Did Blizzard Save Diablo 4? | Asmongold Reacts 

"The difficulty is staying awake" That's the truth lmao

Remember when we were impressed by the games blizzard MADE rather then what they fixed?

bcoz of the changes in season 4 i didn't need to look for builds, the tempering and masterworks really push players to make a character that they want, build it the way they can. its fun. i like it.

now the inventory issue is the small tab for "nightmare keys", uber mats and elixirs. They should have separated those to their own tabs or added few slots while they were at it.

If D4 were a wheel, it would be triangular

Diablo 4 the only game I ever played with friends where all of us were falling asleep during the leveling and story, in three separate sessions.

The truth is ppl who stopped playing are not coming back for more of the same thing

Last epoch really spoiled me with the loot filter and the combat speed. I couldnt get back into D4.

My biggest issue is how lame the skill tree is. I get that there's other systems that build onto the skills, but having such a basic tree feels silly, especially when many upgrades are just to the numbers and nothing else

It's a step in the right direction. The only problem is that they chose to start a hundred miles in the wrong direction.

D2 was fun because it was hard to find the most amazing rare items. The stats were very random on rares and when you found something amazing it was worth sooooooo much.

Liking the changes a lot and where the game is headed

Lady Maria said it best - “a dead body should be left well alone”

The game definitely improved my issue is the game just brings me 0 joy to play, it just feels so freaking boring :/

So their fix was simplifying itemization and turning diablo 4 into diablo 3?

imma wait till season 93 before i come back to this

I like to think of levels being like weight classes in any sort of combat sport. For most games, ~5 levels should basically be a weight class. It's not unrealistic that a skilled fighter could fight above their weight class (~5 levels), but going 3-4 classes up (~15-20 levels)? No. It shouldn't necessarily be impossible (with, say, a huge time investment or incredible luck), but it shouldn't be something that can be done solo easily by even the most skilled players. Realistically, it shouldn't be worth the effort most of the time, aside from the prestige of it. (This is just my philosophy on game design. And the numbers are just examples, not absolute numbers that must apply to every game/genre.)

cant zoom out enough in game

They also changed helltides to spawn more ontop of what they want to throw at you the more you piss them off

Did season 4 add a way to zoom out the damn camera yet? All the offscreen enemies shooting and charging at me prevented me from even getting past first area during free steam weekend

19:24 - This is the idea of "strong ideas, loosely held" where a devs should have ideas they feel really strongly about, but once it's been discovered there's a better way or that method doesn't work, they are okay just moving on. Devs have a tendency to be possessive of their features/code, so these things never change. Source: I am a dev, not in games tho, but it's prevalent through and through.

i made a lvl 100 sorceress at the beginning of game and quit before season 1 even released. Havent been back. Quit when i realized i had a 0.00000000000000001% chance at an uber unique.

Still no offline campaign mode for a $70 game that takes up 90gb of storage space so............. no!!

We just need to normalize it's okay to play a game and experience it's content while having fun and that it's okay to move on

I want something like the old arcade GAUNTLET game but updated everything

asmon forgets when he logged on his necro bc he couldn't beat the capstone 20 levels under lmao, now its a problem you can do it ?? make up your mind

Back at the day when I used to grind Grim Dawn you could hit a lvl 50 boss for half an hour if you were 20 levels under the zone to be able to kill him

I've been able to clear the capstone dungeons that under level solo since day 1 I think it just feels better now

Is this game out of beta yet?

D1 and d2 are still the best diablo games to play

I might have missed him talking about it but all the venders being in one area in the towns is nice too

I was so hopeful they changed some of the necromancers skills. The skill trees are still so bad! No wonder the only thing they mentioned was sorc orbs and barb whirlwinds when talking about skills. HOW IN GODS NAME DO YOU STILL HAVE DAME + when close as a skill

no matter what they do to the game, blizzard will never be able to get trust back with the MAJORITY of players.

Seems exactly the same except my inventory isnt all full of crap i have to deal with.

they have a "lucky hit" system in raid shadow legends, its a tier 6(end game) skill to unlock, it has a 60% chance to deal extra dmg based on a % of the target's max hp, its pretty much the meta for late game because the % is usually pretty high, its like 4% on bosses with millions of hp when average dph is like 2% worth of that same boss's hp

Lucky's good as a secondary gear set to wear so you can put it on when you're farming for gear in a group. It's always nice to have a Luck user in a group when you're farming for gear.

I really like the tempering and codex. Also i didnt feel like i had to follow a meta lvling build. But around lvl 65 you really start to realize its the same. Once the min maxing starts it gets that same feel. Trying to grab a certain poece of gear still feels the same. Overall i like it

instead of reseting the Leveling, how bout just reseting the story line? I wish I could play level 100 character in storyline mode

So for mastercrafting, im confused on how to unlock it and how to unlock the pit.

It’s like D3 lessons were all forgotten. Wild stuff

remember when they just made good games? and didn't need 332 campfire chats to discuss optimizing player retention rates. in 2024 people dont have attention span for 6+ seasons for a game to "get better" you get one shot at launch and that's it. make good games.

That first capstone boss literally died before it could attack with my DOT Necro set up

Helltides start getting crazy now with so many mobs esp when people drag a few other groups on top of say the boss. Shit gets crazy intense.

Asmon needs to remember that comparing to season in d3, all you were doing for leveling to max level was getting someone who's already at lvl cap run a dungeon with you so it takes like few minutes and you are max level

The capstones being too easy seems like a bit more of a build balance issue than a difficulty issue. There's plenty of builds that aren't crushing capstones at lvl 30.

I just came back to the game since playing in season one and it feels much better, horse feels good, less stupid herbs to collect, I'm still dirty about the platnium battle pass though how they make it just enough to not renew each season. And the amazing cosmetics are all bought, which they said wouldn't happen. But the game is much better since launch

whats the problem with defeating boss lv 50 with 30 lv chracter? im poe player never played d4, and if u get ur self a mageblood or good items for quick starrt on new character u melt everything..

I was looking to replay D4 that sits in my library. But from what I understand they made leveling useless and just a thing to get over with it, since the season doesn't have anything special, so you can farm the endgame?

Honestly this is the most fun I've had in Diablo 4 in a while.

So far I'm liking it a lot more than before

Ultimately, the sameyness of the loop has to do with the nature of the genre. ARPGs have a limit, but where they need to expand are Bosses, random elements in the game, dungeon variety and room layout orientation variety. This itemization update will lay a foundation to make those changes.

does all these changes are the same for Eternal realm also ?

In terms of d4 i think its a great reballance of the game and has given it the feet to stand on against diablo 3 and 2 but they need to keep up the quality and not do another season 3

My friends and I came back… really enjoying it and happy that’ they can build off of this now

So its the same with more items but the same but more monsters? Am I understanding correctly?

Me and my bro have just started playing D4 because he has it game pass and we're doing duo Necromancer (Minon and Sever build atm) i dont play ARPG's for the competitiveness, mostly just for the story and some of the end game content before moving on - we're playing WT2 and blasting through stuff and eagerly awaiting WT3+ to really put ourselves to the test. Actually reinstalled D3 and D2 to play while he's offline so i dont spoil D4 storyline haha

Is last epoch better?

I just wish I could run the campaign in tier 4

How os everyone getting 5 tempers on ancestral? When I temper and go to rerolled it only says 2 not 5

The game is very fun now! Having the aspects auto store in the codex upon dismantle is HUGE. On top of that, when you dismantle a better aspect it auto upgrades the aspect stored in codex. I got to level 100 in a few days but that's only because I was forced to go work for a living. Otherwise you could probably grind to level 100 in about a day

The guy's statement about Blizzard fixing stuff that makes players bored or want to quit because it isn't fun rings true at the moment, because Helldivers 2 is going through this right now.

Helltides is like Cow level from D2 now. We ran it back in the day to level up quickly. Blizzard gave us what we wanted.

The thing is with leveling in this game when you play a melee character (what is not recommended btw) is that the enemies get stronger with levels. I was unlucky and did not get any gear and played the game for fun and ran around and was doing stuff and I got punished for that.

Legit jumped in yesterday on a seasonal barb and I walked through the world tier 3 capstone dungeon like it was a joke absolutely no challenge at level 28

16:55 So true. PoE has Delve, Blight, Incursion, Abyss, Delirium, Heist, etc. Different mobs with different loot, and always something to do.

I still think we get too much loot while leveling. Aren't rare items is something coming from word "rare" meaning "not a casual drop"? While you can fill your inventory with yellow items in like 10 min

Isn't that dude in the diablo video one of the guys from CGRundertow? He seems so familiar to me.

The amount and frequency of monsters may be a little too much. Finding it difficult to open mystery chests.

As a dad of 6 years, this game is right up my alley. It’s not perfect but this season saved the game for me.

Diablo IV Saved --> Diablo IV's Last Chance --> oops, saved again --> Blizzard kills Diablo IV ...... This is how you make a successful YT channel! Great work!

Can I replay the campaign with the same character yet? I could in D3 and some people like me enjoy going through the campaign again from time to time on higher difficulties.

I was in world tier 4 at level 43. Was wild. Hard as a rouge but was fun

13:00 if you have been grinding this game since it came out every season, you WILL feel burned out by this season bc you have done the tedium and grind when it was harder. Ofc it’s going to be “boring” because it’s resetting the baseline for the grind and buildcrafting. This is the start of something new, allowing for more difficult content next season and even more dynamic builds with seasonal artifacts as well. I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes. I will say I like the armor from the season pass though I just wish there were some more abilities that felt “demigod” themed, whether dark or light, but the vampiric aspects are still so good and really vibe well with the unawakened armor set from this season journey. I wouldn’t be opposed to aspects that alter the damage or animations of your abilities too, like making illuminations with shadow or celestial light effects to your blood necro or fire sorc. Or just give us holy damage type.

Pros: 1. QoL changes are fantastic, 2. Loot is much easier to understand (could use more complexity in the future), 3. More density = more fun. 4. Loot that drops with greater affixes = Dopamine hit (feels good to drop loot) Cons: 1. Game is too easy only real challenge is late game pit (no leaderboards or any kind of reward system for progressing farther into pit). 2. Game is boring (Core problem right now generator/spendor gameplay sucks and no diverse types of content that really challenges the player) 3. Skill twigs (way too simple need a lot more varying skills and skill add-ons for all characters)

Cleared level 70 at 42. But i did mind my gear a lot. Had proper aspects and tempers. Game is so much fun now

The CC tempers are just crazy, especially with Aspect of shared Misery. Completely made Frostburn redundant as an item.

I think it's a huge improvement overall. - Leveling is way easier and much faster. - Itemization is way more straightforward and generally better. - Looting generally gives you less garbage and more useful items. I wish there was a little more to the seasonal mechanics though, like the Seneschal in Season 3 and the Vampiric Powers in Season 2, there's really no special flare to this season. It's just helltides and tempering.

The highest praise I can give Blizzard is that Season 4 is a step in the right direction, but we have a ways to go. They need to rework the Skill Tree and Paragon Board. The fact that I have to use Maxroll to know exactly how to build an endgame class in a convenient amount of time is a killjoy.

I need to know: is leveling and questing fun? Or only endgame stuff is enjoyable? i love lvling and questing like in wow classic.

As someone who hasnt plsyed aince back end of season 1 im intrigued to comeback this weekend and see whats up. There was so many little things that was just cumbersome. Got 2 characters to level 70 but i dont get to play that often.

As a Diablo player from day one. Right now it's a hard sell to get me back.

This cured my insomnia.

paragon still needs a rework, with the stat changes it can be difficult to hit other stats requirements for nodes. Would be nice to have a rework on the skill tree too, but i wouldnt expect it.

So.. its better- Its easier to gear up, but thats a good thing for trying/switching builds. The codex doubles down on making it easier.. but in order to push the Pit, youre probably going to need to find the gear with 2-3 buffed affixes, youll then need to land your tempers without running out of attempts, then you gotta masterwork- its a satisfying loop to push min/maxing and push into higher tiers while playing a variety of content to gather needed materials. Until you have every piece at 3 enhancements and you can beat max tier Pit- youre not technically done. Thats enough endgame for anyone that plays less than 20hrs a day. The rest of yall need to touch grass if you think theres 'no endgame'

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As a casual player, it's not gonna be "fixed" until i can have more than 4 attacks and left and right mouse basic.

Hey Asmon would you be so kind to add link to original video so I could go there and like it as well?

I've been enjoying the new season, but the low level content is just too easy. To get a real challenge, you're often seeking stuff that is 20 to 50 levels above you, especially if you are tuning your leveling gear at all. However, it does allow you to seek out higher level content and mostly rewards you for it, so it's workable. Those that want a challenge can seek it. Those that just want to feel OP, rolling over their level's content can do that as well. But yeah, the level 10 to 70 content all needs a bit of a buff.

I think arpgs these days just get boring for most players after the campaign

D4 doesn't have a good end game because blizz doesn't know how to design one. The campaign and questing however are actually good, aesthetically amazing and mechanically the lower level combat seems to fit what the original intent for the game was. Just play it casually when you're in the mood and let it go beyond that, it'll never be a long term game.

it makes sense to be able to easy mode the boss if you've already done it the right way already. That or remove the requirement to beat the early game content again.

biggest problems at endgame fun are the numbers in the pit. i built my barb fully tank with tons of life and damage reduce. i am at pit 75 now and oneshot every elite but the boss is quite a challenge that can oneshot me. either the boss does way to much damage or the rest of the dungeon has way to less health. its literally super boring to get to the boss and then the action starts. they need to crunch some numbers.

I'm 2 mins into the video and I just realized I don't give a shit about Diablo 4 anymore. I'll just watch another Asmon video.

Played it when it first came out and season 1, jumped into it again during season 4, got bored at how ridiculously easy the game was after a couple of hours. A "live service" game this is not.

It truly is a game for dads. My dad loves the game! After a long day of work he just loves killin stuff and chillin out. I join him super rarely and get pretty bored but he loves it.

Are we still have 20 unic mob types?

They fixed the game? They removed things that pissed people of? Well, it's too late. They should've done it during beta testing.

I couldn’t play season 3 more than a couple days. I’ve finished the battle pass and am level 85 and having a blast in season 4.

Yeah, it’s been really hard for me to wanna come back to the game even after all the changes.

i dunno...its been 23 years and i still have an old ass box that im playing D2:LoD on and loving it. never felt the need to even try 3 or 4