God I love affixes, they are super fun and engaging, especially rotating ones.
Arcane …. PTSD …. Triple elite pack pull…ALLLL THE ARCANE !
I have to admit I didn't notice the icons on the elites. There was too much going on in terms of spell effects quite often to notice them. I found the name affix's in the past much easier to see. Will have to see if with practice I can learn to notice the icons, but I don't recally noticiting a single icon on an elite during the entire beta just had to dodge what effects I could see.
Elite affixes have been a thing in D2 already, it was just called "Monster modifier" then. They just got more creative with them over time.The way Diablo uses them makes elites a lot more interesting tbh, rather then just wailing on tanky mobs with no abilities all the time.Its not a constant presence throughout the entire dungeon, only on elites, and changes from elite to elite.