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It seems Diablo 4<\/a>‘s troubles are very much not behind it. After it looked like Blizzard had learned some key lessons from the reaction to the game’s launch<\/a>, and the disastrous first post-launch balance patch<\/a>, the developer has seemingly – and inexplicably – reset the clock with Season 3.<\/p>\n

Season of the Construct is a strange step backwards<\/a> in both its focus, along with the mechanics and seasonal quest it introduced. It makes it appear fairly slight for what is the third major content update. You could tell that Blizzard knew it, too, having very quickly tried to make the best of the situation with wide-sweeping buffs<\/a>, and other changes that lessen the effects of Season 3’s controversial mechanics<\/a>. All of that is especially alarming coming off the solid Season 2, which truly made it feel like the game had started coming into its own<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As luck would have it, however, the current situation has played right into the hands of Diablo 4’s first big competitor this year: Last Epoch.<\/p>\n

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It seems Diablo 4‘s troubles are very much not behind it. After it looked like Blizzard had learned some key lessons from the reaction to the game’s launch, and the disastrous first post-launch balance patch, the developer has seemingly – and inexplicably – reset the clock with Season 3. Season of the Construct is a strange step backwards in both its focus, along with the mechanics and seasonal quest it introduced. It makes it appear fairly slight for what is the third major content update. You could tell that Blizzard knew it, too, having very quickly tried to make the best of the situation with wide-sweeping buffs, and other changes that lessen the effects of Season 3’s controversial mechanics. All of that is especially alarming…<\/p>\n

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