Blizzard Entertainment has made headlines with the recent temporary suspension of the Decay Augmentation power in Diablo 4, which is a significant feature from Season 7. This power was allowing certain classes to achieve “excessive” damage outputs, raising concerns among the game community.
The current season has seen its fair share of unbalanced character builds, including highly powerful versions capable of inflicting infinite damage. A glaring example of this is the Druid’s Cataclysm build, which has been reported to handle limitless damage even in the most challenging Pit stages. Additionally, notable Diablo 4 content creator Rob2628 has identified an exploit where the Soul Harvest ability could unintentionally trigger a 20% damage increase.
Another powerful exploit involved players utilizing the Decay Augmentation to significantly amplify damage for specific classes. For instance, the Sorcerer’s Greater Fireball could stack its burn damage with repeated hits on enemies. In response to these overpowering effects, Blizzard acted swiftly to address the problem.
Blizzard Responds to Damage Exploits
On January 31, an important update was released, which effectively disabled two Witchcraft powers: Decay Augmentation and Twilight Warding. Community Manager Adam Fletcher took to the Blizzard Forums to inform players of the decision, acknowledging the reports of “very egregious” damage figures surfacing from certain character builds.
While developers work on a resolution, players will not be able to equip Decay Augmentation. Blizzard intends to restore this power through a server hotfix anticipated for next week. Fletcher mentioned, “if we can’t get this in via a hotfix then we will consider implementing a quick client patch shortly after the release of update 2.1.1.”
Following the deactivation of Decay Augmentation, Blizzard also disabled the Twilight Warding power due to reports of strange interactions that were causing player deaths in Hardcore mode without apparent cause.
The development team plans to explore solutions to these issues over the weekend, aiming to issue a reliable fix next week. Despite the popularity of Season 7 in the Diablo 4 community, it has been plagued with a variety of problems, including malfunctioning builds and the notorious Ring of Mendeln and Mantle of Mountain’s Fury items, which are still undergoing adjustments.
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