Chapter 216 - Regaining Popularity (1/2)

The players went wild as they saw that Weibo.

“What? Expansion pack for Diablo?”

“It’s available already? When did Chen Mo start working on it?”

“Why didn’t he say anything about it before?”

“I thought Chen Mo was too busy working on Don’t Starve and Diablo’s international release and had no time to work on the expansion pack!”

“I’m so happy I’m crying! He didn’t forget us! Let’s see what’s in it!”

“Two new jobs and a new act!”

“From the promotional video, the cinematics are as good as the other ones, the story looks incredible too!”

“The new classes, Crusader and Necromancer look quite interesting. The female Crusader looks so pretty, I have to create one!”

“Let’s see if there’s any new game modes. Adventure mode? Experience your own story? Sure, that’ll make grinding easier in the future.”

“Hold on, Challenge Rift? Leaderboards? Competitive season? There’s so many words… Alright, I’ll read through them. It’s like a list of things we need to do, first create a seasonal character, then grind like crazy in the Challenge Rift, then climb the leaderboards? Chen Mo’s so thoughtful!”

“It feels like the leaderboards for mobile card games… Anyways, I hated ranked ladders previously, but I don’t know how I’ll live without it!”

“Expert mode? One life? That sounds exciting, I like that!”

“The expansion pack costs 88 RMB? I’m not sure if I’m going to buy it… It’s not really worth it if I just continue to grind the same way after buying the DLC.”

“You should buy it just for the two classes1”

“That’s true, you go ahead and let me know how it goes.”

With the quality assurance of Diablo, Reaper of Souls sold many copies upon release. This was mainly due to how long the players have been waiting. Many thought Chen Mo didn’t plan to give it any updates, but nobody thought that he would release a whole expansion pack, one with a lot of content at that. This was news that shocked everyone.

Warcraft didn’t get this treatment!

Moreover, no matter if Diablo’s post game was boring or not, it was a high quality game, managing to attract many players in its early life.

Moreover, it seemed that this expansion pack had a lot of effort poured into it.

-Inside the experience store-

Many players playing Don’t Starve switched over to Diablo the moment Reaper of Souls was released. It was filled with Don’t Starve fans, but all of a sudden they were now in the minority.

“You’re playing Diablo’s expansion pack too?”

“Yeah, new story and new classes, I have to try it.”

“You’re giving up Don’t STarve? I was waiting for us to all play together!”

“It’s fine, this would only last a week or two. I’ll try out the new classes before getting sick of the story, then I’ll come back to picking up garbage from the ground.”

“Yeah, the life of a Nephalem is calling!”

Zou Zhuo created a seasonal character, a female Crusader, and started grinding right away.

There were many players like Zou Zhuo, a competitive season was something fresh in the minds of many seasoned players.

It was because players bought the game at different times, some earlier than others. The players who started earlier would have a significant advantage over the later players, so it would be close to impossible for players who bought the game to stand a chance on the leaderboards.