Weapon Types in Diablo 4 – Character Build Overview
Weapon Types in Diablo 4 have been rethought by the developers and carry with them a lot of exciting features. The Item Qualities as well have been redone.
Weapon Types
To start with, the weapon types look very visually distinct and have meaninful effects on gameplay. There has also been a lot of work done through the game engines to ensure that the various weapons feel more real and physical to the user. An example of this is with the Barbarian carving a trough through the ground with his mace during Upheaval. See Below.
The Characters in Diablo IV use their weapons to perform skills and channel magical power.
They also wanted to ensure that different weapons performed differently as you play with them, for example; wands should be faster in attacks than quarterstaves and swords and maces should perform differently. To accomplish this, the developers have added weapon speeds and inherent characteristics to all weapons during their latest internal test environment.
Below, we can see that the Conjuration Omen Rare Wand and the Arcane Embrace Rare Staff have quite different effects. Lets look at them in a bit more detail. The rare wand has a very fast attack as well as a chance for critical strikes and immobilization to enemies. The Staff on the other hand is a slower weapon, but has a higher attack, higher crit strike chance and overpower damage. It is also seen that these weapons have a durability, meaning you will most likely have to get them repaired over time.
Weapon Comparison
Here you can see a staff in action casting Frost Bolts, the speed is slower than the Wand on the Right.
In this image, you have the Wand casting Frost Bolts. The speed is faster than the Staff on the Left if you compare them.
In addition to speed, each type of weapon has an inherent physical characteristic. For shields this is block value, meaning that any shield you find in Sanctuary is going to have block, in addition to any magical affixes it may have. As physical properties, these traits are consistent across all weapons of the same type and cannot be modified.
The great thing too about the Weapons within Diablo 4 is that they are acutal representations of what the items themselves look like in game. They are high-res renders of the equipment. The developers wanted to make sure that if you have a cool piece of gear for your character, that it actually looks cool in game as well. Some of the items that don’t appear on your character, like rings, are defined by their icons.
Item Qualities
The Developers wanted to make sure that players of all skill levels benefit from not having to scrutinize every single item that drops to see if it might be an upgrade for them—blue Magic items are good, but yellow Rares are usually better. There’s a great feeling of progression when you graduate into items with greater complexity, more powerful effects, and cooler looks as you level up.
The devs have made a lot of exciting changes here. They’re increasing the potential power of individual affixes on Magic items, as well as increasing the maximum number of affixes on Rare and better items in the endgame. Legendary affixes now roll randomly (Yes, really!) on Legendary Items. And Unique items will replace Mythics.
Legendary Affixes
You can think of Legendary items as Rare items with one affix replaced with a legendary effect. These new legendary affixes work just like regular affixes, in that they can roll randomly on different items and in different slots. Many can be used by any class, while some are specific to a particular class.
If you can’t decide between making your Chill effects Freeze faster or more damaging ground effects for your boots? No problem! Legendary affixes aren’t restricted to a specific slot.
There are a variety of affixes in the examples above, including elemental resistances and sockets for gems and runes, which can appear on items in place of another affix. And of course, Attack comes from your weapons while Defense comes from your armor. With the increase to the maximum number of affixes available on items, they’ll also be adding new affixes to the game to make sure there’s plenty of diversity.
The variety and diversity coming with regards to the weapons type in Diablo 4 looks prety amazing.
That’s all for now, check out the various Heroes of Diablo 4.
Content adapted from Diablo 4 Quarterly Update, view original post here.
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