Diablo 4 pets would be “really fun,” but gameplay comes first

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Diablo 4 pets are probably near the top of the list of cosmetic requests from its players, and they’re something the Diablo 4 team at Blizzard thinks would be “really fun to add.” However, it says the focus, for now, is ensuring that all the Diablo 4 classes feel good to play and creating additional content to ensure you have plenty to do in its newest RPG game.

Speaking during the Campfire Chat where the team lifted the lid on its massive Diablo 4 patch 1.1.1, which packs in buffs for all classes with a heavy focus on the formerly underloved Sorcerers and Barbarians, game director Joe Shely and community manager Adam Fletcher address player queries about potential future cosmetic types.

Fletcher reads out a question from the livestream audience: “Are there any additional options for customization down the road that you are looking at, like pets or wings?” He begins with an answer of his own, replying, “I know it’s something that we’re looking at and evaluating, just depending on player feedback.”

You can see the team’s response in the video above at the 1:32:40 mark. “Right now we’re very focused on creating more content for players to play through, more so than some of the cosmetic pieces and so forth,” Fletcher continues, “but it is something I know that players have been asking for.”

“We want to add more stuff like that,” Shely adds, “That stuff is really fun to add – but we felt that right now what was really important is helping Sorcerers, helping Barbarians, and some of these other buffs to classes.”

That feels like a reasonable response – and the reveal of the Diablo 4 1.1.1 update has largely been very well received, including all manner of additional gameplay tweaks including guaranteed Legendary drops