Just before Season 1 goes live in Diablo 4, Blizzard is bringing a new update. Patch 1.1.0b changes something about the mechanics before the release of the season, which has yet to go live.
What’s in the patch?
What does the change bring: The change to world tiers has already been announced and is being welcomed by fans. They say: there has to be more, but this is a good start.
With hearts, there is something more to the thought. What might seem useless at first glance has a deeper meaning: the Wicked Hearts are the new mechanic of the season and replace socket stones in pieces of jewelry.
Most classes socket skulls into jewelry because they grant armor. Until now, this has meant that many classes would lose massive defenses if they wanted to use the new hearts instead.
Wicked hearts are supposed to enable really bad builds and now also serve as a strong replacement for the skulls. The change is basically a strong buff for all classes – or maybe more of a nerf rollback.
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Blizzard is slowly rolling back changes from patch 1.1
The new patch 1.1 is met with great criticism in the community because the changes are negative in most places. Farming is getting harder, all classes are getting weaker, and a lot of things that used to be fun would now feel “sluggish”.
Blizzard has already announced an emergency stream to talk a little about the decisions. However, we do not yet know exactly what the developers will say there.
Before the patch, many players were looking forward to Season 1. They promised that the update would finally give them more of the endgame that they were missing before. Instead, they sometimes dub Patch 1.1 the “worst patch in ARPG history” and call for a boycott.
Blizzard is now gradually reversing some of the controversial changes. By the way, we follow the release of the season live in the ticker:
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