Those who grew up with Diablo seem to enjoy immersing themselves in Diablo 4 as well. And particularly a certain endgame content fits perfectly for the busy gamer dads who want to farm for a few hours in between.
This is what it is with the “gamer dads”: Diablo 4 quickly earned the reputation of being the optimal game for fathers with little time. Everyone who has a family, a job, and generally little time to game is exactly right here.
With Season 6, the function of the nightmare dungeons changed. While you previously leveled your glyphs there, you can now simply enter the dungeons to farm XP and materials. On Reddit, a gamer dad explains that the nightmare dungeons are a paradise for farming because: you can play at your own pace and relaxing.
Farming without time pressure and with a sense of “exploration”
Why are the nightmare dungeons perfect for gamer dads? In the Reddit post, dracubeo explains that now every corner, every chest, and every monster group in nightmare dungeons counts when it comes to farming. You also get most of the materials and items you need there. This creates an optimal mode for relaxed farming. “Sit back, relax, farm and repeat,” he writes.
In the comment, dracubeo also notes that the hell hordes are well designed, but the nightmare dungeons offer him more map variety and a certain “sense of exploration.”
The community discusses the topic in the comments. redditter8888 also finds that nightmare dungeons are the most relaxed activity. You can also take a break at any time.
z0ttel89 writes that while you can farm more effectively in the hell horde, “not everything has to always revolve around efficiency and how much X I get in Y minutes.” He also enjoys the relaxed nightmare dungeons, which you can play at your own pace without time pressure.
“There’s obsidicit in every corner”
What is now different about the dungeons? Since Season 6, the functions of the nightmare dungeons and the pit have changed:
- Previously, you leveled your glyphs in the nightmare dungeons and therefore “had to” play them until the end. You now level your glyphs in the pit.
- In addition, you unlock new difficulty levels in the pit. Blizzard introduced them and removed the old, often criticized world levels.
- In the nightmare dungeons, you now collect materials almost incidentally, which you previously received in the pit after the end boss. You can still complete the objective of the dungeon and do events, but you don’t have to.
PianoEmeritus believes that both endgame activities have benefited from the “swap” of functions. He writes:
The pit is now a fun time competition where I can measure myself while upgrading my glyphs. In the nightmare dungeons, there is no longer this feeling that everything is under time pressure and that you have to rush through as quickly as possible to do it ‘right’.
Having grown up with Diablo 1 and Diablo 2, I cleared every map completely. No demons were left alive. I often did that in Diablo 3 as well. In Diablo 4, the nature of the overworld makes it impossible, but in the nightmare dungeons, not only can I do that, but it is also worth it. There is obsidicit in every corner.
Another self-proclaimed gamer dad, RustyDog83, notes in the comments that the hell hordes are his highlight. He writes that the waves only last a minute and you can start the next wave whenever you want. It’s also no problem if you need to check on the kids or the food on the stove.
In the hell horde activity, you fight against waves of monsters and finally against three bosses. You collect “Burning Ether”, which you can exchange at the end for rewards. You can choose from boxes with gear, materials, and gold, making the hell hordes a good starting point for that. Our simple overview for Diablo 4 shows where you can best farm for what you currently need.
