Developer Questions and Answers

* Can we get an approximate release date for Act 5?
* Will Act 5 be 3.0?
* When will we see more comics?
* WTF is this for?

How frequently do people send pizza/other food to you? Has this rate been reduced or increased with specific patch releases?

Is the Tool Tip ever going to reflect real time damage? Example: Raging spirit/Zombie or any minion for that matter. we see do not have access to see real time spell damage or even crit chance like we do with normal skills or other spells

Will we be able to fish kiwi pets in Act 5?

But on all seriousness...
What is the most stressful issue that you guys had to fix or functionality added to the game before a deadline?

Will there be some options that let us turn off weather effects & ground effects in the upcomming patches?IF so,how soon ?

Is there ever going to be rewards for lifetime race points as mentioned in the past, or has that idea been dropped?

Have you guys ever considered doing anything special with player achievements? I mean, they are kinda hidden and only visible to yourself in-game and to others via the website.

What is the deal with the Jet Ring base that appears on the website? It was added there months ago but no sign of that base exists in-game as far as anyone knows.

Vaal Skills were initially designed to be "ultimate" skills only used every once in a while, though in some cases players have managed to make them into full-fledged main skills in their builds... Has GGG considered or plan on doing anything to make Vaal skills more usable as main skills, or is that something you are opposed to? Also, are there any imminent plans to revisit/rework vaal skills and/or add new ones?

What ever happened to the Double Strike threshold jewel that was being worked on? Did that become Lacerate? Is it still on the way? Are any more threshold jewels coming soon?

Is there any reason why mana reservation skills cannot remain active upon returning after log-out or dying? It is kind of silly that they must be re-cast for no apparent reason.

Is GGG satisfied with 6-links being the indisputable end-game skill setup or has there been any talk of attempting to add more variety for players? How about an item which sockets into gear and alters the properties of the gear, or adds new properties based on existing ones (similar to threshold jewels), thus expanding the capabilities of said gear in such a manner that it could feasibly outweigh the benefits of another support gem. Have you noticed this is a thinly-veiled suggestion yet?

How are the 2nd wave of trade improvements coming along? If so, any hints? I remember hearing about cross-instance trading.

The recent manifesto post about experience gain brought up a question I found difficult to answer. I was hoping you could address the question: How fast should a player be able to reach level 100?
What is GGG's position on such a question?

Is it possible to open every chest in the final room of any Labyrinth?

Have you ever thought of adding a new type of jewel base?

There have been rumors that a new currency type is in the works. Confirm/deny.

When will there be a patch for all the crashing and fps problems people have been having?

Why is the "request additional MTX tab post" in the support thread, the only one to get any attention from ggg? Why is their a support thread if ggg ignores it?

Instead of continuing to release new content, why not current problems first?


I'd ask this elsewhere but I've been ignored and so have others. GGG pays more attention to reddit then they do here. How can you feel good about yourselves accepting money from people when you won't even give them the time of day?

In the wake of ascendancy the game has become a lot easier , most skills are viable atm which is a good thing , but its a bit to easy to reach a point that almost everything dies when you look at it .Is it then right to assume that the focus of the coming expansion is harder content to combat the current powerlevel of the characters ?.

After hearing that prophecy will probably be coming to the core game I was really excited , I really do enjoy this league and the alternate things to do except grind maps. Is there any chance of any other previous league mods will be coming to the core game aswell in the near future ?

Thank you for a wonderful game and always innovative new leagues.

1. what do you think about pay2win games?
i really dislike pay2win and were starting to get too many of them in various forms:
e.g. from experience boosts to pure win-stuff like enchantment stones and crap like that
basically the companies are just trying to make as much money and possible, and
are completely destroying their games just to make as much money as possible. by adding for example pvp zones with pve monsters in it, they force people into buying pay2win stuff to have any chance to win at all

follow up question:
2. how do you feel like being the no.1 non-pay2win company? you guys have definitely done a great job with your monetary-gain setup. you guys show a good example for other companies even though so few others have yet followed you on this, correct, path