I have yet to play the new season, but have been hearing it’s been called “the worst patch in ARPG history,” and wanted to know if this is the general consensus.
It wasn’t great, but IMO Blizzard communities are very fast to rage and make things sound worse than they are. The devs already acknowledged it was a miss and talked about how they plan to do better. I’d just say play and form your own opinion on it.
I had to keep checking if I was still in the Helltide area because cinders hadn’t dropped in so long. It’s happened a few times.
Helltide chest costs went up and rewards went down. This game should always and only ever dial up the the difficulty, never dial down the rewards.
Idk so much about the balance changes, but season 1 feels pretty uninspired to me. The core mechanic of it sort of feels like they just combined the gem/aspect crafting and called it new. The enemies/dungeons associated with the malignant don’t feel very different from the ones that were already in the game. Overall, it doesn’t feel very engaging to me. Granted, I’ve only just started a seasonal character, so maybe it gets better as you level up, but I don’t really see how it could change that much as you progress.
depends on how you play. I was having a great time grinding my rogue, often many hours a day with my friends 😜. the patch hit and I realized hitting my arbitrary goal of reaching level 100 was gonna take a lot longer now. sitting at level 93, I realized it felt more like work than fun for me now. that’s ok, I played the hell out of it and got my money’s worth. I messed around in the seasonal content, but didn’t really feel too engaged with it. the impression I’m left with is that it’s still like playing a beta. I understand the need to adjust the game to keep it fun, it’s just the changes that have been prioritized aren’t what keeps me playing. I’ve since moved on to BG3 early access.
It’s pretty bad IMHO. I have no idea why Blizzard insists on making the endgame even longer and more mindlessly grindy than it already is when most players are clamoring for them to add actual challenge to the game. It really just isn’t all that fun for me. After the patch hit, I lost all interest in the new season because it feels like they’re just going to continue doing this kind of shit to the game instead of actually listening to their player base.
