Diablo 4 Player Comes Up With Idea to Make Town Portals Better
While Diablo 4 still adheres to some traditional conventions of past titles, players are hoping for innovation when it comes to Town Portals and their designated Capitals. The Regions in Diablo 4 represent the playable world, but the Acts themselves are not as closely tied to the Regions as in previous games. Players can progress through the first three Acts in any order they choose, though there is a numbered path that follows the main story.
Once the campaign is concluded, Diablo 4 transitions to an interconnected Adventure Mode, similar to the one in Diablo 3, with each Region having its own designated Capital. Town Portals summoned in a dungeon will take players to the corresponding Capital. While this follows tradition, not all towns are created equal, and players find the layout of certain Capitals to be particularly annoying.
The Diablo 4 subreddit suggests a solution that has been frequently suggested by players. It involves borrowing the Hearthstone functionality from World of Warcraft and bringing it to Sanctuary. By allowing players to pick their preferred Capital and bind their Town Portal to that location, Diablo 4 players will be able to avoid their least favorite towns with fewer clicks and less hassle.
Players have expressed adoration for Cerrigar, Ked Bardu, and Kyovashad the most, with the Whispering Tree being a worthy contender, despite not being a Capital. An alternate solution would be to improve the Capital layouts the way Adventure Mode in Reaper of Souls did for the Diablo 3 towns.
Although the game has improved significantly since its launch, Diablo 4 still lacks many quality-of-life features that would elevate it to its true potential. While Blizzard Entertainment works on fixing these shortcomings, it is important for the Diablo 4 community to continue providing constructive feedback. Their frustrations come from a place of passion and genuine love for the franchise.
Diablo 4 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
The open world in Diablo 4 still adheres to a few old conventions from past Diablo titles, but players are hoping Blizzard breaks tradition when it comes to Town Portals and the Capitals they’re tethered to. The Regions in Diablo 4 represent the currently playable world, but the Acts themselves correspond to a Region much more loosely than they did in Diablo 3 or Diablo 2. Though there is a numbered path to experience the main story of Diablo 4 in its assumed order, players can progress through the first three Acts however they desire.
Once the campaign in Diablo 4 is concluded, the open world transitions into being akin to an interconnected Adventure Mode from Diablo 3with each Region having its designated Capital. Town Portals summoned in the middle of a Diablo 4 dungeon take players to a corresponding Capital, and though this certainly follows tradition, not all towns are created equal, and players find the layout of certain Capitals to be particularly annoying.
The solution presented by Targonis on the Diablo 4 subreddit isn’t new by any means, but the mere fact that it’s so frequently suggested implies it’s a topic Diablo fans are extremely passionate about. Given that Diablo 4 has already broken up the Acts, it would make sense if it borrowed the Hearthstone from World of Warcraftand brought its functionality to the World of Sanctuary. By being able to pick their preferred Capital, and bind their Town Portal to that location, Diablo 4 players will be able to avoid their least favorite towns through far fewer clicks and window jumping.
Though their favorite Capital in Diablo 4 varies greatly from person to person, fans have expressed adoration for Cerrigar, Ked Bardu, and Kyovashad the most, with the Whispering Tree being a worthy contender despite not being a Capital. An alternate solution would be to simply improve Capital layouts the way Adventure Mode in Reaper of Souls did for the Diablo 3 towns.
As fun as the game has been, and though it cannot be disputed that it’s in a much better place at launch compared to Diablo 3it is ultimately Diablo 4‘s lack of many obvious quality-of-life features that prevent it from living up to its potential. While Blizzard Entertainment is hard at work in fixing these shortcomings, it is important that the Diablo 4 community continues to provide constructive feedback, as their frustrations come from a place of passion and genuine love for the franchise.
Diablo 4 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
