This was confirmed on stream yesterday. It's not clear just what Diablo 4 Gold will be selling, but"cosmetic microtransactions" is enough to raise eyebrows in any loot-based game, just ask Destiny, which will be always at war with its playerbase over precisely the exact same matter. Diablo 4 boasted a robust transmorg system so you could look that didn't cost anything and you wanted. But what if Diablo 4 disagrees that with paid"ornaments" or something. That...wouldn't be great. Diablo 4 eventually began experimenting with selling things but nothing really stuck. It's possible these microtransactions may be nothing and fine, or they might be a measure down from games. We are going to see.
That would be Josh Mosqueira, who's largely credited with being the driving force behind turning Diablo 4 about in the Reaper of Souls, Loot 2.0 era. Sure, it was a group effort, but it was under his direction, and just like so many other people, he has left Blizzard. And if you wish to go further back, the director of Diablo 1 and 2, David Brevik, hasn't been Blizzard since 2003. Diablo 4's director is Luis Barriga, that comes over from World of Warcraft and while he is absolutely good, it will feel important the older supervisors are nowhere available for this new installment.
Here's a quote about fresh legendary and set equipment in Diablo from Barriga:"There is a team legendary in the demonstration that turns [the spell] fireball to a triple fireball spell. The difference may be that a set right now in live Diablo 4 provides you bonuses more in the tens of thousands. I think we are designing the game now for a little bit more restricted to avoid getting us into this super escalating power curve" I don't wish to state Diablo 4 never had any difficulties with power creep.
However, I do worry about the concept of"constrained" legendary and set gear perks in a match like this, within this fun of Diablo is going as nuts as possible with builds, then piled up the problem so large that constrains you, not the layout of these products. Believe me, because I need Buy Diablo 4 materials to become amazing, I want to be paranoid here. But on day one here, as soon as you get beyond the initial hype of the existence of this game in any way, I think there are a few essential questions to be raised here, and I am looking forward to seeing more from Blizzard (and enjoying a closed alpha, perhaps.) Sometime soon.
