I Played Diablo 4 Season 7 PTR and It's... (First Impressions)

[@Rhykker]

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[@endorphinADMIN]

kudos for covering the ptr for s7. all the other gigachads drank the poe2 kool aid. previous ptrs: not enough monsters, not enough events to complete, this ptr: too much density and chaos, too much to do. there's no satisfying the d4 base at any and all times. looking forward to s7 in jan.

[@ryanbrown7737]

I'll give Rhykker Credit. POE2 is getting all the clicks but he is sticking to his guns. Dude does it for the love of the game, literally.

[@petespeedsxp4967]

I would say more for the love of the community. Diablo content is what made him big in the first place after all.

[@rage6154]

Why cant he cover both?

[@thedirtydizzler]

He shills for a shit game. Yes.

[@sound285]

actually smart to go against the tide right now imo way too many people trying to cash in on the hype.

[@rage6154]

@@sound285 game looks legit tho

[@d4mephisto]

I am glad you are able to feel your frog, Rhykker. That's very important!

[@JeyDB]

"I started to FEEL my frog" -Rhykker

[@kenophon]

is that what you call it now? I can never keep up with the new expressions :P

[@thomasolsen4094]

Came here to write that hahahahahaha

[@Relekism]

While I don't personally like D4, I love your content and I think its awesome that you are here to cover this stuff and give your opinion. You do not need me to tell you this but you are doing great! Keep it up man!

[@Rhykker]

I appreciate you

[@joshwent]

Season 7: Season of the uninstall because I need the disk space for... something else.

[@cmdrcryonics3839]

Hmm.. what could that be?..

[@Craftinges]

@@cmdrcryonics3839 yo 6 hours left for preload:)

[@Nervous_89]

Haha exactly!

[@ericjensen7580]

Puppies of Excelsior 2?

[@rossaryrose9337]

I actually needed space and uninstalled. Will wait for next season

[@bigdeuce66]

It's hard to get excited about Season 7 with Path of Exile 2 just around the corner. I've been playing Diablo 4 since Season 1 and have already explored every class and build multiple times. At this point, the only thing keeping me interested is the introduction of new seasonal mechanics. If Season 7’s Witch Powers don’t offer a significant amount of fresh, fun gameplay, I won’t stick around beyond the first week. I think a lot of long-time players feel the same way.

[@RafaelW8]

Yup. Diablo 4 has turned into a 10 day per season kinda thing for me.

[@karloskemp01]

Here here. Same with me

[@joshshepherd5734]

There's zero endgame activity at this point, I'm tired of killing tormented bosses and IH was fun for a minute but there is zero meaningful growth besides paragon 300 which I stopped at 278 and was just done and burnt out

[@joshshepherd5734]

Oh yeah POE2 comes out tomorrow and I'm excited for that at least! Haha!!

[@bryden72]

I'm just so board of it already. There's little to no actual end game. I've not had a strong enough reason to get a ps5. Po2 changes that.

[@johnmerwin5241]

Funny to me how they spent like 11 years getting D3 really good and then with this game they purposely go out of their way to make the same mistakes again and again 😂. There’s no point to endgame when 300 is paragon cap and all glyphs are leveled up. Zero rewards for fully dedicated players.

[@jf6331]

You're a very small minority of the playerbase.

[@KoiPondDreams]

Aren’t paragon levels reset along with glyphs in new seasons? Seriously asking, I’m not sure since the rework

[@carlosguimaraes8160]

There is also no point when paragon is uncapped, what is your point?

[@johnmerwin5241]

@@KoiPondDreams not for eternal

[@PoiZeN-Official]

They should have torment 5 or for the hardcore players.

[@GamerLCD]

What Diablo 4 is missing is a progression system for end-game. Every single season they just give us a new ways to do the same content over and over again…it makes sense why people are bored. What good is all this new power with nothing new to test it in; Greater rifts ain’t it.

[@lain4231]

It's just not enough. The game already feels like it's on the D3 2.0 phase. I cannot see how they keep me playing for longer than 2 weeks in the future.

[@riotvale]

I used to play long seasons of POE and used D3 for a week break here and there when I was growing tired of the PoE league. I hope D4 can fill that void once again

[@sonoftristram]

I don't even think they expect you to play longer than a week or 2.

[@aleksandarstanisic1848]

We need better endgame ..😢

[@theunfazed7109]

​@@sonoftristram they don't. All they want is to get you engaged just long enough to buy the lame battle pass. They could honestly give a damn if anyone plays after they buy battle pass or cosmetics.

[@Pixelsoep]

I wish D4 was on the D3 track, but as someone still playing D3, I can assure you it is not.

[@akachira777]

Watching this video footage, I see no difference from the other seasons. No effort to compete for dominance at all from Blizzard.

[@danuin.silverhands]

Thank you, Rhykker. Great info as always.

[@juker92]

I understand the frustration of the hardcore gamers with D4, but not everyone is a giga blaster than can spend over 400hrs per season. If PoE2 can satisfy them, sure, go for it and giga blast the endgame. Personally, i just want a D4 refresh every couple of months and chill.

[@brandonrickner1321]

Why does everyone intentionally keep giving this disingenuous descritptor for what PoE is like? You don't have to play 400hrs per season. It also refreshes every couple of months.

[@IPFreelly]

"I just want to eat my slop"

[@richardauris5338]

i`m not hardcore gamer , just play like a week with SB and i`m blasting everything , at the begining the feeling was nice but then you just get bored because nothing else to do.

[@PeioPinu]

Why are you defending a company that doesn't care about you? Babe, CEOs are getting shot, act your wage.

[@andrewduncan9431]

Agreed

[@stefan.antonio.]

The armory is cool but with the state of the game we can't afford a 2nd build. Not a proper version of a build anyways with how expensive masterworking is, and how low the ancestral drop rates have been on live. Hopefully this opens up in the future

[@patrickedwards6485]

SEVEN SEASONS to get an armoury? Yeah, moving on...

[@baldis12]

You nailed it.

[@Sephiroso.]

You must not be doing the right content if you think gold is an issue for you.

[@DarkepyonX]

Dude , skill issue I have 4 builds of gear maxed on 3 characters using 1 character to farm that isn't a Spiritborn.

[@lokinslawomir0793]

Getting geared for 4 characters is not difficult at all with the current state, the only aspect of the game in drought is meaningful, quality end game chases and the quantity/depth of them. The expansion should have added and expanded on this and the only thing it did was disappoint me feeling jipped out of my money as the cost vs base game and the difference in story between the two was laughable how much less the expansion had story wise compared to base game for near the same fucking price. This is what happens when leadership are financial suites with NO passion or vision for their product, it’s obvious they don’t play it, and they are unwilling to invest money back into it from support players give them via in game store. Yes where I’m going with this is GGG has all of these things that Activision/Blizzard lacks in their leadership and you can plainly see the stark difference of what you get with passionate leadership vs. greedy leadership. A shame because blizzard’s talent goes to waste and likely for shit pay too.

[@beingbeyonddat]

- What's new for S7? - Damage! - But we were already 1 shoting everything. - Even more damage!!!

[@panthrax555]

- Copy of existing activity with different colour!

[@sandythepolorbear6001]

That's funny cause the benchmark for a great build is t150 in pit and it goes to 200

[@EarthChampion_TophBeifong]

@@sandythepolorbear6001yeah but the game shouldn’t just be Pits. Bosses are a joke, the open world map is useless, every other activity becomes tutorial-tier difficulty once you get to 85+ Pits. At this point just rename the game “Pit Pushing 1” as we don’t even fight Diablo anymore.

[@kenziemacdonald181]

As a D4 enthusiast.. I am so excited for POE 2

[@takiseharata]

Me too bro, it's a very "diablo-like" game :)

[@Marcv1285]

this pretty sums up why after D3 I was never bought any other diablo games. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn-yeoJjndKabKcsi=1TRSqLhvB-WnzbYk Blizzard is just cancer serving the interest of their shareholders. GGG truly works to put up the best game possible, just like blizzard did a long time ago. GGG's PoE1&2 is the real successor to D2. I'll start as a Sorceress-Stormweaver-Archmage.

[@menamgamg]

@@Marcv1285 so much talent within the company though. they also want blizzard to be what it once was, just as much as we do.. i think it's a great thing that smaller devs like GGG are now directly competing on a more level playing field - that will change the industry and talent will flow in all different directions isntead of being concentrated in a few giants.

[@joshshepherd5734]

@@kenziemacdonald181 couldn't have said it better myself!

[@kampferpower]

@@menamgamgI honestly hope that POE2 is the best thing that happens to D4. Time to feel the pressure and create an even better game due to the competition.

[@4Wulfred]

diablo 3 feature coming to d4 at season 7 hard working devs

[@Er1zzt]

Excited to play this season. Alternating between this and PoE2 - eating well this holiday season

[@josephmoon3933]

You and I are amongst a very rare group of individuals that will embrace both D4 and POE 2 for what they have to offer. Eating well this holiday season as well! It doesnt always have to be, D4 BAD!

[@Dzagiel77]

@@josephmoon3933 that would be a thing if only Season 7 wouldn't be starting at end of January - nevertheless enjoy your holiday season.

[@damienperez7776]

An absolute breath of fresh air right here. I'm so tired of the "d4 sucks, poe2 or whatever other game is better" comments. I can't understand hate watching videos on a game if the said person doesn't enjoy it. They should take that wasted time and go play said game they enjoy or anything they enjoy for that matter

[@Anarnam]

I'm gonna join your group - even though I prefer d4 more than PoE, I want both games (LE as well) to be succesful! - more competition = better quality aRPG

[@JHgamer101]

stcik to poe 2 wtf is there to do in d4 u see this season its bad. u get more powers to level wonder how many times theye have done a season like that hmmmmm

[@luQ89]

Arrowhead Game Studio: "a game for everyone is a game for no one".

[@Sephiroso.]

Blizzard: Diablo 4 has surpassed all sales numbers for all the previous Diablo games. Diablo 3 previously was one of if not the fastest selling pc game of all time when it launched and D4 beat that. It literally helped propel Blizzard's net bookings (raw total sales) surpass 1 billion dollars in a single quarter for the first time ever for them. I understand the meme D4 bad, but you're fucking delusional saying dumb shit like that.

[@luQ89]

@@Sephiroso. I don't care how much Diablo 3/4 earned for Blizzard. For me. Big sales of a product doesn't always mean it's good.

[@Sephiroso.]

@@luQ89 Good for you, it just means you're delusional however as big sales means they're serving their audience quite well and their audience is the casual gamers not terminally online people like you.

[@piratebouviere]

Yeah no a game should be for everyone lol. You aim to make a game EVERYONE enjoys. It's that philosophy that helldiver's 2 is now suffering.

[@TheSweChefJoakim]

Do you know what I would love PoE 2 to become...? The slow-paced gameplay that Diablo 4 started with, but with the content that PoE 1 have. I know it won't be the case, it's just not what the majority of the fandom wants and that's fine. Regarding this season of Diablo 4, I'm going to play it absolutely, it's going to be fun! Now... can people stop comparing the amount of content PoE 2 will have against Diablo 4's release? You know that PoE 2 is using the same base as PoE 1, same data and upgraded engine, kind of like how Bethesda is doing with their titles. The content was there from the start but it "only" had to be modified (still a bunch of work). Diabo 4 was a restart from scratch. Does that mean that Diablo 4 was in any way "better"? Not at all. But people need to know *why* PoE 2 is going to have so much content from the beginning of release compared to Diablo 4. Don't expect this to be the norm. And finally: if you're part of the tribalism of "us vs. them", go figure stuff out about yourself and why you're so miserable that you can't leave people be. Let people enjoy their games!

[@cybergun01]

If they made a game with the pace of Diablo 1 and with POE2 depth/progression.. that would be fantastic. I think POE2 is moving in the direction of a slower pace. At least at the start. Will have to see how the late game feels

[@TheSweChefJoakim]

@@cybergun01 While I think the pace of Diablo 1 would be *a bit too slow* for a PoE depth and progression, I honestly would love to see some sort of remaster of Diablo 1 with some new things attached to the genre! Imagine Diablo 1 and then add mechanics like Darkest Dungeon, where insanity is part of the whole stuff of descending deeper into hell :D I miss ARPGs being slower paced in general tho. I really enjoyed the early days of Diablo 4 for that reason!

[@digital2701361]

Let people? How about you grow up and learn to ignore criticism instead of begging people to stop saying things you don't like. D4 is trash. Everyone knows it.

[@TheSweChefJoakim]

@@digital2701361 k bruv

[@TheSweChefJoakim]

@@digital2701361 k bruv

[@goods1224]

Great video, honest opinions. I'm likely in the minority but my best time with D4 was the pre release version with a limited play duration window where every drop mattered. Story was fantastic, for me, and the pace of the game felt good. The slot machine analogy definitely hits home as I'm grinding aspects in S6 just because it was a goal pre-season to finish them out. Sorc on PTR feels bad and maybe its time to branch out to something new like necro for S7.

[@sophietarafiona]

I do not know about minority or not, but both my daughter and I share your sentiment that our finest time spent playing D4 was during the closed and public beta and the server slam, just like you. That was just the best moment and everything was brand new. We got the Cry of Ashava, not because we were the best, but because we were dedicated and we were not alone. Great memories from such a short period of play time. It's sadly hard to beat now.

[@digital2701361]

Yeah, they tried real hard on that so people would buy the game.

[@DrewCheech]

Needing super rare runes in conjunction WITH resplendent sparks for mythics has been absolutely terrible this season and I hope they switch back to just the sparks

[@Pixelsoep]

I wish there was a guaranteed mythic drop at a certain level, like GR 70(?) in D3 dropped you a primal ancient.

[@DrewCheech]

@ see now that’s an awesome idea!

[@mephesh]

game killer for me, not playing for 10 seasons because of exactly that, I wasted so much time on rare runes for mythics without knowing how hard it was, killed the season for me

[@BrianRox]

you don't have to do that, just target farm them. This was my first season actually getting them because I could actually kill stuff on my own. I kinda agree though runes suck as it is needing them for that isn't good either.

[@hotpancakes9814]

Runes are so easy to get. What do you mean super rare?

[@partyzant2292]

I've turned the PTR off after 15 minutes, since buff wasn't working, Im kind of giving up on the half-baked PTR's and not-baked at all seasons.

[@Chiefmuz]

We NEED a PALADIN!

[@MasksOfficial]

We need an endgame...

[@CJM738]

Thanks for the info. Always love the VODs

[@Business6]

I love the chaos of the seasonal greentides but it really drives home how poorly the loot is done. There is simply FAR too much garbage that drops with rare and magic items and it clutters the screen to the point of being unable to interact with the tree roots or whatever else is underneath the mess. I'm not even sure if they've acknowledged that this is an issue but they need to have this crap get auto-converted to mats because it's getting worse with each season.

[@quintonhoffert6526]

It does get auto-converted starting on Torment 1 but despite that, I do agree with you. I submitted feedback asking for the loot quantity to be lowered and the chance of legendaries/uniques to be boosted in Normal through Penitent. Thankfully this is PTR and this kind of testing is explicitly what it's for. Current speculation puts S7 launch on Tuesday, January 21, so the devs still have 6 weeks to finalize work on it. In general, every prior PTR has been kind of a shit-show but the actual release has been much better so I'm expecting the same to be true here.

[@larwskhayann2645]

hey you man thanks for this video. I love this gm! What about barberians, which build comes stronger? Leapquake? Thanks

[@danielsecara]

My hype for season 7 is so low that I didnt even bother installing the PTR.

[@dizk8488]

Season 6 will be the last PTR I play. Testing classes is completely pointless when they intentionally omit their $40 DLC class from the PTR so that it can be completely bugged and overpowered, and then nerf every other class to sell the expansion.

[@dethsightgaming]

i just uninstalled the ptr for something else thats hours away. even if it's a queue simulator for a while ;)

[@digital2701361]

@@dizk8488 I think it's funny that they kept tricking you guys into testing the game for them.

[@CementPie]

Will the green zone and the witch powers be available after S7?

[@sevalle]

I will play S7 just as I play all the seasons, however it's hard to be hyped and excited when I KNOW that PoE2 is having more and better quality content

[@Rahru]

I've been a long time Diablo fan and I've been enjoying D4 pretty much since launch. While there are absolutely points of concern and numerous opportunities to make it better, I still find it totally solid and will play Season 7. And even with all that, I do think POE2 is looking like it's better in most - if not all - metrics. Regardless, they seem like vastly different games and my plan is to play both, and, come D4 S7, see which one grabs my attention more.

[@digital2701361]

@@Rahru One has the lowest score of any arpg on google and the other is going to be up for game of the year.

[@babydaddy60613]

Just curious...if the green zones are different times, can you jump from one zone to another without losing cinders (if that's what you collect) continuously? In essence, can you collect unlimited cinders without losing them? Are the Helltides in the red zones still only 50 minutes long? Have they added more or any larger price chests? Since this season you can collect tons of cinders, the number of chests, especially the 250 chests are very sparse. Thanks for your channel!

[@wax99]

As loyal to Diablo as I am, I am convinced that D4 is currently run by interns.

[@PizzaTime727]

I believe there is a problem with leadership, actually.

[@Truthseeker-iz3dj]

I went back to D3 for a bit on Wednesday and for the first time I felt D4 is now a better game. Once the leaderboards are in place there won't be a reason to play D3 again.

[@digital2701361]

Brand loyalty is stupid and that's how we got here. You diablo fan bois buying anything they put out.

[@wax99]

@digital2701361 I agree that brand loyalty is asinine. I'm slightly scratching my head about how that is relevant...

[@Bjoern_9]

What happens with armory when you change the build while full equiped? Will the equipment from the previous build stored in stash or inventory?

[@cranknnutz]

Armory is cool, but it really needed to come with a lot of additional storage. Without that it's not nearly as useful as you all think it'll be.

[@scoliosisking6143]

Season of the death of visual clarity

[@Pixelsoep]

Visual clarity was DOA. It did not pass away this season.

[@jf6331]

Its been there from the start. You have never really been able to see anything once you get some skills going.

[@scoliosisking6143]

A second death then

[@2gjones1]

I'm still stuck on the 1-300 paragon grind if anything, I might take a step back from D4 because I want to finish leveling my character and I'm so burn out from doing pits over and over again. It's stupid and they need to fix it. Spread out the exp. sources cut down the required exp. a massive amount. And don't tell me it's okay you're not missing much from the extra levels; I don't care that's not how I want to play the game; I want to 100% complete a character put a pin in it call them done and move on to an alt. And that might not happen this season and it's pissing me off to no end.

[@JakeIncarnate]

I got to 199 paragon points. After that it became a slow, slow drag and I couldn't be bothered to grind the same activities over and over again to get my build optimal.

[@jf2849]

@@JakeIncarnate I only ever run at about 50-70% of my potential power because it takes way too much work in this game to get optimal. It’s not just the slow grind to level up I don’t like grouping up and doing boss rotations. So much more loot is dropped when in a group it feels like everything is nerfed when I play solo.

[@DarkepyonX]

Paragon is across characters i have 4 chars and Para 294 atm

[@digital2701361]

You know, you could just stop playing it? It's people like you that are part of the problem. They don't have to fix anything because people like you keep playing even when you know it's trash.

[@2gjones1]

@@digital2701361 Oh I more or have less stopped playing but I generally enjoy the game and want to see it to see it succeed SO I'm here and, on the forums, voicing my opinion to get them to change the game. When I said I might take a step back it was probably a poor choice of words. The step back is really referring to dropping the game all together. I want to comeback for future content and season, but they need to address this issue if I'm to even consider it. Simply playing the game doesn't perpetuate the problems, spending money on the game and say nothing about the issues will cause them not to fix things. Stopping playing will only cause them to move on to the next project and they won't learn a thing about making a good game.

[@DrigoTheMadHater]

Rhyker went live during PoE 2 ea launch. He is commited to what he does for the gaming community! D4 just happens to be where his heart is and the bread and butter that built his brand. If you missed the HOURS he put into his PoE content then you're not keeping up! I appreciate your integrity Rhykker never biased just honest opinions. Keep it up bruh!!

[@backseatdriver9576]

Rofl, rhykker is out there with his bucket trying to save a sinking ship that is made of lead. At some point you just have to face reality: we gave them a chance to build a good ship but they were more concerned hiring sailors that never planned on going to sea.

[@PsychokoreUndergroundRap]

They should add "You can now stock up to 50 whispers in order to cash in 5 whisper caches." Instead of having to return for every 10 or max 14 (9+5). This would be a fantastic change.

[@bradencluster4739]

At what point am I going to "feel my frog?"

[@mapron1]

At no point, they f'ed damage scaling, after torment 1 all witch powers do wet stick damage.

[@bradencluster4739]

@mapron1 Okay, but at what point am I going to "feel my wet stick?"

[@ThmsDouglas]

Feeling mine right now.

[@bradencluster4739]

@@ThmsDouglas Nice! Feel that frog 🐸

[@dj4aces]

The density of the whispers *are* a good thing. We've explored all these areas already, we know everything that's there. If I'm doing whispers, I wanna get in, knock 'em out, and get out. So that sounds like an awesome change.

[@TheBoogeyMan92]

I like that even though Rhykker is a hardcore Diablo fan he is putting up the positives and negatives of the game. Sorry but i have to name this one streamer named Mrllamamc very close minded streamer claiming that Diablo 2 is better than D4 and POE2 combine. Pointing out just negatives.

[@BearInTheWoods]

Yep. Rhykker is the GOAT to me in the arpg world. An absolute class act and balanced with their feedback. People call him a shill and then astroturf for PoE2 in the same sentence - it’s pathetic.

[@digital2701361]

@@BearInTheWoods The only thing that is pathetic is d4. What a joke.

[@synapse913]

@@BearInTheWoods "Astroturf"? You really think the hype for POE2 is astroturfed? lol. nothing could be further from the truth.

[@okamichamploo]

18:05 I feel like this is could be a good argument for giving us an "offline" or "private server" option. I basically ignore legions entirely cause killing mobs in a group just isn't fun.

[@devinegamingtv3427]

I believe this game will have it's sunset phase in the next 2 years ish. This is just not it, not enough by a long shot. I WANT D4 to succeed, this is not a D4 BAD comment. I'm just unable to find fun in D4.

[@digital2701361]

I want good games to succeed and bad games like d4 to go away.

[@devinegamingtv3427]

@@digital2701361 So in your opinion you don't want D4 to succeed? I would much rather want a casual ARPG like D4 to succeed than it being killed into the ground by soulless developers.

[@domnicneo3891]

hiya, why not give your thoughts on the still missing ancestral aspects? sstill missing in PTR? tqqq

[@RafaelW8]

Hey Rhykker, folks here

[@KingShadow_87]

Here hey, Rhykker folks

[@waltersmith4688]

😅

[@leightonmoreno3855]

Folks hey, here rhykker

[@dragontear85]

We all know that starting tomorrow the only people still playing Diablo will be hooked be casual that simply don't care about other games enjoying the game as is. Given the content of s7 and the communication of employees that have been expressed on various platforms, Blizzard clearly knows this. People who are still interested in the game can only hope that this is a deliberate break and the next season will be much more interesting. Question is will they even care to check it out after playing POE2.

[@dualisticmix]

D4 is slowly getting better, but the game is lacking a fleshed out endgame to keep us interested beyond the season. I REALLY like most of the different seasons additions. This new Witch season stuff is awesome, but I think some of these things should be left permanently in the game as it adds to features of the game that it's lacked from vanilla D4. Adding the "Citadel" is an excellent start to endgame but the world not only needs way more "Citadels" but they need to be made to be solo or multiplayer so people can play to their hearts content. I'm already prepaid for POE2 early access, but would like D4 to keep growing and to become more solid. Having both games as current arpgs would be so cool.

[@ShootNowAskLater01]

The fact that they took this long to give us armories despite them being one of the core features that we used for switching between builds in D3 shows how little they think about players. Not to mention them not fixing bugs like the Infernal Hordes randomly stopping or not being able to portal out of town without being on a waypoint (sometimes)

[@andredornelles8014]

Define “slowly”

[@dualisticmix]

@@andredornelles8014 LOL, seems with each season we get some sort of new feature that is permanent that improves it, but tbh, it's stuff that should have been there since launch, like the Armory.

[@andredornelles8014]

@@dualisticmix agreed, so it’s “Diablo-like-slowly”

[@danieldanieletto7734]

Good vid mate 🎉

[@awt1989]

i sure hope after POE2 comes out the kids can shut their pieholes and stop bashing on diablo.. they got what they wanted.. they can move in and HOPEFULLY be quiet about it.. RHYKKER has been a diablo man for decades and clearly it isnt changing and thats exactly how i am and i respect it

[@MrKpax10]

Witch: "I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be... the Frog. Just be the Frog, be the Frog, be the Frog. You're not being the Frog, @rhykker" Rhykker: "It's hard when you're talking like that"

[@yarmy2936]

“I’m basically just playing a slot machine, a bunch of lights sounds and noises and smashing the buttons but none of it has any Meaning i’m not making any decisions. I’m not making any choices.” I had that same thought, and honestly when I ask myself, is this all I’m worth?, smashing buttons, mindlessly like an absolute bot, this is a fools game and all the time ive spent ill have nothing to show for it. Yeah, I’m moving on.

[@quintonhoffert6526]

It's weird that Rhykker didn't get any Spirit Boons, it must have been bugged for him. I leveled as a Druid as well and I got tons of Spirit Boons from Witchtide. My class feature quest was still bugged and I still had to do it, but I did get the special cache of Druid legendaries for finishing the quest. Part of it is definitely bugged but parts of it are definitely also working. Also, for those who choose Druid and level with Shred, try the runeword MoniLum. Moni was changed to now give you 100 Offering when you cast 2 Mobility or Subterfuge skills, while Lum was buffed to cost 5 Offering and give you 2.5 resource back instead of just 1. With those two you get 50 resource back whenever you cast 2 Mobility/Subterfuge skills. Shred has a dash, and therefore starts with the Mobility tag, and since it's a combo skill you get 2 free casts for the second and third hits after you spend the resource for the first hit. Because of this, Shred generates infinite Spirit since you'll spend the initial 35 Spirit to cast it but then get 50 back so long as you cast at least the second hit in the combo. Definitely makes leveling easier, doubly so since both runes are Magic rarity and are thus pretty common. I had both before I hit level 15 and even unlocked the possibility of doing the class quest.

[@MrTOman-82]

I think it's time for diablo-like Giga-chad CEO to step out from his chair...

[@digital2701361]

Why? To them he is a success. He gets the diablo fan bois to keep buying their trash.

[@glharlor]

The respondent spark doesn't matter if the runes are impossible to get

[@glharlor]

The fact that you still can't stack more than 10 whispers is absurd there's no reason that they can't allow you to turn in multiples at a time it's still going to be a problem that you fill up your whisper bar and something else gets completed and you just lose that and have to do it again. Do they even play their own game?

[@hedonismbot-hp9ii]

resplendent being back is nice. but us that stayed behind voh, do we get any scroll of restoration? in season journey?

[@dustin7267]

Nothing looks/feels new, I think with POE2 release tomorrow they really needed to bring it to keep their audience engaged this season and....I think they missed the mark unfortunately. Looking forward to your POE2 content tho!

[@bladesgremory3431]

Wooohooo, fun stuff thank you for always making vids! One thing I look forward too. I finally finished my druid build it a tornado/ ult build and wicked fun, stay safe slaying demons good luck!

[@theguido9192]

D4 S7 is essentially S2 rebirth! It includes powers that really aren't needed at all, sadly, to beat that game. But hey, D4 is what it is, and that's okay too for folks that enjoy it. And in other, more inspiring news, POE 2 can be preloaded today, 12/5/24 at 5pm PST 😃

[@H2ydrogen]

15:00 THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!! Can't wait :) Total chaos, pling pling pling and loot all of the place, my jam right there :D

[@John117M63]

I feel like this game is balanced for streamers who play 15 hours a day the first week, make a video saying how everything is broken OP because they have the best gear, then the average player gets screwed. Every time I play this game it feels like I have to follow some sort of meta build unless be wanna be stuck playing the low tier content 😮‍💨

[@sipjedekat8525]

Exactly. Getting so sick of being forced into dome crappy meta build.

[@kongkim]

Not true, its funny how so many toxic people hate on the game and call its too easy etc. and then you say you need to play 15h every day? It simple don't make sense to say.

[@rla9889]

@@sipjedekat8525 You don't have to do this at all. There isn't even any real reason you have to go beyond T1 to play all the content in the game.

[@sipjedekat8525]

@@rla9889 technically you're right, but in practice you're wrong. If I play a fun but sub par build, I simply don't do enough damage to push in areas that you need to further develop the build. For instance, I can't level up my glyphs, I won't be able to get paragon points up enough to meet stat requirements (I know it is shared between characters but having to use another toon defeats the purpose), and it will take me ages to masterwork gear to the point it's undoable. And forget about getting any good gear to drop in lower tiers. The point is, it becomes a soulless neverending grind, with no end in sight. So playing with an innovative but fun build gets 'punished' by lack of progress. Exacerbated by last seasons spirit born which literally did quintillions of damage making any coop play a kick in the groin for people foolish enough to not get with the cookie cutter program. It's a system designed to suck out the fun. This is bad.

[@digital2701361]

@@rla9889 Real good game design, bro.

[@flagelo490]

I tried Season 7, I don't mind that it is a s1 + s2 redesign. I felt the lvling experience much more enjoyable due to the season theme. I felt confused for first time, as well, specially in understanding how to spawn the boss or the throll. Got so many bugs with the wisp, sometime it didn't wanted to start, and occasionally it never stop spawning monsters, and didn't give me the rewards. However feel more of the same indeed. I think they should start thinking about having some "casual progression" in each end game content, just like POE. Seasons theme, paragon, resplendent spark, and items is not enough for me to keep playing D4 longer than a week. Maybe they can use renown just like Torchlight use fame you know? Or do some altar of rites.

[@thebrucie]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the biggest mistake was making it open world where everyone else on the server is running around trying to do the same thing you are. it takes away from the mood at best, and is a slot machine at worst. You could level up a character just by running around the zones piggybacking on what everyone else is doing without doing anything yourself. Hell, even when I am doing things, it doesn't feel like I'm doing anything if there's one OP character in the zone. From launch it should have been a solo game, with option of party play, and specific areas set up for world bosses and events that anyone can join. The "everyone, everywhere, all at once" decision has killed this game's potential from launch. Now, every season is just YOU LIK POWER??? MOAR POWER!! YOU LIK KIL?? MOAR KIL!! MOAR THINGS HAPPENING!!!

[@hotpancakes9814]

Yeah it’s pretty much the antithesis to an ARPG

[@digital2701361]

You won't have to worry about anyone running around after Friday.

[@chrisbenson98]

The season Journy will help a little with the confusion, i think. It would have been cool to tie it into the main story and have the zones be corruption leaking into the rest of sanctuary. A plus would have been where the hell tide and headhunting zones met the areas could have been more difficult and bled into each other. The sorc isnt dead yet. both ball lightning builds are pretty good. they do need some adjustments to make s-tier.

[@psuu1]

Didn't play the early seasons, so happy to have a chance to enjoy a more polished version of them. D4 has so much diablo nostalgia going for it, they'd have to actively screw things up before I actually got upset. :) I appreciate your 'constructive criticism' style of review, always thoughtful and not just complaining or complimenting for no reason.

[@Pixelsoep]

In my opinion, no one is complaining for no reason. There's more than enough reason to complain.

[@digital2701361]

Game is trash. That's why people are complaining.

[@UNDEADLEO25]

Are these witch power are for all classes or just for some classes or just spiritborn

[@VimDoozy]

All classes

[@sneakybean]

PoE2 TOMORROW BABY

[@kaintkk]

seeing D4 after looking at poe2 is like running in a ferrari to go out and ride on a bicycle

[@Shadowshael]

I love ya Rkykker, and appreciate you putting in the time. I do have to say that I got a good chuckle when you said that having multiple green helltides open was a nice little twist. When things are so mid that the fact that they have opened multiple zones is on the Pro list haha. I am glad you were able to pull yourself from the demoralization - I am not there. I appreciate that they added an armory finally, but I don't know if the servers are going to survive that you have to load in 5x the stashes now lol. None of the classes have more than 3 viable builds... so I am not sure why they are giving you the 5 slots, not that you can actually afford to min/max a second or third set of gear i.e. masterworking.

[@Seanidor]

I tried messing around with a druid companion build, with most of the focus on ravens, on the PTR and thought it was pretty fun. I made it to where I could pretty much just spam the companions and didn't even need to do other attacks to reset the cooldowns. There were definitely a few things I could have changed to do more damage, but it was good enough. I tried fighting a couple uber bosses and would tear through them in a few seconds, so I'm guessing the dps is pretty good? I didn't try the pit though. Once the new season comes out it will probably be fun to play for a week or two before me and my friends switch to something else.

[@digital2701361]

Your friends will already be playing POE 2

[@Seanidor]

@@digital2701361 Well yeah, I will be playing it too but it doesn't stop me from trying the new D4 season when it eventually comes out.

[@DimosasQuest]

Seems like an ok season. Hit or Miss, could be worse. I do feel bad for the D4 devs, everyone is going to shit on this season because of PoE2. Got to be super demotivating when so many people on the internet are just screaming hatred because you are not PoE or PoE2.

[@digital2701361]

No one shits on the game because of poe 2, they shit on it because it is trash. They also don't care what anyone says. They just need the diablo fan bois to keep buying their garbage.

[@DimosasQuest]

@@digital2701361 There you go. The same very nuanced opinion of the game is just trash. Seems shiting on D4 because it is D4 seems to be a trend.

[@wolf2966]

@@digital2701361just proved their point personally I think Poe is trash doesn’t mean I’m right

[@noobphalem9205]

23:43 what I was afraid of. Blizz pushing Sorcs to one specific build instead of "play your way" and make different builds viable. It's sad to see Blizz seem to not know how to get different builds to be nearly equal especially in terms of Sorc.

[@Cheezer3089]

How did they fumble so hard?

[@amd3636]

Armory will significantly reduce play time. I am ok with this. Even though PoE2 will be here, I will max out at least once character Season 7. I enjoy D4 enough to give them a small amount of time investment.

[@digital2701361]

You already paid money to test the game for them for 6 seasons. Might as well keep going.🤡🤡🤡

[@SuperInrage]

Bah regret so much the money .. stopped playing 3 weeks ago. Was SB but with so much unbalance, uncertainty, nerf don't nerf, got fed up at 270 paragon just a pain with no reward, even citadel was just fun the first time.. well they just killed it for me. Guess new definition for incompetence is " Bug"

[@Xero_Kaiser]

Yeah, I bought VoH hoping it would entertain me until PoE2 dropped, but I was over it after a week. Pushed on a little bit more since it's rare to get games with my friends these days, but after we did the Citadel, I was out.

[@aleksandarstanisic1848]

Huge cost tbh

[@txchainsaw8907]

Ouch! Lol

[@rickyransomgaming4396]

It seems like they are really listening to the fans finally. They brought the armory 7 seasons later, they brought back an actual season with seasonal powers after 3 seasons. Maybe within the next 12 months they will do actual class reworks and allow player customizations within builds with class balance!

[@neoikake]

Don't worry guys. They will fix the game next season.

[@Mystery__Guest]

next DLC lol, you'll need to pay for the fix

[@pokermitten9795]

Laughs in baal

[@digital2701361]

@@Mystery__Guest The sad thing is, people will pay for it.

[@LesterPaul-g2e]

I lasted bout 15mins. Its exactly what you said. Its more of the same lacking content. Liked the witches powers and new whispers. BUT- Nothing felt impactful in the sense that powers made me feel like I was accomplishing much. Kinda figure it would be same in pit. New powers but all in all doing the same stuff. Just not meaningful. Def d3 like, everything just super stale. Nerf/buff add dmg no new builds possible no added spells even if theres nothing new or challenging to try it on anyways. Nor is there any stand out rewards for doing the content 2/3/4+ times over. Accomplish everything in 2-3 days every season. Just not enough.

[@WAProdthejohman]

9:53 say what?

[@Degapardo]

Hahaha I touhg the same, like FEEEL YOUR FROGGG BRODAAA

[@jf2849]

I’ve been playing since launch but I’m about done they need to stop nerfing things and let us go crazy with fun and powerful builds. Not one or two buggy builds I want every build to be viable. Nerfing the Sorc and the spiritborn was just stupid in my opinion.

[@ZenTradeGame]

That's ok Rhykker most of us will be playing POE 2 . I'll still be watching all of Your Videos tho ! 💪

[@Reelando]

Still getting stupid crashes in D4. the Beta is exactly the same for me. so I can't even give feed back on the Beta without the crashing every 15 minutes. Blizzard has got to fix that.

[@Azhureus]

Earthquake was my most fun build in Diablo 3, cant wait trying it out in D4.

[@wraithlord1444]

Appreciate you still doing this content. But the sadness for the game is noticeable. Love that you glazed over the armory. We wanted, got it. We know how it works. Boom

[@digital2701361]

Only took 7 seasons to get something that was in the last game they made 10 years ago.🤣🤣🤣

[@lordhandsomeswag1854]

7 seasons of content, and an xpac, and still maybe only a quarter of the replay value of POE2

[@MarcoFrancescoVivaldi]

I'm glad that Rhykker has not jumped on the hype train to PoE2 like all the rest of the content creators I use to follow.

[@philosocrates]

POE2 hype train exists for a good reason. D4 just isn’t it.

[@cryotimber]

Damn, son. They're hype for a new better game and you unfollow? Weak link behavior.

[@MarcoFrancescoVivaldi]

@@cryotimber What? Who is unfollowing? I will probably do that if they will speak ONLY about PoE2 from here on. Seems to me just the reasonable thing to do since: A) I like and play D4 B) I don't care about PoE2. Don't you agree?

[@MarcoFrancescoVivaldi]

@@philosocrates Yeah. Problem is I don't care and I'm not hyped.. So what's the point?

[@TheNuclearGamerr]

“I started to feel my frog” best quote of 2924 😂

[@mrmag781]

Poe 2 people go flood those comment sections maybe. Enjoy your game. Go away. Please.

[@smoke2584]

they are grabbing people's likeness. and i don't like that approach. so annoying

[@adrianD4]

it's not poe2 people, it's the D4 people who still had hope that after 1+ year we will get some end game activity but they let down everyone, and seeing what PoE2 has to offer everyone is disappointed

[@Luke973T]

​@@adrianD4 this

[@digital2701361]

D4 google score 63% D3 google score 90% lmfao what a dog shit game.

[@oneofmany666]

Slot machine is a good analogy because D4 is a product optimized to create money first and a game second.

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

Going to be playing PoE2 in another day. I seriously doubt I ever touch D4 again.

[@Xero_Kaiser]

Assuming the servers don't explode. I hope I can get in, but I'm bracing myself for the first few days to be complete chaos.

[@DarthVapor86]

@@Xero_Kaiser I really really hope you are wrong but probably not. Been waiting for this game for way too long and doing the announcement so far away from release is cruel lol.

[@EyeGodZA]

See you next season, bro.

[@aleksandarstanisic1848]

​@@Xero_Kaisertbh I hope they can handle it

[@godawgs3124]

@@Xero_Kaiser GGG have already said they expect the servers to be shaky

[@obergruppenfuhrersang-froi8203]

What good is an armory that i have to go to town to switch ? I thought it would be mobile in my ui and include skills and paragon.

[@vitoraugusto1085]

they need to fire all diablo 4 team....

[@Deselous]

This is basically what got us into this mess. Individuals in leading positions quit, got fired, or moved to other blizzard projects in the last 2 years of d4's development before release.

[@icernexus]

17:10 This is one of the biggest problem with D4. I noticed this pattern, since S3, the Spider pet thingy. It looks and feels fun destroying mechanical enemies. But after a while I felt like what's the point. Then in S4 and S5, same thing.

[@CityBelowtheSea]

Dude, Rhykker, please don't start doing those titles like DM. It's cringe. You're way too good a content creator and straight shooter for nonsense like that. We're gonna watch anyway if you put it in the title.

[@leightonmoreno3855]

If macrobioboi reveres you, you've got my attention

[@flowqi212]

Thanks for keeping us updated on the D4 PTR! I'm really tired of watching people speculate about the PoE2 beta the whole day. I have so many questions about season 7 and the state of D4, but many streamers prefer to watch the same old PoE2 interviews 24/7 zzzZZZ 😕

[@digital2701361]

Yeah because d4 is trash.

[@darkdavey]

D4 is just a complete Miss for me, Coming from someone with years in d2 and well over 2k hours in d3... Plenty of other games out there to waste any more time or money on Blizzard

[@Moko_27]

For the amory, if I use for example the same head piece in both sets, does it load in both armory saved sets ?

[@KingPapiShampoo]

Whatcha gonna do when POE2 RUNS WILD ON YOU BROTHER!!!!😂😂

[@matthewlugo8581]

I bought the expansion, it was just not enough for what we paid. It felt like I bought a DLC, that was a lead up to another DLC. I'll probably not touch the game again for a year and hope it's worth coming back to.