90% posts will be from ragebaiting AI bots until next season.

>go to world boss
>one guy there
dead game

>>3052170
Be that as it may, it's good to have a thread to fall back to.

Then at least get it going with these (they were posted in the last thread but good stuff to discuss):

>Chris Wilson on D5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fenjcmb_fks

>Rhyker's interview with Shelly and some other dude about D5 development:
https://youtu.be/Bpx6icURFjY?t=11

>>3052171
season is over, bro

I don't give a fuck what mr fake voice mccringe thinks about diablo 5 no matter how much you post it.

>>3053593
cool, it was an interview

With Diablo just outright winning at the start of D5, it becomes more and more impressive how badly Malthael fucked EVERYTHING up by breaking the Black Soulstone. Sure, the stone wasn't going to last forever, but it probably would've lasted another decade or so since most of its energy had been lost when Prime Evil Diablo died. Breaking it wasn't even part of his plan either, it was just a desperation move to try to beat the Nephalem; even if he did win the fight, he was absolutely gonna get fucked by having all the Hell Lords inside him at the same time.

>>3056532
>Malthael fucked EVERYTHING up by breaking the Black Soulstone
I think the soulstone would've lasted much longer had Malthy not taken it. We don't know the full extent of its properties after Diablo's defeat unless there were some dialogues I missed. Also Malthael went crazy after wandering the halls of pandemonium for ages so his plan was definitely half-baked.
>Nephalem
One big hole in blizz's usually okay writing (D4 notwithstanding). Instead of doing something cool with him or make him into some overarching mentor they do nothing. Are we supposed to believe that a being that was able to harness all that power within would just wither and die? C'mon now, not a chance. The character deserves the acknowledgement at the very least like "The Nephalem disappeared, lost to the unknown power/phenomena" or sth like that. It wouldn't be top tier writing but it'd be better than nothing. So much potential. Not that I expect anything from blizzard "writers".

>>3052171
could be worse.
>play ssf
>5 other people at world boss
I typed "ssf my ass" into chat and one guy responded with "retard". Made me laugh ngl.

>>3060226
The Nephalem's absence could've at least been explained away with them chasing Diablo's spirit or they're stuck putting out fires in Westmarch. I get Blizz wanted a darker atmosphere, but it kinda clashes with the point in D3 that Humanity is regaining the Nephalem's strength with the Worldstone's destruction. It makes sense that D3's player character would be among the first to awaken that strength at that time period, but there should be even more running around now, not none.

>>3075417
Whatever the in-lore explanation would've been it's criminal they haven't acknowledged his/her existence and the effects of D3 on humanity at large as you mentioned. Fucking hell...

>>3052234
more like diablo 4 is over. After that D5 announcement I uninstalled the game.

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>>3095832
for real? i mean, i suppose... it all does feel kind of pointless now. they already spoiled it that we're going to lose in d4 anyway.

i feel bad because i like this game and loved to finish seasons and get everything but i just don't care anymore. i think it's more of a personal issue with life than the game, but i just don't care to play it anymore. :(

>>3096992
Think about it. They aren't going to release anything meaningful for d4 anymore. The cosmetics wont transfer over so battle passes don't even matter.

>>3097373
>They aren't going to release anything meaningful for d4 anymore.

Mamazon?

>>3097373
i just don't know how they're going to work out keeping both d4 alive and also doing new stuff with d5, lore-wise. because if d5 is the continuation of the story... then d4 HAS to be rinse-and-repeat season stuff like d3 is now. cause if d4 kept going with new seasons that "add to the story".. then what is d5 doing?? it's just such a weird place for the diablo franchise to be in rn. make it make sense

I know not a single person would agree to this statement, but I don't give a fuck. I would pre-order a Diablo game where it's a cringe anime-esque shonen of Diablo and his brothers as teenagers rising the ranks or usurping some established council. I know it contradicts the established lore and you might as well make this video game without the Diablo title at all, but let me cringepost.

>>3105818
D4 story has ended, D5 will timeskip again.

fwiw sounds like next season of d4 has some cool stuff

>>3105818
Could be just "local" threats with no impact on the grand design

>>3132029
by cool stuff do you mean more power creep or actual new ways of engaging with the game because doing the same helltide/pit/nmd just with higher numbers is not "cool stuff". this way of thinking is way we never got a cool diablo after d2.

>>3144053
But all we do in D2 was endless Baal runs.

>>3144152
actual d2 fans play stuff like project diablo 2 or straight up poe these days. d2 had its time 20 years ago.

>>3144182
d2nigga not that anon.
pd2 owns. median xl is pay to win. d2r sucks. im playing retrod2 right now which is like a small obscure 2-3 month old patch 1.06 pre lod classic server. it kinda owns the games a lot harder and more methodical, the class balance is a lot better sorc is still god but not nearly as badly bc energy is finite and physicals are actually good, and theres no runewords so gosu rares are the best items which is a superior dopamine cycle.

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I finally found Tal Rasha' Lidless eye on my ssf blizz sorc to complete my tal rasha set. I wanted the set before trying Ubers, so I could max out my resistances. When I got Tal's armor on my ~10th baal run, I thought I was way ahead of schedule and would be doing ubers in a few days. I proceeded to farm Hell Meph, which was the fastest way to get it. I honestly cant tell you how many Hell Meph runs I did before it finally dropped, but to put it into perspective, I got 3 Occys, 4 lightsabres, and 1 azurewrath before finally getting it. I checked my loot filters multiple times to retain my sanity, because I got paranoid that I was filtering it out somehow.
The irony is now as I'm farming the keys for Ubers I do not even use the set, since other items (I have everything Meph can drop) do more damage and I want less magic find so more white or socketed Monarchs drop for me

it's really annoying that they released an expansion for d2r to require me to pay more than half the cost of the game just to participate in the multiplayer elements again. and all they added was a shitty class and robust loot filters and expanded storage.

>>3146670
>median xl is pay to win
The only thing I know about median is some friends back then complaining about solo play nerfs, but did they managed to add a shop or premium stuff to d2 (using their version of b.net I guess) ?

how the fuck do I make runewords in Diablo 4? I have so many runes.

exilecon tomorrow. event is unironically more relevant to diablo than anything blizzard is doing with their diablo ip. yes I know its a diablo general, yes I know there is /poeg/ and no I dont care.

Ok.

>>3160473
1.0 no longer planned in december, game won't go f2p yet, small company prease enderstando, I'm betting on this.

>>3157184
consult a website for the runeword combos and gear for crafting equipment in the cube.
consult a build guide website for which runes combine to actually do useful things for your damage or survivability.
try to sell the other ones maybe? not sure if anyone is even still really playing the season kek

>>3160479
What?

Imagine bumping shit thread over AIposting.

>>3157184
If you have a lot of them you can try and test out runewords yourself at the cost of making a mistake an losing them, so it's much better to do what this Anon >>3174638 suggested. Far better option and you can use trading website from the op to buy/sell what you want.
>>3185158
>AIposting
Lol take off that tinfoil hat anon. My "ok" was meant to acknowledge poo2 post but without giving it (you)s. Who cares about another half game that won't even launch as a full product.

>>3186260
>Who cares about another half game
I meant half assed game (which it will be).

will they market d5 to troons like they did with d4?

Ask again in the next thread.