Diablo 4 would probably look quite a bit differe꧂nt if Mike Ybarra was still president at Blizzard, because he's sharing some pretty scathing criticisms of the ARPG🦹 after its most recent roadmap was revealed.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ybarra has been outspoken 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:about the game industry 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:generally, but he's usually not so quick to share his thoughts on Blizzard games specifically. However, following the reveal of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Diablo 4's roadmap this week, he post🥂ed a detailed Twitter 💮breakdown of what he sees as the game's three core issues.

First, he echoed a very c꧙ommon pain point in the community with regards to Diablo 4 seasons commonly introducing a host of balance issues and bug fixes that can sometimes take months to address. "Don't ship to check a box," he said. "Seasons need to get off the cycle of shipping, spending 2 months to fꦗix issues, then repeating."

He also said Bliz♌zard needs to "pause and give the team time to really address the end-game issues," referring to a common complaint from Diablo 4 players that there ju🌌st isn't a whole lot to do once you hit level 100.

"Playing for a week to then 1 or 3 shot an 'uber' boss 500 times for a unique, then quitting until next se𒁏ason is 🔯fundamentally not fun," he said.

His third critique it takes "too long" for big expansions like Vessel of Hatred to launch. The new roadmap recently reconfirmed that the game's second expansion since launch won't be out until 2026, which definitely wasn't super well-received in g🧸eneral. However, his suggestion for addressing the issue is, well, unique.

"Reduce 'story' investment (costs so much for 1 time element in a ARPG) and focus on new classes, new🥂 mob types, new end-game activities that last moreꦑ than a few days."

As someone who loves Diablo 4's world and lore, this is the onl𒈔y thing Ybarra said that I really can't get down with. I agree with the idea of yearly expansions, but not at the ꦦcost of story.

Regardless, Ybarra concluded his argument by saying "If the cycle continues to just ship w/o fixing the fundamental issues, then I'm not sure where Diablo is going. You can add all the end-game activities you want, but you'll be running in place with the same issues. At some point there's just sꦜo many random things, it's not worth the effort."

In respons🧜e to a fan who ♒asked whether Blizzard should just cut its losses and move on with a sequel to Diablo 4, : "If they pause to understand the situation and factors - and they don't fix it, they'll repeat it in D5."

In to a commenter, he joked it 🃏was his job "to be Captain Obvious" while he was at Blizz෴ard.

While Diablo 4 is still plenty active, it does now face stiff competition in the form of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Path of Exile 2, which released in December to widespr𒀰ead acclaim but has since taken its own turn downward with its Dawn of the Hunt update. Since that update launched last week, Steam reviews went from "Mostly Positive" down to "Mostly Negative," with many of those reviews🍬 citing issues with Dawn of the Hunt.

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