One significantly head-scratching change in Diablo 4’s very upsetting, wide-sweeping 1.1.0 patch was a rise to the solid time of the exit dungeon animation.
The animation, which used to take three seconds, was a fast and simple solution to go away the dungeon that saved gamers a whole lot of time they might in any other case spend working again all the way in which to starting. It was/stays a pleasant characteristic (even now), however Blizzard determined to increase that solid time to 5 seconds.
Patch 1.1.0 made lots of people upset for quite a lot of causes, however that the portal time change felt like including insult to harm. What made it worse is that when Blizzard mentioned the modifications in a post-patch livestream, the developer had this unusual non-answer to supply, which one way or the other left us extra confused.
After all, the “justification” solely made gamers suppose the rise was made to optimise engagement time, and maybe as a result of Blizzard was getting ready to promote premium casting animations that might work higher with the 5 second window.
Throughout Friday’s Campfire Chat livestream, nonetheless, sport director Joe Shely (who made the unique complicated assertion) acknowledged that his rationalization wasn’t one of the best, and really did present a extra cheap breakdown of why this transformation was made.
In accordance with Shely, the window was elevated to forestall gamers from escaping powerful fights. He additionally admitted that it was not probably the most elegant resolution, because the staff may’ve approached the issue from a unique angle, reminiscent of permitting sure enemy tiers to cancel the casting animation instantly after they hit the participant.
Nonetheless, the solid time is being reverted again to the unique three seconds in Diablo 4’s upcoming 1.1.1 patch, which is due subsequent week. That is removed from the one 1.1.0 change Blizzard backpedalled on, which is sweet.
In case you missed it, Blizzard can also be engaged on a lot of enhancements to horses that embody the removing of sure cooldowns, making boosting extra highly effective, and fixing degree geometry so horses do not get caught on all the pieces.
