Diablo IV Global Unlock Times, Early Access Details, Twitch Drops, and a Live-Action Trailer are Her

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Diablo IV Global Unlock Times, Early Access Details, Twitch Drops, and a Live-Action Trailer are Here | MMORPG.com

The official launch guide for Diablo IV is here, along with global unlock times for Early Access and standard launch, Twitch Drops info, and a new live-action trailer from Oscar winner Chloé Zhao.

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Pher0cious

emperorhades1

Trash. I think 1986 gauntlet has more depth, more players in a party, more mob density, and had developers that actually cared about the game.

Betaguy

emperorhades1 said:

Trash. I think 1986 gauntlet has more depth, more players in a party, more mob density, and had developers that actually cared about the game.

o...k.... kick rocks

slowz2secret

can't waittt

Slapshot1188

Note the Class Ranking article you linked to in the article above is outdated and doesn't reflect the changes from the last beta.

Iselin

Slapshot1188 said:

Note the Class Ranking article you linked to in the article above is outdated and doesn't reflect the changes from the last beta.

Unless there's a day one patch with a nerf to Twisting Blades rogue, nothing else can touch that at the moment for leveling power and efficiency.

Slapshot1188

Yeah but I just don’t like the Rogue. I’m tempted to do Necro because that was always my plan until the overnerf. I didnt overdo the last test so I just got a sorc 20 and killed Ashava for the achievement 

Truvidienn

My birthday is right around the corner so my wife is getting me a Diablo 4 themed birthday cake. But we're ready to play!

Iselin

Slapshot1188 said:

Yeah but I just don’t like the Rogue. I’m tempted to do Necro because that was always my plan until the overnerf. I didnt overdo the last test so I just got a sorc 20 and killed Ashava for the achievement 

Necro is still good - just not a full minion build. The Golem will still be useful though. I'm undecided about starting with Lightning Sorc and maybe switching it to fire after Firewall or bone Necro but those classes will definitely be my first two.

Slapshot1188

Iselin said:

Slapshot1188 said:

Yeah but I just don’t like the Rogue. I’m tempted to do Necro because that was always my plan until the overnerf. I didnt overdo the last test so I just got a sorc 20 and killed Ashava for the achievement 

Necro is still good - just not a full minion build. The Golem will still be useful though. I'm undecided about starting with Lightning Sorc and maybe switching it to fire after Firewall or bone Necro but those classes will definitely be my first two.

Mine as well.  Im leaning Bone Necro.  I like blowing stuff up as the Sorc but Ive planned on necro since the game was announced.  Just that that skeleton nerf was brutal.

Neoyoshi

Gonna be interesting to see what happens this time around. I hope the game does well; and i mean that sincerely.

k61977

I am ready to play but got the feeling it will be the typical 5 hour queue because Blizzard will never pay to have enough servers to get everyone into the game in a timely manner.

Scot

k61977 said:

I am ready to play but got the feeling it will be the typical 5 hour queue because Blizzard will never pay to have enough servers to get everyone into the game in a timely manner.

This is one of the reasons I don't bother at launch; but good luck to those with the patience to dive into a game that's such a mega launch like this is. 

Slapshot1188

Scot said:

k61977 said:

I am ready to play but got the feeling it will be the typical 5 hour queue because Blizzard will never pay to have enough servers to get everyone into the game in a timely manner.

This is one of the reasons I don't bother at launch; but good luck to those with the patience to dive into a game that's such a mega launch like this is. 

The open beta a few weeks ago had zero queues.  Now whether that was from performance improvement or decreased interest I do not know.  But I was amazed that I never had a queue

winghaven1

I can't imagine a bigger waste of money than these type of Live Action trailers

ValdemarJ

Slapshot1188 said:

Scot said:

k61977 said:

I am ready to play but got the feeling it will be the typical 5 hour queue because Blizzard will never pay to have enough servers to get everyone into the game in a timely manner.

This is one of the reasons I don't bother at launch; but good luck to those with the patience to dive into a game that's such a mega launch like this is. 

The open beta a few weeks ago had zero queues.  Now whether that was from performance improvement or decreased interest I do not know.  But I was amazed that I never had a queue

The queue counter pop at 1 second a couple of times when I logged in, but started to load in before that screen could even finish. I also wondered if the player response was just really light, or Blizz actually had load servers tuned and ready.

Iselin said:

Slapshot1188 said:

Yeah but I just don’t like the Rogue. I’m tempted to do Necro because that was always my plan until the overnerf. I didnt overdo the last test so I just got a sorc 20 and killed Ashava for the achievement 

Necro is still good - just not a full minion build. The Golem will still be useful though. I'm undecided about starting with Lightning Sorc and maybe switching it to fire after Firewall or bone Necro but those classes will definitely be my first two.

What is it about fire and lightning over the control of ice that is more attractive? Lightning control seemed very short (like 2 second stuns) with some knockback skills later on. Does the damage of fire and/or lightning outweigh the control ice offers? Hydra looks interesting, but all the spells at that tier seem decent.

k61977

Slapshot1188 said:

Scot said:

k61977 said:

I am ready to play but got the feeling it will be the typical 5 hour queue because Blizzard will never pay to have enough servers to get everyone into the game in a timely manner.

This is one of the reasons I don't bother at launch; but good luck to those with the patience to dive into a game that's such a mega launch like this is. 

The open beta a few weeks ago had zero queues.  Now whether that was from performance improvement or decreased interest I do not know.  But I was amazed that I never had a queue

I skipped the last beta but the closed beta had queues which didn't seem right. At one point I had a queue of 10 hours. I really doubt that there will not be queues. The only time I could log on without a queue was in the middle of the night.

Iselin

ValdemarJ said:

What is it about fire and lightning over the control of ice that is more attractive? Lightning control seemed very short (like 2 second stuns) with some knockback skills later on. Does the damage of fire and/or lightning outweigh the control ice offers? Hydra looks interesting, but all the spells at that tier seem decent.

For me, it's a matter of never doing Diablo ice builds in D3 or here, and that's mostly due to the Frozen Orb mechanics which I've never been a fan of. It does most of its damage when it finishes traveling and explodes and that's not when it hits something but at a set distance from where you cast it. It just feels too fiddly especially when a mob pack rushes you as they usually do and the explosion happens at an empty spot with no mobs around. It feels like I waste its damage potential more often than not.

Edit: Also any Sorc build can use all 3 elements. Here's a build I saw a few days ago that is primarily a Chain Lightning build that uses Frost Nova to proc "vulnerable" and Fire Bolt in an enchantment slot just to make everything burn and take advantage of burn passives for heals, resource regen, etc.

Slapshot1188

Iselin said:

ValdemarJ said:

What is it about fire and lightning over the control of ice that is more attractive? Lightning control seemed very short (like 2 second stuns) with some knockback skills later on. Does the damage of fire and/or lightning outweigh the control ice offers? Hydra looks interesting, but all the spells at that tier seem decent.

For me, it's a matter of never doing Diablo ice builds in D3 or here, and that's mostly due to the Frozen Orb mechanics which I've never been a fan of. It does most of its damage when it finishes traveling and explodes and that's not when it hits something but at a set distance from where you cast it. It just feels too fiddly especially when a mob pack rushes you as they usually do and the explosion happens at an empty spot with no mobs around. It feels like I waste its damage potential more often than not.

Yeah I tried an Ice Build for Ashava and I hated it.  I respecced in the middle of the fight

Sovrath

winghaven1 said:

I can't imagine a bigger waste of money than these type of Live Action trailers

I disagree, they're very well done and while they don't speak to the quality of a game, they do create a sort of excitement about the premise.

When I first saw the Skyrim live action trailer, I knew that I absolutely loved the setting.

Not to mention wanting to see that movie.

Groqstrong

1st Char: Full thorn barb 2nd Char: Fire Sorc LFG.

emperorhades1

k61977 said:

I am ready to play but got the feeling it will be the typical 5 hour queue because Blizzard will never pay to have enough servers to get everyone into the game in a timely manner.

Unless you are a streamer. Then you get your own server.

Neoyoshi

Here's what i want to know before i throw $100 usd at it; are the maps/dungeons/zones/whatever- randomly generated?

Because it would be really nice to get back to the oldschool feel of a randomly generated dungeon that i haven't seen 900,000 times (looking at you Diablo 3).

EDIT: nevermind, found my answer in a cute reddit chain.  xD

Neoyoshi

winghaven1 said:

I can't imagine a bigger waste of money than these type of Live Action trailers

FFXIV ARR has you covered.

ValdemarJ

Blizzard cinematics and trailers are the best. Even for the games I don't like, they make awesome trailers.