It’s been some time since we’ve had a Diablo 4 patch. Because the launch of the Vessel of Hatred growth, and the beginning of Season of Hatred Rising, Blizzard has principally been deploying smaller updates geared toward fixing a few of the extra egregious launch points.
Although just a few of these did embody sure tweaks to gameplay, the bulk had been sufficiently small to make one or two tweaks. This adjustments later right now, although, with the discharge of two.0.4.
Patch 2.0.4, which arrives right now, October 29 throughout all platforms, is, like most different current patches, made up virtually solely of bug fixes. Blizzard, nevertheless, additionally included plenty of gameplay adjustments and a few shaking up of values right here and there.
The Realmwalker encounter occasions have been some of the common because the begin of the season, partly due to the faction fame they provide, and the way that feeds again into the seasonal loop. Realmwalkers additionally occur to be a terrific supply of drugs, in addition to the brand new Seething Opal Elixirs. These encounters solely felt breezy when two or extra gamers had been current, however it appears Blizzard thinks gamers are ending them slightly too rapidly.
The patch doubles the well being of the Realmwalker, that means it’s going to take longer to kill it and open the Seething Portal. The patch additionally makes it doable for yet one more wave of Bloodbound Guardians to point out up. Different Seething-related tweaks embody an replace to the outline of Opals to make clear that the elevated loot likelihood additionally applies to the Pit and Kurast Undercity.
Whereas on the topic, Radian Chests on the finish of Legion occasions now additionally grant each bonus loot, in addition to Zakarum Remnants fame to anybody with a Seething Opal lively, as long as that’s true when the chest is opened.
Patch 2.0.4 additionally brings a few good high quality of life additions. Gamers in Diablo 4’s endgame, or actually anybody who spends loads of their time in Nahantu, will little question be accustomed to simply how mob density can turn into one thing of an issue when shifting round. It has been slightly irritating to have mounts simply get scared very simply now and pressure you off, which is one thing that Blizzard intends to make much less of an incidence by growing the quantity of injury required earlier than your mount forces you off.
Gem Fragment capability has been elevated but once more, and the Get together Finder fast checklist will now be seen whenever you’re viewing the Infernal Hordes within the map. PS5 customers now additionally, lastly, get VRR assist. This characteristic is offered solely when Enhanced Visuals is disabled, and it permits the framerate to transcend 60fps when it’s inside your monitor/TV’s VRR vary.
Try the Blizzard weblog for the total set of patch notes.
