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I'm sure you're all wonderful people, but how can I play the game without encountering anyone else? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The game is supposed to be an ominous and foreboding ARPG, and instead I run across BgButzzzz6nine, or I start moving towards some creatures on the other side of my screen, and before I've taken two steps some Necromancer and undead horde come buzzsawing through the area like a scythe, and I have to try and find someplace where I can actually kill things. The isolated feel was a key point of the game, and added to the ambiance and feel of the game. Now, I can't go 2 minutes without getting that immersion ruined by some random intrusion by another player. Is there some way to not be surrounded by other people while playing the game?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't mind seeing people running around but I'd love an option to turn off nameplates. There's a rampant amount of I'm 14 and this is funny names and that breaks the immersion for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's for this sort of thing that I have no interest at all in playing d4

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You can't, but I'd try dissabling crossplay. That could reduce the number of players you'll find (and improve performance btw).

That being said, once you reach endgame you will find a lot of people on legion events, helltides and world bosses

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That was my first impression as well. Other people being in the game world is immersion breaking. My biggest pet peeve is that I can't fucking tell Necromancer minions apart from actual minions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You're not wrong, seeing some the silly names is a bit jarring, especially when Blizzard didn't put in an Map overlay like in prior games because "it breaks immersion".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's my understanding that there's no way to disable this in cities and open-world areas. Dungeons are instanced however, so should remain solo unless you're in a party.

One thing you might consider trying is turning off cross-play. I haven't tested it yet, but that might at least reduce the number of people that show up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unfortunately, I don't think so. I saw somewhere on reddit where someone suggested setting your system time to the far future so that you aren't "matched" with anyone, but I haven't tried it myself.

When I played the campaign, I only saw a handful of people in the open world outside of town.

When I finished the campaign and started doing world events in WT3 AND WT4, that's when I started seeing a lot more people.

If you're just running between Nightmare dungeons and ignore world events, you can probably avoid most people. I'd say once they put in the ability to teleport to Nightmare dungeons, you'll see even less people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Offline mode (like in D2R) would be great for this game. Wish we had that option