Diablo 4's Global Community Development Director, Adam Fletcher has announced that the development team will be hosting a live stream to address player feedback from the recent Season 4 PTR.
28.03.2024 - 13:31 / gamesradar.com / Adam Fletcher / Catherine Lewis
Diablo 4's Season 4's full launch may have been delayed, but its Public Test Realm release is right around the corner, with its patch notes set to drop very soon. Even though we don't know exactly what they're going to contain yet, we do know one thing – they're going to be absolutely enormous.
Blizzard Entertainment's global community development director for Diablo, Adam Fletcher, teases as such in a new tweet, recommending that anyone planning on reading them prepares a drink and some popcorn first. Based on the word count alone, it's fair to say that this is solid advice.
"Tomorrow morning is Diablo 4 Season 4 PTR patch notes day!" Fletcher writes. "Sorry it took a while to get these out. The blog and notes [come] in at over 10,000 words as a lot is changing in the next season."
Tomorrow morning is #DiabloIV Season 4 PTR patch notes day! Sorry it took a while to get these out. The blog and notes comes in at over 10,000 words as a lot is changing in the next season. Enjoy the read with a ☕️
Diablo 4's Global Community Development Director, Adam Fletcher has announced that the development team will be hosting a live stream to address player feedback from the recent Season 4 PTR.
Diablo 3 may no longer be the newest ARPG on the block, but that doesn't mean that its fans and developers are done thinking about it. One of its former developers has been discussing the key design decisions that went into it, in fact, and comparing it to 11th Hour Games' Last Epoch, which launched to immediate success back in February, with players quick to point out the similarities between it and the Diablo series.
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With the PTR for Diablo 4's Season 4 ending this Tuesday (4/9), and a handful of important interactions still being bugged and non-playable, some players have rallied behind the desire to extend the PTR to identify and provide feedback on additional bugs. Adam Fletcher, Global Community Development Director, went to X (formerly known as Twitter) to respond to players' curiosity: While some players might feel as if their concerns are being ignored, don't! It's important to recognize there are likely many aspects of gameplay Blizzard is looking for data and feedback on, besides the issues the community is zeroing in on. D4 Forum community member boltbane also raised a good point — if Blizzard thinks it's necessary, there's still plenty of time for another PTR before Season 4 officially launches on May 14. PTR Known Issues & What to Expect With the PTR ending tomorrow, what new features or endgame progression are you looking to test next? Let us know in the comments below!
Many players in the Diablo community have expressed their fondness for the Tree of Whispers as a «town hub», even if it is not considered a town by conventional means. The Diablo 4 Patch 1.4.0 PTR added a Jeweler NPC to the Tree of Whispers, making the hub even more useful now! Diablo 4 PTR Overview Diablo 4 PTR Patch Notes All that is missing now is an Alchemist and a Gambling NPC, which are some of the lesser-used NPCs in your everyday Diablo 4 life. To change the appearance of your character or your horse you are still required to visit another town. What is your favorite town hub in Diablo 4? Let us know in the comments below!
One of the Diablo 4 devs has revealed that rewards for Tormented Bosses will be tweaked before the release of Season 4. Diablo 4 is in Season 3, which has introduced players to the new villain Malphas, new quests, enemies, and the long-awaited debut of the Gauntlet and Leaderboards. But Diablo 4 players' attention is currently focused on the upcoming season and all the hype surrounding it.
We are hearing a lot of rumors about Diablo 4's Season Four, and we think they might have some merit. Both in-game and via datamining, we found information pointing to an Iron Wolves-themed Season 4! While we don't know for certain if these datamined assets and rewards will be used as a full seasonal theme, there's something hidden in the sands of Kehjistan — take a look. Patch 1.4.0 PTR Datamined Changes Season 4 Unique Drop TablesEditor's Note: While these items and assets have been datamined from the PTR client, there is no guarantee that they will be used in Season 4, or at all — this article is simply speculation about how these pieces could fit into the future of Diablo 4 going forward.
With the first few days of the Diablo 4 Season 4 PTR behind us, Blizzard has opened the doors to their newest PTR Bug Report Forum. Here, players can report specific issues that they're encountering within the Diablo 4 PTR, so that the devs can squash them ASAP! Diablo 4 PTR Bug Report Forum
Blizzard has published their official SoD Phase 3 patch notes, including details about the new raid — Temple of Atal'Hakkar and class changes.
Blizzard has unlocked the Diablo 4 PTR forums and released a statement regarding known issues and what to expect regarding the upcoming Season 4 PTR. These include several issues regarding Tempering and Masterworking, the two new crafting systems coming in Season 4, and other updated content. Global Diablo Community Development Director Adam Fletcher also stated that players will need to finish the prologue to gain access to the Boost NPC for now; however, the team is working on a solution for this this in the near future.
Blizzard released a small patch yesterday to address some bugs related to Minion Resistance stat localizations and Gauntlet rewards redemptions.
Diablo 4's Season 4's full PTR patch notes are here, and among so, so many changes, updates, new systems, and adjustments, one particular change is designed to improve controller play parity with mouse and keyboard.