Diablo players want Blizzard to \u2018innovate\u2019 with Path of Exile features Grinding Gear Games, Blizzard Entertainment,Diablo\u2019s rival ARPG, Path of Exile, has inspired fans of the Blizzard franchise, and they\u2019re hoping to see some PoE systems implemented in upcoming Diablo seasons. While it\u2019s no secret that Blizzard\u2019s Diablo defined the ARPG genre in many ways, subsequent games from rival developers have built upon the foundations of the frightful franchise\u2019s gameplay and taken it one step further. From Smilegate RPG\u2019s MMOARPG, Lost Ark, to Grinding Gear Games\u2019 Path of Exile; there\u2019s a whole collection of games inspired by the iconic series. Diablo players, however, are hinting at Blizzard to cross-pollinate ideas from PoE and adapt some of their in-game systems to mirror Grinding Gear\u2019s effort. Diablo fans want Path of Exile-style League updates Just as Diablo 3 has its seasons and ladder system, Path of Exile has its Leagues. However, the fundamental difference is that a new mechanic is added for every League, whereas Diablo removes Seasonal features. For example, the highly coveted Ethereal Weapons from Season 24 were removed coming into Season 25, where the current batch of Soul Shards will then be replaced in Season 26. These entirely changed up how each season was played, as well as the abilities available to your character. \u201cI personally think that the overall \u2018league mechanic\u2019 mindset, where they add in a new mechanic each league is a really good idea.\u201d writes one fan on the game\u2019s official subreddit. \u201cOf course, it doesn\u2019t need to be taken to the same extent where every single season is left in the game, but I do think it can be fun to still have remnants of other seasons that cycle in and out and are iterated upon. \u201cA season could be comprised of the new mechanic, and then three or four older mechanics to create a new dynamic each time. This keeps the seasonal gameplay fresh, outside of just new items,\u201d they note, concluding that \u201cyou still shouldn\u2019t be slamming the door shut on innovations from the title [PoE] either.\u201d Immediately the community was divided over the comment, with some expressing interest in the idea, while others completely shut it down. \u201cFinally someone said it and didn\u2019t get buried for it,\u201d writes one supporter. \u201cI just can\u2019t believe Blizzard when they make excuses like \u2018we don\u2019t know how certain changes would impact the game.\u2019 Like, what do you mean you don\u2019t know?!\u201d \u201cHard agree!\u201d echoes another. \u201cEven all the \u2018purists\u2019 who cry about changes to the game are not admitting that they themselves were playing mods like PD2 and PoD instead of vanilla D2 LoD before D2R came out, so they too want more endgame variety.\u201d On the flip side, another simply writes that Blizzard has \u201cno need to reinvent the wheel, especially for the father of the modern ARPG where everything is done extremely well.\u201d Blizzard have remained staunchly against any changes to their remaster of Diablo 2, Diablo 2 Resurrected, but as Diablo 3 continues to chug along it\u2019ll be interesting to see if they adapt the Seasonal feature to include their own twisted version of PoE\u2019s League mechanics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diablo players want Blizzard to \u2018innovate\u2019 with Path of Exile features Grinding Gear Games, Blizzard Entertainment,Diablo\u2019s rival ARPG, Path of Exile, has inspired fans of the Blizzard franchise, and they\u2019re hoping to see some PoE systems implemented in upcoming Diablo seasons. While it\u2019s no secret that Blizzard\u2019s Diablo defined the ARPG genre in many ways, […]<\/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-41903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41903","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=41903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}