If you're not aware, in DD2R Items you would hire followers to swarm those gates alongside you, but when they were killed , you were required to bring them back with cash cold and hard. There was a new follower throughout each zone, which implies that some were absolutely better than others.

This evolved into Diablo 3, where instead of hiring mercenaries to help you, you obtained three different companions throughout the story's campaign. The Scoundrel, Sorceress, and Templar, who represented three different types of characters: DPS tank, ranged DPS, as well as magical user respectively.In my Diablo 4 adventure I only encountered NPCs who were helpful and stuck around for a dungeon or two before riding off into the sunset. When I asked Jackson about how the follower feature will function in the game, they said "for the initial version of the game , there are specific locations within the story, specifically, where you will have certain known NPCs following you and helping you out as you figure out the what Lilith is doing around the globe.

"We do not have anything to declare about the Diablo-2 type follower that you hire - we'll stick with the campaign at this point." Emphasis on the"for now.

With a smile, they continue "stay tuned, we may be able to announce something in the near future to announce but no promises." This immediately prompted a response from dungeon producer Ash Sweetring, who channelled her the Mr. Burns with an 'interesting' hand motion within the background. Now that's what I call sus.If any iteration of the follower system does make it into Diablo 4, I would prefer a hired gun from Diablo 2, instead of all-encompassing players. I really enjoyed the variety of different abilities followers could bring to D2R Ladder Items the table with Diablo 2 and would love to see this system re-invented. It opens up yet more possibilities for various build types, as well as fantastic demon-slaying ability chains.