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[ManaByte]

https://www.wowhead.com/news/unconfirmed-diablo-iv-prepurchase-and-dragonflight-launch-dates-leaked-328369



It comes from an image shared on Reddit BEFORE there Aug 30th WOTLK date was announced, so this image was correct on that; meaning the other dates could be true too.

 

[SeraphJan]

Diablo IV, despite its monetization plan, will still try it

 

[Jennings]

They're starting preorders at an award show and not at Blizzcon? Did the award show promise to award them something in exchange for that? Maybe if I use Google I'll find out Blizzcon was canceled or something.

 

[DeepEnigma]

So excite for .... Preorders!

 

[ManaByte]

They're starting preorders at an award show and not at Blizzcon? Did the award show promise to award them something in exchange for that? Maybe if I use Google I'll find out Blizzcon was canceled or something.

No BlizzCon this year.

 

[ManaByte]

So excite for .... Preorders!

They don't post pre-orders unless they have a release date target. When they posted Dragonflight they said it'd be out by the end of 2022 (no one here believed them), and according to this the 10.0 pre-patch is Oct 25th. The pre-patch is basically updating the game with all of the expansion files, and then a small server-side hotfix on launch day unlocks the new content for everyone.

 

[Connificent]

We're all going to hell anyway so why not preorder D4

 

[Poppyseed]

Diablo IV, despite its monetization plan, will still try it

I must have missed something. What's the monetization plan other than selling this at the (I assume) $59.99 price point?

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

I must have missed something. What's the monetization plan other than selling this at the (I assume) $59.99 price point?

I don't think anything was mentioned about any of that. The kid might be confusing the mobile game?

 

[The_hunter]

I must have missed something. What's the monetization plan other than selling this at the (I assume) $59.99 price point?

They sent out a survey, indicating it might have a battle pass, purchasable in-game platinum coins for cosmetics. Purchasable cosmetics include horses, armor, back equipment.

 

[AV]

I must have missed something. What's the monetization plan other than selling this at the (I assume) $59.99 price point?

I don't think anything was mentioned about any of that. The kid might be confusing the mobile game?

 

[SeraphJan]

I don't think anything was mentioned about any of that. The kid might be confusing the mobile game?

Edit: A tad bit slower, someone posted it

 

[HiFiVideogameMusic]

It's doubtful the quality of Dragonflight will come anywhere close to FFXIV Endwalker.

 

[ManaByte]

They sent out a survey, indicating it might have a battle pass, purchasable in-game platinum coins for cosmetics. Purchasable cosmetics include horses, armor, back equipment.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

They sent out a survey, indicating it might have a battle pass, purchasable in-game platinum coins for cosmetics. Purchasable cosmetics include horses, armor, back equipment.

Son of a bitch, I forgot all about that.
It is all cosmetic stuff, correct?

 

[AV]

Yeah, hardly surprising and it's certainly no D3 RMAH. I doubt anything will ever, EVER be as bad as that.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

Edit: A tad bit slower, someone posted it

I completely forgot, I believe I was pretending that it didn't exist. I stand corrected.

 

[Bartski]

They sent out a survey, indicating it might have a battle pass, purchasable in-game platinum coins for cosmetics. Purchasable cosmetics include horses, armor, back equipment.

 

[manfestival]

Diablo 4 Monetization Plans

 

[Connificent]

Oh wait. It'll be on Game Pass day one

 

[Barakov]

https://www.wowhead.com/news/unconfirmed-diablo-iv-prepurchase-and-dragonflight-launch-dates-leaked-328369



It comes from an image shared on Reddit BEFORE there Aug 30th WOTLK date was announced, so this image was correct on that; meaning the other dates could be true too.

 

[Stamps1646]

They're starting preorders at an award show and not at Blizzcon? Did the award show promise to award them something in exchange for that? Maybe if I use Google I'll find out Blizzcon was canceled or something.

Blizzard announced Blizzcon will come back next year.

 

[Valt7786]

It's doubtful the quality of Dragonflight will come anywhere close to FFXIV Endwalker.

I've played, and loved, both since their releases, at least until shadowlands for WoW, I still play Endwalker.
There is absolutely nothing about Dragonflight that makes me want to go back. It looks so boring, safe and "identity" friendly. And adding this whole cross-faction play etc...just, nah. It's not the game it was.

 

[Kataploom]

I'd love them to release it on Game Pass day one and that they're just holding the surprise until the Activision purchase is done

 

[ManaByte]

I've played, and loved, both since their releases, at least until shadowlands for WoW, I still play Endwalker.
There is absolutely nothing about Dragonflight that makes me want to go back. It looks so boring, safe and "identity" friendly. And adding this whole cross-faction play etc...just, nah. It's not the game it was.

Opposite for me. Dragonflight looks like a return to a more classic WoW setting. They went too extreme with Shadowlands.

 

[Valt7786]

Opposite for me. Dragonflight looks like a return to a more classic WoW setting. They went too extreme with Shadowlands.

I hope I'm wrong! I really do, I'd love for it to get a return to form, I'm just not seeing it right now

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

diablo 4 will have a character import feature where you can bring over your diablo immortal character for $99 per gem rank

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

no preordering. no reason to.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Big if true because this means D4 might actually come out in H1 of 2023.

 

[UniformDeliverance]

They sent out a survey, indicating it might have a battle pass, purchasable in-game platinum coins for cosmetics. Purchasable cosmetics include horses, armor, back equipment.

Seems pretty standard for a game like this these days. Cosmetic only and if this means they will actually treat this game like a live service with regular content updates, rather than the 10 years good but minor updates of Diablo 3 we got, I'm very much in for this.