A Diablo Immortal player spent $15,000 getting a rare gem, then destroyed it in protest
A Diablo Immortal player spent more than $15,000 trying to obtain a rare 5-star gem item, then immediately destroyed it in protest.
New Zealand streamer Quin69 has been attempting to get a 5-star gem since the game was released on June 2, spending thousands of dollars in the process.
He finally received his first 5-star gem over the weekend, by which point he had spent $25,165.57 NZD ($15,997 USD) on the game.
After getting the gem, Quin said, “it’s over” and immediately uninstalled the game.
However, he then realised that he’d forgotten to take a screenshot of the gem, so he installed the game again, before deciding he was going to ‘destroy’ the gem in protest.
Quin then reloaded the game and used his 5-star gem to power up a relatively useless 1-star item, deliberately destroying the 5-star gem in the process.
He then left his clan, saying “it was an honour to whale with you”, before deleting his hero entirely to ensure he couldn’t resume the game again later.
“Fuck you, fucking Blizzard,” he stated, showing a middle finger to his camera, before uninstalling the game for a final time.
Quin finally uninstalled the game again, saying: “Get off my computer, you don’t even deserve to stay on it. Diablo II Resurrected, you can stay. Diablo III, you’re on thin ice, but okay, I’ll allow it. Diablo Immortal? Get the fuck out of here.”
The reason it cost Quin so much money to buy a single 5-star gem is because although the game has microtransactions, they can’t be used to directly buy rare items like legendary gems.
Instead, players have to buy ‘legendary crests’, which are then applied during Elder Rift dungeons. These crests let the player earn runes and gems during Elder Rifts, but their value differs each time.
As such, it took Quin
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