Will D4 Be THE DEATH Of D2R ?? Would An Enigma Alternative BE GOOD For The Game ?? November Q & A

[@coldtruth9431]

Wow! People really seemed love my question lol. D2 is my favorite game of all time although I don’t play it anymore.. there’s just not enough games going on to randomly join and play with people

[@jeslinnet]

not true, i play hardcore and even there you can randomly join and play with easily 5+ mostly 8 people in all acts and all difficulties

[@Boschwasherairfryer]

I tried to play d2r today. Closed it after a minute. I'll wait for d4

[@PepeSilvia52]

@@jeslinnet You know what he meant. and thats not it.

[@scottvermillion5691]

D2 isn't a game you play 365....every year...it's a game you go back too and beat on every Character through nightmare then give up on Hell lmfao....then next year you do it again...

[@wingedhussar2909]

@@scottvermillion5691 Problem with d2 is the drop rate, eventually you hit a wall and all you can hope for is a trade. And the ninja looting is ridiculous and overpowered enigma wearing characters are just going to take everything.

[@Xtimus]

Diablo 2 is going to be relevant forever. It will have it's peaks and valleys with Diablo 4 release though. Diablo 2 has a cult underground following and because the game is so perfect it will always be relevant.

[@enjinia8307]

100% agree

[@chrizszx]

Completely agree

[@richardsjpark]

Diablo 2 is the real diablo immortal

[@ocoro174]

yeah nice nostalgia bro. perfect xdd

[@another_squeaky8355]

I agree, Diablo 2 is a classic game that fans of the genre will always find themselves coming back to because it is so well made.

[@fredjakewoods]

I think the D2R team need to bring Senpaisomething and his team to work for them, When that mod came out PD2 it was pretty amazing all the things they had added to the game. What were those world stone shards I think they were called, where it let you up your gear with extra stats or brick your gear. That was a pretty legit idea honestly, because then those shards hold a currency value. They also banned people who used 3rd party sites like JSP. THEY ALSO HAD THEIR OWN TRADE SITE. On top of running the new content tier maps. Like I feel a bit jipped, We got new graphics, but all those great ideas could easily have been added. Not to mention throw barb ricochet back and forth. They made it so each class was having some sort of teleport, They completely nerfed regular teleport and enigma. I'm just saying they did that without a blizzard-activision budget. They were Just using great ideas to make the game even better.

[@bazdarinothebizier9085]

Don't forget that they walked back the promise of open LAN on d2r which would have eased the path towards integration of the new graphical client to mods and custom servers. Blizzard is merely a company that is profiting off of your nostalgia addiction and you can't help yourself but to keep rewarding them. Quit thinking they're going to turn the ship around, it hit the iceberg years ago.

[@esterix101]

majority ppl was crying even when blizzard buffed some builds in patch lol, majority of d2 players are brain stucked

[@finalcam1740]

The problem is all the pd2 fans probably already bought d2r so again where is the incentive

[@brosephbroheim6428]

I'm not gonna let some dick head tell me how I'm allowed to trade. A lot of people don't see it as a positive that they can't just keep trading how they have for over a decade.

[@Zinaroth]

I love PD2 but the problem is SenpaiSomething shat all over GreenDude because he wanted to be the lead of, and profit from, his own mod project. He essentially walked away with assets from Path of Diablo to make Project Diablo 2 and turned it into something he can profit from. Why would Blizzard hire such an individual?

[@pjjordan4707]

All honest if d4 doesn’t replicate the satisfaction I get when I see a high rune drop I’ll prob go back to d2 thanks for the content❤

[@pfistor]

I do hope it has individual loot though. Nothing sucks the air out of the sails of finding a high rune more than having someone else pick it up first lol. I guess some people enjoy that rush, but I'm not one of them. It encourages solo running in mp games.

[@cemgectan4826]

​@@pfistor Fully agree to that, I cannot understand why people do not like instanced drop. Probably I am missing something?

[@esterix101]

@@cemgectan4826 because d2 fans are way too crazy, game needs fixing, need balance but they think all is bad

[@UnStop4ble]

@@cemgectan4826 probably old minds = change bad

[@kilianh.5297]

It's hilarious how dbrunski is just completely oblivious to this "ho lee long wang" troll name 😅😅😅 love it!

[@Foxx488]

I thought it was obvious lmao. I'm just sitting here with the video playing in the background and it made me lol. I don't see many comments about it yet though

[@johnt836]

Here's my plan for an Enigma substitute. 1) Allow rings to roll Teleport charges. 2) Greatly increase the number of charges on some items, at least on magic and rare items. 3) Decrease repair costs for recharging charges. End result: Magic and rare rings (and amulets) with a lot of teleport charges, like 100 or more. It should only cost like 100k gold to repair all teleport charges, so maybe each teleport charge costs 1000g to repair (maybe less- the repair cost should be fine-tuned to be sustainable with some gold finding gear or by picking up and selling items). Really, the desired outcome is to allow someone to use a magic or rare ring with teleport charges and be able to do three or more teleport-heavy farming runs on a specific location before having to repair/recharge. Enigma retains its value for the *most* part, while at the same time, there will no longer be any builds for which Engima is an absolute requirement.

[@vSwaGGerMoDz]

Nah bro I think the best idea would be to make tyraels might have teleport

[@creed5248]

Nothing has replaced it for me . I tried D3 but it wasn't the same . They can keep trying but it would really have to be awesome for it to happen !!!

[@456012]

Agreed d3 is crap man

[@sireyck]

Nothing will probably ever replace it but that's okay. If you're waiting for the day another game tops it then you'll potentially be disappointed with every other game for the rest of your life. doesn't mean you can't still find things to enjoy about other games, have some fun with them and like them for what they are.

[@dayligs]

Just make the game lobby creation to allow or disallow instanced loot.

[@ItsTheJits_]

I have a few ideas: Cosmetics: make “cosmetic screen” that looks just like your inventory that you can play items to take visual priority. Weapons would have to be the same weapon type but it would be an easy way to implement a free version of cosmetic and allow these cool looking uniques to be used in some way Martial arts assassin: Make the skills “stances” kinda like a self buff I guess. Giving you bonuses while it’s active instead of the charge system and finishing moves could be the main form of damage, benefitting from this “stance”. Additionally I’d add an extra claw finishing move to give dual claw sins another build. Agree with summon Druid changes having two spirits would be great. I think for the hell of it give them two vines as well. Playing a summon Druid this season and the ravens put out a ton of damage but can’t benefit from auras. If you could also design decertify to have priority over blind that would be phenomenal lol

[@Dawnarow]

Which of these 3 options would be the healthiest for the game? 1- New Runewords & More storage, 2- Original new Ladder/Seasonal only features (like d3), 3- Rotating Weekend buffs starting Friday nights (randomly chosen from a pool of "original ideas"... maybe not just mf/xp boosts xD). Thank you for making videos!

[@TheSilvertrout1]

All I can say is the one change in d2r I would like too have is a separate charm inventory too help with having more room what do you think about this idea.

[@Dbrunski125]

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[@mattl1807]

Do you think sunder charms and/or terror zones will be incorporated into the game at the end of the season? Do you think either would be a good idea? I personally like the TZs as a nice incentive to just farm something new, I wouldn't mind seeing them stick around.

[@tomgollmer3179]

Like terror zones think sunder charms are silly. Just fix the resistances to be like lightning. I do like the the risk reward aspect of sunders tho I would like to see them stick around as a large charm with a 5-10 bonus and a 25-50 negative res or something

[@BringerOfBloood]

TZs also exist on non-season, so I am pretty sure those will stick. Charms I would expect to roll over, but not 100% sure.

[@frankenstein3163]

PoE did it right for drops. D1 did make my heart race O_o. Druid summons eat corpses also. I fairly like the idea of class items drooping for that char with the combo of trade restrictions to remove bot/shop spammers. Would be nice to have a chat channel. It would be similar to d2 selecting bass item(ie charm, helm)before quality type role.

[@xPulse582]

IMO the perfect candidate for an alternative to enigma is a 3os helm. It would be a slight buff to barbs and druids due to skills on their class item bases but what's wrong with that? Charges on a new RW would still require gold or farming gems and orts and it would still give that feeling of being limited. I envision an alternative to enigma requiring mid runes, and it just giving the same +1 to teleport like enigma does, but without the op stats that come with enigma. Shoot, maybe even make it come with a penalty like -stats or something. Make it a require a pul or mal so its lvl req is in the 40s. And give it a couple of decent / meh stats too, such as +1 to skills and +100 mana but not much more than that. The idea is it shouldn't be super expensive nor super over powered...but instead a viable alternative as a budget option. The bottom line is, teleport is king. Unless you're doing cows, Trav, or Chaos, you're gonna want teleport...and even then you still want teleport. Helmets are a strong slot in D2 but this would unlock the game for all classes without getting stuck behind not having enigma. You sacrifice a lot by losing the helmet slot but don't have to be rich now to get what is, less face it, basically a mobility requirement if you want to be efficient. You could reaonsablly obtain it early enough on in a ladder but not insanely early, and now armor options are viable too...vipermagi doesn't have to be a sorc only item for example. And later you can use the helm paired with fort for example for sick melee builds

[@Bowazon]

The instanced loot would work by giving all players in the party in proximity to each kill their individual lowered version (higher "no drop" chance including drops from champions and elites) of players 1 drops.... as opposed to people being forced to create solo games all the time if they want to have an acceptable amount of loot.

[@Afura33]

For a new runeword with teleport charges they would need to lessen the costs of the charges, it costs you a little fortune to repair an item to recharge it. I agree on the assassin, would be awesome if she could compete with the other melee chars like barb, druid or pala. A good buff for the summon necro would giving the pets more walk speed, they are really slow.

[@user-mikesmith]

For terror zone grind to 99 for casual players, you can always join a Baal run and solo do an 8-player terror zone. With characters like the blizzard sorc it’s quite easy with budget gear. The only issue for casual players is it gets boring after a while and perhaps playing some other character or another game is more fun than the pure grind to 99.

[@E1337Jerk]

Thank you DB for answering my question I think multiple spirits and maby make vines better would be a step in the right direction. Cold wolves definitely need help maby give them a small 3yrd holy freeze that would add damage and help them with cc. You mention how d2r peobly needs some continuous revenue I'm willing to bet the players would pay for more character slots and even a currency tab.

[@kleebgaming5209]

The game doesn't have an "Enigma Problem". It has a "most monsters are worth skipping" problem. Loot is too concentrated in the big boss that is 3-5 zones away from the nearest waypoint, which incentivizes skipping everything else, which pumps up Enigma's value because every class can be a sorceress now. Even farming strategies where you stop to smell the roses by killing uniques and champions, you're still ignoring normal monsters. You solve the Enigma Problem by adjusting drop rates so that an hour of time spent walking and killing everything is roughly as rewarding as teleporting to the nearest boss. Melee splash would also help a lot here too.

[@Finkelzvin]

Enigma isn't just a means to fast travel, it's also a tool for repositioning, which is crucial for many builds.

[@guilhermesantucci]

nice suggestions, such a pitty blizzard would never do that lol

[@E1337Jerk]

I think melee needs alittle something like chance to cleave and hit adjacent enemies it does not even need to be every hit. Additionally if every class had a skill to help with mobility ie charge on a Pali leap on barb it would make enigma less of a "need" also if you could make your summons target a mob this would go a long way. A mid level enigma would be cool even with replenishing charges say upto 5 ,10 with a 30sec cooldown on replacement.

[@pfistor]

Yeah I can agree with that. Put another way the reason teleport is so useful is because of the concept of trash mobs. A stage clear bonus, increasing white mob drops, or having trash mob clears enhance boss/chest drops could work but would require careful balance. Probably Teleport should have had a cooldown of a few seconds originally, but if you changed that now players would rage. Adding a cheaper variant of Enigma would balance things for less hardcore players but encouraging players not to skip content would improve gameplay more. Blizzard's answer to this problem wasn't seen until D3 where several features attempted to address the issue of trash mobs and movement between characters is more balanced. Enigma was a stop gap balance and a somewhat poor one as it costs too much for most players and simply adds the brokenly overpowered skill to every player. A cheaper variant of Enigma shouldn't use charges as you can already do that with a teleport staff. The reason Enigma is so powerful is partly because you don't have to spend hundreds of thousands of gold to do the same runs a Sorc does. The "Charges" system in D2 is weak and has never really been very balanced. The skills are mostly useless without their synergies and the costs to use them are outrageous. Teleport, oak sage and lower resist might be some of the only charge skills I can think of that are useful and even then can you really do Meph runs if it costs you 120k per run and requires a recharge costing additional time? It seems like if there was a lighter cost Enigma it could just have all stats lower, so it's +1 instead of 2 skills and lower res or something but... That's more of a band aid than anything. Also, since fury druids can't cast maybe they could get a variant armor that makes their run skill last longer... But I'd rather have the game encourage clearing stages similar to the above msg. I could even see something like a bounty system where town npcs offer a bounty for clearing an area completely (similar to the den of evil) and doing so yields loot drop. I've always wondered if clearing every single monster in every area of an entire game ever did anything, but probably not. I could definitely imagine a white mob counter for an area encouraging players to clear mobs before a boss kill, but it's not like teleport doesn't improve even the rate of something like that.

[@wildwest1832]

eh you are right, but IDK that is a solvable problem. Its a movable problem. You would fix that and move the problem to somewhere else. People often suggest fixes to current issues, but they dont think about the issues those fixes will cause. Your just changing other stuff indirectly and making those things worse

[@troelswennermark8418]

Really good video mate! I have to say that, although i understand your arguments, I am not for adding another teleport item. There are already items with teleport charges and the idea that it would make other classes more viable in the beginning is a dangerous path to go down. I feel its what killed other blizzard games when suddenly the only focus was "balance" and "convenience". What sets the classes apart and makes them unique, is exactly their strength and weaknesses. I would be a little afraid that everyone would get the runeword with 150 teleport charges if it was available cheaply. I haven't made enigma in D2r and not on ladder since 10+ years ago. - edit: playing HC ladder only. Primarily WW Barb hoarker Edit2: in terms of a question for next Q&A, how would you rate the phys sunder charms? Imo they are completely useless. Ofc I'm a little privileged as I play ww with zerk but increased physical dmg taken is insane dangerous on HC. Like who the hell uses that when you can just avoid phys imms. What about just having a minus to all res or decrease defense?

[@reidcacaro2919]

Not really a question but I would love it if the the devs would allow auras to be bound to left click instead of right only. This would be nice for throwing hammers and attacking early on so you don’t have to constantly shift-left click to attack

[@MOTOPNW]

Quality of life change, be able to open and sell from your cube at a vendor. There's plenty of screen space to pop up your cube window between vendor and inventory. What's your thoughts?

[@scredesign]

Instead of just making a minor enigma type armor or similar, i would like to see some thing entirely different, have a budget armor with Dragon Flight as an OSKill, this will let players "teleport" able to tele-stomp with summons, or other skills, without the overpowerness of being able to just ignore the layout. Dragon Flight will help with all of this especially for summoner druids and necromancers.

[@Coooley]

Good points for the most part! Can't agree with the Druid sages though. D2 is great because it forces players to make decisions. And improving the top PvP build by allowing MORE pets just seems to be a bit overkill.

[@robbzooi]

pvp gets ignored, again:p

[@lewisalonso1684]

@@robbzooi For good reason. PvP has it own set of rules anyway. Where is the problem to restrict use of multiple sages?

[@bartomiejzemsta2932]

I thing that we have an agreement with all of those questions 😁

[@gabrielvictorsilva7350]

Why don't have runewords on javelins or even with socket tô put some jewels ir gems ? Like Titans or tstroke with facet ir awesome jewels, or maybe runewords base to do like a plague to a Poison Java, and another issue is why don't have Amazon in d3 and d4?

[@NewChangersFiis]

Not Amazon because there are not male Amazons

[@GiliacHeskel]

Well I would say that D2R has a lot of possibilities for improvements, but I understand no one want to work on these. For example, gold has almost no use in the game. I do not have much knowlege of game mechanics (example: what you can get by imbuing items) but here is my list of what would be nice to have in D2R. - Unlimited chest space/storing keys, material outside of inventory/stash space - No gold loss from chest - if you cannot lose gold from shared stash, what is the point loosing gold from regular stash, plus anoying transfers of coins when gambling - Repeatable quests for gold/action in game - Charsi's Imbue, Larzuk's sockets - more options for crafting that does not require making new character, why not imbuing white boot for that sweet boot rolls? - Anya personalize repeatalbe for gold/ingame action - just for fun - Stackable items for runes and gems/outside of inventory space-management - In-game book of possible prefixes, suffixes for items when items, crafting, imbuing, gabling, recipes, runewords, break points - no googling - Uber Diablo event - it is terrible if you need to google when some group wants to start the event

[@kuksio92]

About teleport items Well, 1 thing id love, is to rebalance the skill itself Like, from the start: 1.5 sec no attack/skill use after using teleport This way even +skills from items will matter, to reduce the penalty/cooldown. Ofc after several skill points invested u get no penalty. Add tele as energy shield synergy instead of telekinesis to make the investment sensible Its a big rebalance ofc, but this way Blizz could add teleport to much more runewords and even unique items to suit more classes. And to keep enigma relevant pursue item, let it have +'x' tele that there is no penalty from the start

[@GxNi4234]

one thing i love in d2/d2r is that there is no smart loot. i do not like playing games where i do a quest and i get my class specific items when i finish the dungeon or w/e alot of class specific items in neverwinter and its not very hard to find the gear. it makes the game play way faster, puts lil hype into getting stuff. it just makes getting more gear like a check list instead of "a big power buff" and it takes a lot of the hype out of the game when u can't trade stuff u found or when what you found is easily gotten by anyone else or when its just for your class it means that its no longer valuable to the guy next to you. so i think avoiding class specific items and "smart loot" is very strategic and wise decision for games. People that want it, imo are just looking for a cookie cut, easily played, boring game. There are plenty of games like that, i don't like seeing diablo games going in that direction or like them, i wont play them. its boring and no hype. along with that being said. not allowing advanced mechanics into the game and gear free to wear etc puts the build crafting at a limited boring non thinking level. these are some major differences in d2r and d3 or what i imagine d4 will be... people may not realize it but when you get more class specific items, and smart loot so to speak and less free to use mechanics in the game. you basically end up with a cookie cut, a 1 direction and boring game. its no longer a pensive puzzle its just a button pound and graphics flying. its boring and will play out in a few weeks. if your mind can be stimulated by that, you could probably just watch movies or download an auto-play/afk game and still be just as entertained. not trying to be offensive but that is what seperates a good game from a garbage game.

[@michaelwolf4196]

Hi, Mr. Dbrunski, could you do an episode for physical-caster druid. I recently tried this build. It's amazing. The build focuses on physical damage from elemental and summoning skills. I maxed armageddon, Volcano, and Molten Boulder. For summoning, maxing the Oak Sage and the Grizzles. The final build is very tanky with high killing speed. It has over 5000 life and four tanky meat shield. The only AOE physical build in the game. Can clean 3-player chaos in three minutes, can solo DC, can solo 7-player Throne.

[@kylehynes2888]

Great video dbrunski! The thing that keeps me going back to d2 is there is no other game that exists that replicates how good it feels to find a good drop/item. I found my first Lo rune this year after playing since original d2. If d4 is loot pinata like Diablo 3 was. I'm not going to be very interested. I don't want to see fireworks all over the screen so I can't see what's happening. Not a fan of the "keep buffs up" playstyle of d3. Also the fact that monsters don't matter in d3 either. We might as well be fighting a bunch of cubes because that's about how unique the monsters are in d3. I hope d4 has monsters that wreck you if your not positionally paying attention. D1 and D2 have great monsters that when u see them ur like oh shit I have to do "x" to kill them or go to a doorway so u don't get surrounded. Things like this are fun. I still have hope for d4 and will definitely try it. Whether or not it's better then d2, we shall see. One thing I hope d4 puts real numbers in the game. Like I don't give a flying fuck about seeing 3 trillion damage. I would rather see a number that is readable like 30 or 300. Keep up the great work dbrunski ! Much love from a fellow Canadian in Newfoundland!!

[@reynaldodichosa3526]

I think making enigma at Helmet/headgear would be awesome and can open new builds for example Barb can equip forti on armor and can deal massive WW damage and still can tele with enigma on headgear.

[@steve112285]

They could offer quality of life improvements for reasonable amounts of money, to fund continued improvements of the game. More character slots, stash space, a stash that can hold all unique and set items, a gem/rune tab, etc. One endgame feature I'd like is an extra difficulty with area levels 86-99. They can change some quest rewards to avoid giving more skill points and such, but make the quest rewards good enough that repeatedly playing through the difficulty would be worthwhile.

[@x1PMac1x]

Do you think the D2:R team really knows how much the player base appreciates the sunder charms and other changes to the game they have created? It really makes me look forward to more slight improvements like a currency tab to enjoy this amazing game even more.

[@miiko7859]

Uh… i couldnt care less about the sunder charms. They're a nudge in the right direction, but still fail to do what they were designed to do.

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

On the druid, it would be cool if customization was possible on the diffrent shapeshifting.

[@nordmantwitch]

W vid and GIGACHAD haircut

[@jackkent9541]

I'm not weighing in on instanced vs. group loot, but I wonder if WoW-style boss loot rolling for parties would be a good compromise. Maybe only for bosses, or unique/set drops anywhere. The 8 party members get their fun of all seeing the same sick item drop, but they all have to need/greed roll on it so no more sweaty looting.

[@practicaltheory6604]

I started first with D3 , did not played the original diablo 2 , but also bought Diablo 2 Resurrected and I love it , love that is different than D3. About D4 will see , if I will see at least 1-2 expansions maybe but untill then will grind with D2R and a bit of D3.

[@pcmagee1976]

Smartloot: I'm also ok with it dialled back. was thinking more 25%-75% where 75% is random - but could still suit your char

[@joande24]

The Ho Lee Long Wang trap got to me

[@hkraytai]

@@Charlie-yv3qo Yes he nailed it practically slid out of his mouth.

[@anthonyg6083]

Buffing the summons for druid just help Elementals become even better. Another monster to block and bonuses. Hard to just go with being a summon druid when I can get both benefits of playing elemental with +skills

[@DelBoy573]

I’d love a D2 remake over the remaster. All the maps would still be randomly generated but the tiles would be much more modern and vastly different, maybe even add some verticality. All the same items would remain but each one would have a visual overhaul and have more of an impact on how your character looks. I much prefer D3s armour options and the transmog system so I can make my character look badass! An option to change your characters physical appearance like D4 wouldn’t go a miss either. And then id tack on some form of end game….and a loot filter. I know D2 purists will probably hate this idea but it’s my fantasy so I can dream what I like 😂

[@dmtr1287]

Thanks for you video as always! But Db, stop defending D4, we all known that restricted trading means death for the game in mid-terms. If they ever put such amount of effort in dealing with botting and RMT as they put into creating "Battlepass" or whatever it will called we would never even discuss that trade can be restricted. Anyway great job as always!

[@i_am_ergo]

As somebody who built wealth this season by making and selling CTAs, I've kind of come around on the idea of instanced loot. I used to think that the main problem was that the economy would be thrown out of balance and everything would be cheap as dirt, but now I think that the "worst" consequence of the change would be that everybody has all the runewords and the diehard, grind-all-day crowd would run with perfect or near-perfect rolls. If consistent group play is on the other scale of this "downside," I say, let's have instanced loot for season 3 as an experiment and see where it takes us.

[@manoqueenz]

I think you misunderstand. He was assuming in this video that no extra loot would drop, just split the existing loot between the players to reduce frustration. If the idea is to flat out increase or duplicate drops then this completely obliterates all solo play and would be a terrible idea. It would make solo players have an even bigger disadvantage than now

[@i_am_ergo]

@@manoqueenz Splitting existing loot between players as you're interpreting it makes no sense, on any level, whatsoever, because it would actually reduce the number of drops per player, making group play worse than it is right now. So I'm pretty sure it's you who misunderstood. The idea is to have everybody get the same number of drops, not the same exact drops. I used to be in your camp and thought that the economy, yada, yada, solo play, yada, yada. Well, I was wrong. Solo play will still have distinct advantages. And the economy will easily adapt. The main thing is that the enjoyment of the game for the vast majority would grow tenfold.

[@SlitWristSaviour1]

Do you think sunder charms and terror zones will come to sp/offline? Thanks!

[@laxnut1313]

I think a rune word that grants something like the charge skill from paladins would be a great stand in for a budget enigma, not as strong as teleporting, but makes some of the classes feel more dynamic when they don't have Enigma

[@patasan2]

or leap haha

[@FXXRVLCXDXX]

Dbrunski do you think it'll be good idea after next ladder reset Terror Zones to be implemented in Single Player. I started playing SP so I can enjoy lag free farming and having a blast so far.

[@pcmagee1976]

Assassin: I think Claw mastery could be improved. in my mind she has these awesome claws but is always doing elemental or kick damage (except for TS). I'd love to see the claws ripping along with the elemental and poison damage giving her strong physical, poison and elemental damage no matter the MA build

[@bobnewkirk7003]

I think the question about D4 being the death of D2 needs some further explaining. From my perspective the breath of changes we have seen since launch have been decreasing proportionate to how close we are to the release of D4; I don't know anything about the internal structure of A/B but it could be interpreted as shifting resources from other projects within the franchise to the D4 team. That being said, I believe that 2.6 will be the last major content patch for the game if D4 releases on the "leaked" timetable. this timetable would line up with the twilight weeks of D2R S3 and would drastically reduce the player-base for Season 4; potentially further on if D4 holds current D2R players. My hope is that 2.6 brings a suite of balance changes to the game that radically narrows the gap between the A tier builds and the D Tier builds. I also hope that the devs are already in discussion about these changes as we haven't had a balance pass since before TZ/Sunder and being able to test the changes on PTR before their release will be vitally important to hold players through the Holiday season and into S3. If we get minimal changes, or another delay like S2, I think its safe to assume D2R is already on maintenance mode in favor of D4.

[@manoqueenz]

Fury Assassin also badly needs to scale on the initial cast with IAS or FCR, and maybe also the scaling on remaining throws. It also needs some pierce, maybe just from gear though

[@AutocrossAhole]

Looking at the way D4 is developing, I have no doubts that it will NOT be a D2R replacement.

[@agalue]

Hey man! thx for all the videos! im having troubles to play solo when i get to hell, on lvl 75 with barely gear like spirit lore stealth, all the "nightmare" runewords you can get, but when i get to hell its si si hard to break inmunities and play thought it to unlock terror zones and begin to farm sunder charms, without help on other people i dont know what else to do, tried with FoH, sorcs, amazon and druid ... any suggestion? ... thx in advance

[@iahlee]

Bring transmog to D2r and embrace mods! Done, now you have the perfect Diablo. The more I learn about D4, the more I love D2r

[@donut6936]

I have a loaded question, do you think some new quests kinda like the Ubers with the portal for a “master key”, “master portal” and “master identify” that never run out and each take up one slot?

[@Axthenon]

Im following you since you've played Path of Diablo and I enjoy your content a lot. You're probably one of the best well rounded youtuber. Good content as always :)

[@soulspirit1914]

I think to retain players they need to make Secret levels in each act may be multiple, 2 in each. That would be awesome

[@BTHDreamer]

I agree it just needs more new areas to play and explore. It would also attract new players and would bring old players back.

[@akvoz]

About Cosmetics in D2R i only agree if they put something like a transmog, only change the visuals and color of your armor. Ex: Shako as a Gold Great Helm or Dusk Shroud Enigma as a Red Ancient Armor

[@tormentunofficial6409]

İ thought im the only one Who care transmog thanks goodness. İ hope they made it next patch. Edit: Also needs melee build buffs (especially barbarian).

[@ShuXamR]

my idea is the coolest: if you want to play new ladder season, you pay for a battle pass (around 7 or 10 bucks) that money will be used for upgrade the game (act6? :D) and stuff

[@chrisjones6002]

I don't know how it could be done in a good way but I'd like to see each character have one S tier build. Mainly the druid and assassin. I think letting negative to enemy res work on traps might be enough to boost the trapsin there. I also wouldn't mind seeing every class having some kind of mobility skill, even if they just added a jump skill for everyone.

[@kromrdp9612]

Red Shako for 2$, man I feel dirty writing that. But visually D2 could use some diversity. I'll take it.

[@IL_Bgentyl]

To help out the economy they could create high level runewords that consume cheaper runes. Creating a rune sink overall.

[@dusttodust915]

Honestly, it's gonna depend on what rune system we get. will it be the very versatile rune system from diablo2, or will it be the crap that came afterwards.

[@guillaumebrasseur1648]

ita too early to tell.. however if D4 ends up not living to the expectations we have D2R !! I would really like to see mods for D2R !

[@BudaFZ]

I doubt that game Will launch.

[@biglittleboy9827]

There is mods for D2R already. Just go look the nexus.

[@ptutmwbkim]

There is many mods in Asia servers

[@liongrad4305]

What do you think about allowing rune downgrading? I found 2 chams and would love to be able to break them into Jahs. Maybe have a -1 rune penalty so it doesn't crash the economy. Also, can we get some new runewords that can be used in never-used bases? For example, what's the point of gorgon crossbows even being in the game?

[@DanteScarlet]

Hey Dbrunski, do you think they should pull the single-class only sets forward like the ones from DIII?

[@vernonjackson3435]

Actually if Buzzard were to implement instanced loot it would be a choice of take instanced loot and Bound on Account or what we have now, And everyone would given a choice of we have now or the game drifts more and into what D III is which would suck balls!

[@azdaze227]

I always thought maybe the standard of heroes could maybe give just a flat +1 Teleport, nothing else. Change it to only 1 per uber run, and you still have to be lvl 90 to use it.

[@sinasandberg2952]

I would LOVE to have a cosmetic option!

[@Gregski3]

There could be a new cheqper runeword (worth around vex) that gives teleport but also -100 do resist

[@djfastball]

Will the Druid shape shifting tree be viable with both the bear and Wolf without crazy gear or synergy items?

[@bloodandbone7ify]

Just make runes drop more frequently in players 1 games. Up it to the drop rate you get at players 7 so everyone can make the builds the want without having to give up their lives.

[@jun3078]

A roll system for pinnacle loots would be great

[@Trollolololol1337]

Do you think d2r should have endgame content? If yes, do we need a new balance between melees and casters?

[@Anony-Mous]

• MTX: I don't think D2R needs a massive amount of new development (and thus doesn't need MTX). They've already done a ton for the game, and I like almost all of it! But what is there really left to do that's on a scale of multiple additional years of development? It seems obvious to me that D4 is going to be the priority in the future, which makes perfect sense. Why add complex new game systems to D2 when those could be ideas for D4? Sure I love D2 but let's be realistic. • Terror Zones: They're great. I love always having another option of where to farm, and these have sent me into areas I have not bothered to farm in DECADES. If it's a bad zone, then ok just go to the usual areas. As for exp gain, I don't care at all about 99, but it definitely is nice that getting to the low-mix 90s feels a bit quicker now, if your build isn't one that is well suited to the traditional lv85 areas. • D4: Agree, it won't kill D2, people continued to play D2 for 20 years and they won't stop now. And if D4 is genuinely so amazing that it wins over all the D2R players and depopulated the D2 servers... then that would imply they made a pretty darn good sequel. huh? Conversely if D4 sucks, people will be coming back to D2 as they always have. • Enigma alternative: ABSOLUTELY YES. An easier to obtain Enigma alternative would be great, assuming it did not come iwth all of Enigma's other insanely powerful affixes. Right now the main way to get teleport on anyone else before Enigma is a charges staff, which is a huge tradeoff (takes up your weapon swap, low charge count, repair cost). An alternative that had Enigma's unlimited teleport but wasn't overloaded - just without all of its other extreme advantages. • Instanced loot: Shared loot sucks and it's the biggest reason why I will never play online with other people. But I think we all know this is never going to change, so so the endless arguments over it always felt pointless to me. It is what it is. • Smart loot: The problem with it with smart loot in D3 isn't so much the concept itself, it's the underlying itemization it worked with, which made almost all gear super class-dependent. There are a ton of universally great (or at least multi-class great) items in D2, but in D3 you either equip the exact item that quintuples the damage of your main attack skill, or your character just can't do anything. A handful of items apply to anyone (ring and amulet combinations generally) but otherwise you have minimal choice in how you gear a build. If D4's itemization is good to begin with, smart loot won't be all that big of a deal.

[@loccolock5358]

The Problem with Enigma falls under something else other then just itemization. It is under the Umbrella of Travel Systems -1 : Nerf Enigma -2 : Introduce Other Options -3 : Redesign Travel Systems Note : enigma is OVER POWERED stats wise. (Removal/Reduced of Stats would balance the Item Str/MS are the best choices to looked at). Teleport is the simple fact it is the best form of fast travel. Increase the different types of options to get different types of fast travels is good for end game. Items with fast travel on different slots is better idea. While adding items helps, but doesn't answer the bigger concern. Why is Teleport so effective that most players will just go out of there way for it vs using there own classes travels skills? The Problem is Walls in this game design and Teleport just removes the issues. While Fast/Instant travel is a noted problem and walls as well. most classes have issue with trying to get into combat/skipping content. How else can we resolve this issue? Having enough monsters in area's, Increases the Density. being able to move/see through walls, Something that allows the players to travel through these two points with no obstruction/obstacle Mini map options displaying better information, having something like maphack giving information for players where to go. Removal of Fog of War on Explored to be able to see all monsters in narrow hallways. New Boundaries Set in place for the abilities to allow the player to walk/run through walls. Breakable walls for faster paths to travel. or just give it to all the players as a quest reward or add two options to the torch telekick plus the means to see through walls and the monsters and just teleport. my 2cents about Enigma

[@eylolallaneeee]

Please ask about HC, How fast is the time to kill, because instant kill boss mechanics would ruin it for me. Also how does pvp and hc work.

[@HuskerDerp]

I just got enigma after 20 years of trying to get it. I am not letting D2R go anytime soon. I will play both!

[@0331ball]

I've been dreaming of an enigma alternative since D2R dropped. I don't think we need to nerf it to charges, but we can lower some of the other stats. Like make it ist ith ist give it tele, but only one spell, and maybe some other less impactful stats. Enigma is not just tele, it's also a HUGE buff to strength which is super relevant for using monarch, and huge MF. A weaker version that still takes some grinding would be fantastic for players like me that basically never see high runes.

[@timofeyzhukov-khovanskiy9173]

So I'm casual. I don't have time to grind really. I managed to get one infinity, and one enigma since D2R launched. Something cheaper with either a bunch of charges or teleport and less stats than enigma would be awesome.

[@hackertr4184]

Dear db . We re lots of fellaz lives far small town having net problem so we play single player often . Our question is > When or if we ever optain sunder charms from terrorized zones ? ?

[@Bowazon]

Glad to see you take a stab at my question about instanced loot, I know it's a sticky one! Some good questions from the others too✌

[@rkksr]

Won't be since I randomly still sometimes enjoy playing D1. Same for the 2.

[@jumpinbuddah420]

honestly i love POE option for instant loot and being able to have the option for each game is nice

[@PatriotHersh]

Do you think we'll ever be able to reroll jewels by putting three random jewels we don't want in the cube to make a completely new jewel? whether it be good, bad, or unique ??

[@TheWizard856]

Definitely need a few runewords obtainable in nightmare that grant teleport skill.

[@jackxiao9702]

I would like rolled loot, everyone gets to choose one item to roll a dice to get loot. Player will get loot in any open inventory or cube

[@s_gaming71]

To answer to that comment complaining about Traps doing a wide range of damage with the 1-xx damage; That is simply how lightning damage works in Diablo 2. Each element of damage has their own property. Cold does slightly less damage but will freeze or slow enemies; Lightning does the most Max damage out of all the elements but will always have minimum damage of 1. And Fire just has more damage than cold, but less max damage than lightning, with a higher min damage for a more consistent damage output. Traps damage is like this because the most used traps are the lightning ones.

[@richardsjpark]

I think giving dire wolves corpse explosion for a summon druid when they consume a corpse would be a great change!

[@softwaretools5140]

Good idea

[@AndyGamezoldschool]

I don't think a cheap enigma would be bad at all considering most are using sorc right now.I think they should make a melee teleport type of Enigma however instead of just Sorc teleport. I feel like some uniques should be updated like path of exile does and the old become legacy on non ladder and I mean really bad high level Uniques no ones uses. Firelizard's Talons for example.

[@richarizardthomas493]

If they made changes I wouldn't mind some more stash tabs, maybe even update some old unique items some mid tier runewords and maybe even add some new sets items

[@wildwest1832]

Agree with you that D4 will have a larger playerbase because its more casual/modern friendly, and its a lot sexier. That is what gamers today want, but with experience I know that is not always for the best, but that is how the world works. It evolves for better and sometimes worse.

[@timofeyzhukov-khovanskiy9173]

Hear me out. What if you can set a game to instanced/instant loot? PD2 had an honors system where people would roll for expensive loot. So it has a place

[@MrIStillDontCare]

Come back, we miss you!

[@nathancouture1936]

it would be quite refreshing to not have to look at my same hammerdin for weeks on end, if i could swap the look of the armor for a different type that would be nice visually, isnt that why we all payed for D2R? so it looks better? the only reason i can see people truly disliking it even if its all cosmetic is if the buttons on the main menu are very aggressively advertised, if it was a small button on the menu or 1 extra npc in each town i think everyone would be able to enjoy it

[@Amoney1]

I just want to know when they are going to fix Jeryn... It's been over 20 years and he still won't come out of his palace.

[@silentvalue]

I just want them to finalize what the pc spec requirements are for d4.

[@RickieJr]

@dbrunski125 I'd love to know why you want everyone with teleport even more. This is where I feel d2 expansion lost it. There's no point in having different classes if any class can use any skill. Sorc is no longer unique.

[@D2Pilot]

Ho Lee Long Wang. Not the name we want, the name we need.....

[@breezy831]

I know it's kind of niche but there are players in d2 who spend extra for specific colored items like rare druid pelts etc, and adding a paid mtx option to change colors would kind of spoil that for that select part of the community. Finding a white colored rare visionary helm with 2 sockets is like hitting the lottery.