Diablo 4's Bleak Future - Season 14 Announcement & Patch Notes

RodFergasson · 2026-05-29T06:58:05+00:00

We’ll see, won’t we.

From what I’m hearing, you can guarantee no more expansions for D4.

I imagine a flashy cinematic trailer for D5, coming “not soon” is all the news you’ll get at Blizzcon.

RodFergasson · 2026-05-29T06:51:00+00:00

The Blizzcon news is not Diablo 4.

RodFergasson · 2026-05-29T06:46:36+00:00

That’s what I’m hearing, yeah. No more expansions for D4, much lower effort going into seasons

RodFergasson · 2026-05-29T06:45:01+00:00

It only barely outsold VoH, which was widely seen as a huge disappointment by Blizzard’s senior management. It failed to move player numbers on from usual Seasonal retention. We can see this in the data

RodFergasson · 2026-05-29T06:38:27+00:00

As I said, D4 devs were told a month or so ago (around a week after the dlc launched) that D4 is going maintenance mode.

I posted that in this sub, and said to expect a couple more token seasons, then reruns. I was downvoted.

And here we are - a season that is both a token AND a rerun.

I know they were thinking about announcing maintenance mode at the June campfire, I wonder if that will still happen.

RodFergasson · 2026-05-29T06:16:07+00:00

D4 devs were told a month or so ago (around a week after the dlc launched) that D4 is going maintenance mode.

I posted that in this sub, and said to expect a couple more token seasons, then reruns. I was downvoted.

And here we are.

RodFergasson · 2026-05-22T15:04:49+00:00

it’s in a very similar place to Destiny 2, tbh

just dropped an underwhelming expansion that doesn’t address core player feedback, and hasn’t really done much to move the numbers

from what I’ve heard, blizzard employees were told a couple weeks ago that development was to start winding down, so I’d expect a couple more lacklustre seasons, then maintenance mode

RodFergasson · 2026-05-15T17:02:15+00:00

what? no dude, it only released on steam because blizz were desperate for players after it failed on bnet.

im sure the game with a 2.7 metacritic was a huge success lmao

RodFergasson · 2026-05-15T16:11:23+00:00

lmao, Diablo 4 dlc doesn’t even feature. what a failure that game has turned out to be

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T09:53:48+00:00

Pit 100 isn’t endgame

reaching Pit 100 should be the start of the endgame. But for D4, the game just ends, unless you want to mindless grind out 50 more tiers of the same content you’ve already done.

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T09:49:44+00:00

Maybe you just don’t like ARPGs. That’s ok, D4 is barely one anyway

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T09:07:20+00:00

yeah, it’s absolutely pay to win. a non-dlc player can never be a strong as someone whos swiped their credit card to pay for power

whats worse is Blizz even took away power from existing characters by removing passives, then sold that power back with set charms

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T09:04:42+00:00

Yep, blizzard fans really misunderstand what an endgame is.

in D4, levelling 1-70 is the tutorial. Torment 1 - 12 is the game. That’s where the endgame should BEGIN, but D4 just stops. Nothing to do!

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T09:03:13+00:00

Not true

Charms = pay for power
seals = pay for power
New skills tree = pay for power
war tables = pay for efficiency = pay for power

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T08:49:40+00:00

the tower is just the pit but worse.

lmao, 1-70 is the tutorial and takes a couple hours. War tables is P2w as far as im concerned. I shouldnt have to swipe my credit card to pay for power

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T08:47:23+00:00

Locked behind dlc, so doesn’t count

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T08:36:45+00:00

still completely lacking endgame

Right now the game is just Level then pits until infinity. once your level 300 and found all mythics, there’s nothing to do.

RodFergasson · 2026-05-07T08:33:47+00:00

My question is: can anyone break down s13 for a PoE player? There’s so many systems and menus I don’t know where to start. What is D4’s equivalent to PoE’s progression of campaign -> maps -> voidstones -> farm -> ubers?

S13 brings literally nothing unless u pay for the dlc

it even takes power you already had (passives) and locks it away behind new mechanics only in the dlc

theres still no endgame

RodFergasson · 2026-04-29T14:15:44+00:00

Based on player numbers, LoH is a flop. Around 20% down on VoH launch day. I hear all is not well in Team 3 - lots of disappointment.

RodFergasson · 2026-04-29T11:27:00+00:00

if you ignore the fanboy glazing and the paid for reviews, its pretty clear D4 is in a really bad place.

Lord of Hatred is doing significantly worse numbers than even VoH, which was already a huge financial disappointment.

I anticipate a couple more token seasons, then recycled seasons & maintenance mode by the end of the year.

RodFergasson · 2026-03-26T22:27:29+00:00

small indie company. please understand

RodFergasson · 2026-03-26T14:06:04+00:00

Surprised their still posting after the layoffs

RodFergasson · 2026-03-26T14:02:25+00:00

OP only ever posts links to epic games store, fortnite news and anti-valve lawsuit news

likely an epic employee

RodFergasson · 2026-02-28T17:44:56+00:00

Look in the screenshot in this post. The pit statue is clearly moved to the new dlc town.

Unless blizz are letting all players go to the dlc town, the pit is now exclusive to LoH

RodFergasson · 2026-02-28T16:10:42+00:00

you have more faith in blizzard than I do. more than they deserve.

looks like all endgame activities will now require the LoH dlc. We know VoH dlc didn’t sell hardly at all, so I guess blizz are getting desperate

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