Diablo 4: 10 Huge Things It Must Fix From 3

Diablo II was simple in its monster mob mechanics. Each time players encountered a unique enemy (a random monster with minions and a special characteristic), it would be one of the following: Fire/Cold/Lightning Enchanted, Spectral Hit (combo of Fire, Cold and Lightning), Extra Strong/Fast, Aura Enchanted, Cursed Stone Skin, Knockback or Mana Burn.

In Diablo three, they took these possibilities and amplified them to never-before-seen levels of difficulty: Fire/Cold/Lightning/Arcane Enchanted, Plagued, Jailer, Reflect Damage, Shielding, Waller, Wormhole, Vortex, Thunderstorm, Frozen Pulse, Extra Health, Desecrator, and the worst of all, Invulnerable Minions.

Many of these abilities provide players with a frustrating gaming experience instead of a challenging boss to fight. Even some of the most skilled players would often end up being murdered by a mob of enemies with those combinations, especially when they had combinations such as Jailer/Horde/Invulnerable Minions/Vortex. These ability combinations were so imbalanced that even the most skilled players would get killed quite easily, whether in single or multiplayer.

The next Diablo game should have much less absurd monster abilities. Though many of Diablo III's current abilities are fine on their own, certain combinations shouldn't be added to future games. In particular, Blizzard should remove any abilities that hinder a player to fight bosses by themselves (i.e. Waller for ranged characters). That way, even on higher difficulties, single player characters won't keep running into monsters that completely hinder their ability to do damage.