Diablo 3 has often been criticized, and of course, the developers at Blizzard noticed this. Now they revealed which three mistakes they definitely do not want to repeat in Diablo 4.
At BlizzCon 2019, Blizzard unveiled Diablo 4 with epic trailers. The game has already generated a lot of enthusiasm as it showed features that were last found in Diablo 2.
The third part of the series did not run optimally for Blizzard, and they want to avoid many mistakes in Diablo 4. In an interview with Polygon, Executive Producer Allen Adham, Art Director John Mueller, and Game Director Luis Barriga discussed Diablo 4 and the mistakes they want to prevent.
3 Mistakes that Diablo IV Does Not Want to Make
Bug fixes at release: The release of Diablo 3 was quite chaotic. On the first evening, thousands of players encountered error 37. The servers simply did not cooperate.
This is what Blizzard wants to avoid in Diablo 4. They want to have a nearly bug-free release.
For this, Barriga revealed that they plan to approach things differently than they did with Diablo 3. There, they showed very little content, and the beta was also limited. “I think you’ll see that we are taking a different approach here,” said the Game Director.
During the interview, plans for long-term betas were also mentioned, comparable to the plans for World of Warcraft.
No real-money auction house: Diablo 3 had an auction house at launch, where you could buy and sell equipment for real money or in-game gold. This created a huge market, and various players focused more on trading than on collecting equipment as a reward from battles.
Such an auction house will not exist in Diablo 4. Allen Adham revealed that while there are ways to trade items, this will happen in a limited manner. Therefore, trading will not be completely eliminated; only the auction house will disappear.
A lot of content even after release: Diablo 4 is set to continue bringing new content after the release. Adham stated that the team is being built on that premise.
Diablo 3 only had 2 major expansions that cost money. However, the third part receives free updates every few months.
The developers did not reveal how exactly this will change in Diablo 4. However, it seems that quite a bit of new content will still come to the game even after the release.
When will Diablo 4 be released? There are still no exact dates for that. Blizzard only revealed that it will take some time. Some players therefore suspect a release at the earliest by the end of 2020, but more likely in 2021. However, it is already known that it will be released on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Blizzard has also revealed some details about the endgame:
