The developers are working with patches and updates to continuously improve Diablo Immortal. Recently, with Season 3, an update for the troops was released. But this very system annoys many players. It is considered unnecessary, and players should rather focus on clans.
What is this system? Troops, or “Warbands,” are groups of 8 players that are firmly linked together. Some of the group content in Diablo Immortal is specifically designed for troops.
Warbands serve to excite players for groups without having to join a clan right away. They are like a middle ground between solo play and clans, or guilds.
Now, with the start of Season 3 on August 3, troops received an enhancement. In the blog post about the mini-update, it says:
The troop menu now shows you which members of your troop are online and what activity in the game they are currently engaged in.
It was said to be difficult to organize troop activities if you couldn’t see what the others were doing. The change is meant to make it easier. But especially on reddit, many players demand that the system simply be removed altogether.
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“Troops are such an annoying hassle”
Why do troops annoy? Some rewards and progress in Diablo Immortal can only be obtained if you play in troops. Even the previous major update 1.5.2 placed a greater focus on troops.
Since then, it has been possible to earn an extra legendary emblem weekly. This makes farming legendary gems easier, which has been a major point of criticism for many players. Because the gems are considered a significant pay-to-win factor in Diablo Immortal.
For the reward, however, you must defeat one of the raid bosses from the relic of hell in a troop. However, according to many players, this is annoying because hardly anyone has 8 active players who can be reached continuously. You have to coordinate and cannot play at will.
This leads to joining troops only for one activity, then leaving again. A real sense of community does not develop.
In the video, we explain what the legendary gems are all about and how you can obtain them:
This is what the players say: The topic of troops keeps coming up on reddit. One of the newer threads is one of the largest there and has already received 950 upvotes. Players demand: Instead of strengthening troops, the activities should be opened up for clans instead.
Many players agree that clans are the better option for social interaction and collaboration in Diablo Immortal. But they are not supported enough, as user Hogridahh says:
Having a home for the clan and a chest for all members would be great. We are lacking big clan content outside of the ritual.
Others agree that a kind of camp for the clan would be a cool idea – similar to the troop camp, but for more players. Currently, the faction war between shadows and immortals is the major content for clans.
Players are constantly asking Blizzard to simply remove troops from the game altogether instead of revising them somehow. So far, however, there has been no information on whether this will happen in the near future.
Some of the most diligent players have apparently found out that you can really play Diablo Immortal too much:
Diablo Immortal apparently has a “real” limit for experience points: A player shows that he gets 0 %
