This all would be true, but there is one reason why D5 will be D4 2.0 - no one will rebuild things from the ground up, they will just reuse code base they already have from Diablo 3/4.

I wonder how much spaghetti coding this game has with the way their fixes like gem currency tabs require additional seasons to implement. They also made it so that eternal and seasonal characters can interact with exploits so what the hell is going on? I think they did a lot of quick fixes in the development of the game. Temporary fixes that became permanent solutions and now they have to untangle the rats nest.

This post was edited by BlakeXeal on Aug 4 2023 04:29am

there's a little truth in every point I would say
what worries me the most it seems like Blizzard is not in charge of their own game.
People can use exploits left and right to do whatever they want.
Implementing new tabs seems hard to realize and having lags due to full inventories?
I feel like they are actually still having the benefit of the doubt due to the smooth start on pre-launch and days after but man they have to come up with something and make sure their game is not slipping away from them any further.
League content is also kinda lackluster and I'm not sure if they can attract people any longer if they have tried all the different classes.
Also the buffs and nerfs show how they are struggling, trying to figure out ways to balance the game but they hardly can.
At this point a lot of people in the community understand better what's going on than the creators of this game.

This post was edited by Gala on Aug 4 2023 04:44am

I am was off today and wanted to play a few hours of Diablo 4.
Was motivated.

Then I called work if I could come in today because Diablo 4 is just so boring. So glad my boss let me go to work or else I'd still be doing nightmare dungeons solo and playing a walking simulator.
Work is fun

This post was edited by OviMf on Aug 4 2023 05:19am

I need an all of the above button

The huge issues for me that have essentially made it so I stopped playing are:

End game is dogshit
Itemization blows and lack of trading means there’s no point to grind for items
Releasing patches that apply huge sweeping nerfs to all builds just shows the devs are utterly clueless. People play videogames for fun, and that is the complete opposite
Classes that require uniques are bullshit when there is not dedicated farming

Items suck. I hate looking through all the items I'm constantly picking up. Theyre all useless or insignificant upgrades that I don't give a shit about.

I really dislike the whole legendary affix system.

That's amazing that game crashes! Not to mention it is 80$ game, but even if it was 10$ game - I can't even remember game which constantly crashes, hangs up on map screen(!), etc, etc. That's a new reallity for me. I mean release it to the market with that amount of bugs - that's amazing.

Exactly. Who thought looking at every ancetral item you find is great loot design?!

The level of incompetence in unreal. Associate game director basically said 1/8000 for uber uniques/uniques drop rate is the right balance. Then Joe Shmoe director looks completely lost in every fireteam chat.

I am sure they have decent devs on the team but the game's direction is fn completely lost. The lead D4 team should all be fired for releasing probably the worst itemization in RPG history but they wont be since D4 probably made $1+ billion.

I hate to admit it but D3 post ROS is a much better game than D4 right now.