Any word on this issue yet?

If we can swap in passives at any time, and we e.g. still have magic find or gold find traits, then it would become standard to activate the magic/gold find passive when slaying a boss monster.

Also, I don't know if the gameplay suffers if passives are totally free to swap at any time. If you are badly damaged e.g., and have a faster run trait, you might want to swap it in to get away from mobs.

Solution might be that passive swapping is only allowed in town or so. Active swapping should be available all the time, because that is what Blizzard is intending, no?

We don't want skill/passive switching to be a meta game, but we want to make sure when someone just leveled up in the field they can try out a new skill they unlocked.

Right now we're thinking no swaps in boss fights or the arena will be enough, but we're still taking a wait and see.

I kind of like the idea of making it difficulty restricted. No swapping outside of town in Nightmare/Hell. But maybe that just makes people jet back to town more to swap out and it drags out play sessions? I don't know. I'm kind of back and forth on it. (note: I do not make these decisions)

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Agreed. Make it free in Normal. This way, end-game builds should be set... so if you want to change your character at that point, you have to re-level.

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