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For clarity: Starting in season one Sacred items have a level requirement CAP of 60 and Ancestral items have a level requirement CAP of 80.
So items you find at level 100 will only require a level 80 character in order to equip!
Me when confronted with a youtube video title card with the phrase "DIABLO IV TOTALLY BROKEN BUILD" emblazoned over a picture of a person making an amazed face beside a partial skill tree screenshot.
I don’t think folks realize how many more legendary powers exist beyond what was on display during the
#DiabloIV
beta.
There is a lot of bizarre, exciting and totally balanced legendaries to discover when the game goes live in June!
We are humbled by the critical reception from journalists this morning.
Thank you so much for taking the time to play and write about our game.
#DiabloIV
Really appreciated all the comments on the livestream today. The teams that contributed to the release have worked really hard to bring all of this to players. We can’t wait for you to all get your hands on it when the PTR goes live!
I spoke in error here and need to correct the record:
The Server Slam build was not .9, but actually a version of our day one build! There will be *very few* changes between this build and the one players will be playing at launch.
Deeply sorry for the confusion!
Friday is another Campfire Chat! Two Joes. Two Adams. Joe² vs Adam². Minds blown.
We go over Patch 1.1.1 which include some class changes coming in this future patch.
#DiabloIV
So I guess the big topic on everyone’s mind is when are we doing a Diablo IV / Battletoads crossover
That’s a great question since there’s huge and obvious synergy between these franchises
While we continue to review the gold economy there is one change we felt we needed to make right away:
Masterworking material conversion costs have now been dramatically reduced.
This patch will require a short download.
We have a small
#DiabloIV
patch going out here momentarily across all platforms. We have some underlying performance and stability improvements in here and some gold cost adjustments with Masterworking material caches.
This will require a download.
Notes:
I accidentally ran into
@XboxP3
when I was on the way back to my office with a pack of peanut butter crackers.
...not necessarily the way I expected to bump into the guy.
The crackers were fine, but not great.
Fun day and
@Blizzard_Ent
did a great job welcoming
@XboxP3
and Team Xbox to campus. Future is bright and we can’t wait to share it with all of our player communities. 👍🎉🥳🎊
@LifeatBlizzard
I wanted to ask on stream today but I'll do a Twitter poll instead because I'm curious.
What do you think the legendary drop chance for treasure goblins is at level 50+?
Thanks for all the kind words, stories and feedback during the convention this weekend. It was an *absolute pleasure* to meet so many fans from all over the world.
We need more Blizzcons I think.
Maybe we do another next year?
@Qwik
So many brilliant developers were affected by layoffs around the world today.
People who spent their whole lives trying to break in, trying to create something beautiful and fun that honored their love of video games.
I just hope to play your games in the future.
How to prepare for Season of the Malignant:
🔥 Download Patch 1.1.0 NOW
🗺️ Maximize your renown, explore the map, and visit Altar's of Lilith
⚔️ Log in with the character you’ve progressed the furthest
Details ☠️
I picked up my Blizzcon badge this evening and all the excitement and anticipation hit me at once.
After years of being unable to host it
#Blizzcon
is finally back in two days!
If you see me out and about in the hall please don’t be afraid to stop me and say hi.
I mentioned in stream this week that the Ancestral IPower cap was going to be 920 but it’s actually *925*.
Apologies for the confusion but I wanted to get the correction out there.
Huge announcements for
#DiabloIV
🐺
#VesselOfHatred
Expansion
💎 5 Unique Malignant Rings
⚔️ Abattoir of Zir
❄️ Midwinter Blight Holiday Event
And much more, see what was revealed during our
#BlizzCon
Campfire Chat:
Just had the “Is Santa real?” talk with my ten year old. She clearly was hoping I’d just say yes and she could tell her friends at school that they were wrong.
It was time, of course. I’d been dreading it for years and it was as sad as I anticipated.
Just a little less magic.
If this wets your appetite you're going to want to tune into the livestream happening later this month where we'll dive deeper into our endgame features.
Hey Barbarian friends - Pull up a chair. It's story time.
Bash is still multiplicative and the notes are being updated.
Nothing was changed for this and was actually an attempt from the team to fix a tooltip issue. Fixing this tooltip issue caused a multiplicative scaling issue
Season 4: Loot Reborn is coming May 14th.
⚒️ New Itemization Systems
🔥 Helltide Changes
📜 And much more
Read more about
#DiabloIV
's biggest gameplay update yet:
Don't forget this Thursday is the
#DiabloIV
Developer Update livestream w/ special guest host
@Rhykker
alongside
@JoeShely
@JPiepiora
and myself.
This will be a big one! Aiming for 90 mins as we dive deeper in endgame, class/dungeon beta learnings, and more! Lots to talk about!
This Wednesday is the first of two chonky livestreams! 11AM PDT!
Oct 4th Agenda:
- In-depth discussion on all the details for Season of Blood
- Walkthrough on an extensive list of changes and improvements coming to
#DiabloIV
- Q&A
- And more
Oct 10th Agenda:
- Class updates
-
Thanks for tuning into the
#DiabloIV
Developer Update stream everyone.
Patch notes for 1.4.0 are live but still propagating on the site as they are long. If you get a 404, just try again in a few minutes.
The livestream was super fun. Thanks again to
@PezRadar
@JoeShely
and
@rhykker
for hanging out and diving in to some of these endgame features with me!
We will be evaluating the game and are prepared to make adjustments as we go to ensure a smooth gameplay experience.
It’s as we’ve been saying all along: Launch is only the beginning!
The team is prepping a hotfix for
#DiabloIV
this week that will address some feedback regarding difficulty around collecting Living Steel and Living Steel chests disappearing in Helltides.
This hotfix will also help out with those on progression blockers in the season journey.
Ahead of the upcoming launch of Diablo IV we sat down with developers
@JPiepiora
and
@johnmuellerart
and had them answer community questions!
Video is LIVE now:
For
#DiabloIV
, launch is only the beginning.
Seasonal updates introduce new quest lines, loot, challenges, and more to regular balance adjustments.
Learn more here:
I hope everyone enjoyed our endgame overview video featuring the talented
@JoeShely
,
@BunnyKlee
and
@ashsvickey
!
I’m excited to join our April Livestream with
@rhykker
diving into our endgame in excruciatingly deep detail and help answer some questions from the community!
With the one and only
@johnmuellerart
talking to some fine folks in England this week. We made sure to take advantage of our jetlag recovery day to check out the Tower of London!
In the
#DiabloIV
Season 4 update, not only is Andariel being added to the boss ladder for another way to hunt Uber Uniques, all other ladder bosses like Lord Zir and Beast in Ice will gain a small chance to drop Uber Unique items.