Diablo IV Respeccing Won’t Leave Players Broke; Armory Loadouts Won’t Be Available At Launch

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Respeccing characters in Diablo IV, the next entry in the series launching in around two months on PC and consoles, will not leave players broke, according to the franchise's General Manager.

Answering a question on Twitter, Rod Fergusson confirmed that respeccing a character won't be "prohibitively expensive" but did not provide any specifics. Additionally, the procedure has been made easier by giving players the option of refunding either a single skill point or the entire skill tree at once. A few months ago, Fergusson himself stated that for some players it might have made more sense to start a new character from scratch instead of respeccing, so it is nice to learn that this is not going to be the case.

It's not prohibitively expensive and we've made it easier by being able to refund a single skill point or the entire tree at once.

— Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) March 29, 2023

In Diablo IV, as in previous entries in the series and all games with a major focus on loot, gear makes a build as much as skill points distribution. Unfortunately, players won't be able to save their armory loadouts in the game, at least at launch, so they will be forced to manually change their gear every time they want to switch builds for their characters.

Not at launch

— Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) April 3, 2023

With so many things to keep track of, and new consoles supporting keyboard and mouse controls, Diablo IV on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S would benefit greatly from native support. Unfortunately, plans haven't changed since the original announcement, so playing with mouse and keyboard will only be possible in the PC version of the game.

I have answered this many times. We’re not adding additional support beyond what they already