Actually, the current Season 12 of Diablo 4 is really strong, players find. If it weren’t for one thing that is really annoying: the lack of Obducite. Blizzard nerfed the availability of this crafting material heavily with the patch for the season. Now it is missing for players who want to improve.
What kind of resource is this?
- With Obducite, you can upgrade your equipment. You need the resource for “Completion,” which upgrades the values of all affixes on items.
- Although there are some sources for Obducite, there are only a few really efficient farming methods. The most popular so far have been nightmare dungeons.
- The limit is currently causing Season 12, where you can even become the Butcher, to perform rather modestly.
This is the problem with Obducite: The material is necessary to bring equipment to the absolute highest level possible. This means: If you need to complete high levels in the pit, you need tons of Obducite.
However, Blizzard has heavily nerfed the drop rate of Obducite in horadric vaults with the release of patch 2.6.0 (and thus Season 12). This means that the best farming method is no longer nearly as strong as it used to be.
The gear farming itself can already be very time-consuming. Now it takes even more time to gather the necessary Oduzit to become strong in a season that is already shorter than usual. Because at the end of April, Lord of Hatred, the new expansion will be released. Exactly this is what players are currently criticizing on Reddit.
An “infinite loop for Obducite” is supposed to help
In the thread it says: Actually, Season 12 is really good. Only Obducite is annoying because you need it for progress at high levels. Where you used to easily upgrade several sets for different builds, you now need ages just for one.
One user explains, however, how to remedy the Obducite shortage. There is supposedly a method to get almost endless amounts of the resource:
Craft seals until you get a horadric vault.
In the vault, you have a high chance of getting 1-2 Escalation seals.
Complete the Escalation seals and get 1-2 seals for horadric vaults.There, you are now in an infinite loop for Obducite. Literally, 30 minutes later, you don’t have to worry about anything in this game anymore.
Johnny_SWTOR on Reddit
There are more tips to farm Obducite in Diablo 4, but the nightmare dungeons with the vault are by far the best way to the resource – even after the nerf. Nevertheless, the information about the large amounts of Obducite is not correct, other users explain.
The loop provides far less Obducite than claimed, only “a few hundred” per run, according to VagueSomething. In half an hour, you might get 800 to 1,200 Obducite, although the amount increases with higher torment levels. At T4, you already get 800 per vault.
Torment levels will go even higher with Lord of Hatred, by the way.
Although the farming method still works, it is simply monotonous and boring: “not entertaining and you don’t get enough XP for the time spent.” (according to DrNCrane74). Even with the reduced costs for master crafting, it is still a pain (no pun intended) to get Obducite.
Season 12, apart from Obducite farming, apparently presents one of the biggest challenges so far, as there is a way to make the game significantly harder for yourself. Too hard for many of you, it seems: Blizzard makes Diablo 4 harder, needs to nerf because you are too soft.
