Fair warning: this is going to be a pretty beefy news article. Blizzard's gone ahead and posted the changes that are coming to Diablo III with patch 2.3.0, and it's a laundry list of alterations to say the least.
Let's start with the big stuff; a new zone, The Ruins of Sescheron, is going to be added to the role-playing game's deadly world, along with a new storyline that focuses on an ancient artefact and the return of Zoltun Kulle, who you may remember from the main game's plot. What's left of the Barbarian's homeland promises horrific new monsters, incredibly dangerous escapades, and, of course, a lot of lovely loot.
Moving on, the new update will also bring rather dramatic changes to adventure mode. For starters, the crafting system is getting a hefty overhaul in an attempt to make it far more useful. As it is right now, crafting becomes a bit of an afterthought since it's an expensive process, and you can generally pick up weapons and armour that's just about as effective when you're out and about slaughtering demons. Patch 2.3.0 will supposedly make crafting more cost effective, and it's revamping the material requirements.so that everything's more streamlined.
What's more, you'll be able to obtain many of these materials simply by completing bounties, which are also being tweaked. The side quests now provide more gold and more materials than before, while bonus acts will provide better rewards and will rotate after completion - which means that you'll no longer have to create a new game to find another one.
Unsurprisingly, rifts are going to be enjoying a few changes, too. The biggest alteration here is the fact that rift fragments will no longer be needed to enter a Nephalem rift, so players of any level on any difficulty will be able to dive into the abyss and grind for some goodies. Greater rifts, meanwhile, will require just one type of key to access, and Guardians will have a chance to drop loot on any difficulty setting. Not bad at all.
We should hear more about the update in the near future, but we can't wait to check all of this out for ourselves. Will you be dusting off your hero and charging towards the hordes of Hell? Let out a battle cry in the comments section below.
[source us.battle.net]
Comments 9
Can't wait!
I think they will also add Torment up to X, but not sure if it is with this patch
I really like blizzard for its free updates for all those years since it released on the ps3 and pc and until now they didn't stop supporting the game, you really appreciate a company like that when you experience a company like Activision with half the game is a paid DLC, So I'll support blizzard by buying anything they release on the ps4.. from expansions to new games
@Illusionistt Activision own Blizzard don't they?
I'm so glad I upgraded to the PS4 version. I'm having a blast.
@themcnoisy to be correct, activision blizzard (the name of the mother company.) owns both activision and blizzard.
@darkswabber very good and very correct.
@themcnoisy A parent company owns both Activision and Blizzard but the game divisions are ran as two seperate companies, meaning Activision works on Activision games (Call of Duty, Rockband etc.) While Blizzard handles their own games (WoW, Starcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and soon Overwatch). But for financial purposes they are considered one Company.
Yeah I doubt they'd want overlap in those instances.
Very cool (hot?) to know they've not abandoned D3 for other projects
"...who you may remember from the main game's plot."
Raise of hands? Hahaha
Seriously though, I'll head back in when they release this. I'm not the biggest fan of the neverending grindfest, but it has it's moments.
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