Blizzard Promises Diablo 4 Fix for Heavily-Criticised Season 1 Menu Screen After Some Accidentally Activate Premium Battle Pass
Diablo 4 developer Blizzard has promised a fix for a user interface issue that is causing some players to accidentally activate the premium battle pass.
Streamer Rurikhan took to Twitter to post a clip showing how he inadvertently activated the 1,000 Platinum (£8.39 / $9.99) Season 1 premium battle pass on Diablo 4's battle pass menu screen. Not only is the 'Activate Premium Battle Pass' button close to the button used to check your Season Journey, but the cursor defaults to the 'Activate Premium Battle Pass' button on this screen.
So Blizzard placed the 'Activate Premium Battle Pass' button right next to the button you have to constantly press to check your Season Journey. Guess what happened to me and at least 5 others on my stream. This is straight up Malicious Design. @Diablo pic.twitter.com/99KhTR51ad
Rurikhan explained he was saving his battle pass unlock, obtained by buying either the Digital Deluxe or Ultimate Editions of Diablo 4, for a future season “since I don't have time to commit to this one”.
“So Blizzard placed the 'Activate Premium Battle Pass' button right next to the button you have to constantly press to check your Season Journey,” Rurikhan said. “Guess what happened to me and at least five others on my stream? This is straight up malicious design.”
Popular streamer Rhykker also chimed in to accuse this user interface element of being a "dark pattern”. “IMO Blizzard needs to add a confirm button or something if they don't want to be accused of using dark patterns. Simple ‘confirm’ pop-up would fix this.”
In response to the original Twitter post, which has had over three million views, Diablo 4 community chief Adam Fletcher said a temporary fix is in the works that will “at least ensure the cursor isn’t
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