Diablo® IV News

New Diablo 4 hotfix dramatically speeds up Season 8 grind and nerfs event bosses

A new Diablo 4 hotfix is here, as Blizzard dramatically adjusts the reputation gains on offer in its latest update. Diablo 4 Season 8 sees the return of Belial, the Lord of Lies, with his vicious apparitions popping up all across Sanctuary. On the player's side, it grants us access to some of the powers employed by the various big, bad bosses to use as part of our builds. Also core to the season is the regular reputation rewards track, and now a fresh patch has made it vastly quicker to get to that essential Resplendent Spark.

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Blizzard changed Diablo 4's battle pass system and sneakily took away most of the Platinum it used to give, and nobody's happy about it

Season 8: Belial’s Return has officially kicked off in Diablo 4, and it has not been off to the best of starts. Usually, the gameplay implications of all the design and balance changes take a little while to bubble up to the surface - at least as far as the wider player base is concerned.

Diablo 4 Season 8 is a significant one for a variety of reasons, but one of the biggest is the introduction of Reliquaries, which replace its old battle pass system. Taking inspiration from fellow ActiBlizz franchise Call of Duty, it splits seasonal rewards into different pages and gives you the freedom to unlock available rewards in whatever order you please. That all sounds marvelous, but unfortunately its debut isn't going quite as planned. Not only has Blizzard acknowledged that there's a bug charging people for the premium Reliquary pass and not giving it to them, but many Diablo fans are expressing their general displeasure at the new system online.

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Diablo 4's new battle pass system, Reliquaries, is off to a shaky start

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Diablo 4 Season 8 is making your overall progression smoother than ever

As we finally venture into Diablo 4 Season 8, Blizzard is overhauling the Season Journey to make your progression smoother than ever. You can now obtain more Smoldering Ashes sooner, and use them to activate the new game-changing buffs much earlier. With D4's challenge set to ramp up as Belial, the Lord of Lies, returns as the new pinnacle encounter, I'm certainly pleased to hear that I'll be getting bonuses sooner in Season 8.

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