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<p>According to Global Community Lead Adam Fletcher, the Diablo 4 developers are &#8220;<strong>considering adding more social features to the game in the future</strong>&#8221; because they received &#8220;<strong>a lot of requests</strong>&#8221; from the community.</p>



<p>While we do not have an estimated date on when we may see additional features added, the game currently lacks a <strong>Group Finder feature</strong> and players need to resort to third-party alternatives, including the <a href="https://discord.com/invite/diablo4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Diablo 4 Sanctuary Discord</a>.</p>



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Diablo Team Considering More Social Features


<p>Loot isn&#8217;t the only thing that&#8217;s getting reborn in Season 4, as Blizzard are majorly shaking things up on all fronts on May 14th! </p>



<p>Among the many, many changes coming with the new season are XP adjustments. These will not only make leveling much, much faster, but will make Glyphs easier to level as well. There&#8217;s also the increased mob density in Helltides to take into account, as they will be your primary activity as you level up (and probably a little bit after that as well). </p>



<p>First, let&#8217;s get into the basic changes that affect the entire game:</p>



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<p><br>And here is the relevant information regarding Helltides and their density, which will greatly speed things up, especially with the above XP changes:</p>



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<li>As you battle through Helltides, you will generate Threat – how much will be determined by the difficulty of monsters and how often you’re securing Tortured Gifts within Helltide.</li>
<li>There are three Helltide Threat Tiers that each increase the danger <strong>and frequency of monster ambushes</strong>. At Tier 3, you will become Hell-Marked.</li>
<li>Achieving maximum Threat will initiate a brief <strong>ambush frenzy of maximum enemy density</strong>. The ambush will end with a final Hellborne spawn, an immensely powerful agent of Hell, resurrected from the tortured souls of Sanctuary’s most powerful champions.</li>
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<p><br>And finally, there are now rank 2 elixirs, which grant 8% increased experience, instead of the usual 5%.</p>



<p><br>So things are really looking up for those players that either find getting to level 100 a slog, or perhaps never even dinged that fateful max level at all in Diablo 4 yet! </p>


Major Leveling and Experience (XP) Changes Shake Things Up in Diablo 4 Season 4


<p>Blizzard have shared the latest hotfix batch, which addresses the issues where players were unable to claim Gauntlet Trial rewards. </p>



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        <h3>HOTFIX &#8211; May 9, 2024 &#8211; 1.3.5</h3>
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        <p>You can read the entire official news post <a target="_blank" href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/hotfix-may-9-2024-135/159925">HERE</a></p>
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Gauntlet Rewards Fixes: Season 3 Hotfixes, May 9th


<p>Players noticed a distinct lack of a Gauntlet this week, and Blizzard have now commented on the issue.</p>



<p>The final week of a season will never have a Gauntlet running during it. This is due to technical issues with the seasonal switch. The Gauntlet will return next week, however, when Season 4 launches.  </p>



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<p>We have seen a few reports of players not being able to see the Gauntlet for the final week of the season.</p>
<p>Gauntlets for this season and for future seasons will not occur during the final week of a season. This is due to the final week of the season would have some additional complexities during its wind down period before we begin each new season.</p>
<p>We apologize for not pre-informing on this but Gauntlet will be back for the first week of Season 4 next week.</p>
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<p>There is also a separate issue with the previous week&#8217;s Gauntlet rewards not being delivered, and Blizzard have said they will be fixing the issue in the next few days.</p>



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The Gauntlet Will Not Be Available on the Last Week of a Season

Diablo 4 Season 4: Loot Reborn Patch Notes


<p>Blizzard shared a new video covering the major features of Season 4: Loot Reborn! From the many itemization changes, the focus on both seasonal and Eternal, new endgame activities and more, we get a direct look at the big hitters coming with the release on May 14th.</p>



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Season 4: Loot Reborn Trailer and Featurette


<p>We&#8217;re liveblogging the latest Diablo 4 livestream dedicated to Season 4!</p>



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<li>Masterworking animations have been removed for ranks 1-3.</li>



<li>Based on PTR feedback, they&#8217;ve added material conversions for Masterworing, this is a temporary solution. A permanent one is coming in the future.</li>



<li>They have a star indicator for affixes on items, gone are the days of Roman numerals.</li>
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<li>The cost of imprinting affixes has been reduced from 75 to 16.</li>
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<p>The developers are now sharing the lessons learned during PTR testing.</p>



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<li>End-game survivability issues:
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<li>Hard to balance top-end survivability.
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<li>Variability in player defensiveness is high.</li>
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<li>Armor is confusing.</li>
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<li>Some stats can get very hight, allowing for crazy things.
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<li>Balance changes, bug fixes.</li>



<li>Here&#8217;s how armor works today.</li>
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<li>In Season 4, Armor caps when fighting level 100 monsters. Once you get 9230 Armor, you are finished with your journey.</li>



<li>New Caps
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<li>Increased Area Size cap &#8211; 100%.</li>
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<li>Cooldown Reduction cap is only from gear &#8211; you can still get cooldown resets or additional cooldown reduction from other sources like the Skill Tree.</li>
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<p>Blizzard is making some balance changes ahead of Season 4 start based on PTR testing!</p>



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<li>Blizzard fixed a ton of bug fixes thanks to player reports!
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<li>Druid&#8217;s Hurricane incorrectly scaled damage.</li>



<li>Ebonpiercer&#8217;s extra missiles incorrectly had a Lucky Hit chance.</li>



<li>They fixed an issue where Flameweaver was able to split a Firebolt multiple times if the Fire Walls were stacked on top of each other.</li>
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<li>Cinder Drop Rebalancing
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<li>Issue: Gathered feedback revealed Cinder drop rates felt slower than expected.</li>



<li>Solution: iterate on Drop %&#8217;s to hit closer to expectations.</li>



<li>Result: Increased Cinder Drops</li>
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<li>Blood Maiden Rewards level Improvement
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<li>Doomsayer &#8220;Chest of Doomsaying&#8221; Variants now just explode into the premium loot directly.</li>



<li>Reduced channel time to open Tortured Gifts from 3 seconds to 1.5.</li>
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<li>The new permanent feature was too easy based on PTR feedback, so they made it more difficult by adjusting the rates.</li>



<li>The Obol cap has been raised to 2500.</li>
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<li>Season Journey will reward a curated list of legendaries for pre-made builds for each class.</li>
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<li>The team love the idea of Season Powers and we will see new ones in the future.</li>



<li>Season 4 builds new foundation on how end-game works in D4.</li>
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Season 4 Developer Livestream Summary: May 2nd

Diablo 4 Season 4: Loot Reborn Official Preview


<p>The next Developer Update begins on May 2 at 11 a.m. PDT and we will find out more about Season 4 and the mysterious Iron Wolves theme! The developers will also share their PTR learnings and talk more about tweaks to itemization and system updates.</p>



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        <p>Our next Developer Update begins on May 2 at 11 a.m. PDT and will give you a look into what the team has in store for the launch of Season 4 along with system features, balance updates, and learnings from our recent Public Test Realm period.</p>
<p>Join associate director of community Adam Fletcher, associate game director Joseph Piepiora, lead live class designer Adam Jackson, lead live game designer Colin Finer, and lead seasons designer Deric Nunez, as they delve into PTR learnings, including tweaks to itemization and system updates.</p>
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<p>Visit our official Diablo Twitch and YouTube channels to watch live! Following the Developer Update broadcast, we’ll post another article with a video of the chat so you can still catch up on the details if you miss them.</p>
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Diablo 4 Season 4 Developer Livestream: May 2nd


<p>Blizzard have detailed the upcoming Fortunate Finds addition to the store. Starting April 9th, players will begin to see specific individual discounts in their platinum store, with up to 50% off. The offers will be based on the classes you play, and the system will be improved in the future. </p>



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<p>As you may recall from our most recent Campfire Chat, we mentioned our shop teams have been looking at identifying better opportunities for players to obtain some cosmetics from the shop with some of their earned or purchased Platinum.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago, Class Armor packs began to appear in the shop which brought some popular options into a 2-pack combo for a lower Platinum offering.</p>
<p>Starting tomorrow, April 9th, <strong>Fortunate Finds</strong> will begin to appear in the shop which will include personalized offers for players with individual discounts up to 50% off on select items.</p>
<p>These items and corresponding discounts are catered specifically for each individual based on the classes they play, so they won’t be consistent from player to player.</p>
<p>This being the first iteration, the shop teams will be continuing to refine the UI/UX of this feature as well as the offerings in the future.</p>
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Fortunate Finds Personalized Discounts Coming to Diablo 4 Store


<p>Community Lead Adam Fletcher confirmed there are no plans to currently extend Season 4 PTR testing.</p>



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<p>Season 4 Public Test Realms went live on <strong>April 2</strong> and we expect Blizzard to take them down tomorrow on <strong>April 9</strong>.</p>



<p>If you&#8217;re interested to learn more about the patch, we recommend you to <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/diablo-4-patch-1-4-0-ptr-notes/">read the gargantuan 1.4 patch notes</a>.</p>


Diablo Team Considering More Social Features

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