Will campaign mode be a viable option still?

11/12/2013 10:27 AMPosted by HarkuBass

I am aware that we can do campaign mode again and again if we feel like it, but will it be viable, levelling wise as compared to adventure mode? Or will adventure mode definitely be superior in terms of levelling (and farming)?

In terms of overall experience, rewards, density, and difficulty, we're working to have Campaign Mode and Adventure Mode be relatively comparable with one another. Even so, we anticipate that most players will probably want to farm Adventure Mode over Campaign Mode, since the open world environment lends itself much better to that kind of playstyle. And, honestly, we think that's fine.

Campaign Mode is there for players who enjoy playing through the story of Diablo III and having a linear path. Adventure Mode, on the other hand, is there for players who want explore at their own pace. You can freely switch between the two modes whenever you want, so it's all about what kind of experience you're looking for at a particular point in time.

And I know I've seen this question before, so let me go ahead and answer it now: yes, we believe that players will still want to play through Campaign Mode, even given the option between it and Adventure Mode. We don't imagine that they'll replay it nearly as often as Adventure Mode, though; but again...that's totally okay by us. At its core, Adventure Mode is being designed to be replayed over and over, whereas Campaign Mode is all about the immersion and that singular, linear narrative.

11/12/2013 11:09 AMPosted by Hellatryxx

inb4 people begin complaining that having an adventure mode that is more rewarding than campaign mode is unfair to casual players because they are required to actually complete the game.

At the moment, players are not actually required to complete the entire game in Campaign Mode before unlocking Adventure Mode. Whether or not it stays that way is another matter, but for the moment we're allowing you to unlock each Act, one by one. So, complete Act I in Campaign Mode on one of your characters, now you've got Act I unlocked in Adventure Mode. Complete Act II on one of your characters in Campaign, boom -- Acts I and II are now unlocked in Adventure Mode. And so on. Completing an Act in Campaign Mode would also unlock that Act in Adventure Mode for all your characters on your account, not just the one who completed in Campaign Mode.

We're still experimenting with this pretty heavily, though, so I'd imagine some changes to be made to how Adventure Mode is accessed before we ship. This is just our current thinking. :)

In adventure mode, you are given the choice to go between any act you would like, and currently in the campaign mode of the game determines the level of the monsters based on what act you're in.

For example, if you're in Act I, the game might have monsters from levels 1 to 10, but act 2 might have monsters from levels 10 to 15. (Just making these numbers up right now)

Monsters level up with you -- we call it "dynamic difficulty" -- but I don't have an answer for you just yet on the specific questions highlighted above (since the new system is still undergoing lots of tuning and tweaking). We'll be doing a whole "First Look" write-up on the difficulty changes pretty soon here that should help explain everything, though!

Think you can hold tight until then? :D

11/12/2013 04:35 PMPosted by Alexandros

While I'm all for the Act unlocks after a playthrough, can that be limited to the character class in question?

Certainly feedback I can pass on! (The goal is give you as many options as possible, though, so this may not be something we move forward with. You can always choose to play through Campaign Mode with your new characters if you want to make sure they get that cool lore and dialogue experience.)

Now that's the most interesting thing I have read here in a while. So I can actually play a lvl10 char in difficulty 4 ?
What will happen in multiplayer when a lvl70 invites a lvl1?

Bit more information here: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/10490549736#3