In Diablo 4, players have always had a mixed relationship with the game’s various shrines. These shrines provide various buffs that can offer valuable advantages when clearing dungeons, but not all shrines have been created equal. Arguably the most hated shrine is the Conduit Shrine.
While this shrine is still fun, it doesn’t deal good damage, essentially making it ineffective. That’s why players have been asking for significant changes to make it viable once again. Luckily, it looks like Blizzard has finally taken note and is making the much-needed changes in the upcoming patch, set to drop on March 4.
Blizzard finally buffing the Condit Shrines in Diablo 4
For those unfamiliar, shrines are special shrines scattered across the world that provide temporary buffs to players. These buffs are designed to enhance various combat abilities, such as boosting damage, improving mobility, or offering other combat-related advantages.
One of the shrines is Conduit, which transforms the players into a ball of lightning, zapping enemies in close proximity. With the player constantly emitting lightning, it sounds powerful, right?
But it is far from that and is only usable at the early stages (as it doesn’t scale with player level). That’s why players have been asking the developers to buff it significantly or remove it completely.
It seems that Blizzard has finally heard the players’ call for change. In the upcoming patch scheduled for March 4, the Conduit Shrines will undergo a significant overhaul. The most important change is that the shrine will now scale its effects with the player’s level and Paragon level.
This means that the shrine will no longer feel like static electricity making your hair stand up. Instead, its effectiveness will aggressively scale with the player’s progress throughout the game, turning it into real lightning bolts.
Are fixes to Conduit Shrines actually needed?
On paper, the changes coming to the shrine seem to be a substantial upgrade. By scaling with player and Paragon levels, the shrine will no longer be relegated to the sidelines.
Instead, it will offer a significant boost to players who have invested heavily in their characters. Whether this change will live up to the hype remains to be seen, but it’s clear that Blizzard is trying to revamp one of the most criticized features in Diablo 4.
For players who have long dreaded activating Conduit Shrines, the upcoming patch promises a much more powerful and rewarding experience. It no longer just sounds powerful in theory, but it might actually be powerful in battle as well.
While the exact details of how the shrine will behave at lower levels remain to be seen, the change will likely have the most impact on players who are diving into the late-game content.
In the end, only time will tell how well these changes balance out in the wider game, but for now, it looks like the Conduit Shrines is finally getting the attention it deserves.
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