Diablo Season of Infernal Chaos. This sets up a fight between the specters of the new fire-filled powers with a class-wise war against the armies of Hell. This news was flashed in an official Twitter announcement, which was immediately followed by quite heated discussions, some even steering toward a negative front.
So what really will be going down in the new season? It’ll be basically each class in their unique way, standing against the demon forces. The tweet teased “Chaos at your fingertips” with fiery emoji and a sword, which is pretty amazing. The Diablo community though? Mixed emotions-grumbling and quite a bit of confusion.
Some players really were outright insults. Then, we have a terrible one. One player, Shandral, went full rage, tagging the Diablo account and saying “for Charlie, you should all get fired”. Ouch. And then, there is Eleanor Terrett calling it “small amount of shit,” which is ironically not a compliment. Zayon states that since the member of the Gaming Communism will be in Japan from September 22 to October 6, the season ought to be delayed. Sorry, Zayon, schools hardly ever think about that.
Then: Xbox said, “LET THE FIRES BURN!” Andy Akins smiled and said, “Can’t wait. :)” It’s good to see some pretty stoked people for the season. Loudly, however, go the voices of dissent. :: (yes, that’s the username) begged Blizzard to revert the changes to the season pass and their journeys because “There was zero reason to change them. They were fine. You should’ve worked on sorting actual issues.”
Then we have a bigger criticism about where the game is placed. Matt says he is disappointed that Diablo IV was turned into a “1 skill spam game like the others aRPG.” Later on, Trystan Grace added some harsher words toward tempering ruining gear by shouting, “YOUR GAME IS NOT FUN,” and saying both he and others “aren’t gonna wait till season eleven” for November to splash out a fix.
Players have already turned towards setting some sights on the next season. Shawn Kennedy responded with “Just more of the same. Wake me up when it’s expansion time,” followed by a Gif of someone sleeping. DaBrownBull asked about season 11, “That’s where the good stuffs at.” And William Moreno proceeded to call the content seasonal “junk” and demanded straightforwardly when do we get an actual prime evil.
Some questions are very particular too. Ulad asked, “And where is charged Sorcerer?” while Sir Furball wanted answers for the second expansion and Paladin class. KaraiSuzuki was requesting monk support for consoles with the cute emoticon: ✌︎(‘ω’)✌︎. GAM3S.GG jokingly proposed, “How about Sept 18th 😏” —a subtle prompt to push for an earlier release.
There’s that other obvious elephant still: microtransactions. One user, creativityisded, said: “another season of bare minimum effort from devs for actual gameplay but maximum profits from the mtx shop. the activision blizzard motto.” This is exactly the sentiment many players carry against live-service games nowadays.
Going against the negative backlash, one could argue Diablo seasons have managed to keep at least half of the players invested in either love or rage. Season of Infernal Chaos brings new powers and new chaos, literally; all come dropping late September. For some players, this is an impetus to jump back into Sanctuary; for others, this is a reminder of how they feel about the game.
So with Blizzard pumping out season content, there is an almost fervent response from the community. Is the season able to sway any critics before it further ignites the contempt? Diablo players will always make sure their opinion has been heard. Perhaps those class powers will be the ones that change everything-now that was a promise for the players.
