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Want to Take a Break From Diablo 4 and Play Something Else? 'That's Fine,' Blizzard Says
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 59792" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Blizzard has told Diablo 4 players who have reached all their goals that it's fine to take a break from the game ahead of the launch of Season 1, dubbed <a href="https://www.ign.com/videos/diablo-4-season-of-the-malignant-everything-you-need-to-know" target="_blank"><u>Season of the Malignant</u></a>, on July 20.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Diablo 4 launched big early June, becoming <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-4-is-blizzards-fastest-selling-game-of-all-time" target="_blank"><u>Blizzard’s fastest-selling game ever</u></a>. It has only been out five weeks, but <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-4-players-have-already-hit-level-100-and-some-are-nearly-level-100-on-hardcore" target="_blank">some players have already hit the level 100 with a permadeath Hardcore character</a>, and are now repeatedly target-farming in a bid to obtain loot that increases their power in ever-shrinking increments. There are even <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/14vov4t/world_first_tier_100_hardcore_nightmare_dungeon/" target="_blank">reports of players completing Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeons in Hardcore mode</a>, considered one of the hardest challenges currently in-game. As a result, some players have said they are either getting bored with the Diablo 4 endgame after cramming in hundreds of hours in such a short amount of time, or feeling burnt out.</p><p></p><p>During a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/-ih-nvMvxV8?feature=share" target="_blank">recent livestream</a>, Diablo 4 associate game director Joe Piepiora said Blizzard staff take their own advice, and pointed to the launch of new seasons as a great time to return to the action role-playing game because they offer a fresh start to all.</p><p></p><p>“When you’ve reached all the goals and done the things you think are important, and you want to go take a break to play something else for a little while, that's fine,” Piepiora said. “We do the same thing. But when a season rolls and there are new things for you to come out, that's a great time to come back, particularly if you had a good time playing before, that’s exactly when you should come back and check out Diablo 4 fresh.”</p><p></p><p></p><p>"I'll be honest, when the next WoW [World of Warcraft] expansion comes out, there's a non-zero chance that I'm going to be playing WoW for a while," added lead game producer Tim Ismay. "But it's great to know there's a point that I can come back to Diablo 4, and everybody's on an even footing."</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-4-newcomers-horrified-to-learn-they-must-start-a-new-character-to-play-season-1-content" target="_blank">Diablo 4 players must start a new character to play Season 1 content</a>, which means players can safely take a break without falling behind. Diablo development boss Rod Fergusson said seasons “allow us to have a fresh start for everybody".</p><p></p><p>It’s worth pointing out you need to complete the Diablo 4 campaign in order to engage with Season 1, which makes sense given the Season 1 questline takes place after the events of the campaign. But, if you’ve completed the campaign once, all subsequent characters can skip the campaign, meaning you can get stuck into Season 1 straight away. Check out our <a href="https://www.ign.com/maps/diablo-4/sanctuary" target="_blank"><u>interactive Diablo 4</u></a> map to start tracking your progress as you play.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at </em><a href="mailto:jschreier10@bloomberg.net"><em>wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</em></a><em> or confidentially at </em><a href="mailto:jasonschreier@protonmail.com"><em>wyp100@proton.me.</em></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/want-to-take-a-break-from-diablo-4-and-play-something-else-thats-fine-blizzard-says" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 59792, member: 1"] Blizzard has told Diablo 4 players who have reached all their goals that it's fine to take a break from the game ahead of the launch of Season 1, dubbed [URL='https://www.ign.com/videos/diablo-4-season-of-the-malignant-everything-you-need-to-know'][U]Season of the Malignant[/U][/URL], on July 20. Diablo 4 launched big early June, becoming [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-4-is-blizzards-fastest-selling-game-of-all-time'][U]Blizzard’s fastest-selling game ever[/U][/URL]. It has only been out five weeks, but [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-4-players-have-already-hit-level-100-and-some-are-nearly-level-100-on-hardcore']some players have already hit the level 100 with a permadeath Hardcore character[/URL], and are now repeatedly target-farming in a bid to obtain loot that increases their power in ever-shrinking increments. There are even [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/14vov4t/world_first_tier_100_hardcore_nightmare_dungeon/']reports of players completing Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeons in Hardcore mode[/URL], considered one of the hardest challenges currently in-game. As a result, some players have said they are either getting bored with the Diablo 4 endgame after cramming in hundreds of hours in such a short amount of time, or feeling burnt out. During a [URL='https://www.youtube.com/live/-ih-nvMvxV8?feature=share']recent livestream[/URL], Diablo 4 associate game director Joe Piepiora said Blizzard staff take their own advice, and pointed to the launch of new seasons as a great time to return to the action role-playing game because they offer a fresh start to all. “When you’ve reached all the goals and done the things you think are important, and you want to go take a break to play something else for a little while, that's fine,” Piepiora said. “We do the same thing. But when a season rolls and there are new things for you to come out, that's a great time to come back, particularly if you had a good time playing before, that’s exactly when you should come back and check out Diablo 4 fresh.” "I'll be honest, when the next WoW [World of Warcraft] expansion comes out, there's a non-zero chance that I'm going to be playing WoW for a while," added lead game producer Tim Ismay. "But it's great to know there's a point that I can come back to Diablo 4, and everybody's on an even footing." [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-4-newcomers-horrified-to-learn-they-must-start-a-new-character-to-play-season-1-content']Diablo 4 players must start a new character to play Season 1 content[/URL], which means players can safely take a break without falling behind. Diablo development boss Rod Fergusson said seasons “allow us to have a fresh start for everybody". It’s worth pointing out you need to complete the Diablo 4 campaign in order to engage with Season 1, which makes sense given the Season 1 questline takes place after the events of the campaign. But, if you’ve completed the campaign once, all subsequent characters can skip the campaign, meaning you can get stuck into Season 1 straight away. Check out our [URL='https://www.ign.com/maps/diablo-4/sanctuary'][U]interactive Diablo 4[/U][/URL] map to start tracking your progress as you play. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [/I][EMAIL='jschreier10@bloomberg.net'][I]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/I][/EMAIL][I] or confidentially at [/I][EMAIL='jasonschreier@protonmail.com'][I]wyp100@proton.me.[/I][/EMAIL] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/want-to-take-a-break-from-diablo-4-and-play-something-else-thats-fine-blizzard-says"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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