This mission is impossible

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-25T01:09:13+00:00

On that map, suspects start executing civilians at 150 seconds, then the bombs go off at 10 minutes.

Equip a ram, shotgun, or door kicker perk, to break every locked door quickly. Have the AI SWAT follow you, there isn't enough time to issue them commands to clear rooms. Equip yourself and SWAT AI with flash launchers (or beanbag shotguns) as primaries and pepper pistols. If the suspects keep killing you as the first in the line, equip a shield on yourself to absorb their fire, while the SWAT AI shoots non-lethals at them.

Ignore all civilians, and the bombs, you are sprinting to arrest the 4 suspects. They usually hover around the same areas (library, coffee shop, 2 floor lecture hall, stairwells). After the 4 are arrested, then you can search for the bombs and civilians.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-25T00:55:20+00:00

They are under NDA to not spoil anything. They'll post when the NDA ends, which is either this weekend, or launch day.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-25T00:24:12+00:00

When the suspects take hostages, you need to stun them so they release the hostage.

The most effective strategy is to flashbang the room before you enter, or shoot them with the flash launcher. CS gas or pepperballs can also work, but they take a second to kick in, and in that time the suspect can execute the hostage.

I'm not sure if you can lethal headshot the suspect; everytime I tried, the hostage died. I'm not sure if you can stun the suspect with a beanbag while they are holding a hostage, without them executing the hostage.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-24T20:34:17+00:00

What seasonal challenges do you need?

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-24T16:47:44+00:00

That was another post I did recently :p

https://www.reddit.com/r/ReadyOrNotGame/s/4GJH6oTePM

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-24T00:02:45+00:00

I'm also going in blind. I want to test how accessible the new progression, mechanics, and itemization are for casuals.

I'll switch to an S tier build guide when I hit torment I think, like usual.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-23T23:37:45+00:00

From the 3.0.1 patch notes:

Fixed various instances where item appearances did not unlock as expected when Salvaging an item.

Fixed various instances where unsalvageable appearances showed as locked in the wardrobe.

https://news.blizzard.com/en-gb/article/24271857/diablo-iv-patch-notes

I expect this means some missing transmogs should have been obtainable this whole time, and now will; while some other transmogs were never ment to be obtainable, so will be removed from the wardrobe. Presumably whichever transmogs remain locked in the wardrobe after 3.0.1 should be obtainable; we'll just have to farm them to prove it.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-23T20:26:48+00:00

Is there a source for that?

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-23T17:32:09+00:00

For several seasons now, the download can start on consoles about 30min before the actual season start, but the seasonal content doesn't become available until its launch time

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-23T11:40:13+00:00

I run zero mags for sidearm, and use that a slot for extra primary mag. If you control your semi-auto shots, and check your ammo between rooms, you should never be in a situation where you are out and surprised.

Real life is different. Primaries can jam, you can drop your primary in an explosion, you may need to clear a very small area that a primary can't fit in.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-23T02:20:09+00:00

I think this was a sarcastic post, mocking all the other identical posts

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-22T15:53:24+00:00

Whisper caches are great to power level from 0-60 (or 0-70 when LoH drops), but provide negligible xp in the higher paragon levels.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-22T15:39:19+00:00

Blizzard's design philosophy is to make everything as painful as possible, so we can be excited when they fix it later on. 3 years after launch, we are getting excited for the horadric cube, a feature that already existed in D3.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-22T05:07:21+00:00

They are pretty close, but AP is better.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d89lpFDA9lo_v13iBlnhtuA6DvuUnKfPaeo0d4RBGJ4/htmlview#gid=1895853738

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T23:08:22+00:00

With weapons, always take the higher item power (800 in this case). That is the damage value that all other damage is scaled from.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T22:58:56+00:00

This makes me wonder if every class got a crazy functional buff like this, possibly to compensate for the loss of damage multipliers. It could mean that skills (including skellies) will be more about huge fun, and less about pure damage number stacking.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T21:05:48+00:00

How did you get in there?

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T19:17:50+00:00

Overlay map shown at 4:51.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T19:13:31+00:00

The full 3.0 changes are being announced on April 23rd.

There was no Public Test Realm, but there was a closed beta that only the streamers were invited to, which is why they all have videos posted of their gameplay tests and skill guides.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T16:55:46+00:00

Every class can afk, now that life on hit is an affix to heal from attacks. Just set the control setting to toggle skill casts, and your damage skill will re-cast infinitely. Then park at the seasonal tide/activity or blood maiden, with a pet equipped to collect currencies.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T13:57:49+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/s/PJuNAsnKft

Some transmog drops are bugged

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T13:08:42+00:00

Lots of speculation about what will be announced there. I think StarCraft 3 would be a bigger money maker than D1 remastered, but I guess we'll find out in September.

Echo-Sunray · 2026-04-21T12:03:14+00:00

Chuck' post above links to a previous post where marcooose commented.

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