Interesting enough, theres been some interviews with Yoshida recently where he expresses his dream collaboration for FFXIV being with the Diablos series.
Now he already stated that implementing it into the world of FFXIV isnt feasible due to the darker tonal nature of the game, so its impossible but I just found it amusing that he chose THAT over World of Warcraft which is the more sensible choice for a collab.
Curious to know people's thoughts on it, on both Blizzard IPs. I personally rather see a WoW crossover if anything but eeehhh theres pros and cons to it anyway.
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10-25-2023, 03:49 AMAtelier-BagurDiablo Crossover
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10-25-2023, 04:06 AMYencat
He's brought up a WoW collab in the past already, hasn't he? But as a sort of pipe dream thing. This is probably another one of those, but far less likely to ever happen because of all the the blood, guts and gore of Diablo.
Under Microsoft a WoW crossover is probably a bit more likely than before, but even though I don't dislike WoW but it wouldn't be my first (or second) choice. Could be fun though.
I wonder what would make sense as a a crossover for both games though? Probably dragons. ;) -
10-25-2023, 04:21 AMAtelier-Bagur
I mean they can go the easy route and have Arthas and the Scourge show up since thats the most easily recognizable image when you think of WoW (at least to a lot of people)
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10-25-2023, 04:30 AMYencat
Yeah probably, but he's dead-dead isn't he? But maybe that doesn't matter for a crossover. After Arthas I'd say probably Sylvanas is the most recognizable, but I don't know if she's a well-liked character anymore.
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10-25-2023, 04:42 AMBoblawblah
I know crossovers are popular, but I generally prefer game devs to focus on building their own game's world/narrative over bringing in fanservice from other games. ESPECIALLY time-sensitive ones which turn into FOMO.
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10-25-2023, 05:05 AMCidHeiral
I would love a WoW crossover if only to see all the internet tribalists lose their minds.
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10-25-2023, 05:39 AMTheMightyMollusk
If I could get my Darkspear raptor mounts, I'd be thrilled, but I doubt that'd happen.
Diablo? Eh, I've never played it, so whatever, cool free stuff is fine by me. -
10-25-2023, 06:54 AMVarilyon
His dream is having a Diablo collab, because he is a big fan of that franchise and played it a lot in the good old days (1+2).
He even said in the past, he loved to create Diablo Games. Blizzard really need him imho. -
10-25-2023, 07:36 AMRaideDuku
I dunno about having Diablo in 14. But if it happened and Diablo 4 got 14 stuff including a quest with a major 14 NPC, I'd nominate Estinien. He"d LOVE that place. Armies of irredeemably evil foes that he can just go complete ham on and not have to hold back? It'd be like all his namesdays have come at once.
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10-28-2023, 03:55 PMAbsurdityShe definitely isn't. They did their best to completely destroy the character over the course of like 3 expansions...and don't even get me started on Nathanos Blightcaller.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yencat
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10-28-2023, 04:28 PMryouma17
we already got wow refugee's we dont need any more of blizzards taint in this game
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10-28-2023, 04:57 PMFhaerronIt's not free, you pay a subscription.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk
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10-28-2023, 05:07 PMReimmiNathanos the self insert that wants to marry sylvanas his waifu who can fight the strongest arch druid in the world and a night warrior without help despite being a random nobodyQuote:
Originally Posted by Absurdity
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10-28-2023, 05:10 PMReimmiAkshually a free trial player could probly participate in the crossoverQuote:
Originally Posted by Fhaerron
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10-28-2023, 05:46 PMTheMightyMolluskAnd a crossover costs me nothing extra on top of that. I wouldn't pay for just a crossover (if I cared about Diablo enough to pay for it, I'd just pay for Diablo), but if I'm already paying the sub, it's a free extra. Like bread at a restaurant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fhaerron
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10-28-2023, 08:07 PMDarkobra
I will give absolutely no money to Blizzard to fund their lawyers and their abuse of women and it doesn't surprise me that you're neglecting this fact.
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10-28-2023, 10:30 PMArdeth
I'm not on a high horse as much as this guy above me, but I used to love D2, and what they have done with D4 has just killed any love I had for that franchise. It's like Diablo and World of Warcraft got taken behind the woodshed. If you follow me.
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10-28-2023, 11:32 PMAtelier-BagurAnd put them down like old yeller? YupQuote:
Originally Posted by Ardeth
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10-29-2023, 12:25 AMKrojack
I personally don't want to see any collab with any Blizzard games. Blizzard will want SO MUCH in return. Blizzard is a horrible company. Hell, I even expect Microsoft to try and sell it off within the next 5 years.
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10-29-2023, 12:54 AMReimmiThe only franchise to not be killed with corporate greed is starcraft and thats only cause it hasn't been touched since legacy of the voidQuote:
Originally Posted by Ardeth
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10-29-2023, 06:08 PMAbsurdity
Since I was bored to death in XIV and Dragonflight was on sale at the time I actually picked up WoW again after 6 years. The current expansion is pretty enjoyable tbh, no borrowed power nonsense, fun talent trees (with mutiple competitive options), a whole lot of gear catchup systems, reputation grinds pretty much only reward cosmetics and I've had a lot more fun with the dragon riding mechanic than I expected. I haven't really felt "forced" to do anything outside of maybe 5 weekly timewalking dungeons for a piece of heroic raid gear and that's only because I'm playing it extremely casually.
Sure you still have some annoyances like story quests being locked behind renown rank and some features (like the Revival Catalyst for turning gear into class tier set items) being timegated for seemingly no good reason, but I didn't expect them to completely change their ways within a single expansion. -
10-29-2023, 10:17 PMAtelier-BagurFFXIV could learn a thing or two about DF's gear catch up systemsQuote:
Originally Posted by Absurdity
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10-30-2023, 12:34 AMTakamorisan
Hey there is Path of Exile, heard a lot of devs there play FFXIV. And they don't have the downsides from Blizzard, just saying.
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10-30-2023, 01:29 AMHyperia
How is that game too dark for XIV? We have people being murdered, decapitated, bisected, limbs torn off, poisoned to death, etc. I bet the body count in this game is considerably higher than Diablo ever will get to as in this game one quadrillion have died to date due to events we have seen.
At this point, I think Yoshi-p should have the achievement: Let all the bodies hit the floor -
10-30-2023, 01:58 AMPayadopa
We already have a crossover. It's called the cash shop.
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10-30-2023, 02:00 AMJennah
What do you mean? Diablo 2 came out in 2000, and there hasn't been anything released in the series since then.
No, definitely not. Nothing in the Diablo series since 2000. Nope.
Man, there hasn't been a new Star Wars since 1983, someone should really get on that. -
10-30-2023, 02:07 AMAtelier-BagurFFXIV isnt a gorefestQuote:
Originally Posted by Hyperia
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10-30-2023, 03:24 AMTheMightyMolluskNo. No they should not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jennah
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10-30-2023, 11:51 PMTahbitha
/hysterics on
A FF XIV/Diablo crossover??
What's next, dogs and cats living together? Mass hysteria!
/hysterics off
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