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Sorry if I just didn’t see this in patch/update notes. Will current characters be wiped when 1.0 releases?
External link →Sorry if I just didn’t see this in patch/update notes. Will current characters be wiped when 1.0 releases?
External link →We will not wipe your characters.
We are using a seasonal ladder system. We are calling them cycles. When a cycle ends, all characters get transitioned to Legacy. This is effectively where all current characters are now. When 1.0 launches in February, we will start a new cycle ladder and people can choose to create a cycle character or a legacy character.
Those that are opposed to a system like this are usually concerned about the new content only being available to new characters. This is not the case. You will be able to use the item factions, use the new masteries and engage will all the new 1.0 content on legacy characters in February. We do not plan to maintain two gameplay environments.
We plan to continue to include the updates to the game in the legacy environment at the same time. This is because the major features we have planned for the first few big patches are things we consider very important to the game. It is possible that we might start to experiment with smaller game elements in cycles like a new unique or something maybe.
We will pay close attention to the feedback we get from our players regarding this and will adapt as we see necessary.
They are following the Diablo seasonal model? Will you be forced to restart over and over?
Please see the stickied comment I just left for full real details.
Yeah it sucks. But apparently it's a thing. Either join in on the fun and new content and start again and again and again.. . Or say f*** it like I do and miss out and level a new char when YOU want to! I always saw it as a cheap way to keep you occupied without devs really putting to much effort into the game. SEASONS!
Please see the stickied comment I just left for full real details.
Such a bless having an actual dev here who’s answering most important questions, instead of making rumors by users.
Just because I'm terrible at sarcasm, I have to double check, are there other questions that I'm missing?
No sarcasm here lol. Im just comparing it to other subreddits, where, as many opinions as users lol. And 99% of them complete nonsense. Here we have official answer, which is nice. I wish more devs did this kind of things.
Cool beans, thanks :)
Will there be a battle pass? And if so will all characters be able to earn progress on it or just seasonal/ cycle characters. The one gripe I have with Diablo 4 at the moment as a full time working dad is I want to be able to progress a battle pass but just want to do it on one character.
No.
Please give us the opportunity to change our mastery and speed leveling. I want to play with the characters you created but dont have time to level them up.
Class selection is an important part of your character's journey. Being able to reselect your class is not something we are interested in doing. We have no intention of adding a "D3 vault gold speed leveling" equivalent.
I'm so glad you guys aren't hitting us with thousands of micro-transactions like most others are doing. It's so refreshing tbh...
Just so there aren't any unwelcome surprises later, we do have a strictly cosmetic only mtx shop with minipets, portals and fancy hats. More things to come but they won't be functional in any way, just cool looking.
And that's perfectly fine. As long as you guys keep it from becoming pay to win, I have no issue with that. Thanks for letting us know also :)
Awesome, have fun :)
Thank god. This makes me extremely happy and I think I'm going to go and buy your game right now.
Very cool, I hope you have fun :)
Please don't ever sell the company to a multi billion dollar corporation who will abandon the game and make a mobile-game sequel and start a predatory cash shop. Sorry, I've just been hurt before.
Soooooo this is awkward but you might as well hear it direct but....a while back we did sell a small portion of the company to a big company to get the funding we needed to finish the game. This is something we have posted publicly on our forums, discord, reddit, steam page and more so it's not exactly hidden. On the plus side, they haven't tried to change anything we are doing.
Serious question and it might seem silly but was there consideration for calling instead of cycles, call them epochs instead?
Yup, was one of the first things pitched but it just got confusing. "Are you going to play the latest epoch in Last Epoch?"
Any chance additional character slots are in the works, paid or otherwise? I ran out months ago and it wasn't enough for half of the characters/builds I had planned. Could be a good way to get some extra cash flow to fund development, too.
I'm trying