>game adds one new class>keeps player retention for weeksExplain.
Because it was the most request and iconic class that's been asked non stop since release
>>730630163Also because its the most immersive class to play in a game like this. You really dont feel any attachment to fighting demons or exorcising spirits as other classes, like say a barbarian or a rogue, especially when the game is so narrative focused. But as a paladin it actually just feels just right.
>>730630163Why did they go with paladin instead of the gay ass crusader or whatever they attempted in 3?
>>730630775Because Diablo 3 was a "cultural flop" in comparison to Diablo 2 so they are pulling a full "return to tradition" shit, same reason why they returned Sorcerer instead of Wizard.
>>730630893>>730630775Diablo 4, for better or worse, is mostly just memberberries for diablo 2. You keep hearing the diablo 2 music riffs throughout the game, like the rogue encapment and tristram music. You see npcs from diablo 2 as well as bosses return. Even the atmosphere is mostly the same, returning to the whole gothic horror vibe instead of the marvel irony quip fest of d3. I like it but it also feels very desperate on blizzard's part. Like a really shameful apology.
>>730630639>game is narrative focused...what...
>>730630163Paladin was always the emergency valve for Diablo after 3, and the fact that they already used it tells you how desperate they are.
>>730631205The game has a lot of cutscenes and yapping for an arpg.
>>730630163It's simple>Make new class the most fun thing in the game>Want to play it before they nerf itI don't want to play Diablo 4, but I sure as fuck enjoy playing Paladin right now.
>>730631371Zeal build pally is probably the most fun iteration of the the build ever. I'm glad they considered it. I always found it sick in d2 when I first unlocked the skill. It's nice that you can make a zealot/fanatic type pally and not just a holy tank.
For me it's Zenith Paladin
>>730631685What node do you use? The shockwave or the multi strike version?
>>730630639This is a good point. It's like if Doom 2016 didn't have the Doom Slayer as a "class", and instead you had like Mech-pilot and Hacker or something.
>>730630775>Why did they go with paladin instead of the gay ass crusaderDoesn't your question already answer your question
Not long now before Diablo becomes more weeby.
>>730630163>pretty much only browns still playing this game>add the most brown magnet class in all of fantasy
>>730630163Had a fucking blast playing Pally for 3 weeks but now that I've got all the seasonal rewards and shit I think I'm done until next season/the actual expansion
>>730634214Bro what brown people play diablo is this nigga seriousit's all chinese and americans
>>730630163when they added the first expansion i quit for good i will give them zero money
>>730630456Tekken should take notes instead of making bland OC chars that literally no one wants
>>730632881Exactly. In other arpgs, picking classes is kinda whatever since you just fight hordes of enemies with no clear allegiance. Sometimes a mix of them thrown in for difficulty. In diablo it's all about stemming the tides of hell and no better than being a beacon of light fighting demons swarming you.
Isn't that how these games work people show up for new seasons or whatever?
I started D4 recently and I can already tell I'm not gonna like where the story is going>Lilith is literally the daughter of the Lord of Hatred>she corrupts people and gets them to commit horrible acts in her name>so we should kill because she's evil?>no! We should kill her because if we don't, the angels will and they're big fat meanies!
>>730635870Nah they pretty much forget that plot point but Inarius is a big dumb idiot for most of the plot. No other angel besides some guy in the end game appears to help you as an npc who enchants your stuff. Angels are pretty hands off in this game compared to d2 and d3. You kill lilith because she literally opens a portal to hell while mephisto goads you to kill her now because if she does will absorb mephisto and become unstoppable.
>>730630163its because poe2 sucks ass
I already killed mephisto in D2 and destroyed his soul stone in hell. I don't care if nublizz retconned that. I'm not doing it again.
>>730634307i got most of the rewards, but i dont feel like doing t4 shit for the last one.
>>730635870The story doesn't really go anywhere in 1.0, it's written like a first season left open for the chance of a second.Lilith's intent is to kill her father and prevent a war in Sanctuary, but the game frames her as corrupting people and them going wild with base instinct to give Sanctuary an army that could best and forgo both Heaven and Hell. That's why the game has you run through all these locales filled with religious sects.The idea is there, but the execution and it being an ARPG don't mesh.
>>730637005It's easier to follow by just assuming she's lying and your goal is to simply kill her because she's a demon. But it has the D2 pre LOD issue where the game ends in a cliff hanger because Neyrelle has the soulstone shit with Mephisto. Doesnt help that they drag it in the expansion and Mephisto is still the main bad guy when we could have banished him to hell right then and there.
>>730637138>Doesnt help that they drag it in the expansion and Mephisto is still the main bad guy when we could have banished him to hell right then and thereYes but the actual twist is that Mephisto orchestrated all the events in the game to get himself out of what happened to him in D2.
>>730637359By why only him? His brothers soulstones also got shattered by the end of LOD too. Are they gonna milk all the dlcs to include both Baal and Diablo? They were really building up Imperius or the Nephalem as the next villain by the end of D3 but they kinda just forgot about that
>>730630775>Why didn't they do goatse gaping on the title screen instead of making a game? Does anyone know???
>>730635727The difference is that no one was showing up for Diablo IV seasons, and people certainly weren't sticking around. This time people showed up and stuck around, so something worked. It was more than just the Paladin though, this season has a gimmick that people like (Sanctification) and they ran the goblin event right at the start of the season. Plus a lot of people were off work for the holidays and wanted something to play.
>>730637512>Are they gonna milk all the dlcs to include both Baal and Diablo?Yes, they're coming back too. All part of the plan.
>>730638191I genuinely think it was just the paladin. People are just like that, they want a singular thing to latch on to.
Because poe 2 is god awful dogshit
>>730639272POe2 isn't bad, it's just a mess of balancing issues and Act pacing due to the early access model.The problem is now that they wont rectify the Act issues and if they do, the core players will complain "early access was better the game is terrible now to cater to casuals".
>>730630163the masculine urge to smite evil
>>730630163D4 good
>>730640593damn straighthttps://youtu.be/VDvYDaTjMqc
>>730630163Seems pretty self-explanatory to me
>>730630163gamers just want one thing
>lilith statue progress from my first playthrough didnt carry over for some reason>never played againI was enjoying it too but I'm not doing all that open world filler again.
>>730642515Lilith statues are irrelevant in season worlds now, they only matter on the permanent realm.
>>730630163>>730642463>wowshit weapons and armourCouldn't be me.
>>730640593what if...d4 bad
>explainDiablo players are gambling-brained retards. it's easy to bait them with shiny objects and take their money.
>10/10 art direction>10/10 story>10/10 atmosphere>10/10 music>2/10 gameplaywhats her name
>>730642616shoulders arent nearly big enough
>>730642830Breath of Fire IVMass Effect 1Diablo 1
Aren't they coming out with another class when the 'Expansion' officially comes out? Any news on what that is? I bet they're gonna asspull one of the classes from that shitty phone game
>>730642968I vaguely remember the twist ending of bof4. Whats so bad about the gameplay?
>>730630163finished everything in the season and did level 100 in the scaling dungeon whatever. literally nothing else to do since seasons reset gear progress anyways so farming is useless
