Diablo 2 is getting its first balance patch in 11 years

Patch 2.4 will chance the action RPG up in significant ways.

Patch 2.4 is coming to Diablo 2: Resurrected  soon, and it’ll be tweaking class balance in ways fans haven’t seen for more than a decade. 

On Jan. 25, 2022, Patch 2.4 will come to Diablo 2: Resurrected’s  Public Test Realm (PTR). Blizzard  hasn’t released a balance patch for Diablo 2  since March 23, 2010, when  Patch 1.13  came out. So this new update is a big deal since fiddling with  classic western RPGs  can sometimes water down what makes them great.

Some changes and additions coming with Patch 2.4 of Diablo 2: Resurrected  include: 

  • Class Balance Changes
  • Rune Words
  • Horadric Cube Recipes

The PTR is only available in the PC version of Diablo 2: Resurrected, so console fans will have to wait longer to try it out. Once Blizzard is done collecting feedback from the PTR, they’ll push out the full release later.

ForTheWin  spoke with Vicarious Visions studio design director Rob Gallerani right before Diablo 2: Resurrected  came out last fall. He claims the team wanted its remaster to mimic the original release to a tee. So anyone somewhat nervous about Blizzard playing around with Diablo 2’s  balance should remember everyone working on Resurrected  is taking a lot of care with any chances.

Diablo  is one of many franchises Microsoft will soon own, thanks to the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Several QA  workers within the company are unionizing  following  layoffs in December. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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