Diablo 4 patch preps game for season 1 with balance changes, new Uber unique

polygon.com:

Blizzard Entertainment rolled out a new patch for Diablo 4 on Tuesday to prepare the game for its debut season of content, the Season of the Malignant, with a long list of bug fixes, balance changes, and new unique items and legendary aspects. The full patch 1.1 notes are worth perusing before you create a new character for season 1, especially if you’ve been relying on bugged builds to make your journey through Sanctuary easier.

Some of the bigger general changes coming in Diablo 4’s latest patch (version 1.1.0a on both console and PC) include that Altar of Lilith unlocks and map discovery are now account-wide. World Tier rewards and difficulties have also been adjusted; tier 2 will offer players more gold and more drops from enemies, while monster scaling in tiers 3 and 4 have been adjusted.

Players can also expect the following new unique items in the new patch:

One patch note of interest to Barbarians relying on the Aspect of Ancestral Echoes is that Blizzard has fixed a bug associated with the Hammer of the Ancients that dealt more damage than intended. “We recognize this adjustment is a significant decrease to the Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian build, but we do not want its strength to be reliant on an underlying bug,” Blizzard said.

Each class in Diablo 4 is getting touched in Tuesday’s patch, and Blizzard says it has “chosen to focus Season of the Malignant’s balance updates on clear itemization disparities over redesigns of Class features. The Class changes are largely focused on numeric increases to Skill Upgrades and Legendary Aspects that players haven’t yet found compelling.”

Here’s a rundown of what’s changing in each class, from Blizzard’s patch notes:

Skills

Passives

Paragon

Aspects

Items

Skills