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.

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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. 

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