Hotfix as hell

Diablo 4has had asmooth launch so farduring its early access period. Still, Blizzard’s latest skeleton-clicker isn’t perfect yet, and two new hotfixes were released yesterday in order to tweak the Sorcerer, the Rogue, and the strength of monsters later in the game.

Blizzard detailed Hotfixes 1 and 2, both released June 2nd,on the official forums. Hotfix 2 reduced the drop rate for an item and fixed a handful of bugs, including “miscellaneous stability and crash fixes”. Hotfix 1 is more interesting, but the patch notes are short so I’ll include them in full.

Flame Shield Enchantment

Inner Sight

Items

Shout Skill Cooldown Reduction

Miscellaneous

Diablo IVbecomes available for those who don’t want to pre-order on June 6th. OurDiablo IV reviewis already live, however, in which Alice gives it the welcome-to-Bell treatment and damns it with faint praise, calling it “very well made” but lamenting that she “largely just gained awareness of how finite my life is.” If you’d like to gain a similar awareness, we do of course have guides toDiablo 4’s best classes.