With Season 6 and Vessel of Hatred, the developers are really shaking things up for Diablo 4. The community seems pleased with the changes and says: This will be a whole new game.
In the “Campfire Chat” livestream on August 29, the developers gave the first insights into the changes coming with the upcoming season and the expansion “Vessel of Hatred” in Diablo 4. Basically, they are overhauling the entire leveling and difficulty system.
This will include new features and new items, adjustments to endgame content, and “Quality of Life” updates. The changes seem to be very well received by the players. On Reddit, the community discusses the upcoming updates and sees them as a “massive win.”
In October, players can expect Season 6, as well as a new expansion for Diablo 4, Vessel of Hatred:
“These changes are perfect”
What are players praising? In a thread on Reddit, “nanosam” writes that the Update 2.0 is essentially a brand new game. “So many fundamental changes, it’s just incredible,” he writes.
He notes the changes he seems to like, including:
- farming materials for masterworking (completion) in nightmare dungeons
- glyph upgrades in the pit
- runes for rune words
- new skills, new items, legendary glyphs
- more and [realm-wide] Paragon points
- a new crafting option for mythics
- revised difficulty levels
The masterworking materials are still obtained at the end of your runs in the pit and in the hell hordes, so only after the boss fight. The pit will become a mechanic for altering the difficulty in Diablo 4 with Update 2.0, which is expected to come with the expansion. Additionally, you will level your glyphs there.
“nanosam” considers the changes a huge “win” for Diablo 4. The thread has already collected over 2,000 upvotes – clearly, many players agree with him. In the comments, other users also share their views.
“EnderCN” writes: “These changes to nightmare dungeons and the pit are perfect. The pit is made for rushing, which makes it great for glyphs.” In the nightmare dungeons, enemies will also drop the materials for masterworking.
In response, “nanosam” says: “I LOVE that all elites in nightmare dungeons will drop the materials, so clearing the entire dungeon will be rewarded instead of just rushing to the boss.”
Other users compare the update to Diablo 3. “hyperion602” writes in the comments:
Honestly, this whole patch changes the game in Diablo 3 2.0. (Which is fine by me, btw, I had a lot more fun in Diablo 3 than ever before in Diablo 4, unfortunately).
The terror difficulty system, which is tied to the pit levels: Just like in D3 (although it’s more direct here […]). The overhaul of Paragon glyphs: Just like the legendary gems from D3, which even come from the same type of content (pit/GR). Account-wide Paragon points: Just like in D3. Paragon points uncoupled from character levels: Just like in D3. The overhaul of ancestral items: Basically changes them into ancient items from D3.
Experts seem optimistic
What do experts say? In a YouTube video, Diablo expert wudijo believes that the game will become “much more like Diablo 3” in many ways – but in a good way. He says: “There are overhauls to difficulty levels, the paragons, glyphs, the pit, basically everything. Runes are coming back […].”
Diablo expert Raxxanterax explains in his YouTube video that he is optimistic about the update. He believes that many of these ideas could really improve the game. Many of the problems that existed a year ago are no longer present, says Raxxanterax. The expert states: “If the pit is fun and the transition from terror level 1 to terror 2 and then to terror 3 actually represents serious progression that you are really working on […] then it will be a great experience.”
In an interview, the developers explained to us at gamescom 2024 that the pit is a great way to interact with people.
A large part of the changes can already be tested by players in the coming week on the PTR (Public Test Realm) for Update 2.0 – including the rune words. This time, the test is split into two phases. When the PTR takes place, who can participate, and what you can specifically test will be covered in our summary: Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred brings rune words and you can test them soon – Patch Notes for the PTR
