So even if I play every season of Diablo 4 for years and finally convince a friend to join in season 12, I won’t have any powerful items that I’ve been hoarding since season 2 giving me an advantage. This means that all players start on the same footing each season. Image: Blizzard Entertainmentĭiablo 4’s reset system means that every three months, your character returns to level 1 alongside everyone else - at least, if you want to play the latest content. But Diablo 4 eschews that all-too-familiar FOMO dance because of its seasonal resets - an initially controversial, returning feature that caused some new Diablo fans to panic during the preseason. With live-service games and MMOs, it’s not uncommon to live in a binary world where you’re either grinding a game every day, or you’ve quit and are too far behind to ever come back. What if I don’t get a powerful raid weapon or trinket? Will I even be able to compete without it when I come back? I find myself asking those questions all the time when I play Destiny 2, and I still haven’t finished leveling in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight because I’ve already missed too much. This can result in FOMO - or the fear that, if I take a break, I’ll miss out on something, and that could diminish my experience in the long run. In games like Destiny 2, Warframe, World of Warcraft, and many others, part of the draw is that you’re earning items or rewards that will somehow improve your ability to succeed down the line. If you’re outside of the MMO or live-service game space, continuing to play a game that you’re no longer enjoying probably sounds strange, but allow me to explain. Yet for all its modern bells and whistles, Diablo 4 has managed to avoid a “feature” that its competition all but thrives on: FOMO. You would be forgiven for being a little tired of Diablo 4 after about 200 hours over the last year, between betas and the preseason launch in June, I know I am.īut in this age of games that go on forever, being exhausted by a game I like is normally something I’m willing to overlook in order to gain an advantage against my digital foes.
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