" a little bit delayed " means 1 week , we are now past the 4 months mentioned,
Some overall fixes - ok
Content being added isn’'t CRAZY considering the TECH DEBT has been removed in D2R to add such content
Terror Zones are & should be only exclusive to a seasons theme Online ( Dont delay season 2 more by figuring out how to make it work via single player making more issues )
Adding Some changes should be fairly easy to edit to Terror Zones considering you already have a working compiled Tool set & PTR up with it.
Add Magic Dmg Immunes/Resistance to Terror Zone monsters - Don’t go more into changing a lot of other things creating more issues
Feedback is important - That Doesn’t mean you have to abide by every content creators opinion and delay further
1 Week notice should be good enough for all content creators and Promotion through all social media outlets to inform people of new season is adequate
PTR Feedback + QA should be able to roll out such seasonal themed content with ease of changes ( unless you outsourced QA to a really bad third party, Which could be the reality considering you Need QA on multi-platofrms )
Players have been waiting awhile now & your miss deadlines seem be concurrent leads me to believe there is lack direction within the teams working on D2R or to small of teams with conflicting issues amongst each other.
Still missing the biggest Mark, Even after all these " we are checking feedback " posts, 1 year later here we are and No real QOL Features, #1 being a Item Loot Filter(Small teams of 2-5 people such as PD2 have this) or #2 Trade website such as PoE, PD2 & Countless other ARPGs with the ability to copy/paste and post item for trade VIA JSON. These are the 2 things i have seen repeatedly asked/begged for since launch. No one wants to run around up n down a large pack of monsters or cows to see what dropped digging through trash items / wasting time. Finally, Currency stash tab instead of dedicating your proclaimed " Large shared stash" and using up 1-2 tabs for gems runes. We are forced to Make MULE characters still~
I did not see an outcry for Terror Zones unless you are just simply trying to appease to a smaller casual portion of the community who gets angry at top 1% of players who hit 99 quickly with organized teams/players. What i have seen is more people not caring about the leader boards
Somewhat out of touch with what people really Want/Need out of a game they choose to spend their free time with Solo or with others.
Should be crunch time at this moment & season 2 at the latest should be rolled out by the 29th or 30th - Otherwise your department heads need to consider finding other people and options to lead the development of Seasonal Content & Fast PTR Feedback and in-house testing.