The recent 1.1.0 patch introduced some changes and additions to the game that should make our experience in all realms truly exciting and enjoyable. Among them are new Aspects and Uniques for us to chase, as well as several gameplay updates. Read on to learn what has made its way to Diablo 4.
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New Diablo 4 Aspects
Season of the Malignant is almost here, and it features a lot of exciting additions, including the new mechanic – Malignant Hearts. However, before the update, we received the 1.1.0 pre-patch that brought plenty of pleasant surprises, including seven new Legendary Aspects.
According to the devs, we can obtain them from any World Tier to make our characters even more powerful in both Eternal and Seasonal Realms. Thus, now we have two general Aspects, and each class received one for itself. So, without further ado, here are the new Legendary Aspects:
New Diablo 4 Uniques
Apart from the new Aspects, we got six new Unique items: one general and one for each class. These can be obtained from World Tier 4, with the general Unique being an extremely rare drop. The Diablo veterans will probably recognize some of the names as they have already been featured in the franchise. Let’s take a look at them!
Please note that both the Azurewrath and the Fleshrender Unique Item deal flat damage that increases with strength. For instance, Azurewrath’s damage increases from 3359 to 6718 at 820 Item Power.
Gameplay Updates
The devs have prepared plenty of those, which include World Tier changes, experience, Helltide, and more. So, let’s have a closer look at what has been affected by the changes.
General
- Altar of Lilith Unlocks and Map discovery are now account wide
- Whispers will no longer reward Sigil Dust
- The loot quality has been significantly improved for Silent Chests
- The channel time for the Leave Dungeon ability has been increased from 3 to 5 seconds
- The tendency for many monsters to move around in combat has been reduced, so that melee characters don’t have to chase down their enemies as much
World Tier
World Tier II has received the following bonuses:
- Bonus Gold: Increased from 15% to 20%
- Monsters now drop 15% more items
The reason behind this decision was the devs’ desire to make the reward better align with the World Tier difficulty.
Also, the creators tweaked the balance in World Tiers III and IV. In these areas, as you get stronger, most monsters will start to be up to 5 levels below you. This won’t happen with World Bosses, Legion Events, Fields of Hatred, Helltide, or Nightmare Dungeons, though. Thus, you can feel your strength growing but still have tough endgame activities to take on.
World Tier III Example:
- If the player’s level is below 55, the monster’s level is 55.
- If the player’s level is 56-60, the monster’s level is 55.
- If the player’s level is 61, the monster’s level is 56.
- If the player’s level is 62, the monster’s level is 57, etc. (from this point the monsters will always be -5 until World Tier III’s max monster level of 70).
World Tier IV Example:
- If the player’s level is below 75, the monster’s level is 75.
- If the player’s level is 76-80, the monster level is 75.
- If the player’s level is 81, the monster’s level is 76.
- If the player’s level is 82, the monster’s level is 77, etc. (from this point the monsters will always be -5).
Experience
From now on, the reward experience for completing Whispers in World Tiers III and IV is drastically increased. According to the devs, they noticed that the bonus you get for defeating stronger monsters increases too quickly compared to how hard they are to beat. Thus, they want to reward you for defeating tough enemies, but they also want to promote teamwork so that everyone can actively participate in leveling up, rather than one player doing all the work while another waits at the start of the dungeon.
That way, the bonus experience reward for killing monsters that are at higher level than you will look as the following:
- 1.5% bonus per Level up to 10 Levels. For instance, +1 level means you will get +1.5% bonus experience reward
Furthermore, the devs tweaked the experience rewards for monster level offsets for higher World Tiers, so here’s what you will get now:
- World Tier II: Up to +3
- World Tier III: Up to +6
- World Tier IV: Up to +10
To get a better picture, here’s an example. Imagine you’re at level 1, and your friends bring you to World Tier IV and leave you at the entrance of a dungeon. When they start killing level 100 monsters, you will get (Level 11 Monster XP) * (1 + 15%).
Helltide
Here, the devs wanted to increase the danger in risk-reward gameplay by increasing the monsters’ difficulty and making the Tortured Gift of Mysteries harder to open. And this is exactly what they did. Thus, we received the following changes:
- Helltide monsters are now 3 Levels higher than the player instead of 2.
- The Tortured Gift of Mysteries chest has had its cost increased to 250 Aberrant Cinders from 175.
- All interactable objects in Helltide zones now have a small chance of dropping Aberrant Cinders
New Elite Affix Revealed
Though it wasn’t mentioned in the patch, it’s still worth mentioning. Recently, some have made a curious discovery while watching one of the Season 1 Gameplay Guides videos. During the discussion of various aspects of Season of the Malignant, on which the video was focused, there was a little gameplay shown that revealed a new Elite Affix you can spot below.
As you can see, the Elite named Vorna now has a new Affix – Devious. Unfortunately, the video didn’t reveal the effect of this Affix, but it’s known that there will most likely be at least three more added: Brutal, Vicious, and Wrathful. Some suggest that these will correspond with the Hearts of the same type providing defensive, offensive, and maybe even super powers. Guess we’ll see.
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