Supporter newsletter 24

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This is a copy of Eternal and Diamond Supporter Newsletter #24, published by Grinding Gear Games.

Hey Diamond, Eternal and Unique Item Creator Supporters,

Last week we deployed 0.11.3. Unfortunately it contained no new unique items, due to technical reasons. When trying to include the unique items in the set of things that would be included in 0.11.3, the new unique items had elements that were tied to new changes in 0.11.4.

This week is also the final week of the Season 3 races. We were very pleased with how the season went, especially Descent, which was definitely worth its development time.

Descent won’t be the signature race of Season 4, but we will have more of it to show. We will likely run some Descent races (with mods!) in between seasons 3 and 4, including at least one longer run of it so some players can get to the end. Descent is likely to show up as a normal race in Season 4 as well. As it will no longer be a Signature race, we’ll likely make some balance changes to the chest items by class (with the consistency of the format being important).

0.11.4

0.11.4 will include the uniques that were intended for 0.11.3 as well as some additional ones.

0.11.4 will also include the new skill Reave, an update to one of the bosses, some improvements to the game data and a whole bunch of other changes.

Insider Info

This week, I have some upcoming improvements to the Eternal Lab to show.

The Eternal Lab will exist in upcoming Act 3X content. In earlier difficulties there will be additional backstory to be gained from this area.

What we had previously was stand-in art for what we actually wanted: http://i.imgur.com/IOoybk9.jpg