Glyphs Reworked for Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred and Season 6 - Everything You Need to Know

Diablo IV Posted 10 days ago by Drapez

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Developer’s Note
There were a few issues with Paragon Glyphs, the Pit, and Nightmare Dungeons. We received feedback that the Pit rewards were feeling lackluster. We wanted to make the action of upgrading Glyphs more satisfying, while simultaneously offering better rewards for pushing deep into the Pit. Our desire was to give Glyphs more power, but the Glyph upgrading experience system did not scale well and was needlessly grindy. So, to achieve this goal, we moved Paragon Glyphs upgrading out of Nightmare Dungeons and into the Pit, and also redesigned the system to give more control over how quickly Glyphs can be upgraded.

Glyphs Are Becoming More PowerfulCampfire ChatNote: Blizzard mentioned during the video showcase that the image for the Level 21 Glyph is incorrect, i.e., it should be Level 15.How to Level Glyphs in Vessel of Hatred and Season 6

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Every 20-level difference between the completed Pit Tier and Glyph Rank grants a bonus upgrade per attempt. Here’s an example of this system in action:

Three deathless Pit Tier 30 runs would take a Glyph all the way up to Rank 19, rapidly unlocking the additional Radius Size increase:

First Pit Run

Attempt 1: Glyph Rank increases from 1 to 3.
Attempt 2: Glyph Rank increases from 3 to 5.
Attempt 3: Glyph Rank increases from 5 to 7.
Bonus Attempt 4: Glyph Rank increases from 7 to 9.

Second Pit Run

Attempt 1: Glyph Rank increases from 9 to 11.
Attempt 2: Glyph Rank increases from 11 to 12.
Attempt 3: Glyph Rank increases from 12 to 13.
Bonus Attempt 4: Glyph Rank increases from 13 to 14.

Third Pit Run

Attempt 1: Glyph Rank increases from 14 to 14 (Radius Size increase).
Attempt 2: Glyph Rank increases from 15 to 16.
Attempt 3: Glyph Rank increases from 16 to 17.
Bonus Attempt 4: Glyph Rank increases from 17 to 18.

Comment by ambioSo legendary gems in d3 basicallyComment by Futolol it didnt take long to just cave and make d3.5Comment by ShiedaDidn’t play D3 so all this means little to me. Are these good changes or the start of something insane power creep? My initial impression reading this is not particularly positive. Could just be wrong/not understanding.Comment by Saltura16Didn’t play D3 so all this means little to me. Are these good changes or the start of something insane power creep? My initial impression reading this is not particularly positive. Could just be wrong/not understanding.Comment by ZtinktoofHope they reposition some of those glyph locations on the boards....seems like a lot of that "extra radius" doesn't even have nodes available to it.Comment by SturmblutSounds like the worst part of leveling a new char is getting worse.

Hopefully I misunderstood somethingComment by fathom81Sounds like the worst part of leveling a new char is getting worse.

Hopefully I misunderstood somethingComment by JakxxIf you ever felt useless in life, remember that blue glyphs existed.Comment by trophiwhy can't socketed glyphs gain experience from all content? why the $%^& transfer our hate of dungeon grind to pit grind?

LComment by AlustrielWell, for those who will not be creating a new toon, but continuing on with their Main in the Eternal Real in this new expansion, here is the question: What is going to happen to your glyphs if you have maxed every single one to 21 already? What are you going to do if you're max level 100, and are already stable playing Pit 100+, NMD 100? The only reason to go further is simply refining your gear, getting these ridiculous masterworking mats and earning gold to pay for the hundreds of enchants to try and min/max the possible better or more greater affix gear you "might" get?

This still sounds a lot like work, grind grind grind...
And yes, this feels like D3 has been resurrected.Comment by progzWhat is Blizzard doing with Nightmare dungeons then if glyphs are not lvling from that system? That kind of makes them useless, right?Comment by qtipsounds like it needs to go back to the design board, nobody wanted to farm nightmare dungeons to level them, and now you are making it more demanding to level them through pits making it more of a grind and then making the dungeons mandatory to farm for crafting mats. when will they just admit the dungeon system in diablo 4 was a bad design and realise nobody wants to do them. i also feel the pit was a failed attempt at bringing back greater rifts.

i still rather just do grifts like in d3 over and over than run nightmare dungeons and pits all the time. they need to go back to the drawing board.