PART 10 FU_k I forgot something, that is important so I have to unload it too BUT:
STORY SPOILER WARNING DON'T READ IF NOT WANTING A
MAJOR GAME EVENT
SPOILED.
THIS MIGHT BE EXPANSION STORY MATERIAL D4X1,
read at your own
risk.
Imperius. He knows what happens, his lieutenant guess guess who... Malthael is alive in the past too so he got inspiration to make him downfall, but for Imperius it is personal, he wants to kill the Nephalem himself. He can't take it anymore looking the Nephalem in the face. The Reaper of Souls ending foreshadowed this. For him the Nephalem is worse than Diablo. He wants to destroy sanctuary for angelic "good" reasons. He's been driven crazy, it's true the nephalem is a bit corrupted but still he fights for Sanctuary. This is a freaking spoiler, in Skovos, the angelic army descends on Sanctuary and prepares to destroy it along with the Nephalem and everything, most angels obey Imperius, however some nice angels defect obviously Tyrael too, inform the Nephalem about the Skovos situation that's why the Nephalem has to go there. Imperius will be an Act boss. How could I forget to mention this Nephalem goes to war with the high heavens too.
- PVP they iterated like hell on arenas competitive mode in D3 time but they can't do it and if they can't it means it can't be probably done. PVP is still called brawling but now has special areas and stats, but it is not a balanced mode, it is for fun, competition can be made by "player's own rules" is their view on PVP competition. However it is way more "balanced" than blood moor (D2) PVP "was" and it is way more diversified than D3 was, multiples "arenas" with different styles (full open, one big maze, one plenty cover, one is several floors in height, one has hazards I don't remember all there's even more)
- All D3 legendaries will be back but at max level only, all the one without a legendary property will have one. D3 sets won't be back, all new sets. Same legs probably because they existed before D2 in time? Low level legendaries will drop below level 99, but they will be only for transmogs and better damage numbers than low-level rares and stats like + 15% damage to undead and such no skill modifiers or build defining.
- Trading is in like it was in D2, they want rules but not so that there is 0 game economy (everything account bound besides present friends like D3). One option discussed is that heroes can visit a massive tavern or pubic square and to visit players shops and also have their own shop managed by a market NPC. There is an Artisan you can find in town during gameplay, that is the link between the your shop NPC and you. It is a small business so you can have a very limited number of items up for grabs (was 3 a that point). The shopkeeper to protect the market and his business "engraves and magically imbues" (exact terms hehe) any item sold through the shop, so it is bound-to-account to the one that buys it forever.
- There are clans like in D3. There will be adventure mode like in D3. There are seasons that are longer, 6 months per season plan, and they are now called Eras. There are no leaderboards or Eras for "non-ladder". There will be no Era or leaderboards at first, first Era will begin quite after launch 6 months is their early estimation. There will be a card-game activity in the game (battles with cards between players hero's) players can visit this "tavern" between adventures (an out-of direct play interface like the AH was), it is for fun in non-ladder but there are rewards and ranks in Eras and card collection is reset every new Era like everything (A new Era is like an alternate universe you begin again).
-There's lots of details that are not "game changing" or rather game evolving, uncertain, ideas that they were juggling with so things I don't remember or fully remember, I tried to remember everything great that I could for sure that striked me as fantastic. So I said it all I know nothing exclusive we all know the same is everyone happy, nah that's not gonna happen but I'm feeling fine now that I've unloaded everything. Now I'm out of here for good.
-D4 base will be Act 1 as said then 1 Act for all D2 acts besides Hell so 5 Acts in total (not in the same order as D2). First expansion will, yes finally, it will be Skovos, seriously. Last expansion will be Act 4 from D2 so Hell but will be very different, expanded, but the expansions are not 100% in stone obviously however since the story is completed it is possible this will not change and Metzen did everything right as everyone knew that was his last efforts / work / creations for Blizzard and they respect etc.. Even with the leaks I don't think this will change... So the important thing is only what I just said in this paragraph... It is published so that not some random clique of losers that are disloyal to the franchise they "love" and the community and such, that they can't have some exclusive influence on the development (even if a very minor one) of a crucial thing like going back to all the D2 places and all that it entails from a design perspective, gameplay, skills, everything. I said the other things before to give some credibility to this crazy thing and connect some dots (but this still has zero credibility because I sure as hell am not posting proof; however, the corrupted Crusader hint, reveal, tease is very official and it paints very well the heroes aesthetics for D4, what to expect, I still find it epic troll success by Blizzard that no one really looked more closely into this last year).
-Don't ask me for anything, as I finish posting this it is like I do not exist anymore. I really would like it better to not post this but what choice do I have I choose the lesser evil thus I think (hope?) it is a greater "good". The persons that know of the leak or that managed to get information can't be reasoned with, have no values of any merit, and their intentions are despicable and negative to the whole game development process and in such to the whole community, whole fanbase. There might be mistakes / confusions in this but I am not reviewing it because I want to get this done and not think about it anymore, yeah I'm mad a bit but I am in this position.
-Setting before Act 2 that people should no fully know that Act 2 will start in........ the Rogue Encampment !!! this is planned to not be revealed before players find out at release,where they will time travel back to, but the people that know of the leak know this so you understand why I am doing this now, perhaps, it's a freaking crazy leak !!!: Diablo is still the prime evil. However that was not enough, nephalem destroyed him. Before extinction he is infused by a black dragon (this had also been organized by Adria in case big D screwed up again...), the evil of the cosmos?, the origin, and has one chance to make things right. Yep he can time travel but only once as the dragon will sacrifice himself for it (dragon was wounded when fighting a long time ago the prime "good" angel). Now Diablo has to choose when so he figures that with his brothers alive but him still the prime evil and knowledge of the future, he will get it done with Sanctuary once and for all.
-Act 1 is the world, that is in its final moments... total armageddon. Players, the bruised, tainted, cursed almost dead nephalem that killed the prime evil, will travel to all Acts of D3 including Westmarch, to empower the primal angel the one that wounded the dragon but is weak also, so that he can sacrifice himself to time travel the nephalem and his party to the time Diablo had went back to and changed everything. Nephalem succeeds, then is Act 2 of D4, that is Act 1 of D2.
-Cain is back, and he's a bit younger.
-So it is all in now Nephalem at full universal power of good VS Diablo at full universal power of Diablo. The brothers are aware, Azomdan and Belial joins forces with the primes and the prime prime because they know what's up, Andariel, Duriel step up their game. Diablo destroys the hero that killed everything and saved everyone in D2. The ultimate nephalem's quest begins.
-The D3 engine is fantastic, D4 will be on an updated version. Always online of course. Warden (or a new thing) will also be reinforced so things like maphack will be insta-banned (at least the the design goal) unlike what happened to D3. Hopefully this will screw bots faster than it happened in D3. They are very aggressive about this, this time, about game integrity.
-All classes from D3 will be back and 2 more at launch (they are not pertinent for me to spoil, you will know this at Blizzcon anyway, but one of them is a fan and, one of mine too, favorite...), however they will be very different because of the events in D4.
-Last freaking year there was a freaking HUGE D4 clue at Blizzcon and almost nobody gave a damn??!! WTH guys??!! On really big panels where you saw all of Blizzard's franchises, there was a female Crusader representing the Diablo universe, however she was tainted, hurt, corrupted but still fighting for the light... she was not "normal" it was obvious but people didn't look into it like at all if I remember lol. Diablo 4 was already in development for quite some time (unknown how long exactly). She was not representing Diablo 3. She was representing Diablo 4. Go take a look and be amazed.
-There is a video of a guy explaining how the Diablo D4 dice (part of Diablo themed dices in Blizzcon 2016 goodies bag that the press I guess got samples in advance) is not a manufacturing mistake but a cryptic clue at D4's existence. That guy is a smart cookie, he totally nailed it. It is not a manufacturing or design mistake. I mean this could be obvious to some but his analysis is really on point for others.
-The classes will all be hurt and changed like the Crusader girl, this will explain why some skills, mechanics etc. change from a lore or rational perspective (to interate on D3, to make it even "better", D3 has gotten pretty good over the years).
Okay I will post in parts, sorry for the multi-post spam, but I keep getting auto-spam classed because of length.
So Part2:
Here we go, including roadmap details:
-Diablo 3 was supposed to have 2 expansions. The Auction House was supposed to be a lifelong feature of the game. That plan had to change for the sake of the game.
-The second expansion was in development, however the team realized that they could not realistically finish the story of the franchise with respect and sense and coherence with only one more expansion and the constraints they had to deliver it (D3 was, at first supposed to end the "normal" Diablo trilogy, not the whole franchise though).
-Also all Blizzard modern games are monetized beyond purchase, example Overwatch has to be bought and then there is in-game $$$ money transactions that are not P2W but add an amount of revenue (a considerable amount). D4 will be a full release and there will be in-game $$$ transactions, but not P2W. So what is about to happen next makes sense from an executive position.
-The second D3 expansion was canceled, content done was recycled in around 1 and a half year duration of free content patches for the Reaper of Souls expansion. The D3 team was totally reduced, only key people remained or essential tasks folks.
-The D4 team was formed. D4 is the direct continuation of D3.
-An important person at Blizzard left to take care of family and such, Chris Metzen. He is the father of Leah, he does the stories and more. However he did the whole D4 storyline before leaving and also the 2 D4 expansions, it is for sure this time D4 will have two full expansions.
I just posted a post and want to get rid of this but it's been marked as spam *facepalm* It is no big deal but I'd rather not make an account in other place someone unspam it lol
Hey guys, stay a while and listen, I've got a wall-o-text to deliver.
The reason I am posting this is:
There was a Diablo related major leak. Some people know about it, and perhaps about way more than will be revealed at Blizzcon I presume. But they don't want to share anything with the community, a little clique has built around the leak origin. Now why would I care and share, well it is not to go public. It's because these persons could have influence over the direction of the game (not sure it'd be a proper influence) being the only external group knowing pertinent details (it is quite likely Blizzard is not aware of the leak) and could use social engineering to get to have an influence over the crucial phase of game development Diablo IV is in right now. Why should a small group of people that have information obtained in perhaps illicit ways; it having been leaked so there's nothing to do about it; keep it for themselves and laugh at the whole Diablo community's speculations, hopes, despairs etc. like if they're some secret worthy chosen arcane society. Fuck those losers. Really. As for me, I'm just doing what has to be done, I don't care, I'm posting this and that's it for me on the subject. From a bogus account, obviously.
1
PART 10 FU_k I forgot something, that is important so I have to unload it too BUT:
STORY SPOILER WARNING DON'T READ IF NOT WANTING A
MAJOR GAME EVENT
SPOILED.
THIS MIGHT BE EXPANSION STORY MATERIAL D4X1,
read at your own
risk.
Imperius. He knows what happens, his lieutenant guess guess who... Malthael is alive in the past too so he got inspiration to make him downfall, but for Imperius it is personal, he wants to kill the Nephalem himself. He can't take it anymore looking the Nephalem in the face. The Reaper of Souls ending foreshadowed this. For him the Nephalem is worse than Diablo. He wants to destroy sanctuary for angelic "good" reasons. He's been driven crazy, it's true the nephalem is a bit corrupted but still he fights for Sanctuary. This is a freaking spoiler, in Skovos, the angelic army descends on Sanctuary and prepares to destroy it along with the Nephalem and everything, most angels obey Imperius, however some nice angels defect obviously Tyrael too, inform the Nephalem about the Skovos situation that's why the Nephalem has to go there. Imperius will be an Act boss. How could I forget to mention this
Nephalem goes to war with the high heavens too.
1
Part 9/9
- PVP they iterated like hell on arenas competitive mode in D3 time but they can't do it and if they can't it means it can't be probably done. PVP is still called brawling but now has special areas and stats, but it is not a balanced mode, it is for fun, competition can be made by "player's own rules" is their view on PVP competition. However it is way more "balanced" than blood moor (D2) PVP "was" and it is way more diversified than D3 was, multiples "arenas" with different styles (full open, one big maze, one plenty cover, one is several floors in height, one has hazards I don't remember all there's even more)
- All D3 legendaries will be back but at max level only, all the one without a legendary property will have one. D3 sets won't be back, all new sets. Same legs probably because they existed before D2 in time? Low level legendaries will drop below level 99, but they will be only for transmogs and better damage numbers than low-level rares and stats like + 15% damage to undead and such no skill modifiers or build defining.
- Trading is in like it was in D2, they want rules but not so that there is 0 game economy (everything account bound besides present friends like D3). One option discussed is that heroes can visit a massive tavern or pubic square and to visit players shops and also have their own shop managed by a market NPC. There is an Artisan you can find in town during gameplay, that is the link between the your shop NPC and you. It is a small business so you can have a very limited number of items up for grabs (was 3 a that point). The shopkeeper to protect the market and his business "engraves and magically imbues" (exact terms hehe) any item sold through the shop, so it is bound-to-account to the one that buys it forever.
- There are clans like in D3. There will be adventure mode like in D3. There are seasons that are longer, 6 months per season plan, and they are now called Eras. There are no leaderboards or Eras for "non-ladder". There will be no Era or leaderboards at first, first Era will begin quite after launch 6 months is their early estimation. There will be a card-game activity in the game (battles with cards between players hero's) players can visit this "tavern" between adventures (an out-of direct play interface like the AH was), it is for fun in non-ladder but there are rewards and ranks in Eras and card collection is reset every new Era like everything (A new Era is like an alternate universe you begin again).
-There's lots of details that are not "game changing" or rather game evolving, uncertain, ideas that they were juggling with so things I don't remember or fully remember, I tried to remember everything great that I could for sure that striked me as fantastic. So I said it all I know nothing exclusive we all know the same is everyone happy, nah that's not gonna happen but I'm feeling fine now that I've unloaded everything. Now I'm out of here for good.
2
Phew part 5/5
-D4 base will be Act 1 as said then 1 Act for all D2 acts besides Hell so 5 Acts in total (not in the same order as D2). First expansion will, yes finally, it will be Skovos, seriously. Last expansion will be Act 4 from D2 so Hell but will be very different, expanded, but the expansions are not 100% in stone obviously however since the story is completed it is possible this will not change and Metzen did everything right as everyone knew that was his last efforts / work / creations for Blizzard and they respect etc.. Even with the leaks I don't think this will change... So the important thing is only what I just said in this paragraph... It is published so that not some random clique of losers that are disloyal to the franchise they "love" and the community and such, that they can't have some exclusive influence on the development (even if a very minor one) of a crucial thing like going back to all the D2 places and all that it entails from a design perspective, gameplay, skills, everything. I said the other things before to give some credibility to this crazy thing and connect some dots (but this still has zero credibility because I sure as hell am not posting proof; however, the corrupted Crusader hint, reveal, tease is very official and it paints very well the heroes aesthetics for D4, what to expect, I still find it epic troll success by Blizzard that no one really looked more closely into this last year).
-Don't ask me for anything, as I finish posting this it is like I do not exist anymore. I really would like it better to not post this but what choice do I have I choose the lesser evil thus I think (hope?) it is a greater "good". The persons that know of the leak or that managed to get information can't be reasoned with, have no values of any merit, and their intentions are despicable and negative to the whole game development process and in such to the whole community, whole fanbase. There might be mistakes / confusions in this but I am not reviewing it because I want to get this done and not think about it anymore, yeah I'm mad a bit but I am in this position.
2
Okay part 4:
-Setting before Act 2 that people should no fully know that Act 2 will start in........ the Rogue Encampment !!! this is planned to not be revealed before players find out at release,where they will time travel back to, but the people that know of the leak know this so you understand why I am doing this now, perhaps, it's a freaking crazy leak !!!: Diablo is still the prime evil. However that was not enough, nephalem destroyed him. Before extinction he is infused by a black dragon (this had also been organized by Adria in case big D screwed up again...), the evil of the cosmos?, the origin, and has one chance to make things right. Yep he can time travel but only once as the dragon will sacrifice himself for it (dragon was wounded when fighting a long time ago the prime "good" angel). Now Diablo has to choose when so he figures that with his brothers alive but him still the prime evil and knowledge of the future, he will get it done with Sanctuary once and for all.
-Act 1 is the world, that is in its final moments... total armageddon. Players, the bruised, tainted, cursed almost dead nephalem that killed the prime evil, will travel to all Acts of D3 including Westmarch, to empower the primal angel the one that wounded the dragon but is weak also, so that he can sacrifice himself to time travel the nephalem and his party to the time Diablo had went back to and changed everything. Nephalem succeeds, then is Act 2 of D4, that is Act 1 of D2.
-Cain is back, and he's a bit younger.
-So it is all in now Nephalem at full universal power of good VS Diablo at full universal power of Diablo. The brothers are aware, Azomdan and Belial joins forces with the primes and the prime prime because they know what's up, Andariel, Duriel step up their game. Diablo destroys the hero that killed everything and saved everyone in D2. The ultimate nephalem's quest begins.
1
Part3 now:
-The D3 engine is fantastic, D4 will be on an updated version. Always online of course. Warden (or a new thing) will also be reinforced so things like maphack will be insta-banned (at least the the design goal) unlike what happened to D3. Hopefully this will screw bots faster than it happened in D3. They are very aggressive about this, this time, about game integrity.
-All classes from D3 will be back and 2 more at launch (they are not pertinent for me to spoil, you will know this at Blizzcon anyway, but one of them is a fan and, one of mine too, favorite...), however they will be very different because of the events in D4.
-Last freaking year there was a freaking HUGE D4 clue at Blizzcon and almost nobody gave a damn??!! WTH guys??!! On really big panels where you saw all of Blizzard's franchises, there was a female Crusader representing the Diablo universe, however she was tainted, hurt, corrupted but still fighting for the light... she was not "normal" it was obvious but people didn't look into it like at all if I remember lol. Diablo 4 was already in development for quite some time (unknown how long exactly). She was not representing Diablo 3. She was representing Diablo 4. Go take a look and be amazed.
-There is a video of a guy explaining how the Diablo D4 dice (part of Diablo themed dices in Blizzcon 2016 goodies bag that the press I guess got samples in advance) is not a manufacturing mistake but a cryptic clue at D4's existence. That guy is a smart cookie, he totally nailed it. It is not a manufacturing or design mistake. I mean this could be obvious to some but his analysis is really on point for others.
-The classes will all be hurt and changed like the Crusader girl, this will explain why some skills, mechanics etc. change from a lore or rational perspective (to interate on D3, to make it even "better", D3 has gotten pretty good over the years).
1
Okay I will post in parts, sorry for the multi-post spam, but I keep getting auto-spam classed because of length.
So Part2:
Here we go, including roadmap details:
-Diablo 3 was supposed to have 2 expansions. The Auction House was supposed to be a lifelong feature of the game. That plan had to change for the sake of the game.
-The second expansion was in development, however the team realized that they could not realistically finish the story of the franchise with respect and sense and coherence with only one more expansion and the constraints they had to deliver it (D3 was, at first supposed to end the "normal" Diablo trilogy, not the whole franchise though).
-Also all Blizzard modern games are monetized beyond purchase, example Overwatch has to be bought and then there is in-game $$$ money transactions that are not P2W but add an amount of revenue (a considerable amount). D4 will be a full release and there will be in-game $$$ transactions, but not P2W. So what is about to happen next makes sense from an executive position.
-The second D3 expansion was canceled, content done was recycled in around 1 and a half year duration of free content patches for the Reaper of Souls expansion. The D3 team was totally reduced, only key people remained or essential tasks folks.
-The D4 team was formed. D4 is the direct continuation of D3.
-An important person at Blizzard left to take care of family and such, Chris Metzen. He is the father of Leah, he does the stories and more. However he did the whole D4 storyline before leaving and also the 2 D4 expansions, it is for sure this time D4 will have two full expansions.
1
I just posted a post and want to get rid of this but it's been marked as spam *facepalm* It is no big deal but I'd rather not make an account in other place someone unspam it lol
Hey guys, stay a while and listen, I've got a wall-o-text to deliver.
The reason I am posting this is:
There was a Diablo related major leak. Some people know about it, and perhaps about way more than will be revealed at Blizzcon I presume. But they don't want to share anything with the community, a little clique has built around the leak origin. Now why would I care and share, well it is not to go public. It's because these persons could have influence over the direction of the game (not sure it'd be a proper influence) being the only external group knowing pertinent details (it is quite likely Blizzard is not aware of the leak) and could use social engineering to get to have an influence over the crucial phase of game development Diablo IV is in right now. Why should a small group of people that have information obtained in perhaps illicit ways; it having been leaked so there's nothing to do about it; keep it for themselves and laugh at the whole Diablo community's speculations, hopes, despairs etc. like if they're some secret worthy chosen arcane society. Fuck those losers. Really. As for me, I'm just doing what has to be done, I don't care, I'm posting this and that's it for me on the subject. From a bogus account, obviously.
Here we go, including roadmap details: