Bere is my thought on the matter.
Blizzard , since being taken over by Activision, is into this “Character Squishing” model. Those who enjoyed Blizzard games with WoW and Diablo 3; well those of us who started when WoW came out- over 20 years ago- have grown up, have jobs, have families. We are part of the “real world” now. We do not hsve time for the bullcrap time synchs . Activision- Blizzard creates.
I used to play these games for storyline content and chlenges. I actually now find dark soul games more intriguing and fub- like Elden Ring. Sure, you may die 50 times on a boss, but oncecyou figure it out on your own there cones a sebse od achievement for figuring it out on your own- andcyou never forget.
The problem I have been seeing in these games, though, is the storyline is the same old story that takes 80-90% of its intellectual basis from Star Wars. I never played Sessin 6 PTR, but i predicted this to be the case- and it certainly was. As soon as I saw what Urivar did in the first cutscene i was like- yeah I know where this is going. And for the record- I was suspicious of Eeu from the VERY START. Real original Activision - Blizzard. Hey, instead of using AI, be somewhat original and throw in some authenticity,
I like an authentic stiryline, not a memorex version of s classic iconic movie.
I enjoy challenges in completing dungeons and objectivess. But Activision-Blizzard had made the gridndiness more like s job rsther than. some sort if accomplishment,
The first two seasons I used to create top notch charzcters to fill out and perfect my build. Now I see only one purpose to seasons- get to max level and complete the seasin wuestcfor thecrewards and br dine. zthere is no resson to do Undercity at all- in fact they made it so Totems are very difficult to find (25 hours of maxed out spiritborn and hsve 3 totems). The only enjoyment if this game when it comes to seasons is the unique things you get as rewardsxfrom battle pass (another $20) and seasinal quests. But even BattlecPass is a joke- if you havecthe mkney just buy all 90 tiers. Even if you are well off though it is a waste of miney. You can easily completr Battle Pass tewards in 13 hours.
Mac base level now takes 6 hours if done properly. At thstclevel you can easily complete the sesson auestline and battle pass together in sbout 48 total casual play hours in 3 minths. and that includes going through a weekly citadel with random players.
Max 6 hours to 60- create a level 1, select hard mode, do helltides to level 15 do not worry sbout dying. then do the new campaign. 7 hours if you eatch the cinematics.
I mean, Activision Blizzard is reslly doing a disservice to thecgaming commujity right now.