Diablo 4 players rush to hide their bugged ultra-rares as Blizzard clampdown begins 'literally hotfixing fun'

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Have you managed to get hold of one of Diablo 4's six ultra-rare "Uber Unique" items? Better cling onto it, then. Blizzard has responded to a recent bug that dramatically increased the drop rate for Diablo's rarest and most sought-after items by temporarily clamping down hard: Until the studio can put out a patch later today, no Uber Unique items will drop in Diablo 4 at all.

Problems kicked off yesterday after Blizzard put out Diablo 4's 1.0.4 patch. For whatever reason, that patch had the unintended side effect of making the game's Helltide Events (and associated Helltide Chests) spit out the game's would-be most coveted items at an absurdly high rate. Players were picking up shakos—a pet name for the mega-rare Harlequin Crest—like they were being mass produced in Shenzhen.

Blizzard wasn't having that, of course, so now the ultra-rare spigot has been turned all the way off while the studio gins up a solution. In a post to the Diablo forums, a Blizzard community manager said that the company has «temporarily disabled Uber Uniques from dropping in-game while we address an issue with Helltide Chest drops». 

That means «players will not be able to obtain the 6 Uber Unique items until a hotfix which we expect to be implemented on Friday afternoon Pacific Time». On the plus side, less slobber-inducingly rare uniques will continue to drop from Helltide Chests without fuss.

Diablo's players aren't exactly thrilled, with many complaining that Blizzard seemed to move much faster to shut down sky-high Uber Unique drops than it does to fix other problems. Over on the Diablo 4 subreddit, one player summed up complaints in a meme suggesting that Blizzard ignores «underpowered builds, biggest quests, gem tabs, more stash space, [and]