Today, on June 6, the servers of Diablo Immortal are offline for maintenance for the first time. Players have been eagerly awaiting the first update after more than a month. Read everything about the patch and the patch notes here.
Update July 7: The patch notes are here.
Update 12:00 PM: The maintenance is complete. You currently need to download an update of about 450 MB to play, although this does not seem to apply to all players. It seems to primarily concern the re-download of game content. So far, no major changes are visible. You can find info about the patch notes further down in the text.
Original announcement – When is the maintenance? Starting at 10:00 AM German time, the servers worldwide are to be maintained. This is presumably mainly in preparation for the launch of Diablo Immortal in Asia.
Until 12:00 PM, the servers are expected to be unreachable. However, it is common for maintenance to be completed earlier or to take longer. We will keep you updated.
The maintenance is the first since the release of Diablo Immortal. Accordingly, player expectations are high; they hope for numerous improvements: Diablo Immortal is 1 month old – How is the controversial mobile MMO doing now?
In the video, you can find everything you need to know about Diablo Immortal in 3 minutes:
Diablo Immortal: Patch Notes for the 1st Update
What’s in the update? Blizzard finally released the patch notes for the 1st update at the end of the battle pass at 3:00 AM. However, there are only 2 new contents, one of which was already in the game:
- Vitaath, the new raid boss in the Hell Reliquary
- the weekend event “Hungry Moon” from July 15-18
Additionally, there were buffs for monks and wizards and some bug fixes.
Moreover, there are technical improvements for the PC client of the game. It is currently still in beta. Since the Asian countries except China are also getting the PC client, Vietnam even exclusively, this is particularly important.
There is no overhaul of the reward system, although many players complain that it does not work as it should. There are significant issues currently regarding the most important currency for free-to-play players, which is running low.
What’s next? We already know some future features. For example, with an upcoming update, it will be possible to easily switch your class. This will allow you to try out other classes without having to level up new characters. This feature is slated to be released by the end of July.
Which classes are the strongest, you can read in our tier list for Diablo Immortal. In the video, you will find gameplay for all classes:
New classes and story content have also been confirmed. Additionally, Diablo Immortal regularly receives new raid bosses. The 1st new boss from the Hell Reliquary has already been released: Vitaath, which is however too difficult. A new boss is set to unlock every month.
However, when and exactly how the campaign will continue and the new content will arrive is still unknown. MeinMMO has already inquired at Blizzard for more information and a roadmap for the future, but has not yet received any information.
Diablo Immortal is a service game that is supposed to be continuously developed. However, so far there are still significant updates and their information are lacking. The goal is actually to be a role model like WoW:
Leads on Diablo Immortal: “We will be like World of Warcraft”
