Drama aside for Diablo IV Patch 2.2.3 with this tagline: “Ready your blade, or be consumed by darkness đź’€.” And then comes the response of the community: truly deserving chaos; buzz was there to start with; some people were packing their bags for Path of Exile, and some others were simply at a loss.
The patch is there. 2.2.3 went live with UI tweaks, seasonal adjustments, and a couple of things silently slipped in, probably fixes that Blizzard didn’t bother to put in neon signs. But that really ain’t the drama-the drama is in the replies.
One player, @ItsSnitzyy, outright asked if the devs really gave up on Diablo IV; in his words, making money just through the shop until Diablo V comes around. Ouch. Another, @stevexand86, asked for armor sets and less nerfs, with a plea for Blizzard to “power up other builds” rather than just nerf everything. While @Rictouss1 is willing to keep the game uninstalled until werewolf crit/poison builds get their due.
Some have no shade to throw. The likes of @GgIknow18753 refute critics arguing that there are still over 196,000 players active (though where they got that number would be anyone’s guess). Meanwhile, @SonOfTristram argued against Steam stats telling the whole story and claimed Diablo IV is “everything but dead.”
And then, much like an elite pack, the Path of Exile clan just loiters somewhere in the backdrop. @jmolime let all of his anger fly freely: Diablo IV is a “one-button phone game” compared to PoE’s complexity. @Spiropent420 agreed with the others and said, “Just go back to PoE if real depth is what you want.” But @GgIknow18753 warned him again not to; he stated that market prices in PoE are outrageous.
Then came the streamer issues. @FireTypeSupreme lamented the fact that big-name streamers totally razed through Season 9 content, so it left small-time creators utterly in its dust. They really laid it on thick with Raxx, too—known Diablo streamer that he is.
To each their own, some grind, some eye the exit, some look for that mythical murloc pet (okay, @CuteCatCarla1, we’ll just name and shame you). Diabolically loud-well, that’s one curse of the Diablo IV community. Then comes the real question: Is Blizzard listening?
The Patch 2.2.3 maybe not the colossal change some hoped for, but hey, at least the conversations are alive. This is half the battle of a live-service game anyway. Who needs the game now when demons await to be slayed—or uninstalled?
