How will Blizzard handle future seasons of Diablo 4 compared to the previous two games? The director of the franchise confided in the next plans.
No thunderous announcements at Gamescom 2023 for Diablo 4, but Rod Fergusson, the director of the franchise, gave interviews. And the main subject of these interviews is none other than the management of the seasons by the teams, after a season 1 which was a flop with the players. The person concerned said that it was a more difficult task than for the previous episodes.
The new seasons of Diablo 4 are a great challenge for Blizzard
In a chat with Gameradar, Chief Brand Officer Rod Fergusson admitted to the mistakes of the disastrous Season 1 of Diablo 4. “We made mistakes in how to manage expectations. And it was difficult because we felt like we were doing the right thing. We tried to go a little fast, to be reactive, but that was not the solution. We realized there was a problem with managing expectations, and we had to own up to that and recognize that we needed to do better, especially in the way patch notes were released.”.
A mea culpa coupled with a promise “to make the game better” in the future. But it won’t be easy according to Fergusson who compares the approach to seasons in Diablo 4 compared to Diablo 2 Resurected or Diablo 3.
“That’s one of the challenges of game-service, as we’re trying to appeal to a wider audience. For Diablo 2 Resurected, for example, Season 2 is all about the ranking race. In Diablo 3, these are changes to mechanics or stats. With Diablo 4, and since we’re trying to appeal to both RPG and action-RPG players, we want to have more of a storyline, a quest line, rich content that isn’t limited to skill changes. We must have all of this. And given that the seasons are more consistent, because they cater to a larger number of players, it is certainly a little more difficult. Because there is more content to bring” (via Gamesradar).
Protect Your Neck For Season 2 The Vampires Are Coming
After season 1 of Malfeasance, Diablo 4 will launch season 2 of Blood from October 17, 2023. An evocative name since it will be punctuated by the arrival of vampires. Full of bloodsuckers. Novelties ? Obviously, starting with completing new quests with Erys. A ghoul hunter. “A razor-toothed menace awaits you in season two, Nomad. Following their lord’s orders, an army of newly transformed and hungry vampires have invaded Sanctuary. The vampires’ sinister purpose remains a mystery, but their bloodlust has angered the populace. You must learn to hunt these hunters, your fate depends on it”.
New vampiric powers will be offered to you in Diablo 4 season 2, as well as new endgame bosses to snatch very special items from them. Things that you wouldn’t have been able to recover in normal times, subject to annihilating these high level opponents. Players will have to start from scratch with a seasonal character, but with a twist since “paragon points, potion charges, obol ability upgrades, and skill points now carry over into the new season if you earned them with a character from the Eternal Realm or the previous Seasonal Realm”. Finally, we remind you that there will also be changes in the management of gems, elemental resistances and status effects (vulnerable, overwhelmed, etc.) or even critical damage.