The Diablo 4 community is rallying behind a simple idea! To bring back the March of the Goblins event every season. On the official forums, players are heavily discussing this topic, asking why this event would deserve a permanent spot in every season. And honestly, it is hard to argue with them.
What Is March of the Goblins Again?
Originally introduced in Season 7, March of the Goblins was a midseason event that was basically about Goblins. You know, those little gremlins-looking things that keep running from you when you try to steal their loot bags. You could find a Goblin Statue in Kyovashad, and killing Goblins would increase your reputation on there.
The more Treasure Goblins you would kill, the higher you would increase your Goblin Reputation. When reaching certain milestones, you would get pretty nice rewards. It also came with a massive boost to goblin spawn rates, so you were able to encounter hordes of loot-filled little thingies running all around the place.
What Does the Community Want
The thread, posted on July 22, opened a really wide discussion. Some feel that the event is getting reused too often, many others love it and want it to become a main event every season. Kind of like how Mother’s Blessing XP boosts or Double Whisper Caches come around regularly. Multiple reasons are listed as to why players want this event to come back so much:
- It is easy fun and good loot, so why not repeat it?
- Goblins are getting rarer lately, this brings them back in force.
- The reputation tracker was surprisingly well done.
There are even calls for a “Double Goblin Spawn” weekend, just to keep things entertaining and fun!
More Ideas, More Chaos
The thread also ended up in fun directions, with players sharing their ideas about how the event could be made even more fun and rewarding:
- A “Darkening of Tristram” style Goblin Vault. You would clear 16 dungeon levels and fight Diablo to unlock a one-time seasonal portal to Greed’s Vault.
- A new mode called “Troll Hunt“:
- Trolls are named after forum users and hidden across the game.
- Clues lead to hunting them, and the rewards include random unequipped stash items from the troll.
- Troll characters scale with their real in-game stats and activity.
- Once you kill a troll, they are flagged and can hunt you down to reclaim their item.
- Basically a fun new PvP mode.
On top of the Goblin event, players also went over other seasonal events, such as collaborations, Winter/Christmas, Anniversary… and came up with ideas to make them better:
- Collaborations (like the Berserk one) should be more meaningful and rewarding. Locking the coolest rewards behind the shop and making the event barely interesting overall, is just forcing players to rush through in one day and not look back at it ever again.
- Seasonal events, such as Winter Events, should be more unique and rewarding. Instead of just putting back the exact same event, with the same story, mechanics, and rewards, is not interesting. They should be redesigned each time, so even players who play each season can have fun doing them again. And adding new rewards also makes it more valuable to replay those events.
- Anniversary events should be more meaningful. Take the opportunity to rewards the players that are sticking to your game over the years. Offer sets of cosmetics with quality designed gear that any class can wear, and an original mount and pet. Add a cool little event with an interesting story and some quests to go through.
What comes from this discussion in the end is that, behind all the goblin love, there is a deeper frustration. Players want more new seasonal content. Many feel that Diablo 4 keeps forcing players to buy more things, but on the other side, Blizzard is holding back on good and rewarding events. Even small wins like recurring events with new twists to them could go a long way to keep things interesting.