A YouTuber has discovered an exploit in the Diablo IV beta that allows him to perform attacks much faster than the developers intended. Much of the fan base – surprisingly – seems to be… resigned.
Diablo 4’s open beta has come to an end, and while Blizzard has managed to introduce the first fixes, that hasn’t stopped curious players from finding new bugs, some of them serious.
Attack faster than ever
One of the flaws was demonstrated by letsplayer RaizQT on YouTube.
- The youtubeur has found a way to speed up the attacks of each character by 30%.
- The trick is to simultaneously click the attack button and hold down the movement key. This breaks the attack animation, allowing it to track faster.
The following video (from 1:34 minutes) shows the use of this method during the game.
The video shows the cheat on the Rogue class, which by default has the ability to throw three blades at close range. According to the youtuber, it takes 3.42 seconds to perform 10 attacks under normal conditions, but with the trick they managed to reduce the time to 2.37 seconds. This means an increase in DPS (damage per second) by up to 30%. The cheat works on any character, but the amount of DPS gained this way can vary depending on the ability.
Fans resign themselves to error
Fans in the comments below the video and on Reddit are obviously not happy that such a vulnerability exists in the game, and yet, we feel that a good part of them do not expect Blizzard to fix the problem before the game is released.
“It won’t be fixed on launch day, or maybe ever. It seems to me like you forget who’s making the game,” says Dyidaz.
In Diablo III Reaper of Souls, the Sorcerer class’s Wave of Power ability could also be canceled in the same way, but it wasn’t fixed until 4 months later. I imagine this will be resolved at some point, but who knows when. …”, says Shaiandra
There’s no shortage of teases either, suggesting the bug was a deliberate mechanic.
“It’s a deliberate compromise between developing the wrist channel (muscles – editor’s note) and getting more DPS. It works perfectly as intended by Blizzard,” jokes Espe.
Diablo IV: Will the king return to the dusty throne?
The launch of the open beta did not go smoothly, mainly due to long queues and the iconic Diablo series bug 316719 (related to server instability). Despite this, successful players didn’t seem optimistic about the rapture that came with the closed beta. Beta’s biggest nightmare was technical issues there enemy level scaling.
Finally, despite the pain, most fans seem to be satisfied with the direction taken by Blizzard with Diablo IV. We’re curious to see what the game will look like at launch.
Diablo 4 will debut on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X on June 6 this year.