to be playing a lot of Rogue here's some
5011s	Rogue things that may either be new or
5012s	something you may have missed previously
5014s	or hey there's some necro stuff and so
5016s	it's one of the things that's really
5017s	nice about the shop is it has a little
5018s	bit of that in you know intelligence and
5021s	then that has a recommendation and
5022s	General can go and say like hey I
5024s	noticed these kind you seem to you know
5026s	you seem to be really interested in
5028s	blood looking things here's a new
5029s	blood-looking thing you know that kind
5030s	of stuff so I think it will be it'll be
5033s	a nice way to keep the shop fresh and
5034s	interesting and actually tailored to the
5036s	person so so just to be like so in the
5038s	recommend for you like kagan's thing her
5041s	shop may look different with Rogue as
5043s	mine would be filled with necros
5044s	potentially I mean they'll be uh you'll
5046s	get a mix right like it'll it'll make we
5049s	want to make sure that the shop is
5051s	um serving you things that are actually
5052s	interesting to you
5054s	um and that we're not like forcing you
5056s	to scroll through lots and lots of pages
5058s	to you know find the exact thing you
5060s	want so but the and to answer the
5062s	question uh know when things leave the
5064s	shop they are not gone for good they
5065s	will rotate back in and the shop is
5067s	trying to show you things that you want
5069s	to buy yeah right but there and there
5071s	are like it's not just that section
5073s	where things are being recommended you
5074s	also have class specific areas so even
5077s	if I'm playing nectar all the time but
5078s	I'm really curious I'm about to go play
5079s	a rogue I want to go and look at the
5081s	Rogue those that stuff's all there too
5082s	it's not like I'm only limited to the
5084s	stuff that it's recommending I can go
5085s	and browse the shop as well on other
5088s	classes and such right that's right yep
5091s	um do you lose all season progress when
5093s	a hardcore character dies uh so the the
5096s	things you can put in the season Journey
5097s	are all a countdown so you won't lose
5099s	that progress but the things you collect
5101s	on your character that stuff's gonna go
5103s	away yeah so if you happen to find like
5105s	really good gear or something you're
5106s	wearing it they're gone just gone yeah
5109s	but you're you're the chapters you've
5110s	unlocked or the favor you've earned yeah
5113s	that's what that all states absolutely
5114s	absolutely true yep uh yeah that is true
5117s	yep and then
5120s	um this is actually something that we
5122s	should clarify here because someone's so
5123s	tesday was asking I'm missing something
5126s	or ashes is it still a Pay to Win
5128s	mechanic since you can advance 20 levels
5130s	on pat on the pass by paying that the
5134s	thing that you may not caught was that
5136s	there is a secondary requirement which
5137s	is you have to get to a specific level
5140s	um if to to unlock that specification
5143s	and and so even if you bust through
5146s	those first 20 tiers by buying the
5147s	accelerated pass you won't have met the
5149s	secondary level requirement on the free
5151s	tiers that have smoldering ashes in them
5153s	so you won't be able to unlock them
5155s	faster that way yep exactly
5158s	um
5159s	funny question from tactica when when
5162s	will we get Rod's hoodie in the shop
5164s	um Broad City has been in the shop
5166s	unfortunately I sent people that are
5168s	like hey if you want to go to this gear
5169s	shop and they only have Smalls
5171s	um so technically it's still there if
5174s	you want if you can buy if you're small
5175s	which I am not
5177s	um we are very aware of some certain
5180s	things that we have in the shop that are
5181s	very popular one was the the Lilith
5183s	denim jacket with the hoodie sleeves
5184s	that I think was uh awesome a few couple
5187s	years ago that we didn't I don't know
5189s	why we didn't bring back we were
5190s	literally just talking about this before
5192s	the stream started too yeah exactly and
5193s	so we know we we hear we hear the
5196s	comments that I wear this because in any
5199s	interview that's required me to sit I
5201s	need to hide all the folds and stuff so
5203s	I use this as my shelter but
5206s	um people like it so I need to uh we
5208s	need to bring it back in the shop and
5209s	get more stock so
5210s	um that's weird
5212s	um let's see there is a question
5216s	regarding
5217s	um when you skip the campaign from this
5220s	from Master Barbarian you're probably
5221s	playing Barbarian uh it's not stuck
5224s	Aaron shocker when you skip the campaign
5226s	what level do you actually start at
5227s	level one level one every character you
5230s	make a Diablo 4's gonna start at level
5231s	one okay and I think I answered this
5233s	wrong on Twitter so you can you can
5235s	correct me when someone asked me when
5238s	you skip the campaign where do you start
5240s	I need your said you start in the cave
5242s	and that's not true right when you skip
5244s	the campaign you're starting kill the
5245s	shot yes so it for for season one and
5247s	for the preseason when you always get
5249s	the campaign you'll start with you have
5250s	a shot might not always be in Kill
5252s	machine
5254s	foreshadowing I guess yeah sure you
5258s	start in a grave as a zombie that you
5259s	wake up and then
5260s	Zombie Thing
5263s	now people are just completely gonna
5266s	believe that like I know
5268s	the zombies from here just don't get
5270s	like heavily attached to the zombie
5271s	ideas
5275s	it's not happening uh will there be
5278s	unlockable amounts or Cosmetics through
5280s	defeating like gameplay challenges or
5282s	will those only be through the shop
5283s	itself yes uh there are some mounts and
5286s	other things you can collect uh like
5287s	trophies other like and certainly like
5289s	titles and things along those lines you
5290s	will get from overcoming particular
5292s	challenges throughout Diablo 4. so
5294s	there's plenty of stuff to actually
5295s	collect as well it's not just even just
5297s	like finding gear on the ground picking
5298s	up and salvaging it there's other things
5299s	you'll get as like achievement level
5301s	rewards for having include certain kinds
5303s	of content and and seasons will have new
5305s	titles and new things like that yeah it
5306s	seems to have like new titles uh and
5308s	like again the aspects everything should
5309s	be collecting as you play
5312s	um and then this is a question about the
5313s	server slam stuff which was uh if you
5316s	have the open if they had the open Beta
5318s	app on Playstation uh do they need to
5320s	download a different one the answer is
5322s	no you won't uh here in like the next
5325s	couple minutes or so uh you will be able
5327s	to two minutes well I two-ish minutes
5331s	two ish minutes uh please don't come
5333s	after me at like 12 o'clock when it's
5335s	like not available
5358s	if you didn't get your wolf uh puppy
5361s	pack
5363s	um you this is another opportunity so if
5365s	you reach level 20 with any character
5367s	during server slam which you have 48
5369s	hours to do it and you could probably
5371s	probably knock it out on a Friday with a
5372s	little no lifing but
5374s	um level 20 to get your beta puppy pack
5377s	and then we have a new reward around
5379s	defeating the Shava at level 20. so the
5382s	and it has to be level 20.
5384s	um and so um
5392s	to be super clear though because I've
5394s	had this question it is not the horse or
5396s	the horse's armor or the horsey or the
5398s	pony it is actually the claw on the back
5401s	which we call the Chavez the cryovach
5404s	because when if you were declawed you
5406s	would cry too but you have to beat
5409s	ashava at level 20. if you beat ashava
5412s	at level 19 no claw for you that's right
5415s	you'll be the one crying not a shotgun
5417s	so that was just mean but what if I have
5419s	friends who can like Carry Me Through
5421s	the combat I could just go to your level
5423s	nine you have to be level 20 to get the
5424s	call like you can beat ashava but plus
5426s	don't be that person those are 11 people
5428s	who want who need another level 20 to
5431s	show up like do not if you go early
5433s	you're just bringing the team down don't
5434s	go early get to level 20. it's not that
5437s	hard and then and then represent and
5439s	then you'll get the the cool new amount
5441s	of trouble and it's an example of one of
5442s	the other cosmetic types we have or the
5444s	mount trophies but a lot of it is around
5445s	achievements like we have stuff for PVP
5447s	where you can demonstrate like I'm a
5449s	badass who kills other players errors
5451s	and so you can have a certain amount
5452s	trophy for that so it it's a cool new
5454s	reward uh it's just we want people to go
5456s	in and so you'll have nine chances so
5458s	what we've done is the game server sign
5461s	will start on Friday at 9am and then
5465s	sorry at noon I apologize Friday at noon
5468s	the game service line will start and
5469s	then you basically have till Saturday at
5471s	9 A.M to get to level 20 and then at 9
5474s	A.M we start ashava every three hours so
5476s	based on that you'll have nine chances
5478s	to kill a Shava so those are your your
5481s	windows of opportunity so highly
5483s	recommend you spend Friday getting to 20
5485s	and then Saturday and trying to kill the
5488s	Shabba and please get to 20 before don't
5490s	be that person
5491s	there's a lot of time to get to 20 and a
5494s	lot more opportunities now compared to
5496s	even the beta where uh Shava only
5499s	spawned four times that whole entire
5500s	weekend right now you have a lot more
5502s	opportunities to actually take down
5503s	ashava it is more of a challenge as we
5506s	said before fewer legendaries lower
5508s	level cap yeah
5510s	can be done on both World tiers but if
5512s	you're having a difficult time with a
5513s	particular attempt don't be afraid to
5515s	step down to uh to Adventure or tear no
5517s	you can't even make it a little bit
5518s	easier for yourself potentially not at
5519s	all
5520s	um we one last question before we we
5523s	will wrap up because this gives an
5525s	opportunity for people to start
5526s	downloading uh server slam uh which is
5529s	uh when you spend small during Ash can
5531s	you re-roll that smoldering Ash like
5533s	onto like different blessings and so
5535s	forth like can you unspend it can you
5537s	unspend it and put it on other blessings
5539s	honestly I'll have to follow up with
5540s	that with I will follow up on that there
5543s	we go and I will provide an answer you
5544s	stumped us yeah we've been stumps we've
5548s	been stumped um uh so uh just a reminder
5551s	server slam downloads we'll be starting
5552s	here momentarily so you've already
5554s	started two minutes ago uh so you should
5557s	be able to grab it from the the
5558s	Battlenet client from PlayStation Xbox
5560s	as well uh and if you already have the
5563s	beta clients those will start to update
5564s	automatically so you'll be prepared for
5566s	this weekend
5567s	um provide feedback on our forums you
5570s	can see all the amazing rewards here and
5571s	so forth uh for for service land this
5574s	weekend uh provide all your feedback on
5576s	the forums uh we'll be reading forums
5578s	Reddit social media and so forth yeah I
5581s	think we should also um
5584s	I was working last time I didn't get the
5587s	puppies so you didn't hit 20 last time I
5589s	didn't I was working
5592s	awesome I mean I think
5594s	uh to be clear too like I just want to
5597s	mention again as we talk about the
5599s	realities of development you know we I
5600s	feel like the team did an amazing job
5602s	responding to the feedback on the uh
5605s	open beta and being able to make all the
5607s	changes that you know I made for the
5608s	dungeon and the font and and all the
5610s	stuff that all the great feedback we had
5611s	and we still want that same feedback
5613s	coming off service line but please
5615s	recognize the game went gold a little
5617s	while ago uh we are 22 days away from
5619s	launch so our ability to respond in a
5621s	really big way to feedback is going to
5623s	be somewhat limited as we're kind of
5624s	coming in to land this airplane if you
5626s	will so uh we're doing our best and
5629s	we're going to respond as best we can
5630s	but just in terms of the scope of
5632s	changes like we were able to do a lot
5634s	coming off open Beta probably less off
5636s	service land this is really meant to be
5638s	hey we're getting ready to go live we
5640s	want our servers to we want to make sure
5642s	our servers are ready for that and so
5643s	this is what this is about we still want
5644s	your feedback I'm just saying manage
5646s	expectations you may see the results of
5649s	that feedback more towards season one or
5652s	such so just something to be aware of
5654s	yeah so uh lots lots coming up here this
5658s	weekend A lot's coming up before launch
5660s	as well uh for for Diablo 4. we're
5663s	obviously really excited this is
5664s	actually I will note this is our last
5666s	developer update live once here one tier
5668s	before launch we will continue these yep
5671s	post launch even if it's just you by
5673s	yourself we're talking yeah I will just
5674s	jump on a camera and deadpan for one
5677s	hour you know what a Starbucks yeah I
5679s	imagine we'll be talking a great deal
5681s	yes yes we've already spoken quite a
5683s	great deal and there's more there's
5685s	plenty more
5686s	[Laughter]
5689s	I mean that's what it is to be paid by
5691s	the word yep that's true and uh just
5694s	another reminder that all the the the
5696s	topics that we discussed today regarding
5698s	uh season's battle passing and shop and
5700s	so forth those are actually going to be
5701s	available on diablo4.com uh we'll have a
5705s	Blog up uh immediately after this stream
5707s	uh so people can actually take a look
5708s	there and get more information or read
5710s	more information if you happen to
5712s	um just jump in halfway through or
5714s	something like that yeah or or we we
5717s	spoke too fast or it yeah and you want
5719s	to read it at your own pace then that's
5721s	a good place to go do that side eyeing
5723s	Joe the whole time uh I appreciate you
5727s	I appreciate you judge we all appreciate
5730s	you Joe's great Joe's great uh and at
5732s	the same time uh the server slam
5733s	information we have a Blog up for that
5734s	as well and that again starts at noon
5738s	Pacific time May 12th noon yes noon
5741s	Pacific time May 12th so we hope to see
5743s	you guys there in the US Mother's Day
5745s	weekend or Thursday Blessed Mother's Day
5747s	weekend Blessed Mother's Day weekend in
5749s	the U.S and in some participating
5751s	countries that have not already
5753s	celebrated Mother's Day I know that's
5755s	like yeah or we'll celebrate Mother's
5756s	Day at a different date but yes
5758s	um but yeah thank you guys again uh for
5761s	tuning in for another Diablo 4 developer
5763s	update live stream thank you again to
5765s	this wonderful panel of guests Rod Kagan
5767s	Joe uh we are super excited for launch
5770s	Diablo 4 service land this weekend
5774s	Rod actually has a special treat for us
5776s	here
5777s	what so my wife got me the the button
5782s	for this is a thing that came out that's
5784s	a 30-second dance party so why don't we
5787s	why don't we end on it we will end on a
5789s	30-second dance party so Ron ready take
5792s	us away
5799s	yeah bye everyone
5801s	check out check out SummerSlam service
5804s	lamb server slam
5806s	please go to The Graphic okay

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