Piepiora said part of the problem is that builds taking full advantage of cooldown reduction and Vulnerable damage are almost mandatory to do some of the game's highest tiers of Nightmare dungeons. Changes to cooldown reduction and Vulnerable damage were done so that they wouldn't remain the most important stats in the game. Game director Joe Shely said Blizzard's goal is to make the game more fun for players, and if something does end up being overpowered, that it will stay in the game until Blizzard can offer 'compelling alternatives.' However, game-breaking bugs or exploits will be addressed and fixed quickly.Īs for why Blizzard took aim at player power, associate game director Joe Piepiora said reducing that power is 'never a good experience,' but it was one that was necessary for the game to move forward.

We ourselves know that it's not the greatest play experience for players out there.'įletcher said the team doesn't plan to ever do an update in the style of patch 1.1.0 'ever again.' Blizzard spent much of the livestream discussing how it planned to go about making that a reality.

'We want to acknowledge everyone's feedback in regards to reducing player power,' associate community management director Adam Fletcher said.

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