Want to Take a Break From Diablo 4 and Play Something Else? 'That's Fine,' Blizzard Says
Blizzard has told Diablo 4 players who have reached all their goals that it's fine to take a break from the game ahead of the launch of Season 1, dubbed Season of the Malignant, on July 20.
Diablo 4 launched big early June, becoming Blizzard’s fastest-selling game ever. It has only been out five weeks, but some players have already hit the level 100 with a permadeath Hardcore character, and are now repeatedly target-farming in a bid to obtain loot that increases their power in ever-shrinking increments. There are even reports of players completing Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeons in Hardcore mode, considered one of the hardest challenges currently in-game. As a result, some players have said they are either getting bored with the Diablo 4 endgame after cramming in hundreds of hours in such a short amount of time, or feeling burnt out.
During a recent livestream, Diablo 4 associate game director Joe Piepiora said Blizzard staff take their own advice, and pointed to the launch of new seasons as a great time to return to the action role-playing game because they offer a fresh start to all.
“When you’ve reached all the goals and done the things you think are important, and you want to go take a break to play something else for a little while, that's fine,” Piepiora said. “We do the same thing. But when a season rolls and there are new things for you to come out, that's a great time to come back, particularly if you had a good time playing before, that’s exactly when you should come back and check out Diablo 4 fresh.”
"I'll be honest, when the next WoW [World of Warcraft] expansion comes out, there's a non-zero chance that I'm going to be playing WoW for a while," added lead game producer Tim Ismay. "But it's great to know there's a
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