Unlike Season 1, Diablo 4 devs have no plans to nerf the fun in Season 2

Oct. 24, 2023

Season of Blood’s launch has been much smoother

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Diablo 4 Season 2 has been met with a warm fan reception and Blizzard has no plans to nerf the fun this time around.

Diablo 4’s second season, called Season of Blood, launched earlier this month and broughtvampire-themedshenanigans to the game. But unlike the game’s first season, this new one seems to have gone down easier. “We’re glad players are having fun in DiabloIV Season of Blood,” designer Joe Shely writes onTwitter, adding that the team “have no plans to nerf it.”

The comments about nerfing fun are probably in reference to the game’s widely controversial first season, which even prompted community management director Adam Fletcher toadmit: “We know it is bad, we know it is not fun.” The bumpy fallout from the first season was the result of nerfs that made several fun builds unviable, significantly increasing the already monotonous grind.

Those issues aren’t so present in Season of Blood, which accompanied a patch that vastlyimproved the game’s worst class. Blizzard’s president hasrepeatedly emphasized how “insane” the new season’s loot drops are- a change that has hopefully made the grind even more worth it. Oh, and the game finallyhas good mounts now. But all the improvementsweren’t enough to boost Steam user reviewswhen Diablo 4 was recently released on the storefront, despite its top-seller status.

For those who are still on the fence about the hugely popular but hugely divisive hack-and-slasher, you cancurrently play 10 hours of Diablo 4 for free on Xboxconsoles. Now might be a good time to jump in, not just because of Season 2, but becausesleuths are getting close to discovering the game’s secret cow level.

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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.

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