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New Details on Diablo 4's Shared Open World - MMORPG.com

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edited November 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageNew Details on Diablo 4's Shared Open World - MMORPG.com

Some new details were shared regarding how exactly the open shared world of Diablo 4 will work.

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  • fcweddfcwedd Member UncommonPosts: 196
    As long as there is no real money auction house crap...
    JeroKaneRellz
  • WhiteLanternWhiteLantern Member RarePosts: 3,319
    That no-offline thing could be an issue for me again. The console version of D3 was superior because I didn't have to worry about latency when fighting bosses. At least make all that crap client-side so I don't have to send every attack across the satellites.
    mazutRellzweaponx1969WarlyxGorwe

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  • blamo2000blamo2000 Member RarePosts: 1,130
    Has any information came out about the most important thing and main difference between D2 and D3? The rpg system. D2 had a solid rpg system and great skill trees. D3 had abject shit that was meaningless. The whole system as just level based unlock tripe that required no thought, effort, knowledge, trying, thinking, or planning and antithetical to actual rpg systems.
    ultimateduckRoin
  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,600
    "offline mode won’t be possible." Meh faIL..online only so they force MTX down people throats....

    Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.





  • jarsku85jarsku85 Member UncommonPosts: 84
    Sounds very similar to Torchlight Frontiers shared world.
  • XiaokiXiaoki Member EpicPosts: 4,036


    That no-offline thing could be an issue for me again. The console version of D3 was superior because I didn't have to worry about latency when fighting bosses. At least make all that crap client-side so I don't have to send every attack across the satellites.



    Anything client side can be, and will be, hacked.
    IceAgeNephethXantaviusLife2v
  • 3dom3dom Member RarePosts: 889
    Open world with multiplayer - better than expected. Single player AAA titles should become thing of the past, let indies take the cheap (to develop) niche.
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  • Spriggen1337Spriggen1337 Member UncommonPosts: 276
    edited November 2019

    DMKano said:

    Its 100% online

    Open world will be shared

    Dungeons are instanced and can be group or solo.

    You can solo if you wish and never group for dungeons, but open world events will have bosses that cant be soloed.

    Also the game is at least 3 years away - so what features get added or get cut is anyone's guess.


    One thing is sure - the graphics will be overhauled but there will be changes to some features for sure - something might get cut or replaced by something entirely new.

    What Blizzard showed was an kinf of an alpha concept




    I think that it is coming alot sooner than 3 years, TBH id expect it b4 2021 as its been worked on for a while now already...
    only thing that worries me is are they gonna do a fallout76 and totally backpedal on the no Pay 2 Win microtransactions they did say only cosmetic and no P2W in a Q n A!

    Also they did have a playable demo area for D4 at blizzcon so its further along than suggested! people like kripparian have streamed it on twitch
    Hiromant
  • SeelinnikoiSeelinnikoi Member RarePosts: 1,360

    fcwedd said:

    As long as there is no real money auction house crap...



    Strange, the feature that I actually loved and missed from D3 is the real money AH.

    Made so much money selling items on it.
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  • Spriggen1337Spriggen1337 Member UncommonPosts: 276




    fcwedd said:


    As long as there is no real money auction house crap...






    Strange, the feature that I actually loved and missed from D3 is the real money AH.



    Made so much money selling items on it.




    Well the auction house GOLD only made sense but RMAH no!

    Atleast trading is back in this version
    Gorwe
  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584

    DMKano said:

    Its 100% online

    Open world will be shared

    Dungeons are instanced and can be group or solo.

    You can solo if you wish and never group for dungeons, but open world events will have bosses that cant be soloed.

    Also the game is at least 3 years away - so what features get added or get cut is anyone's guess.


    One thing is sure - the graphics will be overhauled but there will be changes to some features for sure - something might get cut or replaced by something entirely new.

    What Blizzard showed was an kinf of an alpha concept



    a poor version of lost ark, its official, blizzard is so lost they are trying to copy another game and put a D4 tag to see if it fly

    sad part is it will
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  • Shooter564567Shooter564567 Member UncommonPosts: 44
    so its basically a small MMORPG
  • G3NexisG3Nexis Member UncommonPosts: 85

    DMKano said:

    Its 100% online

    Open world will be shared

    Dungeons are instanced and can be group or solo.

    You can solo if you wish and never group for dungeons, but open world events will have bosses that cant be soloed.

    Also the game is at least 3 years away - so what features get added or get cut is anyone's guess.


    One thing is sure - the graphics will be overhauled but there will be changes to some features for sure - something might get cut or replaced by something entirely new.

    What Blizzard showed was an kinf of an alpha concept



    a poor version of lost ark, its official, blizzard is so lost they are trying to copy another game and put a D4 tag to see if it fly

    sad part is it will
    Pretty much every game made today is a copy of some other game. How do you know its a poor version of Lost Ark? Odd's are you have not played either game you are referencing and D4 is years away from being in what can be considered a playable state.

    You are just complaining to complain at this point really...
    Nepheth
  • immoralthangimmoralthang Member RarePosts: 300
    I reinstalled Diablo 3 today and ran a few Greater Rifts. I hope D4 includes a more robust endgame system.

    Adventure Mode outside of GRifts just isn't rewarding at all. Greater Rifts get boring really quick. I'm sure some content will be more rewarding than others but I hope there is some diversity in choices.
    angerbeaver
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    No details on the "cosmetic" micro-transactions?
  • UtinniUtinni Member EpicPosts: 2,209




    DMKano said:


    Its 100% online

    Open world will be shared

    Dungeons are instanced and can be group or solo.

    You can solo if you wish and never group for dungeons, but open world events will have bosses that cant be soloed.

    Also the game is at least 3 years away - so what features get added or get cut is anyone's guess.


    One thing is sure - the graphics will be overhauled but there will be changes to some features for sure - something might get cut or replaced by something entirely new.

    What Blizzard showed was an kinf of an alpha concept







    I think that it is coming alot sooner than 3 years, TBH id expect it b4 2021 as its been worked on for a while now already...
    only thing that worries me is are they gonna do a fallout76 and totally backpedal on the no Pay 2 Win microtransactions they did say only cosmetic and no P2W in a Q n A!


    Also they did have a playable demo area for D4 at blizzcon so its further along than suggested! people like kripparian have streamed it on twitch



    He's probably right about 3 years. Thinking this is coming out next year is a huge stretch. It's been in development a long time but I'm guessing they completely changed their design when they saw Lost Ark, so this iteration is probably a year in the making.
  • Spriggen1337Spriggen1337 Member UncommonPosts: 276

    Albatroes said:

    No details on the "cosmetic" micro-transactions?



    just cosmetics kinda like what D3 has and more wings pets probs dyes armor skins, and now since chars are more customisable on creation hair skin tone tattoos etc etc list goes on
  • Spriggen1337Spriggen1337 Member UncommonPosts: 276

    DMKano said:





    DMKano said:


    Its 100% online

    Open world will be shared

    Dungeons are instanced and can be group or solo.

    You can solo if you wish and never group for dungeons, but open world events will have bosses that cant be soloed.

    Also the game is at least 3 years away - so what features get added or get cut is anyone's guess.


    One thing is sure - the graphics will be overhauled but there will be changes to some features for sure - something might get cut or replaced by something entirely new.

    What Blizzard showed was an kinf of an alpha concept







    I think that it is coming alot sooner than 3 years, TBH id expect it b4 2021 as its been worked on for a while now already...

    only thing that worries me is are they gonna do a fallout76 and totally backpedal on the no Pay 2 Win microtransactions they did say only cosmetic and no P2W in a Q n A!


    Also they did have a playable demo area for D4 at blizzcon so its further along than suggested! people like kripparian have streamed it on twitch



    Maybe you missed it - but when asked when D4 is coming out - blizzard said  - not soon, not even Blizzard soon.

    Not soon would be 2 years

    Nor Blizzard soon is 3+ years

    They scrambled to make this playable alpha concept because they F'd up so bad with "you guys have phones" that they needed something big to show this year.

    But no - D4 is nowhere near being completed and I think that what it ends up being will be very different than what they showed 



    But it was gonna get announced last blizzcon tho dude but was pulled last second, this game will need to be out within 2 years because games like wolcen (carnt wait for this) lost ark (meh) last epoch (looks alright) and many more changes to path of exile are sure to come, blizzard need a new title out within the next 2 years because they havent really put anything our for a while now (i dont really count expacs as a full game)!
  • BitterClingerBitterClinger Member UncommonPosts: 439

    DMKano said:

    Its 100% online

    Open world will be shared

    What Blizzard showed was an kinf of an alpha concept



    I have a conspiracy theory about this. I suspect they may have done some work on Diablo IV, but it was very preliminary work. They scrapped it shifted focus on Diablo Immortal and other projects. After the Diablo Immortal announcement flopped at last years' BlizzCon, they went all hands on deck to resurrect Diablo IV and get something ready to show this year. That's why we see D3 assets with reskinned character models. Also, I think this game is 3+ years away from launch (at least) because they fundamentally had to jump start the development after last years' BlizzCon. I've also heard from one person in a position to know, that certain developers on the Diablo team have been in 'crunch mode' for over 6 months.

    I don't believe they were going to announce D4 last year. I think that was a line of hooey released to games' media as a CYA.
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  • nprosenprose Member UncommonPosts: 2
    I'm cautiously excited about the shared open world. I have very fond memories of running around the open world in Marvel Heroes with a whole bunch of other players.

    "To maintain the sense that you're an embattled hero in a desolated environment, player populations will change depending on what part of the world you're in."

    It looks like population could be a little bit more controlled in D4, so maybe we won't get the glorious insanity which was Midtown Patrol. But, still hopeful.
  • SlyLoKSlyLoK Member RarePosts: 2,698

    DMKano said:

    Its 100% online

    Open world will be shared

    Dungeons are instanced and can be group or solo.

    You can solo if you wish and never group for dungeons, but open world events will have bosses that cant be soloed.

    Also the game is at least 3 years away - so what features get added or get cut is anyone's guess.


    One thing is sure - the graphics will be overhauled but there will be changes to some features for sure - something might get cut or replaced by something entirely new.

    What Blizzard showed was an kinf of an alpha concept



    Stop acting like you know what you are talking about especially right after you finished prying your foot out of your mouth for being so wrong about D4.
    alkarionlog
  • SplitStream13SplitStream13 Member UncommonPosts: 253
    edited November 2019

    Xiaoki said:





    That no-offline thing could be an issue for me again. The console version of D3 was superior because I didn't have to worry about latency when fighting bosses. At least make all that crap client-side so I don't have to send every attack across the satellites.






    Anything client side can be, and will be, hacked.



    Not on a locked down console though. PS4 and Xbox One are not yet cracked even.
    [Deleted User]Gdemami
  • ultimateduckultimateduck Member EpicPosts: 1,306
    Aori said:

    DMKano said:


    Albatroes said:

    No details on the "cosmetic" micro-transactions?


    When the game is 3+ years from launch- we wont get any details for a while 



    Do you have a source for this claim?

    DMKano knows everything about every game. He knows more than the actual developers.  He can read between the lines with pinpoint accuracy. He can accurately predict the future. He knows when developers are lying and when they are telling the truth. He is a combination of Nostradamus, the little kid from The 6th Sense and Santa Clause.

    Or, he just likes to hear himself talk.

    IceAgealkarionlogDafAtRandomGdemami
  • WarlyxWarlyx Member EpicPosts: 3,367
    no offline option? no thanks , world events for more than 1 player? no thanks

    ugh , if they want to make a Diablo MMO do it right
    Asm0deusGdemami
  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584
    Aori said:

    DMKano said:


    Albatroes said:

    No details on the "cosmetic" micro-transactions?


    When the game is 3+ years from launch- we wont get any details for a while 



    Do you have a source for this claim?

    DMKano knows everything about every game. He knows more than the actual developers.  He can read between the lines with pinpoint accuracy. He can accurately predict the future. He knows when developers are lying and when they are telling the truth. He is a combination of Nostradamus, the little kid from The 6th Sense and Santa Clause.

    Or, he just likes to hear himself talk.

    he know more then some people here who love to defend games, who btw is already broken so even the white knights are having a hard time to defend

    kid undertand, you know things are dire when you start to agree with kano, and I never did agree, even more with archeage, with him defending the game relentiless, and now he don't, take the hint would yeah
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