Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson says he would often push back on Diablo 4 patches that he felt didn't have enough fun stuff offsetting the balance changes that so often stirred up - andꦍ still do stir up - c🍰ontroversy in the community.

Blizzard's approach to Diablo 4 nerfs has been a journey of growth and discovery. In the early days after lunch, broken builds were patched swiftly and indiscriminately, which is a big reason for the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:widespread backlash to Season 1 that just about defined my summer 2023 as a games journo. Keen to course correct, Blizzard dꦆecided it was going to embrace the chill stepdad persona and just let players have fun with busted builds for a while. It largely seems to hold that position today, although it'll still ta🌳ke prompt action against the most egregious exploits.

, Fergusson said the blowback to Diablo 4's 1.1 update was "completely fair" and even shared one of the many memes that was shared at the time lambasting Blizzard. He also suggested that, if it weren't for his input, the game's older balance patches could've bee💧n even more unpopular.

Fergusson told the audience at Dice that he used to push Diablo 4 devs to beef up balance patches with things th🐟at would make players actually look forward to them. "Lots of medicine, don't see much sugar" was apparentl꧙y a common refrain from Fergusson.

In the same talk, Fergusson revealed that Diabloꦉ 4's second expansion after Vessel of Hatred has been delayed to 202♐6 so that Blizzard caꦚn dedicate enough time to bug fixes and ongoing💎 content.

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