Home / Software & Gaming / Blizzard working on fix for Diablo 4’s instant-activation battle pass button

Blizzard working on fix for Diablo 4’s instant-activation battle pass button

With Blizzard introducing microtransactions in Diablo 4, players have been keeping a critical eye on all of the studio's decisions. Blizzard caught some flack for the implementation of its ‘Activate Season Pass' button, as many have mistakenly clicked it due to its position in the UI. Now, Blizzard is saying it will make an adjustment. 

If you bought Diablo 4's Ultimate Edition, then you get a free accelerated battle pass, but you don't have to use it now for season 1. If you don't have the time to finish a season pass right now, or if your class is so busted (sorcerer) that you're holding out for a future season with fixes in place, then you can simply not activate your battle pass and carry it forward to a future season.

So what's the issue? Well, Blizzard decided to put the activation button for the season pass right underneath the button you need to press to check your seasonal challenges. Once pressed, the season pass activates instantly with no warning, confirmation window or opt-out option. Due to this, many players have activated their season passes by mistake when they had planned on saving it.

As a temporary measure, Blizzard is changing the default cursor position when you first click on the seasonal menu tab to try and mitigate the number of accidental activations. A more permanent UI change will be made to stop this from happening in the future. We don't know how long that fix will take but there is another Diablo 4 patch arriving next week and there will be a developer stream this Friday, so hopefully we'll hear more on that then.

Discuss on our Facebook page, HERE.

KitGuru Says: When I activated my pass for the season I was shocked at the instant activation. Typically, you would expect a confirmation pop-up or something along those lines. If you are going to have an instant activation button, then at the very least, don't put it right by the button you need to press regularly to check seasonal challenge progress. 

Become a Patron!

Check Also

Ubisoft Vision

KitGuru Games: Ubisoft Has No Vision And Its Games Lack Identity

Known for their middle-of-the-road output, Ubisoft has shown a commitment to making sweeping changes to its games post-launch. Unfortunately, the publisher appears to have neither the vision – nor the identity – in order to elevate its titles beyond just being “another Ubisoft game.”

We've noticed that you are using an ad blocker.

Thank you for visiting KitGuru. Our news and reviews teams work hard to bring you the latest stories and finest, in-depth analysis.

We want to be as informative as possible – and to help our readers make the best buying decisions. The mechanism we use to run our business and pay some of the best journalists in the world, is advertising.

If you want to support KitGuru, then please add www.kitguru.net to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software. It really makes a difference and allows us to continue creating the kind of content you really want to read.

It is important you know that we don’t run pop ups, pop unders, audio ads, code tracking ads or anything else that would interfere with the KitGuru experience. Adblockers can actually block some of our free content, such as galleries!