Diablo 4 dev shares sage advice for players who don't like PvP: Just don't go to PvP

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The PvP in Diablo games has always felt kind of vestigial and unbalanced, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Diablo 4 PvP is no exception. Fortunately, Adam Fletcher, Diablo's global community development director, recently released a step-by-step guide for those who💮 just aren't feeling PvP.

In response to a from Fletcher acknowledging a small i♑ssue, disgruntled Twitter user Crizzo recently requested the option to disable PvP entirely. If you remember , you'll understand the vibe of Fletcher's response: "To do that꧃, follow these steps: 1) Don't walk into optional areas on the map called 'Fields of Hatred.'"

Undeterred, Crizzo insisted on "the option to disable [PvP] so I can enjoy the entire map of the game I paid for." This argument doesn't hold up to any interrogation since these PvP areas were clearly detailed ahead of Diablo 4's release, don't contain any must-see content in the first place (arguably barring a few altars), and are often so devoid of players that you can easily pass through unscathed. Fletcher minced no words: "There are no plans to disable PvP. Again, I recommꦆend just not walking into areas that are marked as Fields of Hatred." 

Finally out of comp🥀laints, Crizzo relented: "Fair enou✅gh." 

The idea of disabling PvP in optional PvP zones built specifically for PvP, all on behalf of a few naysayers (or indeed one), is amusing on its face, and the Diablo 4 subreddit with the exchange. That said, the bigger conversation about different elements of live service games is genuinely interesting. For the unsure: if you aren't having fun with something, you don't have♎ to play it. Too many people have seemingly convinced themselves otherwise. 

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Austin Wood
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