Blizzard decides 'Limitless Rage' barbarian items should actually have a limit after watching them rampage through Diablo 4 dealing quadrillions of damage

The battle against Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred’s main villain Mephisto is finally over, but the battle against the villain that has haunted the game since it came out might never be over: Items that mysteriously break the game have reared their ugly heads again.In a hotfix earlier today, Blizzard disabled the Limitless Rage legendary item aspect because it was, well, too limitless. Every barbarian using it with two specific other items could ramp up their damage into the quadrillions, trivializing Diablo 4’s hardest monsters.Normally, Limitless Rage gives you a stacking damage buff for generating rage, the barbarian’s primary resource for casting skills. It’s a bonus that falls off after a mere four seconds to accommodate for the fact that it is—true to its name—limitless. Before Lord of Hatred, there weren’t any ways of generating enough fury for it to be a problem.But something funky was going on when you combined the aspect with the Melted Heart of Selig mythic unique and the Endurant Faith unique. If I had to guess, it probably had something to do with the way the Melted Heart of Selig gives you loads of extra fury (because it doubles it in exchange for using it as your life when it’s equipped) and the way Endurant Faith spreads out any damage you take over a few seconds. This broken interaction caused Limitless Rage to stack over 15,000 times in an instant, multiplying your damage by tens of thousands more than intended.YouTube streamer Rob2628 has a full…

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