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We’re only a few short weeks away from the launch of Vessel of Hatred, Diablo 4<\/a>‘s first expansion. Alongside that, the core game will change dramatically, thanks to the arrival of patch 2.0.<\/p>\n

There’s been a lot of speculation about the sort of changes players can expect from 2.0. Some of that includes guesses about what’s going to happen to the levelling system<\/a>, but it’s safe to say it’s going to be as impactful to the game as Season 4: Loot Reborn was<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All of these are good reasons for Blizzard to bring back the Diablo 4 Public Test Realm (PTR) to allow players to test out all the major changes 2.0 is introducing to the game. And that PTR is close, too, judging by how the developer has been talking about it.<\/p>\n

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We’re only a few short weeks away from the launch of Vessel of Hatred, Diablo 4‘s first expansion. Alongside that, the core game will change dramatically, thanks to the arrival of patch 2.0. There’s been a lot of speculation about the sort of changes players can expect from 2.0. Some of that includes guesses about what’s going to happen to the levelling system, but it’s safe to say it’s going to be as impactful to the game as Season 4: Loot Reborn was. All of these are good reasons for Blizzard to bring back the Diablo 4 Public Test Realm (PTR) to allow players to test out all the major changes 2.0 is introducing to the game. And that PTR is close, too, judging by…<\/p>\n

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