Diablo 4 fans think Blizzard is learning the wrong lessons from WoW and Overwatch

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Diablo 4 fans frustrated with the game's first big patch are going beyond the game's scope, airing frustrations over how developer Blizzard has handled updating other live service games like World of Warcraft or Overwatch.

Blizzard dropped the Diablo 4 Season 1 patch notes last night, ahead of Season of the Malignant starting tomorrow. While there are a fair few things that fans have taken an exception to – such as nerfs to the already-weak Sorceror – the general theme of the changes is that Blizzard is nerfing the fun and then some. If there's a build that made you feel powerful, especially one focusing on Vulnerable enemies and crit damage, chances are it no longer offers you that power fantasy.

The mood around Diablo 4 is leading some fans to compare the patch to previous Blizzard games, which also saw issues go unaddressed and 'the fun' nerfed. 

"WoW has had bad changes after bad changes, layers upon layers of them," one fan says. "No QoL changes to raiding - you still need to walk back 10 minutes if you wipe on a boss. Endgame is purely Mythic+ (nightmare dungeons) whether you like it or not. Mythic+ affixes are still absolute dogshit to play around and you're rolling the dice on whether you're fucked or giga-fucked depending on your class + the affix of the week. 

"Dragonflight makes positive strides but it still barely scratched the surface of why the game feels awful to play and is a waste of your time. The game is way too difficult not in a good way because Blizzard thinks the MDI is the end-all-be-all of all WoW balancing. Most of the community moved on to FF14, Genshin, and or just moved on with their lives."

The same player also references Overwatch, saying it was "great at first" though derailed by metas