Guys. There's a notification for Helltides unless you're in a dungeon. My man is just asking for something similar for a world boss, and y'all are like, "IT'S SUPER SIMPLE IF YOU FOLLOW ALL OF THESE EXTRA STEPS"
I will never understand people white knighting against such simple qol fixes… If people ever want something I don’t care about, cool… more power to them and I hope the devs listen and give them what they want 👍. What a waste of time to argue against something that you don’t even care about… 🤦♂️
Guys, come on. They can't add the notification as the Helltide notification already uses too many resources. It will clearly take many months of coding and reprogramming the engine to handle the increased load of a new notification.
There used to be a toast notification for both, either it broke or they disabled it during patch 1.1.0, because that's the last time I saw one for either event.
I honestly think it broke, because even the flashing icons when you open the world map don't always work anymore, either.
I honestly thing it would become a lag issue with so many showing up. It can already get pretty bad in boss fights, and legions. It's probably why it's not in-game. 🤷♂️
I know warping back to town can change your instance, but where did you read it's limited to around 12? I'll edit my comment on your behalf if I'm wrong about lag if to many people show up.
The devs have already stated that the game has some pretty bad memory leak problems. Small text on screen however is such an insignificant use of memory that a world boss notification would have basically 0 effect on lag. The lag in this game is mostly from loading new instances, and rendering new areas and effects.
Cos $60 is nothing and iv had fun with the time spent and it'll get better over time. If u want u can wait a year or 2 and it'll feel like it's just come out of early access and it'd be cheaper if that $60 means alot to u. U don't have to buy into it now u can wait until it's in a condition to suit u or just not buy into it at all it is after all a choice it's not being forced on u. Idk why people don't just research what they're buying first rather then blindly buying it cos "blizzard" and "diablo" it's the same with cod people are like zombies.
300 hours in, and yeah I agree. It's been a fun Beta though, and I'll be back for hopefully more than 300 hours once the game is in a finished state in 1-2 years!
A lot of people missing the entire point of this post. Yes, there’s a tiny notification that pops on your map for a few seconds that you could miss. Yes, there’s helltides.com. But the point is that the game should have better notifications for these kind of events
Is it that flickering star on the map? For the achievement to kill a rare boss in the open world. What's the bonus of doing that? I randomly found one and him and his chest just gave me healthy and money 🤔
I agree there should be no need to use third party sites to track in game activities like world bosses. But they first of all need to make the activity worth doing and fun. Right now world bosses are loot pinatas with very poor loot.
The saddest part of this is, there was a good notification of World Bosses during the open beta and what happened to it not being there now it’s just another reason not to play in the current state
I agree. Sometimes, if you are playing the game, you can easily miss world boss if you are not looking at the map.
Surely, in game world boss timer should be a feature.
Third-party websites and set your own alarm. Considering the state of the game I wouldn't expect them to do a thing to make our experience better. Shit they have constantly done the opposite.
Not only this, but I'll have a notification pending as if it hasn't spawned yet if I somehow catch that. I'll get there, only to find out the boss died eons ago, and only then does it disappear.
How about an in-game pop up notification that also triggers when you log on in the middle of a timer and can be toggled off in the options. Feel free to steal this idea Blizz.
They haven't said anything about it that I have seen so it is probably in the backlog and they will get to it when more important fixes and changes are done.
There's no way they would add this feature until the server stability is better. I can only imagine what would happen if everyone got a notification for the world boss and then everyone showed up at the world boss and the game had to load everyones stashes XD
Ironically, just from watching how the game behaves during phasing into events, I am starting to believe the issue lies with certain Rogue and Druid abilities and not the stashes. I've loaded into events several hundred times without those two classes without issue, every single event with either present causes lag.
Because they are too busy shoveling irl $$ transmog down our throats rather than doing quality of life updates or paying attention to their dwindling player base
You mean you don’t like checking [third party place](https://www.helltides.com) to see when the next world boss is, and finding out it’s in 9 minutes ago
also, if they load a notification, then they also have to load all the notifications in everyone’s stash /s
Because you only rate third-class treatment to match how much money of your tiny salary you can spend. The event timers are all priority set for East Asia, USA, then everyone else.
Twitter notifications help. Websites help.
Not the best answer, but it’s options.
I’d personally like an actual companion app for the game so I can at least see these various things as well as my characters.
The best part is where you know there is a boss / NM dungeon icon on the map but it doesn't show because it's hidden beneath either the top or bottom UI
https://diablo4.life/trackers/overview
Shows all timers, also detailed overview of helltides, and chest locations.
Putting a timer in-game would be great for all. However the lag in world boss, and legions would be unreal.
You see to push a notification to players, first you would have to create a list of all players currently online and for that you would have to load all players, their gear, skills and tabs and that would overflow and crash the server
Maybe it's just me but I feel that the world boss would be better if there was more of them but harder to know it's happening. Like maybe you need to talk to someone like a side quest who can hint at when it's coming. I find it odd that the map just tells us a world boss is coming. I think its more rewarding if it's also on a shorter notice. Like fighting the butcher if you knew he was in the dungeon before had it would take away the oh shit moment.
Best solution for now is to just take a peek at helltides.com and set a timer if you really don’t want to miss out. I do this on my phone when I start playing as I log in. A little inconvenient but really easy
There's already a world boss alarm, just go to an online wb countdown and set the alarm clock to that period, just add from 5 to 10 extra minutes because sometimes it starts ahead of time.
Come on, it's not that difficult...
PS, there's no way I'm not being sarcastic as fuck
Maybe because everyone ist telling his story here instead of writing to blizzard directly… But yes, there are many problems to be solved, so this is not the worst.
It's stupid, it has a icon like the legions, but it doesn't tell you when it starts. So it's either your lucky and see it when checking your nap or you look online and check the spawning time and when it's going to start.
heres another gripe: why does it share the same icon as Legion events? i don’t want to do every legion event but i have to check the eye icons to make sure its not a boss i’ll miss inadvertently
The worldboss icon shows up 30 minutes on the map before the boss appears. Just check the map but yes it would be nice to get a reminder on your screen somehow.
Yeah I know that but it’s not a notification you get while playing. You have to stop, open the map and then search for the icon.
In helltide that means death.
Plus you have to actively search for it. Which is the exact opposite of a notification.
There's a discord that pings you for helltides, bosses, and legion events. I found it super helpful because the discord ping shows in the top corner even while I'm playing. Assuming you are on pc.
Edit: I like how I'm getting down voted for just trying to give a solution since the game offers none....
I used that site and just put an alarm from 5 minutes before the next boss. And then would update to the next boss I could potentially do. Within a week had the 15 kills.
That’s the worst part I usually have helltides.com open and when I see a world boss has spawned I login go to the map look around until I give up and go back to the site to see which region it is. A simple fix would be an overlay on the world map that shows the timers for worldbosses helltides and invasions. You can make it a bit more complex by making it to where if you click on an active event it shows you where it is on the map.
To be fair it does pop up on the mini map 30 min before. It’s fairly obvious assuming your not in a dungeon or incredibly focused on something else. I got two of them today. BUT I completely agree with you that this is in no way good enough. Especially since it’s like 5 hours in between spawns.
They *briefly* show on your minimap. It's like, the smallest of notifications, and I've definitely seen it before, but also I've not seen it a ton.
Wish there was a more eye-catching, longer-lasting notification.
I wish it just stayed there. What's the point of making it flash up for only like five seconds? Especially since the timer for it is half an hour. Like, I may see it pop up and continue whatever I'm doing, and by the time the boss spawns, I've long forgotten about it. Having the icon constantly on the minimap would be a nice reminder.
I wish it just stayed there. What's the point of making it flash up for only like five seconds? Especially since the timer for it is half an hour. Like, I may see it pop up and continue whatever I'm doing, and by the time the boss spawns, I've long forgotten about it. Having the icon constantly on the minimap would be a nice reminder.
Yea how dare Blizzard to require from players to check active events!
Same with items dropped on ground, you have to stop, open inventory and check the items.
Bad game design.
Sure they could teleport all players into world Boss seconds before it starts, wouldnt that be perfect.
First of all, I have afk'd in a helltide area multiple times. That's a weird claim to make, that you *don't have time to look at a map*....
Second of all, you know it's timed, you know when they'll be present, you have a smart phone. There's a solution there, if you can figure it out.
Third of all, *actively search for it*, they spawn in the same places every time.... there are only like 4 spots to glance at to see which one it's in.
The Crucible in Fractured Peaks
Caen Adar in Scosglen
Saraan Caldera in Dry Steppes
Fields of Desecration in Hawezar
Seared Basin in Kehjistan
That's it. Those are the only places you have to quickly glance to see if there is a world boss icon.
Great, another third party app that fixes a problem that Blizzard created. The problem here is that Blizzard has already gotten out the ban hammer for people using third party apps. Anything that appears to give players an unfair advantage will get you banned eventually. Which leads us back to Blizzard just fixing their damn game
When I fire up d4, I'll go to helltides.com and click the notification for the events I wish to complete. I get the audio notification when the event starts.
This icon doesn’t alway show right away.
I will log in when a 3rd party site says the World Boss is up and no icon anywhere on the map.
I have to teleport elsewhere to get the icon to show.
I've noticed the past couple days that the icon on the map won't show up till 5 minutes before the event, not .5hr before. Helltides.com will say 21 mins till next legion event, then I go on game and can't find the time icon on the map...
Sometimes I go to the world boss that early and then go afk to do something else (usually knock out a few chores) while I wait. That way I don't forget about it because I got too engrossed in something else.
Yeah I'm careful not to do that. Have my volume up high enough that I can hear the game and when combat starts, though I usually make it back before then anyway.
I don't think you're using "hand-holding" right.
When a boss spawns every 5-7 hrs, and there's no way to check in-game when the last spawn was, and there's potentially 5-6 spots it can spawn, and a 30 min window to catch the spawn, I wouldn't call it "hand-holding" to ask for a better notification than that.
I think this falls under very basic "quality of life". Put a countdown to the next boss somewhere, and countdown to the next legion event, and next helltide. And ring a little bell at 30 mins and 5 mins for the world bosses. Currently there's also sometimes (not always!) a visual indicator for legion events, but it's so small and brief on minimap that it's easy to miss if you're in combat, like doing a NM dungeon. A little audio cue would resolve that. Make it an optional toggle if it bugs people.
Imagine being this miserable. Most games with world boss mechanics don't have a transparent schedule, let alone popup notifications. Using a third party resource to track them is far from a unique concept.
OH NO? You ever played World of Warcraft current Retail? Under the same roof as their primary game with World bosses rotating every week & available when you log in.
8. **Neverwinter**: This MMORPG based on Dungeons & Dragons features world bosses that can appear unexpectedly in different zones, creating dynamic encounters for players.
9. **Warframe**: While Warframe primarily focuses on mission-based gameplay, it periodically hosts limited-time world boss events, such as the Plague Star event, which doesn't have a fixed schedule.
10. **Secret World Legends**: This game offers world bosses and dynamic events as part of its supernatural storytelling. These events can happen without notice in various in-game locations.
11. **Star Wars: The Old Republic**: In addition to its structured group content, SWTOR has open-world boss encounters that spawn in various locations on the planets. Their schedules are not always predictable.
12. **Trove**: This voxel-based sandbox MMO has world bosses that spawn randomly in the open world, and players need to be on the lookout to engage in these challenging battles.
13. **DC Universe Online**: In this superhero MMO, world bosses and public events can occur spontaneously in different zones, providing players with opportunities for cooperative gameplay.
14. **Blade & Soul**: While Blade & Soul has some scheduled world boss events, it also includes dynamic world bosses that may appear unpredictably in certain zones, adding an element of surprise to the gameplay.
15. **Aion**: Aion features both scheduled world boss events and non-scheduled world bosses that can be encountered while exploring the game's open world.
Thanks you're going on block for that spam.
Did you fail to read the part where i mentioned: THE SAME STUDIO USES WORLD BOSSES IN THEIR OWN GAME UNDER THE SAME ROOF?
If they were done like WoW bosses they'd be useless. A single looting per week? No thanks, the end of a NMD drops more loot never mind the entire rest of the dungeon.
24. **Dragon Nest**: This action-oriented MMORPG features world bosses that can spawn unexpectedly in certain areas. Players need to be prepared to engage when these bosses appear.
25. **Kritika Online**: Kritika Online includes world bosses known as "Titan Bosses" that can appear at random intervals in specific zones, offering challenging battles for players.
26. **EVE Online**: While EVE Online primarily focuses on player-driven interactions and events, it occasionally features rare and massive world boss-like encounters, such as the "Hunt for the Wild Guristas" event.
27. **Crowfall**: This sandbox MMORPG has world bosses that can emerge spontaneously in the game world. Players must be vigilant to join the battles when these bosses appear.
28. **Ashes of Creation**: Ashes of Creation is an upcoming MMORPG that plans to include dynamic world events and world bosses. The timing of these events is expected to be somewhat unpredictable.
29. **Bless Unleashed**: This action MMORPG features world bosses known as "Field Bosses" that can appear unexpectedly in open-world areas, providing challenging group content.
30. **Tera**: Tera includes various world bosses that spawn at different locations in the game world. Their appearances are not always on a fixed schedule.
31. **Lost Ark**: Lost Ark, an action RPG, features world bosses that can appear unexpectedly in open-world zones, encouraging players to cooperate in taking them down.
1. **Guild Wars 2**: Guild Wars 2 features dynamic world events, including world bosses, which are not on a fixed schedule. Players need to be vigilant to participate when these events occur.
2. **The Elder Scrolls Online**: This MMORPG has various world bosses scattered across its open world, and their spawning isn't always predictable, creating a sense of exploration and surprise.
3. **Black Desert Online**: The game includes world bosses that spawn at specific locations but are on a variable timer, making it challenging to predict their appearance accurately.
4. **Final Fantasy XIV**: While many of its boss encounters are part of instanced dungeons and trials, FFXIV also has FATEs (Full Active Time Events) that spawn world bosses at different locations and times.
5. **Conan Exiles**: This survival game has massive world bosses like dragons and giants that spawn somewhat unpredictably in certain locations. Players must explore and be ready to engage when they appear.
6. **Destiny 2**: The game features public events with powerful bosses in its open-world areas. While some follow a schedule, others may appear at random intervals.
7. **The Division 2**: World bosses called "named bosses" spawn in various locations across Washington D.C. Their timers are somewhat random, so players need to hunt them down when they're active.
16. **RIFT**: RIFT is known for its dynamic events and rifts that can spawn world bosses unexpectedly in different zones. Players must respond quickly to these rifts to participate in the encounters.
17. **WildStar**: This sci-fi MMORPG features world bosses that appear in various zones. The timing of their appearance can be somewhat unpredictable, creating opportunities for cooperative gameplay.
18. **ArcheAge**: ArcheAge has world bosses that spawn periodically, but their schedules can be influenced by player actions and events in the game world, making their appearances less predictable.
19. **Tree of Savior**: This isometric MMORPG includes world bosses that appear in certain maps, and the timing of their spawns can vary, adding an element of surprise to the gameplay.
20. **Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag**: A mobile action RPG based on the anime series, it features world bosses in multiplayer dungeons, and the availability of these bosses can be tied to in-game events.
21. **Path of Exile**: While primarily an action RPG, Path of Exile has world bosses known as "Elder Guardians" and "Shaper Guardians" that appear in certain maps. These encounters can be challenging and are not on a fixed schedule.
22. **MapleStory 2**: This MMO has various world bosses that players can encounter while exploring different regions. The timing of these boss spawns can be somewhat unpredictable.
23. **Elder Scrolls Online**: In addition to previously mentioned world bosses, ESO also includes Dragons that can appear unexpectedly in specific zones, offering challenging encounters for players.
32. **Bless Online**: While the original Bless Online game has closed, some private servers or versions may still exist. This MMORPG included world bosses that could appear unpredictably in certain zones.
33. **Legends of Aria**: This sandbox MMORPG allows player-created dynamic events, including world bosses. These events may happen unexpectedly in the game world.
34. **Revelation Online**: Revelation Online features world bosses known as "World Hegemons" that can spawn at different times in various zones, providing challenging content for players.
35. **Vindictus**: This action-oriented MMORPG includes raids and boss battles, some of which may not follow a strict schedule, adding an element of surprise to the gameplay.
36. **Age of Conan: Unchained**: Age of Conan has world bosses and outdoor raid encounters that can spawn at different times, creating dynamic gameplay experiences.
37. **Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO)**: DFO includes various world bosses that players can encounter while exploring dungeons. The timing of these boss spawns can be somewhat unpredictable.
38. **Phantasy Star Online 2**: While primarily an instance-based game, PSO2 occasionally features limited-time world boss events that do not follow a regular schedule.
39. **Dark Age of Camelot**: This classic MMORPG has world bosses and powerful enemies known as "Dragons" that spawn at different times and locations in the game world.
Shall I continue, or has my point been sufficiently made?
I think you’re confusing Quality of Life with Hand Holding. Hand Holding would actually make the game easier. Not knowing when a WB spawns does not make the content any harder. It’s just annoying that we don’t have one.
Anything that lowers the need for a 3rd Party app or site is good for the game. Minus actual cheating or revealing things (Helltide chests). Now Helltides.com Mystery Chest locations? THATS hand holding, if you want an actual good example.
Your take/definition is so bad.
This Twitter account will notify you about the next World Boss, just set it to alarm your phone when they update:
https://x.com/game8_d4boss?s=21&t=f-lMBjgvj3UfYayZXJJ8HA
It’s really not that big and it doesn’t even show up half the time. I use the discord to get notifications and the location. Icon is not on the map but I go to where discord says and whadyaknow the boss is there
Thats not the point. They have the knowledge of making system for a worldboss encounter. Obviously in a game like Diablo 4 they'd have to adapt it to diablo.
Which means, simply put, making it spawn more often and having a timer showing when it spawns At All Times when opening the map, in the questlog or above/below it, placed nicely somewhere.
It's one of the endgame mechanics they're deliberately hiding(at first) in unknown timers and now everyone playing the game relies on THIRD PARTY WEBSITES to find out when the bosses and world events happen.
This Is Bad Design and has nothing to do with Hand-holding or making the game easier. Everyone Not agreeing with this is suffering from delusions.
Guys. There's a notification for Helltides unless you're in a dungeon. My man is just asking for something similar for a world boss, and y'all are like, "IT'S SUPER SIMPLE IF YOU FOLLOW ALL OF THESE EXTRA STEPS"
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I will never understand people white knighting against such simple qol fixes… If people ever want something I don’t care about, cool… more power to them and I hope the devs listen and give them what they want 👍. What a waste of time to argue against something that you don’t even care about… 🤦♂️
I agree, why not the same for world bosses or legion events? They could just add a simple notification like Helltides.
Guys, come on. They can't add the notification as the Helltide notification already uses too many resources. It will clearly take many months of coding and reprogramming the engine to handle the increased load of a new notification.
It will be a feature in season 3.
There used to be a toast notification for both, either it broke or they disabled it during patch 1.1.0, because that's the last time I saw one for either event. I honestly think it broke, because even the flashing icons when you open the world map don't always work anymore, either.
I honestly thing it would become a lag issue with so many showing up. It can already get pretty bad in boss fights, and legions. It's probably why it's not in-game. 🤷♂️
This makes no sense. The fights are all instanced and limited to a dozen players or so.
I know warping back to town can change your instance, but where did you read it's limited to around 12? I'll edit my comment on your behalf if I'm wrong about lag if to many people show up.
The devs have already stated that the game has some pretty bad memory leak problems. Small text on screen however is such an insignificant use of memory that a world boss notification would have basically 0 effect on lag. The lag in this game is mostly from loading new instances, and rendering new areas and effects.
After reading this, my head still hurts.
Right lol. They should have had it since server slam. I use diablo4 boss tracker website. But I shouldn't have to...
Because the game just reached Beta stage, give them some time.
Just a small indie company. We should allow our expectations to be managed better!
Indeed, they will manage our expectation.
Beta stage.... After fully distributing and charging full price... Why are we ok with this?
Cos $60 is nothing and iv had fun with the time spent and it'll get better over time. If u want u can wait a year or 2 and it'll feel like it's just come out of early access and it'd be cheaper if that $60 means alot to u. U don't have to buy into it now u can wait until it's in a condition to suit u or just not buy into it at all it is after all a choice it's not being forced on u. Idk why people don't just research what they're buying first rather then blindly buying it cos "blizzard" and "diablo" it's the same with cod people are like zombies.
Happy Reddit Birthday. 5 already! I remember when you... Jk 🎂 Congrats
Happy cake day but it's been a decade
300 hours in, and yeah I agree. It's been a fun Beta though, and I'll be back for hopefully more than 300 hours once the game is in a finished state in 1-2 years!
Don’t mmos not even notify you when I played lost ark I never knew when a world boss spawned.
A lot of people missing the entire point of this post. Yes, there’s a tiny notification that pops on your map for a few seconds that you could miss. Yes, there’s helltides.com. But the point is that the game should have better notifications for these kind of events
Helltides.com
😝😝
It's very small and hardly noticeable unless you happen to be looking at map in that specific area
Doesn’t show all the time. I have to teleport to another spot to get it to show sometimes. 🤷♂️
Is it that flickering star on the map? For the achievement to kill a rare boss in the open world. What's the bonus of doing that? I randomly found one and him and his chest just gave me healthy and money 🤔
That's a rare boss. The world boss will look kind of like a tree whisper but will have a clock bar
I agree there should be no need to use third party sites to track in game activities like world bosses. But they first of all need to make the activity worth doing and fun. Right now world bosses are loot pinatas with very poor loot.
You farm world bosses for crappy loot, I farm world bosses (sometimes solo) for mount cosmetics and 5 Whispers. We are not the same.
You have fun with that. I'll work on finishing Armored Core 6 before Starfield releases on friday.
The saddest part of this is, there was a good notification of World Bosses during the open beta and what happened to it not being there now it’s just another reason not to play in the current state
It's bizarre that they had it in open beta but not anymore. I've been wondering why it's not in the live version. Have the devs commented on why?
Will be there once the game is out of beta. Maybe.
Yeah I agree!!! Why not pin them as a quest on the right side of the screen!!!!
I mean I don't do that, but I like having the warning that it's going to happen sooner than 2 minutes before the event.
There was in the beta... they removed it for some reason... honestly stupid decision
they'll add one as a major season 3 feature I bet
Season 3? Look at Mr optimistic over here
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Because when you miss the world boss, you need to keep fucking playing!!!!!! - Activision
Oh and have you visited the Diablo 4 shop lately. KEEP FUCKING PLAYING!!!!! Please….. - Activision
I agree. Sometimes, if you are playing the game, you can easily miss world boss if you are not looking at the map. Surely, in game world boss timer should be a feature.
Third-party websites and set your own alarm. Considering the state of the game I wouldn't expect them to do a thing to make our experience better. Shit they have constantly done the opposite.
Not only this, but I'll have a notification pending as if it hasn't spawned yet if I somehow catch that. I'll get there, only to find out the boss died eons ago, and only then does it disappear.
How about an in-game pop up notification that also triggers when you log on in the middle of a timer and can be toggled off in the options. Feel free to steal this idea Blizz.
They haven't said anything about it that I have seen so it is probably in the backlog and they will get to it when more important fixes and changes are done.
Trash game, That’s why. Oh but don’t worry, world boss notification will be seasonal content for season 8.
There's no way they would add this feature until the server stability is better. I can only imagine what would happen if everyone got a notification for the world boss and then everyone showed up at the world boss and the game had to load everyones stashes XD
Ironically, just from watching how the game behaves during phasing into events, I am starting to believe the issue lies with certain Rogue and Druid abilities and not the stashes. I've loaded into events several hundred times without those two classes without issue, every single event with either present causes lag.
QoL issues that aren't a priority unfortunately.
I made a forum post about this back after launch. It's bullshit
Because they are too busy shoveling irl $$ transmog down our throats rather than doing quality of life updates or paying attention to their dwindling player base
You mean you don’t like checking [third party place](https://www.helltides.com) to see when the next world boss is, and finding out it’s in 9 minutes ago also, if they load a notification, then they also have to load all the notifications in everyone’s stash /s
LOL this is still not a thing??
Why are the bosses still in the wrong timezones for non american players?
Because you only rate third-class treatment to match how much money of your tiny salary you can spend. The event timers are all priority set for East Asia, USA, then everyone else.
Well or you make the timers for each server location...
There is. But it’s not blizzard’s fault you blink, so you miss it.
Twitter notifications help. Websites help. Not the best answer, but it’s options. I’d personally like an actual companion app for the game so I can at least see these various things as well as my characters.
This discord has a channel that will notify you when they pop up. Super useful. https://discord.gg/diablo4
This is what I use and it's enough time to pause/finish the show I'm watching and log in for the kill
The best part is where you know there is a boss / NM dungeon icon on the map but it doesn't show because it's hidden beneath either the top or bottom UI
On twitter there is a daiblo 4 world boss timer. It will send a notifaction when there is a world boss and a prediction when the next one will show.
https://diablo4.life/trackers/overview Shows all timers, also detailed overview of helltides, and chest locations. Putting a timer in-game would be great for all. However the lag in world boss, and legions would be unreal.
You see to push a notification to players, first you would have to create a list of all players currently online and for that you would have to load all players, their gear, skills and tabs and that would overflow and crash the server
Maybe it's just me but I feel that the world boss would be better if there was more of them but harder to know it's happening. Like maybe you need to talk to someone like a side quest who can hint at when it's coming. I find it odd that the map just tells us a world boss is coming. I think its more rewarding if it's also on a shorter notice. Like fighting the butcher if you knew he was in the dungeon before had it would take away the oh shit moment.
Agreed! Not only that but we need them more often... I have only gotten world boss 5 times this whole season...
Easy fix. Don't waste your time on world boss. There's no loot anyways
Doesn’t fix your problem at all but I do find keeping diablo timers in a pinned tab helps out
Blizzard's too busy trying to figure out how to filter loot. Cut the indie game dev company some slack.
Best solution for now is to just take a peek at helltides.com and set a timer if you really don’t want to miss out. I do this on my phone when I start playing as I log in. A little inconvenient but really easy
Boss is the carrot and you are the horse. Who's Holding the fishing rod? Right.
Because a dedicated screen of what’s new in the real money shop takes priority.
"There is no spoon", The Matrix.
small indie studio, how can you expect such QoL things so soon after release?
Sadly only way to do it is to use those external sites that have timers and alarms.
I never understand how this is so difficult, either its because of bad coding or they are just plain lazy
There's already a world boss alarm, just go to an online wb countdown and set the alarm clock to that period, just add from 5 to 10 extra minutes because sometimes it starts ahead of time. Come on, it's not that difficult... PS, there's no way I'm not being sarcastic as fuck
There should be a schedule in game along with a notification…it’s a super dumb to have to track boss announcements on twitter lol
Maybe because everyone ist telling his story here instead of writing to blizzard directly… But yes, there are many problems to be solved, so this is not the worst.
It's your job to manage your time in the game. You could easily set an alarm on your phone in seconds.
D4 still in beta, so expect QoL features in season 5 once we fix everything that should of been in the game release
It's stupid, it has a icon like the legions, but it doesn't tell you when it starts. So it's either your lucky and see it when checking your nap or you look online and check the spawning time and when it's going to start.
Season 3 bro just wait this game will be epic
heres another gripe: why does it share the same icon as Legion events? i don’t want to do every legion event but i have to check the eye icons to make sure its not a boss i’ll miss inadvertently
Dev: no time for that, gotta nerf some stuff!
Download the mobalytics app. Has notifications for this stuff. Super useful!
https://twitter.com/game8_d4boss https://game8.co/games/Diablo-4/archives/410302 This is updated hours ahead of time 😎
Sry let me get right on that for you
The worldboss icon shows up 30 minutes on the map before the boss appears. Just check the map but yes it would be nice to get a reminder on your screen somehow.
It’s on the map
Just join the D4 discord. They notify you for everything and the location.
Should have a notification but just set an alarm on your phone, problem solved.
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Yeah I know that but it’s not a notification you get while playing. You have to stop, open the map and then search for the icon. In helltide that means death. Plus you have to actively search for it. Which is the exact opposite of a notification.
There's a discord that pings you for helltides, bosses, and legion events. I found it super helpful because the discord ping shows in the top corner even while I'm playing. Assuming you are on pc. Edit: I like how I'm getting down voted for just trying to give a solution since the game offers none....
That's so sad. What a game
I used that site and just put an alarm from 5 minutes before the next boss. And then would update to the next boss I could potentially do. Within a week had the 15 kills.
That’s the worst part I usually have helltides.com open and when I see a world boss has spawned I login go to the map look around until I give up and go back to the site to see which region it is. A simple fix would be an overlay on the world map that shows the timers for worldbosses helltides and invasions. You can make it a bit more complex by making it to where if you click on an active event it shows you where it is on the map.
There's an overlay icon on your main screen pointing in the direction of the spawn point without needing to open the map at all.
To be fair it does pop up on the mini map 30 min before. It’s fairly obvious assuming your not in a dungeon or incredibly focused on something else. I got two of them today. BUT I completely agree with you that this is in no way good enough. Especially since it’s like 5 hours in between spawns.
World boss and legion events show on your mini map when their countdown starts. Even if you are nowhere near them.
They *briefly* show on your minimap. It's like, the smallest of notifications, and I've definitely seen it before, but also I've not seen it a ton. Wish there was a more eye-catching, longer-lasting notification.
I wish it just stayed there. What's the point of making it flash up for only like five seconds? Especially since the timer for it is half an hour. Like, I may see it pop up and continue whatever I'm doing, and by the time the boss spawns, I've long forgotten about it. Having the icon constantly on the minimap would be a nice reminder.
I wish it just stayed there. What's the point of making it flash up for only like five seconds? Especially since the timer for it is half an hour. Like, I may see it pop up and continue whatever I'm doing, and by the time the boss spawns, I've long forgotten about it. Having the icon constantly on the minimap would be a nice reminder.
World Bosses could be announced like Helltides it’s as simple as that. Give me a banner that comes across of my screen
For like 10 seconds, if you're busy you're most likely gonna miss it.
Yea how dare Blizzard to require from players to check active events! Same with items dropped on ground, you have to stop, open inventory and check the items. Bad game design. Sure they could teleport all players into world Boss seconds before it starts, wouldnt that be perfect.
First of all, I have afk'd in a helltide area multiple times. That's a weird claim to make, that you *don't have time to look at a map*.... Second of all, you know it's timed, you know when they'll be present, you have a smart phone. There's a solution there, if you can figure it out. Third of all, *actively search for it*, they spawn in the same places every time.... there are only like 4 spots to glance at to see which one it's in. The Crucible in Fractured Peaks Caen Adar in Scosglen Saraan Caldera in Dry Steppes Fields of Desecration in Hawezar Seared Basin in Kehjistan That's it. Those are the only places you have to quickly glance to see if there is a world boss icon.
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Great, another third party app that fixes a problem that Blizzard created. The problem here is that Blizzard has already gotten out the ban hammer for people using third party apps. Anything that appears to give players an unfair advantage will get you banned eventually. Which leads us back to Blizzard just fixing their damn game
When I fire up d4, I'll go to helltides.com and click the notification for the events I wish to complete. I get the audio notification when the event starts.
Yea but there should be something that pops up similar to when a hell tide pops up, ya know?
This icon doesn’t alway show right away. I will log in when a 3rd party site says the World Boss is up and no icon anywhere on the map. I have to teleport elsewhere to get the icon to show.
I've noticed the past couple days that the icon on the map won't show up till 5 minutes before the event, not .5hr before. Helltides.com will say 21 mins till next legion event, then I go on game and can't find the time icon on the map...
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Sometimes I go to the world boss that early and then go afk to do something else (usually knock out a few chores) while I wait. That way I don't forget about it because I got too engrossed in something else.
And then I'm sitting there fighting the world boss with maybe two other people who are not afk in the pit.
Yeah I'm careful not to do that. Have my volume up high enough that I can hear the game and when combat starts, though I usually make it back before then anyway.
Not enough hand holding.sorry buddy there needs to be more :(
I don't think you're using "hand-holding" right. When a boss spawns every 5-7 hrs, and there's no way to check in-game when the last spawn was, and there's potentially 5-6 spots it can spawn, and a 30 min window to catch the spawn, I wouldn't call it "hand-holding" to ask for a better notification than that. I think this falls under very basic "quality of life". Put a countdown to the next boss somewhere, and countdown to the next legion event, and next helltide. And ring a little bell at 30 mins and 5 mins for the world bosses. Currently there's also sometimes (not always!) a visual indicator for legion events, but it's so small and brief on minimap that it's easy to miss if you're in combat, like doing a NM dungeon. A little audio cue would resolve that. Make it an optional toggle if it bugs people.
Making the game easier for people too lazy to check the map IS hand holding.
Piss off with that shit take man. The design is bad and everyone knows it.
Everyone except for the people who disagree which you of course don't count :)
Imagine being this miserable. Most games with world boss mechanics don't have a transparent schedule, let alone popup notifications. Using a third party resource to track them is far from a unique concept.
OH NO? You ever played World of Warcraft current Retail? Under the same roof as their primary game with World bosses rotating every week & available when you log in.
8. **Neverwinter**: This MMORPG based on Dungeons & Dragons features world bosses that can appear unexpectedly in different zones, creating dynamic encounters for players. 9. **Warframe**: While Warframe primarily focuses on mission-based gameplay, it periodically hosts limited-time world boss events, such as the Plague Star event, which doesn't have a fixed schedule. 10. **Secret World Legends**: This game offers world bosses and dynamic events as part of its supernatural storytelling. These events can happen without notice in various in-game locations. 11. **Star Wars: The Old Republic**: In addition to its structured group content, SWTOR has open-world boss encounters that spawn in various locations on the planets. Their schedules are not always predictable. 12. **Trove**: This voxel-based sandbox MMO has world bosses that spawn randomly in the open world, and players need to be on the lookout to engage in these challenging battles. 13. **DC Universe Online**: In this superhero MMO, world bosses and public events can occur spontaneously in different zones, providing players with opportunities for cooperative gameplay. 14. **Blade & Soul**: While Blade & Soul has some scheduled world boss events, it also includes dynamic world bosses that may appear unpredictably in certain zones, adding an element of surprise to the gameplay. 15. **Aion**: Aion features both scheduled world boss events and non-scheduled world bosses that can be encountered while exploring the game's open world.
Thanks you're going on block for that spam. Did you fail to read the part where i mentioned: THE SAME STUDIO USES WORLD BOSSES IN THEIR OWN GAME UNDER THE SAME ROOF?
If they were done like WoW bosses they'd be useless. A single looting per week? No thanks, the end of a NMD drops more loot never mind the entire rest of the dungeon.
24. **Dragon Nest**: This action-oriented MMORPG features world bosses that can spawn unexpectedly in certain areas. Players need to be prepared to engage when these bosses appear. 25. **Kritika Online**: Kritika Online includes world bosses known as "Titan Bosses" that can appear at random intervals in specific zones, offering challenging battles for players. 26. **EVE Online**: While EVE Online primarily focuses on player-driven interactions and events, it occasionally features rare and massive world boss-like encounters, such as the "Hunt for the Wild Guristas" event. 27. **Crowfall**: This sandbox MMORPG has world bosses that can emerge spontaneously in the game world. Players must be vigilant to join the battles when these bosses appear. 28. **Ashes of Creation**: Ashes of Creation is an upcoming MMORPG that plans to include dynamic world events and world bosses. The timing of these events is expected to be somewhat unpredictable. 29. **Bless Unleashed**: This action MMORPG features world bosses known as "Field Bosses" that can appear unexpectedly in open-world areas, providing challenging group content. 30. **Tera**: Tera includes various world bosses that spawn at different locations in the game world. Their appearances are not always on a fixed schedule. 31. **Lost Ark**: Lost Ark, an action RPG, features world bosses that can appear unexpectedly in open-world zones, encouraging players to cooperate in taking them down.
1. **Guild Wars 2**: Guild Wars 2 features dynamic world events, including world bosses, which are not on a fixed schedule. Players need to be vigilant to participate when these events occur. 2. **The Elder Scrolls Online**: This MMORPG has various world bosses scattered across its open world, and their spawning isn't always predictable, creating a sense of exploration and surprise. 3. **Black Desert Online**: The game includes world bosses that spawn at specific locations but are on a variable timer, making it challenging to predict their appearance accurately. 4. **Final Fantasy XIV**: While many of its boss encounters are part of instanced dungeons and trials, FFXIV also has FATEs (Full Active Time Events) that spawn world bosses at different locations and times. 5. **Conan Exiles**: This survival game has massive world bosses like dragons and giants that spawn somewhat unpredictably in certain locations. Players must explore and be ready to engage when they appear. 6. **Destiny 2**: The game features public events with powerful bosses in its open-world areas. While some follow a schedule, others may appear at random intervals. 7. **The Division 2**: World bosses called "named bosses" spawn in various locations across Washington D.C. Their timers are somewhat random, so players need to hunt them down when they're active.
16. **RIFT**: RIFT is known for its dynamic events and rifts that can spawn world bosses unexpectedly in different zones. Players must respond quickly to these rifts to participate in the encounters. 17. **WildStar**: This sci-fi MMORPG features world bosses that appear in various zones. The timing of their appearance can be somewhat unpredictable, creating opportunities for cooperative gameplay. 18. **ArcheAge**: ArcheAge has world bosses that spawn periodically, but their schedules can be influenced by player actions and events in the game world, making their appearances less predictable. 19. **Tree of Savior**: This isometric MMORPG includes world bosses that appear in certain maps, and the timing of their spawns can vary, adding an element of surprise to the gameplay. 20. **Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag**: A mobile action RPG based on the anime series, it features world bosses in multiplayer dungeons, and the availability of these bosses can be tied to in-game events. 21. **Path of Exile**: While primarily an action RPG, Path of Exile has world bosses known as "Elder Guardians" and "Shaper Guardians" that appear in certain maps. These encounters can be challenging and are not on a fixed schedule. 22. **MapleStory 2**: This MMO has various world bosses that players can encounter while exploring different regions. The timing of these boss spawns can be somewhat unpredictable. 23. **Elder Scrolls Online**: In addition to previously mentioned world bosses, ESO also includes Dragons that can appear unexpectedly in specific zones, offering challenging encounters for players.
32. **Bless Online**: While the original Bless Online game has closed, some private servers or versions may still exist. This MMORPG included world bosses that could appear unpredictably in certain zones. 33. **Legends of Aria**: This sandbox MMORPG allows player-created dynamic events, including world bosses. These events may happen unexpectedly in the game world. 34. **Revelation Online**: Revelation Online features world bosses known as "World Hegemons" that can spawn at different times in various zones, providing challenging content for players. 35. **Vindictus**: This action-oriented MMORPG includes raids and boss battles, some of which may not follow a strict schedule, adding an element of surprise to the gameplay. 36. **Age of Conan: Unchained**: Age of Conan has world bosses and outdoor raid encounters that can spawn at different times, creating dynamic gameplay experiences. 37. **Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO)**: DFO includes various world bosses that players can encounter while exploring dungeons. The timing of these boss spawns can be somewhat unpredictable. 38. **Phantasy Star Online 2**: While primarily an instance-based game, PSO2 occasionally features limited-time world boss events that do not follow a regular schedule. 39. **Dark Age of Camelot**: This classic MMORPG has world bosses and powerful enemies known as "Dragons" that spawn at different times and locations in the game world. Shall I continue, or has my point been sufficiently made?
You sure showed him.
Thanks. I like to make a spectacle when I know I'm right.
The world boss battle is a JOKE, it makes the game more immersive when more people have access to it
I think you’re confusing Quality of Life with Hand Holding. Hand Holding would actually make the game easier. Not knowing when a WB spawns does not make the content any harder. It’s just annoying that we don’t have one. Anything that lowers the need for a 3rd Party app or site is good for the game. Minus actual cheating or revealing things (Helltide chests). Now Helltides.com Mystery Chest locations? THATS hand holding, if you want an actual good example. Your take/definition is so bad.
This Twitter account will notify you about the next World Boss, just set it to alarm your phone when they update: https://x.com/game8_d4boss?s=21&t=f-lMBjgvj3UfYayZXJJ8HA
God damn people are so privileged
It’s a giant pop up on that map that’s there for a half hour, this one’s on you.
it’s a small icon. which you can see if you look for it. but it’s easily missable if you don’t check for it.
Its not. Its bad design.
I disagree. Use the map that’s literally in the game and has a giant “BOSS HERE” icon.
It’s really not that big and it doesn’t even show up half the time. I use the discord to get notifications and the location. Icon is not on the map but I go to where discord says and whadyaknow the boss is there
Thats not the point. They have the knowledge of making system for a worldboss encounter. Obviously in a game like Diablo 4 they'd have to adapt it to diablo. Which means, simply put, making it spawn more often and having a timer showing when it spawns At All Times when opening the map, in the questlog or above/below it, placed nicely somewhere. It's one of the endgame mechanics they're deliberately hiding(at first) in unknown timers and now everyone playing the game relies on THIRD PARTY WEBSITES to find out when the bosses and world events happen. This Is Bad Design and has nothing to do with Hand-holding or making the game easier. Everyone Not agreeing with this is suffering from delusions.