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The Diablo 4<\/strong> development team seems to have been in heads-down mode for a while, but Blizzard\u2019s Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson has changed that with the news that the upcoming Diablo 4 Season 2 is packed with \u201cso much stuff\u201d that the team will need two full deep-dive livestreams just to cover it all. With how quiet it\u2019s been for the massive RPG game lately following its hugely successful launch, all eyes will be on what Diablo 4 has in store.<\/p>\n

While Blizzard has continued to update Diablo 4 in recent weeks as we near the end of its first season, with Diablo 4 patch 1.14 rolling out earlier this week and an additional hotfix bumping up endgame XP gains even more, the team\u2019s lead developers have \u2013 for the most part \u2013 gone largely silent on social media in recent weeks, a change from their initial focus on regular communication led by frequent update livestreams and community \u2018campfire chats\u2019 to address the state of the game.<\/p>\n

Given the slightly lukewarm reception to the first season, perhaps that\u2019s for the best \u2013 if the team has decided to focus all its attention on ensuring that its next season delivers on all Blizzard\u2019s promises and succeeds where the Season of the Malignant fell short, then a few weeks without communication will have been worthwhile.<\/p>\n

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According to Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson, that\u2019s the case. \u201cSo much stuff in Diablo 4 Season 2 that PezRadar will need to host two deep dive streams to cover it all,\u201d he shares to Twitter\/X. \u201cIt is quite a lot,\u201d Community manager Adam \u2018PezRadar\u2019 Fletcher responds with a laughing emoji, adding, \u201cI expect both streams to be around two hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s certainly quite the promise! As someone who enjoyed the early weeks of Diablo 4 Season 1 but has largely fallen off in the wake of games such as Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, Starfield, and the newest Path of Exile league, my hopes for a more fleshed-out second season are certainly high. Like many, I\u2019m eager to return to Diablo 4 \u2013 but there needs to be enough new things to do, and hopefully some significant quality-of-life improvements, to make it feel worth my time to come back.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been quite the period of radio silence otherwise \u2013 undoubtedly Blizzard is aware that a lot rides on how this next season lands with the audience, especially if its desire for annual Diablo 4 expansions for the future is to succeed. We already know that the vampiric Season of Blood will feature five endgame bosses with more target farming for Diablo 4 uniques and uber uniques, updates to damage mechanics and the elemental resistance system, and changes to gem storage and stash tabs to help better sort your inventory.<\/p>\n