ADiablo 4player has found a minor tweak in the settings that can improve the readability of loot stats and descriptions.Diablo 4’s Season of the Malignant is almost here, and the game’s first season is set to bring new items as well as a battle pass to the world of Sanctuary.
Reading all the stats and effects of freshly acquiredloot is a big part ofDiablo 4, and players can often spend quite a long time weighing the pros and cons of a collection of new gear. Comparing equipped items with new loot and deciphering which item will best suit one’s build is important, but sometimes certain stats can take up multiple lines of text, muddying the waters. This can slow up the process of reading stats just enough to make evaluating gear feel somewhat tedious, especially since players can accumulate fresh loot at a rapid pace.
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A solution has been found by a Reddit user named Hamiltoned who posted two images in theDiablo 4subreddit of the same piece of Ancestral gear, Ghostwalker Doom Threads, side-by-side. On the right was the piece of gear with the default medium text size, while on the left was that same item with small text size. The difference may not be easy to spot at first, however, upon closer inspection, one can see that theSorcerer-exclusive Frost Nova and Ice Armorstats take up an extra line and put a break in the text with the default medium format. The smaller text size keeps each stat contained on a single line, with exception to the imprinted stat, which improves the neatness and readability of the item.
Making text size smaller to improve readability may initially seem counterintuitive, as it’s much easier to read larger letters on a screen. However, while this small change shrinks the overall size of the gear panel, it’s made up for with every stat able to have its own line. It’s also important to note thatDiablo 4doesn’t pause. While many players first reach thesafety of one ofDiablo 4’s townsbefore digging through their new loot, there are many cases where players examine loot out in the world or in a dungeon where they can be attacked at nearly any moment. Having neater stat text can help make that process quicker, thus decreasing the time that players spend vulnerable in these scenarios.
Commenters under the post,especiallyDiablo 4Necromancer players, added that many of the stats and imprinted effects are so large that they look like entire paragraphs and can take a long time to read through while in a hurry. Perhaps Blizzard may take a look at further improving the readability of some item stats down the line. For now, Hamiltoned’s solution of swapping to smaller text seems to be a sufficient remedy.
Diablo 4is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
