Season 1 in Diablo 4 could not particularly convince the community. The lack of good endgame content and the grind quickly led to a yawning emptiness in Sanctuary. This is supposed to change with Season 2, as Blizzard is already talking about a lot of stuff that is supposed to await you.
What is the problem with Season 1? Many fans get upset when they think about Season 1. Whether it’s due to the trivial season quest, the season mechanics, nerfs, or lack of new endgame content – it’s all no fun.
Season 1 was a disaster for Blizzard, but this is supposed to change with Season 2. Rod Fergusson, the head behind Diablo, left a teaser on Twitter, stirring up the excitement for Season 2.
When does Season 1 end? Season 1 in Diablo 4 is supposed to end on October 17, 2023. The time is not known yet, but we estimate it to be around the evening between 6 or 7 PM.
Season 2 is supposed to revolve around vampires. A trailer already shows glimpses of the new catastrophe:
Blizzard tries to hype the fans
What does Blizzard say? Rod Fergusson wrote on his Twitter account about the amount of ‘things’ that players can expect in Season 2. According to him, there’s: ‘So much stuff in Diablo 4 Season 2 that Adam Fletcher (Community Director of Diablo) has to host two deep dive streams to cover it all!’.
Adam then replied with the following words: ‘It’s quite a lot. I expect both streams to last about 2 hours’.
Here’s the tweet from the two Diablo colleagues:
Content-wise, however, this tweet provides no new information. Neither about what players can expect nor when they can expect new information regarding Season 2. Either way, the fans of Diablo 4 have an opinion on Rod Fergusson’s statement, and it is very clear.
What does the community say? Players are not falling for this kind of advertising. They do not trust Rod Fergusson and want solid information on what to expect in Season 2. A Reddit user therefore responds as follows to this tweet:
- zeroskill99: ‘I’m not interested, just publish an article lol…that’s not hard.’
- DisasterDifferent543: ‘I’d rather read patch notes than listen to developers lying to us about how great everything is.’
- shawnkfox: ‘Rod said Season 1 would also be great. I assume that every word that comes out of Rod’s mouth is complete nonsense until proven otherwise.’
- Pousse_m0usse ‘I have no trust in Rod and I am far above this marketing talk. I can hardly wait to receive more ‘chunky’, terrible patch notes. It may sound salty, but they need to rebuild trust, their private jokes interest no one. The lesson learned is anyway: It’s so hard for me to deal with my expectations that I have none.’
It remains to be seen how Blizzard can win back the trust of the player base. So far, Season 1 is not going well, and Path of Exile 2 is hot on the developers’ heels. The game could compete with Diablo 4: I played Path of Exile 2 and it’s already doing 3 things better than Diablo 4
