It’s fair to say that Diablo 4: Season of the Malignant has not lived up to expectations.
For Blizzard, it’s a clumsy start to Diablo 4’s much talked-about future as a live-service game.
Thats not the only Battle Pass problem Diablo 4 has right now.
This level of corporate double-dipping so early in the games lifetime does not bode well for its future.
Seasonal content in a Diablo game is a tricky thing.
In Diablo 4, each season adds something to the mix by taking away something else.
For example, Malignant items replace gem slots for jewellery this season.
Old characters are rendered unusable for the sake of new game-changing content.
The ongoing controversy has changed the teams mind,as buffs are slowly coming later in August.
Diablo 4s horse problem feels like a microcosm of its appallingly slow gameplay loop.
By Season 2 or Season 3, the endgame grind might get to be too much for most players.
What other reason can there possibly be to pump the brakes when people are having fun?
After players complained about the Sorcerer getting nerfed, the developer announced new buffs for the class.
Heres the thing: none of these changes bring the game back to where it was pre-Season 1.
All of the games classes will still be worse off, seeing as their many nerfs havent been reversed.
A few buffs will help Barbarians and Sorcerers out, but theyre still the worst-performing classes overall.
