Diablo 4 devs may consider adding this fan favourite feature from Diablo 3

It looks like Diablo 4 players may get a much-requested feature from previous games, if recent Twitter comments by a Blizzard developer are anything to go by.

The feature in question is Rebirth, which allows players to take their existing characters and restart them from level 1 (sans items) for the Seasons content. When asked if this feature – previously seen in Diablo 3 – could come to the new game, global community developer Adam Fletcher responded “Rebirth isn’t a feature in D4 yet. But we’ve heard this a bunch so the team is aware.”

To clarify, when the Diablo 4 Season 1 start date hits next week, players will have to create a new character to play the season content and earn items in the game’s season pass. They won’t have to start entirely from scratch, as they’ll be able to first login with the character that’s made the most progress so far and transfer across things like the game’s map, any Lilith statues they’ve previously uncovered, and they won’t have to repeat the story again. But by and large, these will be entirely new characters – whereas their original characters will live on a ‘non-seasonal realm’.

Rebirth doesn’t necessarily improve this, as it would still reset the player’s skills and abilities back to level 1, but it would make it easier to retain any cosmetic appearances and, vitally, mean that it also wouldn’t take up a character slot – as Diablo 4 currently only lets you have 10 characters at a time.

Those on the Diablo subreddit are in favour of the Rebirth mechanic making its return in the newest game. “It would be pretty dumb if they didn’t do the rebirth mechanic,” says Achmedclaus. “It’s a real dumb thing to have a massive list of characters and you have to delete one each season to create the same character in the same slot.”

While this tweet isn’t a confirmation that Rebirth is a lock for Diablo 4, it is easy to see how the limited character slots could cause issues in future seasons down the line. For now, fans will have to wait and see if the mechanic indeed makes a return. For more on the game, check out our Diablo 4 Capstone Dungeon guide or check out what was announced for Diablo 4 Season of the Malignant.

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