“We know it is bad. We know it is not fun. We ourselves know it’s not the greatest play experience for players out there,” Blizzard said.
…and released the patch anyway
I like how they said they also intended to lower the lower level of NM dungeons but that part didn’t make it into the patch. Like their hands were completely tied.
“Hey we removed the seat belts from your car, but don’t worry we should have airbags ready in the next couple months.”
“We nerfed cooldown reduction because it was too important”
Uh, hey genius, you just made it more important by making it less effective. Now instead of people being content with having it in 2 slots, they’re going to need/want 3 or more slots with it.
To make it less valuable to players you should have made it easier to acquire, then players could focus on adding other things in their build.
Doubt
The reaction to this was pretty overblown IMO but :shrug:
After seeing that twitch chat I am so disappointed with the Diablo community. It’s fine to express your opinion on the patch but I saw death threats, people who have got 100’s of hours of playtime spamming for refunds, insults toward the way developers physically looked, and basically no one attempting to be civil or approach this situation with a level head. I’m a longtime Diablo player but only recently started watching their streams and following various related socials and it’s so sad that this community seems to be as toxic as wow or destiny. Blizzard needs to be better but apparently so do many of its players.
I’ll never be able to understand just how addicted some of the people posting vitriol about this game actually are to video games.
Reading through reddit today, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelming pity and then sadness.
I really feel bad for those types of people. Games are supposed to be fun, but these complaints read with so much hate that I can’t help but think they are hopelessly addicted to video games and it’s affecting their actual happiness.
I get the impression that some of these people were expecting that Diablo 4 was going to allow them to build a meaningful and fulfilling life around playing it at least 4 hours everyday 7 days per week. And now they are desperately sad and angry and having an existential crisis.
I agree, buncha crybabies. If you don’t like the nerfs go play Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
If you think it’s a difficulty based complaint vs. a turning the game into a not fun slog with no end goal complaint. You’re understanding people’s complaints about the patch incorrectly for the most part.
I am unironically hyped for Hello Kitty Island Adventure. I just hope they port it to PC or Switch, because I can’t justify getting into the Apple ecosystem for one game, no matter how cool it looks.
…and in case you were joking and didn’t know, Hello Kitty Island Adventure is now a real thing.
I think perhaps we can come to some middle ground between those two sentiments though! The nerfs were a bit heavy, but the game is still new, no one should really be so upset at major changes dropping before the start of the first season. People acting like Blizzard stole their money and slept with their mother… The game isn’t even unplayable.
