After almost three weeks of community outcry, Blizzard is modifying the drop rates for Mythics in Diablo 4 Season 14. Players had been finding it tough to get Unique Mythics, to the point where many couldn’t find any despite farming specifically for them, and now hotfixes are being rolled out to take the edge off.
“We’ve heard your feedback on Season of Death Awakening, including Mythic unique drop rates, equip limits, and more,” Dan Tanguay, the design director of live service for Diablo 4, says on the official Blizzard forums, as relayed by Marcus ‘Marcoose’ Kretz, senior community manager for the Diablo series.
“In a patch releasing today, we’re increasing the drop rate for Mythics from the Corrupted Reaper boss fight and removing equip limits for Mythic Uniques,” he writes. “Additionally, in a patch coming next week, we’re adding Superior Lair Keys to the Glints of Hope repeatable cache and increasing the Mythic Tribute drop rates in the Undercity.”
How much the drop rate for the Corrupted Reaper battle increases will need to be tested, but seeing as numerous players have gotten exactly zero uniques from that encounter, things can really only go up. Letting people equip more than one is helpful as well – you can only have one crafted Mythic at a time currently, significantly reducing the options for any given build.
His post was made on July 16, yesterday at time of writing, meaning it should be live and available to you whenever you boot up Diablo 4 next. A fan on Reddit amusingly told others they can now “re-install Diablo 4,” since a few had commented they were ostensibly avoiding this season due to what was happening with Mythics.
The second patch Tanguay mentioned should massage out further problems, too. “Seasons are where we experiment with new ideas and push Diablo 4 in new directions,” he finishes. “Not every idea lands exactly as intended, but we’ll continue listening to your feedback, addressing what’s not working, and applying those lessons to future seasonal updates.”