 | Recent Hotfix to Legendary Items(1) | Category: GeneralMarch-31-2014 1:42 AM PDT (9 years ago)  |
| Hi everybody, A number of hotfixes were applied over the weekend that amongst other things buffed the drop rates of Legendary items. These particular hotfixes are aimed to help improve the reward curve for players as they start to reach higher Torment difficulties:
We are interested in hearing what you think about these hotfixes, so please do not hesitate to share your feedback below :-) | ||
 | Recent Hotfix to Legendary Items(159) | April-10-2014 7:17 AM PDT (9 years ago) |
| Hey everyone - as last night we introduced another hotfix to drop rates for legendary items we wanted also to share with you some insights regarding them that Travis Day has provided. Thank you for your feedback so far and we are looking forward to reading more on your experience of the legendary item hunt! And here is what Travis has to say about the recent changes: Hey all, A series of hotfixes will be deployed today making more adjustments to overall reward structures within the game. I wanted to take a minute to explain the reasons for the changes that we are making. A driving goal of our design has been to make killing monsters feel rewarding, we want you all to find tons of cool items that you are excited about but more importantly we want you to have fun while doing it. Rifts have always been intended to be the most efficient play method in the game, currently they aren’t for a number of reasons. Part of this has to do with the high level of efficiency in farming that players find doing things like farming Manglemaw, Razorclaw and any other number of unique monsters. Another contributing element is that farming chests without having to actually fight monsters is far more effective than actually fighting the monsters. It is very important to us that chests are exciting to find and feel rewarding but presently they are far too common and reliable to farm in certain areas of the game. Finally Kadala, she has always been intended to give players some degree of control over their item upgrades. While we don’t want players to simply pick and choose from a list of items at an excessively high cost, we do want you to have an answer to the question “How do I upgrade my boots?†Kadala is meant to be that answer, she is meant to give you some direct control over the types of items you find. Since we are increasing the overall reward structure of the game she is also going to be increasing but by a larger amount than the rest of the changes since she didn't feel rewarding enough to us. Without further delay here is a list of the changes that will be coming in the hotfix. The Bad! Unique monsters now drop less items. *Uniques were dropping far more loot than their difficulty would warrant. Chest spawns have been thinned out across all acts of the game. *Ideally chests become less common and something that players can’t flip games to farm. It is our goal to make them feel exciting and rewarding when you find them. The Good! The bonus legendary drop rate for rifts is being increased from 25% to 100%! *This means that while in a rift your chance to find a legendary item from monsters, chests, elites, and everything else is double what it is outside of rifts. No this does not mean opening bounty bags in rifts is the new hotness. ;P Kadala’s legendary drop rate has been significantly increased. *Blood Shards are meant to be a compelling element of rift rewards and something players are excited to get. Loot is an incredibly important aspect of Diablo games and we will continue to keep a very close eye on it. If more problems arise we will continue striving to address them. It isn’t our goal to take loot away from people, we just want to make sure they are having as much fun as possible while finding it and these changes all support that goal. Good hunting and link the loot! Travis Day | ||
