The Treasure Goblin isn’t meant to instill worry within the hearts and minds of Diablo 4 gamers. It is, in spite of everything, an enemy that spits out loot and can’t assault. And but, gamers throughout Sanctuary have a newfound worry 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 operating a tier 37 Nightmare Dungeon. Stunned into silence, Killthuzad has no choice however to return to the character creation display screen. They ultimately rise up from their gaming chair and put their head of their palms.
What occurred right here? Killthuzad had the Death Pulse affix enabled. This means “killing a monster releases a lethal lightning pulse after a brief delay”. Watch the clip fastidiously and also you’ll see the Death Pulse emit from the useless Treasure Goblin, killing the character in a single hit.
Let’s not overlook, in Diablo 4, when a Hardcore character dies it’s misplaced eternally. IGN has reported on a number of situations of high-level Hardcore characters dying resulting from a disconnect and even whereas in a loading display screen. Now, Treasure Goblins are getting in on the act.
Killthuzad isn’t alone. Some gamers imagine the Treasure Goblin Death Pulse is doing far more injury than it ought to, a lot so 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 in regards to the lack of their Hardcore stage 60 Druid whereas in a tier 9 Nightmare Dungeon with the Death Pulse affix enabled.
“I had greater than sufficient injury reductions and armor to tank something, all earlier explosions from Death Pulse affix brought on 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 preventing Goblin. As quickly as he died, my Druid died too.”
Faraddox mentioned Diablo 4’s Hall of Fallen Heroes, which paperwork misplaced Hardcore characters, states they have been slain by an “unknown killer”.
Another participant, referred to as Chillout, mentioned they misplaced their stage 76 Necromancer after a Treasure Goblin died whereas operating a tier 26 Nightmare Dungeon. “I’m an off-the-cuff participant and shedding 86 hours to such a bug is de facto unhealthy” they mentioned.
“All I did was kill the Goblin. It says I killed myself. So… I’ve some questions for Blizzard.”
MythiZena recorded the stunning second they misplaced their stage 97 Druid to a Death 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 obtained to be a bug, proper? I’m so confused proper now. It’s simply the Death 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 a variety of patches since Diablo 4 got here out. Perhaps the following hotfix will drive the Treasure Goblins to relax a bit.
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