Blizzard to host Diablo 4 Campfire Chat in wake of recent nerf update

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Blizzard will host another Diablo 4 Campfire Chat on Friday in the wake of the game's recent update.

As we reported yesterday, Blizzard has updated the game ahead of the launch of its first season later today.

However, fans are disappointed with changes made, particularly the nerfs made to the game's Sorcerer class.

Details of the Campfire Chat will be revealed within the next day, but the previous one was hosted on both Twitch and YouTube.

Head of community Adam Fletcher aka PezRadar shared news of the chat on Twitter. «We have been hearing feedback from players regarding some of the changes in 1.1.0 for Diablo 4,» he said. «We are going to have a Campfire Chat later this week on Friday to talk more about it.»

We have been hearing feedback from players regarding some of the changes in 1.1.0 for <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/DiabloIV?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#DiabloIV

.  We are going to have a Campfire Chat later this week on Friday to talk more about it. We will have more details/timing in the next day. Thanks again for the feedback!

The recent patch included bug fixes and balance changes, though it was the Sorcerer class and its Devouring Blaze nerf that has received the most criticism from players.

The Diablo 4 subreddit is filled with anger from all players — not just the Sorcerer class — including plenty making suggestions for improvements. One response jokes the patch has «fixed an issue where players were having fun». Another is offering the developers $1m to stream the game for 20 minutes as a Sorcerer and see how it really feels.

«What is the reason for the patch, less fun more grind?» asks one reddit user. That's a frequent sentiment — the perception is Blizzard has nerfed abilities to make reaching