Hi Blizzard I wish to feedback my ideas/suggestions w.r.t the future of D2/D2R?
#1 Diablo Legacy i.e. D1, D2 and LOD
My proposal: make barrier of entry to the world of diablo as cheap as possible to spur on more investment into it by players? Could also be crucial to those in less developed nations! For example my proposal is
D1 + D2 = Free To Play, possibly open sourced
LOD = $9.99 so basically for $9.99 one would get D1, D2 and LOD DLC
#2 D2R
a) As it stands/currently
Base game becomes "freemium" i.e free to play/try but with $9.99 (players already owned D2R in the past) one would get all the QOL of ROTW (w/o Warlock) Alternatively $14.99 USD (previous owners of D2R) or $24.99 (for brand new players) would unlock the ROTW DLC? The reason i suggest this is because there are those who supported D2R but choose not to go along with ROTW as they felt the $25 paywall for existing owners of Diablo 2: Resurrected is unfair? Users on platforms like Reddit and the Blizzard Forums have expressed significant disappointment over how these core game enhancements were handled.
b) The future
There could be a D2R 2.5 standalone. My pitch for it would be a world after Act 5 where Baal is defeated and "Dark Gods" arise! It would be called D2R : The Age of Dark Gods and includes an extended Act 4 with more waypoints, quests and new "Lycan" mercenaries who are shapeshifter melee class (werebears or werewolves with spirits working as auras) The extended Act 4 would introduce greater demons who would later be revealed as heralds for the Dark Gods who would dominate completely in a new Act 6! A new portal would open up @ the Worldstone Chamber after defeating Baal leading to Act 6? There could also be new mercenaries in Act 6. Lastly give crafts/rares a shot of adrenalin? The craft recipe has not seen any meaningful updates since 2000 and have updated recipes that could potentially make crafts/rares BIS rivalling current/future runewords/uniques?Maybe rethink what affixes can spawn on rares/crafts or make special properties like auras/O skills able to spawn on them?
Hope my suggestion/ideas were useful and cheers