Season 7 of Diablo 4 is in full swing, but many of us players are finding one aspect of the grind particularly frustrating: the Whispers system tied to Coven reputation. While the process of earning Grim Favors is rather straightforward, the way it is structured is causing unnecessary interruptions and frustration.
The Coven Reputation Grind: A Time-Consuming Process
A big part of the Season 7 Journey revolves around grinding Coven reputation to unlock the seasonal pet reward. The fastest way to earn this reputation is by completing Headhunts, which grant Grim Favors. The issue? Once you reach 10 Grim Favors, you cannot earn more until you redeem them at the Tree of Whispers, forcing you to take unnecessary detours.
Constant Interruptions Break the Flow of Gameplay
On paper, this system does not seem too bad. Earning Grim Favors is easy, but having to stop everything just to turn them in? That is where the frustration begins.
- Frequent Backtracking: Having to constantly return to the Tree of Whispers, port back to town, or travel to the Raven of the Tree hub, is disrupting whatever you were doing.
- Missed Bosses & Rewards: If you are in the middle of a Headhunt, you could miss the boss fight and valuable loot just because you hit the Grim Favor cap.
- Progress Blocks: Sometimes, another Whisper completes before the one you are actively working on, meaning any further effort stops counting until you make another trip to redeem favors.
This stop-and-go design is counterintuitive to an easy gameplay loop, forcing us, the players, to manage our turn-ins instead of focusing on the action.
Managing Your Inventory: Another Layer of Frustration
To make things worse, Headhunts drop a ton of loot, including Ancestral Legendaries and Uniques. While that is great, it also means that every time you pick up a cache from the Raven, you risk filling up your inventory too quickly. Many players find themselves stuck in a frustrating loop:
- Grind Headhunts
- Go to the Raven to redeem Grim Favors
- Pick up cache
- Run out of inventory space
- Teleport to the Tree of Whispers Hub again to clear stash
- Repeat
It is an unnecessary cycle that could be solved with a more simplified system.
Community Frustration & Possible Fixes
This issue has not gone unnoticed. A big portion of the Diablo 4 community has been vocal about the frustration, with many suggesting a quality-of-life update that would allow Grim Favors to function as a currency, letting you redeem them at any time without interrupting gameplay.
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