Diablo 4 PTR Overview, Season 4 Preview, & Itemization Rework - Campfire Chat Summary

Diablo IV Posted 2024/03/20 at 12:43 PM by PopularTopular

What to Expect From the PTR

The testing phase starts on April 2nd and will run through April 9th.
Season of the Construct will end and Season 4 will begin on May 14th.
This PTR will only be available to Battlenet users on PC, but future PTRs might be available on other platforms.

PTR characters can be boosted to max level.
PTR Patch Notes will be available sometime next week.

Itemization Rework

Fewer pieces of loot will drop, but overall loot will be higher quality.
The goal will be for players to be able to craft and customize their ideal gear.

Base Item Updates

Many unused Affixes will be removed from the game.
Only Sacred items will appear in World Tier 3 and only Ancestral items will appear in World Tier 4.
The total number of Affixes on gear will be reduced.
Dropped Legendary and Unique items will now be tradeable.

Additional Updates

Level 95+ enemies will only drop item level 925 gear.
The Gem system has been simplified, and Gems can be sold for more gold.
Item Enchanting gold costs will be capped.
Many materials have been consolidated, and Forgotten Soul will have additional sources.

More Unique items will drop in World Tiers 1 and 2.
Uber Uniques can now drop in World Tier 3 from level 55+ enemies.

Codex of Power

All Legendary Aspects can now be found in the Codex of Power.
Salvaging a Legendary item will upgrade the Aspect within the Codex of Power.
Codex of Power Legendary powers can be upgraded up to 16 times to reach its maximum potential.
Max-rolled Legendary Aspects will only drop in World Tier 4.
Salvaging a max-rolled Aspect will permanently upgrade that Aspect within the Codex of Power.

Tempering

Tempering is a new crafting system that will allow players to add new Affixes to gear.
Termpering Manuals will drop from most content in the game, and cannot be target-farmed.
Manuals will have four possible Affixes, with one Affix being randomly applied to a piece of gear.
Items will have limited Temper Durability that will determine how many times a Temper can be rerolled.

Greater Affixes

The most powerful Affix rolls in the game, with a 1.5x multiplier to previous max rolls.
Greater Affixes can only roll on dropped Legendary or Unique items.
Greater Affixes can be Enchanted off of items, but cannot be crafted onto an item.

Masterworking

Tempering and Masterworking will replace the current upgrading system.
Masterworking is a new item upgrading system that will include 12 ranks.
Every four upgrades, one random affix will be dramatically increased.

Class Updates

Season 4 will introduce 10 new Unique items and 1 additional Uber Unique - Tyrael's Might.

Frozen Orb will now travel to where the player directs it.
Necromancer and Druid Minions will now inherit 100% of the character's stats.

Barbrian

Windlasher Aspect will spawn a lot more Dust Devils.

Druid

Lacerate will be receiving several upgrades.

Sorcerer

Sorcerers will be receiving a new Unique item that will allow Frozen Orb to Conjure a minion.

Rogue

The Inner Sight Specialization can now proc off of any enemy and will also provide a 25% Critical Strike Chance.

Necromancer

The Book of the Dead will be receiving multiple improvements that will benefit Minion builds.

Hardcore Updates

Expired Elixir of Death Evasion will be permanently removed from the game.
Flame Shield will be reworked to be less of a cheat death mechanic.

Endgame Content

Helltide Updates

Helltides will now be available in World Tiers 1 and 2.
Enemy density has been increased, and a threat meter can be filled to summon additional enemies.

Boss Ladder Updates

New Uber Andariel boss fight.
Uber Andariel will have the same loot table as Uber Duriel.

New endgame content - called The Pit.
The Pit will be where players can find Masterworking materials required for the new crafting system.
Styigan Stones will drop that can be used to summon level 200 Uber bosses.

Q&A

All items that are currently on the Eternal Realm will be flagged as "Legacy Items" that cannot be modified by Tempering and Masterworking.

Everything announced today will be included in both the Seasonal and Eternal Realms.

Masterworking will increase all of the Affixes on a piece of gear by a small amount.

In Season 4, the camera can zoom out further.

The Armory and loadouts will be implemented at some time in the future, but there is nothing to announce today.

Additional Skill Points and Paragon Points could be coming with the new Expansion.

Since the drop rate of items will be decreasing, there will not be a Loot Filter added to the game.

Items with Greater Affixes could drop with a new icon, depending on player feedback.

As players progress deeper into The Pit, the item level will remain 925, but items will drop more frequently.

Players will be able to enter The Pit as a party.

There are plans for social updates, including a clan rework and player matchmaking, however, these changes will not be implemented as a part of Season 4.

Cosmetic portals will no longer be class-locked.

No new content or balance changes are planned for PvP.

Uniques & Uber Uniques can roll Greater Affixes.

The Codex of Power will be shared between all characters on the same account and realm type.

Comment by FlarerasthSounds good!Comment by Nimbis84"All Legendary Aspects can now be found in the Codex of Power."
"Salvaging a Legendary item will upgrade the Aspect within the Codex of Power."

Good lord thank you! It's about time!Comment by TinglyPianosounds amazing!

can't wait to drop last epoch and come back to D4Comment by UnhholySince they added Pits (Greater Rifts) , can we expect Duriel's cube (Kanai's Cube) in Season 5?Comment by tyrlaan"All Legendary Aspects can now be found in the Codex of Power."
"Salvaging a Legendary item will upgrade the Aspect within the Codex of Power."

Good lord thank you! It's about time!Comment by voreoso wait.

"The Codex of Power will be shared between all characters on the same account and realm type."

Does this mean aspects upgraded in a season wont have to be again, because that would be amazing.Comment by MicroplasticsCEOUnfortunately for Blizzard, I doubt these changes will peel me away from Last Epoch.Comment by Rainy89Unfortunately for Blizzard, I doubt these changes will peel me away from Last Epoch.Comment by PopularTopularso wait.

"The Codex of Power will be shared between all characters on the same account and realm type."

Does this mean aspects upgraded in a season wont have to be again, because that would be amazing.Comment by johntravolta342Shame the season is delayed but other than that every single thing here is a W, can't wait.Comment by dek1979can you make it s when we walk over items with mount or no mount we loot them much like how gold is.Comment by harulezI like all these changes except for the part with uber andariel, I hated farming summoning materials and I hated spamming duriel 1000s of times every season, the solution to that problem is not to add a second uber duriel that works the same way... Also please god don't force people into making rota groups for the pit, please no.Comment by voreoso wait.

"The Codex of Power will be shared between all characters on the same account and realm type."

Does this mean aspects upgraded in a season wont have to be again, because that would be amazing.Comment by harulezso wait.

"The Codex of Power will be shared between all characters on the same account and realm type."

Does this mean aspects upgraded in a season wont have to be again, because that would be amazing.