Blizzard hosted the primary of their two Devstreams relating to the upcoming Diablo 4 Season 2, Season of the Blood, yesterday. And, I’ve to say…it was truly fairly good. Within the trove of quality-of-life modifications and enhancements coming to the ARPG, a buff to the drop price of Uber Uniques was talked about. Diablo Designer Joe Shely adopted up on Twitter afterward confirming the buffed drop price.

We aren’t kidding in regards to the drop price of Uber Uniques from Duriel in Season 2 of #DiabloIV. They’ll nonetheless be uncommon drops, however people who get the struggle on farm are going to see them. https://t.co/xH344svJ2L

— Joe Shely (@JoeShely) October 5, 2023

Promising modifications coming to Season of Blood

Within the slide, Shely references, it mentions that gamers could have “Larger entry to Uber Uniques by way of Uber Duriel”. Duriel is the ultimate of the 5 new bosses coming in Season 2. Gamers might want to farm supplies from earlier bosses as a way to spawn him. Within the tweet, Shely states that Uber Uniques will nonetheless be uncommon. However gamers who farm Uber Duriel are going to see them ultimately. In its present type, there’s no option to farm Uber Uniques and even gamers who spend tons of of hours farming a season aren’t more likely to see them drop.

That is an immensely optimistic change for Diablo 4, and makes me hopeful about future growth. The flexibility to really goal farm Uber Uniques, even when they nonetheless have a uncommon drop, at the very least provides gamers a objective. Blizzard has a historical past of refusing to vary their philosophy on sure mechanics like drop charges. However the choice to make an enormous change like it is a huge enchancment over earlier Blizzard titles.

I’m nonetheless reserving my total judgment for the destiny of Season 2 as a result of that can rely loads on the brand new content material of the season. However quite a lot of the modifications that had been introduced merely make the sport higher. Blizzard plans to help Diablo 4 for years, so we’re nonetheless very early on its lifecycle. If it plans to face with different long-lasting ARPG’s like Diablo 2: Resurrected, Diablo 3, and Path of Exile, updates like this are an enormous a part of it.

Diablo 4 Season 2, Season of Blood, launches on October 17 on all platforms.