

There are some MC Hammer-inspired trousers called Hammer Jammers with the caption "Stop! Hammer time." They boost Blessed Hammers damage. On top of that, 40 new Legendary powers have been added to the game, both to existing items and new ones. The ultimate prize will be reserved for those who master all 24 Set Dungeons. Complete them and you'll get a cosmetic reward for that armour set, but if you master all armour sets belonging to one class, you'll get a fancier reward (I don't know what that is).

Included in the set armour revamp are Set Dungeons, which are static - non-randomised - dungeons you can access only when you have all pieces of a certain armour set. Said Blizzard: "These are bound to spur an untold number of never explored builds, especially for those of you who'd like to explore the boundaries beyond six-piece class sets." One ring set now has this bonkers bonus: "While this is your only Item Set Bonus, every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage by 800 per cent and reduces your damage taken by four per cent." The six-piece Shadow's Mantle bonus is now, "Impale deals an additional 40,000 per cent weapon damage to the first enemy hit." That's enough to break a calculator!Ī two-piece Crusader flail and shield set is being added, and two-piece jewellery sets have been completely reworked. Thorns of the Invoker and the Shadow's Mantle are getting total overhauls. 'Stop! Hammer time.'Īll - repeat, all - of the game's 24 sets of class armour (the ones with green writing) are being either revamped, revisited or revised.

You'll be able to go beyond the rubble in Leoric's Manor, and beyond the gates in the Ruins of Sescheron, into the Eternal Woods. Other areas have been expanded, again only in Adventure mode. It's called Greyhallow Island and it's dark and mysterious and foresty, and wants to eat you "the land itself is said to be hungry for blood", the game's website warned. There's a whole new zone in 2.4 for Adventure mode only, which means it's not being shoehorned into the story. And the freshly-detailed patch 2.4 - heading to the public testing server soon - is no exception. I love that Blizzard still releases great fat patches for Diablo 3.
