Patch 8/11/16

Patch 8/11/26

Greetings Defenders,

This week's update brings a new Map of the Week rotation, a new way to earn several classic Crystal Core transmogs, adjustments to bonus difficulty scaling, and a number of quality-of-life and bug fixes. We're also excited to share a small look at what's coming next for console players. More on that below!

New Map of the Week

This week's Map of the Week is Throne Room.

Campaign

• Completing the Map of the Week on Nightmare or Massacre difficulty awards double Rune drops.

Challenges

• Completing the Chicken Challenge on Insane difficulty or higher awards double challenge rewards.

• Completing the Chicken Challenge on Massacre difficulty also has a rare chance to drop Overload.

Survival / Mixed Mode

• Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

1. Fused Militia Piece

2. Fused Woodland Glaive

3. Monk Animus

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

1. Arcanist Helmet

2. Monk Animus

3. Fused Obsidian Polearm

Pure Strategy

• Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

1. Bubble Blaster 9000

2. Monk Guardian

3. Fused Ancient Armor

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

1. Bubble Blaster 9000

2. Monk Guardian

3. Fused Clearly Not PPE

Map of the Week Indicator

• Added a star indicator to the corner of the Map Select UI to clearly show which map is currently the Map of the Week

Note: This isn't the final design, but we wanted to put something in to clear up confusion. 

Bonus Difficulty Updates

Note: These changes address the excessive health scaling issues affecting Act 4 and Act 5 maps.

The Mill — Pure Strategy

• Lycan King bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 8.962 → 2.25.

• Dune Eater bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 11.125 → 2.75.

The Outpost — Pure Strategy

• Lycan King bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 8.962 → 2.3.

• Dune Eater bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 11.125 → 2.8.

Forges and Foundries

• Lycan King bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 8.962 → 2.5.

• Dune Eater bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 11.125 → 2.9.

The Bazaar — Pure Strategy

• Lycan King bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 8.962 → 2.75.

• Dune Eater bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 11.125 → 3.25.

Castle Armory — Pure Strategy

• Dune Eater bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 11.125 → 3.25.

Lost Metropolis

• Lycan King bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 8.962 → 2.8.

• Dune Eater bonus difficulty scalar reduced from 11.125 → 3.5.

New Crystal Core Transmog Rewards

Several additional classic Crystal Core transmogs can now be earned through Pure Strategy:

• Endless Spires — Massacre Pure Strategy: Boba Core

• King's Game — Massacre Pure Strategy: Creepy Doll Core

• Yuletide Village — Massacre Pure Strategy: Santa Core

• The Bazaar — Massacre Pure Strategy: Hammel Core

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a typo in the Arcane Alignment II set bonus.

• Fixed an issue where players could become stuck inside Tavern Storage.

• Fixed an issue where map variants were pulling all Rift Portals from the original map, giving us more flexibility when placing Rift Portals on map variants.

• The game should now properly remember your selected difficulty, Rifted Mode, and Hardcore settings.

• Fixed an issue where Crystal Core transmogs did not properly display the health of the Crystal Core.

• Fixed an issue where the reward text displayed after earning a transmog could show unlocalized text.

• Padlock Core now properly displays its correct name.

What's Next for Console Players?

We're excited to announce that we're preparing a test patch for console players. The primary goal of this first test is to help our team better understand and refine the process of updating DD on consoles. Once we've learned from this initial test, our goal is to begin working toward bringing the console versions up to parity with the Steam version. This is an important first step, and we'll be sharing more information as we get closer to the test patch. Our team is also hard at work on quality-of-life improvements, new maps, and additional reworks, and we look forward to sharing more of what we have planned as those projects get closer. Thank you for your continued support, Defenders. We're incredibly excited about where DD is heading, and there's plenty more on the way. We appreciate everyone who continues to provide feedback, test our updates, and help us shape the future of the game. We look forward to sharing more with you soon.

Happy Defending,

The Community Development Team