Blizzard has released the Diablo Immortal Season 2 patch notes and detailed its new Battle Pass.
Season 2 begins today at 3am server time and runs until the same time on August 4.
The game’s first post-launch content update includes a number of balance changes and bug fixes, which we’ve republished below.
It also includes a new Helliquary raid boss,Vitaath the Shivering Death, and the Hungering Moon weekend event, which will take place from July 15-18.
Season 2’s free Bloodsworn Battle Pass includes 40 ranks-worth of challenges and rewards including Legendary Gems, Crests and Hilts.
There are also two paid versions of the Season 2 Battle Pass players can upgrade to: the Empowered Battle Pass and Collector’s Empowered Battle Pass.
“The Empowered Battle Pass includes all rank rewards from the free Battle Pass but also unlocks an Empowered track that provides additional rewards at each rank,”according to Blizzard.
“Plus, you’ll receive the fearsome Bloodsworn Weapon cosmetic, unlocked at rank one, and the thorn-covered Bloodsworn Armor cosmetic, unlocked at rank 40.
“Collector’s Empowered Battle Pass: Gives you access to all rank rewards and cosmetics from the Empowered Battle Pass.
“Plus, the Bloodsworn Avatar Frame, Bloodsworn Portal cosmetic, and a ten-rank boost, all provided immediately after upgrading.”
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Blizzardpresident Mike Ybarradefended Diablo Immortal’s heavily criticised use of microtransactionsin aLos Angeles Timesinterview this week.
“When we think about monetization, at the very highest level it was, ‘how do we give a free Diablo experience to hundreds of millions of people, where they can literally do 99.5% of everything in the game?’” he said.
“The monetization comes in at the end game,” Ybarra added. “The philosophy was always to lead with great gameplay and ensure that hundreds of millions of people can go through the whole campaign without any costs. From that standpoint, I feel really good about it as an introduction to Diablo.”
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BUG FIXES
To see the newest bug fixes and feature updates added for thePCOpen Beta version of Diablo Immortal,visit this PC-specific blog.
Gameplay
Developer’s Note:The previous two changes were made to remove the reward of repeating a small rotation of attacks while standing in one place, such as the behavior of some common botting.
Developer’s Note:The gem’s explosive effect is only triggered by total loss of control (effects such as stun and fear), not all crowd control effects (such as slow and chill).
Developer’s Note:Players have expressed frustration with how XP globes are currently dropping in-game, as they would fly out in a random direction from the killed monster. This patch will reduce the radius of how far away they can drop.
