The developers of Diablo 4 have now come together to discuss two important topics of the game: difficulty and legendary items. What system Blizzard has come up with this time and why you will shed more sweat and tears, you will find out here.
Where does the information come from? The news site IGN spoke in an interview with General Manager Rod Fergusson and Game Director Joe Shely about Diablo 4. The discussion mainly revolved around two important elements of the hack and slash genre:
- the unlocking and development of difficulty
- the adjustment of legendary equipment.
Blizzard took a closer look at these features and made several improvements and adjustments for Diablo 4. You will find it easier this time to customize your equipment to your wishes and harder to unlock difficulty levels.
New systems in Diablo 4 bring fresh air
This is how you unlock difficulty levels in Diablo 4: Earning difficulties has always been easy in Diablo. In Diablo 3, you had to complete the story and reach a certain level, while in Diablo Immortal, merely completing the story was sufficient. In Diablo 4, the unlocking will change because you will have to earn them through hard work.
When you start your journey in Sanctuary, you will have the choice between two difficulties. Afterwards, you need to level your hero to level 50 before you unlock the menu for further levels.
World bosses function as gatekeepers for difficulty levels
Once you reach level 50, you can earn additional difficulties only after defeating certain world bosses. These are tied to the difficulty levels to be earned.
This means that if you need to defeat a boss for level “Hell 3”, you will have to do so on the difficulty “Hell 3” as well.
Only then will “Hell 3” be unlocked. However, to prove yourself, you need good, and above all, legendary and rare equipment, and these will also get a new look.
This is how you will be able to customize equipment in Diablo 4: The most exciting feature of legendary equipment is its great variety of customization. Blizzard has adopted a well-known system, the Kanai’s Cube, and brought back the mechanics behind it better.
Thus, you not only take on desired effects on your hero, but can also insert legendary effects into a rare piece of equipment. You do not need a Kanai’s Cube for this.
This allows armor and weapons to be shaped according to your hero’s heart’s desire. Diablo 4 will come up with quite a bit before it can cross the gates of its release. What do you think of the adjustments to these well-known systems?
Do you think it is good that difficulties now have to be earned, or do you want the old system back? Let us know in the comments!
You can find more about the skill system and the endgame of Diablo 4 here in our article:
