The Treasure Goblin just isn’t meant to instill concern within the hearts and minds of Diablo 4 gamers. It’s, in spite of everything, an enemy that spits out loot and can’t assault. And but, gamers throughout Sanctuary have a newfound concern of the unassuming demon after it killed a raft of high-level Hardcore characters.
Let’s begin with Diablo 4 participant Killthuzad. Icy-Veins reported this Hardcore character unexpectedly died to a Treasure Goblin whereas working a tier 37 Nightmare Dungeon. Shocked into silence, Killthuzad has no choice however to return to the character creation display. They ultimately stand up from their gaming chair and put their head of their arms.
What occurred right here? Killthuzad had the Dying Pulse affix enabled. This implies “killing a monster releases a lethal lightning pulse after a brief delay”. Watch the clip rigorously and also you’ll see the Dying Pulse emit from the useless Treasure Goblin, killing the character in a single hit.
Let’s not neglect, in Diablo 4, when a Hardcore character dies it’s misplaced ceaselessly. IGN has reported on a number of situations of high-level Hardcore characters dying as a consequence of a disconnect and even whereas in a loading display. Now, Treasure Goblins are getting in on the act.
Killthuzad just isn’t alone. Some gamers imagine the Treasure Goblin Dying Pulse is doing far more injury than it ought to, a lot in order that they reckon it is bugged. Diablo 4 participant “faraddox” took to the Blizzard discussion board to report his character loss of life as a bug, complaining concerning the lack of their Hardcore degree 60 Druid whereas in a tier 9 Nightmare Dungeon with the Dying Pulse affix enabled.
“I had greater than sufficient injury reductions and armor to tank something, all earlier explosions from Dying Pulse affix brought about virtually no hurt,” faraddox mentioned. “In final room of this part I noticed Goblin, there have been no different monsters close by (one monster left for process, no different marks on minimap). I had full life and fortify since I did not take any injury combating Goblin. As quickly as he died, my Druid died too.”
Faraddox mentioned Diablo 4’s Corridor of Fallen Heroes, which paperwork misplaced Hardcore characters, states they had been slain by an “unknown killer”.
One other participant, known as Chillout, mentioned they misplaced their degree 76 Necromancer after a Treasure Goblin died whereas working a tier 26 Nightmare Dungeon. “I’m an informal participant and dropping 86 hours to such a bug is actually dangerous” they mentioned.
“All I did was kill the Goblin. It says I killed myself. So… I’ve some questions for Blizzard.”
MythiZena recorded the surprising second they misplaced their degree 97 Druid to a Dying Pulse from a Treasure Goblin. “I can’t imagine how a lot injury that did,” MythiZena says within the clip. “Is {that a} bug? That’s received to be a bug, proper? I’m so confused proper now. It’s simply the Dying Pulse. All I did was kill the Goblin. It says I killed myself. So… I’ve some questions for Blizzard.”
There are a number of studies on-line from gamers who suffered the identical destiny. Blizzard has issued numerous patches since Diablo 4 got here out. Maybe the following hotfix will drive the Treasure Goblins to settle down a bit.
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