BlizzCon 2023 - Diablo IV Campfire Chat Recap
Diablo IV developers sat at BlizzCon to discuss everything announced and answer questions.
Official Blizzard Diablo IV Blog Recap
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Sanctuary beckons you forth, wanderer. At BlizzCon 2023, associate game director Brent Gibson, production director Tiffany Wat, lead game producer Kalyeigh Calder, game director Joe Shely, and associate director of community Adam Fletcher, gave a tantalizing glimpse into the future of Diablo IV. Toward the end of the Campfire Chat, the team answered questions from the community, collected from players at BlizzCon and afar. To watch the Developer Campfire Chat in full, check out the replay at the end of this article.
Diablo IV First Expansion: Vessel of Hatred
For the first time since Diablo II, players can return to the land of Nahantu. Vessel of Hatred, the first expansion in Diablo IV, continues from where we last left the main story. Descending deep into the jungles of Nahantu, Neyrelle struggles to control perhaps the worst possible travel companion: the Prime Evil Mephisto.
Season of Blood: Unique Malignant Rings and the Abattoir of Zir
Though many tried to staunch and sanitize the wounds of the plague ridden... malignance has a nature of spreading. Five Malignant Rings based on popular powers from Season of the Malignant arrive in our next update on November 7, available immediately in both Seasonal and Eternal realms. For full details on these and more details on our next update, read our Diablo IV Patch Notes.
During Season of Blood, based off community feedback the Occultist will now display a preview of which potential affixes are available before your selected item is enchanted. Combined with the cost changes to enchanting items made earlier, this should help players optimize their items into the endgame.
Courageous wanderers in the Seasonal Realm can put themselves through a grueling test in the Abattoir of Zir. From December 5–January 23, after completing the final tier of the Season Journey, enter the Visceral Channel to push your Vampiric Powers to the ultimate limit with this Seasonal Event. The Abattoir of Zir is an ultimate challenge, it’s recommended to only use your best builds and Characters that are at the pinnacle of their power at Level 100. Note that all rewards earned in the Abattoir of Zir last until the end of Season of Blood.
A Chill Descends on Sanctuary with Midwinter Blight
Savage Blightfiends aim to disrupt any cheer the denizens of Fractured Peaks have managed to scrounge for themselves. From December 5–December 21, cull the cursed fiends and stay vigilant in case you receive an untimely visit from the Red Cloaked Horror. Restore the Midwinter Square and protect festive goodtidings!
Further details for Midwinter Blight will be revealed in an upcoming article.
Weekly Leaderboards: The Gauntlet
Arriving with our next Season in January, The Gauntlet will test your skills in the Seasonal Realm against fellow players in a set layout, non-linear Dungeon, where a potent combination of mastery and skills achieves high scores. Players will need to collect Proofs of Might to contribute to their overall score, which can be obtained from slaying Monsters and destroying items within the Gauntlet.
Weekly Leaderboards track scores between Hardcore, Normal characters, Party size, and Classes. The top players from each week’s Leaderboard will be displayed in a permanent Leaderboard called the Hall of the Ancients. With each week’s Leaderboard reset, so does the fixed layout of The Gauntlet! Refine your most trusted builds to emerge victorious.
For a handy reference for all that is soon to arrive, our immediate Roadmap can be seen in full here:
To glean all the details from our Diablo IV BlizzCon Campfire Chat in full, watch the below video:
Thank you all for an incredible BlizzCon 2023. Sharpen your blades and strengthen your resolve for the journey that lies ahead.
Continue reading...
Diablo IV developers sat at BlizzCon to discuss everything announced and answer questions.
- Vessel of Hatred Expansion
- Coming in late 2024
- Continues the story of Diablo IV campaign
- New players can play the main campaign with a recap or dive right into the expansion.
- The campaign will reveal the fate of Mephisto and Neyrelle.
- The region is called Nahantu.
- People outside the region know it as Torajan.
- Kurast is a sprawling city from Diablo 2 in the center of the jungle.
- Travincal and the Durance of Hate are also included locations in the expansion.
- New Class will be unique to Diablo IV, never seen in the franchise.
- Season 2
- Nov 7 - 5 New Unique Malignant Rings
- Malignant Rings also coming to the eternal realm.
- Acquire Malignant Rings by defeating Varshan.
- Patch notes for Nov 7 will be available after the panel.
- Occultist will gain a "View Possible Affixes" button to see a list of possible rerolls a stat can roll via enchanting. Coming December 5
- Abattoir of Zir Event - 100+ seasonal endgame event starting December 5. Runs until end of Season 2.
- Not every build will be able to defeat this content.
- 25 tiers of Abattoir of Zir. Much more difficult than Nightmare Dungeons.
- You will get a ton of Glyph exp from this content.
- New Unique Glyph for the event - Tears of Blood. Can be leveled up 200x.
- Midwinter Blight Holiday event starts December 12 for 3 weeks.
- Sinister Snowmen found in Fractured Peaks.
- Red Cloaked Horror and his fiends want to kill you.
- Defeat holiday events to progress holiday and fight the Red Fiend.
- Cosmetic rewards - unique weapons and back trophies.
- Season 3
- Leaderboards
- Reaching World Tier 4 allows you to complete in the Gauntlet, a weekly challenge dungeon where players can compete for high scores on the leaderboard.
- Timer based
- Loot drops at the end of the timer.
- Pick up Proves of Might to increase score.
- Leaderboard and Gauntlet reset each week.
- Solo leaderboards for each class. Group leaderboards, and Hardcore ones as well.
- Best players recorded in the Hall of Ancients, a permanent leaderboard.
- Don't have to be level 100 to participate as long as you are in World Tier 4.
- Earn seals to display on character frame.
- Leaderboards
- Question and Answer Session
- More immediate challenges between entering World Tier 4 and Uber Lilith, as well as things after her.
- A system to save and switch builds and item load-outs is something they are talking about bringing as soon as possible.
- The team recognizes Living Steel is way more stingy than other summoning materials and will make improvements.
- Social systems like group finder and global chat are something the team wants to put as many into place as possible before the expansion.
- The team is working on problems with itemization, especially comparing items. Other things on the radar are affix conditionals, and feeling the upgrade's effect.
- They want to add more ways to modify items, especially via crafting.
- They plan to put the Aspect Crystals into the Codex of Power and out of your inventory.
Official Blizzard Diablo IV Blog Recap
Originally Posted by blizzard (Blue Tracker
)
Sanctuary beckons you forth, wanderer. At BlizzCon 2023, associate game director Brent Gibson, production director Tiffany Wat, lead game producer Kalyeigh Calder, game director Joe Shely, and associate director of community Adam Fletcher, gave a tantalizing glimpse into the future of Diablo IV. Toward the end of the Campfire Chat, the team answered questions from the community, collected from players at BlizzCon and afar. To watch the Developer Campfire Chat in full, check out the replay at the end of this article.
Diablo IV First Expansion: Vessel of Hatred
For the first time since Diablo II, players can return to the land of Nahantu. Vessel of Hatred, the first expansion in Diablo IV, continues from where we last left the main story. Descending deep into the jungles of Nahantu, Neyrelle struggles to control perhaps the worst possible travel companion: the Prime Evil Mephisto.
Season of Blood: Unique Malignant Rings and the Abattoir of Zir
Though many tried to staunch and sanitize the wounds of the plague ridden... malignance has a nature of spreading. Five Malignant Rings based on popular powers from Season of the Malignant arrive in our next update on November 7, available immediately in both Seasonal and Eternal realms. For full details on these and more details on our next update, read our Diablo IV Patch Notes.
During Season of Blood, based off community feedback the Occultist will now display a preview of which potential affixes are available before your selected item is enchanted. Combined with the cost changes to enchanting items made earlier, this should help players optimize their items into the endgame.
Courageous wanderers in the Seasonal Realm can put themselves through a grueling test in the Abattoir of Zir. From December 5–January 23, after completing the final tier of the Season Journey, enter the Visceral Channel to push your Vampiric Powers to the ultimate limit with this Seasonal Event. The Abattoir of Zir is an ultimate challenge, it’s recommended to only use your best builds and Characters that are at the pinnacle of their power at Level 100. Note that all rewards earned in the Abattoir of Zir last until the end of Season of Blood.
A Chill Descends on Sanctuary with Midwinter Blight
Savage Blightfiends aim to disrupt any cheer the denizens of Fractured Peaks have managed to scrounge for themselves. From December 5–December 21, cull the cursed fiends and stay vigilant in case you receive an untimely visit from the Red Cloaked Horror. Restore the Midwinter Square and protect festive goodtidings!
Further details for Midwinter Blight will be revealed in an upcoming article.
Weekly Leaderboards: The Gauntlet
Arriving with our next Season in January, The Gauntlet will test your skills in the Seasonal Realm against fellow players in a set layout, non-linear Dungeon, where a potent combination of mastery and skills achieves high scores. Players will need to collect Proofs of Might to contribute to their overall score, which can be obtained from slaying Monsters and destroying items within the Gauntlet.
Weekly Leaderboards track scores between Hardcore, Normal characters, Party size, and Classes. The top players from each week’s Leaderboard will be displayed in a permanent Leaderboard called the Hall of the Ancients. With each week’s Leaderboard reset, so does the fixed layout of The Gauntlet! Refine your most trusted builds to emerge victorious.
For a handy reference for all that is soon to arrive, our immediate Roadmap can be seen in full here:
To glean all the details from our Diablo IV BlizzCon Campfire Chat in full, watch the below video:
Thank you all for an incredible BlizzCon 2023. Sharpen your blades and strengthen your resolve for the journey that lies ahead.
Continue reading...