Blizzard already backpedalling on one of the many disliked Diablo 4 patch 1.1 changes
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Honestly, I thought the lead up to the first season of Diablo 4 would be a more exciting period filled with anticipation. Season of the Malignant is a new type of season for Diablo, one that seems to resemble modern live service games.
It has its own battle pass, adds new content for all players, and is based on the narrative of the game. While Blizzard has already received some criticism for retaining legacy mechanics, such as the need to create a new character to experience the new seasonal content, overall there was a lot of buzz surrounding Season 1.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to last. Blizzard has just released patch 1.1, Diablo 4’s biggest patch yet. What many felt would address their grievances from launch ended up causing a massive backlash. The patch has been pretty harsh in its attempts to slow down player progression, nerfing all classes, devaluing some crutch stats, flattening various XP/grind curves, and somewhat making caster health worse.
The response has been so negative that Blizzard is hosting an emergency developer livestream this Friday to explain the intent behind the changes and address player feedback.
But while Blizzard has already fixed a bug introduced with 1.1 (which players thought was intentional given the rest of the patch), the developer hasn’t backed away from any of the bigger changes except apparently this one.
One adjustment that wasn’t even mentioned in the 1.1 patch notes has been to add rigid level requirements to enter World Tier 3 and 4. Previously, players could challenge Capstone Dungeon whenever they felt ready, which would then upgrade their game to the next world Level.
However, after 1.1, a new minimum level requirement was added, which icy veins reports that it is level 40 for World Tier 3 and level 60 for World Tier 4. Which means you cannot enter and beat the Capstone Dungeon required for this update, so you won’t actually be able to progress until you reach the required level. .
That only applies to new characters, which probably means it was intended to affect the seasonal characters everyone will create after Season of the Malignant launches properly. However, it is the one change Blizzard is going to walk backwards.
Adam Fletcher, Diablo’s global community leader, responded to the Icy Veins story by confirming that the level requirements will be removed, though without offering any further details.
We will remove the level requirement for World Tier 3 and 4.
—Adam Fletcher (@PezRadar) July 19, 2023
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We’ll likely hear more about this (and other possible changes) this Friday during the Campfire Chat. Until then, be sure to do this step before you start your season trip.
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