Welp, most botters play the first month, get whatever paragon and stop playing. Stop farming mat, etc,. There’s no way anyone can compete with that in the same time frame.
Longer periods give players time to farm paragon, get better drops, etc. Is it fair? No, but it makes a little better for people who enjoy ladders but not cheating.
Interesting themes such as 27 and 28 good to still longer. But something like s23 need to be very short. On repeated seasons ethereals must be longer to get all the items.
Why do you feel he’s a gatekeeper?
It’s not exclusively a few regulars as there are plenty of part-timers here but there are some usual regulars. Some of which have multiple forum accounts. Nothing like coming into these threads and watching some clown having a full-blown conversation with themselves, liking their own posts.
Normally I’m all for short seasons. Hell 1 or 2 weeks season just to get stashtab. But for me this season can last forever. Best season ever all considering. Season 27 was most fun season ever tho.