• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Diablo IV Devs to Preview Season 3 on January 18

T0@st

News Editor
Joined
Mar 7, 2023
Messages
2,077 (3.13/day)
Location
South East, UK
Our next Developer Update Livestream begins on January 18 at 9 a.m. PST and will unearth details about the next season's gameplay features, Season Journey, and quality-of-life updates. Plus, we'll also share information about the new competitive leaderboard system—The Gauntlet. Join associate director of community Adam Fletcher, game design manager Daniel Tanguay, quest designer Madeleine James, and lead class designer Adam Jackson, as they delve into the danger awaiting you in Diablo IV's third season.

We'll also hold a Q&A segment at the end of the stream for players to field their questions directly to the team. Visit our official Diablo Twitch and YouTube channels to watch live! Following the Developer Update Livestream's conclusion, we'll post another article with a video of the livestream so you can still catch up on the details if you miss them.



View at TechPowerUp Main Site | Source
 
Joined
Feb 13, 2023
Messages
90 (0.13/day)
Location
Hell
Is it going to be bug fixes and quality of life that the game should have shipped with on release disguised as an update yet again?
Devs usually do that when the game is at Death's Door.
 
Joined
Jun 2, 2017
Messages
9,411 (3.40/day)
System Name Best AMD Computer
Processor AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling In Win SR36
Memory GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s) Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s) GIGABYTE FV43U
Case Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s) Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply Deepcool 1000M
Mouse Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard Logitech G510
Software Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

OneMoar

There is Always Moar
Joined
Apr 9, 2010
Messages
8,800 (1.64/day)
Location
Rochester area
System Name RPC MK2.5
Processor Ryzen 5800x
Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Pro V2
Cooling Thermalright Phantom Spirit SE
Memory CL16 BL2K16G36C16U4RL 3600 1:1 micron e-die
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE RTX 3070 Ti GAMING OC
Storage Nextorage NE1N 2TB ADATA SX8200PRO NVME 512GB, Intel 545s 500GBSSD, ADATA SU800 SSD, 3TB Spinner
Display(s) LG Ultra Gear 32 1440p 165hz Dell 1440p 75hz
Case Phanteks P300 /w 300A front panel conversion
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply SeaSonic Focus+ Platinum 750W
Mouse Kone burst Pro
Keyboard SteelSeries Apex 7
Software Windows 11 +startisallback
yea sorry blizzard don't care
 
Joined
Sep 17, 2014
Messages
22,738 (6.05/day)
Location
The Washing Machine
System Name Tiny the White Yeti
Processor 7800X3D
Motherboard MSI MAG Mortar b650m wifi
Cooling CPU: Thermalright Peerless Assassin / Case: Phanteks T30-120 x3
Memory 32GB Corsair Vengeance 30CL6000
Video Card(s) ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming
Storage Lexar NM790 4TB + Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial BX100 250GB
Display(s) Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case Lian Li A3 mATX White
Audio Device(s) Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1
Power Supply EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse Steelseries Aerox 5
Keyboard Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
VR HMD HD 420 - Green Edition ;)
Software W11 IoT Enterprise LTSC
Benchmark Scores Over 9000
Blizzard might have actually killed off the Diablo brand with D4
Yep. Its dead. Expiry date was somewhere in 2023, lets move on
 

AsRock

TPU addict
Joined
Jun 23, 2007
Messages
19,114 (2.99/day)
Location
UK\USA
Yep. Its dead. Expiry date was somewhere in 2023, lets move on

It had one ?, i thought it was sold as rotten on the shelf to begin with.

Now they want our money after what happened before, they showed their true colors over the last few years and they can go to hell. Now they want the whole cake.

GTFOH.
 
Joined
Sep 17, 2014
Messages
22,738 (6.05/day)
Location
The Washing Machine
System Name Tiny the White Yeti
Processor 7800X3D
Motherboard MSI MAG Mortar b650m wifi
Cooling CPU: Thermalright Peerless Assassin / Case: Phanteks T30-120 x3
Memory 32GB Corsair Vengeance 30CL6000
Video Card(s) ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming
Storage Lexar NM790 4TB + Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial BX100 250GB
Display(s) Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case Lian Li A3 mATX White
Audio Device(s) Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1
Power Supply EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse Steelseries Aerox 5
Keyboard Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
VR HMD HD 420 - Green Edition ;)
Software W11 IoT Enterprise LTSC
Benchmark Scores Over 9000
Is it going to be bug fixes and quality of life that the game should have shipped with on release disguised as an update yet again?
Devs usually do that when the game is at Death's Door.
Yeah its striking isn't it. So you have to imagine, there is a meeting in those offices of all those developers doing their online service model games where a design goal is to tweak all the values so players 'stay as long as possible' and 'the progression curve fits our business plan and content timing'. And they then think we don't notice and are still having fun, not feeling like we're taken a run for with fake difficulty and stat bumps.

Dream on, idiots, real gamers know. You can't lie to us.
 
Joined
Jan 29, 2020
Messages
26 (0.01/day)
Yeah its striking isn't it. So you have to imagine, there is a meeting in those offices of all those developers doing their online service model games where a design goal is to tweak all the values so players 'stay as long as possible' and 'the progression curve fits our business plan and content timing'. And they then think we don't notice and are still having fun, not feeling like we're taken a run for with fake difficulty and stat bumps.

Dream on, idiots, real gamers know. You can't lie to us.
Your imagination is way too wild if you think developers make those decisions.
 
Joined
Sep 17, 2014
Messages
22,738 (6.05/day)
Location
The Washing Machine
System Name Tiny the White Yeti
Processor 7800X3D
Motherboard MSI MAG Mortar b650m wifi
Cooling CPU: Thermalright Peerless Assassin / Case: Phanteks T30-120 x3
Memory 32GB Corsair Vengeance 30CL6000
Video Card(s) ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming
Storage Lexar NM790 4TB + Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial BX100 250GB
Display(s) Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case Lian Li A3 mATX White
Audio Device(s) Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1
Power Supply EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse Steelseries Aerox 5
Keyboard Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
VR HMD HD 420 - Green Edition ;)
Software W11 IoT Enterprise LTSC
Benchmark Scores Over 9000
Your imagination is way too wild if you think developers make those decisions.
Developers need to implement this, so they need to build it. Didnt say they decide it must be done. But it comes out of developer hands.

The fact developers do this to 'their own game' speaks volumes about a team and its culture. You have to be a pretty lean athlete for those mental gymnastics. Or just plain dead inside. Ten, twenty years ago it was new and maybe you couldnt know. But in 2023?
 
Joined
Jan 29, 2020
Messages
26 (0.01/day)
Developers need to implement this, so they need to build it. Didnt say they decide it must be done. But it comes out of developer hands.

The fact developers do this to 'their own game' speaks volumes about a team and its culture. You have to be a pretty lean athlete for those mental gymnastics. Or just plain dead inside. Ten, twenty years ago it was new and maybe you couldnt know. But in 2023?

Are you suggesting developers should take a moral high ground and refuse to implement things they're asked to?
 
Joined
Dec 14, 2011
Messages
1,103 (0.23/day)
Location
South-Africa
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI)
Cooling Noctua NH-D15 G2
Memory 32GB G.Skill DDR4 3600Mhz CL18
Video Card(s) ASUS GTX 1650 TUF
Storage SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2TB
Display(s) Dell S3220DGF
Case Corsair iCUE 4000X
Audio Device(s) ASUS Xonar D2X
Power Supply Corsair AX760 Platinum
Mouse Razer DeathAdder V2 - Wireless
Keyboard Corsair K70 PRO - OPX Linear Switches
Software Microsoft Windows 11 - Enterprise (64-bit)
Wait a second, there was a Season 2? /s :roll:

Never logged back in Blizzard, you treated your real fans & customers like crap for way too long. I don't care how good it is now or how good you will make it, this was the last title I will have ever bought from you. You had decades of experience and decided to give us a turd on launch, oh we know why you did it, smelled the cash a mile off eh? Create the problem, sell the solution. SCREW YOU!
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2019
Messages
8,362 (3.91/day)
System Name Bragging Rights
Processor Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
Cooling No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s) 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case Veddha T2
Audio Device(s) Apparently, yes
Power Supply Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.
Blizzard get zero goodwill after Diablo III. Their corporate greed *almost* ruined it but they caved to the pressure of community backlash and eventually made something fun, even if that wasn't their first choice.

Diablo IV is just a rip-off beta that will likely die before it's even half-finished. Any talent Blizzard had for game design left that company at least a decade ago in disgust.
 
Joined
Sep 21, 2019
Messages
41 (0.02/day)
Location
Delaware
System Name Typhon
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Motherboard Asus Crosshair VIII Hero WiFi
Cooling Deepcool Castle 360EX Push Top Mount
Memory G.Skill Trident Z NEO Series 64GB - F4-3600C16Q-64GTZNC
Video Card(s) EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming
Storage 1TB Samsung 970 PRO, 1TB Addlink S20, 2TB MX500
Display(s) Acer Predator X34 34" Curved + 27" ASUS ROG PG279Q
Case Antec DF700 FLUX
Audio Device(s) ROG SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Power Supply Corsair HX1000i (2023)
Mouse Logitech G604 Hero 25k
Keyboard EVGA Z20 Linear
Software Win10 22H2 / Mint 21.1
Benchmark Scores https://valid.x86.fr/ac31ky https://www.3dmark.com/fs/27840834 https://www.3dmark.com/spy/28533826
All they had to do is make D3 progression in an open world, with dungeons, and a new story. They messed it up. D4 is dead.
 
Joined
Oct 30, 2022
Messages
239 (0.30/day)
Location
Australia
System Name Blytzen
Processor Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard ASRock B650E Taichi Lite
Cooling Deepcool LS520 (240mm)
Memory G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s) Powercolor 6800XT Red Dragon (16 gig)
Storage 2TB Crucial P5 Plus SSD, 80TB spinning rust in a NAS
Display(s) MSI MPG321URX QD-OLED (32", 4k, 240hz), Samsung 32" 4k
Case Coolermaster HAF 500
Audio Device(s) Logitech G733 and a Z5500 running in a 2.1 config (I yeeted the mid and 2 satellites)
Power Supply Corsair HX850
Mouse Logitech G502X lightspeed
Keyboard Logitech G915 TKL tactile
Benchmark Scores Squats and calf raises
I'm against the grain here, I don't mind it.

It's not the first thing I fire up but I am usually poking around at the start of each season.

I still find it a little less intuitive than I'd like but still generally fun to play.
 
Joined
Oct 19, 2007
Messages
8,262 (1.32/day)
Processor Intel i9 9900K @5GHz w/ Corsair H150i Pro CPU AiO w/Corsair HD120 RBG fan
Motherboard Asus Z390 Maximus XI Code
Cooling 6x120mm Corsair HD120 RBG fans
Memory Corsair Vengeance RBG 2x8GB 3600MHz
Video Card(s) Asus RTX 3080Ti STRIX OC
Storage Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB , 970 EVO 1TB, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, 10TB Synology DS1621+ RAID5
Display(s) Corsair Xeneon 32" 32UHD144 4K
Case Corsair 570x RBG Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s) Onboard / Corsair Virtuoso XT Wireless RGB
Power Supply Corsair HX850w Platinum Series
Mouse Logitech G604s
Keyboard Corsair K70 Rapidfire
Software Windows 11 x64 Professional
Benchmark Scores Firestrike - 23520 Heaven - 3670
Yep. Its dead. Expiry date was somewhere in 2023, lets move on
Like a month after release. You knew it was truly dead when no one showed up to the live event in South Korea
 
Joined
Mar 18, 2008
Messages
5,447 (0.89/day)
Location
Australia
System Name Night Rider | Mini LAN PC | Workhorse
Processor AMD R7 5800X3D | Ryzen 1600X | i7 970
Motherboard MSi AM4 Pro Carbon | GA- | Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling Noctua U9S Twin Fan| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)| Big shairkan B
Memory 2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 | 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s) MSI AMD 6750XT | 6500XT | MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage 1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black | 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 | WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s) LG 27" 1440P| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" | 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case LIAN LI PC-18 | Mini ATX Case (custom) | Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s) Onboard | Onbaord | Onboard
Power Supply Silverstone 850 | Silverstone Mini 450W | Corsair CX-750
Mouse Coolermaster Pro | Rapoo V900 | Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 | Creative Fatal1ty eluminx | Some POS Logitech
Software Windows 10 Pro 64 | Windows 10 Pro 64 | Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home
Wasnt D4 a complete flop? Which is a shame as I like Diablo and wanted to try this but for $155 thats just insane price and a big NOPE from me till its cheaper!
 
Joined
Sep 17, 2014
Messages
22,738 (6.05/day)
Location
The Washing Machine
System Name Tiny the White Yeti
Processor 7800X3D
Motherboard MSI MAG Mortar b650m wifi
Cooling CPU: Thermalright Peerless Assassin / Case: Phanteks T30-120 x3
Memory 32GB Corsair Vengeance 30CL6000
Video Card(s) ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming
Storage Lexar NM790 4TB + Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial BX100 250GB
Display(s) Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case Lian Li A3 mATX White
Audio Device(s) Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1
Power Supply EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse Steelseries Aerox 5
Keyboard Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
VR HMD HD 420 - Green Edition ;)
Software W11 IoT Enterprise LTSC
Benchmark Scores Over 9000
I'm against the grain here, I don't mind it.

It's not the first thing I fire up but I am usually poking around at the start of each season.

I still find it a little less intuitive than I'd like but still generally fun to play.
Thats fine too, shit games deserve some TLC too, Im glad you make that sacrifice so others dont have to :toast:

Slot machines kinda give me that same experience you describe above here. 'Oh, there are flashy lights and I get my dopamine shot every 10 minutes' "its not really intuitive so I dont really like what Im doing but its okay for a while"

Worth reflecting on
 
Joined
Oct 30, 2022
Messages
239 (0.30/day)
Location
Australia
System Name Blytzen
Processor Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard ASRock B650E Taichi Lite
Cooling Deepcool LS520 (240mm)
Memory G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s) Powercolor 6800XT Red Dragon (16 gig)
Storage 2TB Crucial P5 Plus SSD, 80TB spinning rust in a NAS
Display(s) MSI MPG321URX QD-OLED (32", 4k, 240hz), Samsung 32" 4k
Case Coolermaster HAF 500
Audio Device(s) Logitech G733 and a Z5500 running in a 2.1 config (I yeeted the mid and 2 satellites)
Power Supply Corsair HX850
Mouse Logitech G502X lightspeed
Keyboard Logitech G915 TKL tactile
Benchmark Scores Squats and calf raises
Thats fine too, shit games deserve some TLC too, Im glad you make that sacrifice so others dont have to :toast:

Slot machines kinda give me that same experience you describe above here. 'Oh, there are flashy lights and I get my dopamine shot every 10 minutes' "its not really intuitive so I dont really like what Im doing but its okay for a while"

Worth reflecting on
I play league of legends as well. That's exceptional for self hate.

It's not that the game mechanics are problematic, more I find myself questioning why the season is giving us xxx.

I still feel that summoner classes in D3/D4 don't reflect what they were in D2.
 
Top