Diablo IV Patch 1.1.1 Buffs Sorcerers and Barbarians, Bumps Boss HP, Improves Rewards and Reduces Respec Costs
Blizzard posted the Diablo IV update 1.1.1 patch notes nearly a week before it goes live (on August 8th, according to the developer's schedule).
Update 1.1.1 focuses heavily on balance changes. Sorcerers and Barbarians characters will have their effectiveness improved. Sorcerers will receive increased endgame survivability through Paragon Board tweaks, and some class mechanics have been modified to shift away from the method where Sorcerers gained power in some aspects but lost power elsewhere. Barbarians, on the other hand, will enjoy increased Fury generation in the early game (the Basic skills will generate more) and benefit from the increased power of Unique items in Diablo IV's endgame.
Update 1.1.1 also aims to buff character builds that aren't powerful enough while also diversifying the usage of Legendary items that are too situational right now.
The patch also increases the health of bosses above level 60 in the following pattern:
Rewards are being improved, too. All Diablo IV bosses level 35 or higher will be guaranteed to drop a Legendary item when defeated. Legion Events have had their rewards improved, too, and will drop a guaranteed Legendary item from level 35 onward. Defeating a Treasure Goblin, provided you can find one and kill it before it escapes, will also get you a Legendary item from 15 onward.
Arguably one of the most anticipated changes is the reduction of respec costs. Diablo IV players had asked for this since the beta and Blizzard is finally obliging the community.
Diablo IV update 1.1.1 also adds a couple of quality-of-life improvements by increasing the Elixir stack limit to 99 (from 20) and introducing an extra Stash Tab that can be acquired with in-game gold. Of course, there's a laundry list of
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