On Friday, Blizzard disabled Diablo 4’s six rarest objects, referred to as Uber Uniques, from all the sport. The developer stated on the time that it plans to re-enable them shortly, however did not clarify why they have been eliminated within the first place.
Shortly after, the six Uber Uniques did return in a hotfix, when Blizzard truly revealed the explanation behind the preliminary removing. For those who’ve been maintaining with Diablo 4 patches, you may see why the timing of each modifications is not coincidental.
Shortly after Blizzard totally revealed Diablo 4 Season 1’s theme, content material and begin date in a livestream, the developer launched a shock patch that made it attainable for Helltide Chests to drop Distinctive objects, includng the six rarest Uber Uniques.
This was an incredible change, nevertheless it shortly grew to become clear that the brand new drop charges might have been a bit too beneficiant. Industrious gamers realised you could farm Helltide Chests again and again for an excellent probability at getting one of many Uber Uniques.
Many of the “exploits” centred round Harlequin Crest, a Distinctive helm that’s notably helpful for Barbarians. Helltide Chests let you know what slot your reward will match into, so if you happen to opened a bunch of helm chests, you had an actual probability at getting Harlequin Crest.
That is why the Uber Uniques have been disabled. The hotfix that re-enabled them was additionally launched on Friday. Blizzard defined in a discussion board submit that the six rarest objects did certainly have “an unintended increased probability to drop from Helltide Chests.”
142 accounts, to be precise, managed to snap a number of of them earlier than they have been disabled. Blizzard will not be eradicating them from these accounts, however it could achieve this sooner or later if the developer believes they have been obtained unfairly, or in a means that ” impacts the gameplay of others.”
Outdoors of that, the hotfix additionally made it so Helltide Chests have an opportunity to drop any Distinctive, and never be restricted to a particular merchandise slot, which clearly makes it more durable to focus on sure merchandise slots.
For those who’re at the moment taking part in Diablo 4, you could need to do this stuff earlier than Season of the Malignant begins. They are going to make sure you begin off the season with a number of spare energy.
