{"id":41463,"date":"2025-01-28T16:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/diablo-4-players-accuse-mods-of-bias-toward-pet-builds-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:34:23","slug":"diablo-4-players-accuse-mods-of-bias-toward-pet-builds-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/diablo-4-players-accuse-mods-of-bias-toward-pet-builds-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Diablo 4 players accuse mods of \u201cbias\u201d toward pet builds &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diablo 4 players accuse mods of \u201cbias\u201d toward pet builds Blizzard EntertainmentDiablo 4 players are unhappy with what they see as a \u201cbias\u201d from the mods toward pet and minion builds in the latest season. Diablo 4 boasts five of the game\u2019s iconic classes as playable options: Barbarian, Rogue, Sorcerer, Druid, and Necromancer. Each class has its own unique skills and playstyle. While they\u2019re not necessarily evenly matched against one another, by and large, the game\u2019s provided a lot of balance across class lines. But two of the five core classes seem to be getting left behind in the current meta, leading many players to feel there\u2019s an inherent prejudice toward them. Necromancer and Druid both focus on builds using pets or minions and as players are pointing out, the D4 mods have stated they don\u2019t want pets and minions to become part of the Season\u2019s meta. A stance that has frustrated a significant portion of the player base. After the recent comments around class balance going forward in the recent Developer Update, some players took to Reddit, accusing the mods of \u201cbias\u201d against pet and minion builds. In a lengthy thread, one player outlined the current problems with the class builds; \u201cNot only the devs but the player base needs to understand the issue it faces,\u201d the thread begins. It also covers why they feel the classes need \u201cto be revamped to become viable.\u201d \u201cGreat post, Summoner necro is in a really bad state,\u201d agreed one player. \u201cI think it goes beyond minions,\u201d another added, going on to say that the Necromancer class feels \u201chollow\u201d and \u201cunfinished\u201d. A separate thread also popped up \u2014 Devs need to realize Druids and Necros want to have pet builds \u2014 with players discussing the merits of pet and minion-focused builds entering the current D4 meta. Some players pointed out that these sorts of builds make the meta in comparable games too. \u201cI play a tanky summoning build in Remnant 2 on the highest difficulty,\u201d said one user. \u201cThey rotate in and out of Path of Exile\u2019s meta as S-tier,\u201d another user also pointed out. It seems like Druid and Necromancer players will just have to wait to see if the devs are listening and what Diablo 4\u2019s midseason update might bring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diablo 4 players accuse mods of \u201cbias\u201d toward pet builds Blizzard EntertainmentDiablo 4 players are unhappy with what they see as a \u201cbias\u201d from the mods toward pet and minion builds in the latest season. Diablo 4 boasts five of the game\u2019s iconic classes as playable options: Barbarian, Rogue, Sorcerer, Druid, and Necromancer. Each class [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}