Yesterday this was confirmed on stream. It's not clear just what Diablo 4 Gold will be selling, but"cosmetic microtransactions" is enough to raise eyebrows in any loot-based match, simply inquire Destiny, which is constantly at war with its playerbase over the exact same matter. Diablo 4 boasted a robust transmorg system so that you might look however that didn't cost anything and you desired. But what if Diablo 4 replaces that with compensated"ornaments" or something? This...wouldn't be great. Diablo 4 eventually started experimenting with selling things but nothing really stuck. It's possible these microtransactions could be nothing and fine, or they may be an immediate step down from games. We are going to see.
That might be Josh Mosqueira, who's largely credited with being the driving force behind turning Diablo 4 about from the Reaper of Souls, Loot 2.0 era. Sure, it was a team effort, however, it had been under his direction, and just like many others, he has left Blizzard. And if you wish to go further back, the director of Diablo 2 and 1, David Brevik, hasn't been with Blizzard since 2003. Diablo 4 manager is Luis Barriga, that comes from World of Warcraft and while he is absolutely good, it does feel important the elderly directors are nowhere to be found for this new setup.
Here's a quote about fresh legendary and set gear in Diablo from Barriga:"There's a team legendary from the demonstration that turns [the spell] fireball to a triple fireball spell. The difference might be thatyou know, a set right now in Diablo 4 provides you incentives in the tens of thousands. I believe we are designing the game right now to be a tiny bit more constrained to prevent getting us into this super sonic electricity curve"
But I do worry about the idea of"constrained" legendary and put gear perks in a match such as this, as part of the enjoyment of Diablo is going as nuts as possible with assembles, and then cranking up the difficulty so large that that constrains you, not the design of the items. Believe me, I wish to just be paranoid here, since I need Diablo 4 to be amazing. Sometime soon.
While it's still in active development, we all know a good bit about how the skill system will work and a few changes in contrast to past names. Blizzard is actively taking feedback on endgame development and exactly how to balance experience systems for both Varshan admissions players that are casually interested and individuals who'll spend thousands of hours.