Just as I speculated before, their rationale for gating all future stash tab unlocks behind Seasons is “It provides a reason to participate in the season”.
We wanted to provide an option for players to acquire more stash space. We are using the Season Journey as a method for players to gain that space. It provides a reason to participate in the season, especially if you have never considered it before. So, starting with Season 5 and with future seasons, players can acquire an additional stash tab by completing the Conqueror stage of the Season Journey; a 6th stash tab is also immediately purchasable for gold for all players.
I want everyone to know we have been paying close attention to discussions on this topic and we are keeping your concerns in mind. Ultimately, we are glad we found a way in which we could provide additional stash as an option to a large portion of our players.
Forcing players to do something in such contrived ways is completely contrary to what ARPG’s are all about. Diablo III will never be an ARPG with this clueless development team forcing way too much of their bullshit down players throats. Haven’t even logged in since I made that previous post and don’t even have that itching desire to.
