After teasing that Diablo 4 would get ray tracing support during its CES 2024 digital event, Nvidia has finally provided a firm release date, revealing the graphics tech arrives in Blizzard's popular action RPG dungeon crawler later this month.
28.02.2024 - 21:43 / wowhead.com
Some topics in the Diablo community will always spark controversy — Stash space, drop rates, itemization, and the in-game Shop have all been hot topics burning their way through circles of Wanderers since Diablo 4 launched. We've got our own opinions: read on to find out more about our take on the Herb system in Diablo 4!
The entire Herb collection system for making Elixirs and upgrading potions was created for a different game era. It’s time for a serious revisit to the herb, Elixir and Incense system.
Back before Season 1, everyone was doing a lot of running around above ground, doing side quests, going after Altars, and finishing the campaign. Since Herbs are only obtained by direct farming or doing side quests that give an and assorted herbs, getting enough herbs wasn’t much of an issue, because you spent so much time above ground where you could grab them as you went along.
In today's world of spamming Nightmare Dungeons and Vaults to level (because open-world experience gives so little… well, experience), getting enough herbs even to upgrade your healing potion can pose serious problems. There are four key areas where herbs and Elixirs could use some serious improvement.
Getting enough herbs often means open-world farming. Without an in-game way to track herb nodes in the world, it’s often a complete guess as to where you’ll even find these nodes, and they have a terrible habit of disappearing. I’ve gone back to previous hot spots only to find a local herb plague has wiped everything out.
Herb node yield is also ridiculously low. It’s frustrating to find those elusive nodes, only to have it yield 1 when you need 27 to upgrade to a at level 80.
There are only a few open-world activities most players do regularly: Helltides, some Whispers, and the Season 3 outdoor activities we’ve come to call Malphas-palooza. Sure, we’ll stop for an herb when we see one there, but that’s hardly enough to keep one character stocked and up to date on their potions.
This is not only an unrewarding mechanic, it’s counter to normal Diablo farming objectives. Diablo has always been a game about farming gear, runes, and the next upgrade, but herb farming feels pointless by comparison. At certain stages of the game, particularly World Tier changes, herbs and elixirs are mostly about temporarily shoring up weaknesses, not building power.
There are many possible fixes that would help these issues, including improving yields from herb nodes, density of outdoor nodes, and respawn rates. However, reducing the reliance on open-world farming would have a much bigger impact.
Currently, there are no methods for reliably gathering herbs inside dungeons or vaults.
After teasing that Diablo 4 would get ray tracing support during its CES 2024 digital event, Nvidia has finally provided a firm release date, revealing the graphics tech arrives in Blizzard's popular action RPG dungeon crawler later this month.
Diablo 4 just got a new update that brings lots of fixes and improvements for players. Blizzard's latest entry in its action RPG series continues to roll on since its launch last year. Diablo 4 is still getting regular updates and new content, and fans are now enjoying the third season of the game. While the title has arguably experienced its ups and downs since release, Blizzard is plainly working to improve it over time and give gamers a reason to keep coming back.
Patch 1.3.3 added new features to the player profiles, including equipped skills, time played, Seals from the Gauntlet, and transmog names and sources. Diablo 4 Patch 1.3.3 Patch Notes The Gauntlet and Leaderboards Guide When viewing a profile, players can now see the equipped skills (without upgrades) and the time played on that specific character. You can also view player profiles on the Gauntlet leaderboard by clicking on their names, if they aren't set to private.
In the wake of the release of Patch 1.3.3a of Diablo 4, which addresses issues with Leaderboard filtering and a bug affecting PlayStation users, some concerns mentioning an issue with the scoring and Leaderboard placement for players on local split-screen co-op have come to light. Players who opt to play together in local co-op are forced to share the same screen, which poses a huge issue when competing against teams in the same Leaderboard bracket who do not face such constraints. Those playing in groups on separate game clients may freely split up and kill more enemies simultaneously than their split-screen counterparts. Global Diablo Community Development Director Adam Fletcher responded to the concern on X (formerly known as Twitter), agreeing with the sentiment and stating that there would be an internal discussion of the topic.
Blizzard has released Patch 1.3.3a for Diablo 4 which contains various bug fixes, including a fix for the PlayStation first-time player experience appearing on every startup and multiple leaderboard filtering fixes. The Gauntlet and Leaderboards Guide Gauntlet Tier List — Best Gauntlet Builds
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Diablo 4’s Season 3 midseason update introduces the Gauntlet, a new timed Dungeon with challenging enemies and a scoring system that corresponds with the new leaderboard feature. For those looking to try their hand at eternal glory, we’ve put together a Gauntlet Tier List that ranks the best speedrunning, monster-cleaving builds in Patch 1.3.3.To see the complete Gauntlet rankings for Season 3, take a look at our Best Gauntlet Builds Tier List. The Gauntlet is Diablo 4’s first highly competitive feature, consisting of predetermined layouts, enemies, shrines, and chests that players must navigate to achieve the highest score possible before the timer runs out.
With the Gauntlet and tomorrow's Midseason Update for Season 3 looming, we're all waiting with bated breath for the release of the Leaderboards and the newest endgame system in Diablo 4. Thankfully, Blizzard has released a new video with everything you need to know about the Gauntlet, launching tomorrow during the 1.3.3 Midseason Update! What You Need to Know About the Gauntlet on YouTube Between describing new Pillar shrines that will be unique to the Gauntlet, and going over different rankings on the Leaderboards, this video is a quick romp through the new content that will give you a good rundown of how everything will work.
During yesterday's Campfire Chat, Blizzard announced the release date of the next major Diablo IV patch. On March 5, players will be able to access the previously delayed Gauntlet endgame dungeon.
Today’s Campfire Chat was heavily focused on the upcoming Gauntlet, a timed Dungeon featuring high-level enemies and a point system that corresponds with Diablo 4’s leaderboard system that also debuts on Tuesday, March 5th with the release of Patch 1.3.3. Season 3 Midseason Campfire Chat Liveblog One minor announcement that was quickly glossed over pertains to Hardcore: deaths in the Gauntlet are permanent. Players who wish to experience this new Patch 1.3.3 feature will be risking it all for a chance at leaderboard immortality.
Are you a Diablo 4 completionist? Have you ever wondered where certain Mounts, Armor, or Weapon skins drop from? Today, we'd like to highlight a fanmade website where players can track their transmog collections and discover where to find missing pieces! Diablo4.dad — Diablo 4 Transmog Collection WebsiteDiablo4.dad allows players to sort and filter every collectible item in the game and track items that players have already acquired.
A Diablo 4 player obtained a bow that had a one in 175,616 chance of dropping, and declared that it's "still crap."