Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred players want war plans to become account-based, rather than character-based. The new one Diablo 4 the expansion overhauled the game's endgame content with the addition of War Plans as a way to streamline endgame activities and reward players for participating in them. However, many players are upset that their hard work maxing out the upgrade trees for each War Plans activity doesn't carry over when starting a new character.
In general, Lord of Hatred's updates to mechanics such as the Skill Tree, Uniques, and gear progression with the Horadric Cube have been a hit with fans, resulting in record numbers of Steam players for Diablo 4. Combined with the new Warlock and Paladin classes and the Lord of Hatred campaign, the expansion has renewed the spark of Diablo 4 almost three years after launch. As the honeymoon period comes to an end, some of the flaws in the expansion begin to show, including the drudgery of war plans.
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Diablo 4 players want war plans to transfer between characters
In a Reddit post with over 1.4K upvotes, Diablo 4 fans have expressed their frustration at having to start over to develop their war plans when starting a new character. Participating in War Plans allows players to unlock points for a specific activity's upgrade tree, giving them access to modifiers for those activities that can increase both the challenge and the rewards. Unfortunately, the time it takes to complete a War Plan activity's upgrade tree can be long, making it difficult for players to complete each time they start a new season Diablo 4 character.
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There are also seven different upgrade trees included in the War Plans mechanic, each corresponding to a different endgame activity:
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Helltime
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The Pit of the Artificer
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Infernal hordes
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Nightmare dungeons
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Kurast Undercity
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Lair Bosses
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The Tree of Whispers
This means that players must fully upgrade seven different activities on each character they create, resulting in a huge time reduction for Diablo 4 players looking to optimize their playoff progression. Some commenters on Reddit have suggested ways to improve this feature so that there aren't as many problems for the future Diablo 4 seasons.
User Kain-rpg suggested an account-wide XP boost for War Plans after the player completes the upgrade tree for the first time, so that new characters a player creates can avoid part of the gate. User yawnlikeseggs suggested a further split, where the first few levels of an activity's upgrade tree are easy to earn before gradually requiring more XP to reach the next level, but offering more branching nodes for customization as a trade-off. Ultimately, the ideal solution is to make War Plans a permanent, account-wide unlock, with the option to opt out of the shared progression or restore it when creating a new character in the event that a player enjoys the challenge of completing the upgrade tree.
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Diablo 4: Lord of Hatreds introduction of new Torment difficulties up to level 12 has also made the game much more challenging the deeper players get into the end game. As such, the bonuses granted by upgrading War Plans activities are almost a requirement for any player hoping to break into the highest Torment tiers. Right now there's no word on how Diablo 4 plans to balance this feature in the future, but it likely won't happen until at least the beginning of Season 14.
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June 5, 2023
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, In-Game Purchases, User Interaction
