After seeing that twitch chat I am so disappointed with the Diablo community. It’s fine to express your opinion on the patch but I saw death threats, people who have got 100’s of hours of playtime spamming for refunds, insults toward the way developers physically looked, and basically no one attempting to be civil or approach this situation with a level head. I’m a longtime Diablo player but only recently started watching their streams and following various related socials and it’s so sad that this community seems to be as toxic as wow or destiny. Blizzard needs to be better but apparently so do many of its players.
I’ll never be able to understand just how addicted some of the people posting vitriol about this game actually are to video games.
Reading through reddit today, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelming pity and then sadness.
I really feel bad for those types of people. Games are supposed to be fun, but these complaints read with so much hate that I can’t help but think they are hopelessly addicted to video games and it’s affecting their actual happiness.
I get the impression that some of these people were expecting that Diablo 4 was going to allow them to build a meaningful and fulfilling life around playing it at least 4 hours everyday 7 days per week. And now they are desperately sad and angry and having an existential crisis.
I personally disagree. I haven’t posted about it anywhere but the changes were enough to stop me from bothering with season 1, which I was previously looking forward to. I was looking forward to fun not more of a grind. I’m glad for folks who are still having fun though.
If you think it’s a difficulty based complaint vs. a turning the game into a not fun slog with no end goal complaint. You’re understanding people’s complaints about the patch incorrectly for the most part.
I think perhaps we can come to some middle ground between those two sentiments though! The nerfs were a bit heavy, but the game is still new, no one should really be so upset at major changes dropping before the start of the first season. People acting like Blizzard stole their money and slept with their mother… The game isn’t even unplayable.
Fr, of all things to get upset about, video games can rank pretty low in the grand scheme of things.
Will we get frustrated with video games? Yeah, we will - we’re human, we get frustrated with everything. Should we actually get upset about them? Fuck no, it’s such a dumb low-stakes thing to be mad about.
I say with utmost respect but fuck off. Everyone has at least one passion in their crummy lives. For some it is football. Others might be basketweaving or jogging or vlogging or cave painting. Gaming can be someone’s hobby and you sound like a 70 year old boomer tut tutting about dem Pacmans.
I am unironically hyped for Hello Kitty Island Adventure. I just hope they port it to PC or Switch, because I can’t justify getting into the Apple ecosystem for one game, no matter how cool it looks.
The reaction to this was pretty overblown IMO but :shrug:
After seeing that twitch chat I am so disappointed with the Diablo community. It’s fine to express your opinion on the patch but I saw death threats, people who have got 100’s of hours of playtime spamming for refunds, insults toward the way developers physically looked, and basically no one attempting to be civil or approach this situation with a level head. I’m a longtime Diablo player but only recently started watching their streams and following various related socials and it’s so sad that this community seems to be as toxic as wow or destiny. Blizzard needs to be better but apparently so do many of its players.
I’ll never be able to understand just how addicted some of the people posting vitriol about this game actually are to video games.
Reading through reddit today, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelming pity and then sadness.
I really feel bad for those types of people. Games are supposed to be fun, but these complaints read with so much hate that I can’t help but think they are hopelessly addicted to video games and it’s affecting their actual happiness.
I get the impression that some of these people were expecting that Diablo 4 was going to allow them to build a meaningful and fulfilling life around playing it at least 4 hours everyday 7 days per week. And now they are desperately sad and angry and having an existential crisis.
I personally disagree. I haven’t posted about it anywhere but the changes were enough to stop me from bothering with season 1, which I was previously looking forward to. I was looking forward to fun not more of a grind. I’m glad for folks who are still having fun though.
I agree, buncha crybabies. If you don’t like the nerfs go play Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
If you think it’s a difficulty based complaint vs. a turning the game into a not fun slog with no end goal complaint. You’re understanding people’s complaints about the patch incorrectly for the most part.
I think any point those people are trying to make is lost in the hyperbolic shitstorm of vitriol they type around it
I think perhaps we can come to some middle ground between those two sentiments though! The nerfs were a bit heavy, but the game is still new, no one should really be so upset at major changes dropping before the start of the first season. People acting like Blizzard stole their money and slept with their mother… The game isn’t even unplayable.
No one should ever really be that upset about a video game
Fr, of all things to get upset about, video games can rank pretty low in the grand scheme of things.
Will we get frustrated with video games? Yeah, we will - we’re human, we get frustrated with everything. Should we actually get upset about them? Fuck no, it’s such a dumb low-stakes thing to be mad about.
I say with utmost respect but fuck off. Everyone has at least one passion in their crummy lives. For some it is football. Others might be basketweaving or jogging or vlogging or cave painting. Gaming can be someone’s hobby and you sound like a 70 year old boomer tut tutting about dem Pacmans.
People don’t issue death threats and otherwise act like the sky is falling over changes to basketweaving techniques.
I am unironically hyped for Hello Kitty Island Adventure. I just hope they port it to PC or Switch, because I can’t justify getting into the Apple ecosystem for one game, no matter how cool it looks.
…and in case you were joking and didn’t know, Hello Kitty Island Adventure is now a real thing.