Do you remember that during the D3 beta, were no one knew about the rest of the story after the Skeleton King, threads on the official forum disappeared about that
the fallen star might actually be Tyrael
?
Which later turned out to be the case...
Well, a few days ago I made a post on the official forums in General Discussion, asking people what they think if D4 would be a reboot of the whole series instead of continuing where D3 stopped... and the thread was deleted.
However, my post still can be found in my forum post search results.
Often times they delete posts if they covered similar topics, or flamed out and went way off topic.
Blizzard has never really been one to tip their hats, so removing your post for that sake would make little sense.
In reality, we should expect D4 and/or D3 Xpac2. As you said, they can either continue the story of the Nephalim, and their urge for power. Or, they can reboot because Malth freed all of the demon lords from the Black Soulstone. I am fine with whichever path they take, because they have set a great foundation of future story telling that I cannot wait to be a part of as a player.
Interesting theory would be neat to see a retelling using newer tech but Blizzard hasn't done any reboots of any franchise to date so I wouldn't get to excited. Personally I'm hoping D4 will be some sort of MMO since WoW is getting very dated and with Titan (first person fps mmo project they had) being canned (and probably overwatch now since there is no way they wouldn't use those assets for something) they're probably looking for a replacement. Purely speculation of course but one can dream.
My hopes lie in this years Blizzcon. I mean, they have to announce something in the Diablo universe, right? Their other universes just had their releases this or last year (WoW:Legion, SC2:LotV, Overwatch). And I so hope it will be a new Diablo game, not another expansion. This game is so old now. Just think about it. They announced it EIGHT YEARS AGO. It's eight years of talking about it. Eight years of absorbing each bit of information about it. I'm getting tired of D3. The game is superb, but I want something new, something fresh.
I would freak out in excitement if I heard of a D4 this BlizzCon, but Blizzard can still make money with D3 and they are not going to the next cow without finish milking this one.
My hopes lie in this years Blizzcon. I mean, they have to announce something in the Diablo universe, right? Their other universes just had their releases this or last year (WoW:Legion, SC2:LotV, Overwatch). And I so hope it will be a new Diablo game, not another expansion. This game is so old now. Just think about it. They announced it EIGHT YEARS AGO. It's eight years of talking about it. Eight years of absorbing each bit of information about it. I'm getting tired of D3. The game is superb, but I want something new, something fresh.
I really think it will be another expansion, but more of a rehash as well where they improve the system greatly.
That is the method they have used with WoW, offering major system updates every 2-3 years. They told us from the get go that Diablo will live on forever, so at some point in time we will have a D4, D5, like D6 etc..... They also said they want to aim for 5-7 years before they announce a new game, and then it would likely take 2-3 years to develop, so 7-10 years for D4. We are 4 years into the game, so we have a ways to go.
That being said, an expansion with a major system update can really shed new light on D3 and take it many steps further. I just want them to pick 2-3 features that the game excels at, and make them even better. Stop adding power creep and other random features. Just make what is already present even better.
I also think that with the point we are at with an ARPG, what else can you really do to improve them. New developers constantly try, but they all feel the same. Adding MMO features is absolutely the next step. Grim Dawn hit it right on the head with reputations that allow access to different gear, cosmetics, etc... I hope Diablo brings something like that to the table. If they do not want the gear to be what the grind is focused on, they can at least give us something other than +5 main stat to grind. Reputations do allow that.
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Do you remember that during the D3 beta, were no one knew about the rest of the story after the Skeleton King, threads on the official forum disappeared about that
the fallen star might actually be Tyrael
?
Which later turned out to be the case...
Well, a few days ago I made a post on the official forums in General Discussion, asking people what they think if D4 would be a reboot of the whole series instead of continuing where D3 stopped... and the thread was deleted.
However, my post still can be found in my forum post search results.
http://imgur.com/hCvGUlN
Now when you click on this, the topic is unavailable.
http://imgur.com/SJwGW0p
I don't think my post was against the TOS, so do you think this might be a hint for a D4 which is a reboot of the whole series?!
Often times they delete posts if they covered similar topics, or flamed out and went way off topic.
Blizzard has never really been one to tip their hats, so removing your post for that sake would make little sense.
In reality, we should expect D4 and/or D3 Xpac2. As you said, they can either continue the story of the Nephalim, and their urge for power. Or, they can reboot because Malth freed all of the demon lords from the Black Soulstone. I am fine with whichever path they take, because they have set a great foundation of future story telling that I cannot wait to be a part of as a player.
Interesting theory would be neat to see a retelling using newer tech but Blizzard hasn't done any reboots of any franchise to date so I wouldn't get to excited. Personally I'm hoping D4 will be some sort of MMO since WoW is getting very dated and with Titan (first person fps mmo project they had) being canned (and probably overwatch now since there is no way they wouldn't use those assets for something) they're probably looking for a replacement. Purely speculation of course but one can dream.
"Do you guys not have phones?"
That is the method they have used with WoW, offering major system updates every 2-3 years. They told us from the get go that Diablo will live on forever, so at some point in time we will have a D4, D5, like D6 etc..... They also said they want to aim for 5-7 years before they announce a new game, and then it would likely take 2-3 years to develop, so 7-10 years for D4. We are 4 years into the game, so we have a ways to go.
That being said, an expansion with a major system update can really shed new light on D3 and take it many steps further. I just want them to pick 2-3 features that the game excels at, and make them even better. Stop adding power creep and other random features. Just make what is already present even better.
I also think that with the point we are at with an ARPG, what else can you really do to improve them. New developers constantly try, but they all feel the same. Adding MMO features is absolutely the next step. Grim Dawn hit it right on the head with reputations that allow access to different gear, cosmetics, etc... I hope Diablo brings something like that to the table. If they do not want the gear to be what the grind is focused on, they can at least give us something other than +5 main stat to grind. Reputations do allow that.