Genshin Impact is the polar opposite of this. If you do finally land a 5 star one, you have literally zero ability to actually hunt for the one you want. And you cannot earn Eternal Orbs at all in the game, it is a purely premium currency.Īnd another key point here, you cannot target which gem you’re getting. That’s not even enough to trigger the game’s inborn “pity timer” at 50 pulls which will reward you a potential X/5 star legendary gem. As a free player, you are limited to getting three Legendary Crests a month, so 36 total a year. The core difference here is the ability to grind out free attempts at each of these valuable star-based things by simply playing the game.ĭiablo Immortal’s main issue is that it simply does not let you accumulate Legendary Crests at anything approaching a reasonable rate. The same equivalent to the currency in Diablo Immortal. Genshin Impact has 4 or 5 star hero characters, and 3 to 5 star weapons you can gamble for in its gacha system. It costs 160 Eternal Orbs for one Legendary Crest. There are also Rare Crests, which free to players get somewhat often, but those are capped at 2 star gems. So it’s us taking inspiration from some of the work they’ve done already.To get the basics set up, Diablo Immortal’s main draw are Legendary Crests, which when put into a Rift, that Rift will then spit out one legendary gem rated 1-5 stars. 'Less so in the West, but we’re now starting to see some games that are bringing that mechanic to the West. “In the East, that control method is becoming ubiquitous, and it’s becoming ubiquitous because it’s very natural, and it feels great,' he said. Undeniable similarities in UI between Immortal and Crusaders of Light ( read more about that here) were simply a result of the control scheme NetEase had adopted in previous games becoming 'ubiquitous'.

He said that the art and assets for new game were themselves completely new, and that Immortal was 'purpose-built from the ground up'. Lastly, Adham headed off accusations that Diablo Immortal was just a reskin of another game by NetEase, which Blizzard has partnered with for Immortal's release. 'The truth is that we have multiple Diablo teams working on multiple unannounced Diablo projects even after announcing. 'I know our community here, there’s a concern that we are focused on this instead of that,' he said. That never materialised, but Adham moved to reassure fans that Blizzard was still working on 'multiple unannounced Diablo projects', and said that the development of Immortal would not distract from whatever was coming next.

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