Lastly, the massacre XP bonus from the console version of the game – the incrementing bonus you get for killing hordes of monsters in short order – is coming to PC.Ī new gold sink is coming to the game in the form of Empowered Rifts, which are like normal Greater Rifts but allow you to spend gold for a fourth chance at rolling an upgrade on a legendary gem.Ī new Kanai’s cube recipe will make this gold sink useful – the recipe allows you to consume legendary gems to buff ancient items.

Additionally, the effect of +XP gear is being heavily reduced at level 70 – for instance, a Ruby that gave 40% increased XP will only give 4% – but to compensate for this, XP rewards across the board are being increased by about 50%. For instance, massive improvements are coming to buff bar UI to address the issue of the overcrowded buff bars making players unable to see all active buffs on their character.įurther, the vast advantage that group play has over solo play is being addressed – group play will remain favored, but the gulf between the two will be lessened by reducing the health of monsters in Greater Rifts when there are fewer than 4 players in a party. Over 175 new bounties are coming in 2.4, mostly split between acts 3, 4, and 5.īlizzard is also looking to address common player complaints in 2.4. Initial hints at new and updated set items, as well as a quickly-edited reveal message that initially mentioned stash space and “set dungeons,” all proved true.Īt the Diablo 3 panel, Blizzard confirmed two new areas and one entirely new zone, which will bring with them 16 new monsters. Today at BlizzCon 2015, Blizzard revealed what content Diablo 3 players can look forward to in patch 2.4, which is slated to be the biggest patch since Reaper of Souls. Update: Hands-on impressions with the new content added to the end of this piece.

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