Respeccing characters in Diablo IV, the next entry in the series launching in around two months on PC and consoles, will not leave players broke, according to the franchise's General Manager.
Answering a question on Twitter, Rod Fergusson confirmed that respeccing a character won't be "prohibitively expensive" but did not provide any specifics. Additionally, the procedure has been made easier by giving players the option of refunding either a single skill point or the entire skill tree at once. A few months ago, Fergusson himself stated that for some players it might have made more sense to start a new character from scratch instead of respeccing, so it is nice to learn that this is not going to be the case.
It's not prohibitively expensive and we've made it easier by being able to refund a single skill point or the entire tree at once.
— Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) March 29, 2023
In Diablo IV, as in previous entries in the series and all games with a major focus on loot, gear makes a build as much as skill points distribution. Unfortunately, players won't be able to save their armory loadouts in the game, at least at launch, so they will be forced to manually change their gear every time they want to switch builds for their characters.
Not at launch
— Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) April 3, 2023
With so many things to keep track of, and new consoles supporting keyboard and mouse controls, Diablo IV on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S would benefit greatly from native support. Unfortunately, plans haven't changed since the original announcement, so playing with mouse and keyboard will only be possible in the PC version of the game.
I have answered this many times. We’re not adding additional support beyond what they already support natively.
— Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) April 1, 2023
No matter which features will be in at launch, Diablo IV is setting out to be a smashing success. Last month's open beta, which allowed players to try out the first few hours of the main campaign and level their characters up to level 25, was played for around 62 million hours, making the series' biggest beta to date. Hopefully, the smashing success open beta helped Blizzard understand how to avoid any launch day woe and let all players enjoy the game without issues right from the start.
Diablo IV launches on June 6th, 2023 on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox One. More on the game will be coming later this month, alongside an update on the beta's feedback.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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