IMO this is another example of a company taking established trust in a franchise and exploiting it for a cash grab. The problem is that while players are upset

IMO this is another example of a company taking established trust in a franchise and exploiting it for a cash grab. The problem is that while players are upset right now they will forget and when Diablo 4 releases everyone will promptly pull out their wallets. There isn't much risk in companies doing these kinds of things because of consumer apathy. In this specific case it's a "meh" from me because I think Diablo 3 mostly destroyed the franchise for me both in terms of lore and gameplay mechanics. Blizzard has gone on record as saying they aren't competing with Path of Exile in the ARPG market and see the market split into two parts: simple/casual (D3) and complex (PoE) and I prefer the more complex and engaging market. All of the information they have released about Diablo 4 so far fits in line with that thinking and is mostly a re-hashing of the D3 mechanics.