We spoke to the team behind Diablo 4 at BlizzCon 2023 to shed some light on its DLC plans after Vessel of Hatred.
Season 2 of Diablo 4 — the Season of Blood — began in mid-October and is still over two months away from ending. The limited-time Abattoir of Zir and Midwinter Blight events for Season 2 were just announced at BlizzCon 2023, where Rod Fergusson, Diablo franchise general manager, told Digital Trends about how Blizzard designs the ebb-and-flow of content during its lengthy season.
Live service growing pains Diablo 4 had the biggest launch in Blizzard’s history, but one of its first updates was its most controversial. The infamous patch nerfed many popular builds and made leveling a slower process. Fergusson attributes some of those mistakes to the team trying too hard to perfectly balance the game so that “every build was viable,” and no players or builds got too overpowered as Diablo 4’s live service updates began.
All of those learnings are things that the developers will have to keep in mind as they work on not just Season 3, but all 2024 seasons and the Vessel of Hatred expansion. Regarding the expansion specifically, Fergusson recognizes that it could appeal more to newer players or those more interested in the story rather than the broader live service.
Vessel of Hatred will not be the end of the live service’s support, with seasons continuing on after it launches next year. That seems quite overwhelming, but Fergusson offered insight into how the team is structured into “swim lanes” to accommodate this live service development. There are currently teams to handle day-to-day balancing, odd-numbered seasons, even-numbered seasons, Vessel of Hatred, and the development of Diablo IV’s second expansion.
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