New Diablo 4 BlizzCon Details

During the opening ceremony, the Rogue class was announced with a trailer and there are some new shots to enjoy too.

The What’s Next panel kicked off the Diablo 4 coverage.

Diablo 4 Rogue Points of Importance

• Rogues can use swords and daggers for melee.
• Bows and crossbows for ranged.
• Designed initially to look like the original Diablo 1 rogue with red armour.
• Shadowrealm, Exploit Weakness, and Combo points are the Rogues specialisations.
• Players will do class-specific quests for rogue factions such as Sisters of the Sightless Eye.
• The Rogue will have a real variety of playstyles.
• Weapons are connected to regions. Scimitar in Kejistan is also a Broadsword if adventuring in the North.
• Imbue weapons – Frost, Shadow etc.
• Chills build up to a full freeze which can sped up with Frost Imbue.

Features – Open World

• Open world helps players understand Sanctuary better through exploration.
• Rogue leaps off mounts and fires down a rain of arrows.
• Mounts cant get damaged but when attacked on mount you will be knocked off.
• Camps are “strongholds of evil”. Players will have reclaim these camps from the forces of evil.
• Players unlock these camps which can evolve into friendly locations with a blacksmith, quest givers, and more.
• Vertical play with climbing and leaping

PvP

• Area in the open world you can walk into.  These are optional places
• Collect Shard of Hatred. They are unpurified and have to purified at an event to turn them into a currency for gear and trophies. Other PvP players can kill you and take those shards from you.
• Shards can be collected without partaking in PvP.
• PvP areas will have their own mounts and special items but they won’t be more powerful than items in the normal world.
• When you become a Vessel of Hatred on PvP – You need to survive as other players are alerted.
• Ears are only trophies currently.

Diablo 4 Rogue Trailer

Rogue Gameplay