What’s impressive about Diablo 4 is Blizzard’s decision to make each class feel so unique. Flexibility is for the Rogues Diablo IV Items, while Barbarians bring every weapon to the table with their Arsenal mechanic: Different skills use different weapon types, and the Barbarian keeps them all equipped at once. The Sorceress has the Enchantment system, which lets her slot some unused active skills into a passive slot, giving her other abilities new effects. And the Druid can turn into a giant Werebear — what else is there to say?
“We want every class to feel like they have their own identity,” said Barriga. “For example, the Sorceress’ Enchantment system is something that was really popular with the team. Everyone was like, We want this for all the classes. And then as we talked more, [...] it’s like, No, it’s even better if you feel like ‘that’s bullshit, I want that’ for your class. And then when you switch to [a different class], you realize that your class has something really cool.”
Diablo 4 is still a long way out — it won’t arrive until at least 2022. In the development time remaining, Barriga and the team are still investigating cool mechanic ideas for the Druid. And we may see improvements to other classes to bring them more in line with the Rogue’s very clearly defined fantasy.
But before Diablo 4 makes its way into the hands of hungry fans around the world, each class — including the still-unannounced fifth class — should offer something special to latch onto.
Like its last post on Elective Mode, the Diablo 4 development team revealed potential changes to the way the series handles items. A new blog post from lead systems designer David Kim touches on item affixes, stats, and the removal of the super powerful Ancient Legendaries.
Blizzard will add new affixes to items in Diablo 4. These affixes upgrade skills you already have or increase your damage resistance to a particular element. However, you’ll need to hit certain thresholds of three new stats to activate these affixes buy Diablo 4 Items: Ancestral, Angelic, and Demonic Power.
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