Replying to the OP: 05/04/2025 -
Re: Diablo IV Game Play is fine and better - Battle Pass Changes are shameful and need to be reverted to original Battle Pass
Hey there friend! I hear ya and understand where you’re coming from. However, since Diablo IV launched in June 2023 the game has improved a lot. We can’t expect perfection in anything in this life and world we humans created, and that is a fact. But we can enjoy our journey as much as we can.
There are all types of players out there and to each their own. As much as I have called out Blizzard when they screw up, I also appreciate their efforts and improvements. I’m actually enjoying D4 Season 8 and it feels good to play, too!
However, as for the new D4 Battle Pass in Season 8, that is the only major issue I have with Blizzard. They completely gutted a perfectly simple and good Battle Pass system that was worth paying for in the last seven seasons, but this new Battle Pass is much less rewarding, confusing and a major step backwards in terms of pricing and value. Instead of making the Battle Pass better, Blizzard made it 100 times worse in every way, and it makes no sense as to why Blizzard would do such a thing to their loyal players and customers, and screw all D4 players in such a shameful way, but I’m sure senseless, dumb greed had something to do with it.
This is the worst part of D4 Season 8, and everyone is complaining about it, and rightfully so. I purchased the Premium Battle Pass and still haven’t even used up or claimed anything until I learn more about how it works. Blizzard made it more complicated and much less rewarding, and that is very BAD and messed up to do to players! I been a Blizzard player and customer for over 20 years, and I have never seen anything like this happen in any Blizzard game. It’s awful! The Blizzard D4 Team and Management need to seriously revert the D4 Battle Pass to the original one and cut the shady business practices and screwing over players!
As for Diablo IV Season 8 - the game feels good and has improved a lot and for that I am thankful to Blizzard and for coninuing to improve the game, but with the new awful, less rewarding Battle Pass, which seems to be one month less of game play on top of it for the same price we got for 3 months of game play, Blizzard took their progress 100 steps backwards! Why the hell would Blizzard do such a shameful, messed up thing to all D4 players willfully!? This is the most disappointing part of D4 Season 8 - not the actual game play.
This is a serious red flag and major issue in Diablo IV overall, and if nothing is done to revert this shameful and misleading change in the D4 Battle Pass, I will definitely be writing to corporate at Activision Blizzard and Microsoft. I sincerely hope Blizzard realizes this is not acceptable after selling us a broken, buggy beta game, and especially to do this to all of their loyal players and customers is just outrageous! I’m very disappointed by this, big time!
I hope Blizzard realizes their major screw up with the Battle Pass and change it back to what it was originally. That is my feedback on D4 Season 8 so far. Cheers! - JJ -