Diablo has a ten-year roadmap, but fans aren't impressed by the 2025 one so far – thankfully, one Diablo 4 content creator has spotted something others may have missedTech12:35, 16 Apr 2025Updated 13:46, 16 Apr 2025Here's hoping for more challenging combat encountersDiablo 4 got a sizeable roadmap of seasonal content last week, but some of the community feel a little disappointed that much of it feels a tad predictable.Article continues belowSeasonal powers, an anniversary event, and confirmation that the game's second expansion will launch in 2026 haven't exactly shaken up the fanbase, although the series' general manager insists Diablo is "here for the long haul" with a ten-year roadmap.‌Now, though, one respected content creator has suggested that the roadmap he saw while preparing for an interview with the dev team was a little different to the one we saw earlier this month – here's all we've learned.Over on YouTube, Rhykker, who is known for his expertise in the ARPG genre, noted the disappointment of the fanbase that some big features like rankings and leaderboards aren't coming until 2026.Article continues belowNoting Season 8 will have an increased focus on challenge and variety, Rhykker acknowledges that each season feels like it's following a template.In the video above, Rhykker confirms what we'd already suspected at around the 7-minute 30-second mark. There, he confirms he saw a slightly different version of the roadmap from Blizzard in preparing for an interview with the developers, which had less of a flame over the information (you can see the image below)."In the version that I got that "new something" wasn't entirely hidden by flames and I was able to analyse it in Photoshop and see that it said "new class" - I just thought it was noteworthy that after I pointed out to them [Blizzard] that I could figure out that it said "new class" that they went and hid that for the public version."‌2025 could be big for Diablo 4, even without a new expansionSo, it seems likely we'll get a new class in 2026. Blizzard seemingly obfuscating the image is perhaps the most surprising part here, though – given a big part of Vessel of Hatred was the new Spiritborn class, it felt pretty nailed-on the second expansion would look to repeat the trick.‌Rhykker also points to former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra's post on X (formerly Twitter), where he delivers his opinion on Diablo's roadmap.Among Ybarra's thoughts are toning down story investment to get expansions out more quickly, as well as considering the release cadence of seasonal updates."Don't ship to check a box. Season's need to get off the cycle of shipping, spending 2 months to fix issues, then repeating," Ybarra said.‌"Pause and give the team time to really address the end-game issues. Playing for a week to then 1 or 3 shot a "uber" boss 500 times for a unique, then quitting until next season is fundamentally not fun."Expansions schedule is too long - should be yearly. Reduce "story" investment (costs so much for 1 time element in a ARPG) and focus on new classes, new mob types, new end-game activities that last more than a few days."If the cycle continues to just ship w/o fixing the fundamental issues, then I'm not sure where Diablo is going. You can add all the end-game activities you want, but you'll be running in place with the same issues. At some point there's just so many random things, it's not worth the effort."Article continues belowExcited for more Diablo 4, or have you switched to Path of Exile 2? Let us know!For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.‌‌‌