
Diablo 4's latest patch just dropped, and it compiles a fairly extensive list of bug fixes and improvements which should keep the experience of playing smooth. The biggest changes, at least for those who managed to beat the game's extensive Campaign, are targeted at XP gains. Specifically, these changes affect gains during the infamous Endgame, which should keep the hardcore happy (for a moment, at least).
The full list of patch notes can be found here, along with all previous patch notes, in a move we selfishly wish more developers would adopt. What we are most interested in, however, is the below three entries, which target specific Endgame activities, and the XP awarded upon completion:
- Significantly increased the experience awarded for completing Nightmare Dungeons.
- Significantly increased the experience gained from killing monsters in Nightmare Dungeons.
- Helltide chests now provide substantially more bonus experience when opened.
Hopefully, this move serves to make the arduous slog from levels 50-100 more bearable. It seems like XP tuning is a hot-button issue at Blizzard in recent times, with notorious Dungeons getting nerfed in an attempt to crack down on unintended XP farming during the regular levelling process.
What do you think of the changes coming to Diablo 4's Endgame XP payouts? Does this make you want to get back on the grind (or did you never stop)? Don't forget to pop an Elixir for that essential 30-minute-long flat 5% XP buff in the comments section below.
[source news.blizzard.com]
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Good to hear. I plan on diving back in after Final Fantasy.
Got a 42 Sorcerer and 34 Barbarian. Only on act 3. I am doing all side quest and really taking in the worlds. Love the game, but that is a bias opinion as Diablo is a top 5 gaming franchise all time for me. I want to play some more tonight and get the Barb a little closer to the Sorcerer. That way once i hit end game they are pretty even and i can grind to greater gear. Happy to hear this patch did some stability work. As the end game improvements are ahead of me.
@HonestHick don't do all the side quests. There's a special Rare amulet that can be earned from a side quest that has a health stat not found anywhere else in the game. Its best to do the quest once you are at level 100 because you'll get the highest stats from the amulet.
Do a search for which side quest I'm talking about as I can't remember the name. You defeat a unique boss who drops the amulet and most people trash it as on the surface it looks like rubbish, but it's actually one of the best if you wait until end game to do the quest.
Just did 2 nightmare dungeons, a little better but I'm level 75 and with this XP it will take me months to get to 100...
And it's a chore when nothing happens on that XPbar...
(One run gave about 3-5% XP on my level 75 bar playing solo, as I always do)
@riceNpea wow i didn’t know that, thanks for telling me that. Hope i didn’t do that one yet. Good looking out tho, i am loving the game and taking my time, but now i think i will just focus on campaign quests. Get me closer to end game. 😊
@HonestHick get to WT3 and then 4 as quickly as possible for more XP and better loot. Also there are rewards for each zone in the world map, press Triangle to see them when the map is open. Do as many of those awards as you can for the extra skill points and potions along with finishing the campaign ASAP so you can go up a World Tier.
@riceNpea Thanks, yeah i am about to shift my attention on beating the game. This has been good info, as i was just taking my time and doing all the side quest and grinding in the same area’s for to long to see the world and cover all the area in that map location.
I was digging... digging a lot... but nowhere to find, how many XP I have. Only that tiny bar that moves only after finishing some quest...
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