Blizzard has announced the new Patch 2.4 for Diablo 2 Resurrected. This is intended to make some balance adjustments and also bring the long-awaited ladders. New rune words have also been announced.
What exactly is in the new update?
- 4 different ladders, as were present in Diablo 2
- New rune words
- New recipes for the Horadric Cube, which can increase the quality of set items
- A revision of the mercenaries to provide more incentives to use different characters
- Balance adjustments to the various classes
When will the patch be released? The new update 2.4 is expected to be released in early 2022.
Before that, there will be a livestream on December 16 at 8:00 PM, in which the developers want to present the update in more detail. According to the developers, the blog post will only scratch the surface of the patch.
4 ladders with brand new rune words
What do the ladders look like? With the update, 4 ladders are to be introduced:
- Standard ladder – For the normal version of the 4 acts
- Hardcore ladder – For the hardcore version of the 4 acts
- Standard ladder expansion – For the normal version with the 4 acts + the expansion
- Hardcore ladder expansion – For the hardcore version of the 4 acts + the expansion
These ladders have been long awaited, as only with them does Diablo 2 really begin for many fans.
Together with the ladders, a lot of new rune words will also be unlocked, which have never existed in the game before. At the end of a season, the characters will be shifted to the normal version of the game, so you can use the rune words outside of the ladder as well.
What do the rune words look like? The developers cannot reveal that yet. However, there will be a first glimpse of the rune words in the stream.
Every class gets buffs
What changes for the classes? The developers have given only rough insights on this point as well, however, each class will receive a boost to rarely used abilities:
- Certain melee skills of the Amazon, including Impale and Counter, are to be strengthened. Additionally, the requirement for synergies of melee attacks should be slightly relaxed, so that more skill points are available for other combinations.
- The Assassin will receive a buff to martial arts skills that have been rarely used.
- The Barbarian will also receive buffs for skills that have been used less frequently. Additionally, the throwing barbarian will be strengthened.
- For the Druid, fire skills and summoning skills will be strengthened. A buff for werebear skills has also been announced.
- For the Necromancer, rarely used summoning skills are to be strengthened. Also, rarely summoned golems should become “more efficient”.
What do you think about the announced update? Do the ladders and new rune words appeal to you? Or have you already moved on to another game from Diablo 2 Resurrected?
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