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Diablo 4 Patch Notes: New patch buffs the most important mechanic of Season 1, helps all classes

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 2 minutes
diablo 4 patch notes hot fox 08.06.

Shortly before Season 1 goes live in Diablo 4, Blizzard is releasing a new update. Patch 1.1.0b changes something about the mechanics before the Season’s release, which has yet to go live.

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What’s in the Patch?

What does the change bring: The change to the World Tiers has already been announced and is welcomed by fans. They say there needs to be more, but this is a good start.

There is a bit more thought behind the Hearts. What may seem useless at first glance has a deeper meaning: the Malicious Hearts are the new mechanism of the Season and replace socket stones in jewelry.

Most classes socket skulls in jewelry, as they grant armor. Until now, this means that many classes would lose a lot of defense if they want to use the new Hearts instead.

Malicious Hearts are supposed to enable really awesome builds and also serve as a strong replacement for skulls. The change is basically a strong buff for all classes – or perhaps more a rollback of the nerfs.

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Blizzard is slowly reversing changes from Patch 1.1

The new Patch 1.1 is receiving a lot of criticism in the community, as the changes are mostly negative. Farming is becoming harder, all classes are getting weaker, and many things now feel “sluggish” that used to be fun.

Blizzard has already announced an emergency stream to discuss some of the decisions. What exactly the developers will say there, we do not know yet.

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Before the patch, many players were looking forward to Season 1. They expected from the update that they would finally get more of the endgame that they had previously missed. Instead, they are partly labeling Patch 1.1 as the “worst patch in ARPG history” and are calling for a boycott.

Blizzard is now gradually reversing some of the controversial changes. By the way, we are following the release of the Season live in the ticker:

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  1. news.blizzard.com