Many players in Diablo 4 focus on efficiency: farming the strongest items as quickly as possible and taking the optimal routes. Lord of Hatred has helped save time here… yet criticism comes from the community.
With Lord of Hatred, numerous new features have come into the game that change the gaming experience. However, Blizzard has also revised and improved existing content – largely due to player feedback.
For example, there is now a map overlay, and in the new city of Temis, the portal, with which you can teleport to the city, is located right next to the blacksmith and the loot chest. So it only takes a step and a click to empty the entire inventory and go back to farming.
Actually, this position is absolutely optimal, and there have been calls in the past to make the cities more compact. There was even a major overhaul that packed important locations in the cities closer together or added features in the cities.
Accordingly, there was some praise for the portal in Temis at release for the decision. Until now.
“Remove the portal from the blacksmith”
Complaints about the portal position have been appearing on Reddit in recent days. In one post, a user states: as big as the portals are now, they block the view of the blacksmith rather than the proximity being beneficial.
Others complain that they accidentally click on their portal too often instead of hitting the blacksmith. After all, they are honest enough to call it a “skill issue.” In the thread, players demand that the portal be moved further south. Another user simply requests in their post on Reddit that it be shifted “away from the blacksmith and the chest.”
In some responses, players are also showing cynicism and stating: “It needs to be even closer! Too many unnecessary mouse clicks to get to the blacksmith.” Either way… it seems the hobby of “complaining” remains trendy in the community, despite the praise for the expansion. After all, Lord of Hatred has set a new Steam record and is considered by many to be the “best expansion” for Diablo overall.
As far as the blacksmith is concerned: since Lord of Hatred, he is no longer considered the optimal contact point. Although he is still well-suited for emptying the inventory, at a certain point you need another feature: Players warn of a mistake in Diablo 4: Better go to the Horadric Cube instead of the blacksmith
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