Diablo 4 Patch 2.1 & Season 7 PTR Campfire Chat Livestream Summary

Posted 2024/11/21 at 12:47 PM by PopularTopular

Upcoming Content

Patch 2.1 Patch Notes will be available on November 27th.
The Patch 2.1 PTR will become available on December 3rd.
Season 7 will also be available for testing on the Patch 2.1 PTR

Class Changes

Barbarian

Skills and Passives such as Walking Arsenal and Hammer of the Ancients will be buffed.

Earthquake will be receiving buffs.

Sorcerer

Firebolt, Devouring Blaze, and Ball Lightning will be receiving updates.

Ball Lightning-related Unique items will be receiving a rework.

Druid

Druids will be receiving bonuses to their Werewolf form.

Boulder and Wolf Companions will also be receiving upgrades.

Rogue

Rogues will be receiving many updates and buffs to their Shadow Clones.
These changes will positively affect Druid Companions and Necromancer Summons as well.

Rogues will be receiving a new Unique item that will imbue all of their Mobility Skills will Shadow Imbuement.

Caltrops is being reworked to be much easier to use, and will no longer cause the character to jump backwards.

Necromancer

Blood Necromancers will be receiving several buffs.

Necromancers will be receiving two new Uniques that affect Blood Wave.

Spiritborn

Multiple bugs have been fixed that will no longer allow Spoiritborn to be ridiculously overpowered.

Spiritborn will be receiving a new Aspect that will enhance Razor Wings.

Gameplay Updates

Ultimate Skills will have additional bonuses unlocked at Rank 5.
More Aspects and Paragon options are being added to support Ultimate Skills.

The Teb and Cir Runes will be receiving updates.

New Runes will be introduced.

Season 7

Season 7 will introduce the new Seasonal power of Witchcraft.
The seasonal enemies are called Headrotten, who will drop the seasonal currency called Restless Rot.
Restless Rot can be earned and used to purchase Witchcraft powers.
Players can earn Covens Favor, which is the new Seasonal Reputation that can be earned by completing Whispers.

Players will be able to find "Lost" powers by discovering Forgotten Altars in the open world.
There will be over 20 Powers introduced in Season 7.

New Whispers will show players areas where Headrotten enemies can be found.
New Occult Gems will have unique effects that can be socketed into Item Sockets.

The town around the Tree of Whispers is receiving more services and quality-of-life improvements.
The Raven of the Tree will allow players to turn in their Whisper bounties without leaving their current zone.
Ancestral Caches have been added as a possible reward for turning in Whispers.

Quality-of-Life

Paragon experience will migrate from the Seasonal to the Eternal realm once the Season ends.
When an Ancestral Legendary item drops, it will roll at the top end of its Legendary power.
Ancestral drop rate has been increased.
Extra Gem Fragments can be used to create random Legendary items
Players will no longer need to complete Class Quests that they have completed previously.

Armory

The Armoy will allow players to save Builds, Equipment, and Skills into a loadout.
Swapping between loadouts will not have any cost associated with it.

PTR Updates

Players will be able to copy over live characters to the PTR.
Along with character Boosts, new Unique items, Witchcraft Powers, and Progression Items will be available for testing.

Q&A

All PTR content will be available to test on December 3rd.

Druid's Lightning Wolves will count as a Lightning Skill.

More will be revealed about the story closer to the release of Season 7.

Each Season will continue to build on the story of Vessel of Hatred.

There are no current plans to change the size of item stacks.

The team is working on fixing the Experience well.

There are currently no plans to change the way that Pets loot.

There are plans to adjust Druid's Ravens in the future to make them more powerful.

Items saved to an Armory loadout will be automatically Favorited, so that they do not accidentally get sold or Salvaged.

Comment by NyarlothWHAT'S UP WITCHESSSSComment by JakxxThose are some pretty decent changes and additions.Comment by tmptfateOH thank god. A way to finally save builds.