Diablo 4 players feel \u201cscammed\u201d by the lack of live-service content Blizzard EntertainmentDiablo 4 developers have promised a new season every three months but players feel short-changed by the lack of any significant content in between. The absence of timed challenges or events has called into question the game\u2019s live service designation. Diablo 4\u2019s community and developers have had a tumultuous relationship since the game\u2019s record-breaking launch. Poorly received nerfs, bans on trading, and accusations of \u201cboring\u201d gameplay loops have marred the game\u2019s lifecycle. The game\u2019s player and viewer counts have also been drastically declining despite being less than a month into its first season. Recent headlines surrounding the game will tell you that Diablo 4 players are less than happy with Season of the Malignant. The lack of a perceivably compelling endgame or content added after the season\u2019s launch has prompted players on Reddit to ask \u201cWhat is live service about Diablo 4?\u201d Fans sounded off in the thread by listing grievances with how the game has been rolled out. Reddit user Selected-Rep went as far as to call Blizzard\u2019s categorization of Diablo 4 as a live service game \u201cfalse marketing\u201d. \u201cThey don\u2019t do any weekly activities, they haven\u2019t added any of the other dungeons to the nightmare pool, there\u2019s no special weekend events,\u201d they posted. \u201cYou are doing the same thing you did last month.\u201d Users in the thread concurred with Selected-Rep\u2019s assessment with many feeling the game is incomplete. Speaking on the state of the game, one user even suggested \u201cIt kind of feels like a scam\u201d. Other users highlighted Diablo 4\u2019s need for a roadmap to restore community confidence. \u201cSome idea of what the devs are focusing on and a content plan would go a long way,\u201d one intoned. The more optimistic fans of Diablo 4 pointed out that the previous title launched in a similar state but was improved through DLC. Those less sold on the idea argued that having to pay for DLC to make a $70 game feel complete was \u201cpredatory\u201d. Interestingly, the suggestion for more clarity from developers on planned content is not a new suggestion. Fans recently begged Blizzard for a Diablo 4 roadmap to ease their concerns about the future of the game. It\u2019s unknown whether or not Blizzard plans to launch additional content during seasons in the future or not. Season of the Malignant ends on October 17 which may give them time to consider the move heading into season 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diablo 4 players feel \u201cscammed\u201d by the lack of live-service content Blizzard EntertainmentDiablo 4 developers have promised a new season every three months but players feel short-changed by the lack of any significant content in between. The absence of timed challenges or events has called into question the game\u2019s live service designation. Diablo 4\u2019s community […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}