Diablo 4s Vessel of Hatred Expansion Improved the Game Significantly

[@TheCharismaticVoice]

I am absolutely LOVING this season!

[@lhenn4721]

I always have to check it's the real account every time I see your name ! It feels like the weirdest crossover in my youtube playlists and I'm all for it. When's the collab?!

[@mertince2310]

Oh my god! Im watching your videos on the second monitor while playing lol!

[@alantremonti1381]

NOW I know why youtube is recommending your videos to me, even though it's not something I usually gravitate towards. Wild times.

[@PaladinSrettub]

Yeah, this season and expansion has really improved the gameplay! It feels so much better!

[@RichardPain3]

Camera down Rax's throat when? jk, nice to see you are enjoying the game Liz.

[@m0002856]

Raxx, I feel like you missed the new Nahantu dungeons. I made a Reddit post discussing it yesterday, and it seems like most people coming into the thread agree. Not sure if you’ve stopped to do them because getting a NMD sigil for one is more rare and there’s not a lot of reason to do them baseline, but I was honestly blown away by how much better they felt with the only objective being, “find and kill boss” and those crappy side objectives in other dungeons are still there but only used to unlock optional treasure rooms.

[@iamdrhunk]

100% agree. I prefer Nahantu NMDs.

[@m0002856]

@@iamdrhunkI’m hoping he acknowledges it because this is one aspect I really, really want to be reviewed. I’m not trying to self promote or anything because I have literally zero stake in it. I’m not a dev. I’m not earning money. I mention the Reddit thread because it kinda blew up with over 200k views and most people coming in to agree and I feel like this NEEDS to be talked about so Blizzard sees the feedback. I’m hoping if it gets talked about enough that Blizzard will decide its worth it to go back and revamp the vanilla ones too. I’m sure the devs will look at Reddit but if the big KZbinrs like Raxx, Mac, Wudi etc talk about the improvement, then it’s more likely to reach their ears than just some random guys like you and me shouting into the void.

[@xchicobo2237]

Noticed this too, surprised me when I entered one of the dungeons and it just said "explore and hunt X boss" lol. More of this please.

[@m0002856]

@@xchicobo2237 They’re so good. I was doing them as normal mode to bust out some renown and was like, “okay, but this is just the first dungeon. It could be a one off.” Second dungeon: “Two in a row? Well, these are in the same sub zone.” ALL OF THEM LATER: “THESE ARE SO GOOD. WHY DID NOBODY TALK ABOUT THIS IN ANY REVIEW WTF?!?!!??”

[@Wr1gl3y]

Noticed it as well. Love these Nahatu dungeons. Really want them to be like this moving forward. Solid dungeons!

[@lukebrady65]

Rex, not only do the other classes feel underpowered, but they also feel outdated. As a druid main, I couldn't keep up with the Spiritborn. They were consistently two screens ahead of me at all times from all of the dashing and teleporting around. After playing the class, it highlighted to me how poorly designed items are like Tempest Roar, and we know they can get it right because Spiritborn is the proof. I think Blizzard needs to go back and update all of the other classes.

[@Steph1]

Agreed, all classes need their mobility upgraded like the spiritborn has

[@syco470]

We had a Druid in a “raid” the only thing the poor guy could do was run from point A to B. He finally saw combat in the very last room

[@lukebrady65]

@@syco470 Sounds like my experience in a nutshell!

[@vladimirsemkovich3021]

@@lukebrady65 dont worry mate leveled Rogue till T3 and I though I kinda do damage with 2 mythical UNTIL I wisited first Legion event and actually saw that all I can do is to run after Spiritborn guys to see how they do impact with their "spacebar" skillset))) yeah "The season of hated Spiritborn"

[@InkWavve]

Blizzard sending Mephisto's Soul Stones to content creators to slowly influence them bend their will is the most sinister thing that's come out of them since D2 campaign 😂😂😂

[@draega570]

facepalm

[@Juggernaut76]

The VoH campaign was the glaring weak spot for me. Everything else feels very good so far. In my opinion I would have done the campaign this way: Write in a reason why the mount doesn't work in Nehantu until near the end forcing you to fight from one waypoint/ objective to another old school style. Each waypoint weaves in an area giving the sense of surviving and relief when hitting a town. Zooming around from marker to marker feels hollow bypassing well crafted areas and avoiding enemies. This feeling of dread cutting through monsters to progress is missing from D4. The mount "unlock" would feel good and writing in a reason would have been easy in a spirit or animal based realm. The story felt like a chapter not a book. One character hyped up early was barely a factor and the fight underwhelming which was a bummer. Without spoilers it also ended flat where we literally said "that's it?".

[@DenisKublitsky]

And yet the campaign is much better than the original D4. At least imo.

[@Juggernaut76]

​​@@DenisKublitskyTo each their own, but I felt the main D4 campaign was much better. Its like the polar opposite this time, much better game play, but worse campaign. It was very bland just a bunch of go from A to B, find X, hear X talk, and repeat.

[@MarkLoganFIB]

​@@DenisKublitskyits so much worse what are you talking about? D4 base motivations make sense. VoH ditches lorath for no reason. Eru betrays us for no reason. Akarat dies for no reason. Neyrelle suffers zero consequences. Our character suffers zero consequences. Mephisto escapes and our character is like "mission accomplished we should tell lorath" but of course he's missing the entire time. Garbage. This campaign is meant for people who think joker 2 is misunderstood genius.

[@DenisKublitsky]

@@Juggernaut76 the same as in the original D4 campaign 😂 Idk, maybe it's the D2 vibes that made me like VoH story more

[@natecoet3291]

Pretty much agree, it feels more like a chapter rather than a book, but then it's an expansion rather than a sequel, so I guess it's pretty much setting things up, for better or worse, I felt the campaign started strong dragged a little in the middle and ended abruptly. still enjoyed it for what it was.

[@ELPsteel]

My big issue so far is bugs and performance issues that are absolutely crazy - inventory not being viewable for 20+ seconds when loading into new zones, vendors not responding until 5+ seconds after they’re clicked, realmwalkers not spawning portals (which is a MASSIVE issue because those fights take several minutes), bugged side quests that can become impossible to complete due to an event not triggering, etc.

[@misiekm9179]

I thought it was only me. Performance sucked so hard like you mentioned. Especially when you're more of a hardcore gamer and try to do things fast. Literally freezing screen.

[@phatymcdaddy]

​@@misiekm9179Check your graphic settings. I was having the same issue. I played the base game with everything in ultra and no issues. With VoH I noticed they changed the ultra setting on textures to be for 4k. High is now for up to 4k. When I dropped to high I didn't lose any image quality but my performance went back to being smooth like it was pre expansion

[@misiekm9179]

@@phatymcdaddy didnt work but yeah they changed it. Found out during campaign

[@Midgar88]

Sounds like your pc bud.

[@vpnath75]

I had similar issues in the previous season and it was very frustrating. I actually saw big improvement after I re-installed the game. Also make sure it is installed on an NVME SSD preferably. I still do get occasional lag in menus and open-world but it is far better than before. This is on a RTX 3080/Ryzen 3700X/16GB RAM system for reference.

[@BeachCoffee]

I really hope they start adding more cosmetic rewards for certain challenges in the game. Things like that make players pay attention to each other more and create a sense of community and competitiveness that’s been missing.

[@ShaneMcGrath.]

We need a new version of Rainbow Goblin Hunt from D3 for some ultra rare wings and mounts but keep the darker D4 theme this time.

[@caseybrown6813]

Remember when Endgame in D4 was just NMD and Helltides? Now there are over 10 Activities to engage with when you hit 60. Amazing work Blizz

[@iLikeRNG]

And which one worth to do and why? 3 days and I go back to real game

[@NoobMasterSSS]

There’s a lot to do that I don’t know which to do lmao

[@bripro77]

Just wish the classes were in a better state. I feel forced to play spiritborn

[@AdrianVisan]

I remember when the only endgame activity was just NMD as helltide didn't scale Loving it now, when I'm doing one activity I have FOMO for not doing another one

[@jprec5174]

And the loot is still bad

[@bobcatben1]

Casual player here - improved loot drops and progression has made all the difference for me. Played 1.5 hrs and found 3 legendaries that were great for leveling

[@stockbull614]

legendaries is baseline gear. but im glad youre having fun!

[@mapron1]

@@stockbull614 yeah, kinda scary to hear about 3 legendaries (I don't pick them up already).

[@TheFloon]

Genuinely surprised you liked the campaign, I thought it was honestly a pretty big let down from the base campaign.

[@relentlessnights4211]

100% agree, expansion should feel like a complete or near complete story arc, this felt like we just got going and then… it ended…. Idk but I hope they’ve got plans for the angels to return! The Diablo world and lore is awesome, give us more please 🙏

[@Zeramos_]

They are pulling a bungie. They cut half the story out of the expac to just sell it to us in the next expansion. Just look at the quest design. Fetch quests and click 3 things over and over

[@IvanChristopher.]

Yeah agree. Was lame af. Mephisto was cool tho

[@relentlessnights4211]

@@IvanChristopher. so was Akarat! Make the campaigns full stories! Let’s go blizz, we love Diablo give us more.

[@QSxDaRkSCoPe]

@@Zeramos_I have played destiny since d1. They are not pulling a Bungie, nor is that what Bungie does. Grow up dog

[@moonjt9]

Completely agreed on loot rarity being good. I got a jah rune and it felt great. Ancestral items feel great when they drop. I hope they don’t nerf it and make things rain from the sky again. Right now it feels good to find items because they are rarer than in the past. It’s perfectly balanced right now.

[@KangooTheDruid]

It feels so good to be able to blast for a long time before needing to do inventory. My minion Necro is in t3 so I don’t feel like I’m progressing slow, just not spending nearly as much time dealing with drops.

[@crosis2]

Glyph leveling feels so much better now. Its faster to 15 for bigger area and just spamming pit is so good to get them up

[@asiimovmanowar900]

And upgrading them to legendary really gets your character going. It’s nice to feel the curve

[@onyxcitadel9759]

like... tons of LESS clicking right?.. i like it too.

[@Benz-mc5vv]

I wish the whole game map and setting was like this because I am freaking loving the scenery and the enemies dude

[@matthewmitchell7293]

Not having an Uber mephisto like Uber Lilith is a huge L IMO… Tormented bosses are hardly “tough fights” they melt in seconds. I mean Uber Lilith melts also, but at least you have to learn her mechanics… but yeah big let down not having a challenging fight that you would have to at least learn some mechanics. No reason there shouldn’t be a fight for each expac for a spark with a suitable difficulty attached to it.

[@sermerlin1]

There will be probably uber memphisto somewhere down the line. I'm intrigued it's not at start but definitely there will be uber memphisto. There will be all ubers... Like uber baal uber Diablo uber memp uber lilith down the line (diablo and baal when they get their own expac down the line).

[@matthewmitchell7293]

@@sermerlin1 I’m sure you’re right. I mean it’s a layup as far as content creation goes, maybe tag an even higher drop rate on mythics as well because spamming the current loot piñatas that mythics are tied too sure takes the excitement out of getting one.

[@matthewmitchell7293]

@@sermerlin1 aside from that the game has been continuously ramping up from season 4. It’s been a hell of a ride as of late!

[@JayShifu]

100% agree. Always thought what’s the point of the game if I can kill everything in 3 shots? Imagine going into FF14 ultimate raid and killing the hardest content in 5 seconds, why even play the game? Give us super duper hard content where maybe damage is capped.

[@MikeFK8R]

I was a hater. I thought the ship had already sunk and was absolutely certain that dev team would not be able to turn things around or wouldnt be given the tools to do so by execs more focused on microtransactions. I decided to give it one last chance based off all the good things I was hearing from people I trust, even though I didn't really think it deserved it. I was shocked as I started finding all the things they changed for the better since I quit in season 1. I can hardly put the game down I'm having so much fun.

[@gotaplanstan]

Basically the same experience I've had. I tried getting into every single season and it never stuck. I've been around since D1, and have 10k+ hrs on 2 and 3, and thought 4 had lost me for good. Idk why I doubted the game. Cuz I've felt the same about 2 and 3 where they went from ok-good base games, but became great in many ways once they got their expansions. Feel the exact same way with 4 now, and we likely still have 1 or 2 more expansions hopefully. Cannot wait now!

[@Originalize]

campaign was a total let down for me. there was 2 or 3 cool cutscenes but apart from that it was super slow and uninteresting in my opinion, compared to the base campaign that was quite good imo. the game has improved significantly, there's no doubt about that. however the campaign was a total fucking let down

[@doakesanddrax]

They kept putting in sad scences, like bro we've known them for 5 minutes, this isnt sad its just a slow, drawn-out cut scene.

[@justanormalguy4885]

I just don't think the writing was good for the expansion campaign, especially towards the end of it. And what was with Urivar smoking the cigar at the beginning of the campaign lol, felt so out of place

[@Pokdemon]

Agreed, the campagin was the worst one we have ever had in diablo

[@Blitz54154]

Agreed… my biggest gripe is not being left on a cliff hangar but not feeling like we actually closed a door meaningfully which had second or third order effects that opened a new one. Also… there’s more prime evils than Mephisto… there’s a ton of options to pull from… is this Diablo 4 or “Chase Hatred around for 4 more expansions”?

[@NhuQuynh-nv7fp]

What would you like it to be ? Like how could they make it better ?

[@grelwing47]

The only point I really strongly disagree with is the expansion story. I felt it was really weak, with endless repetitive (chanting) dialogue and a Disney movie "the power of friendship" plot. The campaign didn't even include a fun, memorable boss fight! (I don't want to spoil things for people who MIGHT like it, so I'll stop here) The underlying improvements to the game and the Spiritborn class are fantastic additions that put the game in a great state; but I think the campaign is an easy 3/10.

[@sanctusaura4874]

We can't even fight mephisto lmao

[@MD-qv9fc]

Agreed the campaign story was EXTREMELY weak, to the point i was rolling my eyes with the characters doing cringy chants over and over, which was very disappointing since the main game story was very interesting and deserved a strong continuation.

[@chrissidoku4779]

unlock chant translation: "The Power of One, The Power of Two, The Power of Maaany." 😂

[@Pokdemon]

Agreed, the campagin was the worst one we have ever had in diablo

[@grelwing47]

​@@sanctusaura4874 BUT you got to fight Mephisto's fursona!

[@gopatriots1991]

Positive note? I have gotten 3 mounts as rewards for things that feel like they should be awarded for doing. Finding all tennets, 100% exploring new map, and maxing renown. Stuff like that deserves a little something extra imo.

[@asiimovmanowar900]

There’s a mount for doing each of those? Like 3 mounts?

[@benjolley4120]

​@@asiimovmanowar900New mount looks a little like Akarat, it is based on the cat / panther mount. I've yet to find all the Tenet statues though, I may do that today, it'll give me a break from grinding Paragon all night, again, lol. 😂

[@gopatriots1991]

@asiimovmanowar900 Yes, and I just got one for completing all sidequests. So ill be green logging that whole map.

[@legi0n47x]

I'm going to be that guy. Many of these improvements should have been in the game at launch, and everyone knows it. The campaign felt like a chore because the story was meh and had more running around than action. No new gameplay other than a class and a couple annoying enemies. Lots of re-skinned enemies.

[@keeleycarrigan]

I love people like you. People like you are the reason this game is better. Obviously people on the inside need to be able to listen. But you are such an asset to the game.

[@adrianreymann9815]

strong campaign ? is he kidding ?

[@ZRG22]

he's paid.

[@big.guy77]

One thing about Leaderboards - in D3, I wasn't a frequent top-100 player, but one thing all players benefitted from was being able to see the build the top players used at the time of their leaderboard placing. It helped me improve my characters significantly to see.

[@caseycoker1051]

I was definitely unimpressed with the campaign, and I don't think it justified the $40 price tag. That being said, I am enjoying the season as a whole, so I'm not too miffed about it.

[@BigArt8844]

as a player who has never seen a mythic drop to get one to drop was a amazing feeling

[@ajthedemon40]

The difference between this review and llama's is the duality of man lol

[@jprec5174]

i mean llama raised an important point. He literally didnt have to do anything to level up and beat the game. The excuse is always "well thats just the campaign, thats the tutorial." Well then why even have it? why waste the time of players? Just start players off at lvl 60 if ur going to have a laughably imbalanced leveling process.

[@ajthedemon40]

@@jprec5174 Oh I 100% agree, I love Diablo 2's campaign because it makes the demons feel like an actual threat. Where as in Diablo 4 it feels like your character is the scariest thing in the universe instead of the demons.

[@Dharnthread]

It was a different time when D2 released.

[@oopomopoo]

Llama is of a different type. He wouldn't like D4 even if they ripped d2 straight into it, and I can't really fault him - I'd love to be passionate about a game for 20 plus years. I move on within a month for anything I play and wish I could be like Llama and enjoy playing something for longer. With that said, the story is a story. It's not there as gated content where you must be x good to see, it's just a story to experience. If you want difficulty, you can play on hard or master. Regarding the feelings in both stories, I don't get that at all. I was a powerhouse in d2 like I'm a powerhouse in D4. D2 hell was quite difficult (I can see only then the enemies being demons) but in reality my deaths felt more like one shots rather than an interaction to overcome. D4 doesn't necessarily have that either. Regarding why have a campaign - that's one I've struggled with while playing poe. The thing I've come to realize is its a fantastic way to learn your character on a railroaded path. It's a great talking point in poe but a worthless argument in D4 because.. You can skip the story.. It's literally a non issue.

[@jprec5174]

@@oopomopoo the story is just a story in d2 and yet its 10x better than d4's without even trying. That's the problem with d4's story, they actually try and it's significantly worse. They should know no one cares for a story in an arpg anyways

[@tenags0708]

Other positives: 1. Nahantu mob density is awesome - overworld farming isn’t boring 2. Legion events are better- lots of teamwork, and not just “kill mobs and then a boss” 3. New glyph system is still a grind but for some reason it feels better than the old NM Dungeon system

[@QSxDaRkSCoPe]

My only complaint is the massive amount of crashes and the obvious memory leak issue.

[@NoobGamer-di1dw]

That’s probably just mainly older computers or failing hardware I’ve play on just a laptop with good specs but haven’t had any issues with that

[@Midgar88]

Thats a your pc thing mate. Upgrade your potato.

[@Magmasherftw]

Haven't gotten those, my only complaint is the realmwalkers being slow.

[@QSxDaRkSCoPe]

@@Midgar88 I have a 7800x3D and 4080 super. This is happening to a lot of people. No need to be rude.

[@little_fluffy_clouds]

There was a small stability patch last night for the PC which vastly improved this. The game no longer crashes for me. For context, I play since launch on an RTX 4090 with 7950X and 32 GB RAM and the game never crashed for me until installing the expansion, at which point it started crashing regularly. It is not a “your PC is a potato” issue. The latest D4 patch seems to have fixed this.

[@roshunepp]

I don't know why I'm different. I don't get excited finding rare items. I don't get that dopamine. I only feel the frustration when I'm not getting the thing I'm after. I do get the enjoyment from using powerful items and seeing big damage numbers, even if i can't read them.

[@SediGaming]

Try shooting it.

[@Touchin-Grass]

The game has been so much fun, I am straight up addicted lol ! Here are things I would like to see improved on or implemented : 1. The item icons in your stash/inventory should show the amount of GA's it has. So like 1 star on the icon for 1GA and 2 stars for a 2 GA etc. I also think 4 Star GA's items should glow in your inventory. As well as 3 GA legendaries 2. We should be able to invite players to our group for trade without having to add them on our socials 3. Cosmetic drops from dungeons/raids should have a visible icon in your selection screens 4. I would like to see a town raid event. (At the start of the Voh expansion you protect Gea Kul for the quest) I would love to have horde events where tons of monsters attack any given town and you need to defend it. There could be benefits if you hold it off or penalties. I also think they could even include a system where you need to farm mats to rebuild the defenses before the next attack. 5. Tormented bosses should have a lighter version of resillient 6. World bosses need to have a tormented version 7. World bosses should have added abilities , these abilities should also rotate and change every time you fight them to keep it fresh. 8. Realm walker needs more interesting mechanics while following 9. Id love to see added helltide bosses 10. I would like to see added stats with runewords. Where it does not just add an affect but possible + all skill + stats etc. 11. I would love to see the Malphas Uber boss from Season 3 return. 12. We need another like 3 world bosses in rotation. 13. Lilith should be a farmable boss 14. I would like to see some other Campaign bosses in rotation for boss fights 15. Leveling is a bit too quick in the first levels. 16. I would like to see strongholds being retaken during helltides. These will be beefed up and much more difficult with better rewards. 17. Random hellgates that open up in helltides that allow you to enter awnd have you fight a random campaign boss ( it could be a vision/memory style event) Anyways I will stop here for now! Feel free to add on. Also thanks Raxx for all you do brother!

[@TyroneisWhite]

Just got to t1 and im overwhelmed in the best way possible. Loving the changes.

[@bancai1517]

I was hoping they would've added more Monster Affixes since they never expanded on it in the Seasons. it's still the same old Fire enchanted, Waller etc. The game could use more variation of shrines too. More monster variety. More random encounters like the butcher, it's one of the more fun content D4 added to the game. Greed's lair, cow level, anyone of them still ingame? And the New season and expansion added 1 unique for each class, so not much changed build wise.

[@luciencorvin9758]

Where they are at with the game right now is what the maim game is worth. This is what we should have been given for the price of the main game I the first place.

[@nephram1702]

The dark citadel is fun. I completed it last night with a friend. Alot of trial and error. Imo, it's the best part of the expansion. I hope Blizzard expands it.

[@CurtisD1986]

I just ran it 2 player on T1 and had a blast. Carried the other SB player as I just switched to evade and he wasn't even following a guide. But still had tons of fun solving the "puzzles". Only 1 actually caught me up was the reflect the soul thing. Took a couple minutes to figure out you cast a spell to reflect.

[@nephram1702]

@@CurtisD1986 congrats

[@andrewsmith9241]

Agree...hope they build up on it. I thoroughly enjoyed running it with randoms on party finder even. The mechanics were easy enough to follow.

[@sajmon154]

Its the worst part of this dlc. Its not a fcking lost ark or other mmo trash. This is hack and slash arpg, making content locked behind mechanics that require multiple people is a joke. This season have less players than last one , it speaks for itself 😆 game is a joke going in a weong direction.

[@MrLove-666]

I'm a masochist so I started on Penitent - It was VERY challenging!! I was at the point to give up since every fight even with trash mobs were a fight to the death, you can feel it! Around lvl 45-50 you begin to see the light, gear, jewels, resources, it begins to feel easier. Lvl 60, it becomes like a "Hard mode" - meaning easy. On Torment 1 lvl 60(60) I shred things, will need to try T2 tonight. I hope T4 will give almost the same challenge than Penitent, with a bit of powerhouse on our side, to win. So for me, I wouldn't have gone to lower easier mode, else it would've been easy, boring. Kudos to Blizz for that, I sweat while doing the Campaign!

[@jprec5174]

You can't start the game on penitent. Why are you lying.

[@eagleotto2527]

Yes you can ​@jprec5174

[@little_fluffy_clouds]

@@jprec5174 well, it doesn’t let you select penitent mode on character creation, but as soon as you log in, penitent mode unlocks, so you may then up the difficulty that way.

[@Steph1]

@@jprec5174you can change it to penitent after the prologue actually, which is after a very short time

[@bensel1547]

I like the progression now more, because there is multiple paths to progress at every point, without giving you too much at once. It feel so much smoother. In base game you had the sacred and ancestral item sprint, the paragon sprint, and in the meantime not much happened to improve your character

[@DimitriosTsardoulias]

Raxx, maybe in your next video, you could offer a suggestion for improving an aspect of Diablo 4 where the visibility of attacks is addressed. I believe that boss attacks should be difficult to dodge and require skill; however, I think it’s important that players can clearly and distinctly see the attacks. Right now, it feels like everything is blurry, and it’s hard to properly dodge. I really appreciate your work, Raxx, and you’re a great asset to Diablo 4.

[@jakec9086]

Worst arpg campaign I've ever played. You don't even kill the boss at the end. Terrible writing, bad story, annoying characters, filler activities, no end game boss fight.

[@Touchin-Grass]

That's your opinion. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I remember soooo many times people saying " Oh this boss deserves more than just an expansion " I really wanna fight Mephisto but i can also appreciate that they are building him up.

[@El_Dromedario]

@@Touchin-Grass ''Building him up'' lmao, they just care about your wallet u poor soul.

[@iRavenTM]

@@El_Dromedario These people will say and do anything to justify their purchases. They have no self-respect at all. Not even much going on upstairs either. They'll lie to themselves just to avoid the shame or unpleasant feelings of getting fucked by ta bad campaign.

[@lepakage2]

I’m level 47 and I’ve played on Hard this whole time. Didn’t use any guides, just read the abilities. It was not faceroll. Even with some legendary aspects for my build it’s now finally kinda easy but it took a bit to get there. It’s probably just time for me to up difficulty but starting on Hard made it a lot more fun

[@robitusinz]

Same. Didn't look online for build advice, made my way through Hard. Figured, "lemme see if I can up the diff"...went to Penitent and got smashed. Went back to Hard, farmed for a bit, tweaked my build, and poof now I'm in Penitent. I'm about to start doing the Pit. It really is nice how they've curved out the whole play experience, it just feels smooth.

[@Spidi__PL]

FUN FACT: citadel doesn't allow console local coop players to participate 😢 Why reviewers don't talk about it?

[@preacher6552]

PC masterrace

[@deegreg6005]

Were you born yesterday? Reviewers are in the pocket of blizzard

[@MixingPigment]

I occasionally grammar too, it’s a complicated subject. 😊 hopefully they get this worked out and fix it.

[@El_Dromedario]

They does not talk about it cause $$$$$$$$$$

[@Aiprogressandmore]

Straight up garbage...damn😅

[@cgerman]

The expansion nailed it on pretty much every level. This is the video I was waiting for in the state of the game but got it today.

[@youtoobz146]

Strong campaign you say? The campaign is trash. We went from D4 bad to D4 meh. After a year and an expac lol. I'm livid.

[@PowerNGlory]

Congrats you are part of the .01% that cares about the campaign.

[@youtoobz146]

@@PowerNGlory cool? Lmao is this where you defend D4 from the masses?

[@Eriani90]

@@PowerNGlory You really think .01% care about the campaign? If thats the case then they wouldnt waste money on creating a campaign at all... You are really out of touch with reality.

[@youtoobz146]

@@Eriani90 even if the campaign was good, the game is still garbage lol. The raid is a mini game simulator.

[@youtoobz146]

@@Eriani90 and yes he's out of touch as shit

[@rockygillman6404]

You wont even remember this expansion when poe 2 comes out.

[@dekdenfor9770]

I've finished the campaign (that cliffhanger is gonna work on me too), which I loved, i'm in early paragon and just started jumping to a more complete build and i'm loving this. It's so much fun, jumping into penetent feels awesome and like an accomplishment after I had to drop the difficulty from hard during the campaign. Nehantu is fantastic, the mercentaries are amazing, i like the runes so far, and I'm loving the progression towards unlocking torment 1. I love the nightmare dungeons they feels soooo much better.

[@nikoreva2078]

I finished the campaign yesterday. Took me a bit longer, because I played on penitent, but I enjoyed it. The cliffhanger was hard to digest, but the presentation was great. I think the way the campaign ended indicates that the next expansion is coming relatively soon.

[@theabomb9938]

Overall yes pretty good, shop also needs a "surprise thanks for playing, pick 2 armor sets" from the paid shop. Goodwill to players, imo

[@sabihrashid252]

My problem is, a paid expansion disincentivizes them from having really good seasons. After all, people are less likely to buy DLC if the free updates are just as good. So the game is never going to have seasons on par with PoE, or even Last Epoch's first update.

[@DenisKublitsky]

Last epoch is a huge disappointment. Got the game on release, but it's still a buggy mess with lagging servers 8 months later. And LP mechanics is even a bigger source of frustration than tempering.

[@jprec5174]

Im still waiting for my 60$ worth of the base game. I will never buy the expansion unless it sold for 5$

[@itslythx]

@@DenisKublitsky I fully agree, Last Epoch had no legs to stand on after the initial buzz, interesting starting point but horrible endgame and even worse to hard reset halfway through their first season and their seasonal additions were incredibly boring

[@livinghero]

Enjoying the expansion and this review. Thanks for blasting through the expansion so I can happily go slow and enjoy it.

[@grossclan4997]

I don't agree. Am I the only one who feels this way? Last season the progression felt way better. TBH it was better in almost every way. Don't get me wrong, there are some changes that aren't bad this season but to me it feels like throughout the seasons they've been moving forward in the right direction until this season. I'm going to push through for a little bit. Hopefully it gets better.

[@jaygrubby88]

@grossclan4997 I completely agree with you last season progression was superb

[@jeffxie6334]

What are the difficulties you have faced regarding progression? I reach lvl60 by doing MSQ and side quest along the way, some of the season portal thing to unlock season progression and some strongholds and dungeons for aspect. After that i unlock torment 1 and used all the orbols/cinders for the events and vendor and got 2 ancestral uniques.

[@flankman9385]

Skill issue

[@grossclan4997]

@@jeffxie6334 leveling is way slower than last season. XP feels off.

[@jeffxie6334]

@@grossclan4997 cant argue with that. Time is relative. I felt the pace was good. I hit 60 at 21hr time played roughly. I would imagine if u used elixirs and run helltide purely with a group capping events and whispers, u will level much faster. I did that in season5 and hit 100 within a day

[@michaelhoyle3266]

As a casual who's been playing since the first Diablo, I am really enjoying the expansion so far. The Spiritborn is fun to play, good movement and good damage. The storyline and feel of the game is what I expect from a Diablo game. The only thing missing for me is a sword and board class. Crusader or Paladin or even a Blood Knight would be great with all of the plate armor and shields in the game. Looking forward to what the devs come up with next as D4 continues to improve.

[@weman201]

strong campaign? couldnt disagree more

[@Pokdemon]

Agreed, the campagin was the worst one we have ever had in diablo

[@Arccanos]

There isn't a diablo-like ARPG with a better campaign.

[@weman201]

@Arccanos true that doesn't mean the expansion isn't a turd story wise

[@virallock]

Ummm what about the campaign did you not like?

[@weman201]

@virallock Urivar, Mephisto, getting like 3 minutes of screen time and just passing the buck to the next expansion. Also, it makes zero sense to sacrifice Akarat for Neyrelle to live. There are lots of other things but trying to avoid some huge post

[@MikeBaia]

From last year, they have done a lot to improve the game. The spiritborn class is great. In my opinion, the story took a step back but the amount of content they have added is a good thing. The end game is getting better with raids and the difficulty change is good. A year ago, 7.5/10....now 8/10

[@SmHy23]

The end game was non-existant. Now it's almost overwhelmingly fun.

[@deeveejay]

I totally agree with your list in general. One thing that is lacking, and I saw many ppl complaining about it, it the lack of ability to compare your profile with profile of someone elese. Like I want to check, which challenges for example my friends unlocked, what character they play and so on. It was in D3, for god sake! :)

[@aceman5125]

Just not feeling Blizzard any more frfr

[@nathanbell6962]

Tww is boring, no vision

[@2009misscat]

Just the feeling that everything matters and there’s a chase but still attainable depending on how hard you want to work for it. It finally feels like a game! No more of what’s the point feeling. Well done Blizzard.

[@miragegaming984]

strong campaign?! did we play the same campaign? Did you get another act that we didnt'? They left the story arc unfinished. i felt so miffed by that that I will not snap buy the next expansion. I will have to consider it, won't be a day 1 pre order.

[@Vexkion]

Except we did finish the story arc. If you meant actually fighting the BBEG himself. Nah, we would've been cooked. Lilith is nowhere near the same playing field as a Prime Evil. We couldn't even handle a bit of darkness.

[@Pokdemon]

Agreed, the campagin was the worst one we have ever had in diablo

[@andyxprophet]

The story arc was getting Neyrelle to where the stone should be placed. That was it. Just because it was short doesn't mean it was bad. We were never meant to fight Mephisto yet.

[@MarkLoganFIB]

​@@Vexkion it doesn't matter. All this expansion did is setup another expansion. This expansion could've been a seasonal story. Also no the arc isn't complete. WHY DID ERU BETRAY US? Its so out of the blue and unnecessary. For a second at the end I thought Akarat was going to be mephisto but nope. Eru betrays us for no reason. Asks for forgiveness and says "I'm not asking for forgiveness" then you mercy kill him because... What? The arc is nowhere near finished. If by finished you mean it has an ending, sure, but it's an obviously incomplete narrative. Bringing back meshif as a boss, runewords, and ormus are nothing but half-baked nostalgia bait additions. Nahantu is beautiful but about as uninteresting as every other location in the game. Bosses are still boring as shit. Lag is still incomprehensibly bad. Tangents aside, the narrative is far from complete. Erus betrayal has no build-up whatsoever. Akarat was completely wasted. Neyrelle apparently just needed a therapy session. This is such a rushed story, the fact you have the audacity to say "it's complete we stand no chance against mephisto" is absolutely insane. Yeah we don't stand a chance against mephisto. That doesn't excuse how rushed everything else is.

[@scotthefley6103]

I thought the story was decent, just unfinished.

[@mixmaster1079]

One thing to note, Is they nerfed mythic drop rates by over 66% compared to last season. Dont recall people complaining about drops last season. This season you are having to trade runes to even craft the one you want. Everyone is fighting over the ones for tyrials might as its needed for T4

[@pedroelias86]

"strong campaign" looks more a paid review

[@barrywhelchel9005]

Great vid Rax. Ngl I was turned off by your content at the launch of D4, but you have grown on me as a content creator over the last few months and your content has gotten significantly better. Keep up the good work! Also condolences on your recent loss. Hope you find closure and healing.

[@mikesanders1205]

New Campaign and a new class is one thing, but the fact that they locked base game mechanics like Mercenaries/Runewords behind the expansion was the last straw for me. This decision made the game P2W btw, which is something they said they would never do and I don't know why more people aren't talking about it. I paid for the game, paid for battlepasses, paid for cosmetics, and now I must pay for the expansion in order to get the full game experience. I've wasted enough money.

[@evidicus]

Amen brother

[@silviomedeiros3248]

Cosmetic rewards for completing the raid at T4 was such an important move. In a seasonal game, one of the few things you keep for the next season are cosmetics. And cosmetics you have to earn are a dying breed. I hope they keep doing this.

[@SWAMPY_G]

Thank you for being a positive voice. Too many other creators seemingly feel required to be negative (even if they like the game) and it gets old. And I don't mean the constructive gents, it's the d4 bad crowd that gets old.

[@alisb88]

Loving the season. Currently level 100 on the paragon and there is so much to do and so many ways to go about getting gear and leveling up.

[@la7era1u54]

I think it is worse than it was pre-expansion. Too much of the game is designed to waste my time instead of me wanting to waste my time playing

[@spastardaify]

This is exactly how I feel too

[@darsynia]

Love this video--if you could make a video explaining Infernal Hordes for those of us who skipped season 5, that would be great. All the videos I found bound up the explainer in with season 5 mechanics, and I can't tell them apart, quite frankly. I think you'd really help the community with a guide to Infernal Hordes.

[@Juanbadday]

Needs to be a solo option for all content forcing us to play with others sucks

[@solitude7566]

This is my biggest issue. It would be amazing to take a Merc into the raids as a solo player. Keep the same philosophy they have now where you can do a raid with 2 but it will still be tuned for 4. Keep it tuned for 4 but just allow solo players to experience it on lower difficulties (or higher if they are capable).

[@SelfishFurniture91]

Im blasting and having fun! Currently paragon 248, now I will catch some sleep 😂

[@PsYcO9iKiLl9YaH]

yeah, complimenting the campaign everyone hates and the next second showing what blizzard send you is telling everything.

[@G1ggl3z]

The Party Finder is *_So Good_* I list parties for NMDs and people's very consistently coming and going. I'm blasting through NMDs with Dance of Knives and immediately starting votes for the next. We're all having a good time with an occasional dark city/infernal hordes

[@dantevergil6437]

Of course the spiritborn is OP. They need to sell the expansion.

[@Asag321]

Even if it would not be OP its still damn great class. Every build feels fun to play and not because they are OP and what also important they feel vastly different from each other.

[@HailtotheThief21]

@@Asag321 I'd bet that if it did low damage AND required ability spam... people would not say that it 'feels fun to play' XD

[@Asag321]

@@HailtotheThief21 So you lost the bet with me already.

[@HailtotheThief21]

@@Asag321 Oh? Howso? Do you do trash damage AND spam abilities AND are having fun? =O

[@Asag321]

@@HailtotheThief21 Oneshooting things and OP damage is not what makes build fun for me. The fun comes from little things, from some interactions between skills and items, from different builds that totally change gameplay and you really feel you play something else. So yes, if the build is fun for me I don't mind to spam abilities,

[@robitusinz]

I think I made it to the leaderboards once like 10 years ago in D3. I still think they should have leaderboards. It gives people something to talk about, and lets you compare builds. I wanna see what the top people are running, even if I'm never gonna put in that dedication to get there myself.

[@deegreg6005]

Hard NO … I dislike S6 much more than S5… this is a huge step back!

[@djsuth7727]

Agreed. This expansion is dull as dishwater. S5 was way more fun.

[@HFSswfl]

Slight delay getting to play due to a certain storm that was angry about its stapler, so far I’m loving it!

[@gefilte86]

Strong campaign??? Every single Diablo installment we've been fighting prime evils, and now? A whole game AND an expansion full of teasing.. I'll ask simple question, what exactly is memorable in Vessel Of Hatred? Teenager fighting her pocket pedo?

[@ChilleDINJerseY]

Talking about feelings and shit. Bro it’s the end of times… fuck your feelings

[@garytucker2611]

I agree. I enjoyed the campaign and was angry when it ended. Then followed "yellow" quest. 👍. Thank you Raxx. I don't use leaderboards but understand why you do. They are fun to look at for some casual

[@theo008]

Please, blink twice if you are being held hostage and forced to say this. We can send help!

[@devilishfrost4795]

Bru not everyone is miserable n follows everyone he enjoyin the game n so is other people the problem wit people like u is yall needa go outside or go outside n find a job

[@kaykayYTube]

You made my day 😂🎉😂🎉

[@11bravo1789]

The game is actually in a real good state now. Haters gonna hate regardless

[@VyseSolo]

He has to be a hostage....no offense, but all these streamers had EA weeks before launch. And it released as a pos. Why? Oh, because maybe they all rushed content and made guides instead of play testing all the side quests, campaign, wardrobe malfunctioning, pets disappeared, dlc identifies itself as not owned, gold nerfed, and somehow the MTX store was perfectly stocked with new stuff. Hmmmm

[@bhaalgorn]

​@VyseSolo what does the cosmetics/art team have to do with bug fixing?

[@TheDocValerian]

I am really positive about the game since they started with loot reborn to really tackle the main issues in a wholistic way and focused more on fun and simplicity than just making stuff take long for no reason. Now it’s still taking long to get everything done, but it is not because you do 12 damage on tuesday to a zombie, it's because there's a lot of fun stuff to do that you WANT to spend time with. Is it worth 40$? Definitely for me, when i calculate how many hours of fun i have with the game now :)

[@EloyBushida]

For me its three steps forward two steps back. Leveling using a non-meta/guide build has been very slow and not all that fun, I've had terrible luck with gambling, and as such my gear is still quite bad to the point where I'm unable to enter torment yet. My choices today are going to be either keep screwing around trying to make a homemade build work (which I always have done in the past seasons) or finally break down and follow a meta build guide which I really don't want to do.

[@phatymcdaddy]

Are you upgrading gear ilvl? I had a thrown together build that was able to do pit 25 with more current gear for my level

[@EloyBushida]

@@phatymcdaddy As much as I can yeah, and also making sure to temper and such. Just been really unlucky this season compared to other seasons is the biggest thing I think.

[@TheStephenation]

The difficulty progression system here has more potential than the old one, but it needs a lot of work. I reached a point where absolutely everything in Torment 2 was trivial. Switching to Torment 3, I die a lot, but the only things that kill me do so in one shot. I never have some sense that I'm in danger and need to find a way to disengage. I don't see my health orb dwindling. It's just some random elite teleporting on top of me from beyond the edge of my screen. Or I kill 70 enemies at the same time and can't see that one of them has formed an exploding poison bubble on-death because it's covered up by all of the others. Without feedback, this higher tier doesn't really feel harder. It just feels like I'm randomly dying.

[@thiagota]

I get out of memory fatal errors now, probably a memory leak when changing zones a lot.

[@MakeItRain420ify]

Rax all your hard work and great critical feedback helped make diablo great again 🎉

[@cayorus]

N°2 Strong Campaign: Jesus man, wtf

[@Kevingon112]

i do always agree to everything that rax says but in this i need to hardly disagree

[@dan_vasco]

Yea, it ended exactly when it started going somewhere.. I can't believe it was over when we got there, I definitely thought I was halfway through it

[@Pokdemon]

Agreed, the campagin was the worst one we have ever had in diablo

[@nycionx8328]

The guy is a hc blizz shill wake up

[@Midgar88]

Dont like the ending so didn't like it? Lol. Its not a movie. Its was better than the base campaign. We all know blizzard story is not good atm, but compared to other arpgs the story mode was good.

[@tehjoch]

Being forced to do the undercity without a option to buff it 3 times for 1 legendary or less loot on t1 makes me never wanna touch it ever again. That's just needs a lot of work

[@kexis]

I have a problem with how a lot of the things that improve the game are locked behind the expansion. Imagine being the customer that brought diablo 4 in that first week and played it despite it's obvious problems, only for them to be mostly solved in an expansion that is $40. It feels wrong that half of the best things about the expansion are locked away. It feels like a punishment for having the audacity to buy the game at full price. Probably an unpopular opinion but i'm just someone that likes the ARPG genre, so to have things excluded from the overall experience of the game feels fundamentally wrong

[@originaljunglist93]

Exactly, and a DEI initiative as the cherry on top!

[@ACameronUK]

I mean they did the exact same thing with Diablo 3 🤷‍♂️

[@ACameronUK]

@@originaljunglist93what are you dribbling about?

[@originaljunglist93]

@@ACameronUK exactly

[@kexis]

@@ACameronUK If that is the bar we are setting, D4 would've been a better game if they were just doing the same things they did in D3, but it wasn't. Again, I just like playing ARPGs. Idc about the story OR the new class. I care I have to pay $40 for Mercs and rune crafting.

[@mambabajamba]

I would love to see them give us some suuuper grindy challenges that gives us rare titles that are color coded. Purple, gold, red colored titles would be sick!

[@HeI2sey]

Strong Campaign?? Did we play the same game? Prob the worst Diablo story

[@xXxGUZxXx]

Raxx up in the bnet launcher BIG GRATS BRO

[@benlauseng9771]

Ahh yes, Blizzard's most valuable unpaid intern has finally fallen and become a corporate shill after receiving bribes in the form of a Mephisto soul stone....

[@lazarus3274]

Man why did we say “downside the other classes feels weak” this seems like the main thing blizzard looks for to nerf new or more powerful classes…

[@reverie_sm]

Clear overperformers need to be nerfed. Balancing via only buffs is what armchair devs always say should be done until suddenly the game they're playing is fucking boring because of all the power creep. Spiritborn doesn't need to be so far ahead of its peers to feel powerful. If it does, you have a much bigger problem on your hands.

[@axxionx12]

I hated the campaign story honestly

[@FatelAgony]

Im loving this season! I played pre season 1 stopped and just jumped back in during the middle of season 5. D4 is a completely different game than when it came out its great!!

[@Hieronymus7]

People that celebrate D4 just seem crazy to me.

[@kendement071]

The ones who hates the game tends to be surprised. They feel the players live in the comments section sh*tting the game. But you’ll be surprised how most players don’t care and just play the game

[@CurtisD1986]

04:40 You can NOT get all items in T1. You can't complete the season journey, which you can't get the resplended the spark or the other rewards. You need to clear pit 50, kill 666 mobs on T3 and upgrade a glyph to level 45. Of which you can't upgrade past like 25ish if you're lucky on tier 1.

[@neb-taui-djeser1060]

D4 release: Endgame? 🤣🤣🤣 D4 expansion release: here is your endgame but pay us nearly another full prize D5 release: to confirm you lvl-up - pls instert your credit-card-code to wear this epic chest armor - pls insert your credit-card-code to equip this epic weapon, we will nerf soon to implement a better one, - pls insert your credit-card-code ... pay ... pay ... pay more ... more ... more 🤑🤑🤑 And we don't even need to apologize because there is always a fanboy who willingly defends us.

[@Aubee89]

I am REALLY enjoying this season. Hands down the hardest it has hooked me (even including launch). I am already looking forward to leveling other characters.

[@Zeramos_]

How can you say the campaign was strong? It was so bad. It’s worrying that d4 is pulling what destiny 2 did and is rapidly getting worse

[@TheRAMBO9191]

Blastin away, my only day off I went 7am-10pm was glorious

[@phunkym8]

i still dont get it. aside from a new class and a map this 'expansion' has nothing. were still doing pits, hordes and helltides and are still chasing the same aspects, mastercrafting mats and mythic uniques from the same duriel, zir and beast bosses. its literally just a new season except it cost 40 bucks. this all could have been a bigger than usual content update patch. reaper of souls and lord of destruction were more game changing than vessel. maybe they shouldnt have pulled the lifeline in season 4 with the loot reborn and held it for less than half a year for the expansion. also its kind of a joke that even after 3 stat squishes in wow, and now with vessel blizzard cant seem to stop numbers getting out of control. on day one of vessel youre doing 2k crits and on day 2 youre in the double digit millions again.

[@Edward23409]

Still not gonna give them any money. 15 month between game and expansion mean : - Expansion was mostly done when the game release - It was not an add one cause the game was working; it was a planned way to milk money out of their players - They lied saying it only bring story and a new class - You literally cannot play a game that you payed 80$ 15 month ago. - That just extremly toxic marketing behavior, specialy for the video game industry.

[@ToadstedCroaks]

Raxx is becoming more and more of an unapologetic shill by the day. Seriously, frequently talking about Blizzard gifts / etc. and being overtly optimistic about everything. That trip to Blizz HQ has changed him, like he's a pod person now. Also, said he was going to be throwing out videos like crazy after launch .. and he's done hardly any over the last week. The class not only feels terrible, but it plays terrible, outside of one broken build that everyone says is broken and expecting to be nerfed hard any day now. The campaign is a joke, everyone is ragging on the bad writing .. and they're not even going into the way they butchered the entire Nahanutu map compared to Diablo 2's. Loot and progression feels terrible and non existent. I'm STILL wearing stuff from my 20s I didn't even bother with tempering until my late 50s because it's pointless. And in that regard, you can go the majority of your character leveling without ever putting on a rune either, or even having it unlocked. lol. I don't even notice my merc anymore ... I literally had a sad laugh when Raheir actually said something .. after hours and hours of not one single word. I forgot it was even there! He startles me occasionally because someone will be chasing me with a horse, and it's him. He doesn't do any damage, and doesn't use any gear. My interaction with him is absolutely nothing until he ranks up and I remember I'm even supposed to be interacting with that .. for something I'll never go to for gear. Don't even get me started on the whole "You have 1 month to get the cat mount from the raid on Torment 4" that keeps getting glossed over when people sequel over cosmetics in it. I was surprised by the new renown grind for some extra points / etc. And then I remembered why I hated grinding renown ... especially when you have to do it all on one character. And then especially annoyed with them adding another altar clickfest like with Lilith statues ... but this time they all require you to solve a puzzle. God.... damnit. Oh .. and boss materials doubling / trippling in costs to summon a boss. The raid bosses dropping a couple pitiful pieces of loot now that aren't even scaled to the level of the raid boss. Salvaging items giving you 1 piece of salvage each. Upgrading potions still costing you a fortune. Making elixirs requiring you suffer your character being underpowered to afford them. Crafting gems necessitating you to be the child of a South African apartheid mine baron. The game was truly improving since season 1 ... until the expansion, when it did a complete 180 and went back home. The idea that the game is in a better state than it ever has been before is such a meme with Raxx these days, but to actually believe it right now is insanity.

[@N3vangel]

Efficiency and Blasting was actually my nickname in high school.