One of the weird things about the first Diablo IV Season of Blood developer stream was the muted response to it.
Don't get me wrong; content creators did respond to it. My own blog post about the stream was mostly based on notes taken while watching Asmongold's full-stream reaction video, and DM:Diablo IV and Raxxanterax, among others, also posted their breakdowns, but there weren't nearly as many reactions to this stream as there were about the Season of the Malignant, a.k.a. patch 1.1.0.
It seems like people were, in general, much less interested in the stream overall, and much more restrained in their analyses. Apart from Veiled Shot, of course.
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| Love that "o" face. Work it, baby! |
But developer stream number two, which was definitely the better of the two streams, and basically a case of Blizzard burying the lede on upcoming improvements to the game, has received a much more enthusiastic response. I'm seeing actual joy on the faces of Diablo IV content creators again, even as they continue to acknowledge that, no, Diablo IV will still not be "fixed" after these changes, and still needs a lot more work.
Well, except for Veiled Shot, of course.
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Seriously, dude, at least wait more than 2 minutes after the stream ends before posting your 12 minutes of "analysis." It's pretty clear that you'd already made up your mind before even watching the stream. |
One of my favourites is Rhykker's reaction to the elemental resistance changes:
"First off, resistances, this was a big shock... We're done with this terrible resistance system that Diablo 3 introduced, where you just keep stacking resist infinitely, and you can't wrap your head around it. Now, it's like Diablo 2 and every other ARPG, where 25 fire resist is 25 fire resist. You got another 10? Now you have 35 fire resist. It's just simple to work out, it brings in back [sic] that fun itemization puzzle game where you want to be stacking resist on different pieces of gear because you have a maximum resist." [Transcription mine; emphasis added.]